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Design As Reduction: Brian Eno's Soundtrack Work Anthologized On "Film Music 1976-2020"

November 9, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Brian Eno and UMe have recently announced the release of Film Music 1976-2020 . This first-ever compilation of Eno's film and television soundtrack work brings together highlights from five decades of music, including seven tracks previously unreleased in an audio-only format . Digital configurations will be released on November 13 while CD and 2-LP editions are set to arrive on January 22, 2021. Multi-instrumentalist and composer Eno has long been associated with film music, starting in 1970

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Electronic, Soundtracks Tags: Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno, U2

Bandcamp Friday for a Cause: System of a Down Reunite to Raise Awareness for Armenia

November 6, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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We're only sharing one release for Bandcamp Friday today - but it's a good one: rock band System of a Down has released their first new music in 15 years for a cause they've supported their entire lives. The new tracks "Protect the Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz" mark the first time the quartet has released music since the albums Mezmerize and Hypnotize in 2005. The group went on a hiatus less than a year later, which ended in 2011 with a series of festival

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rock Tags: System of a Down

Release Round-Up: Week of November 6

November 6, 2020 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Elvis Costello Armed Forces

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Armed Forces: Super Deluxe Edition (UMe) uDiscoverMusic Store: black / color Elvis Costello is revisiting his 1979 album in super-sized format.  Armed Forces arrives today as a deluxe, slipcased 9-disc vinyl set with three 12-inch LPs, three 10-inch LPs, and three 7-inch singles including 23 previously unreleased live tracks and the complete contents of the previous Rhino/Edsel deluxe edition (with many

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Ennio Morricone, Felix Slatkin, Harvey Schmidt, Kylie Minogue, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Petula Clark, Pylon, Shirley Bassey, SVT, The Uptones, Whitesnake, Wilco

No Sign of Weakness: Nickel Creek's Landmark Early-Oughts Albums Get the 45rpm Double Vinyl Treatment

November 5, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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It's been 20 years since the Grammy Award-winning Americana trio Nickel Creek released their celebrated self-titled album.  To mark the occasion, Craft Recordings are set to reissue that album alongside This Side (2002), and Why Should the Fire Die? (2005). The audiophile-quality albums will be pressed at 45rpm onto 180-gram vinyl and available on black vinyl and artist webstore-exclusive color variants. It's all happening tomorrow, November 6! The Americana trio Nickel Creek formed in 1989

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Nickel Creek

Mary Poppins: The Definitive Supercalifragilistic 2020 Cast Recording

November 4, 2020 By

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The hit West End revival of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins was halted in March by COVID-19, but its live cast recording was thankfully preserved earlier.  This new album stars Zizi Strallen as the magical nanny, Charlie Stemp as Bert, and the legendary Petula Clark as The Bird Woman.  The stage version of the classic book and film features The Sherman  Brothers' beloved movie tunes as well as George Stiles and Anthony Drewe's new songs in that joyful spirit. Available on CD and

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings

I Owe It All to You

November 4, 2020 By

Shirley Bassey I Owe It All to You

Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Dame Shirley Bassey returns with a "grand finale" album to her recording career.  I Owe It All to You is available in two versions on CD: a standard edition and a deluxe edition.  The latter promises an "expanded booklet featuring archive material and highlights from Dame Shirley Bassey's incredible career."  Both editions appear to feature 14 tracks including familiar titles

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

The Ultimate Christmas Collection

November 2, 2020 By

Anne Murray Ultimate Christmas

Canadian pop-country chanteuse Anne Murray has selected 22 of her favorite Christmas songs drawn from her 1981-2008 holiday albums and placed them on The Ultimate Christmas Collection.  With traditional carols and pop tunes alike, the set will be available on 1CD, 2LP, and digital formats.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Holiday, Pop

Short Takes, Holiday Edition: "Beetlejuice" Offers Demos, Anne Murray Collects Christmas Favorites

November 2, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Halloween might be over, but the party still continues: Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!  Legend has it that if you say his name three times, the demon - introduced on screen by Michael Keaton and then on Broadway by Alex Brightman - appears before you.  While Beetlejuice: The Musical had its New York run curtailed by COVID-19 after 366 performances, you can't keep a good demon down.  The Ghostlight Records cast recording starring Brightman, Sophia Anne Caruso, Rob McClure, Leslie Kritzer,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Anne Murray, Eddie Perfect

Aretha [Highlights Versions]

November 1, 2020 By

Aretha Franklin Aretha Highlights

4CD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The new 4-CD box set Aretha collects 81 tracks spanning the Queen of Soul's entire career - from her first single on JBV Records through her years on Columbia, Atlantic, and Arista - via hits, rarities, live tracks, and many previously unreleased cuts. Note that this set also has numerous tracks from or related to Aretha's final five Atlantic studio

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul

Digital Round-Up: Nelly Furtado, OutKast Celebrate 20 Years with Expanded Albums

October 30, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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A pair of popular albums from 2000 are now available as digital-only expanded editions for their 20th anniversaries. Whoa, Nelly! was the debut album from genre-bending singer Nelly Furtado. Born in Canada to Portuguese parents, Furtado's blend of folk and hip-hop stood out amid the era of teen-friendly pop on TRL. Lead single "I'm Like a Bird" topped the charts in her native country and reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100; follow-up "Turn Off the Light" hit the Top 10 in both countries as

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Nelly Furtado, Outkast

A SECOND DISC EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Joni Mitchell's Co-Producer Patrick Milligan Discusses New "Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1" Box Set

October 30, 2020 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

"I was born to take the highway / I was born to chase a dream / Any road at all is my way / Any place is where I've been." So sings a young Joni Mitchell on "Born to Take the Highway," one of her earliest compositions. The 1965 road song is one of a staggering 29 previously unreleased tracks unearthed for a once-unthinkable project: a deep-dive into her archives. The first installment in the series, Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967), sees her chasing that dream. Out

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Categories: Interviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Folk, Pop Tags: Joni Mitchell

American Beauty: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

October 28, 2020 By

Grateful Dead American Beauty

Rhino is marking 50 years of a Grateful Dead classic.  American Beauty: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition features a remastered version of the original album on its first disc, while a previously unreleased concert recorded on February 18, 1971 at Port Chester, New York's Capitol Theatre comprises Discs 2 and 3.  The show has been mixed from the original 16-track analog masters by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir's TRI Studios and mastered by David Glasser.  Also on October 30, Rhino will release an

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Join the Joyride: Roxette Pull Rarities from 'Bag of Trix'

October 28, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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Sorry, Mr. Rabbit - it seems that Trix aren't just for kids! On December 11, Rhino will release Bag of Trix: Music from the Roxette Vaults, a deep dive into the archives of the Swedish pop duo. This four-volume set to be released on 4 LPs, 3 CDs, and digital platforms features a wealth of rare material from Per Gessle and the late Marie Fredriksson. Even better, fans don't have to wait until December to listen; the four volumes will be individually rolled out to digital services between this

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Roxette

Brand New Pair of Shoes: 'Johnny Cash: Forever Words' Collection to Get Four Digital Expansions

October 27, 2020 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

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Back in 2018, Legacy Recordings released Forever Words, a collection of new songs featuring previously unheard lyrics by Johnny Cash.  The 16-track set offered new melodies and performances by a "Who's who" of artists including Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, Jewel, John Mellencamp, Brad Paisley, The Jayhawks, Robert Glasper, Cash's daughter Rosanne Cash, and his stepdaughter Carlene Carter.  Now, Legacy is expanding the original album with a further 18 tracks (16 of which

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Rock Tags: Ana Cristina Cash, Brad Paisley, Elvis Costello, Jamey Johnson, Jewel, John Popper, Johnny Cash, Marty Stuart, Ronnie Dunn, Ruston Kelly, Shawn Camp, The Lumineers

Time Outtakes

October 26, 2020 By

The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Outtakes

The family of late jazz great Dave Brubeck has unearthed tapes with alternate versions and outtakes from the sessions for Dave Brubeck Quartet's seminal 1959 album Time Out.  Now, Time Outtakes presents these never-before-heard recordings on CD, vinyl, and digital formats.  Tracks include never-before-heard stabs at "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," plus the outtake "I'm in a Dancing Mood" and a jam based on "Watusi Drums." Among the eight tracks on the album is one of the group's studio

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz

Lullabies

October 26, 2020 By

Dave Brubeck Lullabies

Shortly before his death in 2012 at age 91, jazz piano legend Dave Brubeck laid down a set of lullabies for his grandchildren.  His final studio recording, that heartwarming tape is now seeing the light of day.  The Verve release Lullabies features such classic songs as "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," "Over the Rainbow," "Danny Boy," and "Brahms Lullaby."  Available on CD, vinyl, and streaming.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019

October 26, 2020 By

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3-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 6-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop Rhino brings Eric Clapton's 2019 Crossroads Guitar Festival to a variety of formats.  The fest features almost four hours of highlights with appearances by Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton,

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Rock

Fell Down On My Knees: "Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019" Gets CD, LP, Blu-ray, and DVD Release

October 26, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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In 2019, Eric Clapton brought together some of the world's most astounding guitarists for his fifth Crossroads Guitar Festival.  If you've had the pleasure to see the concert festival in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, or 2019, you know what it's about: A marathon concert featuring Clapton and friends playing in each other's sets, with once-in-a lifetime collaborations and plenty of jaw-dropping music - all in service of Clapton's Crossroads Centre for rehabilitation and recovery.  It's a ticket you

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, James Bay, James Burton, Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan, John Mayer, Keb' Mo', Lianne La Havas, Los Lobos, Marcus King Band, Peter Frampton, Robert Randolph, Sheryl Crow, Sonny Landreth, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Vince Gill

Tea for the Tillerman: 50th Anniversary Edition

October 23, 2020 By

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5-CD/Blu-ray/LP/12″ Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop Cat Stevens, a.k.a. Yusuf, is looking back at his 1970 multi-platinum classic Tea for the Tillerman in a new variety of 50th anniversary formats.   The album cemented the artist's

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Mona Bone Jakon: 50th Anniversary Edition

October 23, 2020 By

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4-CD/Blu-ray/LP/12″ Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop Cat Stevens revisits 1970's Mona Bone Jakon in a new, 50th anniversary edition arriving in a host of formats.  The 4-CD/Blu-ray/LP 50th anniversary box set edition features a new

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

McCartney III

October 23, 2020 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop CD with alternate album art: Target / JPC / FNAC Green vinyl with alternate album art: Target (Preorders sold out; may be available in store) White vinyl LP: Your Local Record Shop Yellow/black vinyl with alternate album art: Third Man Records (sold out) Red vinyl with alternate Third Man Records album art: Paul McCartney's online shop (sold

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 23

October 23, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bruce Springsteen, Letter to You (Columbia) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP black with white swirl: Bruce Springsteen Online Store 2-LP grey: Your Local Record Shop The Boss returns with a new, long-awaited album featuring The E Street Band.  Produced by Springsteen and his frequent collaborator Ron Aniello, it features original songs as well as his first recordings of

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classical/Opera, Country, Electronic, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Alan Menken, Beastie Boys, Bob Mould, Bobby Bare, Bruce Springsteen, Daniel Lacksman, John Prine, Little Richard, Maury Yeston, Menswear, Pearl Jam, Randy Newman, Roland Haynes, Shel Silverstein, Steve Wynn, The Sherman Brothers

That Happy Day: 50th Anniversary Editions of Yusuf / Cat Stevens' "Mona Bone Jakon" and "Tea For The Tillerman" Announced

October 22, 2020 By Sam Stone 9 Comments

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On the heels of his acclaimed Tea For The Tillerman ² album, Yusuf/Cat Stevens will once again look back on his landmark 1970 albums with two new box sets arriving from A&M/UMe on December 4. Hitting shelves that day will be 50th anniversary editions of Mona Bone Jakon and Tea For The Tillerman.  Released within 7 months in 1970, these albums saw Stevens redefining his sound.  Following a battle with tuberculosis and a lengthy stay at in the hospital, Stevens had begun looking inward,

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Cat Stevens, Elton John, Yusuf

How Does That Grab You, Darlin'? Light in the Attic Announces Nancy Sinatra Archive Series, New Collection "Start Walkin'"

October 21, 2020 By Joe Marchese 20 Comments

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It would have been difficult for any young artist to follow in the footsteps of a famous parent - let alone when that parent is Frank Sinatra.  But Nancy Sinatra didn't just follow in his footsteps...she did it in boots.  Her boots are not just made for walkin', they're made for longevity - and this year, she celebrates her 80th birthday with the announcement of a new archival series from Light in the Attic. Sinatra's reissue series follows LITA's similar releases for her frequent in-studio

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra

Find My Way: Paul McCartney Announces "McCartney III" Self-Produced Album Recorded in Lockdown, Due December 18

October 21, 2020 By Sam Stone 11 Comments

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UPDATED 12/17 These last few weeks, eagle-eyed fans of Paul McCartney have spotted the number 3 in many places, whether on Spotify canvas videos for McCartney and McCartney II, embedded in the metadata of a blank mccartneyiii.com, or on dice sent at random to fans. The answer is now clear: McCartney III is on the way. Paul McCartney officially announced the release of McCartney III , due on December 11 December 18 (new date!) from Capitol/MPL. Like its predecessors, McCartney III is a

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Paul McCartney

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