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Release Round-Up: Week of April 3

April 3, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

The Monkees Live The Mike and Micky Show

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Andy Williams, Emperor of Easy: Lost Columbia Masters 1962-72 (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has the first-ever collection of never-before-heard music from Andy Williams' Columbia Records years. Emperor of Easy: Lost Columbia Masters 1962-72 boasts 20 selections direct from the Columbia vault encompassing 16 previously unreleased studio outtakes and four rare singles. Every track on Emperor of Easy

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Andy Williams, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Robbie Basho, Stephen Schwartz, Steve Goodman, The Alan Parsons Project, The Monkees, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt

GarciaLive Volume 13: September 16th, 1989 Poplar Creek Music Theatre

April 1, 2020 By

Jerry Garcia Garcia Live Vol. 13

ATO continues its Jerry Garcia live series with this 2-CD installment from September 16, 1989 at Illinois' Poplar Creek Music Theatre.  For the final night of their longest tour, the band was joined by Clarence Clemons who sat in on sax.  Tracks include "I Shall Be Released," "Someday Baby," "Let's Spend the Night Together," "Tangled Up in Blue," "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down."

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

Live '69

March 30, 2020 By

Steve Goodman Live 69

Omnivore Recordings unearths a never-before-heard live recording from late troubadour Steve Goodman.  Recorded at the University of Illinois, Live '69 finds the solo Goodman reinterpreting disparate songs by The Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Willie Dixon, and others - and making them all his own in the process.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Folk

Old Forgotten Altars: The 1960s Demos

March 29, 2020 By

John Stewart Old Forgotten Altars

Omnivore brings together 19 previously unissued demos from late singer-songwriter and onetime Kingston Trio member John Stewart, perhaps best known for penning The Monkees' hit "Daydream Believer."  While that song isn't here in demo form, numerous other bona fide Stewart classics certainly are, including "July, You're a Woman" (also recorded by performers as diverse as Eddy Arnold and Pat Boone) and other classics from Stewart's landmark California Bloodlines album.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Folk, Pop

Bob Dylan Releases New Song, "Murder Most Foul"

March 27, 2020 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Bob Dylan Murder Most Foul single

Bob Dylan surprised fans early this morning with a never-before-heard song.  "Murder Most Foul" is a dense, epic examination of America as only Dylan could craft, loaded with unforgettable imagery and unexpected pop culture imagery.  "Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years," the songwriter offered.  "This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting.  Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rock Tags: Bob Dylan

Release Round-Up: Week of March 27

March 27, 2020 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

DonnaSummer Encore pl

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Donna Summer, Encore (Crimson Productions) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The ultimate Donna Summer box set, Encore bring together the late superstar's complete albums on 33 CDs, including 8 discs of 7″ and 12″ mixes, single edits, non-album cuts, and other rarities. It totals a staggering 329 tracks, truly the most comprehensive tribute to Summer ever collected.  Christian John Wikane provides the new liner notes.  The set is

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Art Blakey, Bloodhound Gang, Cat Stevens, Donna Summer, Grateful Dead, James Taylor, Jim Capaldi, Jimi Hendrix, Kandace Springs, Linda Lavin, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, Martha Velez, Matthews Southern Comfort, Mojo Nixon, Paris Hilton, Pearl Jam, Rod McKuen, Shoes, Sopwith Camel, The Allman Brothers Band, The Everly Brothers

The Spirit Of Radio: Rush's 'Permanent Waves' To Be Expanded On CD, Vinyl

March 26, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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The January 1980 release of Rush's Permanent Waves marked a breakthrough for the band. The album became Rush's most successful to that point, reaching the top five of the album charts in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. It also represented a shift towards more compact, radio-friendly songs while still honoring the group's progressive roots. On May 29, Mercury/Anthem/UMe will reissue Permanent Waves in a variety of formats including 2-CD and 3-LP sets, and a 2-CD/3-LP Super Deluxe Edition. Geddy

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Rush

Nothing But Mammals: Bloodhound Gang's Breakthrough Gets Vinyl, Digital Reissue

March 25, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Bloodhound Gang Hooray for Boobies

Irreverence was always the name of the game for The Bloodhound Gang. The Beastie Boys-inspired group took off with the rise of the alternative rock format, making appearances with Howard Stern, Ricki Lake, and Jenny McCarthy, and signing with major label Geffen Records. This Friday, the group's Geffen long-player Hooray for Boobies will see a new vinyl reissue from UMe.  A streaming version is already available. The album, released in the U.K. on October 4, 1999 and at home in the U.S. on

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: Bloodhound Gang

The Complete Mercury Recordings 1986-1991

March 23, 2020 By

Johnny Cash Complete Mercury Albums

7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Complete Mercury Recordings 1986-1991 will be available on 7CD or 7LP, 180-gram vinyl formats. The box collects all six albums Johnny Cash recorded for Mercury Records during that era: Class Of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming with Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins (1986), Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town (1987), Water From The Wells Of Home (1988), Classic Cash: Hall Of Fame

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

First Rose of Spring

March 20, 2020 By

Willie Nelson First Rose of Spring

Willie Nelson's latest studio album emphasizes love and positivity at a time when we all need it most.  First Rose of Spring features new Nelson originals co-written with producer and longtime associate Buddy Cannon, as well as new songs from Toby Keith and Chris Stapleton and covers such as "Yesterday When I Was Young."  Available on CD, LP, and digital.

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

Happy Now: Britpop Band Embrace's Early Albums Reissued

March 20, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Good news for all you good, good people:  Brit-pop group Embrace's Drawn From Memory and If You've Never Been  will soon be reissued on vinyl for the first time since their original release through Craft Recordings. Like Oasis and The Verve before them, Embrace became a pop sensation in the late-'90s, with anthemic songs, catchy riffs, and sweeping rockers.  They honed their talents on-stage and in the studio with their first singles in 1997, and their debut album from 1998, The Good Will Out. 

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Embrace

Release Round-Up: Week of March 20

March 20, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Village People The Album Collection

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Def Leppard, The Early Years 1979-1981 (Bludgeon Riffola) Box Set (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) On Through the Night: CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada High N' Dry: CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Def Leppard revisits their first years with a new box set covering the group's first three years

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Carla Olson, David Bowie, David Clayton-Thomas, Def Leppard, Dolly Parton, Game Theory, Gordon Lightfoot, Morrissey, Renaissance, The Village People

Release Round-Up: Week of March 13

March 13, 2020 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! ABBA, Live at Wembley Arena (Polar/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) ABBA brings its 2014 release of Live at Wembley Arena - preserving the group's November 10, 1979 performance at the storied venue - back to vinyl.  This edition on 3 LPs has been half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. Ella Fitzgerald, The Complete Piano Duets (Verve/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: ABBA, Al Di Meola, Ella Fitzgerald, Maria McKee, Matt Monro, Sister Sledge, The Idle Race

Release Round-Up: Week of March 6

March 6, 2020 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Cream Goodbye Cream Box

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Cream, Goodbye Tour Live 1968 (Polydor/UMC) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new 4-CD box set expands on Cream's farewell album Goodbye Cream, but with a twist: it drops the three studio tracks and instead presents four complete concerts including the Los Angeles Forum show from which the original three live cuts on Goodbye were culled. Overall, the book-style package has 36 tracks, 29 of which are premiering on CD. 19 of the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: a-ha, Brandy Clark, Cream, Luke Haines, Peter Buck, Ric Ocasek, Rory Gallagher, Simple Minds, The Horace Tapscott Quartet, The Human League, Will Sexton

Ultimate Peggy Lee

March 4, 2020 By

Peggy Lee Ultimate

Ultimate Peggy Lee collects 22 indelible performances from the legendary singer including classic hits, five of her own compositions, and one previously unissued track, "Try a Little Tenderness," from 1963.  Drawing on her original Decca and Capitol recordings, the anthology boasts such timeless favorites as "Fever" (reinvented by Lee from Little Willie John's original), the alluring "Big Spender," "Black Coffee," "Why Don't You Do Right," "The Folks Who Live on the Hill," and two powerful

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Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal

Things Are Swingin': "Ultimate Peggy Lee" Arrives in April

March 2, 2020 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Peggy Lee Ultimate

Smoky, sensual, sultry, confident, commanding...there has never been a voice quite like that of Peggy Lee. A triple threat singer/songwriter/actress, Lee had a remarkable career in music spanning over fifty years.  She scored her first chart-topper in 1942 and her final recordings were released in 1995, seven years before her death in 2002.  She was an Academy Award-nominated actress (Pete Kelly's Blues), a 13-time Grammy nominee (and two-time recipient), and a talented songwriter whose

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Peggy Lee

Fodder on My Wings [Expanded Edition]

February 28, 2020 By

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CD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP:   Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Nina Simone's Fodder On My Wings, a 1982 album originally released on the small French label Carrere, returns from Verve/UMe on CD, vinyl, and digital platforms.  In addition to the album's original ten tracks (including a scorching reinvention of Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)" and the intimate title track), the 2020 edition will feature three bonus tracks from the sessions that

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

Release Round-Up: Week of February 28

February 28, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Allman Brothers Trouble No More Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Allman Brothers Band, Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection (Mercury/UMe) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UMe is marking The Allman Brothers Band's 50th anniversary with a new 5-CD or 10-LP box set boasting 61 newly remastered tracks including classics, rarities, and seven previously unreleased tracks.  Trouble No More is bookended with the band's never-before-heard

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Charles Strouse, Charlie Parker, Dionne Warwick, Dom Flemons, Don Flemons, Eileen Farrell, Harry Chapin, Horace Tapscott, James Taylor, Sergio Mendes, The Allman Brothers Band

I Sing To Know I'm Alive: Lost Nina Simone Classic Reissued on CD, LP in April

February 27, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Few singers could conjure as much emotion through words and tone as Nina Simone.  While many of her best-known albums from the '60s and '70s have become widely available in recent years, music from her ex-U.S. years have been much harder to find.  Among the most sought-after is Fodder On My Wings, a 1982 album originally released on the French label Carrere.  Decades out-of-print on a major label, the album will be re-released by Verve and UMe - complete with new cover art - on April 3.  Whether

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Review: Frank Zappa, "The Hot Rats Sessions"

February 26, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Hot Rats Sessions

What is jazz-rock? The label has been applied to the work of diverse artists such as Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, Miles Davis, Steely Dan, and Santana (and that's just to name some of the most well-known exponents) not to mention an entire cadre of fusion artists like the groups Weather Report and Return to Forever. In the jazz-rock canon, the name of Frank Zappa certainly stands tall. The multi-faceted artist delivered one of the genre's earliest and most seminal albums with 1969's Hot

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz Tags: Frank Zappa

Nashville Tears

February 25, 2020 By

Rumer Nashville Tears

Rumer returns with a beautiful new studio album celebrating the words and music of songwriter Hugh Prestwood.  While Prestwood never became a household name, his songs have been covered by the likes of Judy Collins, Jimmy Buffett, Barbara Mandrell, Trisha Yearwood, and Kathy Mattea.  Now Rumer adds herself to that illustrious list with this collection of 15 Prestwood compositions including "Hard Times for Lovers," "Ghost in This House," and the Emmy-winning "The Song Remembers When," plus a

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

The Monkees Live: The Mike and Micky Show [Vinyl]

February 25, 2020 By

The Monkees Live The Mike and Micky Show

To coincide with their latest run of joint performances, The Monkees bring the acclaimed Mike and Micky Show to LP.  (The CD was released earlier this year.)  The joyous and rocking 25-track package features Nesmith, Dolenz, and a killer band on hits and deep cuts alike from The Monkees' debut right up through their most recent (non-holiday) studio album, Good Times.

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

One World

February 23, 2020 By

Billy Ocean One World

Billy Ocean recently celebrated his 70th birthday, but he's the one giving a gift to his fans.  The "Caribbean Queen" singer has announced the release of his first album of new material in 10 years, entitled One World. The record sees Ocean reunite with producer Barry Eastmond, whose credits include a number of Billy's best-loved hits, like "When The Going Gets Tough" and "Love Zone."  Available on CD and vinyl.

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

Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection

February 23, 2020 By

Prince Up All Nite Collection

4CD/DVD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One Nite Alone... LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One Nite Alone...Live! 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One Nite Alone...The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 5-CD box set Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection rounds up the titular studio album (Prince's intimate follow-up to The Rainbow Children) and its two associated live albums in one

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

The Rainbow Children

February 23, 2020 By

Prince The Rainbow Children

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rainbow Children, The Artist's 24th studio album, returns to CD and vinyl.  It was first released as an exclusive on his NPG Music Club website and then issued commercially in November 2001. His first album to be released without the support of a major label, the LP features many of Prince's familiar lyrical themes intertwining sex, love, and spirituality, it musically showcased a

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

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