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Over to That Sunnyside Road: Cat Stevens' "Foreigner" Returns to CD, LP, Digital

June 12, 2024 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Cat Stevens Foreigner

For his seventh studio album, 1973's Foreigner, Yusuf a.k.a. Cat Stevens made a major departure.  It was the first album solely produced and written by the artist, and his first to somewhat jettison his folk-influenced acoustic sound in favor of a more expansive R&B style.  Stevens traveled to Kingston, Jamaica to record the LP, enlisting an international array of musicians to join him.  On July 26, A&M/UMe will release a remastered edition of Foreigner on CD, vinyl (standard 180-gram

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Cat Stevens

What a Wonderful World: Verve Premieres Louis Armstrong's "Louis in London" on CD, LP

June 11, 2024 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Louis Armstrong Louis in London

Well, hello, Louis!  On July 12, Verve Records will release Louis in London on CD, vinyl, and digital formats.  This previously unreleased performance was recorded live on the BBC on July 2, 1968 while the legendary musician and singer was riding high thanks to the chart-topping success in Great Britain of "What a Wonderful World." The 13-song set naturally includes that evergreen anthem penned by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. Armstrong - a pioneer not only as a jazz trumpeter and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Louis Armstrong

Live at the Opera House

June 10, 2024 By

Sylvester Live at the Opera House

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings revisits Sylvester's landmark March 11, 1979 concert at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, an evening in which he was presented with the key to the city.  The concert, during which Sylvester was joined by the electrifying duo of Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes Armstead, a.k.a. Two Tons o' Fun, was recorded by Fantasy Records and released in truncated form as the album Living

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

The World Is a Ghetto: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition

June 10, 2024 By

War The World Is a Ghetto

On last November's Record Store Day Black Friday event, Rhino revisited WAR's 1972 classic The World Is a Ghetto for its 50th anniversary on five newly-remastered 140-gram LPs; a four-channel surround Quadio release followed on Blu-ray.  The hard-hitting, socially-conscious soul-jazz-funk-blues-rock-psychedelia best-seller was the California band's fifth album and third following the departure of vocalist Eric Burdon of The Animals.  Now, the landmark 5LP box featuring previously unreleased

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Dreams Do Come True: George Benson Meets Robert Farnon

June 10, 2024 By

George Benson Meets Robert Farnon

The superstar guitarist-singer debuts a previously unreleased album from 1989 in CD, vinyl, and digital formats.  Dreams Do Come True: When George Benson Meets Robert Farnon paired Benson with the Canadian composer-conductor-arranger whose most famous clients include Frank Sinatra (Sinatra Sings Songs from Great Britain), Tony Bennett (Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album), and Lena Horne (Lena: A New Album).  Benson, on guitar and vocals, joined Farnon and his orchestra for a selection of

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

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge: Expanded Edition

June 10, 2024 By

Van Halen For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

For the first time ever, Rhino expands a Van Halen studio album.  A 2CD/2LP/Blu-ray edition revisits For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, the group's ninth album and penultimate with lead singer Sammy Hagar, who'd taken over from David Lee Roth in 1985. As a major upstart rock act of the late '70s and one of the biggest of the '80s, Van Halen had something to prove on their first disc of the '90s - and this set delivers some intriguing bonus material from the era. Paired with the original album

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

Definitely Maybe: 30th Anniversary Edition

June 10, 2024 By

Definitely Maybe 30

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada For its 30th anniversary, Oasis' Definitely Maybe returns a 2CD or 4LP set that pairs the remastered album with more than a dozen unreleased tracks. These primarily include the album's scrapped 1993 sessions at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales with producer David Batchelor and subsequent work at Cornwall's Sawmills studio. Creation Records co-founder Alan McGee and journalist Hamish MacBain have

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

The Weekend Stream: June 8, 2024

June 8, 2024 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Stream 2024

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. This week is jam-packed with practically something for everybody, especially if you love the '80s: live cuts from one of the biggest touring bands of the decade, B-sides and remixes from that same decade's biggest British band and a rediscovered female country hitmaker - plus rare soundtracks, early favorites from a Latin-pop icon and so much

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ann Wilson, Anthony Perkins, Bell Biv DeVoe, Bruce Springsteen, Daryl Hall, Duran Duran, Gloria Estefan, INXS, Janet Jackson, Jeff Healey, Jeff Healey Band, Leo Kottke, Luther Vandross, Miami Sound Machine, O.C. Smith, Ralph Tresvant, Ruth Copeland, Shorty Rogers, Sylvia

Heart to Hang Onto: Seven Out-of-Print Pete Townshend Live Albums Released in New Box Set

June 7, 2024 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Townshend Live box

A long out-of-print trove of Pete Townshend live shows is coming back into print in one deluxe box set. Live in Concert 1985-2001, available July 26, brings together more than 15 years' worth of shows from the legendary songwriter/guitarist for The Who. These sets, recorded in America and England and arranged chronologically, were all originally released in the early years of the millennium on Townshend's short-lived Eel Pie label. For this set, available as a 14CD set or a digital product,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, The Who

Release Round-Up: Week of June 7

June 7, 2024 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

Luther This Close to You

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Dwight Twilley, Jungle: Expanded Edition (Iconoclassic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Iconoclassic's deluxe expanded edition of power pop hero Dwight Twilley's third solo album boasts six bonus tracks including the outtakes "Forget About It, Baby," "You Can Change It," and "Don't You Love Her," and Twilley's demos of

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, APB, Bing Crosby, Blossom Dearie, Bon Jovi, Helen Merrill, Israel Vibration, Luther Vandross, NRBQ, Robert Hunter, Robin Trower, Skeeter Davis, Smoking Popes, Stina Nordenstam, Tom Verlaine, Tutti Camarata

Living Proof: Sylvester's Complete 1979 "Live at the Opera House" Coming from Craft Recordings

June 5, 2024 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Sylvester Live at the Opera House

March 11, 1979 was the evening that cemented dance superstar Sylvester's legend.  The 3,100+-seat San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, home since 1932 to the San Francisco Opera company, was filled to capacity with fans who'd come to see their hometown hero in his singular splendor.   Mayor Dianne Feinstein had sent city supervisor and gay rights activist Harry Britt to present Sylvester, mid-show, with the key to the city.  That concert, during which Sylvester was joined by the electrifying

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Martha Wash, Sylvester, Two Tons o' Fun

Back Tracks: Split Enz

June 3, 2024 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Spit Enz

It's always a good time when Neil Finn has something to say. The legendary New Zealand singer-songwriter has been making the rounds promoting Gravity Stairs, the newly released album from Crowded House - and in an hourlong chat with countryman Zane Lowe for Apple Music, he said some exciting things for fans of Finn's first band Split Enz, which he was a part of with his older brother Tim. "There's various things happening with Split Enz at the moment, which I'm really happy about," he

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Categories: Features Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Neil Finn, Split Enz, Tim Finn

The Weekend Stream: June 1, 2024

June 1, 2024 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Stream 2024

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. Remixes from icons in Ireland and Australia, a rare gospel classic and a new, catchy tune from a Disney theme park are part of our latest round-up! U2, If God Will Send His Angels (Island/UMO) (iTunes / Amazon) The latest in U2's digital backfill campaign is - surprise! - another single from Pop, backed with a handful of B-sides including a

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Gospel, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Disneyland, Elephant's Memory, INXS, James, Leo Kottke, Reba Rambo, U2

Where Was You At: WAR Releases 50th Anniversary "World Is a Ghetto" Box on CD, Reissues "Greatest Hits"

May 30, 2024 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

War The World Is a Ghetto

On last November's Record Store Day Black Friday event, Rhino revisited WAR's 1972 classic The World Is a Ghetto for its 50th anniversary on five newly-remastered 140-gram LPs; a four-channel surround Quadio release followed on Blu-ray.  The hard-hitting, socially-conscious soul-jazz-funk-blues-rock-psychedelia best-seller was the California band's fifth album and third following the departure of vocalist Eric Burdon of The Animals.  On July 19, the landmark 5LP box featuring previously

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

Many Miles Away: The Police Plan 'Synchronicity' Box with Unreleased Demos, Outtakes and Live Material

May 29, 2024 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Synchronicity 40

More than 40 years after the release of their final album, The Police will offer a massive expansion of their fifth studio effort, 1983's blockbuster Synchronicity. Available July 26, the set will be available in multiple formats, each showcasing a wealth of rare studio and live bonus content. The centerpiece of the campaign is a 6 CD limited edition box set featuring B-sides and four discs of unreleased material, including demos, alternate mixes and takes, instrumentals, never-before-heard

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Sting, The Police

At Last: "Dreams Do Come True: George Benson Meets Robert Farnon" Arrives in June

May 28, 2024 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

George Benson Meets Robert Farnon

Earlier this year, George Benson announced his return to Warner Music Group, bringing him back to the home of such classic albums as the multi-platinum Breezin' and platinum In Flight and Give Me the Night.  On June 14, the superstar guitarist-singer will debut a previously unreleased album from 1989 in CD, vinyl, and digital formats.  Dreams Do Come True: When George Benson Meets Robert Farnon paired Benson with the Canadian composer-conductor-arranger whose most famous clients include Frank

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: George Benson, Robert Farnon

The Weekend Stream: May 25, 2024

May 25, 2024 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Stream 2024

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. This week has another rare track by Prince, promo for the new Beach Boys documentary, a powerful new remix by a legendary diva and more! Prince, "Silver Tongue" (NPG/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) A third Musicology-era rarity has landed digitally, following "United States of Division" and "Magnificent." "Silver Tongue" was a "virtual B-side" to

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Dick Hyman, INXS, Mariah Carey, Marian McPartland, Peggy Lee, Prince, The Beach Boys

Right Now, You're Reading About a Van Halen Reissue

May 24, 2024 By Mike Duquette 9 Comments

Van Halen For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

For the first time ever, Rhino is expanding a Van Halen studio album. On July 12, the label will release a 2CD/2LP/Blu-ray edition of For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, the group's ninth album and penultimate with lead singer Sammy Hagar, who'd taken over from David Lee Roth in 1985. As a major upstart rock act of the late '70s and one of the biggest of the '80s, Van Halen had something to prove on their first disc of the '90s - and this set delivers some intriguing bonus material from the era.

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Eddie Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen

Release Round-Up: Week of May 24

May 24, 2024 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Joe Grushecky Houserocker

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Joe Grushecky, Houserocker: A Joe Grushecky Anthology (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Houserocker: A Joe Grushecky Anthology is an all-encompassing look at the singer, songwriter, and bandleader, covering 40 years of music from The Iron City Houserockers, Joey G., Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers, and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Amy Winehouse, Bettye LaVette, Connie Smith, Jeannie C. Riley, Joe Grushecky, Melanie, The Spinners

Live Forever: Oasis Plan 30th Anniversary Edition of 'Definitely Maybe' with Unreleased Outtakes

May 23, 2024 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Definitely Maybe 30

You'll never see them on a stage any time soon, but Oasis are putting out some unheard material on a new reissue of their debut album. For its 30th anniversary, Definitely Maybe will be reissued on August 30 as a 2CD or 4LP set that pairs the remastered album with more than a dozen unreleased tracks. These primarily include the album's scrapped 1993 sessions at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales with producer David Batchelor and subsequent work at Cornwall's Sawmills studio. Creation Records

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Oasis

Prove Your Love: Fleetwood Mac's Early Years Chronicled on New Compilation

May 20, 2024 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

Fleetwood Mac Best of 1969 1974

With 1975's Fleetwood Mac, the venerable blues-rock outfit founded by Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer made a strategic leap towards the mainstream.  Fleetwood, John McVie, and Christine McVie were joined on that album by two Americans, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, who transformed the band into a commercial rock behemoth.  Those who had followed the group's early years, though, knew that the only thing to expect from Fleetwood Mac was the unexpected.  On July

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The Weekend Stream: May 17, 2024

May 18, 2024 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stream 2024

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. This week brings live tracks from The Boss, rarities from Sheena Easton and a new album from one half of rock's biggest (defunct) duo - plus, as you'd expect, so much more! Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs from Around the World Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) With Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band currently

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: Bleachers, Bruce Springsteen, INXS, John Ford Coley, John Oates, Prince, Sheena Easton, U2

Look At All The Things: Neil Young Revisits "Early Daze" on New Compilation

May 17, 2024 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Version 1.0.0

Neil Young and Crazy Horse are currently on the road with the Love Earth Tour, with dates scheduled through September 29, when it all wraps up at the Hollywood Bowl. Today, Young announced that he's looking back on his Early Daze with the Horse on a new collection due June 28.  Its ten songs were all recorded in 1969 with the lineup of Danny Whitten (guitar and vocals), Ralph Molina (drums and vocals), Billy Talbot (bass and vocals), and Jack Nitzsche (keyboards, tambourine, and vocals). Early

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Crazy Horse, Neil Young

Back to Black: Songs from the Original Motion Picture

May 17, 2024 By

Amy Winehouse Back to Black

1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Universal releases the soundtrack to the new Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black in different configurations: 1CD/1LP or 2CD/2LP.  The single-disc version offers a dozen cuts from Winehouse, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, The Shangri-Las, Minnie Riperton, and Nick Cave.  The double-disc sequence has all

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

20th Century Lindsey

May 17, 2024 By

20th Century Lindsey

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) Lindsey Buckingham's earliest solo works are getting a box set from Rhino this summer.  True to its name, 20th Century Lindsey features remastered versions of the three albums the Fleetwood Mac singer/guitarist issued during the 20th century - 1981's Law and Order, 1984's Go Insane and 1992's Out of the Cradle - plus a newly compiled disc of eight rarities. The set showcases

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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