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Seal: Deluxe Edition

April 23, 2024 By

Seal II deluxe

2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Available as a 2CD/Blu-ray or 2LP set, Seal (known colloquially but unofficially as Seal II, to differentiate from his self-titled debut from three years earlier) will include the newly remastered original album plus a bonus disc of unreleased alternate versions of the album's biggest hits and most treasured songs, plus rare non-LP material like the Japan-only single "Love is Powerful" and

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

The Sound of 'One Hand Clapping': Legendary Paul McCartney & Wings Concert Special Gets Debut Standalone Audio Release

April 23, 2024 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

One Hand Clapping

One of Paul McCartney's oft-bootlegged live performances will finally get an official release this summer: the soundtrack to his 1974 "rockumentary" One Hand Clapping. This acclaimed performance with Wings, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in the wake of the release of Band on the Run, will be available June 14 on two CDs or two LPs, featuring the 15 songs used in the special and another disc of 12 songs recorded during the four-day session that birthed the program. A bonus 7", available

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

Hungry Freaks, Daddy: Zappa and The Mothers of Invention's 1968 Whisky A Go Go Show Arrives in June

April 22, 2024 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Zappa Whisky 1968

Fans of the early days of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention have good reason to, well, freak out!  On June 21, Zappa Records and UMe are heading back to those heady days on the Sunset Strip for Whisky A Go Go, 1968, a new collection available on three CDs or five 180-gram black vinyl LPs as well as in 2LP "highlights" form.  The complete release will also be available digitally in high-resolution. Even in the relatively early days of his recording career, Frank Zappa was thinking

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

Adobe Home

April 22, 2024 By

Jeff Larson Adobe Home

California singer-songwriter Jeff Larson returns with a beautiful new album co-produced with Gerry Beckley of America.  Most of the songs are solo compositions by Larson, while one has been co-written with Chicago's Robert Lamm and two with Jack Tempchin (Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling," Johnny Rivers' "Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing)."  Larson and Beckley co-wrote "She Comes Around," and he also performs Beckley's "Hold Inside."  With echoes of Eagles, Beach Boys, and America all filtered

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

The Weekend Stream: April 21, 2024

April 21, 2024 By Mike Duquette 3 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's super-sized post-Record Store Day lineup includes more: more remixes, more covers, more Mancini and yes, more Taylor Swift. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology (Republic) (iTunes / Amazon) Can you really call this a reissue? Pop's most ubiquitous

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Anthony Perkins, Arturo Sandoval, Beck, Chris Stapleton, Dave Matthews, David Byrne, Henry Mancini, Herbie Hancock, INXS, John Williams, Keith Richards, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Madonna, Neil Young, Norah Jones, Paramore, Quincy Jones, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Snoop Dogg, Stephen Stills, Taylor Swift, The Chicks, The Lumineers, Tom Jones, U2, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of April 19

April 19, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Four Fer

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today.  With Record Store Day events taking place tomorrow, this is one of the biggest weeks in recent memory - so if you hit up your local indie store tomorrow, remember: there's plenty of non-exclusive releases to check out, too.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. TSD also mourns the passing of Dickey Betts, 80.  As a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Chet Atkins, Gene Clark, Glen Campbell, Ian Hunter, King Crimson, Linda Martell, Lou Reed, Luther Vandross, Nancy Sinatra, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Pearl Jam, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Other Side

April 18, 2024 By

T Bone Burnett The Other Side

T Bone Burnett returns with his first proper solo album since 2006's The True False Identity.  The Other Side, a loose concept album about a mysterious couple, features collaborations with Rosanne Cash, indie folk group Lucius, and singer-songwriter Weyes Blood.  Available on CD, LP, and digitally. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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

Defiance: Part 2

April 18, 2024 By

Ian Hunter Defiance Part 2

Ian Hunter follows up his 2023 album Defiance Part 1 with a sequel subtitled Fiction.  He welcomes a host of guest artists including Johnny Depp, the late Jeff Beck, Lucinda Williams, and Brian May on this set of ten songs.  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.  A unique vinyl edition with bonus tracks will be available as a Record Store Day exclusive.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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

Reimagining The Court of The Crimson King

April 18, 2024 By

Reimagining The Court of the Crimson King

Cleopatra has assembled a group of artists including Todd Rundgren, Steve Hillage, Carmine Appice, Ian Paice, Arthur Brown, and King Crimson's Jakko M. Jakszyk and Mel Collins to recreate Crimson's 1969 classic In the Court of The Crimson King.  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

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

Pride of Cucamonga: Grateful Dead's "From The Mars Hotel: The Angel's Share" Offers Outtakes, Alternates

April 17, 2024 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel The Angel's Share

Late last month, Rhino announced the upcoming 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead's From the Mars Hotel, arriving on June 21.  Today, the label surprised with a new volume of The Angel's Share, the Dead's digital-only vault series comprising album session recordings.  From the Mars Hotel: The Angel's Share is available now on all digital services, featuring 16 newly-discovered recordings from San Francisco's Coast Recorders from Spring 1974 as the Dead crafted Mars Hotel over a two-month period.

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

A Light Hits the Gloom on the Grey: Seal's Second Album Set for Deluxe Release

April 17, 2024 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Seal II deluxe

"There is so much a man can tell you / so much he can say..." Seal will be saying a little more with the help of Rhino, who will issue a new deluxe edition of his second album on June 14. Available as a 2CD/Blu-ray or 2LP set, Seal (known colloquially but unofficially as Seal II, to differentiate from his self-titled debut from three years earlier) will include the newly remastered original album plus a bonus disc of unreleased alternate versions of the album's biggest hits and most treasured

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Jeff Beck, Seal, Trevor Horn

Hempsteader: Live At The Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, New York, June 25, 1976

April 15, 2024 By

New Riders of the Purple Sage Hempsteader

Hempsteader: Live At The Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, New York, June 25, 1976 presents New Riders of the Purple Sage live onstage shortly after the release of the band's MCA Records debut, New Riders.  In addition to vocalist-guitarist John "Marmaduke" Dawson's originals ("Henry," "Portland Woman" and "Glendale Train"), the album features covers of Otis Redding ("Hard to Handle"), The Rolling Stones ("Dead Flowers"), Jack Tempchin ("Fifteen Days Under the Hood"), Chuck Berry ("You Never

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

We Still Can't Say Goodbye: A Musicians' Tribute to Chet Atkins

April 12, 2024 By

Chet Atkins We Still Can't Say Goodbye

Legendary guitar hero and "Nashville Sound" progenitor Chet Atkins (1924-2001) is celebrated on this new release featuring contributions from James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Eric Clapton, Ashley Campbell, Brad Paisley, Ricky Skaggs, Charlie McCoy, Atkins pals Tommy Emmanuel CGP and John Knowles CGP, and others.  Carl Jackson has produced.  A vinyl edition follows on May 3.

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

How Does That Grab You?

April 12, 2024 By

Nancy Sinatra How Does That Grab You

Light in the Attic continues the Nancy Sinatra Archival Series with her 1966 sophomore studio album. While a special vinyl edition will be issued for Record Store Day, the CD is available at wide release.  Remastered by John Baldwin, it includes two bonus tracks: "The Last of the Secret Agents?" and the previously unreleased "If Things Don't Start Picking Up."  The lavish booklet includes a Q&A between Nancy and reissue producer Hunter Lea plus timeline and previously unpublished photos from

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

Release Round-Up: Week of April 12

April 12, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Eagles To the Limit

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. Eagles, To the Limit: The Essential Collection (Rhino) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 3CD with replica tour pass: Target.com 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 2LP Highlights: Target.com To the Limit: The Essential Collection celebrates Eagles' current Long Goodbye

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alice Randall, Beyoncé, Blue Oyster Cult, Eagles, Emerson Lake and Powell, Glad, Manic Street Preachers, Mark Knopfler, Torn Boys, Willie Nile, Woo

No Small 'Feats': Rhino Announces New Little Feat Reissue with Rarities and Unreleased Live Material

April 10, 2024 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Little Feat Feats Don't Fail Me Now

Last year, Rhino reissued Little Feat's seminal second and third albums, Sailin' Shoes (1972) and Dixie Chicken (1973), as deluxe, expanded editions.  Now, the label is following those with a similar presentation of the California group's fourth LP, 1974's Feats Don't Fail Me Now, on 2 CDs or 3 LPs.  Due on June 14, both versions feature a remastered edition of the original album plus rare and previously unreleased outtakes and alternate versions, with all audio sourced from the original

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Little Feat, Lowell George

Let's Do It Again: The Staple Singers' "Africa '80" Coming from Omnivore

April 8, 2024 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Staple Singers Africa 80

Fans of The Staple Singers are in for a treat.  On May 10, Omnivore Recordings will reissue Africa 80, the live album from the legendary gospel-soul group documenting their first-ever tour of the continent. Roebuck "Pops" Staples, daughters Cleotha, Mavis, and Yvonne, and son Pervis raised their voices in song to celebrate the Lord, but also to crusade for civil rights and share musical messages of power and positivity around the world.  In the 1960s, the group transitioned from pure gospel

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Gospel, R&B/Soul Tags: The Staple Singers

The Weekend Stream: April 6, 2024

April 6, 2024 By Mike Duquette 3 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's lineup includes a rare Prince B-side, classic remixes by U2, a country icon taking on a rock legend and much more!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Prince, "United States of Division" (NPG/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Late March marked the 20th anniversary of 2004's Musicology, Prince's first Top 10 album

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Dolly Parton, Henry Mancini, Jim Weatherly, Modest Mouse, Phoebe Snow, Prince, Tom Petty, U2

Release Round-Up: Week of April 5

April 5, 2024 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Garbage Bleed Like Me

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. Garbage, Bleed Like Me: Deluxe Edition (Interscope/UMe (U.S.)/BMG (U.K.)) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Garbage closed a chapter of their career in 2005 with the release of their fourth album, Bleed Like Me, in 2005.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Garbage, Mike Post, Niall Horan, Ohio Players, Sheila E, Yes

The Weekend Stream: March 30, 2024

March 30, 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's lineup includes features a country-pop legend, film soundtrack royalty, and more!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Brenda Lee, The International Brenda Lee (Brenda Lee Sings in German, French and Italian) (UMG Nashville/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) Bear Family's 1992 collection featuring Brenda's songs in

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Parsons, Brenda Lee, Henry Mancini, Madonna, Michael R. Jackson, The Alan Parsons Project

Fly, Robin, Fly! Omnivore Serves Up Soul and Disco from Silver Convention, Ohio Players

March 28, 2024 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Silver Convention Save Me

Omnivore Recordings continues its packed slate of R&B, soul, and disco releases with an expanded edition of Silver Convention's 1975 debut album, Save Me, due tomorrow, March 29.  Next week will then see a comprehensive collection from the early days of funk outfit Ohio Players. Silver Convention - originally Silver Bird in the U.S. and Silver Bird Convention in Europe - was the brainchild of composer/arranger Sylvester Levay and lyricist/producer Michael Kunze. Formed by Levay and Kunze

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Ohio Players, Silver Convention

From the Mars Hotel: 50th Anniversary Edition

March 27, 2024 By

Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada All formats (including "Ugly Rumors" vinyl): Dead.net Grateful Dead's seventh studio album, 1974's From the Mars Hotel, is the latest to see an expansion in the band's ongoing 50th anniversary series.  The remastered 3CD and digital set includes two bonus demos and a live show from May 12, 1974 in Reno, Nevada.  The stadium show, presented on 2 CDs, includes Mars Hotel tracks ("U.S.

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

Anno Domini 1989-1995

March 27, 2024 By

Black Sabbath Anno Domini

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Black Sabbath's Anno Domini 1989-1995, available on four CDs or four LPs, will offer a closer look at albums that essentially featured founding guitarist Tony Iommi restarting the band from scratch, recruiting vocalist Tony Martin and a cast of new and old talent to re-establish Sabbath's place in the metal canon. The albums Headless Cross (1989), Tyr (1990), Cross Purposes (1994)

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Rock 'N' Roll Star!

March 27, 2024 By

David Bowie Rock N Roll Star

5CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 5CD/1Blu-ray collection from the late David Bowie follows 2019's Conversation Piece (which shed light on the 1968-1969 David Bowie/Space Oddity era) and 2022's Divine Symmetry (which chronicled the twelve months leading up to December 1971's release of Hunky Dory).  Rock 'n' Roll Star! takes an in-depth look at Bowie's path to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars,

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

Unbroken Chain: Grateful Dead Set "From The Mars Hotel" For 50th Anniversary Reissue

March 27, 2024 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel

Grateful Dead's seventh studio album, 1974's From the Mars Hotel, is the latest to see an expansion in the band's ongoing 50th anniversary series.  The 3CD and digital set premieres a live show from May 12, 1974.  It arrives on June 21 from Rhino, along with various vinyl variants of the original album. From the Mars Hotel, originally released on June 27, 1974, was the second release on the group's own Grateful Dead Records following 1973's Wake of the Flood.  This busy period also saw the

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

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