When Phil Collins' Take a Look At Me Now... reissue campaign commenced in 2016, some fans were understandably, justifiably sore at the exclusion of most of his rarest material - non-LP B-sides and remixes - in favor of unreleased demos or, more often, non-contemporaneous live material sitting next to the original albums on bonus discs. This month, Rhino will finally collect that much-coveted material - albeit in digital form - on two new compilations: Other Sides and Remixed Sides, due May
Back To The Love Shack: B-52’s Celebrate 30 Years of ‘Cosmic Thing’ With Expanded Reissue
The B-52's are about to take a "roam around the world" with a summer tour of the U.S. and Europe, and they'll also release a new 2CD expanded edition of Cosmic Thing, the group's best-selling album, in June. Cosmic Thing: 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition remasters the original 1989 album alongside five bonus remixes of the album's biggest singles, including the smash hits "Love Shack" and "Roam," and adds a live disc drawn from two sets in Texas in 1990. The package also comes with new liner
If You Love Me: Elvis Costello’s “Purse” Reaches Wider Audience With Digital Release
Elvis Costello and the Imposters have been in the news a lot lately. They are set to embark on a U.S. tour this summer co-headlining with Blondie and recently released a new EP, Purse. The four-song set features all unreleased tracks, including previously unrecorded lyrics from Johnny Cash ("If You Love Me") and Bob Dylan ("Down in the Bottom" featuring Rebecca and Megan Lovell). Purse also features co-writes with Paul McCartney ("The Lovers That Never Were") and Burt Bacharach ("Everyone's
Release Round-Up: Week of May 10
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Cilla Black, Cilla/In My Life (SFE/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment imprint has two more reissues in the ongoing series of definitively remastered and expanded Cilla Black albums. First up is the late vocalist's debut album Cilla (1965) with In My Life (1974), the latter of which is making its premiere on CD in full. This 2-CD set adds 26 bonus tracks, three of which are new to
I’ve Got A Sure Thing: Craft Presents “Soul Explosion” Vinyl Reissue, Plus A Month of Stax Digital Rarities
Craft Recordings has announced the next phase of its campaign to honor one of the great labels of soul - Stax Records. Entitled "Soul Explosion," the campaign began with their Record Store Day releases of Boy Meets Girl: Classic Stax Duets, Stax Does The Beatles and the first-ever mono reissue of Albert King's Born Under A Bad Sign. The next phase begins on May 31 and will see new vinyl and digital reissues of classics from 1969, which proved to be a watershed year for the label, and
Can You Hear Me? David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” Single Gets 50th Anniversary Box Set Reissue
"Space Oddity" is among the most iconic and enduring of David Bowie's many timeless tracks. Major Tom's trek in a tin can has captured imaginations for fifty years and has become part of popular culture since it became Bowie's breakthrough single. On the heels of Parolophone's ongoing vinyl series, the label is set to release another new box set, one that celebrates the golden anniversary of "Space Oddity." The new Space Oddity 50th Anniversary Edition single box set arrive July 12 and
Review: Resonance Delivers Unreleased Jazz from Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery
Resonance Records marked this year's Record Store Day with two world premieres celebrating the artistry of two late jazz titans, Bill Evans and Wes Montgomery. Now, those titles have arrived on CD, and they're both worthy successors to the label's past releases from both artists. Evans in England, featuring bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell, captures the pianist's longest-running trio a little over a year into their lifespan and already showcasing their exquisite interplay.
Like Someone in Love: Unreleased Stan Getz Concert Arrives from Verve in June
Tenor saxophone legend Stan Getz's career spanned six decades in which he played with everyone from Antonio Carlos Jobim and Dizzy Gillespie to Barry Manilow and Huey Lewis. On June 14, Verve Records and UMe will take fans back to the evening of November 26, 1961, when Getz and his quartet comprising pianist Steve Kuhn, bassist John Neves, and drummer Roy Haynes took the stage at New York's Village Gate. The show was professionally recorded, possibly for release, but for one reason or another,
He’s Got a Way: Billy Joel Celebrates His 70th Birthday With Live Rarities on Digital Collection
Billy Joel turns 70 on Thursday, May 9, and is celebrating with a birthday concert at Madison Square Garden, where he's currently headlining an unprecedented years-long residency of monthly concerts. While the piano man hasn't released an album of original songs since 1993's River of Dreams, he's hardly been idle these past 26 years and remains a top concert draw. Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings are commemorating Joel the live performer with a new streaming playlist available
Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers: New ZZ Top Set Celebrates Half Century of Blues and Beards
Rhino is celebrating a half century of ZZ Top with a new, multi-format compilation due this summer. Goin' 50 collects 18 of the Texas trio's biggest and baddest hits, from their breakthrough in the '70s to their most recent studio release, 2012's La Futura. That disc will be available to buy, stream or download on June 14 - and on August 16, as the group embarks on a 50th anniversary tour, a Lone Star State-sized 3CD or 5LP edition of Goin' 50 will be released. That set offers tracks from
Release Round-Up: Week of May 3
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Pete Seeger, The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Smithsonian Folkways' newly curated collection celebrates the late troubadour with 137 tracks over 6 CDs - classic songs, collaborations, and live recordings including 20 previously unreleased tracks, all of which were remastered by Pete Reiniger. From his first recording sessions with Folkways founder Moses Asch through his '90s
Digital Round-Up: Week of May 3
While The Second Disc continues to champion physical media, we recognize that some labels have begun to issue digital-only releases that bring together rarities from the vault or spotlight long-out-of-print albums. From annual copyright extension releases to vault-clearing initiatives, we figured our readers would like to know about some of the treasures that have been released online and on streaming services. So, from time to time, we will shed some light on the best of these digital
Salt of the Earth: ABKCO Revisits “The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus” With Expanded Deluxe Sets
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is one of those great time capsules of the rock and roll era. Filmed at the Intertel TV Studio in Wembley on December 11, 1968 and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the movie was part rock show and part sideshow. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus featured the original lineup of The Rolling Stones - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman - who served as the main music draw and the night's hosts. They were joined by a
Nils Lofgren Celebrates Old Friend Reed with “Blue for Lou”
The pairing of Nils Lofgren and Lou Reed may have seemed an unlikely one; for one thing, neither gentleman needed much help from anyone else as a songwriter. But the pair's brief collaboration yielded a full album's worth of songs - 13 total - which would be doled out between the artists on Lofgren's A&M release Nils and Reed's Arista album The Bells (both from 1979). Much later, Lofgren tapped the song stash again for Damaged Goods (1995) and Breakaway Angel (2002), but five of their
Don’t Be Denied: Rare Neil Young and Stray Gators Set Documented on “Tuscaloosa”
Neil Young has been hard at work. It was recently announced that he and Crazy Horse had entered the studio and Young has written that they've got 8 tracks in the can. But for as much as Neil enjoys looking forward, he's also spent considerable time curating his legacy. The now near-mythical Archives Vol. 2 has been rumored to be on the way, his Archives website will soon see new exclusive rarities added, and he's got a number of vault projects in the works. One that fans can finally check off
The Wayfarer: Bruce Springsteen Returns With New Long-Player, “Western Stars”
Yesterday, Bruce Springsteen announced the release of his highly anticipated new solo album, Western Stars, which marks his first studio work since High Hopes in 2014. Due on June 14 from Columbia, Western Stars marks a return to "character driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangement[s]," as Springsteen described it in a statement. According to the press release, the album is partly inspired by classic Southern California pop of the '60s and '70s, and Springsteen has
To the Valley Below: Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue Celebrated With Documentary and Box Set
Preliminary details have begun to emerge about an upcoming multi-disc box set and Martin Scorsese-directed Netflix documentary celebrating the 1975 leg of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour. As first reported in Variety, Dylan's legendary tour will be commemorated on June 7 with a 14-CD, 148-track live box set. The mammoth collection brings together all five professionally recorded Dylan sets from October and November 1975, as well as recently discovered rehearsals recorded at New York's
Release Round-Up: Week of April 26
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Ultimate Rave (Legacy/NPG) Ultimate Rave (2-CD/1-DVD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 2-CD/1-DVD collection brings together two of Prince's albums from the turn of the new millennium: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2
Nothing Compares: ‘Originals’ Collects Prince’s Demos of Songs Given to Others
There are few artists as prolific as Prince. His legendary Vault is said to contain hundreds of albums' worth of material. On June 7 -- what would have been Prince's 61st birthday -- The Prince Estate and Warner Bros. Records will issue Originals, a new album of further treasures from the archives. As first reported by Variety (just one day before the estate welcomes fans to the annual Prince Celebration at Paisley Park, his recording complex-turned-museum), Originals brings together 15 demos
Hunt It Down: Paul McCartney To Release Music-Only “Egypt Station: Explorer’s Edition”
Earlier this year, Paul McCartney announced he'd be revisiting his most recent album -- 2018's Egypt Station -- with a lavish, limited-edition suitcase box set packed with vinyl, cassette, and CD versions of the album and a handful of bonus tracks, along with postcards, baggage tickets, luggage tags, lithos, playing cards, a map, and a jigsaw puzzle. While that Traveller's Edition box (due on May 10) is a luxurious, business-class trip, a slimmed-down set called Egypt Station: Explorer's Edition
Release Round-Up: Week of April 19
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, HONK [Various Formats] (Interscope) 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-CD deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP standard: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Target-exclusive blue vinyl: Target.com 4-LP deluxe color vinyl: The Rolling Stones' Online Shop Various music/apparel bundles: The Rolling Stones' Online Shop Honk is a new compilation album from The Rolling Stones that
Many a New Day: Decca Broadway Relaunches Label with “Oklahoma!,” “Tootsie”
If any single album could be said to have given birth to the concept of the original Broadway cast recording as we know it, that album would be Decca Records' 1943 preservation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! with its original stars Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, and Celeste Holm. Decca's Jack Kapp envisioned a release that would allow listeners across the nation to take Oklahoma! to their own homes, a true souvenir album that captured the energy and excitement of the smash production and
Only Wanna Be With You: Hootie and the Blowfish Celebrate 25th Anniversary of “Cracked Rear View” With Deluxe Reissues
'90s pop superstars Hootie and the Blowfish are set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their 21x platinum smash Cracked Rear View with a 2-CD Expanded Edition and 3-CD/DVD Deluxe Edition. Both configurations are due from Rhino on May 31 and boast a wealth of unreleased and hard-to-find content. The classic album was originally recorded at L.A.'s NRG Studios with Don Gehman producing. The result was an infectious collection that spawned four successful singles ("Hold My Hand," "Only Wanna Be
Review: Nat “King” Cole, “Ultimate Nat King Cole” and “International Nat King Cole” [UPDATED]
March 17, 2019 would have been Nat "King" Cole's 100th birthday. While the man born Nathaniel Adams Coles only lived to the age of 45, he more than earned his royal moniker over his three decades of performing. He paved the way for African-American artists as the first black man to host a nationwide television variety show, and quietly but devotedly crusaded for civil rights. At the time of his death, at the height of Beatlemania, he was selling some seven million records a year. The Cole
Flip The Switch: Complete Rolling Stones Show From 1998, “Bridges To Bremen,” Due June 21
Twenty years since it was originally aired, The Rolling Stones' 1998 concert film Bridges To Bremen will finally be released as part of the band's ongoing archive series from Eagle Vision on June 21 . It captures the complete September 2, 1998 show from Germany's Weserstadion show, recorded on The Rolling Stones' final leg of their tour supporting the Bridges To Babylon album. The Bridges To Babylon tour was a landmark in live Rolling Stones history. For one, it was the first tour to
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