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"Tomorrow's" Here! New Reissue Shines Light on The Modulators

February 28, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Tomorrows Coming

When news came through that Brooklyn label Manufactured Recordings was reissuing Tomorrow's Coming, the sole full-length LP by cult power-pop group The Modulators, we at Second Disc HQ knew we couldn't just do an ordinary news post. It's not just the music--although the music, a sugary-sweet blend of Raspberries-esque dream pop and Marshall Crenshaw-ian jangle-crunch, is thoroughly worth your time. Ultimately, our interest is piqued by the original label that released Tomorrow's Coming:

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Categories: Features, News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Jackson 5, The Modulators, The Monkees, The Raspberries

Quiet Nights: 50th Anniversary Reissue of "Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim" Set for April

February 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim

Fifty years ago, Frank Sinatra released one of his finest albums - and indeed, one of the finest albums of all time.  Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim arrived in late March 1967 on the Reprise label, marking the first collaboration between America's foremost vocalist and Brazil's foremost composer.  On April 7, UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises will reissue the original album for its 50th anniversary in a new edition featuring two previously unreleased bonus tracks. For the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Claus Ogerman, Frank Sinatra

Release Round-Up: Week of February 24

February 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

George Harrison Box Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! George Harrison, The Vinyl Collection (Apple/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) George Harrison - The Vinyl Collection includes newly-remastered editions of 13 albums, from Wonderwall Music (1968) to the posthumously released Brainwashed (2002).  Each album has been remastered at Capitol Studios from the original tapes and pressed onto 180-gram vinyl.  The albums are all packaged in replica sleeves, and the entire set comes in one

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: David Bowie, George Harrison, Harry Belafonte, Herb Alpert, Jack Bruce, Meredith Willson, Roy Orbison

Not Fade Away: Grateful Dead's Legendary 1977 Cornell Concert To Get Official Release On Its Own and As Part of 11-Disc May 1977 Concert Box

February 21, 2017 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Grateful Dead Cornell 5 8 77

A month ago, Rhino Records released a 50th Anniversary edition of the Grateful Dead's self-titled debut album.  When it was announced, Rhino promised that it would kick off a series of anniversary reissues of all of the band's albums.  Details of the next Dead project have now emerged and it is not a new edition of an officially released album but rather the first authorized released of one of the band's most famous concert bootlegs:  the Cornell 5/8/77 show.  It will be released on May 5 to

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

Release Round-Up: Week of February 17

February 17, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Standells Dirty Water

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Evanescence, The Ultimate Collection (Concord Bicycle) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The long-delayed release ofThe Ultimate Collection features, on six vinyl albums, Evanescence's full studio discography on 180-gram vinyl. In addition to Fallen, The Open Door (a double LP) and Evanescence, the box features the first wide release of Origin, a 2000 self-released demo collection; plus Lost Whispers, a rarities disc featuring four

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Rock Tags: Alison Krauss, Evanescence, The Standells

Great Southern Land: Icehouse CD Box, Vinyl Reissue Mark Band's 40th Anniversary

February 16, 2017 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

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Australian rockers Icehouse are celebrating four decades with two new catalogue pieces on CD and vinyl, out this month. Led by singer Iva Davies, Icehouse racked up 18 Top 40 hits in their native land, including "Love in Motion," "Great Southern Land," "Hey Little Girl" and "Crazy." Their sole chart-topper in Australia was also their only Top 10 hit in the United States: the stellar pop single "Electric Blue," written by Davies with Icehouse fan John Oates. Davies still leads the group on

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

Faith Evans Plans Notorious B.I.G. Duet Album

February 15, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Faith Evans and Notorious BIG The King and I

Two days before his 25th birthday, and just over 20 years since his heartbreaking and still unsolved murder, The Notorious B.I.G. will live on with his widow Faith Evans' duets album, The King & I. The iconic rapper (born Christopher Wallace) met and married R&B singer and fellow Bad Boy Records label mate Evans in 1994--a turbulent but often loving relationship that ended when Biggie was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1997, 16 days before his second album, Life After Death, hit

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Faith Evans, The Notorious B.I.G.

Let's Go Crazy! Prince Comes to Streaming, "Purple Rain" Reissue Due in June

February 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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Dearly beloved, we R gathered here 2day to announce that Prince's classic Warner Bros. Records catalogue is finally back on streaming services. As previously expected, 18 studio albums, six compilations and a handful of digital singles and EPs are available on Spotify, with all platforms expected to feature the offering by the 5 p.m. Pacific start time of the 59th annual Grammy Awards. But that's not all: in a press release, Warner Bros. announced the first details of the long-awaited

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Streaming Genre: Funk, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Prince

Lovely Day: Aretha, Sly, Andy, Marvin and Billie Headline "The Brazil Connection"

June 26, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

brazil connection

Well, summer is officially upon us! Already there's talk about which songs will be anointed the perfect summer jams for 2014 - songs by artists like Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea and the ubiquitous Pharrell Williams. If those names don't set your pulse racing, however, Legacy Recordings has an alternative that's bound to conjure up images of tropical sunsets, refreshing drinks and summer breeze. Studio Rio Presents The Brazil Connection makes over 12 pop classics from the Sony vaults by melding the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop Tags: Andy Williams, Bill Withers, Marcos Valle, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Sly & The Family Stone

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