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Release Round-Up: Week of September 9

September 9, 2022 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Kinks Muswell and Show Biz Box

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! The Kinks, Muswell Hillbillies / Everybody's in Show-Biz - Everybody's a Star (BMG) 6LP/4CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Muswell Hillbillies 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Muswell Hillbillies 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Everybody's in Show-Biz 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Fanny, Grateful Dead, Imagine Dragons, Jackie Evancho, Jesse Ed Davis, Joni Mitchell, Julian Lennon, Kate Bush, KISS, Olivia Newton-John, Ozzy Osbourne, Powerman 5000, Spacehog, The Kinks

Here She Comes Again: Dolly Parton's Greatest Hits Collected on "Diamonds and Rhinestones"

September 8, 2022 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Dolly Parton Diamonds and Rhinestones

Here she comes again.  Hot on the heels of the expanded edition of Dolly Parton's A Holly Dolly Christmas, the superstar is teaming with Legacy Recordings and RCA for a new, career-spanning package.  Diamonds and Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection arrives on November 18 with 23 tracks, originally released between 1971 and 2020, on CD, 2LP, and digital formats. Diamonds and Rhinestones draws on Parton's recordings for RCA Victor, Columbia Records, and her own Dolly Records label.  The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette

And Your Bird Can Sing! The Beatles' "Revolver" Goes Super Deluxe in October

September 7, 2022 By Joe Marchese 31 Comments

Revolver deluxe

The Beatles' seventh studio album - and the bridge between Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1966's Revolver is recognized as one of the Fab Four's most groundbreaking as well as significant albums. With producer George Martin, the group employed studio wizardry to bring their new songs to life - tape loops, automatic double tracking, close miking, use of varispeed and reversed tapes, among other techniques that would soon be imitated by countless others - as well as

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

The Second Disc Guesses the 'Thriller 40' Track List

September 7, 2022 By Mike Duquette 13 Comments

Thriller 40 packshot real

It's hard to know what a Michael Jackson event release looks like today. For one, the King of Pop is very much dead; for another, November's impending release of Thriller 40 is the third reissue of the bestselling album. Are the vaults empty? Is the estate stingy? (This is, after all, the same Jackson estate that bizarrely changed the font on the cover, got very defensive about it, yet changed it again, with a new slipcase. Also, the upcoming Mobile Fidelity vinyl edition may have gotten the

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Categories: Features, News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones

Circle of Love: Dolly Parton's "Holly Dolly Christmas" Gets Expanded Edition in October

September 6, 2022 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Dolly A Holly Dolly Christmas Deluxe

2020's A Holly Dolly Christmas was Dolly Parton's 47th solo studio album, but only her third full-length Christmas record following the Kenny Rogers collaboration Once Upon a Christmas (1984) and solo Home for Christmas (1990).  The joyful yuletide set, supported by a prime-time CBS television special, became the superstar's eighth Billboard Country chart-topper; it also reached the peak of the Holiday Albums chart and the top twenty of the Billboard 200.  On October 14, the Grammy-nominated

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Holiday Tags: Billy Ray Cyrus, Dolly Parton, Jimmy Fallon, Michael Bublé, Miley Cyrus, Willie Nelson

The Weekend Stream: September 3, 2022

September 3, 2022 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Stream

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! From a Prince-ly duo of two queens to a Beach Boy gone solo and more, you'll find some great picks for the holiday weekend. Wendy & Lisa, B-Sides / Instrumentals / Edits / Extended Versions (Virgin) B-Sides: iTunes U.K. / Amazon U.K. Extended: iTunes U.K. / Amazon U.K. An exciting treat for fans of

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Jardine, America, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Starr, Burl Ives, Daryl Hall, David Crosby, Glen Campbell, Ice Cube, Jay-Z, Miracle Legion, Neil Young, Prince, Roger Miller, Roger Williams, Stephen Stills, Steve Miller, The Beach Boys, The Miracles, Wendy & Lisa

Release Round-Up: Week of September 2

September 2, 2022 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Shania Twain Not Just a Girl

As we here in the U.S. head into Labor Day weekend, we have a shorter Release Round-Up than usual!  To all our readers - wherever you might be - please have a safe and happy weekend! Shania Twain, Not Just a Girl: The Highlights (Mercury Nashville/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Not Just a Girl (The Highlights), a new companion album to the documentary coming to Netflix, features 17 of Shania Twain's classic pop and country hits plus the new title track.  Read more

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Blondie, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Elton John, Kris Kristofferson, Mel Carter, Paul McCartney, Shania Twain, Various Artists

A Charlie Brown Christmas: Super Deluxe Edition

September 1, 2022 By

charlie brown christmas 5disc box

4CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft has the ultimate celebration of A Charlie Brown Christmas with this 4CD/1 Blu-ray deluxe edition of the classic album that features not only multiple mixes of the original LP - the original stereo mix alongside new stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes - but a whopping 60 unreleased alternate takes from five sessions. (Smaller deluxe

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Jazz, Soundtracks

Creatures of the Night: Super Deluxe Edition

September 1, 2022 By

Creatures of the Night box

5CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Official KISS Store 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP - Half-Speed Master: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada KISS delivers another Super Deluxe mega-box - this time for 1982's Creatures of the Night. Creatures will be reissued for its 40th anniversary in a variety of formats: chiefly a 5CD/Blu-ray box packed with the remastered album and 67 (!) live and studio

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

At The Royal Albert Hall

September 1, 2022 By

CCR At the Royal Albert Hall

Craft Recordings releases Creedence Clearwater Revival's April 14, 1970 show at London's venerable Royal Albert Hall. as newly restored and mixed by Giles Martin and Sam Okell. The concert includes such CCR staples as "Green River," "Fortunate Son," "Bad Moon Rising," "Proud Mary," and "Keep on Chooglin'."  Available on CD, LP, cassette, and digitally. A Craft-exclusive 2LP/2CD/1BD box set due November 18 includes the CD and 2-LP set of the Royal Albert Hall show plus the concert

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

Jude

September 1, 2022 By

Julian Lennon Jude

Julian Lennon returns with his first studio album since 2011's Everything Changes, highlighted by the singles "Freedom," "Every Little Moment," "Save Me, and "Breathe."  The cover photo of Julian was taken by May Pang in 1974.  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

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

EP3

September 1, 2022 By

Ringo Starr EP3

Ringo Starr delivers the latest in his series of original EPs.  EP3 features collaborations with Steve Lukather, Dave Koz, Linda Perry, and others on four new songs.  Available in CD and digital formats on September 16 and vinyl and cassette on November 18.

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

Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4

September 1, 2022 By

Stranger Things Season 4

This 22-track collection gathers the eclectic music featured in the fourth season of Netflix's supernatural drama Stranger Things, including Kate Bush's chart-topping "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)," KISS' "Detroit Rock City," The Beach Boys' "California Dreamin'," James Taylor's "Fire and Rain," Metallica's "Master of Puppets," Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's "A Kiss to Build a Dream On," and two versions of Journey with Steve Perry's "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)."  Available on

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

Love It Loud: KISS Expand 'Creatures of the Night' for Deluxe Box Set

August 31, 2022 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

Creatures of the Night box

Currently well into the 10th leg of their End of the Road farewell tour - which started in 2019! - it feels like KISS might never go away. And the band is planning to remind their faithful fans of one of their more notable works of the '80s with a lavish new box set: 1982's Creatures of the Night. Creatures will be reissued for its 40th anniversary on November 18 in a variety of formats: chiefly a 5CD/Blu-ray box packed with the remastered album and 67 live and studio bonus tracks, nearly all

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, KISS, Paul Stanley

Medazzaland (25th Anniversary Edition)

August 29, 2022 By

Medazzaland 25

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Duran Duran's "lost" 1997 album - denied a release in Europe due to EMI's decision to drop the band - finally sees a worldwide release from BMG in both CD and LP formats. While neither physical release will feature bonus material (save the promise of rare and unseen imagery in the booklet and packaging), the announcement did come with the digital delivery of "Ball and Chain," an extra track from the

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

Moonage Daydream

August 29, 2022 By

Moonage Daydream

Parlophone offers a soundtrack to director Brett Morgen's highly-anticipated documentary about David Bowie.  Available digitally the same weekend as the movie (September 16) with a November 18 release on two CDs (and a 2023 bow on triple vinyl), the Moonage Daydream companion album boasts 43 tracks: new mixes of familiar material and deep cuts alike, fragments of Bowie's narration and even a handful of unreleased works. Among the centerpieces being heard for the first time is a live medley of

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Things Happen That Way

August 29, 2022 By

Dr. John Things Happen That Way

Rounder delivers a posthumous set from Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr. John (1941-2019).  Things Happen That Way adds a country tinge to the New Orleans legend's signature sound, and includes such tracks as "Funny How Time Slips Away," "Ramblin' Man," "Gimme That Old Time Religion" featuring Willie Nelson, "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" with Willie's son Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, and "End of the Line" with Aaron Neville.  A vinyl edition follows on October 14.

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

Space Force

August 29, 2022 By

Todd Rundgren Space Force

Wizard, true star, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Todd Rundgren returns with a new studio album comprising a dozen original songs - all of which are collaborative efforts.  Guest artists include Sparks, Neil Finn, Thomas Dolby, Steve Vai, Adrian Belew, Rivers Cuomo, and The Roots.

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

Out of Their Mind and Onto Your Stereo: Duran Duran's 'Medazzaland' Finally Gets Worldwide Release

August 29, 2022 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Medazzaland 25

A Duran Duran album not coming out in England sounds like some sort of wacky mistake - but in 1997, it was a hard truth for one of the country's most enduring pop/rock acts. Now, 25 years later and on the eve of their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, that record is finally corrected with a worldwide, physical reissue of the group's misunderstood Medazzaland on October 14. The '90s found Duran in some of the most whiplash-inducing scenarios of their career. They started the decade with

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

Keep Your Electric Eye on Me: New Mixes, Live Material Feature on Bowie's 'Moonage Daydream' Documentary Soundtrack

August 29, 2022 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Moonage Daydream

Brett Morgen's Moonage Daydream is certainly shaping up to be one of the most anticipated rock documentaries of the year. The writer/editor/producer/director behind acclaimed documentaries on film impresario Robert Evans and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain brings his narrative focus to David Bowie, using unseen footage and the voice of the late rock icon himself to paint an officially-sanctioned portrait of his eclectic career. Having already screened at Cannes to critical acclaim, Moonage Daydream

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: David Bowie

Not Just a Girl (The Highlights)

August 28, 2022 By

Shania Twain Not Just a Girl

Not Just a Girl (The Highlights), a new companion album to the documentary coming to Netflix, features 17 of Shania Twain's classic pop and country hits plus the new title track.

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

Too Rye Ay, as it should have sounded

August 28, 2022 By

Too Rye Ay box

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Kevin Rowland is revisiting the Dexys Midnight Runners album that featured "Come On Eileen" in a new box set full of bonus material and, crucially, a new remix of the original album: Too Rye Ay, as it should have sounded. The 3CD set boasts a new mix of Too Rye Ay, featuring singles like "The Celtic Soul Brothers" and a cover of Van Morrison's "Jackie Wilson Said," alongside nearly a dozen single

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

Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana

August 28, 2022 By

Zappa 75

Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana captures The Mothers' first and only concerts in Yugoslavia.  Zappa referred to the dates as "The Mothers of Invention Yugoslavian Extravaganza," and the performances lived up to that mighty moniker.  The shows were staged in Zagreb and Ljubljana, now the capital cities of Croatia and Slovenia, respectively.  He was joined by the short-lived line-up of Andre Lewis (keyboards), Napoleon Murphy Brock (tenor sax and lead vocals), Norma Bell (alto sax, vocals), Roy

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

The Weekend Stream: August 27, 2022

August 27, 2022 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Stream

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! This week, Marvin Gaye gets remixed, two pop icons from different generations join forces, an underrated Olivia Newton-John album resurfaces and more. Marvin Gaye, I Want You: The John Morales M+M Mixes (Motown/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) Sort of the quiet masterpiece in Marvin Gaye's impressive '70s run, the

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Britney Spears, Elton John, Kenny Burrell, Kitty Wells, Marvin Gaye, Olivia Newton-John, Roger Miller, Ronnie Spector, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

Release Round-Up: Week of August 26

August 26, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Blondie front cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Blondie, Against All Odds 1974-1982 (Numero/Capitol/UMC) 10LP/10"/7" Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The long-awaited Blondie box set - a catalogue number was assigned back in 2016! - is finally on the way.  Against the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Blondie, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Earle, Vince Guaraldi

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