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The Weekend Stream: September 4, 2021

September 4, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Rick James, Glow (Deluxe Edition) /

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Aaliyah, ABBA, Bernard Herrmann, DMX, Engelbert Humperdinck, Jerry Goldsmith, Mary Jane Girls, Mary Wilson, Miracle Legion, Propaganda, Rick James, Teena Marie, The Brothers Johnson, The Psychedelic Furs, Timbaland

The Lockdown Sessions

September 3, 2021 By

Elton John The Lockdown Sessions

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Slipcased CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Blue Glitter Cassette, Green Cassette, Purple Cassette: EltonJohn.com Elton John's first new studio release since 2016's Wonderful Crazy Night is on the way.  A spiritual successor to 1993's Duets, The Lockdown Sessions features Elton's collaborations with 16 diverse artists ranging from the late Glen Campbell and

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Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Voyage

September 3, 2021 By

ABBA Voyage

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Black LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Orange LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target-Exclusive CD: Target.com Target-Exclusive Yellow LP: Target.com Indie-Exclusive Blue LP: Your Local Record Store [Visit RecordStoreDay.com's store finder] Various formats including exclusive vinyl, CDs, and cassettes: Official ABBA Store Mamma mia!  ABBA is back.  40 years after the November 1981 release of The

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

A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Remixed and Updated

September 3, 2021 By

Pink Floyd Momentary Lapse Remixed CD BD

CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Sony and Pink Floyd Records are breaking out another title from 2019's mammoth Pink Floyd: The Later Years box set.  A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Remixed and Updated features the David Gilmour-overseen presentation of the band's 1987 studio album.  Remixed by Andy Jackson with Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins, this version will be released on

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

Signs of Life: Pink Floyd's "A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Remixed and Updated" Sees October Release

September 3, 2021 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

Pink Floyd Momentary Lapse Remixed CD BD

On October 29, Sony and Pink Floyd Records will break out another title from 2019's mammoth Pink Floyd: The Later Years box set.  A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Remixed and Updated features the David Gilmour-overseen presentation of the band's 1987 studio album.  Remixed by Andy Jackson with Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins, this version will be released on CD/DVD, CD/BD, double 180-gram, half-speed mastered 45 RPM vinyl, and digitally with stereo and 5.1 mixes.  Additionally, the album will be

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Pink Floyd

Release Round-Up: Week of September 3

September 3, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Bob Marley Capitol Session

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Marley and The Wailers, The Capitol Session '73 (Tuff Gong/Mercury Studios) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Green Marble Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Five days after Bob Marley and The Wailers' landmark Burnin' hit stores in October 1973, producer Denny Cordell (Leon Russell, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) took the band into Hollywood's Capitol

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Booker T. and the MG's, Gerry Rafferty, Rory Gallagher

Always Love You: Elton John Welcomes Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Brandi Carlile, Glen Campbell and More to "The Lockdown Sessions"

September 1, 2021 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Elton John The Lockdown Sessions

Earlier today, Elton John announced a new album, his first new studio release since 2016's Wonderful Crazy Night.  A spiritual successor to 1993's Duets, The Lockdown Sessions features Elton's collaborations with 16 diverse artists ranging from the late Glen Campbell and legendary Stevie Wonder and Stevie Nicks to current hitmakers including Lil Nas X, Miley Cyrus, and Nicki Minaj.  The album was borne out of the many guest appearances Elton made on various records during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Brandi Carlile, Dua Lipa, Eddie Vedder, Elton John, Glen Campbell, Metallica, Miley Cyrus, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder

Boots [Expanded Edition]

September 1, 2021 By

Nancy Sinatra Boots

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Black LP: NancySinatra.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Eight-Track Cassette: NancySinatra.com Bootique-Exclusive Red LP: NancySinatra.com The Nancy Sinatra Archival Series from Light in the Attic continues with CD, vinyl, digital, and 8-track (!) reissues of Nancy's debut album, 1966's Boots, originally issued on the Reprise label and featuring not only the chart-topping "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" but

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

L.A. Woman: 50th Anniversary Edition

September 1, 2021 By

The Doors LA Woman Packshot

The sixth and final studio album from The Doors featuring Jim Morrison gets a 50th anniversary expansion from Rhino on 3 CDs and 1 LP.  The original stereo album (newly remastered by Bruce Botnick) is present on both CD and LP while the bonus discs have more than two hours of previously unreleased sessions.  The first CD also includes two bonus tracks, a previously unheard Sunset Sound recording of "Riders on the Storm" and the demo of "Hyacinth House."  David Fricke provides the new liner

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

American Babylon: 25th Anniversary Edition

September 1, 2021 By

Joe Grushecky American Babylon

Last year, the recently-reactivated Cleveland International Records label reissued Joe Grushecky and The Iron City Houserockers' Have a Good Time...But Get Out Alive! as a deluxe edition for its 40th anniversary.  Now, the label is returning to the catalogue of the Pittsburgh rocker for a slightly belated 25th anniversary edition of The Houserockers' 1995 album American Babylon which was produced by, and features, Grushecky's friend Bruce Springsteen.  The 2-CD expansion of American Babylon

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

Catch the Wind

September 1, 2021 By

Herb Alpert Catch the Wind

Herb Alpert is back with an all-new studio album featuring nine original songs plus covers of The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" and "Blackbird," the standards "Smile" and "Summertime," and "America the Beautiful."  Available on CD and digital formats.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Jazz

Riders on the Storm: The Doors' 'L.A. Woman' Celebrates 50th Anniversary with New Box Set

September 1, 2021 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

The Doors LA Woman Packshot

The Doors' L.A. Woman was hotly anticipated.  The band's sixth studio set and a return to the blues-rock on which the band made its name, it followed the concert album Absolutely Live and the compilation 13, both in 1970, as well as the hit single "Love Her Madly."  The March 1971 release of "Love Her Madly" teased the new album which finally arrived in April and shot to a top 10 berth on the Billboard 200.  Three months later, Jim Morrison was found dead in his Paris apartment and the original

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

And That's Just What They'll Do: Nancy Sinatra's "Boots" Returns from Light in the Attic

August 30, 2021 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

Nancy Sinatra Boots

Earlier this year, Light in the Attic launched its Nancy Sinatra Archival Series celebrating the musical legacy of the vocalist behind such classics as "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'," "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?," "You Only Live Twice," and the duet "Somethin' Stupid" with her famous father.  On September 17, the series will continue with a CD, vinyl, digital, and 8-track (!) reissue of Nancy's debut album, 1966's Boots, originally issued on the Reprise label. Boots was, of course,

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Nancy Sinatra

New Adventures in Hi-Fi: 25th Anniversary Edition

August 30, 2021 By

R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi Fi

2CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (Discs 1 & 2 below only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Original album only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings is continuing its ongoing R.E.M. reissue series with a 25th anniversary edition of the Georgia band's tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi.  A 2CD/1BD Deluxe Edition will present the newly remastered original album, a disc of B-sides and rarities, and a Blu-ray with numerous

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

Let It Be [Various Formats]

August 30, 2021 By

Let It Be deluxe

5CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Beatles' final album, Let It Be, arrives in deluxe editions to coincide with Peter Jackson's multi-part documentary Get Back.  The 5CD/BD edition includes: Giles Martin and Sam Okell's new remix of the album; Two discs of rehearsals,

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

The Weekend Stream: August 28, 2021

August 28, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! OutKast, ATLiens (25th Anniversary

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Kirsty MacColl, Lil Wayne, Outkast, The Five Stairsteps, Timbaland

Release Round-Up: Week of August 27

August 27, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Beach Boys Feel Flows Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Beach Boys, Feel Flows: The Sunflower and Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971 (Capitol/UMe) 5CD: 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 4LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP Translucent Blue & Translucent Gold: The Beach Boys Shop Feel Flows: The Sunflower and Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971, a hardcover book-style set

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop Tags: Belinda Carlisle, Buck Owens, Burt Bacharach, Denise Donatelli, Diane Warren, Doug "Cosmo" Clifford, Harold Rome, John Mellencamp, Madeleine Peyroux, Marian Anderson, Marshall Crenshaw, Supergrass, The Beach Boys, The Spinners

Get Back: The Beatles Remix, Expand 'Let It Be'

August 26, 2021 By Joe Marchese 36 Comments

Let It Be deluxe

More than 50 years after its May 1970 release, The Beatles' Let It Be - the Fab Four's final original studio album - remains anything but the last word on the band. While the LP topped the charts in multiple countries including the U.S. and U.K., and included such beloved now-standards as "The Long and Winding Road," "Across the Universe," "Get Back," and the title track, the road to its release was anything but a smooth one.  It was previously announced that the story would be chronicled this

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

Bittersweet Me: R.E.M. Revisits 'New Adventures in Hi-Fi' for 25th Anniversary

August 25, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi Fi

Craft Recordings is continuing its ongoing R.E.M. reissue series with a 25th anniversary edition of the Georgia band's tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi.  On October 29, a 2CD/1BD Deluxe Edition will present the newly remastered original album, a disc of B-sides and rarities, and a Blu-ray with numerous features including a 64-minute outdoor projection film (originally shown on buildings across five cities in 1996 to promote the album release), a 30-minute EPK (Electronic Press Kit),

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: R.E.M.

Just the Smile: Rory Gallagher's 1971 Solo Debut Expanded as 50th Anniversary Box Set

August 23, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Rory Gallagher

2020 saw a number of releases from late Irish guitar god Rory Gallagher including a blazing 1977 live set and a career-spanning anthology.  Now, the celebration of all things Gallagher continues with a 50th anniversary edition of his 1971 solo debut.  On September 3, UMC (in the U.K.) and UMe (in the U.S.) will reissue the eponymous Rory Gallagher as a 4CD/1DVD set containing a new mix of the original album, 30 previously unreleased outtakes and alternates, a six-song BBC Radio John Peel Sunday

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: Rory Gallagher

The Cave Sessions Vol. 1

August 22, 2021 By

Diane Warren Cave Sessions Volume 1

Diane Warren - author or co-author of nine Billboard No. 1 hits and another 32 top ten entries - is releasing her very first studio album with The Cave Sessions Vol. 1.  She's welcomed an eclectic group of artists including Darius Rucker, Celine Dion, Maren Morris, John Legend, Santana, and Pentatonix - to join her on this 15-song set.  Available on CD and digital formats.

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Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (Deluxe Edition)

August 22, 2021 By

Replacements Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash

Following two recent boxes dedicated to The Replacements' Sire era, Rhino is turning its attention to the band's 1981 debut album Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash with a new 40th anniversary set.  The 4-CD/1-LP collection, presented in Rhino's by-now-familiar 12 x 12 hardcover book format, contains a generous 100 tracks, a full 67 of which are previously unreleased including the 'Mats' first demo recordings from 1980 and a professionally recorded concert from 1981.  In addition to the

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

Back in Nashville

August 22, 2021 By

Elvis Back in Nashville

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elvis: Back in Nashville boasts 82 recordings on 4 CDs (or digitally) from The King's final Nashville sessions in 1971.  With country, folk, holiday and gospel songs, pop, and rock and roll, these seminal tracks represent some of the most richly diverse in Elvis' storied catalogue.  Like its predecessor From Elvis in Nashville, this collection features all new, stripped-down remixes by Matt

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

Revived, Remixed, Revisited

August 22, 2021 By

Reba Revived Remixed Revisited

Reba McEntire is looking back on her career with a three-disc, three-album retrospective - but with a twist.  Revived Remixed Revisited consists entirely of new and previously unheard versions of her greatest hits for a total of 30 tracks.  The first disc, Revived, presents McEntire's songs (including "Can't Even Get the Blues" and "Is There Life Out There") performed with her touring band as they would be heard in concert today.  The second disc, Remixed, finds the singer's original recordings

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

The Capitol Session '73

August 22, 2021 By

Bob Marley Capitol Session

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Green Marble Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Five days after Bob Marley and The Wailers' landmark Burnin' hit stores in October 1973, producer Denny Cordell (Leon Russell, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) took the band into Hollywood's Capitol Tower for a live session.  Now, that long-lost concert is coming to CD, DVD, and vinyl from Tuff Gong and Universal's Mercury

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Reggae

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