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Lindsey Buckingham

June 29, 2021 By

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham returns with a self-titled album, his first solo release in a decade.  It was written, produced, and recorded by Buckingham in his home studio and features new songs including "Scream," "Swan Song," and "Power Down."  Available on CD, LP, and digital formats.

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

Live at the Troubadour

June 29, 2021 By

Glen Campbell Live from the Troubadour

Glen Campbell's final recorded concert, from the Sunset Strip's famed Troubadour on August 19, 2008 - three years before he launched his Goodbye Tour during a well-publicized battle with Alzheimer's - was preserved for a PBS Front and Center broadcast.  Now, Surfdog is bringing the show to CD, vinyl, and digital formats.  The concert features Campbell and his band tearing through such classics as "Wichita Lineman," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Gentle on My Mind," "Galveston," and "Rhinestone

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

Don't Think Twice: Johnny Cash's 1968 Carousel Ballroom Concert Comes to CD, LP from Bear's Sonic Journals

June 28, 2021 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Johnny Cash Carousel Ballroom

Since 2017, the Bear's Sonic Journals series has presented numerous concerts recorded by sound engineer (and LSD chemist) Owsley "Bear" Stanley.  The series has encompassed releases by The Allman Brothers Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Tim Buckley, and others; now, it's turning its attention to an artist from a very different tradition who nonetheless found a place within the counterculture.  On September 24, The Owsley Stanley Foundation and Renew Records/BMG will release Bear's Sonic

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Johnny Cash

Release Round-Up: Week of June 25

June 25, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Grateful Dead Skull and Roses

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses): 50th Anniversary Edition (Grateful Dead/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Dead.net (B&W Vinyl) Rhino continues its series of 50th anniversary reissues for Grateful Dead with the band's 1971 self-titled live album with the famous "Skull and Roses" cover.  The centerpiece of the reissue is more than hour of

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bill Evans, Deniece Williams, Etta James, Frankie Valli, Goo Goo Dolls, Grateful Dead, Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Jennifer Nettles, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, The Rubinoos, The Yardbirds, Toto, Victor Herbert

UPDATE: Jump to It! Rhino Confirms New Release Date for Career-Spanning "Aretha" Box Set

June 23, 2021 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Aretha 4CD Cover

It was late in 2015 when audiences across the country watched Aretha Franklin take the stage at The Kennedy Center Honors to salute honoree Carole King.  The undisputed Queen of Soul tore into King, Gerry Goffin, and Jerry Wexler's "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" with blazing intensity and thrilling authenticity.  She had not just sung these lyrics but lived them.  Nearing the song's finale, she simply but defiantly dropped her fur coat to the floor, creating an instant viral moment

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Lou Rawls, Mavis Staples, Ray Charles, Ron Isley, Smokey Robinson, Tom Jones

(Re-)Enter Sandman: Metallica Expands "The Black Album" to Epic Proportions, Releases All-Star Charity Tribute Album

June 22, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Metallica The Black Album

Metallica's self-titled 1991 album - otherwise known as The Black Album - turns 30 this year, and the band isn't about to let that milestone go unnoticed.  The Black Album gave the band its first chart-topping album in ten countries, including the U.S. where it spent four weeks atop the Billboard 200.  It also yielded a string of singles led by "Enter Sandman," a No. 16 hit on the Hot 100.  To date, Metallica remains the biggest-selling album in the history of Nielsen's SoundScan, a testament to

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Metallica

Angel Dream (Songs and Music From the Motion Picture 'She's The One')

June 22, 2021 By

Tom Petty Angel Dream

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Tom Petty's Wildflowers & All The Rest was one of last year's best box sets.  The long-anticipated collection shone a light on one of Petty's best albums and also officially premiered the two-disc version of Wildflowers.  Now, Warner Records is concluding its look at that period of Petty's career with this reimagined version of the soundtrack to the 1996 film She's The One, directed by Edward

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

All I Want: Joni Mitchell Releases "Blue 50" EP with Unreleased Tracks, "Archives Vol. 2" Arrives in October

June 21, 2021 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

Joni Mitchell Blue 50

Fifty years ago tomorrow -June 22, 1971 - Joni Mitchell released Blue.  The singer-songwriter's fourth studio album, Blue was raw, intense, emotional, beautiful, moving, and hugely influential.  In short, it was the kind of album that only comes along once a generation - if that.  Mitchell recently discussed its legacy with filmmaker-journalist Cameron Crowe for The Los Angeles Times.  She observed, "The most feedback that I got was that I had gone too far and was exposing too much of myself.  I

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop Tags: James Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell

Get In The Swing: Waxwork Preps Soundtrack to Sparks Documentary "The Sparks Brothers"

June 21, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

The Sparks Brothers OST

Director Edgar Wright's new film The Sparks Brothers (in theatres now) rewrites the book on music documentaries.  The film about cult band Sparks - a.k.a. brothers Ron and Russell Mael, long more popular in Europe than in the U.S. - doesn't have much in the way of sex, drugs, and rock and roll.  As for what it does have of "rock and roll," it's something altogether more outré, not to mention endlessly inventive. The Sparks Brothers sheds little light on Ron and Russell Mael's personal lives and

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Sparks

The Weekend Stream: June 19, 2021

June 19, 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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Henry Mancini, Condorman:

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Donnie, Henry Mancini, Kirk Franklin, Robert Glasper, Tamela Mann, The Jacksons

Thank You

June 18, 2021 By

Diana Ross Thank You

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Slipcased CD: Amazon U.K. 2LP (Black): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Pink Marble): Universal Music Store Cassette: Universal Music Store Various Bundles: Universal Music Store Diana Ross returns with Thank You, her first studio album since 2006 and first of original material since 1999. Thank You was recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ross' home studio and was written and recorded by the artist together with a cadre of

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

For Free

June 18, 2021 By

David Crosby For Free

David Crosby returns with a new solo set featuring 10 tracks including the title cover of Joni Mitchell's "For Free" featuring Sarah Jarosz and "River Rise" with Michael McDonald.  Available on CD and download/streaming.

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

Release Round-Up: Week of June 18

June 18, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Frank Zappa Zappa 88

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren featuring Ethel, State Theater, New Jersey 2005 (Purple Pyramid) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson's 2005 international tour featuring post-classical string quartet Ethel is brought to a 2CD/DVD set from Purple Pyramid collecting all three artists' sets plus the encore which brought them together.  Both Jackson and Rundgren performed solo for sets blending fan favorites with

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Reggae, Rock Tags: Chris Stamey, Frank Zappa, Jaime Laredo, Joe Jackson, Kleeer, Peter Holsapple, The Allman Brothers Band, The dB's, The Merseybeats, The Whispers, Todd Rundgren

Short Takes: The Beatles Confirm Release Date of "Get Back" Film, Diana Ross Releases First Single from Upcoming Album

June 17, 2021 By The Second Disc 17 Comments

Diana Ross Thank You

Director Peter Jackson's long-awaited documentary The Beatles: Get Back finally has a confirmed home and release date.  Today, Walt Disney Studios, Apple Corps, and WingNut Films Productions revealed that Get Back will not be released as a traditional theatrical film but rather will take the form of a three-part series, with each part clocking in at roughly two hours.  Part One of the Academy Award-winning filmmaker's in-depth examination of the Let It Be period will debut on November 25 on

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Diana Ross, The Beatles

Another Side of John Coltrane

June 17, 2021 By

John Coltrane Another Side of John Coltrane

CD/Digital: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Barnes and Noble Exclusive 2LP: Barnesandnoble.com Craft Recordings Exclusive 2LP: CraftRecordings.com Before recording his first solo session as a leader in May 1957, John Coltrane had already established his mastery of the saxophone as an in-demand sideman.  Even after attaining success as a leader, he continued to share his gifts with other artists.  Now, Craft Recordings is collecting

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

Tenor Madness: John Coltrane's Sideman Work with Davis, Rollins, Monk, More Explored on "Another Side of John Coltrane"

June 15, 2021 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

John Coltrane Another Side of John Coltrane

Before recording his first solo session as a leader in May 1957, John Coltrane had already established his mastery of the saxophone as an in-demand sideman.  He'd previously appeared on albums by Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Bostic, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Rollins, and Miles Davis; even after "graduating" to leader status, he continued to appear on albums by his many friends.  Now, Craft Recordings is collecting the best of Coltrane the sideman on a new collection.  Another Side of John Coltrane, due on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Art Taylor, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Red Garland, Sonny Rollins, Tadd Dameron, Thelonious Monk

All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary [Various Formats]

June 14, 2021 By

George Harrison All Things Must Pass 50

5CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD (contains CD 1, CD 2 & CD 5, below): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (contains CD 1 & CD 2 only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Limited Edition 3LP: GeorgeHarrison.com/uDiscoverMusic.com/Sound of Vinyl Uber Box Set: GeorgeHarrison.com/uDiscoverMusic.com/Sound of

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

The Weekend Stream: June 12, 2021

June 12, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Stream

Janis Joplin, Janis (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Spotify / Amazon) A surprise digital vault drop from the late blues singer, this is the double album from 1974 that offered a soundtrack to the film of the same name. You get some of her most famous singles, with Big Brother and The Holding Company and on her own, plus live cuts, interview snippets, and - for the entirety of the set's second disc - more than a dozen early performances cut between 1963 and 1965. Part greatest hits, part, archival

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: David Bowie, Janis Joplin, Mark Morrison

Release Round-Up: Week of June 11

June 11, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Def Leppard Volume 3

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Black Sabbath, Sabotage: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 4LP/7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com Rhino is expanding Black Sabbath's 1975 album Sabotage to 4CD and 4LP/7″ proportions.  The upcoming Super Deluxe Edition boasts a remastered version of the original album plus a complete live show from Sabbath's 1975 tour.  The vinyl version only includes a bonus

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Black Sabbath, Bob Seger, Brandi Carlile, Charles Mingus, Danny Elfman, Def Leppard, Dennis DeYoung, Dolly Parton, Doug Carn, Dr. Feelgood, Jean Carne, Jim Peterik, KISS, Leslie Jordan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, Tanya Tucker, The Oak Ridge Boys, Van Dyke Parks, Verónica Valerio

I'd Have You Anytime: George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" Celebrates 50 Years with Deluxe Box, More

June 10, 2021 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

George Harrison All Things Must Pass 50

When George Harrison's All Things Must Pass was released in November 1970, The Beatles seemed to be in the rearview mirror.  The Fab Four had last recorded together in August 1969.  John Lennon privately announced his intentions to leave the group in September of that year; in April 1970, Paul McCartney formalized the breakup with a press release announcing he was no longer working with the band.  All Things Must Pass was titled after Harrison's majestic, elegiac composition which was written

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: George Harrison

Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records

June 8, 2021 By

Rip It Up The Best of Specialty Records

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings has announced a 75th anniversary campaign for groundbreaking R&B label Specialty Records.  On August 6, Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records will arrive on CD, LP, and digital platforms, and Craft promises that further releases from the Specialty catalogue will arrive over the next year.  The 18 tracks on Rip It Up spotlight the incendiary R&B and, later, rock-and-roll

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

Oooh-Oooh-Oooh: Craft Recordings Marks 75 Years of Specialty Records with New Compilation

June 8, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Rip It Up The Best of Specialty Records

Like so many others, Art Rupe came to California to find fame and fortune.  But in doing so, Rupe broke new ground.  The Pennsylvania native had grown up listening to the music coming from the local, primarily African-American Baptist church.  He'd fallen in love with gospel and studied the adjacent sounds of rhythm and blues which were growing in popularity.  Rather than water down the music in a supposed attempt to reach white audiences, he was determined to release it with all its raw power. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Larry Williams, Little Richard, Lloyd Price, Sam Cooke

The Weekend Stream: June 5, 2021

June 5, 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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Nelly Furtado, Loose

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Alicia Keys, Bear McCreary, John Cale, Nelly Furtado, Terry Riley

Foreign Affair: Super Deluxe Edition

June 4, 2021 By

Tina Turner Foreign Affair

4CD/1DVD: 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 / Official Store (white variant) Rhino and Parlophone revisit Tina Turner's 1989 album featuring "The Best" in a variety of formats including a 4CD/DVD Super Deluxe Edition and 2CD and 2LP Deluxe Editions.  The Super Deluxe Edition of Foreign Affair features the remastered original album on CD 1.  Disc 2 has a selection of period remixes and

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Feel Flows: The Sunflower and Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971

June 4, 2021 By

Beach Boys Feel Flows Cover

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 to be released in 5-CD, 4-LP (standard black and translucent blue/translucent gold), 2-LP, and 2-CD editions (as well as digitally), explores

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

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