Dionne WordPress Banner

The Second Disc

Expanded and Remastered Music News

  • Home
  • News
    • Classic Rock
    • Rock
    • Pop
    • Jazz
    • Popular Standards/Vocal
    • R&B/Soul
    • Country
    • Folk
    • Cast Recordings
    • Soundtracks
    • Everything Else
      • Classical/Opera
      • Disco/Dance
      • Funk
      • Gospel
      • Rap/Hip-Hop
  • Features
    • Release Round-Up
    • The Weekend Stream
    • Giveaways!
    • Interviews
  • Reviews
    • Classic Rock
    • Rock
    • Pop
    • Jazz
    • Popular Standards/Vocal
    • R&B/Soul
    • Country
    • Folk
    • Cast Recordings
    • Soundtracks
    • Everything Else
      • Classical/Opera
      • Disco/Dance
      • Funk
      • Gospel
      • Rap/Hip-Hop
  • Release Calendar
    • Coming Soon
    • Now Available
  • About
  • Second Disc Records
    • Full Catalog
  • Contact

/ Digital Streaming

Because It's Christmastime: Chicago Releases New Christmas Album in October

August 16, 2019 By Joe Marchese 17 Comments

Chicago Christmas

Chicago is back on October 4 with the band's 37th studio album and fourth Christmas release. The simply-titled Chicago Christmas will arrive from Rhino Records on CD, LP, and digital platforms with eight original songs, two classic holiday standards, and one pop favorite. Produced by founding member Lee Loughnane, Chicago Christmas is the group's first holiday album to focus primarily on original compositions. For this project, the band members wrote new songs such as "All Over The World,"

Continue Reading

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop Tags: Chicago

Review: Bobby Rush Proves He's At the Top of His Game With "Sitting On Top of the Blues"

August 16, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

BobbyRush SittingOnTopoftheBlues

Legendary bluesman Bobby Rush is back with a new album, Sitting on Top of the Blues, which is released today on CD and LP through Rush's own Deep Rush label. At 86 years old, the Louisiana-born guitar slinger and singer has traveled from the Chitlin' circuit to the world's stages since 1951. He's released music on indie labels across the nation, recorded for Gamble & Huff, and has performed alongside a who's-who of funk, soul, and blues luminaries. You've probably heard some of his classics

Continue Reading

Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues Tags: Bobby Rush

Release Round-Up: Week of August 16

August 16, 2019 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

ZZ Top Goin 50 Deluxe

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Cadillac Baby's Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Earwig Music has one of the year's most intriguing box sets and most significant historical excavations - a beautiful 124-page, 4-CD hardcover tome chronicling in words and music the story of Narvel Eatmon, a.k.a. Cadillac Baby, and his Chicago label Bea & Baby Records. From 1959-1989, the label and its various

Continue Reading

Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: David Yazbek, Lionel Richie, Peter Paul and Mary, Rodney Crowell, The Ides of March, ZZ Top

Hitsville - The Making of Motown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

August 13, 2019 By

Hitsville The Making of Motown

1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Showtime's long-awaited documentary on Motown Records makes its debut on August 24.  But before that, Universal Music will issue a companion soundtrack on CD (in both standard 1CD and deluxe 2CD editions) and vinyl, featuring many of the label's all-time classic songs.  The vinyl edition arrives on September 27.  Also available on digital/streaming.

Continue Reading

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

Chaos and Disorder

August 13, 2019 By

Chaos and Disorder packshots

LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Originally released in July 1996 as a surprise from Prince, Chaos and Disorder nonetheless reached the top 30 in the U.S. and the top 20 in the U.K. with no promotion.  For this new reissue, it will be released in a 1-LP configuration on limited-edition purple vinyl and a 1-CD package. This reissue campaign not only brings the CD back on shelves after decades out-of-print, but also marks its debut on

Continue Reading

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

Emancipation

August 13, 2019 By

Prince Emancipation

6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Prince's epic 1996 album Emancipation returns to print as a 3CD set and makes its vinyl debut as a 6LP package.  The album is packed with original songs reflecting on many of the themes most important to the artist (romance, family, sex, technology) as well as four choice covers (Bonnie Raitt's 'I Can't Make You Love Me,' the Thom Bell-composed Philly soul classics 'Betcha By Golly Wow' and 'La, La,

Continue Reading

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

The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD)

August 13, 2019 By

Prince Versace

LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Fans of obscure Prince mixes and alternate versions are sure to delight in The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD). The collection of rare material was originally pressed up as a limited-edition cassette for Paris Fashion Week attendees in 1995 and featured remixes of then-unreleased tracks from The Gold Experience, alongside special edits and unheard music by The New Power Generation, The NPG

Continue Reading

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

Abbey Road: Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

August 12, 2019 By

Super Deluxe 3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Abbey Road is celebrating 50 with a variety of expanded editions built around a new 2019 stereo mix by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell.  The centerpiece of the campaign, a 3CD/1BD box set, boasts 23 alternate takes,

Continue Reading

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

Release Round-Up: Week of August 9

August 9, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

ElvisPresley Live1969 pl

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elvis Presley, Live 1969 (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) RCA and Legacy celebrate Elvis Presley's triumphant return to live performing at Las Vegas' International Hotel with a new 11-CD box set.  All of The King's exhilarating performances from August 21 to August 26, 1969 will be presented on Legacy's new box . Some of the concerts have been previously issued in the last decade on various BMG and Follow That Dream

Continue Reading

Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Anthony Perkins, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Filter, Janie Fricke, Jefferson Airplane, Nina Simone, Rodgers and Hart, Steve Goodman, The Strangeloves

Here Comes the Sun: Beatles' "Abbey Road" Turns 50 with Multi-Format Reissues

August 8, 2019 By The Second Disc 10 Comments

beatles abbey road

Once there was a way to get back home... It was fifty years ago today that The Beatles were photographed on the zebra crossing outside EMI's Abbey Road studios. Soon, it would become the most identifiable of all crosswalks as it graced the cover of the album named after that storied location: Abbey Road.  When it was released on September 26, 1969 in the U.K., Abbey Road shot straight to No. 1 and eventually became the fourth best-selling album of the decade there. Upon its U.S. release one

Continue Reading

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

Laid Back: Deluxe Edition

August 6, 2019 By

Gregg Allman Laid Back

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Gregg Allman's 1973 solo debut will be reissued as a remastered and expanded deluxe set on 2 CDs and digitally, with an additional 26 tracks (16 of which are previously unreleased), for a grand total of 34 tracks.  These bonus tracks encompass demos, alternate takes, early and rough mixes, rehearsal takes, demos, live performances, and outtakes.  Allman Brothers Band historian John Lynskey has

Continue Reading

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

Try and Get My Soul Free: Full Sets from Woodstock Festival Emerge on Digital and Streaming Services

August 5, 2019 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

JoanBaez Woodstock

For fans of Woodstock, Friday was a big day. For the physical media-minded, the giant 38-CD/1-Blu-ray box began shipping out, and Craft's standalone Creedence Clearwater Revival Live At Woodstock album was released. Those who may have been unable to purchase the big set have reason to rejoice as several individual acts' sets from Woodstock have begun to pop up on digital download and streaming services. Last week saw the release of Woodstock recordings from Tim Hardin; Melanie; Mountain;

Continue Reading

Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop Tags: Blood Sweat and Tears, Joan Baez, Melanie, Mountain, Sha Na Na, Tim Hardin

Release Round-Up: Week of August 2

August 2, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

Davy Jones Live in Japan

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Davy Jones, Live in Japan (7a Records) 2CD/DVD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.) / Deep Discount (U.S.) 3LP Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.)/ Deep Discount (U.S.) 7a Records releases a Davy Jones treasure trove on Live in Japan, available in both 2CD/DVD and 3LP formats. The 2CD/DVD set presents both of Jones' officially released (and long-unavailable)

Continue Reading

Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bad Company, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Davy Jones, John Lee Hooker, Linda McCartney, Lonnie Liston Smith, My Morning Jacket, Paul McCartney, Richard Thompson, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Jams of the Year: Legacy Announces Next Batch of Prince CD/LP Reissues

August 1, 2019 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

Prince Versace

On September 13, The Prince Estate and Legacy Recordings will release the next batch of exciting Prince reissues from his later career: The VERSACE Experience (PRELUDE 2 GOLD), Chaos and Disorder, and Emancipation. The three titles will be available individually on CD, LP, or as bundles through the Official Prince Store. Originally released in July 1996, Chaos and Disorder is a collection of spontaneous and tight playing that reached No. 14 on the U.K. Album Chart and No. 26 stateside, all

Continue Reading

Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Funk, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

Live As One: "Above Us Only Sky" Documentary Explores Creative Process Behind Lennon's "Imagine"

July 30, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

JohnYoko AboveUsOnlySky r

Last year, John Lennon fans were treated to an extravagant box set celebrating one of he highlights of his career, the Imagine album. To promote it, the original 1972 film Imagine was released in theaters and paired with the documentary Gimme Some Truth for a DVD/Blu-ray release. Channel 4 in the U.K. and A&E in the U.S. screened a new film called John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky before it moved to Netflix. As Eagle Rock Entertainment's CEO/Chairman Terry Shand says: "With exclusive

Continue Reading

Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: John Lennon, Yoko Ono

Young and Innocent Days: The Kinks Prep "Arthur" 50th Anniversary Box Set

July 30, 2019 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

F7EA8005 B7EA 4AD3 99A3 097BD6E8E949

50 years ago, The Kinks released Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire, a concept album which continued in the quintessentially British vein of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society but carved out its own musical identity.  Building on the success of last year's Village Green box set, BMG has just announced a similarly expansive - make that Kink-size - set for Arthur, loaded with previously unreleased tracks and mixes and incorporating "the great lost Dave Davies

Continue Reading

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

Catch Them If You Can: Classic Titles From The Dave Clark Five Land on Digital Services

July 29, 2019 By Sam Stone 38 Comments

DaveClark GladAllOver 2019 d

Fans of The Dave Clark Five have good reason to feel glad all over! The band was among the leaders of the British Invasion, with a flair for hit singles like "Glad All Over," "Because," and "Catch Us If You Can." But since their breakup in 1970, DC5 leader Clark (who holds the rights to their discography) has been reticent about revisiting the band's era-defining music. This means that their wealth of music has largely gone un-mined by the majors in the reissue era, outside of the excellent 1993

Continue Reading

Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Dave Clark Five

Release Round-Up: Week of July 26

July 26, 2019 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Control The Remixes

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Janet Jackson, Control: The Remixes (A&M/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscover Store (color variant) Fans looking for some rare or hard-to-find content from Janet Jackson will flip for a new pressing of Control: The Remixes on 2LP and CD. Originally released in Europe and Japan in 1987, this pressing features all the tracks of the former territory's releases

Continue Reading

Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barbara Cook, Climax Blues Band, Ethel Merman, Janet Jackson, Jonathan Larson, Sammy Davis Jr., Soft Machine, Soundgarden, Sugar Ray, Tubby Hayes Quartet

Review: Ernie Kovacs, "The Ernie Kovacs Album: Centennial Edition"

July 25, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Ernie Kovacs Album Centennial Edition

Some 57 years after his tragic death in an automobile accident at the age of 42, Ernie Kovacs remains one of America's most influential comedians.  The pride of Trenton, New Jersey, Kovacs pioneered an experimental, largely improvised, zany style of comedy on television, the ripple effect of which has been felt on programs from Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In through Saturday Night Live.  While far too much of Kovacs' oeuvre hasn't survived, a remarkable amount has, thanks to the herculean efforts

Continue Reading

Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Comedy Tags: Ernie Kovacs

Let's Dance: Ramones' "It's Alive" Expanded for 40th Anniversary

July 24, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Ramones Its Alive Deluxe

Rhino's ongoing series of deluxe box sets celebrating the Ramones' legacy continues on September 20 with a fifth entry: the 40th anniversary 4CD/2LP edition of the band's 1979 live album It's Alive.  Recorded in London on New Year's Eve 1977 and released in April 1979, It's Alive featured blistering takes on songs from the band's first three studio albums.  Only the Ramones could have fit 28 songs onto less than 54 minutes of vinyl. Limited to 8,000 units, the It's Alive Deluxe Edition is

Continue Reading

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

Lightning Crashes: Live Reissue "Throwing Copper" With Bonus Tracks, Live Woodstock Set

July 23, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

Live Throwing Copper

In April 1994, the alternative rock heroes Live released Throwing Copper.  The band already had a reputation as one of the most powerful and dynamic of the alternative rock scene off the heels of their 1991 debut, and when Throwing Copper topped the Billboard 200 chart in 1995, their renown only grew.  The Jerry Harrison-produced album spawned two No. 1 singles on the Modern Rock Charts, "Lightning Crashes" and "Selling the Drama," and eventually, the record would be certified 8x Platinum by the

Continue Reading

Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Live

Trick or Treat! "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" Coming to Vinyl in August

July 23, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!  The Emmy-nominated 1966 television special was the third overall for Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts series and the second to be holiday-themed, after A Charlie Brown Christmas.  It earned a whopping 49 share in the ratings and was so successful that CBS re-aired it every year through 2000, with ABC picking up the tradition after that.  Yet despite a beloved score by Vince Guaraldi (who else?), a soundtrack album to Great Pumpkin had never been released in any

Continue Reading

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Soundtracks Tags: Vince Guaraldi

Midnight Rider: Gregg Allman's "Laid Back" Gets Deluxe, Expanded Edition, "Gregg Allman Tour" Is Reissued

July 23, 2019 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Gregg Allman Laid Back

Two classics from the late, great Gregg Allman are returning to print this August from Mercury/UMe.  Allman's 1973 solo debut Laid Back and his 1974 live LP The Gregg Allman Tour will both be reissued on vinyl, while Laid Back will be greatly expanded as a 2-CD Deluxe Edition. Laid Back first arrived in stores on the Capricorn label a few months following the release of The Allman Brothers Band's acclaimed Brothers and Sisters. While both albums were recorded roughly concurrently, with the

Continue Reading

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Gregg Allman

Over the Rainbow

July 19, 2019 By

Herb Alpert Over the Rainbow

Prolific trumpet legend Herb Alpert returns with a new studio album featuring his inventive reinterpretations of 11 standards and pop classics including "What a Wonderful World," "Ain't No Sunshine," "You are So Beautiful," "Nature Boy," "Copacabana," and of course, the title track, plus a new original song, "Skinny Dip."

Continue Reading

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

Always Returning: Brian Eno Collaboration "Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks" To Be Expanded on LP, CD, and Deluxe Book Set

July 19, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

Brian Eno Apollo pl

Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks is one of the most recognizable ambient pieces of Brian Eno's career. The album was a collaboration with Daniel Lanois and Roger Eno that provided the soundtrack to Al Reinert's feature-length Apollo 11 documentary, For All Mankind.  Since then, the tracks have appeared in numerous other films, along with television programs, commercials, and even the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. Now, an extended edition of Apollo: Atmospheres &

Continue Reading

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else Tags: Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • …
  • 98
  • Next Page »

Upcoming Releases

  • Status Quo Live deluxe
    Live! Deluxe Edition
    Status Quo
    May 16, 2025
    US UK
  • Brothers in Arms 40
    Brothers in Arms: 40th Anniversary Edition
    Dire Straits
    May 16, 2025
    US UK
  • Version 1.0.0
    The Bridge
    David Sancious
    May 16, 2025
    US UK
See Full Calendar

Connect

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 4,673 other subscribers

Popular Posts

  • Most Commented
  • Most Viewed
  • Dionne Warwick Make It Easy on Yourself(Don't) Walk On By: Dionne Warwick's "Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971" Due in June on 12...
  • Tracks II CD packshot no disc artShut Out the Light: Bruce Springsteen Offers Seven Unheard Albums on 'Tracks II'
  • Rod Stewart Ultimate Hits Amazon exclusiveHe Wears It Well: Rod Stewart's 'Ultimate Hits' Due in June
  • RSD 2025 best of restRecord Store Day 2025: The Best of the Rest
  • record store day logoThe Second Disc's Guide to Record Store Day 2025: Our Favorite Picks
  • John Williams Anthology 1Mondo Maestro: New John Williams Box Set Series Announced, Plus 'Star Wars' Re-Recordings on Vinyl

Music Resources

  • Addicted to Vinyl
  • Crap from the Past
  • Discogs
  • Film Score Monthly
  • IMWAN Forum – From the Vaults
  • MusicTAP
  • Musoscribe
  • Pause & Play
  • Popdose
  • Slicing Up Eyeballs
  • Steve Hoffman Music Forums
  • Ultimate Classic Rock
  • Vintage Vinyl News
  • Wolfgang's Vault

Labels of Note

  • Ace Records
  • Analog Spark
  • Bear Family
  • BGO Records
  • Big Break Records
  • Blixa Sounds
  • Cherry Red Label Group
  • Craft Recordings
  • Demon Music Group
  • Friday Music
  • Funky Town Grooves
  • Iconoclassic Records
  • Intervention Records
  • Intrada
  • Kritzerland
  • La La Land Records
  • Legacy Recordings
  • Light in the Attic
  • Masterworks Broadway
  • Now Sounds
  • Omnivore Recordings
  • Real Gone Music
  • Rhino Entertainment
  • Rock Candy Records
  • SoulMusic Records
  • Sunset Blvd. Records
  • Supermegabot
  • Varese Sarabande
  • Vinyl Me, Please
  • Wounded Bird
Copyright © 2025 The Second Disc. All rights reserved. · Site by Metaglyphics

The Second Disc is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk.

Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy