Since its formation in late 2020, the Liberation Hall label has delivered a wide variety of releases ranging from a Dr. Demento-curated collection of novelties to a campaign from the vaults of San Francisco indie label 415 Records. Now, the label has announced a bounty of upcoming releases scheduled between now and April. The eclectic slate encompasses reggae (Peter Tosh), blues (Chicago Blues Reunion), psychedelic and garage rock (The Moving Sidewalks, The Flamin’ Groovies, Kim Fowley, The Troggs, Mountain), and varied strains of pop (Tony Hazzard, The Raspberries’ Scott McCarl, The William…
Sweet Seasons: Third Man Premieres Carole King’s 1973 Central Park Concert as Part of Vault Series
Third Man Records, Sony Music, and Ode Records are proving that it’s never too late, baby, with the audio and video premiere release of Carole King – Home Again, a live concert recorded in Central Park on May 26, 1973. Home Again will be exclusively released on 2-LP vinyl and DVD as part of Third Man’s ongoing Vault Series (#51 in the series). Sign-up to subscribe to the Vault Series and receive this title is open through January 31 at Midnight (Central Time). King took the stage of Central Park’s Great Lawn…
The Year In Review: The 2021 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part Two
Happy 2022! Welcome, friends, to Part Two of The Second Disc’s 12th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! Once again, we’ve all faced unprecedented challenges over the past twelve months. A year that began with hope and promise has ended with further uncertainty for many of us. But music continues to fill a significant role in our lives, providing solace, comfort, and escape in a time unlike any other. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2021’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box…
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The Year In Review: The 2021 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part One
Happy 2022! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 12th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! Once again, we’ve all faced unprecedented challenges over the past twelve months. A year that began with hope and promise has ended with further uncertainty for many of us. But music continues to fill a significant role in our lives, providing solace, comfort, and escape in a time unlike any other. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2021’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets big and…
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PULSE (Restored and Re-Edited)
2 Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD 2 DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD PULSE, originally released in 1995, chronicled Pink Floyd’s Division Bell Tour of Europe. The video release was taken from a performance at Earls Court in London on October 20, 1994. There, Pink Floyd (then comprised of founding members David Gilmour on vocals and guitar, Richard Wright on keyboards and Nick Mason on drums, alongside touring bassist Guy Pratt and a few other live musicians) performed a career-spanning selection…
Have Yourself a Merry Little Discmas…
Wow! And just like that, another year has flown by. Just a few weeks before The Second Disc hits its 12th anniversary(!), this Christmas Eve it is our custom to look back on the last 12 months and take some time to think fondly of the music, magic, memories and friends that made our lives worth living. As if last year wasn’t unconventional enough, 2021 packed more pop, clicks, skips and distortion than the most misguided vinyl pressings. We got vaccinated, we got boosted, we tentatively returned to concerts and live performances,…
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Release Round-Up: Week of December 3
Welcome to the first Release Round-Up of the last month of 2021! The Doors, L.A. Woman: 50th Anniversary Edition (Elektra/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com) 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…
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Release Round-Up: Week of November 19
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (Columbia/Legacy) 2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts features newly remixed and restored audio and video footage from Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s sets at Madison Square Garden in New York City in late September 1979. The star-studded “No Nukes” concerts were put on by MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy), a coalition of artists and activists (including Jackson Browne,…
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A Man For All Seasons: Cherry Red, Esoteric Reissue and Expand Al Stewart’s “Time Passages”
1978’s Time Passages concluded British singer-songwriter Al Stewart’s trilogy of albums with producer-engineer Alan Parsons which began with 1975’s Modern Times and continued with the following year’s Year of the Cat. During this purple patch, Stewart earned his first hit singles in the United States, transitioning from folk troubadour at home to bona fide pop star abroad. And while Year of the Cat, the album, charted higher than Time Passages, the latter’s title track was a bigger hit in the U.S. and Canada. Now, Time Passages is receiving the same expanded and…
Release Round-Up: Week of November 5
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Billy Joel, The Vinyl Collection Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 9LP slipcased box set collects Billy Joel’s first six solo studio albums plus his first live album and a box set-exclusive pressing of Live at The Great American Music Hall – 1975, a previously unreleased concert recording on 2 LPs from the famed San Francisco venue. All of the albums have been sourced from the original master tapes and prepared by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound. Jensen previously mastered Joel’s entire albums discography for 2011’s…
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Release Round-Up: Week of October 29
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! R.E.M., New Adventures in Hi-Fi: 25th Anniversary Edition (Craft Recordings) 2CD/1BD (now due November 19): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (now due November 12) : Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Original album only; out today): 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 features…
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Christmas: Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition
Michael Bublé’s 2011’s Christmas, his fifth album for Reprise, has become his most successful LP to date, with over 4 million copies sold in the U.S. and 12 million worldwide. It’s also had four billion streams (calculated as equivalent to 60 million albums). Warner Records and Reprise will celebrate 10 years of Christmas with a limited Super Deluxe box set. The box contains: The original album on CD and exclusive green vinyl; DVD: The Making of Christmas, a previously released behind-the-scenes and in-the-studio compilation filmed during the recording of the album with Bublé’s…
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Depeche Mode 101
2CD/2DVD/BD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 1989 documentary film Depeche Mode 101 by directors D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus, and David Dawkins has been upgraded in HD using 4K scans of the original film reels. The new Blu-ray adds additional performances of “A Question of Lust,” “Sacred” and “Something to Do,” plus the promotional video for “Everything Counts.” The box set encompasses: Restored and expanded Blu-ray presentation of the film; The 20-song concert on 2 CDs; 2 DVDs replicating the original 2003 DVD release (with bonus features…
Everything Counts in Large Amounts: Depeche Mode Restore ‘101’ for New Box Set
Documentarian D.A. Pennebaker (1925-2019) directed some of the most acclaimed music films of all time, including Bob Dylan’s Don’t Look Back, Stephen Sondheim’s Company: Original Cast Album, Chuck Berry’s Rock and Roll Music, and Monterey Pop. He and co-director/wife Chris Hegedus tackled big issues in The War Room (about Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign), Town Bloody Hall (billed as “a dialogue on women’s liberation”), and Unlocking the Cage (concerning animal rights). On December 3, Rhino will revisit a classic Pennebaker/Hegedus music documentary, Depeche Mode: 101, in a new box set edition comprising 2…
Release Round-Up: Week of October 22
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, Tattoo You: 40th Anniversary Edition (Polydor/Interscope/UMe) 4CD + Tattoo You Picture Disc Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD (Album Remaster): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (Album Remaster and Lost & Found): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Album Remaster): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Album Remaster and Lost & Found – Black Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Album Remaster and Lost & Found – Clear Vinyl): Rolling Stones Store The Rolling Stones are revisiting Tattoo You for a 40th anniversary edition. The deluxe 4CD/1LP box set features a new remaster of the album on…
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Benefit: The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition
Parlophone reissues Jethro Tull’s 1971 classic Benefit as a 4CD/2DVD set, The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition, featuring all of the material from the 2013 expanded 2CD/DVD edition plus: Two previously released Steven Wilson remixes from Aqualung reissue in 2011 (“My God (Early Version)” and “Just Trying to Be”); Five original 1971 stereo remixes not included on the 2013 bonus disc; Two unreleased live concerts – one newly mixed by Wilson (Fillmore at Tanglewood 1970), one in mono (Live at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, 1970); and DVD of Fillmore at Tanglewood concert synced to Wilson’s stereo and 5.1 surround mixes commissioned…
Physical: 40th Anniversary Edition
A 40th anniversary 2CD/DVD set of Olivia Newton-John’s multi-platinum Physical arrives from Green Hill, the label arm of publishing powerhouse Primary Wave which partnered with Newton-John in 2020 for a deal encompassing both masters and publishing rights. The expanded Physical gains six bonus tracks on the first disc and a further fifteen on the second disc. The bonus tracks (many new to CD) include Olivia’s material from the soundtrack of the 1983 film Two of a Kind (including its duet with John Travolta, “Take a Chance”), her new songs from Greatest Hits Vol. 2,…
Let Me Hear Your Body Talk: Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” Goes Deluxe For Its 40th Anniversary
For years, fans have clamored for expanded reissues from Olivia Newton-John’s rich discography. Now, those wishes are about to be answered as a catalogue campaign begins for the pop queen with a 40th anniversary 2CD/DVD set of 1981’s multi-platinum Physical. It arrives on October 22 from Green Hill, the label arm of publishing powerhouse Primary Wave which partnered with Newton-John in 2020 for a deal encompassing both masters and publishing rights. When Newton-John’s character of Sandy transformed at the finale of the 1978 film Grease from virginal innocent to leather-clad greaser, the…
Sweet Dream: Jethro Tull’s ‘Benefit’ Gets 50th Anniversary Remix, Expansion
With 1970’s Benefit, Jethro Tull continued to refine their sound. The blues/jazz fusion of the band’s debut This Was had already ceded to a more eclectic style on Stand Up; Benefit would edge Tull towards riff-rock while still maintaining the folk and jazz touchstones that set the band apart. Benefit ultimately became a best-seller, setting the stage for 1971’s Aqualung and the even greater international successes that followed. In 2013, Benefit was expanded as a 2CD/DVD set featuring new stereo and surround remixes by Steven Wilson. Now, that set is itself getting…
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The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts
2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, a multi-format set coming October 22, features newly remixed and restored audio and video footage from Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s sets at Madison Square Garden in New York City in late September 1979. The star-studded “No Nukes” concerts were put on by MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy), a coalition of artists and activists (including Jackson Browne, Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt) who came together in the wake of the Three…
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No Nukes is Good News: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Legendary 1979’ Performances Set for General Release
While Bruce Springsteen has no current plans to tour, the New Jersey rock icon will bring out from the Thrill Hill vault a new box set featuring one of The E Street Band’s most seminal performances. The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, a multi-format set coming October 22, features newly remixed and restored audio and video footage from the band’s sets at Madison Square Garden in New York City in late September 1979. The star-studded “No Nukes” concerts were put on by MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy), a coalition of artists…
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The Lady in the Balcony: The Lockdown Sessions
DVD/CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD BD/CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4K UHD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD DVD/BD/CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD CD: Target.com (U.S.) / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Given his outspoken anti-vaccine and anti-COVID lockdown statements (and songs), it’s surprising that Eric Clapton has announced his own lockdown album. The Lady in the Balcony, from…
Release Round-Up: Week of September 10
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Chicago, Chicago at Carnegie Hall: Complete (Rhino) (Rhino.com) For the first time, Rhino brings together all eight of Chicago’s concerts between April 5-10, 1971 at New York’s Carnegie Hall in one deluxe, 16-CD box set. The original 4-LP box Chicago at Carnegie Hall was a commercial smash, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard 200. This set features every note played by the band as newly restored by the band’s Lee Loughnane and engineer Tim Jessup. The box takes the form of a white folio embossed with Chicago’s famous logo. In…
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Baby, What a Big Surprise: Chicago’s “Japanese Singles Collection,” Featuring Rare Versions, Out Now
On the eve of the release of Chicago’s At Carnegie Hall: Complete, Rhino Japan has another treat for fans of the horn-rock band. The 2CD/DVD set Chicago: Japanese Singles Collection – Greatest Hits boasts 41 audio tracks representing the band’s A-sides released in Japan between 1969 and 1998 plus 17 music videos. It’s available now from CD Japan and Amazon Japan, as well as local Amazon stores as an import. Especially in the absence of a long overdue, complete U.S. singles anthology, this is a fascinating and worthwhile addition to any Chicago…
A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Remixed and Updated
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 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 made available digitally in 360 Reality…
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