Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. America, Hearts: 50th Anniversary Edition (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore) Omnivore Recordings is reissuing, remastering, and expanding America's Hearts, featuring "Sister Golden Hair," "Daisy Jane," and "Woman Tonight," for its 50th anniversary. This new edition adds six bonus cuts to the
Poguetry in Motion: 'Rum Sodomy & the Lash' Gets Expanded on CD and Vinyl for 40th Anniversary
The Pogues' sophomore album turned 40 this week, and Rhino will celebrate later this year with a new deluxe edition on CD and LP. Rum Sodomy & the Lash will be reissued as a 2CD and 2LP set (following a similar package for 1984's Red Roses for Me, released last year) that'll feature the original album alongside a baker's dozen tracks of non-album studio and live material. Extras include two non-album B-sides, six live cuts (including a complete live session recorded for Janice Long's BBC
You Can't Kill the Boogeyman: John Carpenter's Latter-Day 'Halloween' Scores Get Expanded Box Set
"The night HE came home" is about to have a whole new meaning, thanks to a new box set from Sacred Bones Records containing expanded presentations of the scores to the late '10s/early '20s Halloween trilogy of horror films. Halloween: The Complete Expanded Collection will offer, on three CDs or six LPs, a previously-released expanded presentation of the score to the 2018 sequel/reboot, along with new expansions of the music to sequels Halloween Kills (2021) and Halloween Ends (2022) - all
The Definitive Croce
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Definitive Croce gathers both albums the late Jim Croce recorded and released for ABC Records during his lifetime (You Don't Mess Around with Jim and Life and Times) plus the posthumous I Got a Name - all recently remixed by engineer Paul Hicks (whose mixing and mastering work includes projects by The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison). All three were previously released on
Photographs and Memories: Remixed Trio of Jim Croce Albums Coming to CD, Vinyl
The shockingly brief but nonetheless brilliant major-label career of Jim Croce will be revisited this year with a triplicate of remixed albums to be released by BMG. The Definitive Croce, available on CD or vinyl on September 19 (just a day short of 52 years since his passing), gathers both albums he recorded and released for ABC Records during his lifetime (You Don't Mess Around with Jim and Life and Times) plus the posthumous I Got a Name - all recently remixed by engineer Paul Hicks (whose
Release Round-Up: Week of August 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores this week. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Dionne Warwick, Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971 (SoulMusic/Second Disc/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) Naturally, we're bursting at the seams that today is finally Release Day (*) for this massive labor of love. SoulMusic Records and Second Disc Records are proud
Fleetwood Mac
Blu-ray Audio (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com) / Rhino High Fidelity LP / Rhino High Fidelity LP + two 45 RPM singles Fleetwood Mac's self-titled 1975 album which introduced Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to the band has been reissued over the years in various formats. Now, Rhino has brought a new dimension to the classic, 9x Platinum-certified LP with its premiere on Blu-ray Audio in the immersive Dolby Atmos format. Additionally, a remastered edition is now
Can't Afford No Shoes: Frank Zappa's "One Size Fits All" Gets Expanded for 50th
Following last year's deluxe expansion of 1974's Apostrophe (') and the recent restoration of the same year's concert film Cheaper Than Cheep, Frank Zappa's archival team is turning the page to 1975 and expansively revisiting One Size Fits All in time for its 50th anniversary. The guitarist-songwriter-bandleader-producer's twentieth album (and fourteenth with The Mothers of Invention), it featured the by-then-familiar lineup of keyboardist George Duke, drummer Chester Thompson, percussionist
Buckingham Nicks
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. (gold) / Amazon U.K. (baby blue) / Amazon Canada (gold) In just over 15 years of reporting at The Second Disc, it's a sentence we never thought we'd write: Buckingham Nicks is getting its first-ever reissue. The 1973 album from Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks - recorded and released two years before their pivotal acceptance into British rock band Fleetwood Mac - finally returns on CD, vinyl and digitally. Unavailable since
20 Years' 'Time': Michael Bublé's Breakthrough Comes Home on New Deluxe Edition
Two decades after Canadian crooner Michael Bublé enjoyed his first major chart breakthrough, the album that did so - 2005's It's Time - is being reissued for its anniversary. It's Time will be reissued in a 2CD or 2LP set (the latter pressed on silver vinyl) that'll feature a dozen studio and live bonus tracks. Having come out at a time of considerable limited editions - some only available at certain American retailers from Target to Starbucks - this edition of It's Time will offer all of
Sunset Boulevard
5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Sunset Boulevard is a 5CD set showcasing Elvis Presley's work at RCA Records' Studio C in Hollywood - one of the more important studios he'd record in through his final recording years in the 1970s. Like Memphis before it, the set will feature new remixes by acclaimed engineer Matt Ross-Spang that will offer fresh remixes of familiar studio masters and rare outtakes. (A curation of those mixes will
Same Old Blues Again: John Lee Hooker's Late-Period 'Boom Boom' Gets Reissued
A late-period work from blues legend John Lee Hooker has recently been reissued on CD and vinyl. 1992's Boom Boom, part of a late-career resurgence for the Detroit-forged guitarist, was re-pressed on CD last week with two bonus tracks first released on a reissue of the album by Shout! Factory in 2007. (The slightly re-designed booklet also retains the track-by-track credits for each song, plus an essay by writer Jas Obrecht.) BMG, the label behind this release, has also gone back to the
Release Round-Up: Week of July 25
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food: Deluxe Edition (Rhino) 3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rough Trade (Red) / D2C Exclusive (2LP/4x7") 4LP: D2C Exclusive (and 4LP/2x7") Rhino is taking Talking Heads fans to the river with a new deluxe
Night Flight: Led Zeppelin's "Live EP" Celebrates 50 Years of "Physical Graffiti"
Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, originally released in February 1975, arrived almost two years after the band's last album, Houses of the Holy. Unsurprisingly, it was Zeppelin's most sprawling effort to date. The double-LP set showcased every side of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham's increasingly varied repertoire. It turned 50 earlier this year, and now Rhino is marking the occasion with a new Live EP due on 180-gram 12" vinyl, CD, and digital/streaming services
He's Got a Way: An Interview with John Jackson, Billy Joel's Archive Director
Even if you think you know everything about the Piano Man, the new documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, is sure to shine a light on one of pop/rock's most enduring singer/songwriters--and not just through the revelations therein. Tucked in every corner of the two-part feature (the second part premieres Friday, July 25 alongside the already-available first on HBO Max) is a trove of rare, unseen or brilliantly restored material from Joel's formidable career: session outtakes, candid
Long Distance Winner: After More Than Half a Century, 'Buckingham Nicks' Comes Back to Print
In just over 15 years of reporting at The Second Disc, it's a sentence we never thought we'd write: Buckingham Nicks is getting its first-ever reissue. The 1973 album from Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks - recorded and released two years before their pivotal acceptance into British rock band Fleetwood Mac - will be released on CD, vinyl and digitally on September 19 from Rhino. Unavailable since its original release, this straight reissue of the album marks the first significant
In Memoriam: Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025)
What went into your mind when you heard the news that Ozzy Osbourne passed away? Was it the bat? The dove? The tousled visage cooking breakfast in his kitchen? The bewildered man in a mansion, navigating contrived-for-camera family dramas to audiences in the millions? Or the wounded soul defiantly bringing the crowd one last bellow from hell, less than two weeks ago, with his Black Sabbath brethren (complete once more) from the stage at Villa Park in Birmingham, where the group once
No Time for Tears: Pet Shop Boys' 'Potemkin' Score Set for Reissue
A lesser-known detour in the Pet Shop Boys' discography is being reintroduced this year: the duo's score penned for the legendary film Battleship Potemkin. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe's compositions for Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 silent picture, first performed in 2004 and released a year later, will be remastered on CD (as well as released for the first time on vinyl) on September 5. The release will follow a theatrical exhibition of the film in the U.K. beginning August 22; a Blu-ray release
The Music Never Stopped: Grateful Dead's "Blues for Allah" Is Expanded for 50th Anniversary
Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary reissue program is truckin' on with the September 12 reissue of the band's Blues for Allah, originally released on September 1, 1975. A deluxe, expanded 3CD edition will arrive alongside a digital version and a 1LP remaster of the original album available in black vinyl, picture disc, and Dead.net-exclusive colored vinyl pressings. In addition, a Blu-ray will premiere surround, Dolby Atmos, stereo, and instrumental mixes by the prolific Steven Wilson. Blues
Turning to Gold: Ronnie Wood Looks Back on "Fearless: The Anthology," Features Rod Stewart, Faces, Rolling Stones
Ronnie Wood is celebrating 60+ years in music with a new anthology, comprising solo tracks as well as key cuts from his time playing with the illustrious likes of The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, and Jeff Beck as well as his earliest recordings with The Birds and The Creation. Fearless: The Anthology 1965-2025 is due from BMG on September 26 in 2CD and 2LP formats, with 38 tracks on the CD set including four all-new recordings exclusive to this collection. Fearless kicks off with a pair of
Release Round-Up: Week of July 18
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Scissor Sisters, Scissor Sisters: 20th Anniversary Edition (Republic) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Scissor Sisters' 2004 debut gets a (slightly belated) 20th anniversary expansion offering the album in a digipak alongside two bonus discs of B-sides, remixes,
Omigod, You Guys! Ghostlight Brings "Legally Blonde: The Musical" To Vinyl For the First Time
Omigod, you guys! Ghostlight Records is giving another beloved Broadway cast album a vinyl debut. This time the show is Legally Blonde and the 2-LP set hits store shelves tomorrow, July 18. In 2000, author Amanda Brown was working on a manuscript to turn her experiences at Stanford Law School into a novel. She met with producer Marc Platt who helped her accomplish that while also selling the idea for a film version. Eventually titled Legally Blonde, the screenplay was written by Karen
Sing Out: New Cat Stevens Compilation to Accompany Memoir
The man they now call Yusuf/Cat Stevens has announced a new career-spanning compilation to tie with his forthcoming memoir this fall. On the Road to Findout: Greatest Hits will be available as a 1CD or 2LP highlights set, as well as a deeper-dive 2CD or 4LP collection on September 5. It's the first time an album will feature both the cream of his work as one of the top British folk songwriters in the '60s and '70s, as well as music from his return to popular song styles after decades out of
Say You Love Me: Fleetwood Mac's 1975 Self-Titled Album Arrives in Dolby Atmos, High Fidelity Vinyl
Fleetwood Mac's self-titled 1975 album which introduced Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to the band has been reissued over the years in various formats. Now, Rhino is bringing a new dimension to the classic, 9x Platinum-certified LP with its premiere on Blu-ray Audio in the immersive Dolby Atmos format. Additionally, a remastered edition will be available as part of the label's High Fidelity series of audiophile-quality vinyl reissues. All formats are due on August 8. TSD went into
Release Round-Up: Week of July 11
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Jethro Tull, Still Living in the Past (Parlophone/Rhino) 5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Still Living in the Past reinterpret Jethro Tull's original odds-and-ends compilation from 1972 as a 5CD/1 Blu-ray set boasting some 35 unissued mixes and versions alongside
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