With 12 studio albums, four Grammy nominations, and more than 30 million worldwide album sales, acclaimed singer and songwriter Jewel has enjoyed notable career longevity since her entrance onto the scene 25 years ago. Her 1995 debut Pieces of You established Jewel as a bold, new voice of authenticity in the pop landscape. It was recorded in Neil Young's ranch and included Young's backing band, The Stray Gators. The 12x-platinum-selling album included many Top 10 hits, including "Who Will
Invitation: John Coltrane's First Year Celebrated With "Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings"
The year 1958 was a breakout one for saxophone legend John Coltrane. It marked the year when Coltrane - already well-established as a talented sideman - began to make a name for himself as a solo musician and developed his signature "sheets of sound" style while exploring many other routes. Now, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Prestige label, Coltrane's 1958 recordings will be celebrated on a new box set from Craft Recordings. Due for release on March 29, Coltrane '58: The Prestige
Release Round-Up: Week of February 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Johnny Mathis, I Love My Lady (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD) Johnny Mathis' legendary lost 1981 collaboration with CHIC receives its first-ever standalone release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! For the occasion, I Love My Lady has been outfitted with brand-new artwork and a deluxe 24-page booklet featuring an introduction from Nile Rodgers and interviews with Johnny and
Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs [4x7"]
Due out on April 5, Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs is a 4x7" vinyl box set of some of Bowie's earliest material. It will feature nine rare, monaural recordings, including mostly solo vocal-and-guitar versions of familiar songs ("Space Oddity" in its earliest known version, "London Bye Ta Ta," "In The Heat Of The Morning") as well as the heretofore-unknown "Love All Around," a lyric of which gives the set its title. According to the new press release, the photo that
Pieces of You [Various Formats]
2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Limited-Edition Blue 2-LP: Barnes and Noble CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada With 12 studio albums, four Grammy nominations, and more than 30 million worldwide album sales, acclaimed singer and songwriter Jewel has enjoyed notable career longevity since her entrance onto the scene 25 years ago. Her 1995 debut, Pieces of You, established Jewel as a bold, new voice of authenticity in the pop landscape. It was recorded in Neil
Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings [Various Formats]
5-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5-CD + Shirt: Craft Recordings Store 8-LP + Shirt: Craft Recordings Store The year 1958 was a breakout one for saxophone legend John Coltrane. It marked the year when Coltrane--already well-established as a talented sideman--began to make a name for himself as a solo musician and developed his signature "sheets of sound" style while exploring many other routes. Now, to mark the 70th
Nice An' Easy: Whitesnake Reissue 'Slide It In' With Three Mixes and More
Whitesnake's 1984 album Slide It In celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. The album was the last to feature Jon Lord on keyboards and boasted such hits as "Slow an' Easy" and "Love Ain't No Stranger," both of which cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard charts. On March 8, the album will be celebrated in a variety of configurations from Parlophone/Rhino. The star of the campaign is a 6-CD/1-DVD "Ultimate Special Edition," which features remastered editions of both the U.S. and U.K. mixes
UPDATED WITH TRACK LISTING: Can You Hear Me, Major Tom? Rare Bowie Demos Prepped For 7″ Vinyl Box, Due April 5
On January 8, on what would have been David Bowie's 72nd birthday, Parlophone announced the forthcoming release of David Bowie rarities to mark the milestone of 50 years since the release of breakthrough single "Space Oddity." Now the label has announced further details, including side breaks and a release date. Due out on April 5, Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs is a 4x7" vinyl box set of some of Bowie's earliest material. It will feature nine rare, monaural
Review: Kate Bush, "Remastered in Vinyl" Boxes 1 and 2
Late last year, Parlophone unveiled a series of lavish box sets on both CD and vinyl collecting the complete works (to date) of Kate Bush. The enigmatic singer-songwriter oversaw the remastering of these sets as well as their visual presentations; indeed, each album has been newly adorned with the logo of her own Fish People label. Today, we're taking a look at the first two vinyl box sets! The four LPs of Remastered in Vinyl 1 takes listeners from The Kick Inside (1978), housed in its
Hell Freezes Over [CD or 2-LP]
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. After a fourteen-year separation, the legendary California rockers put their rivalries on hold for a miraculous 1994 reunion. The resulting album, Hell Freezes Over, collected eleven songs that were recorded for MTV in April of that year, plus four studio tracks. The album went 9x-Platinum and boasted two Top 40 hits: the Don Henley/Glenn Frey-penned "Get Over It" and "Love Will Keep Us Alive," written by Jim Capaldi, Paul
Warheads On Foreheads [Various Formats]
3-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Standard Black 4-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Limited-Edition "Metallic Silver" 4-LP: Megadeth's Online Store Metal titans Megadeth will ring in their 35th anniversary this year, and they're letting fans in on the celebration with a new, 35-song career retrospective called Warheads On Foreheads. Due on March 22 from Capitol/UMe, the anthology includes tracks from their entire studio career, from their
Zappa In New York: 40th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]
5-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Zappa In New York album, UMe and Zappa Records have announced the March 29 release of a new, 5-CD deluxe box set that brings together over three hours of unreleased music from the concerts, along with a wealth of other content. Housed in a limited-edition metal tin that evokes a New York City manhole cover, the package features a new Bob Ludwig remaster
No Line On the Horizon [2-LP, Black or Clear Vinyl]
On February 22, U2 will revisit their 2009 album, No Line On the Horizon, with special 10th Anniversary vinyl editions collecting the album proper and contemporaneous remixes. Recorded in studios worldwide, from Morrocco and London, to Dublin and New York, No Line On the Horizon saw U2 collaborating again with Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, and Steve Lillywhite on eleven new songs. These tracks and two remixes make up the new, 2-LP set from Island/Interscope/UMC. All the music has been newly
Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell [Standard Black or Limited Edition Blue LP]
Geffen/UMe is serving up a new edition of Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, due out on February 8. Released just over 25 years ago, was the sequel to Meat Loaf's multi-platinum 1977 effort. Originally recorded at Ocean Way Recording in LA and at Power Station in New York, Bat Out of Hell's sequel was once again helmed by Jim Steinman and features many of the same musicians and personnel. Among those returning are Roy Bittan, Todd Rundgren, Ellen Foley, and Kasim Sulton. With
Welcome To The Neighbourhood [2-LP]
Meat Loaf's 17th studio album, Welcome to the Neighbourhood, will arrive on vinyl on February 8l. Released in 1995, it's a concept album that follows the trajectory of a relationship over the years. Among its tracks are the singles "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (a duet with Patti Russo), "Not a Dry Eye in the House," and "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)." Diane Warren and Jim Steinman are among the songwriters represented on its epic musical dramas. For its vinyl debut,
Motherlode [Expanded Edition] [2-LP]
Originally released in 1988, Motherlode collected 10 rare and previously unreleased tracks from the Godfather of Soul's career (11 tracks on the original CD). Now, the complete, expanded Motherlode album arrives from Polydor/UMe on 2-LP, 180-gram vinyl, including tracks that first appeared on the 2003 CD reissue, like "You've Changed," recorded in Atlanta in April 1969 and alternate mix of "Bodyheat" from 1976. The collection features newly updated notes featuring the work of Cliff White, the
Honey, Don't You Want A Box Set Like This?: 40th Anniversary of "Zappa In New York" Collects Rare Mix, Unreleased Concert Material
In December 1976, Frank Zappa performed four sold-out shows at New York City's Palladium. The career-spanning concerts were "theatrical, outrageous, and raucously funny," according to Ruth Underwood, who played percussion and synthesizer for the dates. The performances, she says, were "filled with startling and gorgeous music, dating from Frank's 1960s output to literally the moment the curtain went up." It's from this source material that the live double-album Zappa In New York was
Hit The Motherlode: UMe Prepares Vinyl Reissues of James Brown, Scott Walker, Meat Loaf and U2
Over the past few weeks, Universal has announced a varied assortment of upcoming vinyl releases, including a rarities collection from the Godfather of Soul, a compilation of early Scott Walker, two Meat Loaf titles arriving on vinyl for the first time ever in the States, and a celebratory 10th Anniversary edition from U2. It's set to be a vinyl-filled February and March, and The Second Disc has all the details! First up, Geffen/UMe is serving up two new editions of celebrated Meat Loaf
Live In Hollywood
The first-ever live album from Linda Ronstadt, Live in Hollywood, features twelve tracks (three previously released) from the singer's April 24, 1980 performance for HBO. While the entire concert isn't featured here, the material is a choice cross-section of her biggest hits including "It's So Easy," "Just One Look," "You're No Good," "Desperado," and "Blue Bayou," as well as selections from her new wave-inspired Mad Love, which had just been released in February 1980. Her interpretations of
Live In London [CD or LP]
Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples returns with an incendiary live album recorded at Union Chapel in July 2018, the week of her 79th birthday. She gives fans the presents, though, with 13 of her best songs culled from her solo work and The Staples Singers' catalog. Live In London will be available on CD and double vinyl on February 8 from Anti/Epitaph. CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Gun [Red Vinyl]
British hard-rockers The Gun burst onto the scene in 1968 with a self-titled debut that established its members as new forces in rock. Gun was an album of firsts: not only was it the group's inaugural LP, but it was also the starting point for Adrian and Paul Gurvitz (or Curtis, as they're named here), who would later found Three Man Army with Tony Newman and Buddy Miles, and The Baker-Gurvitz Army with Ginger Baker. It was also the first album to feature cover art by celebrated artist Roger
Slide It In: 35th Anniversary Edition [2-LP]
Whitesnake's 1984 album Slide It In celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. The album was the last to feature Jon Lord on keyboards and boasted such hits as "Slow an' Easy" and "Love Ain't No Stranger," both of which cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard charts. On March 22, the album will be celebrated with a new 2-LP collection that features the 2019 remasters of the original U.S. and U.K. mixes.
Hello Happiness [Standard and Indie LP Editions]
Chaka Khan is set to return with her first album in 12 years. Hello Happiness is the long-awaited follow-up to Funk This. The LP will be released through Diary Records in conjunction with Island Records on March 1. The 7-track LP features songs of empowerment and appreciation that remain contemporary but include strains of late-'70s disco and funk. There is also an indie-exclusive edition (pictured) that is pressed on orange vinyl and housed in alternative cover art. It will include a 24″ x
Release Round-Up: Week of January 25
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Big Star, Live on WLIR (Omnivore) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Omnivore has Live On WLIR, a newly restored and remastered version of Big Star's legendary 1974 radio broadcast. The 15-track collection is available on CD and 2-LP. The release marks the vinyl debut of this raw, live set. Read more here! Love Actually: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Real Gone
Singing Songs About the Southland: Classic Lynyrd Skynyrd Collection "Skynyrd's Innyrds" Returns on Vinyl
Periodically this month, we'll be looking at titles released in the latter part of 2018 that we either didn't cover, or only covered briefly, the first time around! We hope you enjoy this look at "some nice things we've missed"... Originally released in 1989, the Lynyrd Skynyrd compilation Skynyrd's Innyrds: Their Greatest Hits was certified 5x platinum by the RIAA and helped bring the Southern rockers' hits to a new generation of fans. The album collects classics like "Sweet Home Alabama,"
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