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"Childhood" Found: Classic Marillion Album Expanded and Remixed for July

May 8, 2017 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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Prog rock fans and Steven Wilson remix enthusiasts have another date to mark on their calendars: July 21, the release date for a greatly expanded edition of Marillion's classic Misplaced Childhood. Released in June of 1985, Misplaced Childhood became the most successful release in the neo-prog quintet's ongoing career, topping the U.K. charts and staying in those charts for 41 weeks. Featuring semi-autobiographical lyrics from lead singer Fish that touched on love, loss and acceptance

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Marillion

Third Eye Blind: 20th Anniversary Edition

May 7, 2017 By

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2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. The 1997 Elektra debut of Third Eye Blind gets the 20th anniversary treatment on 2 CDs or 3 LPs with a host of bonus material. The album is augmented with an extra eight tracks, nearly all of which are unreleased. There are two new tracks ("Alright Caroline" and "Scattered") based on song ideas from the Third Eye Blind sessions; demos of "Semi-Charmed Life" and a cover of The Velvet

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Exodus 40: The Movement Continues

May 7, 2017 By

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2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Vinyl box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. (TBD) Bob Marley's international hit album Exodus gets a fresh treatment for its 40th anniversary.  All editions feature the original 1977 album plus a "restatement" of the original classic as overseen by Bob's son, Ziggy Marley. Ziggy has dived deep into the Exodus sessions and constructed new versions of the 10 songs on the album with unused

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, R&B/Soul, Rock

OKNOTOK 1997 2017

May 6, 2017 By

OKNOTOK

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Box Set: Links TBD OKNOTOK 1997-2017 celebrates Radiohead's first U.K. No. 1 album, cited by many as one of the greatest albums of its era, with an all-new remaster from the original analog tapes and a bonus disc compiling eight remastered B-sides and three previously unreleased tracks from the album sessions: "I Promise," "Man of War" and "Lift." The set will be available as a 2CD or 3LP set. A box set version takes the three

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Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

The Joshua Tree: 30th Anniversary [Various Formats]

May 6, 2017 By

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1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) 2CD Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 4CD Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 7LP Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. U2's landmark 1987 album The Joshua Tree gets a multitude of reissues in time for its 30th anniversary.  The centerpiece is the 4-CD or 7-LP Super Deluxe version containing: A previously unreleased

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Adios

May 6, 2017 By

Glen Campbell Adios

Glen Campbell's final recordings, produced by his longtime band member Carl Jackson, comprise this release.  Selections include the lead-off single "Everybody's Talkin'," and four songs by Jimmy Webb (including the touching title track as well as "Postcard from Paris," "Just Like Always" and "It Won't Bring Her Back"), plus compositions from Bob Dylan, Jerry Reed, Dickey Lee, and Roger Miller.  The late Miller is heard is on his demo of "Am I Alone (Or Is It Only Me?)" which segues into

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

King of the Mountain: Midnight Oil Detail "Tank" Box Sets

May 5, 2017 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Midnight Oil The Full Tank

Sony Music Australia is cooking with gas when it comes to the legacy of Midnight Oil.  The Australian rock heroes are about to celebrated with not one, not two, but three box sets: The Vinyl Collection (containing all vinyl LPs and EPs), The Full Tank (all CDs and music videos), and The Overflow Tank (over 14 hours of rare and previously unissued material on 4 CDs and 8 DVDs).  These massive sets are due in Australasia on May 12 and May 26 in Europe.  The U.S. and Canadian release will happen on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Midnight Oil

Release Round-Up: Week of May 5

May 5, 2017 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Grateful Dead Cornell 5 8 77

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, Cornell 5/8/77 (Grateful Dead/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino teams with the Grateful Dead for the first authorized release of one of the band's most famous concert bootlegs:  the Cornell 5/8/77 show. The bootleg recording of this show was so significant that it was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2011.  This 3-CD set ties in with a new book about the oft-discussed concert;

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Diana Krall, Grateful Dead, Julie Andrews, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Patti Labelle, Rare Earth, Seals and Crofts, The Creation, The Turtles

Guaranteed to Raise a Smile: The Second Disc Hears The 50th Anniversary "Sgt. Pepper" Remix

May 3, 2017 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

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NEW YORK (NY) - Could it really be getting better? That was a fair question on the lips of the crowd assembled last Friday, April 28, at New York City's World of McIntosh Townhouse.  The Second Disc was privileged to be among those members of the press assembled for a "first listen" to the upcoming 50th anniversary stereo remix of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, due for release on May 26 from Capitol, UMe, and Apple Records. Jeff Jones, the chief executive of Apple Corps,

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

Fitter, Happier: Radiohead Revisit "OK Computer"

May 2, 2017 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

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Radiohead are revisiting their third album OK Computer with a 20th anniversary box set this summer. OKNOTOK 1997-2017 celebrates the Oxfordshire quintet's first U.K. No. 1 album, cited by many as one of the greatest albums of its era, with an all-new remaster from the original analog tapes and a bonus disc compiling eight remastered B-sides and three previously unreleased tracks from the album sessions: "I Promise," "Man of War" and "Lift." The set will be available from XL Recordings,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Radiohead

Masters of Their Craft: Concord Assembles New Reissue Label

May 2, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Concord Bicycle Music has been an aggressive recent player in catalogue music. The indie giant has succeeded with a variety of jazz, soul and rock titles, controlling such labels as Fantasy, Stax and Wind-Up Records; elsewhere, they've brought the Traveling Wilburys discography back into print and signed a bold deal with R.E.M. to distribute their Warner Bros.-era masters, from 1988 to their final bow in 2011. With all this activity, Concord's latest step was inevitable: they announced last

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: John Coltrane, John Lee Hooker, R.E.M., Thelonious Monk

Purple Rain: Music from the Motion Picture [Various Formats]

April 30, 2017 By

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. At long, long last - a deluxe, expanded Purple Rain arrives in various formats, including a 2-CD iteration with 11 previously unreleased outtakes and a 3-CD/1-DVD version adding a third CD of 15 single edits and remixes and a DVD of 1985's Prince and the Revolution Live!  film.  All versions, including a standalone LP, utilize the 2015 Paisley Park

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

A 60th Anniversary Celebration "Stax" Up in 2017

April 28, 2017 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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From deep within the heart of Memphis to your stereo, the rich legacy of Stax Records will be honored this year as two label partners join forces to commemorate the label's 60th anniversary. Rolling Stone reported yesterday a massive campaign to celebrate Stax artists and albums across physical and digital formats. Notably, this initiative will be carried out by both owners of the Stax catalogue: Rhino/Warner Music Group, which controls much of the label's Atlantic-distributed output from

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Albert King, Booker T. and the MG's, Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Johnnie Taylor, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, The Dramatics, The Staple Singers, William Bell

Release Round-Up: Week of April 28

April 28, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Supremes A Go GO

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Supremes, Supremes A' Go-Go: Expanded Edition (Motown/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Here we A' Go-Go!  The Supremes' landmark, chart-topping 1966 album (with "You Can't Hurry Love" and "Love is Like An Itching In My Heart" - and that's just for starters!) gets lavishly expanded on two remastered CDs.  This release has got it all: mono and stereo mixes of the original album, a whopping 29 bonus tracks (a full 24 of which

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

White Knight

April 27, 2017 By

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Todd Rundgren returns with a new studio album, and he's bringing along a number of special guests including Daryl Hall, Joe Walsh, Donald Fagen, Joe Satriani, and Trent Reznor!  Rundgren has written and produced 15 original songs for White Knight.  Available on CD, LP, and DD.

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

No One Can Hear You Stream: Mondo Celebrates "Alien" with Two Vinyl Reissues

April 26, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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For a few years, April 26 has officially been known as "Alien Day," taking its inspiration from LV-426, the fictional setting of Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi/horror classic and James Cameron's blockbuster action sequel from 1986. With Scott having recently returned to the Alien universe with Prometheus in 2012, and a sequel, Alien: Covenant, due in theaters next month, today's obviously a special Alien Day indeed. That's why soundtrack fans should be (chest)bursting with excitement over the news

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Jerry Goldsmith, Vinyl

Don't Worry About a Thing: Bob Marley's "Exodus" Gets 40th Anniversary Expansion

April 26, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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Bob Marley and The Wailers' ninth album Exodus is receiving a new expanded edition this summer in honor of the album's 40th anniversary. Exodus was the album that found Marley and his messages of love and social activism reaching a larger international audience. Exiled to London after an assassination attempt, he and his band concocted a laid-back album that ruminated on religion, sex and politics while still keeping the infectious reggae rhythms to the fore. Tracks like "Jamming," "Waiting

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bob Marley

Ella Fitzgerald at 100: Analog Spark Reissues "The Cole Porter Song Book" On SACD and Vinyl

April 25, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Today, Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 years old.  While the First Lady of Song passed away in 1996 at the age of 79, her rich legacy of music has hardly waned.  She recorded over a remarkable seven-decade span, from 1935 through the early 1990s, yet her most significant contribution to the canon of American song just might be her Songbook series. Between 1956 and 1964, Fitzgerald teamed with a variety of arrangers (including Buddy Bregman, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, Nelson

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald

Coming Up Roses: Analog Spark Reissues Classic Musicals From Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, More

April 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Analog Spark kicked off 2016 with a trio of cast recordings - Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, and West Side Story - on deluxe 180-gram vinyl LPs, and now, the label is welcoming this spring with another three landmark titles from the Sony vaults: Columbia Records' original Broadway cast recordings of South Pacific (1949), Gypsy (1959), and Company (1970) - each one representing a classic period of American musical theatre. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's South Pacific, the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim

Ten Years Strong: The Second Disc's 2017 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 21, 2017 By Mike Duquette 9 Comments

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Welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year's Record Store Day event!  Once you're through reading, let us know what you're most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer!  Our list features just a sampling of our favorites from our friends at Legacy Recordings, Varese Sarabande, Rhino Records, Walt Disney Records, Real Gone Music, Omnivore Recordings, and many more! Mike's kicking things off... This year's Record Store Day offerings

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Categories: Features Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ben Folds, Big Star, Cheap Trick, David Bowie, Dennis Wilson, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Goo Goo Dolls, Harry Nilsson, John Williams, Johnny Cash, Johnny Mathis, Mark Mulcahy, Prince, Procol Harum, Randy Newman, The Cars, The Easybeats, The Zombies, Toto

Shell Shocked: The Turtles Come to Vinyl for Record Store Day U.K.

April 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Turtles Albums Collection

Demon Music Group is showing a display of Turtle Power for Record Store Day U.K. this Saturday!  On that date, the label will unveil the 6-LP box set The Albums Collection, collecting all of The Turtles' original White Whale Records albums originally released between 1965 and 1970.  Though The Turtles have long been recognized as top-flight purveyors of classic 45s, a journey through their compact yet potent six-album catalogue unearths numerous riches beyond the big hits.  With a gleeful sense

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Record Store Day, The Turtles

Release Round-Up: Week of April 21

April 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Honeybeat: '60s Groovy Girl-Pop (Real Gone Music) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl Pop, curated by Sheila Burgel from the Sony archives and released on Real Gone Music, features 19 songs from nine different labels, nearly a third of which have never been released on CD.  While some tracks come from known artists such as Little Eva, Skeeter

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry Manilow, Bee Gees, Big Star, Cait Brennan, Ella Fitzgerald, Major Lance, Marc Jonson, Ray Davies, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Various Artists

Step Back from That Ledge: Third Eye Blind Expand Debut for 20th Anniversary

April 20, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Depending on how old you are, the mere mention of Third Eye Blind is enough to elicit wistful memories of their first three, relatively immortal hits, "Semi-Charmed Life," "How It's Going to Be" and "Jumper"--all Top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100. Or their inescapability, combined with stories of frontman Stephan Jenkins' offstage antics, are enough to make you reconsider all '90s nostalgia. In either case, we have news for you: their debut album is being reissued and expanded for its 20th

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Third Eye Blind, Vinyl

Review: The Doors, "The Doors: 50th Anniversary Edition"

April 19, 2017 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

Suffice it to say that Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, and John Densmore set the night on fire with their debut album, the 1967 Elektra release of The Doors.  That amalgamation of blues, rock, pop, jazz, and pure poetry has recently turned 50 years old, and so it's received its first-ever box set expansion from Rhino as a limited, numbered 3-CD/1-LP hardcover book-style box set including both the original mono and stereo mixes of the original LP (with the mono version appearing on CD

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Doors

Review: Fleetwood Mac, "Tango in the Night: Deluxe Edition"

April 18, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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The music of Fleetwood Mac could fairly be said to define the 1970s - in all its style, tumult, and excess.  Where did that leave the union of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham once a new decade emerged?  1982's Mirage found Fleetwood Mac trying to recapture the magic of 1977's epochal Rumours, and succeeding in large part.  Yet Mirage felt as if it firmly had one foot planted in the previous decade.  With its belated follow-up, 1987's Tango in the

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Fleetwood Mac

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