This companion release to Resonance’s Getz/Gilberto ’76, Moments in Time features never-before-released music played in concert by The Stan Getz Quartet featuring pianist Joanne Brackeen, bassist Clint Houston, and drummer Billy Hart. These 1976 performances from San Francisco’s Keystone Korner marks the only released recordings by this configuration of the Stan Getz Quartet. The deluxe CD includes a 28-page booklet with essays by jazz journalist Ted Panken, Steve Getz, band members Brackeen and Hart, producers Zev Feldman and Todd Barkan, as well as statements from saxophonists Joshua Redman and Branford Marsalis. Also featured are rare, previously…
Getz/Gilberto ’76
In 1976, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto reunited at San Francisco’s Keystone Korner alongside pianist Joanne Brackeen, bassist Clint Houston and drummer Billy Hart. Their never-before-released set arrives in lavish fashion from Resonance Records on CD and vinyl. The deluxe CD includes a 32-pg booklet of essays by author James Gavin, bossa nova pioneer Carlos Lyra, Stan’s son Steve Getz, and producers Zev Feldman and Todd Barkan, as well as previously unpublished photos from the archives of photographer Tom Copi. This set of 13 tracks from the bossa pioneers joins Moments in Time, a…
Release Round-Up: Week of January 29
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up featuring a host of deluxe reissues, box sets, and more! Phil Collins, Face Value: Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Phil Collins’ 1981 classic featuring “In the Air Tonight” gets expanded to two CDs or DD with the addition of eight live tracks and four demos (plus a new, modern cover photograph echoing the original). Ten of the twelve bonuses are new to CD. The original album will also be available on…
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Let the Good Times Roll: New Cars Box and Compilation Announced
Though The Cars didn’t make it into this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class, it’s always a good time to remember the Boston-based New Wave icons–and a new box set and compilation aim to do just that. On March 11, Rhino will release The Elektra Years 1978-1987, a six-disc box set offering all six of the band’s albums–The Cars (1978), Candy-O (1979), Panorama (1980), Shake It Up (1981), Heartbeat City (1984) and Door to Door (1987)–all newly remastered. (This marks the first time that any album outside of the band’s…
Fiddler on the Roof: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Analog Spark celebrates a Broadway musical currently enjoying a successful revival today: 1964’s Fiddler on the Roof. The original cast recording of the Joseph Stein/Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick musical, starring Zero Mostel, Maria Karnilova, Bert Convy and Bea Arthur, gets a 180-gram vinyl edition cut by Ryan Smith from the original stereo tapes. It’s been pressed and plated at RTI, and is housed in the tip-on jacket.
West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Analog Spark’s edition of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s seminal 1957 musical – starring Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence and Chita Rivera – should prove to be its best-sounding appearance on vinyl as it’s been cut to 2 LPs from the original 3-track master tapes by Ryan Smith. The Stoughton tip-on jacket includes photographs from the original recording sessions, and it, too, has been pressed and plated at RTI.
My Fair Lady: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Analog Spark has the original 1956 mono Broadway cast album of Lerner and Loewe’s classic, starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison, cut from the original tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. This deluxe 180-gram vinyl release has been pressed and plated at RTI, and is housed in a Stoughton “tip-on” jacket.
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly: Analog Spark Reissues “My Fair Lady,” “West Side Story,” “Fiddler” On Vinyl
Following its vinyl and SACD presentations of the original soundtrack of 1965’s The Sound of Music and its 40th anniversary vinyl pressing of 1975’s original Broadway cast recording of A Chorus Line, Razor and Tie’s audiophile division Analog Spark has turned its attention to three more classic cast albums. My Fair Lady (1956), West Side Story (1958) and Fiddler on the Roof (1964) are all now available from Analog Spark in newly-remastered, 180-gram deluxe audiophile vinyl editions. These are the first titles released in association with Masterworks Broadway; the Sony imprint last…
Release Round-Up: Week of January 22
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Black Sabbath Deluxe Reissue Series (Warner Bros./Rhino) Black Sabbath: Deluxe Edition – Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Paranoid: Deluxe Edition – Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Master of Reality: Deluxe Edition – Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Past Lives: Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Rhino is reissuing the hard rock legends’ first three albums-Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970) and Master of Reality (1971)-as deluxe 2CD and 2LP sets, along with the 2002 live collection Past Lives. These collections feature the original albums, as remastered…
You’re Welcome: Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie Curates Mix Featuring Beach Boys, Byrds, Dion, More
Among Ace Records’ recent releases is a collection that just might make you scream – make that “Primal Scream” – with elation. Bobby Gillespie Presents Sunday Morning Comin’ Down is a mix CD curated by Primal Scream founder/Jesus and Mary Chain drummer. The Glasgow-born singer/songwriter/musician has selected 20 of his favorite tracks for Ace, and the result is a set that not only illuminates Gillespie’s influences as an artist but stands on its own with thematic and sonic coherence. In Gillespie’s remarkable musical world, soundtracks sit alongside haunting psychedelia, California pop, Texas…
Ooh Baby: Real Gone’s March Slate Includes Unreleased Herbie Mann Together with Dave Mason and Mickey Gilley Anthologies Plus Limited Vinyl Reissues
Yesterday we brought you the news of the upcoming Second Disc Records title to be released in conjunction with Real Gone Music: Bobby Darin’s Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years anthology. Now we’ve got the rest of Real Gone’s March slate to tell you about and it’s as excitingly eclectic as ever! Kicking things off is a CD that should be of great interest to jazz enthusiasts. Herbie Mann is considered one of the greatest jazz flautists ever and was an early proponent of world music. His long tenure at Atlantic…
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One Night In Indy
This release presents for the very first time a 1959 Indianapolis concert featuring the legendary guitarist Wes Montgomery with pianist Eddie Higgins’ Trio. The six-song set includes “Give Me the Simple Life,” “Stompin’ at the Savoy” and “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To.”
Release Round-Up: Week of January 8
Welcome to our first Release Round-Up of 2016! The Mamas and the Papas, The Complete Singles: The 50th Anniversary Collection (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has 53 tracks on 2 CDs of pure pop pleasure from The Mamas and the Papas – as a group and solo – with this first-ever collection of their complete singles, just in time for their 50th anniversary! Full details here. J.D. Souther, John David Souther (Expanded Edition) (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) J.D….
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Dance Into the Light: Deluxe Edition
Phil Collins’ 1996 effort yielded a U.K. Top 10 hit with its title track; now, it’s back in a Deluxe Edition with a 10-track bonus disc featuring demos and live tracks.
Hello, I Must Be Going! Deluxe Edition
Phil Collins’ 1982 album featuring “You Can’t Hurry Love” is expanded with a bonus disc of 11 tracks including demos, rehearsals and live performances.
Oughta Know By Now: Second Wave of Phil Collins Reissues Due in February
The first entries in Phil Collins’ long-awaited “Take a Look At Me Now” reissue campaign were delayed from November to the end of this January, but there’s even more excitement on the horizon: Rhino Records today announced the second wave of the eight-album reissue plan will hit stores February 26. The next titles are Phil’s second album, Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) and sixth studio effort, Dance Into the Light (1996). On Hello, Collins modified the formula that made solo debut Face Value such a landmark release in his career, marrying his…
Past Lives
Rhino reissues Black Sabbath’s 2002 live compilation Past Lives, with performances from 1970-1975 on two CDs or LPs.
Master of Reality: Deluxe Edition
The 1971 Master of Reality goes deluxe in a 2-CD or 2-LP edition uniting the 2012 remaster of the original album with the bonus disc first included on a 2009 U.K.-only reissue.
Paranoid: Deluxe Edition
Paranoid (1970) arrives as a 2CD or 2LP set featuring the original album as remastered by Rhino in 2012 plus a bonus disc of rare material previously available only on a 2009 U.K. release.
Black Sabbath: Deluxe Edition
Black Sabbath (1970) arrives in a new Deluxe Edition on CD or LP as remastered by Rhino in 2012, alongside a bonus disc of rare material previously only released in the U.K.-exclusive deluxe set issued by Sanctuary Records in 2009. (The track list for the band’s self-titled debut has been rearranged to reflect the original U.S. pressing on Warner Bros., swapping out “Evil Woman (Don’t Play Your Games with Me)” for its original non-LP B-side, “Wicked World”; “Evil Woman” thus features on the bonus disc.)
Rhino Charges Into January with New Colored Vinyl Titles, CD Box Sets
Rhino Records has quite the cure for the usual January doldrums that hit the release calendar, announcing more than a dozen new and reissued titles available exclusively through participating physical stores. The “Start Your Ear Off Right” initiative, featuring titles available January 19, encompass some of the best-known names in Rhino’s back catalogue, including The Grateful Dead, The Monkees, Devo, The Cars and The Replacements. From colored vinyl variants to CD box sets, there’s virtually something for everyone here. And just what will you find? Read on and find out! Bad Company,…
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The Year In Review, Part 2 – More Of The Best Of 2015
The Second Disc is continuing its celebration of 2015’s finest with today’s column by Ted Frank! Stop, do not pass GO and do not collect 200 dollars if you haven’t already read our Sixth Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards summation of the year’s greatest releases. Here, Ted presents his very own, alternative year in review with titles new and old! I make records … I really don’t want to be about singles or anything. -Adele, The Tonight Show In recent years, the download/stream-heavy music business has seemingly become an industry of the sure-fire hit single rather…
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Review: Roy Orbison, “The MGM Years 1965-1973”
The Big O is back with a big box set. The MGM Years 1965-1973, recently arrived from Roy’s Boys, LLC and Universal Music Enterprises, chronicles over the course of 13 CDs (or 14 LPs) the least well-known period of the late vocal titan’s career. Orbison joined MGM Records riding the crest of the “Oh, Pretty Woman” wave; the composition which he wrote with Bill Dees was a U.S. and U.K. chart-topper at the height of the British Invasion in 1964 for Fred Foster’s Monument Records. Enticed by MGM Records’ promise of a…
The Year in Review – The 2015 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z
Happy New Year, and welcome to The Second Disc’s Sixth Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! As with every year’s awards, our goals are simple: to recognize as many of the year’s most essential reissues and catalogue titles as possible, and to celebrate as many of those labels, producers and artists who make these releases happen in an increasingly-challenging retail landscape. The labels you’ll read about below have, by and large, bucked the trends to prove that there’s still a demand for physical catalogue music that you can purchase in brick-and-mortar stores. And…
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Star Wars: The Ultimate Vinyl Collection
Star Wars: The Ultimate Vinyl Collection presents versions of each soundtrack as they initially appeared on vinyl, spread across 11 LPs. This marks the first time thatAttack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith have appeared on vinyl. Sony describes the set as follows: “Star Wars: The Ultimate Vinyl Collection includes each of the six film soundtracks fromStar Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace to Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi in deluxe gatefold sleeves faithfully replicating the original artwork. Audio was transferred from the original LP masters using the…
