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Rag, Mama Rag: The Band's Self-Titled Album To Be Given 50th Anniversary Box Set Treatment

September 27, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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It's been fifty years since The Band released their self-title album, lovingly referred to by fans as "The Brown Album." To celebrate the anniversary of the pioneering release, The Band will be reissued in a variety of expanded editions on November 15.  These follow last year's similar reissues of the group's debut, Music from Big Pink. While The Band was primarily recorded in Hollywood - in Sammy Davis, Jr.'s pool house, no less! - the feel was decidedly rustic.  The sessions took on a

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Band

Release Round-Up: Week of September 27

September 27, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Beatles, Abbey Road: Anniversary Edition [Various Formats] (Apple/UMe) Super Deluxe 3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Abbey Road celebrates 50 with a variety of editions built around a new 2019 stereo mix by Giles Martin

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: 'Til Tuesday, Art Pepper, David Cassidy, Elmore James, Grateful Dead, John Coltrane, Paul Simon, Ramones, Sutherland Brothers and Quiver, Teddy Randazzo, The Beatles, The Replacements

Put On The Red Light: New Box Collects The Police's Studio Recordings (UPDATED WITH CD INFO)

September 26, 2019 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

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UPDATE (9/26/2019): Just short of a year after this vinyl box set was issued, A&M/UMe will issue a CD version with the same contents on November 8. Amazon links are below! ORIGINAL POST (11/12/2018): Over the course of just five albums released between 1978 and 1983, The Police synthesized pop, rock, New Wave, and world music sounds including, most notably, reggae into a style all their own.  Incorporating influences of punk and jazz into the mix, their sound still reverberates today. 

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Sting, The Police

America's Gerry Beckley Returns with New Solo Album "Five Mile Road"

September 25, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Gerry Beckley has earned the right to call the opening track of his new solo album "Life Lessons." The singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and America co-founder is understandably in a reflective mood on Five Mile Road, out now from Blue Elan Records.  The artist may be celebrating 50 years with America, but he still has plenty to say. For his first solo album since 2016's Carousel, Beckley has reunited with many of the same collaborators. Jeff Larson not only co-produced with Beckley but

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: America, Gerry Beckley

Everybody's Still Talkin': Omnivore Preps Unreleased Harry Nilsson Album for November

September 25, 2019 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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Nilsson fans (and who isn't?), rejoice! On November 22, the late singer-songwriter's final recordings will at last see the light of day on CD, vinyl, and digital formats from Omnivore Recordings. Losst and Founnd is the first new album of original material from Harry Nilsson since 1980's Flash Harry. Nilsson was working on the album at the time of his death at the age of 52 in January 1994 with producer Mark Hudson (Ringo Starr, Aerosmith). Two of the songs, "U.C.L.A." and "Animal Farm," were

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Harry Nilsson

Review: Bridget St. John, "Live at The Betsey Trotwood"

September 24, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Bridget St. John is one of the treasures of the British folk revival. Her early recordings on John Peel's Dandelion label in the late '60s and early '70s - delicate and delightful as they are - continue to inspire a growing cadre of songwriters, singers, and alternate-tuned guitar-wielders. Fifty years since her debut Ask Me No Questions, St. John continues to perform, criss-crossing between Europe, Japan, and her adopted home state, New York. And she's still enrapturing audiences of longtime

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Folk Tags: Bridget St. John

Colorado

September 23, 2019 By

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse's first album since 2012, Colorado, promises the same kind of scorching, raw rock for which the band is known.  Sweetening the pot, Nils Lofgren makes his first appearance on a Crazy Horse record since 1971!  Colorado  features 10 new Young compositions including the 13+-minute epic "She Shows Me Love."  The vinyl version contains a bonus 7-inch single with outtake "Truth Kills" and a live version of the album's "Rainbow of Colors."

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

A SECOND DISC INTERVIEW! Mike McCartney Talks "McGear" Deluxe Reissue

September 23, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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TSD's own Sam Stone recently had a chance to speak with the enduring artist behind the U.K.'s Christmas chart-topper of 1968, The Scaffold's "Lily the Pink," as well as the top ten smash "Thank U Very Much" and the solo hit "Leave It." Mike McCartney, a.k.a. Mike McGear just happens to be Paul McCartney's younger brother, but has a lifetime of his own musical history to share. In this wide-ranging conversation, he offers stories of the making of his classic album McGear, recently reissued by

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Categories: Interviews, News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Mike McCartney, Mike McGear, Paul McCartney, Wings

To The End of Love: Leonard Cohen's Final Recordings Collected on "Thanks For the Dance"

September 20, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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When Leonard Cohen passed away in November 2016, he left behind fifty years of words and music, including his final album, You Want It Darker.  Now, Columbia and Legacy have announced a new collection, "a continuation of the master's final work" called Thanks For The Dance. Due on November 22, Thanks For The Dance was produced by Cohen's son Adam, who followed Leonard's wishes to complete the musical sketches that remained after You Want It Darker.  Contributions came from many of Leonard's

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Leonard Cohen

Release Round-Up: Week of September 20

September 20, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Judy Collins, The Elektra Albums: Volume Two (1970-1984) (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Demon Music Group's Edsel label is following up its July release of Judy Collins' The Elektra Albums Volume One (1961-1968) with a second volume out today. The Elektra Albums Volume Two (1970-1984) finishes up the artist's Elektra Records tenure, comprising these nine releases on CD in their original sequences: Whales and Nightingales

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Alfred Drake, Allan Clarke, Anthony Perkins, Gerry Beckley, Gerry Rafferty, Herb Alpert, Judy Collins, Kaye Ballard, Margaret Whiting, Robbie Robertson, T.G. Sheppard, The Band, The Hollies

Lay Lady Lay: Dylan's Nashville Period Chronicled In New 'Bootleg Series' Volume

September 19, 2019 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Bob Dylan has travelled to many locales, but few have inspired him as powerfully as Nashville, Tennessee. On November 1, Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will chronicle Dylan's 1967-1969 recordings in Music City - including those made with a very special guest - on the latest volume of the artist's long-running Bootleg Series. Bob Dylan (featuring Johnny Cash) - Travelin' Thru: 1967-1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 will be released in 3CD, 3LP, and digital configurations, all of which

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash

Curse You Red Barrel: XTC's Dukes Of Stratosphear Years Remixed by Steven Wilson For New Collection

September 18, 2019 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

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XTC's next Steven Wilson remix project is coming soon...only it's not really XTC at all. The beloved surround engineer and Porcupine Tree frontman has worked his magic on several albums by the British rockers (Drums and Wires, Black Sea, Skylarking, Oranges and Lemons and Nonsuch) - and this year, he now turns his attention to The Dukes Of Stratosphear, the group's beloved psychedelic project. The band's core group (Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory), along with Dave's brother

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: XTC

Ghost Meets Ghoul: Real Gone's Halloween Slate Includes Munsters Album, Occult Rock From Coven, and Music for Monsters

September 17, 2019 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Real Gone Music has a reputation for releasing cult classic albums, but this October, they'll take "cult" a step further.  The label's eclectic lineup of Halloween-themed releases for October 11 includes early satanic/occult rock by Coven, a collection of ghoulish TV classics by Milton Delugg and His Orchestra, and a Wrecking Crew-backed tie-in album by everyone's favorite family of monsters, The Munsters. First up is a delightfully strange pair of albums by the early occult rock band

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Coven, Milton Delugg, The Munsters, The Wrecking Crew

Review: "Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack"

September 17, 2019 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Can the circle be unbroken? asks The Carter Family on the opening track of Legacy Recordings' new 5-CD, 105-song soundtrack to Ken Burns' epic documentary Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns. The 1935 funeral hymn is a most appropriate way to begin this collection exploring the manifold branches of country music, but the tone on the box set is far from funereal as it gallops from "hillbilly music" to blues, folk, western swing, rockabilly, countrypolitan, outlaw country, and beyond. Country Music

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Buck Owens, Dolly Parton, Eddy Arnold, George Jones, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Marty Robbins, Rosanne Cash, Various Artists, Willie Nelson

Live at Home with His Bad Self

September 17, 2019 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UMe premieres a 1969 homecoming show recorded in Augusta, Georgia by The Godfather of Soul and his smokin' band.  While select tracks from the show have been previously issued, this release marks its debut in full.  It's been newly mixed by engineer Peter A. Barker from the original multitracks.  Highlights include unreleased versions of Brown's then-current single "World" (performed here as a live

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Funk, R&B/Soul

WHO [Various Formats]

September 17, 2019 By

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The Who return with their first new studio album in 13 years, and it's available on CD, deluxe CD, digital, cassette, standard vinyl, and deluxe color vinyl. Featuring "Ball and Chain" and "Hero Ground Zero," WHO isn't a concept album but rather a new collection of muscular songs playing to the band's still-considerable strengths.  Target will offer an exclusive CD with three bonus tracks.

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

Let It Bleed (50th Anniversary Limited Deluxe Edition)

September 17, 2019 By

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ABKCO has a 50th anniversary set for The Rolling Stones' multi-platinum 1969 classic Let It Bleed. Produced by Jimmy Miller and featuring "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want," Let It Bleed will be reissued as a 2-LP/2-Hybrid SACD set remastered in both stereo and mono by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering.  In addition to the original mono and stereo mixes on hybrid SACD (playable in all CD players), the collection also includes a reproduction of the 1969 7-inch mono single of

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

No Other: Expanded Edition [Various Formats]

September 17, 2019 By

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Limited Deluxe LP/2 SACD/BD/7-inch Boxset: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD Remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD Expanded Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP Remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Ex-Byrd Gene Clark's 1974 cult classic LP is going deluxe.  The box set contains the remastered LP pressed on silver vinyl, three SACDs (a multi-layer SACD of the original album housed in an authentic Japanese vinyl replica sleeve

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

1999: Remastered and Expanded Edition [Various Formats]

September 17, 2019 By

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1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Prince's fifth studio album gets a major makeover with a variety of deluxe editions. The Super Deluxe Edition of 1999 will premiere 35 previously unreleased tracks. Its 65 tracks total across five CDs or ten 180-gram vinyl LPs will also include B-sides and single mixes plus the original album

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Funk, R&B/Soul, Rock

Greatest Hits: Quadraphonic Mix

September 17, 2019 By

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The Jackson 5's classic Greatest Hits is back on LP with a twist: this reissue utilizes a stereo fold-down of a rare quadraphonic mix issued only in Japan in 1975. That mix featured alternate vocals and instrumentation on some tracks, making this release a true new way to hear some of the group's biggest hit songs. It's been sourced from the original four-channel analog masters housed in the Motown vault, and has been mastered and cut for vinyl by Alex Abrash at AA Mastering.  Standard black

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

Monster: 25th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

September 17, 2019 By

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5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (contains contents of CD 1 & 3): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (contains contents of CD 1 & 3): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A 5-CD/1-BD box will include R.E.M.'s original 1994 album (featuring "What's the Frequency, Kenneth" and "Bang and Blame"), a new 2019 remix from original Monster producer Scott Litt, a CD of previously unreleased demos from the album, and a complete live 1995 performance

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Get On Up: James Brown's 1969 Homecoming Show Remixed and Expanded For October Release

September 17, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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Are you ready for Star Time? A new James Brown release, chronicling a 50-year-old homecoming show released in full for the first time, will surely do the trick. Live At Home With His Bad Self was in fact intended to be released not long after its recording. In the fall of 1969, Brown came to Augusta, Georgia's Bell Auditorium, hours from where Brown first sang gospel as a young man in Toccoa. He was backed by a stellar band that featured the talents of horn players Maceo Parker and Fred

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: James Brown

Nowhere To Run: Vinyl Me Please Announces "Women of Motown" Anthology Series

September 16, 2019 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

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The Motown news just keeps on coming! In April, vinyl subscription outlet Vinyl Me, Please featured Blue Note Records for the first volume in their immersive, multimedia series Vinyl Me, Please Anthology. Now, the label has announced their next installment: Vinyl Me, Please Anthology: The Women of Motown. VMP promises "an immersive journey into the storied label told through the music of the women who made it legendary." Subscriptions for the Anthology program will open on September 19 with

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Diana Ross, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Syreeta, The Supremes

Hermandad Fania: Craft Latino Announces Vinyl Reissues of Classics from Fania Label

September 16, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Craft Latino, a branch of Craft Recordings, will continue their celebration of the legendary Fania label with their first batch of vinyl reissues of classic titles from the label available just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month. On October 25, the label will reissue Celia Cruz and Tito Puente's Alma con alma (1970), Willie Colón's The Hustler (1968), The Fania All Stars' Live at Yankee Stadium (1973 - now presented as a double LP for the first time ever), and the Celia Cruz-Johnny Pacheco

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Jazz Tags: Celia Cruz, Fania All-Stars, Johnny Pacheco, Tito Puente, Willie Colon

Detour: The Who Announce New Album "WHO," Release Preview Track "Ball and Chain"

September 13, 2019 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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UPDATE: Details have been announced about the bonus tracks for the upcoming deluxe edition. Read on for more! Today, legendary rockers The Who announced plans for their long-awaited new album, simply entitled WHO. It's their first studio effort in 13 years, due November 22 December 6 on CD, deluxe CD, digital, cassette, standard vinyl, and deluxe color vinyl. They've also unveiled the album's artwork - designed by frequent collaborator Peter Blake - and released a new single, "Ball and

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Who

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