Well, today is Cyber Monday, which means one thing at Second Disc HQ: it's time to launch our annual Holiday Gift Guide, featuring (more than) a few of our favorite things for the music enthusiast in your life. Sure, we might not have included raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but we've filled the guide with over 50 essential selections: sprawling box sets and deluxe vinyl editions, as well as noteworthy releases on CD from favorite artists that just might make great stocking stuffers.
Release Round-Up: Week of November 21
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. The Beatles, Anthology Collection (Capitol/Apple/UMe) 8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store 12LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store The Beatles' Anthology Collection premieres remastered editions of the original three collections of rarities and outtakes compiled by George
Mardi Gras Day: Omnivore Celebrates Dr. John with "Live at The Village Gate"
The Doctor is in! Today, November 20, would have been Dr. John's 84th birthday. While The Night Tripper, a.k.a. Mac Rebennack, himself passed away in 2019 at the age of 77, his musical legacy lives on - and Omnivore Recordings is celebrating in high style. Tomorrow, the label will premiere Live at the Village Gate, a previously unreleased concert, in 2CD and digital formats. Live at The Village Gate captures the singer-songwriter-pianist in his element at one of his favorite venues, New
Release Round-Up: Week of November 14
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. Nicolette Larson, Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings (Cherry Red/Lemon/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings from Cherry Red's Lemon imprint and TSD presents all of the late Nicolette Larson's original studio and live albums for Warner
Release Round-Up: Week of November 7
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. Wings, Wings [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol/UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada On November 4, Paul McCartney released Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, an oral
Step Into Christmas: UMe Preps Holiday Singles Box, Expansion of Connie Francis' Holiday Album
With the spookiest holidays of the fall now in the rear view mirror (that's right: Halloween and Election Day!), there's nothing wrong with looking ahead to the Christmas music season and checking out a pair of now-available titles from Universal Music Group spotlighting some of their classic holiday hits and an album by one of catalogue's biggest success stories this year. UMe is selling a nifty collection of more than a dozen seasonal 7" singles in a collectible carrying case. This Classic
Record Store Day Black Friday Round-Up: BMG, Omnivore, and Real Gone Music
As we gear up for Record Store Day's Black Friday event on Friday, November 28, we're sharing the lists from BMG, Omnivore Recordings, and Real Gone Music. Click here for a list of participating retailers! First up is BMG's slate... George Harrison, Living in the Material World (50th Anniversary Mix) (Dark Horse) (Zoetrope LP; 7,600 copies - reprises mix from the 2024 box set) John Lee Hooker, Chill Out (30th Anniversary) (LP; 1,500 copies - remastered reissue of album featuring Van
Merry Something to You: Rhino Announces Record Store Day Black Friday Slate with Devo, Joni Mitchell, Alice Cooper, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Randy Newman, More
TSD is kicking off our look at this year's Record Store Day Black Friday releases, due at participating independent record stores on November 28, with a typically packed slate coming from Rhino. With over 30 titles, the label has brought out the heavy hitters (many of which are RSD mainstays) including The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Todd Rundgren, Van Halen, and more. We've also included a handful of releases from Rhino sister labels such as Warner (with a
Release Round-Up: Week of October 3
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. Oasis, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 30th Anniversary Edition (Big Brother) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Oasis have a slightly expanded edition of 1995's (What's the Story) Morning Glory? on tap, pairing a 2014 remaster of the album (which initially came with
The Chess Records Christmas Album
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Chess Records Christmas Album offers 14 unique entries in the Christmas canon, from Chuck Berry's "Run Rudolph Run" and The Moonglows' "Hey Santa Claus" to obscure soul, jazz, and gospel fare from the likes of The Soul Stirrers, Kenny Burrell, The Meditation Singers, Rotary Connection, The Salem Travelers, and more. (A particular standout is an instrumental take on "The Little Drummer Boy" by the
Let's Play Chess: A Chess Records Anthology
Let's Play Chess: A Chess Records Anthology is a new 2LP set offering 25 of the label's most essential tracks from Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Etta James, and others. The set is curated by eminent drummer Steve Jordan, a known appreciator of the Chess legacy. The versatile percussionist cut his teeth playing in the house band for Saturday Night Live, and was plucked alongside a murderer's row of session legends to keep the beat when cast members John Belushi and Dan
Chess Grand Masters: Classic Blues Label Celebrates 75 Years with Special Vinyl Reissues
For all its influence, it sometimes feels like the Chicago blues label Chess Records doesn't get the respect it deserves. That changes this fall with a series of new compilations and reissues of old ones, set for release from Universal Music Group to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the label's creation. Polish immigrants Leonard and Phil Chess became ingratiated into the club scene on the south side of Chicago in the '30s and '40s. They were intrigued by the thriving local talent - many
Wiser for the Time: The Black Crowes Detail 'Amorica' Box Set
Following recent reissues of The Black Crowes' first two albums, 1990's Shake Your Money Maker and 1992's The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - along with an expanded edition of a live team-up with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin - the Southern rockers' third album will get the similar treatment this fall. On November 14, the group (formed around brothers and sole consistent members Chris and Rich Robinson) will revisit 1994's Amorica as a 3CD or 180-gram 5LP set. The box will include an
Release Round-Up: Week of September 26
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.' Spike Jones in Stereo: A Spooktacular in Screaming Sound! (Omnivore) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore Recordings LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore Recordings The late, great Spike Jones' side-splittingly spooky 1959 album In Stereo: A Spooktacular in Screaming Sound! returns from
Tell Me One More Time: New Vinyl Box Chronicles Austin Blues Haven Antone's
New West Records brings some late-summer Texas heat this week, courtesy of a new vinyl box set celebrating the legendary Austin club Antone's. Antone's 50th Allstars: 50 Years of the Blues will feature four 140-gram, translucent color LPs and a 7" single containing three special albums tracing Antone's history on record. The Last Real Texas Blues Album (pressed on purple vinyl) offers new studio recordings from acts with deep roots in the Austin scene, from Jimmie Vaughan, Bobby Rush and The
The Jimmie Vaughan Years: Complete Studio Recordings
Blues band The Fabulous Thunderbirds - who had perhaps one of the least likely chart hits of the '80s - will release a box set this year chronicling their most mainstream years and showcasing their original and best-known guitarist. The Jimmie Vaughan Years: Complete Studio Recordings presents seven complete albums over four CDs: the Chrysalis releases The Fabulous Thunderbirds (1979), What's the Word (1980), Butt Rockin' (1981) and T-Bird Rhythm (1982), and the CBS Associated albums Tuff
Ain't That Tuff Enuff: The Fabulous Thunderbirds' Early Work Gets the Box Set Treatment
Blues band The Fabulous Thunderbirds - who had perhaps one of the least likely chart hits of the '80s - will release a box set this year chronicling their most mainstream years and showcasing their original and best-known guitarist. The Jimmie Vaughan Years: Complete Studio Recordings presents seven complete albums over four CDs: the Chrysalis releases The Fabulous Thunderbirds (1979), What's the Word (1980), Butt Rockin' (1981) and T-Bird Rhythm (1982), and the CBS Associated albums Tuff
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
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
Party on the Patio: ZZ Top Doubleback on New Limited Vinyl Box from Rhino High Fidelity
ZZ Top are revisiting their biggest hitmaking days on vinyl. From the Top (1979-1990) is a new limited 5LP box set as part of Rhino's High-Fidelity initiative, featuring new pressings of the Texas trio's most pop-friendly material: Degüello (1979), El Loco (1981), Eliminator (1983), Afterburner (1985) and Recycler (1990). (it follows a similar set issued last year.) All vinyl masters have been cut from the original stereo tapes by Kevin Gray and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal. The luxe
Another Ticket: Eric Clapton, Roxy Music Classics Come to SHM-CD
And the SHMs just keep on coming! Following batches of Japanese pressings of albums by Paul McCartney, Quincy Jones and Sting, two more classic catalogues from Universal Music Group are getting reissued on the format this summer: the first decade-plus of album by Eric Clapton - available this Friday, July 4 - and five titles from Roxy Music, available later in the month on July 25. Clapton's discs - 1970's Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (recorded as part of Derek & The Dominos), his
The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake
Standard: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe with LP: Z2 Comics A previously unreleased set of recordings by The Blues Brothers is set for release as part of a new illustrated story featuring the beloved characters. The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake will pick up the story of Jake and Elwood Blues in 1997, when Jake goes missing after a jailbreak. It's up to a detective and a youth from the same Chicago orphanage the brothers were raised in (with a little help from
Messin' with the Kid: Lost Blues Brothers Recordings Accompany New Graphic Novel Featuring the Band
Here's one that might excite you no matter how many miles to Chicago you are: an unreleased set of recordings by The Blues Brothers is set for release later this year as part of a new illustrated story featuring the beloved characters. The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake, hitting bookshelves October 7, will pick up the story of Jake and Elwood Blues in 1997, when Jake goes missing after a jailbreak. It's up to a detective and a youth from the same Chicago orphanage the brothers were
The Weekend Stream: June 7, 2025
Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. This week brings posthumous recordings by Prince and Donna Summer, a new spin on Star Wars disco, and plenty of cast recordings leading into the Tony Awards this Sunday! And just a quick programming note: our Unplugged series is taking the week off, but will be back with some new and exciting Weekend Stream extra content very soon! Prince,
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