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Ann Wilson, Anthony Perkins, Bell Biv DeVoe, Bruce Springsteen, Daryl Hall, Duran Duran, Gloria Estefan, INXS, Janet Jackson, Jeff Healey, Jeff Healey Band, Leo Kottke, Luther Vandross, Miami Sound Machine, O.C. Smith, Ralph Tresvant, Ruth Copeland, Shorty Rogers, Sylvia

Double Deuce, Double Vinyl: Mondo Uncovers Lost Jeff Healey Band Songs from ‘Road House’

June 5, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Mondo is about to make the night come falling from the sky with a new vinyl set of rare and unreleased songs from The Jeff Healey Band recorded for the 1989 cult classic Road House, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. This unforgettable action film starred Patrick Swayze as a James Dalton, an unusually renowned bouncer (with a degree in philosophy from New York University!) who travels from the Big Apple to Jasper, Missouri to keep a rowdy club called the Double Deuce under control. While there, he runs afoul of an…

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Makes Me Feel Fine: Rhino’s New Quadio Batch Includes Seals and Crofts, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Hot Tuna

May 3, 2024 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Not long after the release of Joni Mitchell’s Quadio box set – making her the third artist to have an entire Quadio box dedicated to her, after Chicago and The Doobie Brothers – Rhino has just announced the fourth round of Blu-ray titles in the four-channel surround format Donny Hathaway’s Extension Of A Man, Hot Tuna’s Burgers, Roberta Flack’s Killing Me Softly, and Seals & Crofts’ Summer Breeze are all available now, as newly remastered from the original four-channel quadraphonic master tapes. Every title contains the four-channel mix as well as the…

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Blues, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Donny Hathaway, Hot Tuna, Roberta Flack, Seals and Crofts

The Weekend Stream: February 3, 2024

February 3, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. Another vintage Madonna single, rarities from Andy Williams and Cab Calloway, and a comeback we’re still processing all await you below… Billy Joel, “Turn the Lights Back On” (Columbia) (iTunes / Amazon) No, we can’t believe it either. On Thursday, Billy Joel released only his third original pop song since 1993’s River of Dreams. (The last two were in 2007: “All My Life,” a Great American Songbook-style number written for his then-wife, chef Katie Lee,…

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Andy Williams, Billy Joel, Cab Calloway, Dr. Dre, Madonna, Nas

Girl Friends

January 16, 2024 by Joe Marchese

The legendary Dion DiMucci teams with a number of his favorite ladies – including Carlene Carter, Susan Tedeschi, and Shemekia Copeland – for this new album filled with blues, country, and rock-and-roll. Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

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Release Round-Up: Week of December 15

December 15, 2023 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As the next two Fridays will bring few, if any, new releases, this will be the final Release Round-Up of 2024, but we’ll continue to have news and reviews all next week. We’ll be back with another Release Round-Up in 2024! As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Happy Holidays to all! Rosanne Cash, The Wheel: 30th Anniversary Edition (RumbleStrip Records) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Vinyl Me, Please Exclusive: Clear…

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Blues, Cast Recordings, Country, Gospel, Holiday, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Johnny Winter, Josh Groban, Laufey, Norah Jones, Rosanne Cash, Stephen Sondheim, The Black Crowes, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, Willie Nelson

The Second Disc’s Guide to Black Friday Record Store Day 2023: Our Essential Picks

November 24, 2023 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of beloved family and friends. Of course, from this day which conjures nostalgic and warm feelings comes a celebration of a different kind with this year’s annual Black Friday Record Store Day event. In keeping with tradition, Mike, Randy, and Joe have once again selected some essential picks of the roughly 200 titles being released tomorrow at independent record stores everywhere. With so many shoppers at the mall and…

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Features, News

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CD, Vinyl

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Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Bo Diddley, Chico Hamilton, Dr. Dre, INXS, Isaac Hayes, John Murphy, Joni Mitchell, Leon Russell, Melvin Van Peebles, Old 97's, Prince, Record Store Day, Splinter, The Doors, The English Beat, The Mamas and The Papas, War

The Weekend Stream: October 21, 2023

October 21, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Adam Ant’s first single, Taylor Swift’s latest single and Tom Petty’s 2010 studio album are all in the mix, plus an unexpected Prince production and a most unusual tribute to The B-52’s. Adam & The Ants, Young Parisians/Lady (Decca) (iTunes / Amazon) Yesterday marked 45 years since the debut release by Adam and The Ants, soon to be one of the…

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Adam and The Ants, Deborah Allen, Prince, Taylor Swift, The B-52's, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Release Round-Up: Week of September 22

September 22, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! The Replacements, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition (Sire/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Replacements have teamed up with Rhino for their fourth mega-box set edition of a classic album from their catalogue. After heavy-duty expansions of debut Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, Pleased to Meet Me and a reorganized version of Don’t Tell a Soul called Dead Man’s Pop, the Minneapolis punk legends have announced the “Let It Bleed” edition of Tim, their first album for a major label and their last…

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Andy Taylor, Carrie Underwood, Clarence White, Dio, Firefall, Jackson Browne, Jason Mraz, Kylie Minogue, Paul Rodgers, Sheena Easton, Steve Marriott, Susan Tedeschi, The Breeders, The Replacements

Tulsa Sound

September 20, 2023 by Joe Marchese

The 9-LP collection Tulsa Sound features new remastered versions of late guitarist-singer-songwriter J.J. Cale’s eight studio albums released on the Shelter and Mercury labels between 1971 and 1983, along with a ninth bonus disc, The Early Years, collecting six single sides Cale cut for Liberty Records in 1965 and 1966. All albums have been remastered at Abbey Road Studios and will be pressed on assorted color vinyl. The box also includes a 40-page hardback book featuring rare photos, memorabilia and essays, including a foreword penned by Mark Knopfler.

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Call Me the Breeze: J.J. Cale Vinyl Box Due in October

August 28, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

Though not a household name like his contemporaries, J.J. Cale’s guitar skills were celebrated by many of his peers – and his country/blues/jazz style helped usher in a whole new subgenre which lends its name to a new Cale vinyl box set: Tulsa Sound. Tulsa Sound features new remastered versions of Cale’s eight studio albums released on the Shelter and Mercury labels between 1971 and 1983, along with a ninth bonus disc, The Early Years, collecting six single sides Cale cut for Liberty Records in 1965 and 1966. All albums have been…

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The Weekend Stream: July 15, 2023

July 15, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. This week, ABC and Steven Wilson shoot a “Poison Arrow” our way, plus rare albums from Bobby Darin, Pat Boone and others – including a lost ’60s soul-pop classic you don’t want to miss! ABC, Poison Arrow EP (Mercury/UMR) (iTunes / Amazon) Ahead of the new 40th anniversary vinyl box set of ABC’s debut The Lexicon of Love, Universal…

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ABC, Bobby Darin, Boz Scaggs, Christine McVie, Duke Ellington, Leo Kottke, Mick Fleetwood, Miles Davis, Nasty Rox Inc, Pat Boone, Pulp

Release Round-Up: Week of July 7

July 7, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Pool-Pah, The Flasher: Original Soundtrack Recording (Real Gone/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music celebrate 50 years of the best album you’ve never heard: Pool-Pah’s The Flasher. In 1973, the sexual revolution was on, streaking was taking college campuses by storm, and Deep Throat was edging pornography ever closer to the mainstream. Against this backdrop, a talented New York band with the unlikely moniker of Pool-Pah teamed with up-and-coming singer-songwriter, musician, and…

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Billy Burnette, Flamin' Groovies, Hans Zimmer, Ill Biskits, Janet Jackson, Owsley, Pool-Pah, Rory Gallagher, Rupert Holmes, Suede, Taylor Swift, Wham!

Sweet, Sweet Surrender: Rare and Unreleased Beck, Bogert & Appice Concerts Collected in New Box Set

June 29, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 7 Comments

Some six months after Jeff Beck‘s passing – and in honor of what would have been his 79th birthday this fall – the beloved British guitarist’s early ’70s supergroup work as one-third of Beck, Bogert & Appice will be celebrated in a new live box set. Live in Japan 1973, Live in London 1974 is a 4CD/4LP box set offering two much-coveted sets in the short but pivotal era in which Beck, drummer/singer Carmine Appice and bassist Tim Bogert laid down a heavy duty power trio that knocked fans of The Jeff…

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Beck Bogert & Appice, Carmine Appice, Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert

Just Push Play: Aerosmith Preps Ultimate ‘Greatest Hits’ for August (UPDATED 6/28)

June 28, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

Ahead of their Peace Out Tour in 2023-2024 – closing a significant chapter in the book of one of the best (or perhaps the most) American rock bands – Aerosmith will issue a brand-new career spanning compilation across multiple formats in August. The simply-titled Greatest Hits shares a name with the group’s first compilation, issued back in 1980, but it’s being billed as an “ultimate” product, and packaged as an entirely different set. It is, of course, the first compilation issued since the band transferred albums and material released by Columbia Records…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 23

June 23, 2023 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Little Feat, Sailin’ Shoes: Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1972’s Sailin’ Shoes was the second album from the original Little Feat lineup of singer-guitarist Lowell George, drummer Richard Hayward, keyboard player Bill Payne, and bassist Roy Estrada. The LP spawned numerous signature songs which would later be covered by the band’s many fans, including “Sailin’ Shoes” (Van Dyke Parks, Robert Palmer), “Easy to Slip” (Bob Weir, Black Crowes), “A Apolitical Blues” (Van Halen),…

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Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Charles Mingus, Eric Clapton, Little Feat, Matt Monro, Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane, Sonny Rollins, Stewart Copeland, Straight No Chaser, The Lloyds, The Police

Release Round-Up: Week of June 9

June 9, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Alice Cooper, Killer: Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Killer, released in November 1971, was the fourth album from the original Alice Cooper band line-up of singer Alice Cooper, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and drummer Neal Smith. But it was the group’s second album to crystallize the hard rock sound for which Cooper would become known. This newly remastered Deluxe Edition features the…

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Alice Cooper, Barbra Streisand, Brandy Clark, Harry Chapin, Ratt, Shane McAnally, Tracy Nelson, Willie Nelson

The Weekend Stream: May 6, 2023

May 6, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. Today’s might be our biggest and best round-up of the spring: classic rock remixes, classic soul legends, rising rap icons, all kinds of ’80s pop, a classic Broadway album making its belated digital debut – plus two urgent social causes we really want you to know about. David Bowie, Golden Years (TOKiMONSTA Remix) (Parlophone) (iTunes / Amazon) Created…

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Book of Love, Chance The Rapper, Daryl Hall and John Oates, David Bowie, Doris Day, Edgar Winter, James Brown, Les Brown, Oingo Boingo, Robyn Hitchcock, Squeeze, Stephen Sondheim, Tavares, The Hooters, Zero Mostel

The Definitive 24 Nights

May 5, 2023 by Joe Marchese

The Definitive 24 Nights (Duck/Reprise/Rhino, 2023) 6CD/3BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8LP/3BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD 1-2/LP 1-3: 24 Nights: Rock 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD 3-4/LP 4-5: 24 Nights: Blues 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD 5-6/LP 6-8: 24 Nights: Orchestral 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino rolls out a series of releases telling an even deeper story of the period that birthed Eric Clapton’s classic 1991Gold-certified live set 24 Nights. The Definitive 24 Nights is a three-part box set, spread over six CDs or eight LPs and three Blu-rays,…

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Holiday Gift Guide

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Take Me Home Tonight: Liberation Hall Preps Eddie Money, Muddy Waters, Charlie Parker, More for Record Store Day

April 21, 2023 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

When it comes to Record Store Day, Liberation Hall sure isn’t kidding around. The label has seven titles from a host of rock, jazz, blues, and folk superstars, all set for release on vinyl at independent record stores everywhere tomorrow, April 22 – but that’s not all. All seven albums have also arrived on CD. Eddie Money’s The Covers (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) brings the late rock-and-roller’s two 2009 EPs together on one album. The eight songs on The Covers encompass the rock spectrum, from the classics (The…

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Charlie Parker, Eddie Money, Joao Gilberto, Luis Bonfá, Muddy Waters, Phil Ochs, Record Store Day, Romeo Void, The Sir Douglas Quintet

Wonderful Tonight(s): Eric Clapton Announces ’24 Nights’ Box Set

April 13, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 15 Comments

Like Cheap Trick and Budokan or The Allman Brothers Band and the Beacon Theatre, Eric Clapton has a kind of bond with London’s Royal Albert Hall. He’s played there more than 200 times in the last 60 years – more than any other artist – and condensed two runs of shows at the venue into the live album 24 Nights in 1991, the start of a critical and commercial renaissance for the guitar legend. On June 23, Rhino rolls out a series of products telling an even deeper story of the period…

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Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen, Phil Collins

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The Weekend Stream: March 4, 2023

March 4, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. De La Soul’s digital debuts make headlines, plus favorites from Donna Summer, Adam Schlesinger, lo-fi disco soul, ’80s dance-rock, a brilliant new pop track and an actress returning to sing a song she crooned in a cartoon! De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising / De La Soul is Dead / Buhloone Mindstate / Stakes is High /…

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Adam Schlesinger, Amy Irving, De La Soul, Donna Summer, Ivy, Leon Everette, MUNA, Mike & Bill, Sponge, The Bongos

Release Round-Up: Week of February 24

February 24, 2023 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today. Various Artists, Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection (Stax/Craft Recordings) Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection: 12CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Wattstax: The Complete Concert: 6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Best of Wattstax (Highlights) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Wattstax: The Living Word 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Wattstax 2: The Living Word 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of the greatest music festivals of the ’70s is getting celebrated with an exhaustive array of reissues from…

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Booker T. and the MG's, Harem Scarem, John Lee Hooker, Kaye Ballard, The Strokes, The Vogues, Vernon Duke

Release Round-Up: Week of February 17

February 17, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Dionne Warwick, Sure Thing: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1972-1977) (Cherry Red/SoulMusic) (Cherry Red / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Dionne Warwick’s new 6-CD box set Sure Thing: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1972-1977) anthologizes the superstar singer’s years for the famous label, including five full albums and over 40 additional recordings. This adds up to the most comprehensive chronicle of Warwick’s Warner Bros. period ever, including productions by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Jerry Ragovoy, Thom Bell, Randy Edelman, Ashford and Simpson,…

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Dionne Warwick, Marshall Crenshaw, Motley Crue, Robert Palmer, Various Artists

Burnin’

February 2, 2023 by Joe Marchese

LP (Stereo Mix Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings reissues blues legend John Lee Hooker’s 1962 classic Burnin’ on LP and CD. The singer-guitarist was supported by the personnel who would later comprise Motown’s legendary Funk Brothers house band including Mike Terry on baritone saxophone, Joe Hunter on piano, James Jamerson on bass, and Benny Benjamin on drums. Another future Motown legend, Hank Cosby, played tenor saxophone, while early Funk Brother Larry Veeder supplied additional guitar. The album yielded a top twenty R&B hit for Hooker, “Boom Boom.” …

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