1975's For Earth Below proved a turning point for Robin Trower. The ex-Procol Harum guitarist's third solo set, it introduced drummer Bill Lordan to Trower's power trio which also included singer-bassist James Dewar. Building on the success of its predecessor, Bridge of Sighs, the album became Trower's most successful in the United States and solidified his place in the guitar-hero pantheon. Now, Chrysalis Records has revisited the blues-rock classic in a new 4CD mediabook edition, mirroring
Make It Fast, Make It Urgent: Foreigner Add More to '4'
Foreigner is bringing 4 to the fore with a new deluxe box set devoted to their blockbuster fourth album. Available September 12, this new edition of 4 will include a new remix of the original 1981 album and three discs of unreleased material, including studio outtakes, unheard songs from the recording sessions, instrumental mixes and selections from the band's world tour of 1981-1982. A Blu-ray Audio will include the album remix (plus the newly-released "Fool If You Love Him," available as
Anyway, Here's a Deluxe Edition: Oasis' 'Morning Glory' Gets Reissued
We're days away from Oasis' unimaginable reunion tour kickoff - and we're at least getting some new reissue out of the whole thing. The British rock icons will offer a slightly expanded edition of 1995's (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, pairing a 2014 remaster of the album (which initially came with additional bonus material) with a bonus EP of new unplugged mixes of four of the album's tracks (plus a non-album B-side, "Acquiesce." The group's songwriter/guitarist Noel Gallagher and Callum
No Jacket Required (Fully Tailored)
4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Following a similar recent deluxe set for Both Sides, the Genesis drummer/singer's most commercially successful solo album, 1985's No Jacket Required, is being revisited for its 40th anniversary in two new formats. There's a new "Fully Tailored" 4LP set that offers a new half-speed master of the album, cut at Abbey Road Studios and pressed on 180-gram vinyl, along with three discs including all the
Inside Out: Phil Collins Plans 40th Anniversary Vinyl Box, Blu-ray Audio for 'No Jacket Required'
Phil Collins is taking his Jacket to the cleaners and coming back with a whole new cut. Following a similar recent deluxe set for Both Sides, the Genesis drummer/singer's most commercially successful solo album, 1985's No Jacket Required, is being revisited for its 40th anniversary in two new formats. There's a new "Fully Tailored" 4LP set that offers a new half-speed master of the album, cut at Abbey Road Studios and pressed on 180-gram vinyl, along with three discs including all the live
Baby I'm-A Want You: Elektra Celebrates 75 Years with Monthlong Initiative
Jac Holzman was still in college when he and pal Paul Rickolt each chipped in three hundred bucks to start a record company. That label, Elektra Records - so named for Greek mythology's daughter of Atlas and Pleione, but with the "c" swapped out for a "k" - inaugurated its catalogue with the simply-titled New Songs, an album of poetry settings by composer-pianist John Gruen. Elektra soon shifted its emphasis to folk music, growing its discography with recordings by Theodore Bikel, Josh White,
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
Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years
John Fogerty is embracing his history with Creedence Clearwater Revival - and celebrating his acquisition of his own song publishing - on this new album of 20 classic CCR songs, on which he's joined by his sons Shane and Tyler. Legacy features new recordings of such favorites as "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Proud Mary," "Fortunate Son," and "Bad Moon Rising," all in what might be described as "John's Versions." Available on CD, LP, and digital/streaming. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from
Rapture of the Deep: 20th Anniversary Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A 20th anniversary edition of Rapture of the Deep, Deep Purple's 18th studio album, offers a remix and resequencing of the album by Roger Glover, with two non-LP tracks ("MTV" and "Things I Never Said") now added into the sequence. This was the second album from the band's longest-tenured line-up, the "Mk. VIII" arrangement that joined Ian Gillan, Glover, and Ian Paice with former Rainbow
Made In Japan: Super Deluxe Edition
5CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: Deep Purple Store / Rhino.com 2LP: Amazon U.K. Coming from Rhino on August 15 - 52 years since the first of the concerts represented on the original LP were staged - a new super deluxe edition of Made in Japan, spanning 5CD/1 Blu-ray or 10 LPs, offers new mixes by Steven Wilson of the original album and the complete trio of concerts it came from, complete with bonus encores and a few original single edits. The band's longtime
From the Beginning
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.S. (White Clear) / Target (Black/Translucent Splatter + Sticker Sheet) / Walmart (Black Marbled) Mötley Crüe are going back From the Beginning with a new career-spanning compilation. The new CD or 2LP set includes more than a dozen singles and ke cuts from their heyday as one of glam metal's biggest acts ("Smokin' in the Boys Room," "Girls Girls Girls," "Dr. Feelgood," "Kickstart My
Joni's Jazz
4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada What is jazz? The question has been debated often, but now we know how Joni Mitchell might answer. The legendary singer-songwriter's Archives series is continuing with its first themed compilation, appropriately entitled Joni's Jazz. These 61 selections - available on 4 CDs or 8 LPs - draw from nearly every core album in the Mitchell discography with just a couple of exceptions (Clouds, Ladies of
Balance: Expanded Edition
2CD/2LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Van Halen's catalogue is attaining further Balance with an expanded edition of the band's final album recorded with second lead singer Sammy Hagar. The band's 10th studio album is reborn as a 2CD/2LP/Blu-ray set offering the remaster featured in 2023 box set The Collection II, three studio rarities, eight unreleased live tracks, and a
Hearts: 50th Anniversary Edition
Omnivore Recordings is reissuing, remastering, and expanding America's Hearts, featuring "Sister Golden Hair," "Daisy Jane," and "Woman Tonight," for its 50th anniversary. This new edition adds six bonus cuts to the original album's dozen tracks. Five of these are unreleased alternate versions and mixes of songs from Hearts including a unique arrangement of Bunnell's "People in the Valley," a stunning vocal-and-strings-only mix of "Daisy Jane" (spotlight both George Martin's rich string charts
Set Your Sights on Monday: Omnivore Expands America's "Hearts" for Its 50th Anniversary
A few years ago, Omnivore Recordings released two volumes of America's demos under the titles Heritage I and II, chronicling the years 1970-1976. Now the label is reteaming with the band to revisit this halcyon period of the band's history with an expanded 50th anniversary edition of 1975's Hearts. It's due August 8 on CD. Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek were riding high in 1975. The bandmates had teamed for the first time with legendary producer George Martin the previous year
The Weekend Stream: June 28, 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. There's new music from Sarah McLachlan, Public Enemy and Liam Finn, plus a new video to a one-hit wonder, a Record Store Day single gone digital, and tributes to musicians we lost this week. Peter Gabriel, In the Big Room (Real World) (Apple / Amazon) The legendary pop/rock voice has loosed a recording from his vault for larger public
Hey! Ho! Let's Go! Rhino Boxes Ramones Albums in Atmos on "1-2-3-4!"
Gabba gabba hey! Today, Rhino has unveiled a new box set bringing Ramones into a new frontier: that of immersive audio. 1!2!3!4! The Ramones Atmos Collection brings Queens' favorite band into the realm of Dolby Atmos with new immersive mixes of their first four albums on Blu-ray Audio: 1976's Ramones; 1977's Leave Home and Rocket to Russia; and 1978's Road to Ruin. Limited to just 2,000 copies, this set is available exclusively at Rhino.com and Warner Music's international storefronts. The
Release Round-Up: Week of June 27
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. Bruce Springsteen, Tracks II: The Lost Albums 1983-2018 (Columbia/Legacy) 7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Lost and Found: Selections from the Lost Albums (Columbia/Legacy) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon
That's What Makes Us Humans Being: Van Halen's 'Balance' Set for Deluxe Edition
Van Halen's catalogue is attaining further Balance with an expanded edition of the band's final album recorded with second lead singer Sammy Hagar. The band's 10th studio album, released in 1995, will be reissued August 15 as a 2CD/2LP/Blu-ray set offering the remaster featured in 2023 box set The Collection II, three studio rarities, eight unreleased live tracks and a half-dozen music videos (including another live performance from the vault). Standalone 2CD and 2LP editions will be
Impossible Dreamer: Joni Mitchell Collects "Joni's Jazz" on New Box Set
What is jazz? The question has been debated often, but now we know how Joni Mitchell might answer. On September 5, the legendary singer-songwriter's Archives series continues with its first themed compilation, appropriately entitled Joni's Jazz. These 61 selections - available on 4 CDs or 8 LPs - draw from nearly every core album in the Mitchell discography with just a couple of exceptions (Clouds, Ladies of the Canyon) and reflect the breadth of the artist's immersion into the jazz idiom in
Paul is Live (on SHM-CD): Five New McCartney Titles Follow Nearly a Year of Additional Discs
What's that he's doing? Paul McCartney has been releasing much of his solo catalogue on SHM-CD since last year - and with a new batch about to be imported to record stores, this seemed like the right time to spotlight them all. Universal Music Group has not only gone in on high-quality SHM-CDs for release in Japan, but have recently been hyping them up for stateside collectors, releasing everything from out-of-print Quincy Jones titles to the first physical editions of a series of digital
Ultimate Hits
Blu-ray Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (Standard / Exclusive Art) / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. (Standard / Exclusive Art) / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (Green/White) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rod Stewart's Ultimate Hits offers the superstar's most beloved solo hits from the '70s, '80s and '90s, from "Maggie May" and "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" to "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "Young Turks";
On Their Way: Mötley Crüe Collect Their Hits 'From the Beginning'
Mötley Crüe are going back From the Beginning this fall with a new career-spanning compilation. The new CD or 2LP set, available September 12, includes more than a dozen singles and key cuts from their heyday as one of glam metal's biggest acts ("Smokin' in the Boys Room," "Girls Girls Girls," "Dr. Feelgood," "Kickstart My Heart") all the way to modern-day releases like 2008's Saints of Los Angeles and 2024's Cancelled EP. The album closes with a new recording of the band's famed power ballad
From Japan to 'Rapture': Deep Purple Remix, Expand Albums from Mk. II and VIII Line-Ups
Two very different albums from Deep Purple's long history will be remixed and reissued this summer: 1975's Made in Japan and 2005's Rapture of the Deep. Coming from Rhino on August 15 - 52 years since the first of the concerts represented on the original LP were staged - a new super deluxe edition of Made in Japan, spanning 5CD/1 Blu-ray or 10 LPs, offers new mixes by Steven Wilson of the original album and the complete trio of concerts it came from, complete with bonus encores and a few
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