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Ooh Baby: Real Gone's March Slate Includes Unreleased Herbie Mann Together with Dave Mason and Mickey Gilley Anthologies Plus Limited Vinyl Reissues

January 15, 2016 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Dave Mason The Columbia Years

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. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bobby Darin, Dave Mason, Herbie Mann, Margaret Whiting, Mickey Gilley, The Lords of the New Church, The O'Jays, Whitney Houston

Release Round-Up: Week of January 15

January 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Alan Price Savaloy Dip

Welcome to our weekly Release Round-Up! Alan Price, Savaloy Dip (Omnivore Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Alan Price's 1974 Warner Bros. album Savaloy Dip came and went in the blink of an eye (on a recalled eight-track!) before disappearing for what might have been forever...but Omnivore Recordings has come to the rescue with the first-ever reissue of this 11-song lost record from the Animals founder/keyboardist! Wes Montgomery, One Night in Indy

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Alan Price, Dorothy Loudon, Wes Montgomery

Sittin' In (SACD)

January 14, 2016 By

Loggins and Messina Sittin In SACD

Audio Fidelity presents Loggins and Messina's 1971 Sittin' In (featuring "House at Pooh Corner" and "Danny's Song") on a hybrid stereo SACD. The standard CD layer is playable on all CD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Hearts (Quadraphonic)

January 14, 2016 By

America Hearts Quad

Audio Fidelity brings the original 4.0 quadraphonic mix of America's 1974 Hearts (featuring "Daisy Jane" and "Sister Golden Hair") to hybrid SACD for the first time.  The 2.0 stereo layer is playable on all CD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Past Lives

January 7, 2016 By

Black Sabbath Past Lives

Rhino reissues Black Sabbath's 2002 live compilation Past Lives, with performances from 1970-1975 on two CDs or LPs.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Master of Reality: Deluxe Edition

January 7, 2016 By

Black Sabbath Master of Reality

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.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Paranoid: Deluxe Edition

January 7, 2016 By

Black Sabbath Paranoid

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.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Black Sabbath: Deluxe Edition

January 7, 2016 By

Black Sabbath DE

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

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Rhino Charges Into January with New Colored Vinyl Titles, CD Box Sets

January 7, 2016 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Monkees Cereal Box Singles

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

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bad Company, Devo, Grateful Dead, The Cars, The Monkees, The Replacements, The Velvet Underground

The Year In Review, Part 2 - More Of The Best Of 2015

January 5, 2016 By Ted Frank 6 Comments

Ork Records

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

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: SECOND DISCMAS PRIZE PACKS!

January 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Second Disc Christmas

CONGRATULATIONS! The following entrants have been randomly selected to win one of our Second Discmas surprise CD grab bags!  If you see your name on the list below, sit back and relax - your prize pack will shortly be on the way to the address you provided!  Please let us know when your package arrives - and ENJOY! We were completely overwhelmed by the amount of responses to Second Discmas 2015.  Thanks to all of you who entered - and to all of you reading this - for making The Second Disc

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

The Year in Review - The 2015 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z

January 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Gold Bonus Disc Awards

Vehicle (Expanded Slipcase Edition)

December 29, 2015 By

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Real Gone reissues its own Expanded Edition of The Ides of March's classic debut Warner Bros. LP in a new, slipcased (and lower-priced) edition.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Doug Sahm and Band (Gold Vinyl Edition)

December 29, 2015 By

Doug Sahm and Band

Doug Sahm was of course a part of the Sir Douglas Quintet in the 1960s and Jerry Wexler brought him to Atlantic in 1973.  Sahm's first album there, Doug Sahm and Band, was a star-studded affair featuring guests like Dr. John, David Bromberg, Flaco Jimenez and, most notably, Bob Dylan.   This new gold vinyl edition of Sahm's only charting album is limited to ,000 copies.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Dick's Picks Vol. 2: Columbus, OH - 10/31/71

December 29, 2015 By

DIcks Picks 2

The only single-disc release in Grateful Dead's Dick's Picks series is reissued by Real Gone.  This crackling concert features a transcendent "Dark Star" as well as a spirited "Sugar Magnolia," a rare, early-'70s performance of "St. Stephen" (the final live version until 1976) and a great "Not Fade Away"/"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" closer to round out the 59-minute program.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

John David Souther (Expanded Edition)

December 29, 2015 By

John David Souther

J.D. Souther's eponymous 1971 album was co-produced by Souther and Fred Catero, and arrived on the Asylum label.  It introduced "How Long," revived by Eagles on 2007's Long Road Out of Eden.  Souther was joined by an all-star cast including Glenn Frey, Ned Doheny and John Barbata for the album which will be expanded by Omnivore with seven previously unissued bonus tracks including demos of "How Long" and "Run Like a Thief," covered by Bonnie Raitt.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Santa Claus is Comin' To Town: Bruce Springsteen Gifts Free Unreleased Concert Tracks from 1980 Tempe, Arizona Show to Fans as Addition to Box Set

December 24, 2015 By Randy Fairman 14 Comments

Bruce Tempe Concert

Bruce Springsteen is giving a Christmas gift to his fans.  Earlier this month, Springsteen released The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box set which contained The River, an alternate version of the album and disc of outtakes.  Also included in the box set was a filmed concert from Tempe, Arizona, recorded on November 5, 1980.  However, not all of the concert was filmed, so the complete show was not in the box set. Fortunately, the entire audio from the concert was preserved.  Now,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Here Comes The Sun! Beatles Catalogue to Stream Worldwide

December 23, 2015 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

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While some Beatlemaniacs will be eagerly anticipating the newly revised 1+ compilation under the tree, with remixed audio and hours of rare video performances, The Fab Four have one more present to give the world: starting December 24, the band's bestselling catalogue will be available for streaming across nine major services. The Beatles' entry into the digital landscape is, like so many events befitting the most popular rock band of all time, often an event unto itself. In 2010, a year

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Beatles

YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A CD PRIZE PACK! IT'S TIME FOR SECOND DISCMAS!

December 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Second Disc Christmas

Christmas is almost upon us!  And here at The Second Disc, Mike, Randy, Ted and I would all like to thank you, our readers, for making our fifth year our most spectacular yet!  In 2015, we redesigned our website, welcomed new writers and new readers, and launched Second Disc Records.  And our plans for 2016 are even bigger! We believe that the holiday season is the perfect time to do what we love to do best: share the gift of music. We call our annual tradition - what else? - Second

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

How Long: Omnivore Reissues and Expands Three Albums by JD Souther

December 22, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

John David Souther

Omnivore Recordings is kicking off 2016 with a trio of titles from one of The Second Disc's favorite singer-songwriters, the one and only JD Souther.  The label will celebrate the Michigan-born, Texas-raised and California-associated Songwriters Hall of Fame member with deluxe, expanded reissues of three unjustly-neglected classics of the SoCal scene: John David Souther, Black Rose and Home by Dawn. Though best known for the string of classics he co-wrote with his Eagles friends, including

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: JD Souther

Sister Golden Hair Surprise: America Opens Its "Archives" On New Release

December 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

America Archives

The vaults are open!  The legacy of the enduring band America has received a long-overdue celebration with the recent release on compact disc and digital download of Archives Vol. 1.  Featuring the versatile, original trio of Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and the late Dan Peek (as well as the talented musicians and producers who contributed mightily to the band's earliest albums), Archives is a 15-track, non-chronological collection of previously unreleased alternate versions, early mixes, demos,

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: America

Release Round-Up: Week of December 18

December 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Star Wars The Force Awakens

Well, Christmas is almost upon us, and the onslaught of new releases has turned into a trickle as we head right into last-minute shopping territory!  Still, selections are choice!  Enjoy, and remember - you'll see our next Release Round-Up in the New Year! John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Walt Disney Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada) Today is all about Star Wars...and we're just as thrilled as could be about a brand-new score by the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Electric Light Orchestra, John Williams, Maynard Ferguson, Pantera

Won't You Dance With Me: Real Gone Goes Country with Barbara Mandrell, Ralph Stanley, Marty Robbins and Doug Sahm with Bob Dylan and Others

December 17, 2015 By Randy Fairman 13 Comments

Barbara Mandrell This Time

Real Gone is in a country mood this February, with the majority of their slate devoted to the country and western genre.  But that is not all you will find on the label's mix of CDs and vinyl for the month. Kicking things off is collection drawn from Barbara Mandrell's tenure at Columbia Records: This Time I Almost Made It - The Lost Columbia Masters.  This CD features liner notes by our very own Joe Marchese based on a fresh interview with Mandrell, and is centered around Mandrell's final

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Barbara Mandrell, Bob Dylan, Circle Jerks, Doug Sahm, Grateful Dead, Marty Robbins, Ralph Stanley, The Ides of March

The Year of Al Stewart: Esoteric Reissues Three Early Albums

December 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Al Stewart Past Present and Future

Al Stewart attained soft rock immortality with his 1976 Top 10 Pop and AC hit "Year of the Cat."  But the Glasgow-born, Bournemouth-raised artist and writer had been recording as a leading light of the British folk revival scene for a full decade by the time of his radio breakthrough.  Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has recently restored to print Stewart's third, fourth and fifth albums for the U.K.'s CBS Records label in newly remastered editions. CBS had been Stewart's home since

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk Tags: Al Stewart, Alan Parsons

Along Comes "1966": Ace Anthology Features The Supremes, The Who, Velvet Underground, Bowie, More

December 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Jon Savages 1966

Was 1966 the greatest year ever in popular music?  The case could certainly be made for its significance - and Jon Savage has done just that in his new book 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded.  Savage's book looks at the events and culture of the year in twelve essays, each one built around one 45 RPM record.  Naturally, such a book deserves a soundtrack, and Ace Records has seen to it that it receives one with the companion volume of the same name.  Jon Savage's 1966: The Year the Decade

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, The Association, The Supremes, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Various Artists

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