Frank Zappa didn't open his first set on the evening of July 23, 1968 at Hollywood's Whisky a Go Go with a power chord or a blues beat. Instead, the band - Ray Collins (vocals, percussion), Ian Underwood (alto sax), Bunk Gardner (tenor sax, flute), Don Preston (keyboards, gong), Motorhead Sherwood (baritone sax, percussion), Roy Estrada (bass, vocals), Art Tripp (drum set, percussion), and Jimmy Carl Black (drum set, percussion) - opened with a clattering improvisation that was sure to separate
Release Round-Up: Week of July 12
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. John Lennon, Mind Games: The Ultimate Collection (Capitol/UMe) 6CD/2BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP/6CD/2BD Super Deluxe Box: Official Store 2CD (includes contents of CD 1 and 6, below): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (includes contents of CD 1 and 6, below): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon
Can't Turn Back the Decks: Phil Collins' 'Both Sides' Gets Deluxe Vinyl Set
When Phil Collins started his deluxe reissue campaign in 2016, he started from both an obvious place and a less obvious one, first expanding 1981 debut Face Value as well as 1993's Both Sides, his fifth album. Now, that latter release - clearly, one of Collins' own favorites in his catalog - is being celebrated this fall with two vinyl products. Rhino will release Both Sides (All the Sides), a 5LP box set featuring the original album, demos, B-sides and live cuts, on September 20. They'll
Forever Young: Bob Dylan and The Band's Complete 1974 Live Recordings Collected on Massive Box
Bob Dylan had come a long way from coffeehouses. In 1974, the superstar singer-songwriter embarked on an extensive tour with his old backing band. Now, they, too, were universally known - as The Band - and the double bill hit indoor arenas across North America for 40 concerts over 30 dates and 21 cities. The tour became one of the largest and highest-profile of the era, in no small part due to the promotional efforts of David Geffen, who'd spurred on the talks and had recently lured Dylan
Rhino Ushers In Summer with Frankie Valli, Van Morrison, Linda Ronstadt, Randy Newman, Chicago, Grateful Dead, and More
Today, Rhino announced its new Sounds of the Summer initiative, which will see a total of over two dozen vinyl releases hitting brick-and-mortar stores beginning this Friday, July 5, and continuing throughout the month of July. These titles encompass various reissues as well as new entries in the label's ongoing Now Playing series of compilations. As of now, these LPs are all exclusive to independent record stores and Barnes & Noble locations. You'll find the full list of releases below
The Weekend Stream: June 29, 2024
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. It's another week of Duran Duran EPs, plus expanded albums by Cher and Neil Diamond, some hip-hop oddities and a new live set from one of our favorite indie bands. It's all happening here! Duran Duran, Union of the Snake / New Moon on Monday / The Reflex / The Wild Boys EPs (Parlophone) Union: iTunes / Amazon New Moon: iTunes / Amazon The
Release Round-Up: Week of June 28
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. Two Tons o' Fun, Get the Feeling: The Complete Fantasy/Honey Recordings (Real Gone Music/Second Disc Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music celebrate Two Tons o' Fun - a.k.a. Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes Armstead, a.k.a. The Weather Girls - with a complete
Foreigner
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UMe and Yusuf/Cat Stevens' own Cat-o-Log label reissue the singer-songwriter's seventh studio album, 1973's Foreigner. On this album, Stevens made a major departure. It was the first album solely produced and written by the artist, and his first to somewhat jettison his folk-influenced acoustic sound in favor of a more expansive R&B style. Stevens traveled to Kingston, Jamaica to record the LP,
Memphis
5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 5CD set (also available as a double vinyl album of highlights) showcases five crucial periods in which The King of Rock and Roll recorded in his adopted city of Memphis: the fiery 1953-1955 sessions at Sun Studio that first proved his worth as a singing sensation; a restorative 1969 session at American Sound Studios that remains to many his career highlight; a trek to Stax Studios in 1973;
You're Only Lonely: Expanded Edition
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore Recordings LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore Recordings JD Souther's beloved 1979 Columbia album - which yielded the chart-topping title track - returns in a remastered and expanded edition from Omnivore Recordings. To bring to life the rich set of songs on You're Only Lonely, Souther enlisted a musical A-team including Waddy Wachtel on guitar, Don Grolnick on piano, Kenny Edwards on bass, and Rick Marotta on
The Weekend Stream: June 22, 2024
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. More EPs from Duran Duran, rarities from Alanis Morissette and a tribute to an '80s jukebox musical are part of the fun this Saturday morning! Duran Duran, My Own Way / Hungry Like the Wolf / Save a Prayer / Rio EPs (Parlophone/Rhino) My Own Way: iTunes / Amazon Hungry: iTunes / Amazon Save a Prayer: iTunes / Amazon Rio: iTunes /
Purple Drain: What's Going On with the Prince Estate?
In his too-brief life and vastly influential music career, Prince was known for every trait associated with genius: eclectic, kinetic musical ideas; a restless creative spirit; and of course, a mercurial side - known to change his own mind or direction at the slightest whims. In the eight years since his untimely passing, it seems the custodians of his affairs have got the mercurial part right, and that sometimes seems about it. A series of surprising successes and near-misses today in
Release Round-Up: Week of June 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. Joni Mitchell, The Asylum Albums 1976-1980 (Rhino/Asylum) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com The Asylum Albums (1976-1980) arrives on 5 CDs, 6 LPs, and digital formats, completing the Asylum period of Mitchell's extraordinary career. Whereas
You Can Call Out My Name: JD Souther's "You're Only Lonely" Returns in Expanded Edition from Omnivore
Michigan-born, Texas-raised John David Souther was one of the first artists signed to David Geffen and Elliot Roberts' groundbreaking Asylum label in 1971. His two albums for Asylum, John David Souther (1972) and Black Rose (1976), established the singer-songwriter's distinctive voice on such now-classic songs as "Faithless Love," "How Long," and "Simple Man, Simple Dream." In 1979, Souther moved over to the Columbia label where he scored a chart-topping hit with the title track of You're Only
Review: David Bowie, "Rock 'N' Roll Star"
"So Long, '60s," David Bowie proclaims on the first track of the new 5CD/1BD Parlophone box set Rock 'N' Roll Star. Strumming his 12-string at a San Francisco Holiday Inn, the future superstar was embracing the new decade and its immense possibilities: "I'll kick you in the ass, you rascal, you!" Its verse melody and the barest wisp of the lyric ("keep your mouth shut!") would make it to a new composition, "Moonage Daydream," the third song on his fifth album. That LP was The Rise and Fall of
Promised Land: 'Memphis' Box Set Celebrates Elvis' Connection to a Legendary Rock City
On July 18, 1953, an 18-year-old truck driver from Tupelo, Mississippi named Elvis Presley walked into the Memphis Recording Service at Sun Records. He paid $3.98 to record a double-sided acetate, allegedly a belated birthday gift for his mother. Thus began not only an incredible singing career that changed the edifices of popular music, but a relationship with Tennessee's second most-populous city - one that would last the rest of his life. This summer, a new box set from Legacy Recordings will
Release Round-Up: Week of June 14
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. David Bowie, Rock 'n' Roll Star (Parlophone/Rhino) 5CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 5CD/1Blu-ray collection from the late David Bowie follows 2019's Conversation Piece (which shed light on the 1968-1969 David Bowie/Space Oddity era) and 2022's Divine
Over to That Sunnyside Road: Cat Stevens' "Foreigner" Returns to CD, LP, Digital
For his seventh studio album, 1973's Foreigner, Yusuf a.k.a. Cat Stevens made a major departure. It was the first album solely produced and written by the artist, and his first to somewhat jettison his folk-influenced acoustic sound in favor of a more expansive R&B style. Stevens traveled to Kingston, Jamaica to record the LP, enlisting an international array of musicians to join him. On July 26, A&M/UMe will release a remastered edition of Foreigner on CD, vinyl (standard 180-gram
Synchronicity: Limited Edition
6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Official Store 1LP Picture Disc: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada More than 40 years after the release of their final album, The Police offer a massive expansion of their fifth studio effort, 1983's blockbuster Synchronicity. The set will be available in multiple formats, each showcasing a wealth of rare studio and live bonus content.
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge: Expanded Edition
For the first time ever, Rhino expands a Van Halen studio album. A 2CD/2LP/Blu-ray edition revisits For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, the group's ninth album and penultimate with lead singer Sammy Hagar, who'd taken over from David Lee Roth in 1985. As a major upstart rock act of the late '70s and one of the biggest of the '80s, Van Halen had something to prove on their first disc of the '90s - and this set delivers some intriguing bonus material from the era. Paired with the original album
Definitely Maybe: 30th Anniversary Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada For its 30th anniversary, Oasis' Definitely Maybe returns a 2CD or 4LP set that pairs the remastered album with more than a dozen unreleased tracks. These primarily include the album's scrapped 1993 sessions at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales with producer David Batchelor and subsequent work at Cornwall's Sawmills studio. Creation Records co-founder Alan McGee and journalist Hamish MacBain have
The Weekend Stream: June 8, 2024
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 is jam-packed with practically something for everybody, especially if you love the '80s: live cuts from one of the biggest touring bands of the decade, B-sides and remixes from that same decade's biggest British band and a rediscovered female country hitmaker - plus rare soundtracks, early favorites from a Latin-pop icon and so much
Heart to Hang Onto: Seven Out-of-Print Pete Townshend Live Albums Released in New Box Set
A long out-of-print trove of Pete Townshend live shows is coming back into print in one deluxe box set. Live in Concert 1985-2001, available July 26, brings together more than 15 years' worth of shows from the legendary songwriter/guitarist for The Who. These sets, recorded in America and England and arranged chronologically, were all originally released in the early years of the millennium on Townshend's short-lived Eel Pie label. For this set, available as a 14CD set or a digital product,
Release Round-Up: Week of June 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. Dwight Twilley, Jungle: Expanded Edition (Iconoclassic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Iconoclassic's deluxe expanded edition of power pop hero Dwight Twilley's third solo album boasts six bonus tracks including the outtakes "Forget About It, Baby," "You Can Change It," and "Don't You Love Her," and Twilley's demos of
Summer Song: Real Gone's June Slate Includes Live Music from Fanny Plus More from Israel Vibration, Smoking Popes, and Stina Nordenstam
Real Gone's slate for June has an international flavor to it featuring recordings from Germany and artists from Jamaica and Sweden. All four of these projects are hitting store shelves tomorrow, June 7. Read on for all of the details. First up is Live on Beat Club '71-'72 from Fanny. When Richard Perry signed the group to Reprise in 1969, they became the first all-female rock band signed to a major label. The foursome (June Millington - guitar, Jean Millington - bass, Alice De Buhr -
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