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Real Gone's July Features Complete Ronny and the Daytonas Plus New Riders, Fanny, Grateful Dead, More

May 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Complete Ronny and the Daytonas

Summer is just around the corner, but Real Gone Music isn't taking a vacation!  The label has just announced its June 30 - July 10 slate of releases! If you just can't wait to roll down the windows and crank the car stereo up, you'd be hard-pressed to find more appropriate music than the complete recordings of Ronny and the Daytonas ("G.T.O.") ! And to coincide with the summer's most in-demand concert ticket, Real Gone has another volume of live rarities from Grateful Dead. The Dead has been

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Banana and the Bunch, Fanny, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Ronny and the Daytonas, The Grateful Dead, The Viscounts

Rough and Ready

May 5, 2015 By

Jeff Beck Group Rough and Ready

Vic Anesini remasters this new edition of the 1971 Jeff Beck Group album featuring the guitar slinger alongside Cozy Powell (drums), Max Middleton (keyboards), Clive Chaman (bass) and Bobby Tench (vocals).

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of May 5

May 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jackie

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  Oddly, releases were split between yesterday and today, but both days add up to a wealth of titles in nearly every genre!  Without a doubt, this is one of the most packed weeks yet this year! Jackie DeShannon, All the Love: The Lost Atlantic Recordings (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) All the Love--The Lost Atlantic Recordings brings together DeShannon's entire 1973 Atlantic Records material in one place for the first time,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billy Ward and His Dominoes, Herbie Hancock, Jackie DeShannon, Jethro Tull, John Coltrane, John Lodge, Jorge Ben, Julie Andrews, Miles Davis, Nils Lofgren, Perry Como, Todd Rundgren

Release Round-Up: Week of April 28

April 28, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dusty Springfield Faithful

Dusty Springfield, Faithful (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Faithful assembles for the first time on one CD all of the masters produced by Jeff Barry ("Chapel of Love," "Leader of the Pack," "Sugar, Sugar") for Dusty Springfield in 1971.  From his home base at New York's Century Sound, Barry produced thirteen songs for Dusty - twelve intended for album release and one for a non-LP single.  Four songs were released on two 45s, but when Dusty departed Atlantic Records, the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Brinsley Schwarz, Dusty Springfield, Ellie Greenwich, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Jeff Barry, Julie Andrews, Pat DiNizio, Spooky Tooth, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, The Kingbees, Various Artists

Loaded: Jeff Beck Offers "Live+" With Tour Performances, New Studio Recordings

April 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jeff Beck Live Plus

With Jeff Beck currently hitting the road once more, the time is right for Atco's upcoming release of Jeff Beck Live+ culled from performances on the legendary guitarist's 2014 tour with ZZ Top.  The May 19 release features 14 live cuts along with Beck's first two studio recordings since 2010. Beck's tour last year with ZZ Top was curtailed due to the injury of the band's bassist, Dusty Hill; Live+ will arrive in the midst of the April 30-May 10 tour dates for ZZ Top and Beck.  On May 12,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Jeff Beck

Trilogy: Deluxe Edition

April 24, 2015 By

ELP Trilogy

This set is billed as "the most extensive reissue of the Emerson Lake & Palmer masterpiece to date."  The 2-CD/1-DVD-A edition of the 1972 prog classic includes remastered album audio, new high resolution stereo mixes, 5.1 surround mixes by Jakko Jakszyk, a previously unheard version of "From The Beginning," restored artwork, and a 16-page booklet with new liner notes and photos. A U.S. edition, likely to arrive from Razor & Tie, hasn't been confirmed yet.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD-Audio Genre: Classic Rock

Original Album Series

April 24, 2015 By

Brinsley Schwarz Original Album Series

The latest additions to Rhino U.K.'s Original Album Series library brings together the first five studio albums from the pub-rockers in Brinsley Schwarz (including Brinsley himself plus Nick Lowe, Bob Andrews, Billy Rankin and Ian Gomm).  The budget set - with no booklet or new remastering - is nonetheless an affordable way to acquire Brinsley Schwarz, Despite It All, Silver Pistol, Nervous on the Road and Please Don't Ever Change.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Live+

April 24, 2015 By

Jeff Beck Live Plus

Guitar hero Jeff Beck returns with a new live album culled from his 2014 tour.  Two new studio tracks round out the set.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Rip It Up! New Box Set Spotlights Little Richard at Specialty and Vee-Jay

April 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Little Richard Directly

On June 2, 2015, Specialty Records, a unit of Concord Music Group, celebrates one of the founders of rock-and-roll with the release of a new box set from the inimitable Little Richard.  Directly from My Heart: The Best of the Specialty & Vee-Jay Years brings together 64 tracks on three CDs from the piano-pounding legend, including all of Richard's early classics as well as B-sides and rarities.  This deluxe package puts the music in context with a 30+-page booklet containing new liner notes

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Little Richard

The Legend of Paul Revere: Now Sounds Reissues, Expands The Raiders' "Revolution!"

April 22, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Paul Revere Revolution

You say you want a Revolution!?  Now Sounds is ready to take you on a ride suitable for midnight or any time with its new Deluxe Expanded Mono Edition of Paul Revere and the Raiders' Revolution!  (CRNOW 53).  Originally released in August 1967, during the Summer of Love, the album blended pop, rock and R&B, West Coast-style, proving just how far the little band from Boise, Idaho had come. Revolution! followed The Spirit of '67, which had actually been released in late

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Keith Allison, Mark Lindsay, Paul Revere and The Raiders

From the Vault: The Marquee Club Live in 1971

April 21, 2015 By

Rolling Stones Marquee Club

The Rolling Stones' eight-song set previewing Sticky Fingers at London's Marquee Club comes to a variety of audio and video formats from Eagle Rock Entertainment, many with bonus features/songs: DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD + LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Sticky Fingers

April 21, 2015 By

rolling stones sticky fingers2

The Rolling Stones revisit their 1971 classic featuring "Wild Horses," "Brown Sugar," "Bitch," "Sister Morphine" and "Moonlight Mile" in a multitude of deluxe editions: 3-CD/1-DVD Super Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. TBD / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock

Live and Sticky: The Rolling Stones' "Marquee Club 1971" Comes To CD, DVD and BD

April 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Rolling Stones Marquee Club

The Rolling Stones whetted some appetites when they announced that two tracks from the band's 1971 Marquee Club gig would be included on the 2-CD/1-DVD and Super Deluxe Editions of that year's Sticky Fingers, now due (after a brief delay was announced) on June 8 in the U.K. and June 9 stateside.  Now, Eagle Rock Entertainment has revealed that the entirety of the concert - filmed for U.S. television - will be released in DVD, Standard Definition Blu-ray and CD formats on June 22 as part of The

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

Release Round-Up: Week of April 21

April 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Ultimate Sinatra

Today's Release Round-Up features an array of titles including a box set from the one and only Chairman of the Board, a number of vintage albums in surround sound, a classic reissue from a new Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and more! Frank Sinatra, Ultimate Sinatra (Capitol/UMe) 4-CD Box:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Highlights:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Target Exclusive: Target.com 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Standard Edition DD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The 100th

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: America, Dick Hyman, Earth Wind and Fire, Frank Sinatra, Jim Peterik, Joan Jett, Labelle, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Rush

With a Little Help From My Friends (SACD)

April 21, 2015 By

Joe Cocker With a Little Help SACD

The late, great Joe Cocker's 1969 album comes to hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players).  Features the epic title track plus "I Shall Be Released," "Feeling Alright" and more.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock

The Best of the Doors (Quadraphonic)

April 21, 2015 By

Best of the Doors SACD

The 1973 greatest hits collection for The Doors is presented on hybrid SACD in its original stereo and 4.0 quad surround mixes.  Features "Light My Fire," "Touch Me," "Love Her Madly," "Hello, I Love You" and more.  The stereo layer is playable on all CD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock

Streetlife Serenade (Quadraphonic)

April 20, 2015 By

Streetlife Serenade SACD

Billy Joel's third studio album, from 1974, gets a hybrid SACD reissue featuring both the original stereo and 4.0 quad surround mixes.  Features "The Entertainer," "Root Beer Rag" and "Souvenir."  The stereo mix is playable on all CD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

The Complete Raunch 'N' Roll Live

April 19, 2015 By

Black Oak Arkansas Raunch

This onetime limited edition 2-CD release from the southern rock/boogie heroes, drawn from a 12/1/72 show at the Paramount Theater in Portland and a 12/2/72 show at Seattle's like-named Paramount Theater, returns from Real Gone Music!

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Ball: Expanded Edition

April 19, 2015 By

Iron Butterfly Ball

Iron Butterfly's Top 5 sophomore album spawned hit singles "Soul Experience" and "In the Time of Our Lives." Real Gone expands it with two bonus tracks previously included on a long out-of-print 1999 reissue ("I Can't Help But Deceive You Little Girl" and "To Be Alone") but gives the whole set a fresh remastering and new liner notes.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The Second Disc's 2015 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese 23 Comments

Sly Fillmore East

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 18, music fans and collectors will flock to their local independent record stores to celebrate both the sounds on those familiar round black platters and the cherished opportunity to shop for music in a physical retail environment. To many of us, both are a way of life.   Each year around this time, we here at Second Disc HQ take a few moments to count down the titles to which we're most looking forward to picking up! Our friend and founder, Mike Duquette, returns to

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: a-ha, Billie Holiday, Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, Metallica, Record Store Day, Simon and Garfunkel, The Bee Gees

Iron Butterfly, Black Oak Arkansas Join Paul Williams On Real Gone's June Slate

April 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Iron Butterfly Ball

Well, April 15 has come and gone.  Did the taxman get you down?  If so, Real Gone Music is ready to brighten your day with news of its June 2 slate of releases!  This line-up is headlined by none other than legendary songwriter Paul Williams with his only album for Portrait Records, newly expanded by Real Gone and our very own Second Disc Records imprint with never-before-heard bonus tracks! And Real Gone has only just begun.  The line-up also features heavy rock from Black Oak Arkansas and Iron

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Black Oak Arkansas, Iron Butterfly, Paul Williams, The Grateful Dead

Perfect Sense: Legacy to Revisit Roger Waters’ "Amused to Death" with New Stereo and 5.1 Remixes

April 16, 2015 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Roger Waters Amused

While there has been no Pink Floyd reissue news for nearly a year now since the release of a deluxe edition of The Division Bell, fans can look forward to revisiting one of Rogers Waters’ solo projects with the newly announced reissue of Amused to Death. Death was released in 1992 and was Waters’ third solo outing after 1984’s The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking and 1987’s Radio K.A.O.S.  As is common for Waters’ LPs, it is a concept album.  The songwriter based it upon ideas from Neil

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd, Roger Waters

Release Round-Up: Week of April 14

April 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Replacements Complete Studio Albums

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring box sets, deluxe editions, rare albums and more! The Replacements, The Complete Studio Albums 1981-1990 (Sire/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Rhino boxes up the Minnesota rockers’ complete studio output in one tidy package, utilizing the 2008 remasters but sans all bonus material.   Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink: Deluxe Editions (Rhino) Little Earthquakes: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Under the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Andy Williams, Kitty Wells, Phil Harris, Randy Bachman, Sammy Davis Jr., The Replacements, Tori Amos

New "Playlist" Wave Features Ben Folds Five, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince, Santana and More

April 13, 2015 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Playlist Ben Folds Five

Legacy’s long-running Playlist series rolls on with another batch of titles to be released tomorrow, April 14.  This wave of titles in the budget line range from rock to R&B to rap, and span from the late 1960s right up to the 2000s.  As per the standard with this series, each entry is fourteen tracks and generally has some harder-to-find edits and track choices than are generally found on budget compilations.  Following a description of each title kindly provided by our friend and founder

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Ben Folds Five, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Jagged Edge, James Brown, Santana

Release Round-Up: Week of April 7

April 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Brian Wilson No Pier Pressure

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Who, The Brunswick Singles 1965-1966 (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Who box up replicas of seven early 7-inch singles plus an eighth with The High Numbers’ “Zoot Suit” b/w “I’m the Face” on this deluxe vinyl box set.  Read more here. Herman's Hermits, The 50th Anniversary Anthology (Bear Family) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Bear Family gives the “I’m Into Something Good” and “There’s a Kind of Hush” pop stars the deluxe

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Art Pepper, Bad Company, Brian Wilson, Cannonball Adderley, Dion, Eddie Bo, Garnet Mimms, Grace Slick, Herman's Hermits, Jackie Wilson, Jesse Winchester, Steve Vai, The Who, Todd Rundgren

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