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WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! ROGER TAYLOR Limited Vinyl Bundle from Omnivore Recordings!

April 6, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Roger Taylor Strange Frontier

CONGRATULATIONS! The following five entrants have won two amazing limited edition vinyl releases from Queen legend ROGER TAYLOR and OMNIVORE RECORDINGS!  If you entered our contest and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook: Adam Robinson David E. Reichel, Jr. Andy Swanson Tom Saltarelli Beth Fordice

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Queen, Roger Taylor

Anthony Phillips' "The Geese and the Ghost," with Genesis Bandmates Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford, Goes Deluxe

April 3, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Geese and the Ghost

“You should hear what Anthony Phillips has been doing since he left Genesis,” heralded an advertisement for the former Genesis guitarist’s 1977 album The Geese and the Ghost.  A largely-instrumental album of orchestral splendor, The Geese had a bumpy road to release, but it’s now the subject of a deluxe, expanded 2-CD/1-DVD mini-box set edition that ranks as one of the most striking reissue packages of the year. Certainly a candidate for the great lost Genesis album, The Geese and the Ghost

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD-Audio Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Anthony Phillips, Genesis, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins

You Gotta Move: Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers" Goes Super Deluxe In May

April 1, 2015 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

rolling stones sticky fingers2

The Rolling Stones recently announced the 15-city U.S. stadium tour known as The ZIP CODE Tour - both because it plans on visiting relatively unfamiliar zip codes and because of that famous zipper that adorned the original 1971 release of the band's classic Sticky Fingers.  On May 25 June 8 in the U.K. - one day after the tour kicks off at San Diego's Petco Park - the Stones will reissue Sticky Fingers in the now de rigeur multitude of formats.  (May 26 June 9 is the U.S. release

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

WIN! WIN! WIN! New Vinyl From ROGER TAYLOR of Queen and OMNIVORE RECORDINGS!

March 31, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Fun in Space

Omnivore Recordings has recently continued its series dedicated to the solo catalogue of legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor with definitive new reissues of Taylor’s first two solo records – Fun in Space and Strange Frontier!   We’d like you to have share in some of that fun with this very special giveaway! FIVE LUCKY WINNERS will receive a bundle of the new clear vinyl pressing of Fun in Space and the translucent red vinyl edition of Strange Frontier – and once these limited editions are

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Queen, Roger Taylor

Release Round-Up: Week of March 31

March 31, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy

Today's Release Round-Up has everything from classic country and rock to vintage jazz! Glen Campbell, Rhinestone Cowboy: 40th Anniversary Edition (Capitol Nashville) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) Capitol Nashville remasters and expands Glen Campbell’s smash 1975 album with five bonus tracks, including the previously unreleased “Quits,” two rare new-to-U.S.-CD single sides and remixes of “Rhinestone Cowboy” and “Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.).”  Read full details

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Billie Holiday, Fotheringay, Glen Campbell, Hall and Oates, Meat Loaf, Rick Wakeman, Ringo Starr, The Grateful Dead, Translator, Van Halen

Raise Your Hand! Epic Springsteen Concert Comes to Archive Series

March 30, 2015 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Bruce Nassau 1980

Please join us in welcoming the newest contributor to The Second Disc, Randy Fairman! Randy's checking in today with news of the latest addition to Bruce Springsteen's live archive series! Bruce Springsteen is continuing his Archive series at a fast pace, with the latest release coming just over a month after premiere of the last (December 31, 1975 at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania).  This time, the concert is another from New Year’s Eve, but five years later and a little up

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

Forever Man

March 25, 2015 By

Clapton Forever Man

Eric Clapton's new anthology - released on the occasion of his 70th birthday - features 51 tracks on three CDs, with one disc dedicated to studio tracks, one to live recordings, and one to his explorations of the blues.  Also available in 2-CD and 2-LP highlight forms, and as a digital download.

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

Wonderful Tonight: Eric Clapton Turns 70, Releases New Late-Period Anthology

March 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Clapton Forever Man

On March 30, Eric Clapton turns 70, but the guitar hero isn't about to rest on his considerable laurels. He's marking the occasion with a series of concerts including two at New York's Madison Square Garden and seven at London's Royal Albert Hall. Reprise Records is also celebrating the artist's landmark birthday with the April 28 release of Forever Man, a compilation concentrating on his longtime affiliation with the label and its sister Warner Bros. Records which began in 1983. Featuring 51

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale

The Entertainers: Billy Joel, America, Labelle, Earth Wind and Fire Get Surround-Sound Treatment From Audio Fidelity

March 24, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Streetlife Serenade SACD

Audio Fidelity is continuing its well-received series of surround-sound releases on hybrid SACD with a trio of quadraphonic (4.0) titles from 1974 and one classic rock favorite from 1972 in 5.1.  All of these titles feature the surround mix on the high resolution SACD layer with a newly-remastered version of the original stereo mix on both the SACD and standard CD layers. The '72 classic is America's Homecoming.  The second album by the trio of Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley and Dan Peek,

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Categories: News Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: America, Billy Joel, Earth Wind and Fire, Labelle

Release Round-Up: Week of March 23

March 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Bee Gees 1974 1979

It's a Monday release date here in the U.S., so here's your early Release Round-Up! Bee Gees, 1974-1979 (Reprise/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This box set brings together the band’s Mr. Natural, Main Course, Children of the World and Spirits Having Flown plus a disc of previously issued bonus material.  Full track listing and details here.  Watch on Record Store Day for a companion vinyl release to this set featuring the 12-inch mixes from Saturday Night Fever! Kansas,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bee Gees, Dean Martin, Hawkwind, James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Kansas, Kenny Rankin, Paul McCartney, Phyllis Hyman, Roger Taylor, The Brecker Brothers, Toto, Van Morrison, Willie Nile

Original Album Classics

March 20, 2015 By

Kansas Original

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Original Album Classics

March 20, 2015 By

Janis Box

Janis Joplin gets an entry in Legacy's Original Album Classics series of five albums in one budget-priced slipcased edition: Big Brother and the Holding Company, Cheap Thrills, I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, Pearl and Live at Winterland '68.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere

March 20, 2015 By

Kansas

The new documentary film Miracles Out of Nowhere chronicles the band Kansas' journey from obscurity to superstardom. It features the original Kansas lineup, revisiting Topeka together for the first time in more than 30 years.  The film also features interviews with Garth Brooks, Brian May of Queen, producer Brendan O Brien, Rolling Stone journalist David Wild, and more.  Legacy's CD/DVD package includes a soundtrack with greatest hits, album cuts and dialogue from the film serving as a special

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Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock

Dick's Picks Vol. 8--Harpur College, Binghamton, NY May 2, 1970

March 18, 2015 By

Dicks Picks 8

Real Gone continues reintroducing classic Dick's Picks entries to the catalogue, including this beloved show of May 2, 1970 on three CDs!

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Nils Lofgren

March 18, 2015 By

Nils Lofgren

E Street axeman Nils Lofgren's 1975 self-titled solo record returns to CD in a new edition featuring liner notes from Nils himself and rare photographs!

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Zombies, Everly Brothers, Paul McCartney Featured On Varese's Record Store Day Slate

March 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

FamilyWay Vinyl5

If you’re looking for Zombies on Record Store Day – and we’re not talking about The Walking Dead, either! – Varese Sarabande’s line-up for the April 18 event is just for you!  Besides a treat from the British rockers, the label is also offering up vintage rock-and-roll from The Everly Brothers, girl-group pop courtesy The Dixie Cups, a rare soundtrack from Sir Paul McCartney, and more! Straight from the label’s press release, here’s the lowdown on each release you can expect at your local

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: George Martin, Paul McCartney, Record Store Day, The Dixie Cups, The Everly Brothers, The Zombies

Release Round-Up: Week of March 17

March 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Pretty Things Bouquets

This week's Release Round-Up has box sets and deluxe editions a-plenty... The Pretty Things, Bouquets from a Cloudy Sky (Snapper) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This box set is much in the style of last year's Small Faces set Here Come the Nice, and contains 11 studio albums on CD with 42 bonus tracks, two rarities CDs with 45 previously unreleased tracks, 2 DVDs including a new documentary by Reelin' in the Years Productions, a 10-inch replica acetate disc, posters, an art print, and a

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Anthony Phillips, Basia, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Game Theory, Genesis, Jim Croce, Simple Minds, The Notations

Jackie DeShannon, Perry Como, Nils Lofgren Lead Off Real Gone's Diverse May Slate

March 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Jackie

Rarities are the order of the day from Real Gone Music when it comes to the label's just-announced slate of releases scheduled for late April and early May. The label kicks things off on April 28 with its reissue of one of the most famous Grateful Dead shows of all time.  Dick's Picks Volume 8 captures the epic May 2, 1970 show at Binghamton, New York's Harpur College - a show even singled out by Jerry Garcia himself.  Then, on May 5, Real Gone has five more titles, all of which are packed

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Billy Ward and His Dominoes, Jackie DeShannon, Jorge Ben, Nils Lofgren, Perry Como, The Grateful Dead

(Don't) Walk On By: Rhino's Record Store Day Lineup Boasts a-ha, Bee Gees, Bowie, Doors, Dionne, More

March 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Bee Gees Extended

Rhino isn't resting on its laurels for Record Store Day!  The label has announced its biggest slate ever for Record Store Day, with 30 limited edition 12-inch, 10-inch, and 7-inch vinyl releases due on Saturday, April 18. Full details as provided by the label for all titles can be found below. As always with RSD, these releases will be available exclusively at select independent music retailers on April 18, and you can find the list of participating shops here! a-ha - Take On Me 7-inch

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: a-ha, Bee Gees, David Bowie, Dionne Warwick, Gram Parsons, Hawkwind, Jaco Pastorius, Otis Redding, Record Store Day, The Doors, The Replacements

Legacy's Record Store Day Slate Includes Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, More

March 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Simon and Garfunkel Homeward

Today was the big announcement day for Record Store Day 2015, scheduled for Saturday, April 15 at the finest independent retailers across the U.S. and beyond! A press conference was held at Brooklyn’s outpost of Rough Trade giving the details on the many titles to expect next month. We’re kicking off our coverage with a look at the releases due from Legacy Recordings; watch this space for more news as it comes! Legacy’s eclectic line-up has some of the label’s heaviest hitters – Bruce

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Manic Street Preachers, Record Store Day, Simon and Garfunkel

Box Set Watch: Hawkwind, Fotheringay, Spooky Tooth Get Deluxe Collected Treatment

March 6, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Spooky Tooth Island

Formed in 1969, “space rock” group Hawkwind recorded its debut album in 1970.  Forty-five years later, an iteration of the band is still performing, but Parlophone’s U.K. division is turning the clock back with a new box set to celebrate Hawkwind’s earliest years.   This Is Your Captain Speaking…Your Captain Is Dead: The Albums and Singles 1970-1974 arrives on March 23 in the U.K. and one week later in the U.S., and brings together the band’s entire United Artists catalogue on 11 CDs in replica

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk Tags: Fotheringay, Gary Wright, Hawkwind, Sandy Denny, Spooky Tooth

Sensitive Chaos: Rhino To Release Anthology From Steve Howe of Yes

March 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Steve Howe Anthology

Get ready to say “Yes” to a new retrospective from progressive-rock great Steve Howe.  The English guitarist has curated a new 33-track retrospective, simply titled Anthology, for release on March 10 via Rhino.  The 2-CD set, also available as a digital download, is primarily drawn from the studio albums he’s recorded between 1975 and 2011.  It arrives just weeks before the May 19 release of Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two, the 14-CD box set preserving Howe and Yes' performances on their

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Steve Howe, Yes

Progeny: Highlights from Seventy-Two

March 4, 2015 By

Progeny Highlights

If the 14-CD Progeny box is too much for you to say "Yes," how about this 2-CD or 3-LP distillation of highlights from the box chronicling Yes' 1972 tour?

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Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two

March 4, 2015 By

Yes Progeny

This 14-CD box captures seven complete concerts from Yes circa 1972 - the same tour leading up to the performances preserved on Yessongs.

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Short Takes: Yes' Massive Box Set, Metallica's Original Demo and Van Halen Remasters

March 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Yes Progeny

There soon will be many more Yessongs. Progressive rockers Yes released the triple-LP live album Yessongs in 1973. It captured the band at the height of its powers, riding a wave of success thanks to the 1972 album Close to the Edge. In the weeks leading up to the recording of Yessongs, however, the band recorded a number of shows that are now being collected in Rhino's massive 14-CD box set Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two. The May 19 release contains seven complete shows recorded in

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Metallica, Record Store Day, Van Halen, Yes

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