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. Christopher Cross, Christopher Cross: Expanded Edition (Omnivore) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Omnivore will offer an expanded reissue of the self-titled debut album from Christopher Cross, the unforgettable 1979 release that became a commercial juggernaut and
Grab the Next Train: Marshall Crenshaw's 'From the Hellhole' Collects Remixed EP Tracks
Having gained control of his first two Warner Bros. albums and partnered with Yep Roc to get expanded editions back in print, power-pop hero Marshall Crenshaw will next revisit his celebrated mid-2010s EP material with a new compilation this summer. From the Hellhole is essentially a resequenced, expanded version of #392: The EP Collection, a 2015 album drawn from tracks he'd recorded in his home studio from 2012 to 2015 and released on various 10" EPs distributed in limited quantities to
Love Will Keep Us Alive: Cherry Red, Esoteric Reissue Jim Capaldi Tribute with Steve Winwood, Pete Townshend, Cat Stevens, Joe Walsh, More
Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings has revisited the 2007 concert release Dear Mr. Fantasy: A Celebration for Jim Capaldi in a new 2CD/1Blu-ray edition. Following the singer-songwriter-drummer's death on January 28, 2005 at the age of 60 from stomach cancer, many of his friends came together on January 21, 2007 at the Roundhouse in London's Camden Town to pay tribute and support one of his favorite charities, The Jubilee Action Street Children Appeal. This release preserves that extraordinary
For Earth Below: 50th Anniversary Edition
4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Last year, Chrysalis reissued Bridge of Sighs, Robin Trower's second album following his departure from Procol Harum, in an expanded edition timed to its 50th anniversary. Now, the label is turning its attention to the guitar hero's third solo set and highest-charting album in the U.S., 1975's For Earth Below. The expanded edition, due in 4CD, 2LP, and digital formats, is built around the newly
Tracks II: The Lost Albums 1983-2018
Tracks II: The Lost Albums 1983-2018 (Columbia/Legacy, 2025) 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, 2025) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada More than a quarter century after releasing his first major vault project, Bruce Springsteen is back with a sequel that's even bigger. True to its name, Tracks II:
Iconoclassic Plans Happy the Man's First Two Albums, Dwight Twilley's 'Old Time Rock & Roll' on CD Debut
It's going to be one hot summer for Iconoclassic Records, who've got remastered editions of two prog rock classics and the first official release of a late period Dwight Twilley release coming to CD this summer. On July 4, Iconoclassic will reissue the first two albums by Happy the Man: their 1977 self-titled debut and 1978's Crafty Hands, originally released on the Arista label. (HTM have become prog's Taylor Swift of sorts, securing the master rights to these albums themselves to license to
The Warner Reprise Years
8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP: Rhino A new box set from Rhino offers nearly all the studio material of Athens, Georgia alt-rock icons The B-52's. The Warner Reprise Years brings together the six albums and two EPs the quirky quintet put together between 1979 and 1992 - a period where they went from cult favorites to unlikely hitmakers. The collection will feature the group's 1979 self-titled debut, 1980's Wild Planet, the 1981 and 1982 EPs Party
Love is the Seventh Wave: Sting Digital Deluxe Editions to Make CD Debut in Japan
Starting in 2021 and continuing annually, albums in Sting's solo catalogue have been reissued with bonus tracks for various anniversaries. This year, fans have asked themselves if that will continue, and, perhaps, if this material will ever receive a physical release. The answers appear to be "yes" and "yes, if you're willing to import from Japan." On July 11, Universal Music Group Japan will issue SHM-CD editions of the former Police frontman's ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987), The Soul
Pieces of My Life: Elvis' L.A. Recordings Anthologized in New Box Set
Last year's Elvis Presley box set was Memphis, devoted to the King's lengthy history with recording studios in the Tennessee city that became his home. Ahead of another annual Elvis Week at his Graceland estate, the next box set will trace his connections to a recording studio on the West Coast. Sunset Boulevard, available August 1, is a 5CD set featuring Presley's work at RCA Records' Studio C in Hollywood - one of the more important studios he'd record in through his final recording years
Live at the Oval 1971
Initially available as part of the band's revived Wholigan Fan Club, The Who's Live At The Oval 1971 is coming to general release. The album finally canonizes the group's celebrated performance at "Goodbye to Summer," a British benefit concert for the people of Bangladesh. Featuring several songs from the band's just-released Who's Next, including "Behind Blue Eyes," "Won't Get Fooled Again," and "Bargain," the 15-track set was available for decades as a poor-quality bootleg until now; it's
Live From The Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) A 1977 archival live album from Elton John, released earlier this year for Record Store Day, is getting a wider release this summer. Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper will come back to LP as well as bow on CD and digital, featuring all 12 tracks from the original release plus one extra, a disc-closing rendition of "Goodbye." The British piano pop icon, who released the
The Weekend Stream Extra: A Guide to 'MTV Unplugged' on Paramount+ (Part 4)
Welcome to a special Sunday feature of The Weekend Stream, which takes a look at one of MTV's great live music programs thanks to a recent reissue of one of its best-known episodes. We're running a five-part deep-dive on every episode of MTV Unplugged that's currently streaming on the station's parent streaming network Paramount+! (Parts 1, 2 and 3 can be read here, here and here.) The seventh and eighth seasons of MTV Unplugged aired in 1996 and 1997, which were sort of its last years as a
The Weekend Stream: June 14, 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. This week we've got it all, from Bakersfield country to Billy Joel on Broadway; actors who sing and singer-songwriters who act in short films; Tony Joe White going disco and Josh Groban's hits going super-size. You'll find something to love - we guarantee it! Wynn Stewart, Songs of Wynn Stewart (Capitol Nashville) (Apple / Amazon) After
A Second Disc Interview: Timothy J. Smith Forges a New Path with SuperVisible
If you've been reading The Second Disc for some time, you know that one of our highlights is The Weekend Stream, our spotlight of catalogue material that makes its way - either first or primarily - to streaming and download services. The TSD team has the shelves to prove our love of CDs or vinyl, but the joy of discovering a lost classic or future favorite from the past is what really drives us, and The Weekend Stream is run in that spirit. And it might not run at all if not for the help of one
Release Round-Up: Week of June 13
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. Grateful Dead, Gratest Hits (Grateful Dead/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino assembles a single-CD or single-LP, nine-song Gratest Hits [sic] from Grateful Dead, marking the band's 60th anniversary with the original studio versions of such classics as "Truckin'," "Sugar Magnolia," and "Touch of Grey." Read
Where to Now, St. Peter? Elton John's RSD-Exclusive Rainbow Theatre Live Album Gets Wide Release
An archival live album from Elton John, released earlier this year for Record Store Day, is getting a wider release this summer. Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper will come back to LP as well as bow on CD and digital on July 25, featuring all 12 tracks from the original release plus one extra, a disc-closing rendition of "Goodbye." The British piano pop icon, who released the collaborative studio album Who Believes in Angels? with Brandi Carlile in April, curated the album, drawn
In Memoriam: Sly Stone (1943-2025)
"I am everyday people," boldly proclaimed Sly Stone on Sly and The Family Stone's 1968 chart-topping single. "I am no better and neither are you/We are the same, whatever we do/You love me, you hate me, you know me and then/You can't figure out the bag I'm in..." Using straightforward, direct language, a penchant for nonsense words that nonetheless carried weight (ooh-sha-sha, scooby-dooby-dooby, boom-laka-laka-laka), and the funkiest grooves ever to find their way to a vinyl platter, the
The Kinds U Find in a Secondhand Store: Paisley Park Celebration Hints At Posthumous Prince Releases
This weekend's digital release of another unreleased Prince track could indicate the gears of the late artist's estate could start moving once again. At a panel for the annual Celebration fan event in and around Prince's hometown of Minneapolis and Chanhassen recording complex Paisley Park, representatives for the estate and distributing partner Legacy Recordings discussed potential box sets, vinyl releases and digital initiatives - as well as some frank discussion on the infamously-canned
The Weekend Stream: June 7, 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. This week brings posthumous recordings by Prince and Donna Summer, a new spin on Star Wars disco, and plenty of cast recordings leading into the Tony Awards this Sunday! And just a quick programming note: our Unplugged series is taking the week off, but will be back with some new and exciting Weekend Stream extra content very soon! Prince,
Release Round-Up: Week of June 6
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. Dusty Springfield, Longing (Real Gone Music) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Real Gone Music premieres a lost album from Dusty Springfield: 1974's Longing. Produced by Brooks Arthur, the album features a number of singer-songwriter-oriented compositions including
The Weekend Stream Extra: A Guide to 'MTV Unplugged' on Paramount+ (Part 3)
Welcome to a special Sunday feature of The Weekend Stream, which takes a look at one of MTV's great live music programs thanks to a recent reissue of one of its best-known episodes. We're running a five-part deep-dive on every episode of MTV Unplugged that's currently streaming on the station's parent streaming network Paramount+! (Part 1 and 2 can be read here and here.) With rock music undergoing a transformation after the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, MTV Unplugged continued to settle
The Weekend Stream: May 31, 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. We've got solo appearances aplenty: Bono, Al Jardine, Grace Potter, John Fogerty, and more new/old music - plus a new subscription service from Crowded House, a Barry Manilow music video, and a tribute to one of the undisputed guitar gods of his generation. Bono, Stories of Surrender EP (Island/Interscope/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) In 2023,
Young Blood: UFO's 'No Place to Run' Gets Reissued with Remixed Concert Audio
A transitional album in the discography of British rockers UFO will be revisited in a deluxe edition this summer. The band's eighth album No Place to Run, originally released in 1980, will be reissued as a 2CD or 3LP set on August 15. It pairs a new remaster of the original album created at London's AIR Studios alongside selections from a concurrent live set at the Marquee Club in London. Some of the live material was reissued as bonus tracks on various sets between 2009 and 2013, but has
After the Glitter Fades: Stevie Nicks, Wilco Classics Added to Rhino's High Fidelity Vinyl Series
Rhino's High Fidelity series of audiophile vinyl titles continues today with two (relatively) modern classics. Stevie Nicks' 1981 solo debut Bella Donna and Wilco's 1995 debut A.M. are the two albums in question, with both available now exclusively from Rhino.com and select international Warner Music Group online storefronts. Both albums are housed in old-style "tip-on" jackets; they've been newly mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal. They're limited and numbered to
Release Round-Up: Week of May 30
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. Grateful Dead, The Music Never Stopped (Rhino) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This live 3CD or 6LP compendium (also available digitally) from Grateful Dead to commemorate the band's 60th anniversary includes 27 tracks representing every one of the venues in the