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Official Release Series Volume 5

June 19, 2023 By

Neil Young ORS Volume 5 CD

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Neil Young's Official Release Series Volume 5 arrives on 6 CDs or 9 LPs.  Both formats include Freedom (1989), an expanded edition of Ragged Glory (1990), Weld (1991), and Arc (1991).  As with all titles in this series, the albums have been remastered, with Ragged Glory sourced from analog tape.  This marks the first time these four LPs have been remastered for vinyl. The vinyl and CD box sets are

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

Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite: 50th Anniversary Edition

June 19, 2023 By

Elvis Aloha from Hawaii 2023

3CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elvis Presley's seminal 1973 returns for its 50th anniversary in a new box set.  This edition takes its cues from the audio contents of last year's 3-CD release from the mail-order Follow That Dream label: the original album on CD 1 as newly remixed by Matt-Ross Spang, the dress rehearsal on CD 2 as reprised from the 2013 Legacy Edition, and multiple takes of the additional songs captured for

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Complete Studio Albums and Rarities

June 19, 2023 By

StevieN ProductShots BOX CD

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Rhino Store Stevie Nicks gets the box set treatment on the 10CD or limited, direct-to-consumer exclusive 16LP set Complete Studio Albums & Rarities. The set brings together just about all of Nicks' own output between 1981 and 2014, a period covered by Rhino's Stand Back compilation from 2019. The set features the chart-topping Bella Donna (1981) and follow-up The Wild Heart (1983) - both presented as remastered for a pair of deluxe

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of June 16

June 16, 2023 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Weather Girls Carry On

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles available today. The Weather Girls and Martha Wash, Carry On: The Deluxe Collection 1982-1992 (SoulMusic/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Hallelujah!  Carry On: The Deluxe Collection 1982-1992 is a long-overdue assessment of Martha Wash and Izora Armstead's unlikely journey toward the top of the pop charts, some fascinating music that came before it - and a triumphant second act by Wash

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bettye LaVette, Bobby Brown, Cat Stevens, Drive-By Truckers, John Mellencamp, Martha Wash, Paul Young, Pet Shop Boys, Poco, Steve Lukather, The Weather Girls, Toto, Yusuf

Stand Back: Rhino Releases Stevie Nicks' Complete Discography on CD, LP Box

June 14, 2023 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

StevieN ProductShots BOX CD

If you'll forgive the easy reference, there's no one quite as bewitching as Stevie Nicks. Since she joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975 and helped turn them from British blues-based cult act to blockbuster pop/rock icons, her enrapturing voice and stage presence have influenced generations. In 1981, she began a parallel solo career with hits on her own that helped make her, in 2019, the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice. It's that solo material that's the subject of a

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bruce Hornsby, Don Henley, Fleetwood Mac, Prince, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

The Weekend Stream: June 10, 2023

June 10, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Today, we have a Britpop band starting to dig through their rarities, some hard-to-find soundtracks and a digital premiere of one of Second Disc Records' own releases! Pulp, Lipgloss EP / Do You Remember the First Time? EP (Island/UMR) Lipgloss: iTunes / Amazon Remember: iTunes / Amazon Last

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Howard Shore, Jacci McGhee, Meat Loaf, Pulp, Rosemary Clooney, Stoney and Meatloaf

Elvis' 'Aloha' Beams Into Box Set for 50th Anniversary

June 9, 2023 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Elvis Aloha from Hawaii 2023

America said Aloha to Elvis Presley in between a trip to the Dark Side of the Moon and a visit to the Houses of the Holy when the once and future King's Aloha from Hawaii album earned a berth between Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin atop the Billboard chart.  Presley's Honolulu concert of January 14, 1973, preserved on records by RCA, was monumental in every respect.  The most expensive entertainment broadcast to that point in time, Aloha from Hawaii was viewed by an estimated audience of over one

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Elvis Presley

Made For These Times: The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" Arrives in Dolby Atmos, Mixed by Giles Martin

June 8, 2023 By Joe Marchese 19 Comments

beach boys standard pet sounds

When The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, the band's eleventh studio album, first was released in May 1966, response in the U.S. was surprisingly tepid.  Though both "Sloop John B" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice" soared to the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, Capitol Records was unsure how to promote the album which represented an artistic zenith, and the beginning of a new era, for The Beach Boys.  It peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 and was the group's first album since 1963 to miss a Gold

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

Like a Hurricane: Neil Young's Remastered "Official Release Series" Vol. 5 Contains Four Albums, Expands "Ragged Glory"

June 6, 2023 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Neil Young ORS Volume 5 CD

Neil Young's Official Release Series Volume 5 is on the way.  Set for release July 14, the 6-CD or 9-LP box set will include Freedom (1989), an expanded edition of Ragged Glory (1990), Weld (1991), and Arc (1991).  As with all titles in this series, the albums have been remastered, with Ragged Glory sourced from analog tape.  This marks the first time these four LPs have been remastered for vinyl. After a rocky stint at Geffen Records, Neil Young returned home to the Warner/Reprise family

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Crazy Horse, Neil Young

Let Me Out: Brian May, Eddie Van Halen Trade Licks on 'Star Fleet Project' Reissue

June 6, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Star Fleet Sessions box

Having reissued and expanded Brian May's Back to the Light and Another World, UMe will turn fans' attention to the Queen guitarist's first-ever solo project, a 1983 collaboration with a collection of stellar musicians - including a team-up with another one of the most iconic guitarists of the age. Star Fleet Project, issued 40 years ago, was a three-track album clocking in at just under half an hour, but here it's being expanded two two discs featuring the original contents of the album

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, Queen, REO Speedwagon

Rock 'N' Roll Suicide: Bowie's Final Ziggy Gig Gets 50th Anniversary Reissue

June 5, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Bowie Ziggy soundtrack 50 packshot

Over 50 years after David Bowie bade farewell to one of his most recognizable onstage personas, the show in which he did so will be reissued and restored. Ziggy Stardust: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be reissued by Parlophone August 11, just a month after the exact anniversary of that landmark date at Hammersmith Odeon in London. Originally issued in truncated form in 1983, the program was remixed and restored in 2003; this presentation will feature two tracks finally added

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie, Jeff Beck

The Weekend Stream: June 3, 2023

June 3, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. Our latest round-up brings new music from Joan Jett, terrific live rarities from Bruce Springsteen, a band with a lot more going on than their name, and a tribute to one of the 20th century's greatest lyricists. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, The Darkness Tour '78 (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes /

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Bruce Springsteen, Bunny DeBarge, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Nancy Wilson, Passion Pit, Robyn Hitchcock, Stephen Sondheim

Release Round-Up: Week of June 2

June 2, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Four Seasons box

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Sylvester, Disco Heat: The Fantasy Years 1977-1981 (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Disco Heat: The Fantasy Years 1977-1981 celebrates the late disco/dance music pioneer with 26 tracks on two CDs drawn from all six of his albums for the label, as well as the rare 12-inch Disco Versions that kept the dancefloors burning.  In addition to

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Ben Folds, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Foo Fighters, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Kenny Rogers, Norah Jones, Roger Waters, Rufus Wainwright, Sylvester, Tanya Tucker, The Hollywood Vampires

Dixie Chicken: Deluxe Edition

May 31, 2023 By

Little Feat Dixie Chicken

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1973's Dixie Chicken introduced a new, six-piece Little Feat line-up led by Lowell George, Bill Payne, and Richard Heyward, with Paul Barrere, Sam Clayton, and Kenny Gradney joining for the first time.  The album signaled the band's move towards New Orleans-style R&B and funk, and welcomed Bonnie Raitt, Gloria Jones, Bonnie Bramlett, and Danny Hutton as background vocalists; Wrecking Crew

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

Sailin' Shoes: Deluxe Edition

May 31, 2023 By

Little Feat Sailin' Shoes Packshot

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1972's Sailin' Shoes was the second album from the original Little Feat lineup of singer-guitarist Lowell George, drummer Richard Hayward, keyboard player Bill Payne, and bassist Roy Estrada. The LP spawned numerous signature songs which would later be covered by the band's many fans, including "Sailin' Shoes" (Van Dyke Parks, Robert Palmer), "Easy to Slip" (Bob Weir, Black Crowes), "A Apolitical

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

School's Out: Deluxe Edition

May 31, 2023 By

Alice Cooper School's Out

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Alice Cooper's School's Out (1972) was previewed by the instantly memorable title track on 45 RPM; by the time the album (and school) was out, the song had already hit the U.S. top ten and No. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart.  As a result, the LP shot to No. 2 on the Billboard 200; today, the title track is still the most-performed song in Alice's live shows.  Cooper's influences for the LP were broad,

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Killer: Deluxe Edition

May 31, 2023 By

Alice Cooper Killer

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Killer, released in November 1971, was the fourth album from the original Alice Cooper band line-up of singer Alice Cooper, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and drummer Neal Smith. But it was the group's second album to crystallize the hard rock sound for which Cooper would become known.    This newly remastered Deluxe Edition features

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Empty Glass [Half-Speed Mastered]

May 31, 2023 By

Pete Townshend Empty Glass Half Speed

Pete Townshend's Empty Glass (1980) found the singer-songwriter-guitarist reflecting on mortality, drugs, alcohol, spirituality, and falling out of love.  Some have called it the best Who album the band never recorded, with Roger Daltrey reportedly having expressed disappointment that it wasn't a Who record.  "Rabbit" Bundrick joined in, as did Faces/Who drummer Kenney Jones, Big Country bassist Tony Butler, drummer Simon Phillips, and others.  Featuring the U.S. top ten hit "Let My Love Open

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Rough Mix [Half-Speed Mastered]

May 31, 2023 By

Pete Townshend Rough Mix Half Speed

Rough Mix, Pete Townshend's second "solo" album, was recorded with bassist-songwriter Ronnie Lane (Small Faces, Faces) and producer Glyn Johns.  Featuring guests John Entwistle, Eric Clapton, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, and the duo of Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, Rough Mix gets the Half-Speed Mastered treatment, mastered by Jon Astley and cut for vinyl by Miles Showell at Abbey Road.  It's housed within a gatefold sleeve and has replica U.K. Polydor labels.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

The Weekend Stream: May 27, 2023

May 27, 2023 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend from a Sly and the Family Stone rarity to the latest expanded edition from Taylor Swift! https://youtu.be/oGsct11DL_M Sly and the Family Stone, Ten Years Too Soon (The Remix Album) (Epic/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Perhaps the most bizarre item in the Sly and the Family Stone catalogue has hit

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: All Saints, Barbra Streisand, Ed Ames, Edgar Winter, Josh Groban, Miles Davis, Sly and the Family Stone, Stephen Sondheim, Taylor Swift, The Jesus and Mary Chain

Release Round-Up: Week of May 26

May 26, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Carole King Home Again CD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Carole King, Home Again: Live in Central Park (Ode/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Coinciding with the documentary/concert film of the same name, Carole King's Home Again: Live in Central Park captures her concert - the first-ever free concert at New York City's Great

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Barry Manilow, Carole King, John Coltrane, Mike Oldfield, Richard Hawley, Robert Craft, Sparks, Steely Dan, Thelonious Monk

Once Again: Esoteric Reissues Barclay James Harvest's Second Album with New Stereo, Surround Mixes

May 25, 2023 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Barclay James Harvest Once Again

Cherry Red's Esoteric imprint has overseen the catalogue of prog rockers Barclay James Harvest for some years now, revisiting their albums in various shapes and sizes.  2023 has recently seen the reissue of BJH's second album, 1971's Once Again, as a 3-CD/Blu-ray box boasting the album in its original stereo mix; a new stereo mix by Stephen W. Tayler; and a fold-down of its original 1973 quadraphonic mix on CD, plus a new 5.1 surround mix, the quadraphonic mix in true 4.0, and the new and

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Barclay James Harvest

In Memoriam: Tina Turner (1939-2023)

May 24, 2023 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

Tina Turner Simply the Best

Today, the name of Tina Turner will be on everyone's lips.  The magnetic dynamo with the powerfully raspy voice, instantly identifiable stage moves, and indomitable spirit has died at the age of 83.  Yet, like most everything else in her extraordinary life and career, even her name was hard-won.  Born Anna Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tennessee, she began singing with Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm in 1957.  The volatile bandleader rechristened her Tina Turner, reportedly choosing the first name

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Categories: Features Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Tina Turner

Countdown to Ecstasy

May 24, 2023 By

Steely Dan Countdown to Ecstasy

180-gram LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UHQR 200-gram LP Box Set: AcousticSounds.com Hybrid Stereo SACD: AcousticSounds.com Following the recent release of Steely Dan's debut album Can't Buy a Thrill in vinyl, audiophile vinyl, and hybrid stereo SACD formats, the jazz-rock heroes' second set will be receiving the same treatment.  1973's Countdown to Ecstasy will be reissued by Geffen/UMe on 180-gram black vinyl as remastered from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman at

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Formats: SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Just What I Needed: Rhino Launches Hi-Fi Audiophile Series with The Cars, John Coltrane

May 23, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

cars cars 04

For years, Rhino has licensed titles from its catalogue to various audiophile labels.  Now, Rhino is jumping into the audiophile vinyl market itself with the Rhino High Fidelity line.  This series of limited, numbered reissues has kicked off with The Cars' 1978 debut album, first released on Elektra, and John Coltrane's 1964 Coltrane's Sound, originally issued on Atlantic.  Both titles are available now.  Two more classic albums will follow each quarter. With the release of The Cars, the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop Tags: John Coltrane, The Cars

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