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Review: Fleetwood Mac, "Live" [Deluxe Edition]

May 10, 2021 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

Fleetwood Mac Live

When Fleetwood Mac's Live reached store shelves in time for Christmas 1980, the deluxe 2-LP set was following another mammoth affair: Tusk, released just fourteen months earlier.  While Tusk was a success by any measure - it reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and yielded two U.S. top ten singles - it fell off the album chart within nine months as opposed to its predecessor, Rumours, which spent a record-breaking nine consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1977-1978 on its way to becoming one of the

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Fleetwood Mac

Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show

May 7, 2021 By

Frank Zappa Zappa 88

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Zappa Records has announced a new archival title - and it's a landmark, if bittersweet, addition to the library.  Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show preserves the March 25, 1988 show at Uniondale, New York's Nassau Coliseum that turned out to be the musician and bandleader's final show on American soil.  Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show, featuring the first release of Zappa's "Beatles Medley" with lyrics

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

The CD/Vinyl Box Set, Volume 3

May 7, 2021 By

Def Leppard Volume 3

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada After a 2+-year wait since the last volume, Def Leppard will continue its chronological box set series with the June 11 release of Volume Three from Virgin/UMe.  This set, available on six CDs or nine 180-gram vinyl LPs, collects all three of the band's studio albums from the first decade of the 2000s (2002's X, 2006's Yeah!, 2008's Songs from the Sparkle Lounge) plus three newly curated collections

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of May 7

May 7, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Amy Winehouse at the BBC

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! New Order, Education Entertainment Recreation (Live at Alexandra Palace) (Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/BD/3LP (Clear Vinyl) Box Set: New Order Store Education Entertainment Recreation (Live at Alexandra Palace) documents New Order's only U.K. show of 2018.  The November 9 gig was played at London's Alexandra Palace

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alex Chilton, Alphaville, Amy Winehouse, Chris Stamey, Judy Collins, Mandy Barnett, Mel Brooks, Nancy Wilson, New Order, Peter Holsapple, Tom Jones, Tony Joe White, Van Morrison

Yeah! Def Leppard Plans Third Volume of Career Box Sets for June

May 5, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Def Leppard Volume 3

After a 2+-year wait since the last volume, Def Leppard will continue its chronological box set series with the June 11 release of Volume Three from Virgin/UMe.  This set, available on six CDs or nine 180-gram vinyl LPs, collects all three of the band's studio albums from the first decade of the 2000s (2002's X, 2006's Yeah!, 2008's Songs from the Sparkle Lounge) plus three newly curated collections of rarities. X, Def Leppard's first album of the millennium, was the band's eighth studio LP

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Def Leppard

The Groovy Life I Lead: Frank Zappa's Final U.S. Concert Released on "Zappa '88" In June

May 4, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Frank Zappa Zappa 88

Following recent releases including the soundtrack to director Alex Winter's documentary Zappa (already out on CD/digital and coming to vinyl this Friday) and Halloween 81, Zappa Records has announced a new archival title - and it's a landmark, if bittersweet, addition to the library.  Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show will arrive in CD, LP, and digital formats on June 18, preserving the March 25, 1988 show at Uniondale, New York's Nassau Coliseum that turned out to be the musician and bandleader's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Frank Zappa

Bear's Sonic Journals: Fillmore East, February 1970: Deluxe Edition

May 3, 2021 By

Allman Brothers Bears Sonic Journals Fillmore Deluxe

This run of concerts from Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson a.k.a. Jaimoe, and Butch Trucks was recorded by Owsley "Bear" Stanley at Bill Graham's late, lamented Fillmore East on February 11, 13, and 14, 1970.  Grateful Dead Records released a 7-track live compilation drawn from the shows in 1996.  (The Dead's performances from those shows has also been released.)  Then, in 2018, the album was reissued and remastered on CD, and a limited edition 3-CD

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The Weekend Stream: May 1, 2021

May 1, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! The Jacksons, Triumph /

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: George Benson, Harpers Bizarre, Robert Palmer, Squeeze, The Jacksons

The Spell: Jon Anderson's "Animation" Returns from Cherry Red, Esoteric

April 30, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jon Anderson Animation

The early 1980s marked a time of constant change for Jon Anderson.  He departed the band he co-founded in March after sessions with Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, Dusty Springfield) failed to click and tensions rose with his bandmates Chris Squire, Steve Howe, and Alan White.  (Rick Wakeman left Yes at the same time.)  He was finding more creative freedom when he joined the electronic music pioneer Vangelis as "Jon and Vangelis."  Their debut Short Stories, released in January 1980, was a top five

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Jon Anderson, Yes

Release Round-Up: Week of April 30

April 30, 2021 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Nesmith Packshot

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Michael Nesmith, Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) For our first release of 2021, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music take a deep dive into the archives for Michael Nesmith's Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings.  This compendium features 22 tracks on CD drawn from the RCA Victor vaults, every one of which is previously

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Everything Else, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Beryl Reid, Bob Wills, Bobby Womack, Chester Thompson, Dickey Betts, Howard Jones, Jerry Herman, Joan Turner, Jon Anderson, Leonard Bernstein, Marianne Faithfull, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Michael Nesmith, Mick Fleetwood, Pink Floyd, Ronnie Milsap, The Jacksons

OUT TOMORROW: Michael Nesmith's "Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings" from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music

April 29, 2021 By The Second Disc 10 Comments

Michael Nesmith Different Drum The Lost RCA Victor Recordings

Tomorrow - Friday, April 30 - is the date for the first Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music release of 2021 - and it's one that's been years in the making! Michael Nesmith has always travelled to the beat of a "Different Drum" - whether as the writer of that classic hit for Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys, the wool hat-clad member of The Monkees, or one of the earliest progenitors of the country-rock genre.  In recent years, Nesmith has penned the critically acclaimed

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop Tags: Michael Nesmith

Tell Him: Cherry Red, 7Ts Collect The "Complete Singles" of Glam Band Hello

April 28, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Hello Complete Singles Collection

With its pounding piano, loud guitars, and bubblegum-sticky melody, Hello's 1972 debut single "You Move Me" epitomized the glam side of pop.  Written and produced by Russ Ballard (Argent, America), the Bell label 45 inaugurated a roughly seven-year run for the Tottenham band.  All of Hello's A- and B-sides for Bell, Arista, and Polydor have recently been collected by Cherry Red's 7Ts imprint on The Complete Singles Collection.  This set is a companion to 7Ts' 2016 box set Hello: The

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Trouble No More: Allman Brothers Band Reissues Deluxe Edition of "Bear's Sonic Journals: Fillmore East, February 1970"

April 27, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Allman Brothers Bears Sonic Journals Fillmore Deluxe

Following the recent release of Down in Texas '71, the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company has turned its attention to another archival release - in this case, a reissue of a past title.  On June 18, the label will team with The Owsley Stanley Foundation for a wide release of the 3-CD Deluxe Edition of Bear's Sonic Journals: Fillmore East , February 1970. This run of concerts from Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson a.k.a. Jaimoe, and Butch Trucks

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The Weekend Stream: April 24, 2021

April 24, 2021 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Mark Morrison, Return of

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Categories: Features, News, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Bay City Rollers, Mark Morrison, Poco, Rodney Dangerfield, Squeeze

Release Round-Up: Week of April 23

April 23, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

The Who Sell Out

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band (Capitol/UMe) 6CD/2BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 6-CD/2-BD John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: The Ultimate Collection contains everything recorded by John and Yoko during the sessions for John's 1970 Plastic Ono Band LP, totaling 159 tracks on CD and 131 on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Andre Previn, Hasaan Ibn Ali, Imelda May, John Lennon, Peter Frampton, Steve Cropper, The Beach Boys, The Who, Yoko Ono

You Better You Bet: The Who Expand "Face Dances" For Record Store Day

April 22, 2021 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

The Who Face Dances RSD

For Record Store Day 2020, The Who expanded their 1974 rarities collection Odds and Sods for a 2-LP, 25-song deluxe presentation.  This year, the band celebrates 40 years of 1981's Face Dances with another double-disc, expanded presentation.  It's due on Drop 1, June 12, from Geffen Records in a limited edition of 6,500 copies. Face Dances was the first of two Who studio albums recorded with drummer Kenney Jones following the 1978 death of Keith Moon.  While many missed Moon's explosive and

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Record Store Day, The Who

In Memoriam: Jim Steinman (1947-2021)

April 21, 2021 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Jim Steinman Promo Photo

Turn around, bright eyes... Baby, we can talk all night, but that ain't getting us nowhere... You took the words right out of my mouth...Oh, it must have been while you were kissing me! I would do anything for love...but I won't do that. Rock and roll dreams came through time and time again for Jim Steinman (1947-2021).  This singular artist - a composer, lyricist, librettist, producer, musician, singer, and storyteller - merged rock with a powerful theatricality.  His songs for

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I'm So Glad: Cream's "The Goodbye Tour: Live at the Forum 1968" Arrives as 2-LP Set

April 20, 2021 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Cream LiveAtForum1968 sq 1

"Cream was a shambling circus of diverse personalities who happened to find that catalyst together...any one of us could have played unaccompanied for a good length of time. So you put the three of us together in front of an audience willing to dig it limitlessly, we could have gone on forever...And we did...just going for the moon every time we played." That's how Eric Clapton described his time in one of rock's first supergroups. And while Cream released four fine albums during their four

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 16

April 16, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Mary Wilson Expanded Edition

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Mary Wilson, Mary Wilson: Expanded Edition (Motown/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Just days before her sudden passing, Mary Wilson promised that her 1979 Motown solo debut would finally see reissue.  Universal Music and Wilson's estate have made good on that promise with this new digital release. Mary Wilson: Expanded Edition will include the original Mary Wilson album produced by Motown great Hal Davis; three single versions of the album's

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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, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Anais Reno, Anthony Perkins, Blossom Dearie, Cole Quest and the City Pickers, Donna Lewis, Elaine Stritch, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Freda Payne, Jean-Michel Damase, Jethro Tull, John Pizzarelli, Mary Wilson, Paul McCartney, Ricardo Silveira, Rodgers and Hart, Saigon Kick, Tom Petty

Sabotage: Super Deluxe Edition

April 15, 2021 By

Black Sabbath Sabotage

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / Rhino.com 4LP/7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / Rhino.com Rhino is expanding Black Sabbath's 1975 album Sabotage to 4CD and 4LP/7" proportions.  The upcoming Super Deluxe Edition boasts a remastered version of the original album plus a complete live show from Sabbath's 1975 tour.  The vinyl version only includes a bonus 7-inch single of the single edit of "Am I Going Insane (Radio)" b/w "Hole in the Sky,"

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1975-1978

April 15, 2021 By

Rod Stewart 1975 1978

A new vinyl box set collects remastered versions of Rod Stewart's breakthrough first four Warner Bros. albums - Atlantic Crossing (1975), A Night on the Town (1976), Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977), and Blondes Have More Fun (1978) - and adds the bonus LP Encores 1975-1978 featuring ten outtakes, five of which have never been released in any format.

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Everybody Cut Loose: Sony's RSD Line-Up Features Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Prince, Miles Davis, Kenny Loggins, More

April 15, 2021 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Bob Dylan Jokerman I and I

After last week's initial announcement, we'll be periodically continuing our look at the releases for the upcoming Record Store Day events on June 12 and July 17.  Today, we're focusing on our friends at Legacy Recordings.  The label has a robust slate for both Drops with many familiar faces including Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Kenny Loggins, Prince, Miles Davis, and the legendary artists and musicians of Philadelphia International Records.  Visit RecordStoreDay.com for a list of participating

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Dylan, Future, Jamiroquai, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Kenny Loggins, Miles Davis, Pearl Jam, Prince, Rage Against the Machine, Record Store Day, The Clash

Blondes Have More Fun: Rod Stewart's Early American Years Chronicled in Vinyl Box

April 15, 2021 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Rod Stewart 1975 1978

Some guys have all the luck: Rod Stewart is about to see his first four Warner Bros. Records albums collected on a new vinyl box set.  Stewart moved to the Burbank label with 1975's Atlantic Crossing, inaugurating his most commercially successful period.  Atlantic Crossing, A Night on the Town (1976), Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977), and Blondes Have More Fun (1978) took the Faces co-founder to new heights of superstardom, with each album earning platinum (or multi-platinum) certifications on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Booker T. & The MG's, Rod Stewart

The Man Who Sold The World [Picture Disc]

April 14, 2021 By

David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World Picture Disc

Parlophone reissues David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World (released 1970 in the U.S. and 1971 in the U.K.) as a 12-inch picture disc with its 1972 reissue artwork and a bonus poster.

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The Width of a Circle

April 14, 2021 By

David Bowie The Width of a Circle

Rhino continues the celebration of the 50th anniversary of David Bowie's 1970 classic The Man Who Sold the World with The Width of a Circle, a new 2-CD "companion" collection of related live tracks and singles (many previously unreleased) including the complete premiere of Bowie's music for the television drama The Looking Glass Murders (Pierrot in Turquoise) and two BBC sets.

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