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What's Your Take On It? Paul McCartney Announces Remix and Covers Album "McCartney III-Imagined"

March 12, 2021 By Sam Stone 11 Comments

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On Thursday, Paul McCartney announced a new project called McCartney III-Imagined, an aptly titled collection of covers, reworkings, and remixes of his last studio album, McCartney III.  It's due for digital release on April 16, with CD configurations and an array of 2-LP vinyl pressings set to arrive on July 23.  The collection was curated by Macca and features contributions from Beck (who's featured on a reworking of "Find My Way"), Anderson .Paak (offering a remix of "When Winter Comes"),

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: 3D RDN, Anderson .Paak, Beck, Blood Orange, Damon Albarn, Dominic Fike, EOB, Idris Elba, Josh Homme, Khruangbin, Paul McCartney, Phoebe Bridgers, St. Vincent

Reach for the Secret: Pink Floyd's "Live At Knebworth 1990" Performance Sees Stand-alone Release on CD, Vinyl, Digital

March 10, 2021 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Last year, Pink Floyd released a re-edited version of Delicate Sound of Thunder, the first breakout release from the expansive box set The Later Years: 1987-2019. The celebration of the David Gilmour-led lineup continues on April 30 with Live at Knebworth 1990, which will be released on CD, 2-LP, and through digital platforms wherever music is enjoyed. The Knebworth Festival took place June 30, 1990 with a bill that featured Paul McCartney, Cliff Richard, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Elton

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd

Second Chance: Cherry Red, Lemon Collect Bon Scott's Fraternity on "Seasons of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974"

March 10, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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Before achieving international fame as the high-powered vocalist of AC/DC, Bon Scott earned his bona fides in his native Australia - first with The Valentines and then with Fraternity.  A few years back, Cherry Red's RPM imprint traced Scott's journey with the pop-oriented Valentines.  Now, the Lemon imprint has collected his work with Fraternity in a new 3-CD box set Season of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974 which includes an entire disc of never-before-released

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bon Scott, Fraternity

Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings

March 9, 2021 By

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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 unreleased in any physical format.  These songs were originally released to digital platforms in 2018 as bonus tracks to Nesmith's RCA six albums - solo and with The First and Second National Bands.  Over the course

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop

Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Premiere Michael Nesmith's "Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings" on CD in April

March 9, 2021 By The Second Disc 28 Comments

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The Second Disc is proud to announce 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 autobiography Infinite Tuesday,

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

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: The Ultimate Collection

March 6, 2021 By

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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 Blu-ray, or 11 hours of music, all completely remixed from the original multitracks.  (The

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions)

March 6, 2021 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Tom Petty Online Store / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP gold: Tom Petty Online Store / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP black: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Tom Petty Online Store / Your Local Record Shop Warner Records is breaking out one disc of the super-deluxe version of Tom Petty's 2020 Finding Wildflowers box for this standalone release.  Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) features 16 songs from the Wildflowers sessions. 

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

It's Good To Be King: Tom Petty Rarities Get Standalone Release on "Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions)" Due April 16

March 5, 2021 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

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Tom Petty's 1994 solo album Wildflowers yielded the instant classics "You Don't Know How It Feels," "You Wreck Me," and of course the enduring title track. But there was much more material from those sessions which ultimately sat on the shelves until last year's excellent Wildflowers & All The Rest box set. The highlight of the super-deluxe, most expensive configuration of the box set was Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions). The 16-song collection will now see a stand-alone release on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Tom Petty

Release Round-Up: Week of March 5

March 5, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, Archives Vol. 2: 1973-1976 (Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Neil Young's second Archives box set arrives in a wide commercial release, dropping the oversized packaging and expansive book in favor of a slimmer package.  The 10-CD box is sequenced chronologically to spotlight the astonishingly prolific period lovingly referred to as the Ditch Years. The box contains 131 tracks from Neil's personal archive. Of

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Aretha Franklin, Be-Bop Deluxe, Black Sabbath, Frank Zappa, Japan, Neil Young, Rebecca Luker, Sally Wilfert

BREAKING: Record Store Day Announces RSD Drops

March 4, 2021 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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For over a year, folks who rely on music to enrich and sustain their life have seen their "normal" change dramatically due to COVID-19. As the effects of pandemic continue to ripple through every part of the industry, the Record Store Day organization has announced that rather than hold one event this year, there will be two RSD Drops, set to take place on June 12 and July 17 at participating stores worldwide.  It has been decided that this is the best move for customer safety and for the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Record Store Day, Richard Hell, The Who, Thelonious Monk

I Found Out: John and Yoko's "Plastic Ono Band" Box Due in April

March 4, 2021 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

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The July 1969 single release of John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" marked the first time that the name of the Plastic Ono Band appeared on a record label.  Lennon and his new wife Yoko Ono - they'd married in March - resolved to use the flexible band handle for whichever group happened to be playing with them; the onstage document Live Peace in Toronto 1969 was credited to the band, as was the harrowing single "Cold Turkey."  "Instant Karma!" modified the name slightly to "John Lennon and Yoko

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: John Lennon, Yoko Ono

Toronto Rock and Roll Revival 1969

February 27, 2021 By

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Sunset Blvd. Records brings listeners back to September 13, 1969 at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium when Chuck Berry took the stage for an electrifying set.  The label promises that this release is the first time the concert has been presented in its entirety as mastered from the original analog tapes.  The show features an introduction by Kim Fowley and such Berry staples as "Sweet Little Sixteen," "Rock and Roll Music," "Johnny B. Goode," "Carol," "Promised Land," and "My

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

The Weekend Stream: February 27, 2021

February 27, 2021 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

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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're introducing 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! Cheap Trick, Out to Get

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Cheap Trick, Donny Hathaway, Ne-Yo, The Lennon Sisters

The Who Sell Out [Various Formats]

February 26, 2021 By

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5-CD/2x7" box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP (stereo): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP (mono): The Who Online Shop​ The Who revisit 1967's Sell Out in a variety of editions including a massive 5-CD/2x7" box set featuring the original mono and stereo album mixes, bonus tracks in mono and stereo, demos, alternates and outtakes, and a

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

Zappa [DVD and Blu-ray]

February 26, 2021 By

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Director Alex Winter's 2020 documentary about the life and career of Frank Zappa comes to DVD and Blu-ray from Magnolia Home Entertainment.  Available March 2 in both formats.

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

I Can See For Miles: The Who Announce Rarities-Filled Deluxe Reissue of "The Who Sell Out" Due April 23

February 26, 2021 By Sam Stone 14 Comments

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If you're troubled and you can't relax, close your eyes and think on this... So begins "Armenia City in the Sky," the first track on The Who Sell Out.  Originally released in December 1967, the album reflects not only the hippie counterculture, but also the maturing of rock music as an art form.  Here, The Who go between psych-rock, pop, childlike ditties, jazzy ballads, and even a rock opera - not to mention the breakthrough hit "I Can See For Miles".  It's tied together (rather loosely)

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Who

Release Round-Up: Week of February 26

February 26, 2021 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan, 1970 (Columbia/Legacy)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In recent years, Bob Dylan's annual copyright-extension collections have become highly sought-after collectors' items and fodder for bootleggers everywhere.  Happily, Legacy Recordings has opted to give a wide release to Dylan's 1970 set, largely drawn from the Self Portrait sessions and featuring his loose jams with George Harrison.  This 3-CD set features 74

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Tyler, Gene Russell, Henry Franklin, Joseph Williams, Josh Groban, Neil Young, Nicolas King, Richard Pryor, Sivuca, Steve Lukather, Strawbs, The Black Crowes, Toe Fat, Willie Nelson

Bad Side of the Moon: Cherry Red, Esoteric Reissue Toe Fat's Complete Rare Earth/EMI Recordings

February 25, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Motown's Rare Earth imprint intended to bring the sound of rock to the home of The Supremes, The Miracles, Martha and The Vandellas, The Temptations, and Four Tops.  The imprint was named after a white rock band from Detroit and its artists were both home-grown and licensed from other parties.  In the latter category was Toe Fat, a U.K. psych-rock band built around the talents of Cliff Bennett, formerly of the beat group Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers.  Both of Toe Fat's albums - issued on

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bee Gees, Elton John, Jethro Tull, Toe Fat, Uriah Heep

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: David Bowie's 'Brilliant Live Adventures' Series Continues with 'Live Paris 99'

February 24, 2021 By The Second Disc 15 Comments

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This morning, Parlophone announced the fifth - and next-to-last - volume of David Bowie's D.I.Y. box set Brilliant Live Adventures.  The new Something in the Air (Live Paris 99)  was first released as a digital-only title last summer, and now makes its debut on CD and vinyl. Something in the Air (Live Paris 99)  includes all 15 songs performed by Bowie and his band at the Elysée Montmartre on October 14, 1999. Earlier in the day, he was awarded the Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Release Round-Up: Week of February 19

February 19, 2021 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Zappa: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Zappa Records/UMe) 3CD/Digital: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP/Digital Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UMe and Zappa Records offer a soundtrack release for director Alex Winter's documentary film about the iconoclastic artist. The 68-track collection is out today on CD and has been available digitally, while the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Harry Nilsson, Kris Kristofferson, Morrissey, Whitesnake

Review: Elvis Costello and The Attractions, "Armed Forces: Super Deluxe Edition"

February 18, 2021 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

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"Hey Clockface, keep those fingers on the dial," Elvis Costello implored on the jaunty, jazz-flavored title track of his 2020 album.  "You said you'd be a friend to me, but time is just my enemy and it is hurting me so..."  Despite his pleas, time has been rather good to Costello's artistry.  Though initially branded an "angry young man" - and indeed, he channeled the punk zeitgeist early on with his fast and furious compositions - Costello has been able to travel wherever his muse takes him. 

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions

A (A La Mode): The 40th Anniversary Edition

February 17, 2021 By

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Rhino and Chrysalis continue the ongoing Jethro Tull reissue series with A (A La Mode): The 40th Anniversary Edition, a 3-CD/3-DVD set featuring new stereo and surround versions of the 1980 album, bonus tracks, a 2-CD live show, and original Slipstream video - all newly remixed by Steven Wilson.

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Batteries Not Included: Rhino, Chrysalis Reissue Jethro Tull's "A" in 40th Anniversary Box

February 17, 2021 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

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1979's Stormwatch could have been the final Jethro Tull record.  The culmination of the band's "folk-rock trilogy" that began with Songs from the Wood in 1977, Stormwatch was the final album to feature Tull's classic line-up.  Barriemore Barlow, John Evan, and Dee Palmer all departed the group after the April 1980 conclusion of the Stormwatch tour, and John Glascock died during the tour.  With the band seemingly dissolved, Ian regrouped with guitarist Martin Barre to record a solo album.  But

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Assembly

February 15, 2021 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Limited Red Vinyl: Joe Strummer Shop The late George Harrison's Dark Horse label (now under the stewardship of Dhani Harrison and David Zonshine) relaunches with the release of Assembly from The Clash's late frontman Joe Strummer (1952-2002).  The newly-curated collection will be available on gatefold double-vinyl (in standard black and limited-edition red) as well as CD and

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Short Takes: Live Albums Coming from The Allman Brothers Band, New Order

February 15, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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The Allman Brothers Band Recording Company has announced a new addition to its live concert series.  Recorded on September 28, 1971 at the Austin Municipal Auditorium in Austin, TX, Down in Texas '71 is available now for pre-order exclusively through Merch Mountain. Beginning March 26 (the anniversary of the band's formation), it will be available only at Macon, GA's Big House museum gift shop and online store, and as a digital release. Down in Texas '71 captures the Allman Brothers Band -

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: New Order, The Allman Brothers Band

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