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Almost Famous: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Various Formats]

May 24, 2021 By

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5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD/7LP/1-7" Super Deluxe Edition and color variants: uDiscoverMusic.com Cameron Crowe is revisiting the soundtrack to his 2000 instant classic Almost Famous in near-complete form as a 5-CD or 6-LP set as well as in shorter highlights versions and a Super Deluxe box

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

Party Mambo! Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul Bring "Summer of Sorcery Live" to CD, LP, BD

May 24, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Little Steven Summer of Sorcery Live

Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul are once again conjuring a Summer of Sorcery.  On July 9, Wicked Cool Records and UMe will release Summer of Sorcery: Live at the Beacon Theatre from Van Zandt and his big band of musical wizards.  The concert, in support of the 2019 release of the Summer of Sorcery studio album, was recorded at the storied New York venue on November 6 of that year.  It will arrive in multiple audio and video formats: 3CD, 5LP, and Blu-ray. The band's entire 25-song

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven, Nils Lofgren, Peter Wolf, Steven Van Zandt

Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer: Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" Soundtrack Gets Mega-Expansion

May 21, 2021 By Joe Marchese 19 Comments

almost famous ost

Cameron Crowe, in association with Universal Music, has done the (near-) impossible.  On July 9, the writer-director will revisit the soundtrack to his 2000 instant classic Almost Famous in greatly expanded, near-complete form, including five - yes, five! - Led Zeppelin songs plus tracks by other typically difficult-to-license artists including Simon and Garfunkel, The Who, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, and Stevie Wonder.  That's not to mention new Rock and

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Cameron Crowe, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Steely Dan, Stillwater, The Allman Brothers Band, The Beach Boys, The Who, Todd Rundgren, Yes

Release Round-Up: Week of May 21

May 21, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Micky Dolenz Dolenz Sings Nesmith

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Micky Dolenz, Dolenz Sings Nesmith (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount) Micky Dolenz tackles more than a dozen compositions by his friend and longtime bandmate Michael Nesmith on this exciting new album available on CD and LP.  Micky is in top vocal form bringing his own energetic stamp to Nesmith's beguiling tunes.  Tracks include "Different Drum," "Circle Sky," "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care),"

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Chrissie Hynde, Doug Carn, Emmit Rhodes, Jean Carne, John Hiatt, Jon Allen, Lefty Frizzell, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Sara Bareilles, The Palace Guard, Violent Femmes

Short Takes: Acoustic Sounds Continues Verve, Impulse! Reissue Series; UMe Breaks Out Individual Traffic LPs from Box Set; Omnivore Collects Emitt Rhodes' The Palace Guard

May 20, 2021 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

The Palace Guard All Night Long

Impulse! Records' 60th anniversary celebration continues all year with Verve/UMe and Acoustic Sounds' ongoing series of deluxe audiophile reissues drawn from the label's storied catalogue.  The full 2021 slate of releases - 2-3 per month through December - has been announced.  It features some of the heaviest hitters from the Impulse! discography including Ray Charles, Gil Evans, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, and John Coltrane.  A number of titles from the Verve catalogue will also be reissued

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz Tags: Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Emitt Rhodes, John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Sonny Rollins, The Palace Guard, Traffic

All Excited: The Rubinoos Premiere 1976 Session on "The CBS Tapes"

May 19, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

The Rubinoos The CBS Tapes

Yep Roc Records has unearthed a piece of history from Berkeley, California's power-pop heroes The Rubinoos.  On November 3, 1976, co-founders Jon Rubin (vocals) and Tommy Dunbar (guitar) entered CBS Studios in San Francisco with drummer Donn Spindt and bassist Royse Ader to get a feel for the studio prior to the recording of their first album.  Now, that session is being released on June 25 as The CBS Tapes. Although they hadn't yet recorded their debut record for Berkeley indie label

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

A Bigger Bang: Live on Copacabana Beach

May 17, 2021 By

Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Live

DVD: The Rolling Stones UK Store Standard Definition BD: The Rolling Stones UK Store DVD+2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Standard Definition BD+2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD 2 Standard Definition BD+2CD Deluxe Edition: The Rolling Stones UK Store (*) 2DVD+2CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD (*) 3LP (Black Vinyl): The Rolling Stones UK Store 3LP (Blue, Yellow & Green Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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

State Theater, New Jersey, 2005

May 17, 2021 By

Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren Live

Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson's 2005 international tour featuring post-classical string quartet Ethel is brought to a 2CD/DVD set from Purple Pyramid collecting all three artists' sets plus the encore which brought them together.  Both Jackson and Rundgren performed solo for sets blending fan favorites with deeper cuts.  The show was recorded at New Brunswick, New Jersey's State Theatre on April 29, 2005.

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Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, Rock

Live Bullet

May 17, 2021 By

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2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Orange and Red Swirl Vinyl: uDiscovermusic.com / Bob Seger Online Store Bob Seger catapulted to national stardom in October 1976 with the multi-platinum LP Night Moves, after a string of regional hits in the Detroit area and throughout the Midwest.  Just before that commercial breakthrough, Seger and his Silver Bullet Band were captured in their live prime at Detroit's Cobo Hall for the 2-LP set Live Bullet. Now, the album is

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Singles (The UA Years +)

May 17, 2021 By

Dr Feelgood Singles

2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Recycled Vinyl: Rhino.com Dr. Feelgood's 1989 compendium Singles (The U.A. Years +), originally issued on United Artists' parent EMI label, is reissued on vinyl for the first time.  Rhino revisits the 26-song, 2-LP anthology (collecting the group's A-sides only) on standard black vinyl and limited-edition recycled vinyl made from the scraps of unused colored vinyl.  The latter format will be available exclusively through Rhino's

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Genre: Classic Rock

Milk and Alcohol (New Recipe): Rhino Reissues Dr. Feelgood's "Singles" On Vinyl

May 17, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Dr Feelgood Singles

Dr. Feelgood made their album debut early in 1975 with Down by the Jetty on the United Artists label. International audiences - not to mention artists including Paul Weller, Richard Hell, Blondie, and Ramones - took notice of the U.K. pub-rockers and lead guitarist Wilko Johnson.  The band remained on UA through 1980's A Case of the Shakes when the label was merged with the revived Liberty Records.  Now, the 1989 compendium Singles (The U.A. Years +), originally issued on the parent EMI label,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Dr. Feelgood

Lookin' Back: Capitol, UMe Reissue, Remaster Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band's "Live Bullet"

May 14, 2021 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

bob seger live bullet

Bob Seger catapulted to national stardom in October 1976 with the multi-platinum LP Night Moves, after a string of regional hits in the Detroit area and throughout the Midwest.  Just before that commercial breakthrough, Seger and his Silver Bullet Band were captured in their live prime at Detroit's Cobo Hall for the 2-LP set Live Bullet. Now, the album is returning to its original vinyl format to mark its 45th anniversary.  The new reissue, remastered by Robert Vosgien, will arrive on June 11

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bob Seger

Release Round-Up: Week of May 14

May 14, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

CSNY Deja Vu

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Déjà Vu: Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino) 4CD/1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: CSNY50.com / Rhino.com Rhino revisits Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's landmark 1970 release as a deluxe 4CD/1LP set featuring a remastered version of the original album plus 28 previously unreleased demos, outtakes, and alternate takes.  It's all topped off with an essay from Cameron Crowe.  In addition to the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop Tags: Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Grateful Dead, Lulu, Paul McCartney, Steve Goodman, Steve Miller Band, The Go-Go's

Rhythm of the New-Born Day: Cherry Red Revisits, Expands Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat"

May 13, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Al Stewart Year of the Cat

Surely one of the most unlikely hits of 1976-77 was Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat."  An atmospheric tale of romance in a faraway place with Casablanca name-checks of Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre, the song propelled the British singer-songwriter to the top of the pops: No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and even higher, No. 4, in Cash Box) and No. 8 AC as well as No. 31 in the U.K., his only chart appearance there.  Following its expanded reissue late last year of Stewart's 24 Carrots, Cherry

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Al Stewart

Be My Number Two: Todd Rundgren, Joe Jackson Tour Comes to CD, DVD

May 12, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren Live

Joe Jackson and new 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Todd Rundgren's paths first crossed professionally on April 24, 2004 at the small Joe's Pub, tucked inside the Public Theater in New York City.  That evening, Rundgren celebrated 15 years of his musical Up Against It by recreating the show in concert at its original home of the Public to benefit the theatre.  Jackson sang the role of Father Brodie, and he and Rundgren hit it off so well that they decided to continue their

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop Tags: Ethel, Joe Jackson, Todd Rundgren

Still Wish You Were Here: A Tribute to Pink Floyd

May 12, 2021 By

Still Wish You Were Here

Cleopatra Records delivers a tribute to Pink Floyd's 1975 classic Wish You Were Here with a line-up of musicians including Todd Rundgren, Ian Paice, Joe Satriani, and Rick Wakeman.  Available on CD and vinyl.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Rough Justice: Rolling Stones Revisit "A Bigger Bang" Rio Concert for CD, LP, DVD, BD

May 11, 2021 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Live

The Rolling Stones' first studio album of the new millennium, 2005's A Bigger Bang, made its mark around the world.  It charted in the top five in almost two dozen countries and earned Platinum or Gold certifications in the U.S., U.K., and other international territories.  Messrs. Jagger, Richards, Watts, and Wood supported the album with A Bigger Bang, the tour, between 2005-2007 - and it became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time (until U2 usurped its crown).  On February 8, 2006,

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

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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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

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

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