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After the Gold Rush: 50th Anniversary [Vinyl + 7" Edition]

December 9, 2020 By

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The 50th Anniversary Edition of Neil Young's classic album features new art based on Gary Burden's original album cover design.  The CD was released on December 11, 2020 while the vinyl edition will be presented in a box set with the LP and a bonus 7″ single in a newly designed picture sleeve due on March 19, 2021.  This set includes two different versions of the After the Gold Rush outtake "Wonderin'."  The A-side version was recorded in March 1970 in Topanga (previously heard on his Archives

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Classic Bad Brains Albums to Get Definitive Reissues in 2021

December 8, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Bad Brains

Legendary punk band Bad Brains will embark on a special "re-everything" of their seminal catalogue, having formed a new label to be distributed by Org Music. Founded in Washington, D.C. in 1977, the band initially known as Mind Power transitioned from jazz fusion to a fast-paced, rhythmic form of rock (known today as hardcore) along with elements of reggae and funk. Vocalist Paul "H.R." Hudson, his brother Earl on drums, guitarist Gary "Dr. Know" Miller and bassist Daryl Jenifer comprised the

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Funk, Reggae, Rock Tags: Bad Brains

Magical Mystery Tour: Little Steven's Liverpool Show Captured on "Macca to Mecca!" and Expanded "Soulfire Live!"

December 7, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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For most of us, 2021 can't come soon enough.  Little Steven Van Zandt is doing his part by injecting some Soulfire into the new year with a pair of releases due January 29.  On that date, Wicked Cool Records and UMe will release Macca to Mecca!, a live-in-Liverpool set, as a CD/DVD combo pack.  On the same date, Little Steven will also deliver an expanded edition of 2018's Soulfire Live! CD set which adds the audio of Macca to Mecca! as its fourth disc. In fall of 2017, Van Zandt and his band

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven, Paul McCartney, Steven Van Zandt

Release Round-Up: Week of December 4

December 4, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Cat Stevens, Mona Bone Jakon: 50th Anniversary Edition (A&M/UMe) 4-CD/Blu-ray/LP/12″ Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cat Stevens, a.k.a. Yusuf, revisits 1970's Mona Bone Jakon with a new, 50th anniversary edition available in a host of formats.  The 4-CD/Blu-ray/LP 50th anniversary

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Amy Winehouse, Bill Evans, Blackmore's Night, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Cat Stevens, Dave Brubeck, Little Richard, Monty Alexander, Peter Tork, Sonny Rollins, Spacehog, Steve Forbert, The Bangles, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Gun Club, The White Stripes

Snowblind: Black Sabbath's "Vol. 4" Goes Super Deluxe in February with Unreleased Studio, Live Material

December 2, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Black Sabbath Vol 4 Super Deluxe

Ozzy Osbourne hasn't been far from the news lately, appearing on the cover of GQ, sharing details of his ongoing struggle with Parkinson's disease, releasing the new album Ordinary Man, and appearing on various television projects. On February 12, 2021, however, Rhino will be looking back with Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward for a 4-CD or 5-LP celebration of their classic 1972 album: Black Sabbath Vol. 4. Now a platinum seller, Vol. 4 was the band's first self-produced LP

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne

THE SECOND DISC'S 2020 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE IS HERE!

November 30, 2020 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

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Another Cyber Monday is here, which means one thing at Second Disc HQ: it's time to launch our annual Holiday Gift Guide, featuring a few of our favorite things for the music enthusiast in your life.  Sure, we might not have included raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but we've filled the guide with more than 50 essential selections: box sets (such as the amazing Elton John title to your right!) as well as archival releases and Christmas music favorites that just might make great

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

Zappa: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

November 30, 2020 By

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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 have curated a soundtrack release for director Alex Winter's documentary film about the iconoclastic artist. The 68-track collection is available to stream and download now, while a 3-CD edition is coming on February 19, 2021 and a 5-LP set is due on May 7.  The latter will be released on 180-gram black

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

Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond

November 28, 2020 By

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Chris Hillman has one of the most impressive C.V.s in rock. The four-time Grammy nominee and inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Byrds not only blazed trails with that band but with The Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, and The Desert Rose Band.  Now, on the heels of a recent, well-received tour celebrating The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo as well as new and reissued solo works, Hillman has delivered an engrossing autobiography which

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Formats: Books Genre: Classic Rock, Country

Ready Steady Go! The Weekend Starts Here - The Definitive Story of the Show That Changed Pop TV

November 28, 2020 By

Ready Steady Go book

Want to impress the Anglophile pop lover in your life?  Drop this beautiful coffee table book under the Christmas tree, and that loved one won't be disappointed.  In this exquisite, LP-sized 268-page tome, author Andy Neill has explored every aspect of Ready Steady Go!, the famed British pop-rock show that aired on ITV Friday evenings in Great Britain between August 1963 and December 1966.  While RSG! only lasted a relatively short period of time, its impact on music television was tremendous. 

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Formats: Books Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Call Any Vegetable: Soundtrack to "Zappa" Documentary Includes Classics, Rarities, Unreleased Tracks, and Original Score

November 27, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Zappa OST

Today sees the streaming release of the documentary film Zappa from director (and Bill in the Bill & Ted series of films) Alex Winter.  Taking into account the many sides of the late, iconoclastic artist - from musician to activist, from boundary-breaking rock-and-roller to innovative composer - the movie has already received widespread acclaim.  Fully authorized by the Zappa Family Trust, Winter's portrait of the artist incorporates rare archival footage alongside interviews with key family

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, The GTOs, Yoko Ono

Behind That Locked Door: 50th Anniversary Celebrations for George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" Kick Off TODAY With Remixed Title Track, "My Sweet Lord" RSD Black Friday Release

November 27, 2020 By Sam Stone 13 Comments

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This morning, the estate of George Harrison has released a new 2020 remix of the artist's classic song, "All Things Must Pass."  Originally released 50 years ago today on the All Things Must Pass triple-album, it's now released as a digital single as "a prelude of what's to come." The new stereo mix has been undertaken by Paul Hicks, who's been involved with recent Beatles archival projects as well as the John Lennon Gimme Some Truth box set.  It arrives the same day as the reissued "My Sweet

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: George Harrison

The Second Disc's Guide To Record Store Day Black Friday 2020

November 27, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Today's Black Friday shopping will likely look a little different thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.  But one thing will remain the same: Record Store Day's yearly event.  It's been a packed year with RSD Drops in the months of August, September, and October.  Now, they're going out with a bang. Labels big and small will release limited-edition vinyl with the collector in mind. Whether you're after new music from legends, reissues of sought-after recordings, or unreleased rarities from the vault,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bill Evans, Blue Oyster Cult, Brian Wilson, Dave Brubeck, Fountains of Wayne, George Harrison, Herbie Hancock, Jewel, Jimi Hendrix, John Prine, Little Richard, Lou Reed, Nancy Sinatra, Record Store Day, Sonny Rollins, The Bangles, The Rolling Stones, U2, Van Dyke Parks, Vince Guaraldi, War

Skating on Thin Ice: Cherry Red, Esoteric Reissue Procol Harum's "Something Magic" in Expanded Edition

November 25, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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Procol Harum titled their 1977 album Something Magic, and indeed, magic was what the English band hoped for when they headed to Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida to record it.  Now, Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has revisited Something Magic as a 2-CD expanded edition with three bonus tracks and a BBC Radio One concert. After Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, producers of 1975's Procol's Ninth, were unavailable to reteam with the band, Procol turned to Criteria and in-house

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Procol Harum

Live '83

November 24, 2020 By

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Live '83 presents a treasured Blue Oyster Cult concert from Perkins Palace in Pasadena on CD for the first time ever following the gatefold, 2-LP edition on blue with black swirl vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday 2020. Originally recorded for radio broadcast, tapes of this show have circulated among fans for decades and have become a go-to for fans eager to show what makes the band a true rock powerhouse. Now fans can throw away their bootlegs as the show becomes available in a fully

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 5: Boston Music Hall 6/9/76

November 24, 2020 By

Grateful Dead Road Trips Volume 4 Number 5

Real Gone Music continues the long, strange trip with the release the 3-CD set Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 5 featuring the Grateful Dead's show at the Boston Music Hall on June 9, 1976. The long-out-of-print final entry in the Road Trips series spotlights one night of a four-night jaunt during the Dead's return to stage after a 20-month break. With rare material like "Franklin's Tower," "Crazy Fingers," and a lengthy "St. Stephen" this June 6, 1976 concert remains a fan favorite, and with good reason.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 4: Cal Expo '93

November 24, 2020 By

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Grateful Dead Road Trips, Vol. 2, No. 4: Cal Expo '93 features the band live at Cal Expo Amphitheatre at the State Fairgrounds in Sacramento.  The set features highlights from a three-night run in Sacramento in 1993 that is often regarded as a peak performance by that final lineup of the Grateful Dead. Previously only available to Deadheads through the band's online shop, the 2-CD set now makes its general retail debut for fans everywhere.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The First Generation 1965-1974

November 24, 2020 By

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Snapper Music celebrates blues great John Mayall with an expansive new box set.   The First Generation 1965-1974, a 35-CD collection boasts newly remastered editions of 24 albums - many supplemented with bonus tracks - plus a trio of CD singles and plenty of unreleased material.  Among that rare audio are 7 concert recordings recorded in Europe from 1967 to 1970 making their CD debut, as well as 28 unreleased tracks from the BBC archives.  The box set will also include a hardbound book with rare

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

Archives, Volume 2: 1973-1976

November 24, 2020 By

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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 those, 12 songs have never been released by Neil in any form before, a further 49 songs are presented in previously unheard versions. And though

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Celebration: The Complete Roulette Recordings 1966-1973

November 24, 2020 By

Tommy James and The Shondells Celebration

Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint brings together Tommy James and The Shondells' 1966-1973 recordings for Roulette Records (including James' solo Roulette LPs) on this 6-CD box set. The set features liner notes by Bob Fisher and mastering by Simon Murphy.

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

Review: Pink Floyd, "Delicate Sound of Thunder"

November 24, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Welcome to The Second Disc's first Holiday Gift Guide Review of the season!  Between now and Christmas, we'll be spotlighting various titles that just might make ideal holiday gifts for the music lovers in your life.  Watch this space for the upcoming launch of the full Holiday Gift Guide! Flying hospital beds, laser-eyed pigs, and fire.  No, it's not a sci-fi flick, it's Pink Floyd.  Long known for their spectacular blending of stage displays, props, and music, the band kicked it up a notch

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd

'60s ROCK, POP AND SOUL: New Treasury Collection DVD Set Offers Over 100 Favorites

November 23, 2020 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

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Earlier this year, The Second Disc shared news of Rock, Pop and Doo Wop, a 7-DVD collection from Treasury Collection and executive producer-director TJ Lubinsky.  Now, with the holidays upon us, a new set featuring dozens of classic hit-makers has just been released: '60s Rock, Pop and Soul. This 4-DVD package has been culled from two decades of Lubinsky's historic television concerts, with 130 hit songs from a "Who's Who" of legendary performers including Frankie Valli ("Can't Take My Eyes

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Aretha Franklin, B.J. Thomas, Ben E. King, Davy Jones, Four Tops, Frankie Valli, Glen Campbell, Jackie DeShannon, Jefferson Starship, Judy Collins, Lulu, Petula Clark, Ron Dante, The 5th Dimension, The Association, The Isley Brothers, The Zombies, Tommy James and The Shondells, Various Artists

Playing in the Band: Real Gone Music Announces "Blue Oyster Cult Live '83" CD and Grateful Dead "Road Trips" Reissues

November 23, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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If you're like us at The Second Disc, you're probably yearning for the day that live music is allowed again. Plans have shifted and events have been postponed in these past eight months of lockdown, but one thing remains the same: the thrill of a concert. Real Gone Music is allowing listeners to go back in time with two exciting live albums due January 8, 2021. There's a set from Blue Oyster Cult recorded in 1983 (previously announced as a Record Store Day Black Friday vinyl release, now coming

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Blue Oyster Cult, Grateful Dead

Review: "Rock and Roll School For Girls" Celebrates New Wave Pioneers The Catholic Girls

November 20, 2020 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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A lost album, an unexpected resurgence, and a new, lovingly crafted compilation that reveals all their talents.  Class is in session, and today's subject: The Catholic Girls. In the beginning of the '80s, The Catholic Girls cemented a place in rock history as one of the first all-female rock bands to land a major record deal. Comprised of principal songwriter Gail Petersen on guitar and vocals, Roxy Andersen on lead guitar, Joanne Holland on bass, and Doreen Holmes on drums, The Catholic

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Catholic Girls

Release Round-Up: Week of November 20

November 20, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Live in Maui (Experience Hendrix/Legacy) 2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings have a brand-new collection that celebrates The Jimi Hendrix Experience's near-mythic performances on Maui, Hawaii in 1970. Live In Maui brings together audio and video with a new feature-length documentary called Music,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Books, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Anne Murray, Annie Lennox, Chris Hillman, Chris Rea, Dave Mason, Derek and the Dominos, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Garth Brooks, Gavin DeGraw, Greg Lake, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jewel, Jimi Hendrix, John Fogerty, Mary J. Blige, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Catholic Girls

Spill The Wine: Rhino Reunites with Avenue Records, Announces Record Store Day Black Friday Reissue of WAR's "Greatest Hits"

November 16, 2020 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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After ten years away, Avenue Records has reunited with Rhino Entertainment, bringing recordings from WAR, Eric Burdon, Jimmy Witherspoon, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Redbone, Circle Jerks, Funkadelics, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, and more back to the imprint of Warner Music. Central to the new worldwide deal are WAR's complete master recordings dating back decades, beginning with the band's first album Eric Burdon Declares "WAR" - which introduced listeners to the band's irresistible blend

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: War

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