More than 40 years after it was recorded, legendary pub rock outfit Brinsley Schwarz's final studio album It's All Over Now is finally hitting record stores in the spring. The venerable London quintet, comprised of Nick Lowe (vocals/bass), Ian Gomm (vocals/guitar), Brinsley Schwarz (guitar), Bob Andrews (keyboards) and Billy Rankin (drums), had endured their share of trials and tribulations throughout the 1970s. A disastrous pre-release publicity campaign in America, ending with a disastrous
Got Love If You Want It: More Record Store Day 2017 Essentials
Record Store Day's 10th anniversary couldn't be anything less than big. And with articles devoted to April 22's RSD releases from David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Omnivore Recordings, Legacy Recordings, Prince, Warner Music Group and Real Gone Music, you might wonder what there's left to say before the big day. But you'd be wrong! We've scoured the list to find another 23 must-have titles hitting the vinyl racks at fine independent music stores next month. Which of these favorites are on
Review: Pink Floyd, "1970 DEVI/ATION"
For some fans, Pink Floyd begins with Dark Side of the Moon, the band's 1973 opus. But in reality, that classic was the culmination of roughly eight years of musical experimentation. Last year's massive box set The Early Years traced the evolution of the Floyd up through DSOTM through CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, vinyl singles, and printed memorabilia reproductions. Now, Pink Floyd Records and Sony have released six of that giant collection's seven components into individual book-style releases (one
Release Round-Up: Week of March 24
Welcome to this week's packed Release Round-Up, featuring hotly-anticipated box sets, an extensive campaign from an iconoclastic artist, and much, much more! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Flowers in the Dirt (Capitol/MPL) DELUXE EDITION (3CD/1DVD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) SPECIAL EDITION (2CD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) VINYL (2LP) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Paul McCartney reassesses his 1989 album
Feelin' Good: Real Gone's Record Store Day 2017 Offerings Feature Cheap Trick and The Meters
We've been taking you through many of the releases to come for this year's 10th anniversary Record Store Day on April 22, and now it is time to turn our attention to the offerings from Real Gone Music who will be releasing two titles for the event. (Just click on the "Record Store Day" tag below to access all of this year's RSD coverage!) Both of these are limited edition vinyl versions of previous Real Gone CD favorites - and one has a very special "golden ticket" incentive! Cheap Trick -
Warner Music Plans Record Store Day Bonanza
Record Store Day has been an institution for a decade now, so leave it to this year's 10th anniversary event to be one of the biggest! We've already shone the spotlight on releases by David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Prince, Omnivore Recordings and Legacy Recordings; now, it's time to take a look at Warner Music's incredibly generous lineup. Over 30 titles will be featured from the label group at independent record stores on Saturday, April 22. There's really something for everyone: vintage 12"
All Together Now: Springsteen, Hendrix, Nilsson, Mathis, Cash Headline Legacy's Record Store Day Slate
Record Store Day is turning 10 years old on Saturday, April 22, and Legacy Recordings isn't one to miss out on the fun! The Legacy team has unveiled more than 20 exclusive releases on 7- and 12-inch vinyl that will be available at your local independent record retailer. Many of the label's heaviest hitters and longtime favorites are represented here - including Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Mathis, Ben Folds, Santana, and The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson. Legacy is also
Thank You Friends: Omnivore Unveils Record Store Day Slate with Big Star, NRBQ, Art Pepper
This morning, Omnivore Recordings announced its Record Store Day slate, boasting a trio of limited edition vinyl editions from Big Star, NRBQ and the Art Pepper Quartet. These will be available at your favorite local independent record store on Saturday, April 22 as part of this year's RSD festivities. The 1957 album The Art Pepper Quartet, featuring alto saxophonist Pepper, bassist Ben Tucker, pianist Russ Freeman and drummer Gary Frommer, marks its 60th anniversary this year. Omnivore
Pink Floyd Goes Into "Interstellar Overdrive" On Record Store Day
On Record Store Day - Saturday, April 22 - Pink Floyd will unveil a new 12-inch single featuring a previously unreleased 1966 instrumental recording. The mono single of "Interstellar Overdrive" will be a one-sided 12-inch, 180-gram black vinyl release, and will play at 33 1/3 RPM. The single will be packaged with a fold-out poster and an A6 postcard featuring an image of the band taken during the recording of the debut single "Arnold Layne." Written and performed by Syd Barrett, Roger
In Memoriam: Chuck Berry (1926-2017)
Though Chuck Berry passed away yesterday at the age of 90, his "rock and roll music" will never die, any old way you choose it. Berry was among the vanguard of artists who transformed rhythm and blues into rock and roll with such landmark recordings as "Maybellene," "Johnny B. Goode," "Roll Over Beethoven," and yes, "Rock and Roll Music", and in doing so, inspired The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and just about every kid who ever dreamed of picking up a guitar and making a
Review: The Creation, "Action Painting"
With the release of the double-disc anthology Action Painting, Chicago's Numero Group has provided the most lavish collection yet for the little-known sixties British rockers The Creation. Surely this set will go a long way in cementing the legacy of the group. Though The Creation left behind roughly a couple dozen core songs - expanded to 46 tracks for this collection, via various mixes, alternates, backing tracks, and recordings by early outfit The Mark Four - the band epitomized the hard
Release Round-Up: Week of March 17
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Zombies, Odessey and Oracle: 50th Anniversary Edition (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) It's the time of the season! Varese has a new edition of The Zombies' 1968 classic, freshly remastered at d2 Mastering and with seven bonus tracks as well as new liner notes by co-producer Andrew Sandoval and rare photographs. The bonuses comprise the mono mix of "I'll Call You Mine" and "I Want Her She Wants Me;" alternate
This Is All Right: Real Gone's Late April Slate Includes Cheap Trick, Girl Groups and Marc Jonson
We recently told you about Real Gone Music's April line-up. Typically, the label only has one round of releases in a month, but in April, you'll getting more as the label just announced some more titles to come out later in the month following the April 7 releases from B.J. Thomas, David Allan Coe, Jack Kerouac, and others. (Read all about those here!) First up is a collection of rarities from one of the biggest bands of the 1970s and 1980s and recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees:
Bach Onto This: Deep Purple Founder Jon Lord's "Before I Forget" Reissued by Cherry Red
"Jon Lord and Whitesnake fans must occasionally want to be introspective," reckoned Deep Purple and Whitesnake founding member Jon Lord, "and I'd rather they did so with my music than Barry Manilow's." Lord was explaining the impetus for his third solo album, 1982's Before I Forget. Cherry Red and Purple Records have recently reissued the composer-producer-keyboardist's Before I Forget on CD in an expanded edition bringing together bonus tracks included on the 1999 and 2012 editions. For
Release Round-Up: Week of March 10
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elliott Smith, Either/Or: Expanded Edition (Kill Rock Stars) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Kill Rock Stars label has a new remastered, expanded reissue of Elliott Smith's 1997 Either/Or on 2 CDs or 2 LPs. The bonus material includes five live tracks, the unreleased tune "I Figured You Out," a new mix of B-side "I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out," and alternate
Luminous Times: U2 Expand "The Joshua Tree" for 30th Anniversary
For the first time ever, U2 are taking a year to look back. The summer will see them tour North America and Europe to mark 30 years of their bestselling album The Joshua Tree--and today, on the exact anniversary of its release, the group has announced a new super deluxe edition of the album for release in June. The Joshua Tree found the band on the precipice of earning the mantle of biggest rock band in the world--Europe had been conquered not long after a definitive performance at London's
Fab Gear: RPM Premieres Mortimer's Lost Apple Records Album
Another missing piece of the Apple Records puzzle has just emerged thanks to Cherry Red's RPM Records label. Between February and April 1969, the New York band Mortimer worked with producer Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt) at London's Trident Studios to craft an LP for The Beatles' Apple Records label. The Fabs' imprimatur was firmly in place: John Lennon had passed their music onto Apple, George Harrison had encouraged their signing, and Paul McCartney had given
Thank You Friends: New Big Star Tribute Set, Compilation Coming in April
If you do as Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg says and "never travel far without a little Big Star," some new products related to the legendarily underrated Memphis rockers may find a place on your shelves. Concord Bicycle Music recently announced the springtime release of Thank You, Friends: Big Star's Third Live...and More. This exciting set pays tribute to the legendary power pop band's "lost" third album, recorded in 1974 but shelved until 1978, after the band broke up. In 2010,
Let The Good Times Roll: Edsel Releases Final Box Set From Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
Edsel has continued its ongoing Bill Wyman Recording Archive series with a fourth and final volume dedicated to the classic Rolling Stones bassist's Rhythm Kings. The Kings of Rhythm Volume Four: Race with the Devil is a 3-DVD/1-CD set preserving live performances from Wyman's spirited band of Rhythm Kings as recorded between 1999 and 2004. Two of these concerts are previously unreleased. With the Rhythm Kings, Wyman tapped into his own blues and rock-and-roll roots and proved the endurance
Release Round-Up: Week of March 3
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Ann-Margret, The Definitive Collection (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone has a new compilation from the one and only Ann-Margret. The Definitive Collection features 30 of the flame-haired singer/actress's songs from her 1961-1966 tenure on RCA Records and includes standards, pop, soundtrack recordings and collaborations with Al Hirt and Elvis Presley! This title was previously issued as a digital-only entry in
One Shot Deal: Over 20 Frank Zappa Titles Arrive On CD in March
March 24 might as well be declared Frank Zappa Day. On that date, retailers are reporting that Zappa Records and UMe will unveil CD reissues of more than twenty Zappa titles from his storied discography. These posthumous releases from the late composer-bandleader (1940-1993) were previously available as limited edition mail order/online exclusives from Vaulternative and Zappa Records between 1994 and 2015, and drew upon his vast archive of previously unheard material from both the studio and
Different Drum: Michael Nesmith's "Infinite Tuesday" Offers Soundtrack to His Autobiography
On April 18, Crown Archetype will release Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff, the long-awaited memoir by Michael Nesmith. The book chronicles Papa Nez's life from his childhood days in Dallas, Texas through his success with The Monkees, groundbreaking work in music video and virtual reality, and beyond. Four days before the book's release, however, Rhino Records will issue a companion CD tracing Nesmith's musical evolution. The April 14 release of Infinite Tuesday: Autobiographical
"Tomorrow's" Here! New Reissue Shines Light on The Modulators
When news came through that Brooklyn label Manufactured Recordings was reissuing Tomorrow's Coming, the sole full-length LP by cult power-pop group The Modulators, we at Second Disc HQ knew we couldn't just do an ordinary news post. It's not just the music--although the music, a sugary-sweet blend of Raspberries-esque dream pop and Marshall Crenshaw-ian jangle-crunch, is thoroughly worth your time. Ultimately, our interest is piqued by the original label that released Tomorrow's Coming:
Release Round-Up: Week of February 24
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! George Harrison, The Vinyl Collection (Apple/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) George Harrison - The Vinyl Collection includes newly-remastered editions of 13 albums, from Wonderwall Music (1968) to the posthumously released Brainwashed (2002). Each album has been remastered at Capitol Studios from the original tapes and pressed onto 180-gram vinyl. The albums are all packaged in replica sleeves, and the entire set comes in one
Hot Burrito No. 2: Intervention Reissues Flying Burrito Brothers' "Gilded Palace of Sin" On Vinyl and SACD
Intervention Records will soon be giving the deluxe audiophile treatment on both hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players) and 180-gram vinyl LP to a bona fide country-rock classic. The Flying Burrito Brothers' 1969 A&M Records release The Gilded Palace of Sin remains a landmark album, fusing genres to create something wholly new - "Cosmic American Music," as Gram Parsons memorably named it. It will arrive on LP in May and later in the year on SACD. Though the group's original
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