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Release Round-Up: Week of November 23

November 23, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

The CHIC Organization 1977 1979

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! CHIC, The CHIC Organization 1977-1979 (Atlantic/Rhino) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new box set, available in 5-CD and 6-LP formats, brings together new Nile Rodgers Signature Edition remasters of CHIC's first three albums plus Sister Sledge's CHIC-produced We Are Family and a bonus disc of period single edits and 12-inch mixes.  The vinyl edition includes additional text

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: a-ha, CHIC, Chicago, David Bowie, Diana Krall, Lone Justice, Sonny and Cher, The Cars, Tina Turner

Walk Through The Sand: Morello Reissues Tanya Tucker's Columbia Albums On A 2-CD Set

November 21, 2018 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Tanya Tucker Delta Dawn Four Fer

Cherry Red's Morello imprint has been reissuing the discographies of country artists for years, and the label has recently taken a look at the beginning of country superstar Tanya Tucker's career.  The new 2-CD compilation collects all of the singer's four original 1970s studio albums for Columbia as she began her ascendancy to country royalty: Delta Dawn, What's Your Mama's Name, Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) and You Are So Beautiful. Tucker's debut recording on Columbia was

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country Tags: Tanya Tucker

A Lot More Action: Toby Keith Expands Debut Album For 25th Anniversary

November 19, 2018 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

Toby Keith Shoulda Been a Cowboy

Originally released in April of 1993, Toby Keith's self-titled debut introduced his unique, Oklahoma-raised country songcraft to the world. It contained four hit singles and has since been certified platinum. On November 30, Mercury Nashville/UMe will release an expanded 25th anniversary edition of the landmark album under a new name, Should've Been A Cowboy, in honor of Keith's debut single that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Country Charts. The title will arrive on CD, digital, and LP -- marking

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Toby Keith

Review: Golden Smog, "Down By the Old Mainstream" from Run Out Groove

November 13, 2018 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

Golden Smog Down by the Old Mainstream

What do you get when you bring together members of Wilco, Soul Asylum, and The Jayhawks and throw them into a remote recording studio in Minnesota wilderness? Well, as the Run Out Groove label proved with its LP reissue earlier this year, the result is one mighty down-home, fun album of country-rock grooves: Down By the Old Mainstream by '90s supergroup Golden Smog. While their lineup has been mercurial since they first got together in the late-'80s, the core lineup included Kraig Johnson of

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Country, Folk, Rock Tags: Golden Smog, Jeff Tweedy, Soul Asylum, The Jayhawks, Wilco

OUT TOMORROW! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Celebrate Christmas with Andre Kostelanetz, "Bonanza"

November 8, 2018 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Andre Kostelanetz Complete Christmas Albums

Tomorrow's the day for Second Disc Records' and Real Gone Music's Christmas bonanza - and this year, there's an actual Bonanza as part of our line-up!  We're getting into the spirit with not one, but two, festive titles.  First up is Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra's The Complete Christmas Albums, and Andre and co. will be joined by The Complete Christmas on the Ponderosa featuring Lorne Greene and the cast of television's Bonanza: Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts, and Dan Blocker! Almost

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classical/Opera, Country, Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Andre Kostelanetz, Lorne Greene, The Cast of Bonanza

Release Round-Up: Week of November 2

November 2, 2018 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Dylan More Blood More Tracks Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Melissa Manchester, Mathematics: The MCA Years (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music bring Melissa Manchester's 1985 MCA album to CD for the very first time in an expanded 2-CD deluxe edition!  Mathematics: The MCA Years features the original Mathematics (produced by George Duke, Brock Walsh and Robbie Nevil, Trevor Veitch and executive producer Quincy Jones!) on

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Eagles, John Klein, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Marianne Faithfull, Melissa Manchester, Metallica, Mott the Hoople, Paul Williams, Rod McKuen, Rosanne Cash, The McGuire Sisters

Rare Power: Legacy Announces Record Store Day Black Friday Slate with Hendrix, Byrds, Joan Jett, More

October 15, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Joan Jett Bad Reputation

Seven is Legacy Recordings' lucky number for this Black Friday's annual Record Store Day event.  On November 23, the label will release seven titles on limited edition vinyl in a variety of genres reflecting the diversity of the Sony vaults. The offerings are highlighted by an EP of mono mixes from Jimi Hendrix; the vinyl debut of the Legacy Edition of The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo, coinciding with Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman's current tour celebrating the album; and more vinyl

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Iggy and the Stooges, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Jett, Muddy Waters, Outkast, Rage Against the Machine, The Byrds

The Complete Christmas on the Ponderosa

October 11, 2018 By

Complete Christmas on the Ponderosa

Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are proud to ring in the holiday season with a true yuletide Bonanza.  The Complete Christmas on The Ponderosa brings together the newly-remastered 1963 album Christmas on The Ponderosa - featuring Lorne Greene (Ben Cartwright), Pernell Roberts (Adam Cartwright), Dan Blocker (Hoss Cartwright), and Michael Landon (Little Joe Cartwright) reprising their television roles for a merry family sing-along - plus the worldwide CD premiere of Lorne Greene's 1965

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Formats: CD Genre: Country, Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal

Glen Campbell Sings For The King

October 11, 2018 By

Glen Campbell Sings for The King

This new release premieres never-before-released recordings made by Campbell for his friend Presley.  These fully-produced demos were recorded by Campbell for the songwriting team of Ben Weisman and Sid Wayne.  The set also includes a posthumous duet with Elvis on "We Call On Him."  Glen Campbell Sings For The King will be released on CD, LP, digitally, and as a limited edition, 180-gram clear vinyl edition available exclusively at the artist's website.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop

Anyone Can Play: Capitol Serves Up 18 Unreleased Tracks on "Glen Campbell Sings For The King"

October 10, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Glen Campbell Sings for The King

This morning, Capitol Records and UMe announced a title that unites two late titans of song.  Glen Campbell Sings for The King arrives on November 16, premiering never-before-released recordings made by Campbell for his friend Presley.  It will be released on CD, LP, digitally, and as a limited edition, 180-gram clear vinyl edition available exclusively at the artist's website. Between 1964 and 1968, Glen was engaged by the songwriting team of Ben Weisman and Sid Wayne to record

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell

We Wish You a Merry Christmas: Andre Kostelanetz, "Bonanza" Releases Coming From Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music

October 5, 2018 By The Second Disc 13 Comments

Andre Kostelanetz Complete Christmas Albums

Every year, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records' bonanza of Christmas music is as sure a thing as Santa's coming down the chimney!  And this year, there's an actual Bonanza as part of our line-up!  On November 9, we're getting into the holiday spirit with two all-new collections.  First up is Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra's The Complete Christmas Albums, and Andre and co. will be joined by The Complete Christmas on the Ponderosa featuring Lorne Greene and the cast of television's

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classical/Opera, Country, Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Andre Kostelanetz, Lorne Greene, The Cast of Bonanza

Release Round-Up: Week of September 28

September 28, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Tom Petty An American Treasure cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Tom Petty, An American Treasure (Reprise) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.  / Amazon Canada  This career-spanning retrospective of rare and previously unreleased material from the late Tom Petty arrives on Reprise Records.  The aptly-titled An American Treasure will be the first posthumous collection of Petty material, and it should prove a vital

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Aretha Franklin, Cher, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther, Joe Strummer, Linda Thompson, Loretta Lynn, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart, Skip Spence, The Louvin Brothers, Tom Petty

Review: Willie Nelson, "My Way"

September 21, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Willie Nelson My Way

Last week, Willie Nelson made headlines when he announced that he would be playing a concert in support of Texas' Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Beto O'Rourke.  News outlets made much of the fact that some of the artist's conservative fans perceived a betrayal, but in truth, Nelson has always followed his heart and stayed true to his own convictions.  He shared that in common with the late Frank Sinatra, his friend and onetime duet partner.  The appropriately-titled My Way is a heartfelt

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of September 21

September 21, 2018 By Joe Marchese 18 Comments

Bobbie Gentry Girl from Chickasaw Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bobbie Gentry, The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters (UMC U.K.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The career of the enigmatic Bobbie Gentry is celebrated on a remarkable new box set.  The hotly-anticipated 8-CD collection The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters collects all seven of Gentry's 1967-1971 Capitol Records studio albums plus more than 75 previously unreleased recordings.  This

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bobbie Gentry, Electric Light Orchestra, Kenny Rogers, Prince, Ramones, The Chipmunks, The Isley Brothers, The MC5, The Soulful Strings

Where You Long To Be: Morello Releases Bobby Bare and Dottsy Album Collections

September 14, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Bobby Bare Travelin Bare Three Fer

Cherry Red imprint Morello focuses on country music reissues and we've covered them here in the past.  The label has been releasing compilations steadily and we thought we would tell you about some of their recent releases, focusing on albums from the 1960s and 1970s. First up is a collection of three albums from Nashville Sound stalwart Bobby Bare released on a 2-CD set.  The first two albums make their first appearance on CD outside of a Bear Family box set in 1994 and the third is

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country Tags: Bobby Bare, Dottsy

Release Round-Up: Week of September 14

September 14, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Doors Waiting for the Sun Deluxe

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Doors, Waiting for the Sun: 50th Anniversary Edition (Elektra/Rhino) (Amazon U.S./ Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Doors' Waiting for the Sun, featuring the hit "Hello, I Love You," is turning 50 with a new box set.  This 2-CD/1-LP box features Bruce Botnick's remastered version of the original stereo mix on both CD and 180-gram vinyl, plus a disc of 14 previously unreleased tracks including nine rough mixes and five live performances from

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Ann Wilson, Diana Krall, Jorge Santana, Loudon Wainwright III, The Doors, The Guess Who, Tony Bennett, Twisted Sister, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of August 31

August 31, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Chicago II Collectors Edition

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Band, Music from Big Pink [Various Formats] (Capitol/UMe, 2018) Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Pink Vinyl: uDiscoverMusic.com Just in time for its 50th anniversary, Capitol/UMe will reissue The Band's seminal exploration of Americana, Music from Big Pink, on CD, 2-LP vinyl, digital, and in a

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Categories: Release Round-Up Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Chicago, Depeche Mode, Nick Mason, Pet Shop Boys, Roger Miller, The Band

My Way

August 24, 2018 By

Willie Nelson My Way

Willie Nelson pays tribute to Frank Sinatra on this new 11-song collection featuring the timeless country troubadour's personalized takes on "Fly Me to the Moon," "It Was a Very Good Year," "Young at Heart," and the Paul Anka-co-written title track.  Available on CD, vinyl, and digital.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Popular Standards/Vocal

Review: Michael Nesmith and The First National Band Redux, "Live at The Troubadour"

August 22, 2018 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Michael Nesmith and First National Band Redux Live

Michael Nesmith always traveled to the beat of a different drum.  While serving as one-fourth of The Monkees, Nesmith was expanding his musical horizons beyond the group's infectious Brill Building pop stylings.  "I wanted beautiful music wherever I could find it," he writes in the liner notes to his new release on 7a Records.  "But if I wanted to sing it myself and write it myself, I had to have an understanding of what that music was, and how to get to it.  So, the first place I looked was in

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Christian Nesmith, Circe Link, Michael Nesmith, The Monkees

Release Round-Up: Week of August 17

August 17, 2018 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Neil Diamond Hot August Night 3

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Diamond, Hot August Night III (Capitol) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Neil Diamond's August 2012 concerts at Los Angeles' Greek Theater marking the 40th anniversary of the original Hot August Night are captured on this new live release which also follows 1987's Hot August Night II and 2009's Hot August Night/NYC (with

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Buck Owens, Donovan, Henry Mancini, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Leonard Bernstein, Neil Diamond, Prince

Wild Horses: Intervention Reissues The Flying Burrito Brothers' "Burrito Deluxe" On LP, Hybrid SACD

August 13, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Flying Burrito Brothers Burrito Deluxe

On the heels of recent releases including the first-ever SACD of Gene Clark's classic A&M album White Light, Intervention Records has turned its attention once more to a group of California legends with ties to The Byrds: The Flying Burrito Brothers.  Following its previous release of the Burritos' debut The Gilded Palace of Sin on both hybrid SACD and deluxe vinyl, Intervention will reissue the band's sophomore LP, Burrito Deluxe, in those formats.  The 180-gram vinyl LP will arrive by

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters

August 8, 2018 By

Bobbie Gentry Girl from Chickasaw County

The career of the enigmatic Bobbie Gentry is celebrated on a remarkable new box set.  The 8-CD collection The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters collects all seven of Gentry's 1967-1971 Capitol Records studio albums plus more than 75 previously unreleased recordings.  This treasure trove of lost material includes a completed "jazz" album, outtakes, demos, and other rarities including the live performances from her BBC show of 1968-1969.  (Some of these were issued on vinyl

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country, Pop

Give Me More, More, More: Bear Family Compiles The Ultimate Lefty Frizzell Box Set

August 6, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Lefty Frizzell An Article from Life

The venerable Bear Family label is no stranger to the music of William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (1928-1975), one of the most influential honky-tonk singers of all time.  The German reissue specialists first compiled the Lefty oeuvre in 1984 as a 14-LP box set, updating that in 1992 on 12 CDs.  Now, more than 25 years later, the Bears are returning to the Texas-born troubadour's career for the most comprehensive chronicle ever.  An Article from Life: The Complete Recordings is due in the U.S. on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country Tags: Lefty Frizzell

Another Sleepy Dusty Delta Day: Bobbie Gentry's Complete Capitol Masters Collected On New Box Set

July 31, 2018 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

Bobbie Gentry Girl from Chickasaw County

Why did Billie Joe McAllister jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge?  It's almost as big a mystery as why Bobbie Gentry vanished from view after 1981.  Happily, the enigmatic singer-songwriter left behind an enduring and diverse body of work which is now being celebrated on a comprehensive box set from Universal's U.K. arm.  On September 21, the 8-CD collection The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters will collect all seven of Gentry's 1967-1971 Capitol Records studio albums plus

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell, Kelly Gordon

Live at The Troubadour

July 16, 2018 By

Michael Nesmith and First National Band Redux Live

Mike Nesmith reformed his pioneering country-rock outfit The First National Band for five performances only at L.A.'s fabled Troubadour in January 2018; now, everybody who couldn't squeeze into the club will get a chance to hear what they missed.  Michael Nesmith and The First National Band Redux Live at the Troubadour is available on both single CD and double vinyl, with the vinyl edition boasting one bonus track ("Rio").  It's drawn from the band's performance at that Hollywood nightspot on

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop, Rock

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