Welcome to another Release Round-Up. Here's a look at what's coming out today, December 14! Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen on Broadway [2CD] (Columbia) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Springsteen on Broadway captures songs and selected stories from The Boss' acclaimed, Tony Award-winning engagement on the Great White Way. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Bob Ludwig, the album arrives one day before the closing show, and also just before it's broadcast in full on
Rhino Presents 150-Song Set of 2000s Hits, A Dozen Other Box Sets Also Available on Streaming
In their first-ever digital-only box set, the music lovers at Rhino have curated That's Aught: The '00s Pop Culture Box, a 150-song collection that celebrates the many sides of that decade of music. From pop and hip-hop, country, pop-punk, soul, dance, and underground music, the selections are as diverse as the decade was. The staff at Rhino have sequenced the selections in more-or-less chronological order, beginning with *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" before continuing on to iconic hits from music
Keep That Party Movin': Legacy Announces CD Reissues, Vinyl Debuts of Three '00s Prince Titles
In June, Legacy Recordings inked a historic deal with The Prince Estate that marked a new home for much of Prince's legendary music. In August, 23 titles from Prince's catalog were released on streaming platforms, along with a new compilation called Prince Anthology: 1995-2010. Today, The Prince Estate and Legacy Recordings have announced the first in a series of Prince album re-releases on CD and vinyl. It's all part of Legacy's ongoing, definitive catalog reissue campaign. The roll-out of
Release Round-Up: Week of December 7
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Wings, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Wild Life [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol) 3CD/DVD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Wild Life was the first Wings album but third overall by McCartney outside the shadow of his famous band. Paul and his wife Linda teamed up
My Love Is Too Much: Vanessa Daou's "Zipless" Coming to Vinyl
Time heralded it as exquisite, Slant Magazine called it one of the 100 Best Albums of the '90s, and even Alex Lifeson of Rush praised its cross-genre vibe. A touchstone of electronic music, Vanessa Daou's landmark album Zipless: Songs From the Works of Erica Jong will soon celebrate its 25th anniversary with a brand-new reissue. Set to be released this Friday, December 7, on Daou's DRKR Records, in association with KID Recordings, the campaign will mark the album's first time on
THE SECOND DISC'S 2018 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE IS HERE!
Another Cyber Monday is upon us, which means one thing at Second Disc HQ: it's time to launch our annual Holiday Gift Guide, featuring more than 50 essential selections for the music enthusiast in your life! We've filled the guide with box sets (such as the David Bowie title to your left!) as well as archival releases and holiday music favorites that will make great stocking stuffers. So just click here to access this year's top picks, reflecting the diversity of music released this year in
The Second Disc's Picks for Record Store Day Black Friday 2018
From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you've enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of beloved family and friends. Of course, from this day which conjures nostalgic and warm feelings comes a celebration of a different kind with this year's annual Black Friday shopping extravaganza - and Record Store Day's miniature cousin to April's yearly event. In keeping with TSD tradition, Joe, Randy, and Sam have elected our top picks of the numerous titles being released
Release Round-Up: Week of November 23
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
Only You: Yazoo Collect Albums, Remixes, Rare Live Material For Vinyl, CD Box
Though Yazoo - a.k.a. Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet - only released two studio albums, the synthpop duo's music remains beloved today. Indeed, the number of compilations of Yazoo's work has far exceeded the number of LPs in their discography. On October 26 in the U.K. (and this Friday in the U.S.), the small Yazoo catalogue was revisited and expanded once again with the release of Four Pieces: A Yazoo Compendium, a new 4-LP vinyl box set. A CD edition will follow this Friday in the U.K., and
Release Round-Up: Week of October 19
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Frank Sinatra, Sings for Only the Lonely: 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Capitol/FSE/UMe) 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada On Frank Sinatra's 1958 Capitol concept album masterwork, he sang for Only the Lonely. But now, 60 years on, that classic is being revisited for everyone in a new 2-CD anniversary edition. Frank Sinatra
Faster Than The Speeding Light: Rhino's Black Friday RSD Slate Features Madonna, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Todd Rundgren and More
As we continue to look at the offerings for this Black Friday Record Store Day on November 23, here is a peek at the twelve titles Rhino will be releasing. As always, these will be available exclusively at all finer independent music shops on Black Friday! The B-52's - Cosmic Thing The group's fifth album from 1989, featuring the hits "Love Shack" and "Roam." Limited edition of 4,500 copies on 140-gram rainbow colored vinyl. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Devo's debut album,
Everything Your Heart Desires: Legacy Unleashes Rare Hall & Oates Mixes To Digital Channels
Whoa-oh, here they come! On Friday, Legacy Recordings reissued a treasure trove of rare remixes from the enduring rock 'n' soul duo of Daryl Hall and John Oates onto all digital platforms, including two new collections and three EPs. Single Mixes scoops up 16 alternate versions of some of Hall and Oates' greatest hits, including the U.K.-only mix of the 1981 chart-topper "Private Eyes," the seven-inch remixes of "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (No. 1, 1981) and "One on One" (No. 7, 1983),
Release Round-Up: Week of September 28
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
Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah! Nile Rodgers Remasters CHIC Albums for New Box Set
Good times are on the way from the tight-knit musical unit that made everybody dance. On November 23, Atlantic Records and Rhino will celebrate the 40th anniversary of CHIC's chart-topping, record-breaking "Le Freak" with a new box set. The CHIC Organization 1977-1979 will arrive in 5-CD and 6-LP formats, bringing 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
Robinsongs Round-Up, Part Two: Spotlight on Bar-Kays, Lakeside, and Crown Heights Affair
We previously filled you in on Robinsongs' recent releases from The Whispers, Midnight Star, and Shalamar. Today, we're looking at the Cherry Red imprint's 2018 reissues dedicated to three more vintage R&B groups: The Bar-Kays, Crown Heights Affair, and Lakeside. As One/Nightcrusing/Propositions/Dangerous brings together The Bar-Kays' four Mercury Records albums originally released between 1980 and 1984 on a 2-CD set. The band had gotten its start at Stax Records and had just scored a
It Was A Gas: Numero Group Announces Major Blondie Campaign Including "Heart of Glass" EP and Complete Box Set
PRE-ORDER NOW FROM NUMERO GROUPThe Numero Group label is well-known for its deep dives into the musical underground. So it came as a bit of a shock today that the label's next release is celebrating a famous Number One single. On October 26, the label will release a 12-inch vinyl and digital EP featuring six versions of Blondie's 1979 chart-topper "Heart of Glass," the song which propelled Debbie Harry and co. into superstardom. But that's not all. This title will be followed in fall 2019 by
Release Round-Up: Week of August 24
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Linda Clifford, If My Friends Could See Me Now / Let Me Be Your Woman / Here's My Love / I'm Yours (Blixa Sounds) If My Friends Could See Me Now: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Let Me Be Your Woman: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Here's My Love: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada I'm Yours: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blixa Sounds reissues four albums (three new to CD) from seventies soul/disco
If They Could See Me Now: Blixa Sounds Reissues Four Albums From Linda Clifford
May 1978 was certainly Linda Clifford's month. The Chicago songstress had taken to the top of the Billboard Disco chart - and wasn't about to let it go for five consecutive weeks. The bold reinvention of Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields' Sweet Charity showstopper "If My Friends Could See Me Now" established Clifford in the top tier of disco superstars, and now Blixa Sounds is revisiting that golden era. On Friday, the label will reissue four of Clifford's albums for Curtis Mayfield's Curtom
Freak Out! Vintage-Style CHIC Mixes Shine On New Dimitri From Paris Set
In 2010, Dimitri from Paris was invited to remix a number of tracks from the venerable CHIC catalogue for The CHIC Organization Box Set. Vol. 1: Savoir Faire. The Turkish-born, French music producer and DJ's remixed takes on classics like "I Want Your Love," "I Feel Your Love Comin' On," Sister Sledge's "Thinking of You" and "Lost in Music," and Norma Jean Wright's "Saturday" were all released as digital singles. Now, those remixes and more have just been collected on a new set available on 2
Rhythm of Love: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Collect Marlena Shaw's Columbia Years
Throughout her career, Marlena Shaw has traversed the worlds of jazz, R&B, soul, pop, funk, and dance with equal aplomb. Following stints at Chess Records offshoot Cadet and the venerable Blue Note label, Shaw made her boldest bid for the mainstream at Columbia Records. Her time at the label has recently been rediscovered by Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint on the 2-CD set Go Away Little Boy: The Columbia Anthology. Shaw joined Columbia in 1977, remaining on the label for three
Just Can't Get Enough: Depeche Mode Initiate 12" Singles Box Set Series
Later this month, Depeche Mode will launch a series of box sets collecting the band's 12-inch singles. On August 31, the first two boxes, Speak & Spell and A Broken Frame, will be released. All audio in this series has been newly remastered from the original tapes and cut at Abbey Road Studios. The first box, Speak & Spell: The 12" Singles, collects all of the singles around the era of the British electronic band's 1981 debut Speak & Spell. It kicks off with a replica of the
Robinsongs Round-Up, Part One: SOLAR Spotlight on The Whispers, Shalamar, Midnight Star
Cherry Red's Robinsongs imprint continues to unleash classic funk and soul albums on CD in two, three, and four-for-one packages. The label has been reissuing classic albums from such marquee names as The Whispers, Shalamar, Midnight Star, The Bar-Kays, Lakeside, and Crown Heights Affair. Today's Part One looks at the new and upcoming releases from the first three of those groups! The Whispers' first three albums on Dick Griffey and Don Cornelius' Soul Train and SOLAR (Sound of Los Angeles
Modern Love: Bowie's 'Loving The Alien' Box Chronicles His Wild '80s
For David Bowie, the 1980s were years of tremendous ch-ch-changes, in which the stylistic chameleon went mainstream to great success, experienced some artistic disappointments, and solidified his place in the pantheon as a legend of rock. Now, this era is being looked back upon in the fourth annual volume of Parlophone's ongoing series of box sets dedicated to the late superstar. Loving the Alien (1983-1988) will arrive on October 12 in 11CD and 15LP vinyl configurations. This
Bet Your Lucky Star: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Anthologize the Best of Jean Carne
Cherry Red's SoulMusic imprint has recently continued its series of artist anthologies with a pair of double-disc sets from two great ladies of soul-jazz: Jean Carne and Marlena Shaw. Today, we're taking a look at Jean Carne's collection! Jean Carne (also known as Jean Carn, though we'll continue to use her preferred spelling with an "e") has recorded for a variety of labels in a 45-plus year career: first, as part of a soul-jazz duo with her then-husband Doug Carn at his Black Jazz Records,
A Red Letter Day: Pet Shop Boys' 'Further Listening' Series Completes With Remastering of Three Titles
Pet Shop Boys' remastered Catalogue: 1985-2012 series is drawing to a close on August 31 with the fourth and final round of albums. This batch includes Behaviour (1990); Very (1993); and Bilingual (1996). All three albums from Messrs. Tennant and Lowe have been newly remastered and will be accompanied by Further Listening discs of bonus tracks such as demos, extended mixes, and remixes. (Note that these three albums were released with the Further Listening discs in 2001, and those track
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