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Release Round-Up: Week of October 20

October 20, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles being released today as we inch closer to the holiday shopping season! As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Nancy Sinatra, Keep Walkin’: Singles, Demos, and Rarities (1965-1978) (Light in the Attic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Black 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Zodiac Blue 2LP: Nancy’s Bootique Highway Song Yellow 2LP: Nancy’s Bootique “Sugar Me” Pink Splatter 2LP: Spotify Abridged 4-Track Tape: Nancy’s Bootique Abridged 8-Track Tape: Nancy’s Bootique Following the release of the anthology Start Walkin’ 1965-1976 and expanded editions of Boots, Nancy and Lee,…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Gospel, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alan Silvestri, Amy Grant, B.J. Thomas, Bob Dylan, CHVRCHES, Carla Olson, Cher, David Bowie, Devo, Goo Goo Dolls, Nancy Sinatra, Richard Hawley, Salt-N-Pepa, The Mojo Men, The Rolling Stones, Tim Easton, Tony Visconti, Vince Guaraldi

Christmas Collection

September 20, 2023 by Joe Marchese

Even as they’ve announced a farewell tour and a slowing-down of activities, The Oak Ridge Boys have prepared a new title to share the joy of the season. Christmas Collection, coinciding with the group’s annual holiday concerts, features a baker’s dozen of classic songs which appear to have been drawn from the Oaks’ past Gaither releases including 2012’s Christmas Time’s A-Coming and 2016’s Celebrate Christmas.

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Country, Gospel, Holiday

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Speed of Sound: Real Gone’s April Line-Up Features Voivod, “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” and More

April 6, 2023 by Randy Fairman | 7 Comments

We’ve already told you about one of Real Gonem Music’s April projects: the 3-CD collection The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973 from Dionne Warwick. Now we’ve got the details on an additional six releases, due to hit shelves tomorrow, April 7: five vinyl reissues from the 1980s-2000s with genres encompassing soul, disco, gospel, heavy metal, and soundtracks, plus an all-new CD from the co-founder of Real Gone. First up are two albums by artists with very small discographies. 1980’s Mother Nature was the only full-length LP from singer Mary Mundy. Released on the…

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CD, Vinyl

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Disco/Dance, Funk, Gospel, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Mary Mundy, NXTOFKIN, Roslyn and Charles, Voivod

Release Round-Up: Week of March 24

March 24, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today. Elton John, Honky Château: 50th Anniversary Edition (Rocket/UMC) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Hot on the heels of his final U.S. live performances, Elton John is looking back with a 50th anniversary edition of his 1972 LP Honky Château. The reissue will feature the original album (boasting such classics as “Rocket Man,” “Honky Cat,” and “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters”) alongside nine session demos covering eight of the album’s tracks (including two versions of “Slave”) and…

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Release Round-Up

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Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Cassette, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Funk, Gospel, Pop, Rock

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Carla Olson, Elton John, Gene Clark, Jessye Norman, Junie Morrison, Lee Hazlewood, Madness, Nancy Sinatra, Pink Floyd, The Beat, The Kinks, The Specials, Whitney Houston, Willie Nelson

Just My Salvation: Vinyl Me, Please Collects Best of Stax’s Gospel Truth in New Box Set

February 21, 2023 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

When Memphis’ Stax Records launched its Gospel Truth imprint in 1972, its mission was simple: to “carry the message of today’s gospel to the people on the street.” The label’s Al Bell worked closely with in-house radio guru/producer/songwriter Dave Clark and staffer Mary Peak Paterson to afford Gospel Truth the same level of promotion as Stax’s secular releases, and accessibility was the byword. Bell paired traditional gospel talents with young artists well-versed in rock, funk, blues, and soul. Stax creative director Larry Shaw made sure that the imprint’s releases bore the same…

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News

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Box Sets, Vinyl

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Gospel, R&B/Soul

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Blue Aquarius, Clarence Smith, Louise McCord, Maceo Woods, The Gospel Artistics, The Rance Allen Group

I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston

February 13, 2023 by Joe Marchese

This new collection gathers together 14 hymns and spirituals recorded by the late Whitney Houston. Most of the songs stem from soundtracks, one of the few places she flexed her muscles within the genre (on 1992’s juggernaut The Bodyguard and more notably on 1996’s The Preacher’s Wife); six of the tracks are previously unreleased, and at least one was recorded in 1981, before Houston signed a deal with Clive Davis’ Arista Records. The set also includes a stirring cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” performed live on VH1 in the mid-’90s…

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A New Testament: Whitney Houston Gospel Collection Announced

February 10, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

Whitney Houston’s skills as an R&B and pop singer made her a blockbuster act in the ’80s and ’90s, but the late singer had a deep, familial passion for gospel that she only partially explored during her too-brief career. A new compilation and documentary due in March will change that. I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston is a new 14-track collection featuring hymns and spirituals Houston recorded throughout her time as a professional singer. Most of the songs stem from soundtracks, one of the few places she…

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Whitney Houston

Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection [Various Formats]

December 22, 2022 by Joe Marchese

Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection: 12CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Wattstax: The Complete Concert: 6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Best of Wattstax (Highlights) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Wattstax: The Living Word 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Wattstax 2: The Living Word 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of the greatest music festivals of the ’70s is getting celebrated with an exhaustive array of reissues from Stax Records and Craft Recordings: Wattstax, the multi-dimensional Los Angeles celebration of soul, funk, blues and gospel. A 3CD box set…

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Funk, Gospel, R&B/Soul

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The Living Word: New Box Sets Chronicle Wattstax in Full, 50 Years On

December 12, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

One of the greatest music festivals of the ’70s is getting celebrated with an exhaustive array of reissues in 2023: Wattstax, the multi-dimensional Los Angeles celebration of soul, funk, blues and gospel courtesy of Stax Records. A half-century after the premiere of a Golden Globe-nominated documentary on the star-studded 1972 event, Craft Recordings, custodian of the Stax catalogue, will release the most definitive looks at Wattstax, most recently addressed in a 3CD box set in 2003 that took the highlights of both double albums from 1973 and added even more material. Soul’d…

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Blues, Comedy, Funk, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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Albert King, Carla Thomas, David Porter, Eddie Floyd, Isaac Hayes, Johnnie Taylor, Kim Weston, Mavis Staples, Richard Pryor, Rufus Thomas, The Bar-Kays, The Emotions, The Staple Singers, William Bell

That Ol’ Christmas Spirit: Real Gone Announces Yuletide Slate with Steve and Eydie, B.J. Thomas, Lea Michele

September 22, 2022 by The Second Disc | 9 Comments

Real Gone Music has that holiday feeling with its upcoming slate of three joyful titles for the Christmas season. The label has just announced two deluxe CD releases along with one beautiful vinyl title that’s sure to keep spirits bright. All three titles are due November 11. First up is a definitive, expanded, and remastered edition of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme‘s 1964 Columbia Records classic That Holiday Feeling. After more than a decade of representing Steve and Eydie’s GL Music catalogue, Real Gone is proud to announce a new partnership with…

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CD, Vinyl

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Country, Gospel, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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B.J. Thomas, Eydie Gorme, Lea Michele, Steve Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

Let There Be Love: SoulMusic Collects, Expands Shirley Murdock’s Elektra Albums

September 13, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

As a member of the extended family of funk group Zapp, Shirley Murdock memorably added her vocals to the 1986 hit “Computer Love” (for which she also shares a co-writing credit). Concurrently, Murdock was launching her own solo career at Elektra Records, where she would release three solo LPs through 1991. Now, Cherry Red’s SoulMusic Records imprint has revisited and expanded that trio of albums on As We Lay: The Elektra Recordings (1985-1991), a new 3-CD collection that’s an essential addition to any soul, R&B, or gospel shelf. Shirley Murdock was, like…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 1

April 1, 2022 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Doris Day Early Day Rare Songs from the Radio

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles arriving in stores today! Daryl Hall, BeforeAfter (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Daryl Hall is looking back with his first-ever solo anthology. BeforeAfter, curated by the artist, draws on all five of his acclaimed solo albums: the Robert Fripp-produced cult classic Sacred Songs (1980), Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986, including the top five hit “Dreamtime” and top 40 success “Foolish Pride”), Soul Alone (1993), Can’t Stop Dreaming (1996), and Laughing Down Crying (2011). Many of Hall’s charted singles are here, also including “Someone Like You” from Three Hearts,…

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Release Round-Up

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Daryl Hall, Doris Day, Graham Parker, Kenny Rogers, Lorna Dallas, Lynn Ahrens, Marvin Gaye, Scott McCarl, Stephen Flaherty, The Raspberries, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones

Release Round-Up: Week of March 25

March 25, 2022 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of new titles out today! Daryl Hall and John Oates, Marigold Sky: Expanded Edition (BMG) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BMG’s reissue of Daryl Hall and John Oates’ 1997 album Marigold Sky – their first away from the major label system – adds three bonus tracks: the radio edit of “Romeo Is Bleeding,” the remix of “Hold on to Yourself,” and the Hot Mix of “The Sky Is Falling.” Marigold Sky emphasizes the remarkable songwriting, alluring grooves, soulful vocals, impeccable…

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Release Round-Up

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Country, Everything Else, Folk, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, Rock

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Beatrice Arthur, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Dorothy Loudon, Karen Dalton, Kraftwerk, Michael Bublé, Ornette Coleman, Reba McEntire, Rodgers and Hart

I Saw the Light: BMG Collects Hank Williams’ Radio Gospel Performances on “I’m Gonna Sing”

March 9, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin/Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night/Praise the Lord, I saw the light… Though Hank Williams is often remembered today as much for his hellraising ways as for his venerable songbook – a remarkable one that crossed genre lines via such stone-cold standards as “Hey, Good Lookin’,” “Cold, Cold Heart,” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” and “I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You”) – he was brought up in the church and its music stayed with him for…

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Country, Gospel

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My Chains Are Gone

March 1, 2022 by Joe Marchese

Reba McEntire returns with a 12-track collection subtitled Hymns and Gospel Favorites. My Chains Are Gone blends songs from Reba’s 2017 Grammy-winning album Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope with four brand-new selections including “The Lord’s Prayer” and “Because He Lives.” The CD also includes an acoustic version of “Back to God” (featuring Lauren Daigle) premiering on a physical format. Available on CD and digitally.

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Country, Gospel

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OUT TOMORROW: Real Gone Celebrates B.J. Thomas on “In Remembrance: Love Songs and Lost Treasures”

February 3, 2022 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

B.J. Thomas Love Songs and Lost Treasures

B.J. Thomas first reached the U.S. top 10 in 1966 with a heartfelt cover of his father’s favorite Hank Williams song, the plaintive ballad “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” The Oklahoma-born, Texas-raised artist had his sights beyond just the country genre, however. His always authentic and altogether compelling voice was equally at home in the genres of pop, R&B, rock and roll, contemporary Christian, bossa nova, and gospel. He became a songwriter’s singer, bringing to vivid life the music and words of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Barry Mann and Cynthia…

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The Year In Review: The 2021 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part One

January 3, 2022 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Happy 2022! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 12th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! Once again, we’ve all faced unprecedented challenges over the past twelve months. A year that began with hope and promise has ended with further uncertainty for many of us. But music continues to fill a significant role in our lives, providing solace, comfort, and escape in a time unlike any other. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2021’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets big and…

Have Yourself a Merry Little Discmas…

December 24, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 12 Comments

Wow! And just like that, another year has flown by. Just a few weeks before The Second Disc hits its 12th anniversary(!), this Christmas Eve it is our custom to look back on the last 12 months and take some time to think fondly of the music, magic, memories and friends that made our lives worth living. As if last year wasn’t unconventional enough, 2021 packed more pop, clicks, skips and distortion than the most misguided vinyl pressings. We got vaccinated, we got boosted, we tentatively returned to concerts and live performances,…

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In Remembrance: Love Songs and Lost Treasures

December 20, 2021 by Joe Marchese

Real Gone Music remembers the late, great B.J. Thomas with this new collection of rare and previously unreleased material drawn from both Thomas’ personal archives and the vaults of Reprise and Warner Bros. Records. In Remembrance: Love Songs and Lost Treasures features 18 tracks, 13 of which are making their debut here, including all five songs which B.J. recorded for the 2008 independent film Jake’s Corner, and tracks cut with producers Steve Dorff, Jim Ed Norman, and Stewart Harris. B.J.’s wife Gloria provides the new introduction, and TSD’s Joe Marchese has penned…

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Country, Gospel, Pop

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B.J. Thomas

Red Letter Days: B.J. Thomas Rarities Premiere on “Love Songs and Lost Treasures” from Real Gone Music

December 20, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

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The Weekend Stream: November 27, 2021

November 27, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to discover! Despite the Thanksgiving holiday (and recovery period from Record Store Day Black Friday) there are some surprises for lovers of rock, soul and soundtrack obscurities – check it out below! Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Live, New York, 1981 (Blackheart/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify) If you can believe it, there’s almost no official representation of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts in…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Comedy, Everything Else, Folk, Gospel, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Brenda Lee, Darlene Love, Debbie Gibson, Jim Nabors, Joan Jett, Melanie, The Drifters, Vaughn Meader

The Second Disc’s Picks for Record Store Day Black Friday 2021

November 26, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

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. (And with plenty of delicious food, too!) Now, Record Store Day’s annual Black Friday event is upon us, so we’re spotlighting a dozen of the most eagerly anticipated releases arriving to your local independent brick-and-mortar record shop! Here are our personal picks for RSD BF must-haves; visit Record Store Day’s official website for a list of participating retailers. Happy Listening, and have a great…

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Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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"Weird Al" Yankovic, Aerosmith, Carole King, Dusty Springfield, John Legend, Leonard Cohen, Little Feat, Merle Haggard, Michael Kamen, Osaka Popstar, Ray Price, Record Store Day, The Munsters, The Shangri-Las, The Staple Singers, Willie Nelson

The Weekend Stream: October 9, 2021

October 9, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

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 feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Madonna, Madame X – Music from the Theater Xperience (Boy Toy/Warner) (iTunes /…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classical/Opera, Country, Disco/Dance, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Billy Preston, Curtis Mayfield, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Indigo Girls, Itzhak Perlman, Kool and the Gang, Lou Reed, Madonna, Otis Redding, Paula Abdul, Tears for Fears, The Sweet Inspirations, War

Sweets for My Sweet: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Collect The Sweet Inspirations’ Atlantic Recordings on “Let It Be Me”

September 30, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

In its 1960s heyday, Atlantic Records was the destination for deeply-felt soul. Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Solomon Burke, and Wilson Pickett were just a handful of the artists there who defined the sound of soul music. Lesser-known but no less significant were The Sweet Inspirations. Today, the vocal quartet might be best-remembered as Elvis Presley’s preferred onstage backup group, but The King was just one of a staggering number of artists they supported – including the aforementioned artists and even Jimi Hendrix. But Atlantic rightfully believed that these talented singers didn’t have…

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Cissy Houston, The Sweet Inspirations

Release Round-Up: Week of June 11

June 11, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Black Sabbath, Sabotage: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 4LP/7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com Rhino is expanding Black Sabbath’s 1975 album Sabotage to 4CD and 4LP/7″ proportions. The upcoming Super Deluxe Edition boasts a remastered version of the original album plus a complete live show from Sabbath’s 1975 tour. The vinyl version only includes a bonus 7-inch single of the single edit of “Am I Going Insane (Radio)” b/w “Hole in the Sky,” replicating…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks