Holiday

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That Holiday Feeling! [Vinyl]

October 31, 2023 by Joe Marchese

LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music Real Gone Music presents a newly-remastered edition of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme’s joyous 1964 Christmas classic That Holiday Feeling! Their son David Lawrence has written an introduction, and TSD’s Joe Marchese provides the liner notes. The album has been remastered for vinyl by Eric Boulanger at The Bakery under the supervision of David Lawrence.

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 27

October 27, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the (many, many!) new titles available today! As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Salsoul Orchestra, Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition (SoulMusic/Cherry Red/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) The Second Disc has teamed with SoulMusic Records for the definitive celebration of the Christmas disco/Philly soul classic. The Salsoul Orchestra’s Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition brings together Vincent Montana, Jr.’s original Christmas Jollies plus Tom Moulton’s complete 1992 remix and producer Patrick Adams’ rare follow-up, Christmas…

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Release Round-Up

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Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Holiday, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Astrud Gilberto, Barbra Streisand, Bing Crosby, Bruce Hornsby, Dinah Washington, Duran Duran, Frank Sinatra, Graham Parker, Kirsty MacColl, Linda Ronstadt, Motley Crue, Nirvana, Prince, Taylor Swift, The Judds, The Nolans, The Salsoul Orchestra

OUT TOMORROW! The Salsoul Orchestra’s “Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition” Arrives from SoulMusic Records, The Second Disc

October 26, 2023 by The Second Disc | 8 Comments

Salsoul Orchestra Christmas Jollies I and II Extra Jolly Edition

As a founding member of Philadelphia’s MFSB, vibraphonist Vincent Montana, Jr. played on countless hits by The O’Jays, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, The Three Degrees, Billy Paul, and others. But Montana had a bigger vision: a full-fledged disco orchestra combining the soulful Philly sound with the infectious dance rhythms of Latin America. The result was The Salsoul Orchestra, formed for the groundbreaking disco/dance label Salsoul Records by Montana and his MFSB bandmates. Between 1975 and 1978, Montana produced, arranged, and conducted eight albums for The Salsoul Orchestra, including LPs from…

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Denise Montana, Jocelyn Brown, Patrick Adams, The Salsoul Orchestra, Vince Montana

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Disco/Dance, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Christmas Gems

October 23, 2023 by Joe Marchese

Primary Wave delivers a new Christmas compilation from the legendary Bing Crosby. Its 14 tracks encompass a dozen previously unreleased tracks from the Crosby archive plus the David Bowie duet “Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth” and more. The set curated and annotated by Robert S. Bader additionally includes duets with Kathryn Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald. Available on CD, LP, and digital formats. As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

October 18, 2023 by Joe Marchese

A Vince Guaraldi classic premieres on CD and vinyl. This 50th anniversary of the soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving features the pianist-composer’s complete score for teh television special plus bonus material as remixed and remastered from the original, recently-discovered multitrack tapes. Featuring Guaraldi joined by Mike Clark on drums; Seward McCain on electric bass; Tom Harrell on trumpet; and Chuck Bennett on trombone, the soundtrack has been remixed by Terry Carleton, restored and mastered by Vinson Hudson, and produced by Sean and Jason Mendelson.

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Holiday, Jazz, Soundtracks

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OUT TOMORROW: Johnny Mathis’ All-New Christmas Album and Rod McKuen’s Electronic Freakout!

October 12, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Here at Second Disc HQ, tomorrow is all about the holidays! We’ve teamed with Real Gone Music for a pair of new releases – one looking forward to Christmas, and another that’s ideal for a wild Halloween. First up is the new studio album from the legendary Voice of Romance, Johnny Mathis. His very first holiday album, 1958’s Merry Christmas, sold over five million copies and remains one of the biggest-selling Christmas albums of all time. Now, he’s back with his first album since 2017 and his first yuletide set in a…

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Johnny Mathis, Kristin Chenoweth, Rod McKuen

Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition

October 11, 2023 by Joe Marchese

The Second Disc has teamed with SoulMusic Records for the definitive celebration of the Christmas disco/Philly soul classic. The Salsoul Orchestra’s Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition brings together Vincent Montana, Jr.’s original Christmas Jollies plus Tom Moulton’s complete 1992 remix and producer Patrick Adams’ rare follow-up, Christmas Jollies II. But that’s not all. The Extra Jolly Edition adds nearly a dozen bonus single versions and remixes (most of which are new to CD) spread across all three CDs. The 3CD collection, designed by Paul Bevoir and remastered by Nick Robbins,…

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Merry Christmas All: SoulMusic Records, The Second Disc Team Up for The Salsoul Orchestra’s Deluxe “Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition”

October 10, 2023 by The Second Disc | 8 Comments

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Denise Montana, Jocelyn Brown, Patrick Adams, The Salsoul Orchestra, Vince Montana

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Greatest Christmas Hits

October 9, 2023 by Joe Marchese

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Barnes & Noble (Exclusive Green Vinyl) O Christmas Three: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Chicago’s new 13-song compilation Greatest Christmas Hits draws on all four of the band’s Christmas releases, blending holiday classics with the band’s original compositions including Robert Lamm and the late Billy Hinsche’s “(Because It’s) Christmastime,” Neil Donell and Don Breithaupt’s “All Over the World,” and Lee Loughnane and John Durrill’s “Merry Christmas, I Love You.” Dolly Parton is the only guest star, as her duet on “Wonderful Christmastime” has been reprised. On the…

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Christmas

October 9, 2023 by Joe Marchese

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Red Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Cover CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target-Exclusive Alternate Artwork CD: Target.com Cher releases her first-ever Christmas album including the lead single “DJ Play a Christmas Song” and guest appearances by Darlene Love (“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”), Michael Buble (“Home”), Cyndi Lauper (“Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart”), Stevie Wonder (“What Christmas Means to Me”), and Tyga (“Drop Top Sleigh Ride”).

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The Weekend Stream: October 7, 2023

October 7, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Ahead of a three-day holiday weekend, it’s all about re-imagining, from Paramore to Melissa Manchester to the disco mixes of John Luongo – plus some cool rock, jazz and soundtrack work making digital debuts. Paramore, Re: This is Why (Atlantic) (iTunes / Amazon) Pop-punk trio Paramore released their sixth album This is Why back in February; now, a year from the…

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The Weekend Stream

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Bruce Broughton, Christopher Young, Craig Doerge, Henry Mancini, John Williams, Kenny Loggins, Melissa Manchester, Michael Sembello, Paramore, Pete Yorn

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays: Chicago Collects “Greatest Christmas Hits”

October 6, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Does anybody really know what time it is? On November 3, the answer from Chicago will be “Christmas time,” as that’s the day the band releases a new collection of its happiest holiday tracks. Greatest Christmas Hits arrives on CD, vinyl, and digital formats from Rhino Records. On the same date, the label will reissue 2011’s O Christmas Three and bundle together all three of Chicago’s Christmas albums in one slipcased edition. Chicago – then consisting of founding members Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow, and Walter Parazaider as well as Bill…

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America, Bebe Winans, Chicago, Dolly Parton, Steve Cropper

Release Round-Up: Week of October 6

October 6, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) (Asylum/Rhino) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The third volume of Joni Mitchell’s remarkable Archives series continues with an exploration of the period that yielded such groundbreaking albums as For the Roses (1972), Court and Spark (1974), the live Miles of Aisles (1974), and The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975). The new 5CD, 96-track box – also available digitally or in 4LP “highlights” form –…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Danny Elfman, Duke Jupiter, Frankie Stein and His Ghouls, Heatmiser, Howard Jones, J.J. Cale, Joni Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Olivia Newton-John, Reba McEntire, Roger Waters, Steve Cropper, Sylvester, The Darkness, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Ophelias, The White Stripes, Tom Waits, Van Halen

Rhino’s Record Store Day Black Friday Lineup Includes The Doors on CD and LP Plus Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell, War, and More

October 4, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

TSD is continuing its look at this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday releases, due at participating independent record stores on November 24, with the packed slate coming from Rhino. With sixteen titles – including one on both vinyl and CD! – Rhino has brought out the heavy hitters including The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, and War. Visit here for a list of Record Store Day retailers. The English Beat, I Just Can’t Stop (Expanded) Limited Edition of 8,000 copies on 2LP 140-gram Crystal Clear vinyl Captain Beefheart and…

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Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Rock

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Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Faces, Grateful Dead, INXS, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, Linkin Park, Little Feat, Los Lobos, Record Store Day, Rilo Kiley, Sia, The Doors, The English Beat, The Flaming Lips, War

Craft Recordings Announces Record Store Day Black Friday Slate with Jazz, Soundtracks, Classic Soul, and More

October 3, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

It’s that time of year again! With Record Store Day’s annual Black Friday event happening in less than two months – on Friday, November 24 – news has started arriving of what titles to expect. Craft Recordings’ eclectic slate features classic jazz, rare soundtracks, punk, soul, and more from an array of boldfaced names including Gil Evans, Chico Hamilton, Isaac Hayes, Melvin Van Peebles, Alan Silvestri, Carter Burwell, members of Earth Wind & Fire and Little Feat, and more. You’ll find the full list below, with descriptions provided by the label for…

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Vinyl

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Alan Silvestri, Carter Burwell, Chico Hamilton, Eddie Floyd, Gil Evans, Homer Banks, Isaac Hayes, Melvin Van Peebles, Record Store Day

The Great Songs of Christmas: Masterworks Edition

October 2, 2023 by Joe Marchese

The Great Songs of Christmas: Masterworks Edition brings together 18 lush selections primarily drawn from the original, long out-of-print series of LPs, featuring the most beloved carols of all time as performed by the greatest classical artists of the 20th century. These legends include Leonard Bernstein and The New York Philharmonic, Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, opera greats Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, and Anna Moffo, cellist-conductor Pablo Casals, and Erich Leinsdorf and The London Symphony Orchestra with The Roger Wagner Chorale. Half of the tracks are new…

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The Ultimate Pops Christmas Party!

October 2, 2023 by Joe Marchese

Arthur Fiedler Ultimate Pops Christmas Party

Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops’ The Ultimate Pops Christmas Party! lives up to its title with 2 CDs and 35 tracks of yuletide cheer in the grand and lavish Boston Pops fashion. Spanning 1949-1971, The Ultimate Pops Christmas Party! includes two full albums: the original 1959 Pops Christmas Party in RCA’s Living Stereo splendor and 1969’s new-to-CD Christmastime in Carol and Song. The latter found Fiedler away from Boston and conducting in New York with some very special guests: legendary soprano Leontyne Price and beloved pop duo Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. The Ultimate Pops Christmas Party! premieres…

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The Christmas Festival: Second Disc, Real Gone Celebrate the Season with Arthur Fiedler’s “Ultimate Pops Christmas Party,” New “Great Songs of Christmas” Volume

October 2, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? We’ve already filled you in on the October 13 release of Johnny Mathis’ all-new album Christmas Time Is Here, coming on vinyl from Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records. Now, we’re excited to fill your stocking with two seasonal CDs due on November 10 celebrating some of the greatest Christmas music of all time. In his 50-year tenure as conductor of The Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler transformed the Boston Symphony Orchestra offshoot into perhaps the most renowned pops orchestra in the world. A natural showman,…

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Anna Moffo, Arthur Fiedler, Erich Leinsdorf, Eugene Ormandy, Eydie Gorme, Leonard Bernstein, Leonytne Price, Pablo Casals, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Steve Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, The Boston Pops, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Release Round-Up: Week of September 29

September 29, 2023 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! The Spinners, Ain’t No Price on Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Recordings (1972-1979) (SoulMusic/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Earlier this year, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music celebrated the extraordinary legacy of The Spinners with the release of The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979, collecting a whopping 43 single sides on two CDs. Now, SoulMusic Records and Cherry Red are continuing the Spinners party with a comprehensive box set chronicling that halcyon period with…

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Ann Wilson, Billie Holiday, Carla Thomas, Electronic, Grateful Dead, Green Day, HAIM, Jason Isbell, Otis Redding, Sarah Vaughan, Steely Dan, The Spinners, Wilco

I’m Dreaming of a “Stax Christmas”: New Collection Brings Together Holiday Favorites from Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Staple Singers, More

September 25, 2023 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

‘Tis the season to be soulful: This Friday, September 29, Craft Recordings and Stax Records will celebrate the holidays with the CD, LP, and digital release of A Stax Christmas. This festive 12-track compilation features songs by the label’s most beloved artists including two previously unreleased tracks from Carla Thomas and Otis Redding. The venerable Memphis label has had a long association with the music of Christmas. House band Booker T. and The MG’s 1966 album In the Christmas Spirit is a holiday perennial, and the group appeared alongside other Stax and…

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Albert King, Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, The Emotions, The Rance Allen Group, The Staple Singers, Various Artists

The Weekend Stream: September 23, 2023

September 23, 2023 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Enjoy a hometown birthday present from The Boss and a holiday collection first put on CD by The Second Disc – plus remixes from Madonna and The Art of Noise and so much more – all in this week’s latest round-up. Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs of New Jersey (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple Music / Amazon) In honor of Springsteen’s 74th birthday,…

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The Weekend Stream

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Boz Scaggs, Bruce Springsteen, Lorne Greene, Louis Armstrong, Madonna, Patti Page, Pulp, Roger Williams, The Art of Noise, The Pointer Sisters

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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Phases and Stages: Atlantic 75 Campaign Continues with Vinyl Me, Please and Acoustic Sounds Partnerships

September 13, 2023 by The Second Disc | 9 Comments

Eagle-eyed vinyl shoppers might have noticed a steady stream this year of reissues from the storied Atlantic Records catalogue, with titles including Dusty Springfield’s Dusty in Memphis, Otis Redding’s Otis Blue, Aretha Franklin’s Lady Soul, and Phil Collins’ No Jacket Required. Today, the label unveiled the full slate of 90 vinyl reissues commemorating Atlantic’s 75th anniversary – as well as special campaigns coming from Vinyl Me, Please and Acoustic Sounds. The Atlantic 75 collection has been curated by label Chairman and CEO Craig Kallman, revisiting selections from across Atlantic’s rich story. Almost…

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