Before his death last fall at the age of 74, Leon Russell had spent much of his final year writing and recording a new album inspired by the sounds of the Great American Songbook. The result is this legend's final studio album. On a Distant Shore features reworkings of three Russell classics ("This Masquerade," "A Song for You," "Hummingbird") as well as nine new songs, making for a fitting farewell from a remarkable artist.
The Ultimate Merry Christmas
Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are joining Motown Records to unwrap a celebration of The Supremes' 1965 perennial Merry Christmas. The Ultimate Merry Christmas features the album in three distinctive versions: the original 1965 mono and stereo mixes, as well as a brand new, never-before-heard 2017 mix premiering previously unheard vocals and instrumentation. And that's not all! The additional, previously unreleased bonus tracks include a Diana Ross/Florence Ballard duet on "Silent
BREAKING! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Unwrap The Supremes' "Ultimate Merry Christmas"!
Longtime readers know that Christmas is our favorite time of the year here at Second Disc HQ, and this year, we're celebrating with our most lavish release yet: The Supremes' The Ultimate Merry Christmas! Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are counting down the days until November 3, when we proudly present one of the greatest Christmas albums of all time - from the world's number-one girl group - in an edition that's years in the making! Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard
Release Round-Up: Week of September 15
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Doors, The Singles (Elektra/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Vinyl box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Singles compiles all 20 of the singles from The Doors' official discography. This not only includes every A and B-side from their core studio albums, but several albums recorded and released after the passing of frontman Jim Morrison, including
You'll Be Doin' All Right: New Compilation Features Elvis Presley Christmas Classics with New Orchestral Backing
Even though the fall season has yet to officially begin, kids are back at school and we are already looking ahead to winter. Of course, that also means Christmas and it is time to start kicking off the announcements of Christmas recordings for this year. RCA and Legacy Recordings have just announced a new Elvis Presley project for this yuletide season: Christmas with Elvis and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, due on October 6. As you may have guessed from the title, this new project
A Few Small Repairs: 20th Anniversary Edition
Shawn Colvin's 1997 album boasted the Grammy-winning "Sunny Came Home" as well as the chart-topping pair of "You and the Mona Lisa" and "Nothin' on Me" (also the theme to TV's Suddenly Susan). As Colvin hits the road with a tour celebrating 20 years of the album, Legacy has a deluxe anniversary reissue in CD, vinyl, and digital formats, all with seven live bonus tracks. Additionally, PledgeMusic offers an exclusive version with a bonus DVD and digital EP.
Review: Jan and Dean, "Filet of Soul Redux: The Rejected Master Recordings"
Jan and Dean were riding high in 1965. The surf-rock duo was slated to star in a Hollywood film. They had shot a television pilot for ABC, and were preparing to move on from their longtime home of Liberty Records for greener pastures. Standing in the way of their split from Liberty, however, was one last contractually-required album. Berry and Torrence had no intention of giving the label any new material, and didn't want to turn over any live recordings of their hit songs, either. They
Review: Liza Minnelli, "Results: Expanded 4-Disc Edition"
The list of Liza Minnelli's musical partners reads like a "Who's Who" of popular culture: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Charles Aznavour, Donna Summer, Joel Grey, Chita Rivera, and of course, her mother Judy Garland, to name a few. Yet one of Minnelli's most cherished collaborations was also one of her most unexpected. 1989's Results was the superstar's first studio album in over a decade, and teamed her with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, a.k.a. the British dance-pop duo Pet Shop Boys.
Release Round-Up: Week of September 8
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Melissa Manchester, Through the Eyes of Love: The Complete Arista 7" Singles (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The timeless songs of Melissa Manchester are collected on a new, comprehensive anthology from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music. Through the Eyes of Love: The Complete Arista 7″ Singles brings together 43 songs and 157 minutes of beautiful music on two CDs, including such all-time hits and
TOMORROW Is Melissa Manchester Day! "Complete Arista Singles" Arrives Alongside Melissa's New Album
"Please, don't let this feeling end..." The sentiment of that famous lyric is one shared by listeners every time Melissa Manchester begins to sing. From her earliest pop hits through her recent triumphs on the jazz charts, Manchester's voice has always resonated with warmth and power. In 1975, she was one of a handful of select talents chosen by Clive Davis to inaugurate his Arista Records label, and during her near-decade on the label, the fiercely independent artist established herself as
Have Some Faith in The Sound: George Michael's "Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1" To Be Expanded (UPDATED 9/7/2017)
UPDATE (9/7/2017): Nearly a year after the deluxe Listen Without Prejudice--and some months after the unexpected passing of George Michael on Christmas 2016, the expanded Listen Without Prejudice is back on the calendar and packing a few new surprises. The 3-CD/1-DVD set and cut-down 2-CD package (featuring the original album and the MTV Unplugged set) will now hit stores October 20. The 2-CD set features new cover art as well as one additional bonus track: a new remix of Listen-era B-side
Scream
Epic and Legacy collect some of Michael Jackson's darkest songs on a new compilation. Scream features the title duet with Janet Jackson alongside The Jacksons' "This Place Hotel," Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me," and the King of Pop's solo songs like "Leave Me Alone," "Threatened," "Dirty Diana," and of course, "Thriller." One previously unreleased track, a new mash-up of "Dangerous" and "Blood on the Dance Floor," is included. Available on CD on September 29, and glow-in-the-dark double
'Cause This Is Thriller Night: Michael Jackson's "Scream" Arrives In October
On Monday evening, an animated teaser featuring black cats, a spider web, and other spooky imagery arrived on Michael Jackson's official social media platforms, teasing the release of a project entitled Scream. Today, the details have been confirmed for this new 14-track collection. Scream, bringing together some of the late King of Pop's darkest songs, will arrive from Epic and Legacy on September 29, giving listeners a month-plus to savor it in the build-up to one of Jackson's favorite
Elysium/Further Listening 2011-2012
Pet Shop Boys' 2012 Elysium, described by Neil Tennant as the duo's "most beautiful album," was inspired by Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak. It featured the singles "Winner" and "Leaving," and here is expanded with a disc of bonus material, including three previously unreleased demos. The original album is also available as a remastered vinyl LP.
Yes/Further Listening 2008-2010
Pet Shop Boys continue their deluxe, remastered reissue series with this 3-CD expansion of their second-to-last album, 2009's Yes. Its lead single, "Love Etc.," was a British Top 20 hit and broke a U.S. record for most Billboard No. 1 dance hits by a duo or group. Legendary guitarist Johnny Marr appears on several tracks, including "Did You See Me Coming?" and "Beautiful People." Two discs of B-sides and bonus material are added, including a version of "The Loving Kind," a hit for Girls Aloud,
WIN! WIN! WIN! Varese Says "Welcome Back" to "The Very Best of John Sebastian"
Welcome back! Today, Varese Vintage celebrates the early solo discography of singer-songwriter, Woodstock folk hero, and Lovin' Spoonful founder John Sebastian with the release of Stories We Could Tell: The Very Best of John Sebastian, a new 16-track anthology drawing on the troubadour's Reprise albums originally released between 1971 and 1976. A New York native and the son of classical harmonica player John Sebastian Sr. and his wife Jane, a writer, young John fused pop and folk when he
Release Round-Up: Week of September 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Carole King, Tapestry: Live at Hyde Park (CD/DVD) (Legacy/Rockingale) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new CD/DVD release features Carole King's 45th anniversary performance of her seminal 1971 classic Tapestry, performed live in front of 65,000 fans in London's Hyde Park on July 3, 2016. The setlist, preserved on both CD and DVD, includes the entire original album plus numerous highlights from King's illustrious songbook both
Rhino Serves Bread and Gumbo In New Album Box Sets
Rhino's international arm is boxing up remastered albums by two very different artists of the late '60s and early '70s: New Orleans R&B master Dr. John and definitive soft rock combo Bread. For six decades, Dr. John has been spreading the funky gospel with his singular brand of psychedelic soul. On September 22, many of the good doctor's most acclaimed albums will feature in The Atco Albums Collection. This set brings together the former Mac Rebennack's first seven classic albums,
Popeye: Deluxe Edition
Varese Sarabande celebrates Harry Nilsson's score to Robert Altman's quirky live-action musical Popeye with a remarkable 2-CD deluxe edition of the original soundtrack. This 2-CD deluxe edition will not only feature all of Nilsson's memorable songs as performed by the perfectly-cast likes of Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, and Paul Dooley, but will also debut Thomas Pierson's instrumental score on CD, and an entire disc of previously unreleased demos performed by Nilsson!
Middle of Everywhere: The Greatest Hits
Middle Of Everywhere - The Greatest Hits features 26 tracks from Hanson's six main studio albums across two discs.
We Could Be Together
This new box set by Edsel offers a deep dive into the career of the eighties pop diva. This 10CD/3DVD set features expanded editions of eight of Gibson's albums, including works for Atlantic, SBK and independent releases, two additional discs of remixes and rarities, and DVDs of music videos and live shows (much of which is either unreleased or otherwise unavailable on DVD). The box is rounded out with a 32-page scrapbook of photos selected by Gibson herself, plus new interviews and commentary
The Singles A's and B's
Wounded Bird brings together 34 Atlantic-era songs from Debbie Gibson on two discs spanning from 1987 to 1993. All nine of Gibson's Top 40 hits are here, plus rarer dub versions and B-sides.
Find Out What's Happening! Ace Celebrates "Marylebone Beat Girls" with Cilla Black, Julie Driscoll, More
Around this time last summer, we filled you in on two volumes of Ace's Beat Girls series focusing on sixties starlets from the Pye and Decca labels. Now, Ace has recently released another volume in the series. Marylebone Beat Girls looks at the big-city acts recording out of London's Marylebone district, home of EMI's headquarters and its labels like Parlophone, His Master's Voice, and Columbia. This 25-track collection of uptempo nuggets brings the Swingin' London fusion of pop, rock, and
Catch a Wave: Jeffrey Foskett Captures Sounds of Summer on "You Remind Me of the Sun"
Summer is inching to its inevitable conclusion (sorry, readers!) but for Jeffrey Foskett, the season is year-long. The longtime associate of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys and current touring member of the band led by Mike Love and Bruce Johnston not only brings the sounds of summer to stages worldwide, but keeps them alive on his own solo recordings. Following last year's release by Vivid Sound Japan of The Best of Jeffrey Foskett, the vocalist-musician has dipped once more into his solo
Out of the Blue: Debbie Gibson Singles Collection, Box Set Coming Soon
Three decades ago, a 17-year-old girl from Brooklyn quite literally came from out of the blue with an infectious blend of pop that was all her own. Now, two different labels are celebrating Debbie Gibson's classic catalogue with a double-disc collection and a no-holds-barred box set. Gibson, the third of four girls born to a family of music lovers, was writing and recording her own material before she reached her teens. In 1986, her demo "Only In My Dreams" earned her a development deal at
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