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Double-O-Love: SoulMusic, Cherry Red Reissue Dan Hartman's "Instant Replay"

November 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Dan Hartman Instant Replay

It's Instant Replay for Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint with the recent reissue of Dan Hartman's 1978 disco classic of the same name.  The album featuring the Disco chart-topper has been expanded with four bonus singles for this new edition. It's difficult to pigeonhole Dan Hartman.  The late musician-songwriter-producer-artist had begun his musical career as a member of psychedelic rock outfit The Legends before backing Johnny Winter and then, crucially, Johnny's brother Edgar.  As a

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Dan Hartman

Release Round-Up: Week of November 18

November 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Beatles Eight Days a Week BD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up - the last of the major release weeks for 2016! The Beatles, Eight Days a Week (DVD or BD) (Apple/Capitol) 2-Disc Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-Disc DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Edition Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Edition DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Ron Howard's acclaimed 2016 documentary chronicling Beatlemania, Eight Days a Week, hits DVD

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Donna Summer, Gene Autry, Jethro Tull, R.E.M., Roy Acuff, Soundgarden, The Beatles, The Who, Tim Buckley, Tori Amos

And All That Jazz: Liza Minnelli, Petula Clark, Michael Crawford Featured On "Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals"

November 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals

Elaine Paige is lending her name to a new 3-CD collection of musical theatre favorites.  Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals is due on November 25 from Union Square Music, with 58 tracks and over three hours of music. Elaine Paige Presents the Musicals is licensed from various labels, making for a cross-section of recordings.  You'll find familiar names from the worlds of theatre, movies and pop, including Michael Ball ("Love Changes Everything" from Aspects of Love, "Falling Slowly" from

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Barbara Dickson, Elaine Paige, Liza Minnelli, Michael Crawford, Petula Clark, Various Artists

He's Returned: Glenn Tilbrook Shares Final Volume of Squeeze Demos

November 16, 2016 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Glenn Tilbrook Upon the Rocks

Squeeze songwriter Glenn Tilbrook is going back to the band's first end for his final entry in a series of demo releases. Tilbrook, the man behind the voice, guitar and music of England's most underrated rock band, began a five-part clearing of the vaults almost 10 years ago, when Squeeze, the band he formed with lyricist/vocalist Chris Difford in the 1970s, began their third distinct iteration as a band. As Difford, Tilbrook, bassist John Bentley (with the group from 1980 to 1982) and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook, Squeeze

Big City Christmas

November 16, 2016 By

Big CIty Christmas

Bear Family is getting into the holiday spirit with Big City Christmas, a new collection of 30 Christmas favorites in the pop, R&B, doo-wop and rockabilly styles!  These rare and previously unreleased tracks from 1948-1968 include performances by Frankie Valli and the Four Lovers, Eartha Kitt, Ricky Nelson, Frankie Lymon, and Bill Haley and His Comets!  Familiar favorites are provided by Doris Day, Connie Francis, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney, and Chuck Berry, and a 1966 Christmas greeting

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Formats: CD Genre: Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul

Eight Days a Week (DVD/BD)

November 16, 2016 By

Beatles Eight Days a Week BD

2-Disc Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-Disc DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Standard Edition Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Standard Edition DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Ron Howard's acclaimed 2016 documentary chronicling Beatlemania, Eight Days a Week, hits DVD and Blu-ray.  The standard editions offer the film only, while the 2-disc Deluxe Editions add over 100 minutes of bonus features on the second disc, including five full-length, previously unavailable Fab performances.

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Formats: Blu-Ray, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

The Ultimate Collection

November 16, 2016 By

Donna Summer Ultimate Collection

Driven By The Music continues to celebrate the late, legendary Donna Summer, this time with a 3-CD Ultimate Collection.  This mini-box set features over 50 tracks from 1968-2010, including major hits ("MacArthur Park," "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls," "She Works Hard for the Money," "Last Dance"), rarities (German recordings from Godspell and Hair!), remixes, single versions, and more!  Pete Bellotte and Harold Faltermeyer provide recollections of working with Donna for the new liner notes!  Also

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

Beyond "The Year 2525": Tune In Collects Zager and Evans' RCA Recordings

November 16, 2016 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Zager and Evans In the Year 2525

In the annals of one-hit wonders, few are as well-remembered as the duo Zager and Evans.  Rick Evans and Denny Zager, both of Lincoln, Nebraska, hit it big in 1969 with their dark, apocalyptic single "In the Year 2525."  But the duo never scored another Hot 100 hit despite the fact that "2525" topped the Pop and AC charts in the United States and also went to the top in the United Kingdom.  Now, their recordings for RCA have been collected by Cherry Red's Tune In imprint as In the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Zager and Evans

Cowboy in Sweden (Various Editions)

November 14, 2016 By

Lee Hazlewood Cowboy in Sweden

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blue Vinyl LP/DVD Set: Light in the Attic Store Light in the Attic's reissue of maverick singer-songwriter-producer Lee Hazlewood's 1970 album has been remastered from the original tapes and expands the original LHI Records LP with three bonus tracks: the outtake "Me and the Wine and the City Lights," and alternate versions of "Easy and Me" and "Pray Them Bars Away." LITA has Cowboy in Sweden

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

The Complete Soul City/Bell Singles 1966-1975

November 14, 2016 By

5th Dimension Soul City Bell Singles

Real Gone Music celebrates 50 years of The 5th Dimension with this new 3-CD set featuring a total of 61 songs by the "champagne soul" group, all in the original single mixes.  In addition to the complete Soul City and Bell singles, this set also features the group's original Bronco single as The Versatiles, and their final single for Arista.  Most of these tracks are in mono and have never appeared on CD before.  This collection has been remastered by Mark Wilder at Battery Studios and features

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

Let The Sunshine In: Real Gone To Release 3-Disc Singles Collection from The 5th Dimension in December

November 14, 2016 By Randy Fairman 8 Comments

5th Dimension Soul City Bell Singles

While the Christmas season upon us, Real Gone Music has just announced a release which may be a perfect last-minute gift idea or stocking stuffer: The 5th Dimension's The Complete Soul City/Bell Singles 1966-1975, coming out on December 23. The quintet of Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore and Ron Townson first came together as The Versatiles in late 1965 before becoming The 5th Dimension in 1966.  The soul group (their sophisticated, elegant vocal sound has been

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: The 5th Dimension

In Memoriam: Leon Russell (1942-2016)

November 13, 2016 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Leon Russell Pic

News came earlier today of the passing of Leon Russell, 74.  A true renaissance man and an extraordinary talent as composer, musician, arranger, producer, and artist, The Master of Space and Time led many lives.  With each one, his music touched a new audience: as a Wrecking Crew multi-instrumentalist who contributed to innumerable classic recordings; as a pop arranger for Gary Lewis and the Playboys and others; as leader of Joe Cocker's raucous band; as composer of songs that will last forever,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Leon Russell

Release Round-Up: Week of November 11

November 11, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

David Bowie Legacy

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  It's another big week for box sets from classic rock's heaviest hitters, and much, much more... Bob Dylan, The 1966 Live Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 36 discs of music from Bob Dylan's 1966 world tour - every recording of the tour known to exist - are brought together on this monumental new collection.  Read our full review here! Bob Dylan, The Real Royal Albert Hall

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Garth Brooks, John Lennon, NRBQ, Pink Floyd, Robbie Robertson, Sting, The Band, Yoko Ono

In Memoriam: Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)

November 10, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Leonard Cohen Photo

Leonard Cohen, one of the most distinctive troubadours to arrive on the musical scene in the 1960s, passed away today at the age of 82.  An uncompromising talent who mordantly titled his most recent album (released just weeks ago) You Want It Darker, Cohen continued to create, inspire, and provoke until his final days.  His gifts of song and art, always infused with boldness, a deep spirituality and a keen observer's eye, will always resonate with truth, honesty, power and passion. In tribute

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Leonard Cohen

Pray Them Bars Away: Lee Hazlewood's "Cowboy in Sweden" Coming to CD and LP

November 10, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Lee Hazlewood Cowboy in Sweden

2016 has been a good time to be a fan of Lee Hazlewood.  The maverick artist's work has already been celebrated this year on Ace Records' collection Son-of-a-Gun and More from the Lee Hazlewood Songbook; here at Second Disc Records, we premiered his productions for country legend Eddy Arnold on our anthology Each Road I Take: The Lee Hazlewood and Chet Atkins Sessions 1970.  Now, Light in the Attic is continuing its Hazlewood Archive Series with the November reissue of another 1970

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Lee Hazlewood

David Bowie, Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Move Featured On "Let's Go Down and Blow Our Minds" Box

November 9, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Lets Go Down and Blow Our Minds Box

Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint has continued its series of box sets - including Love, Poetry and Revolution and I'm a Freak Baby - with another musical journey through the world of British psych and rock.  Let's Go Down and Blow Our Minds is a more focused collection than either of those past two releases, concentrating solely on the U.K.'s psychedelic sounds of 1967.  Of course, you won't find selections from two of that year's landmark psych-rock releases, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: David Bowie, Procol Harum, The Moody Blues, The Move, The Searchers, The Spencer Davis Group, Various Artists

High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective

November 8, 2016 By

NRBQ High Noon

The New Rhythm and Blues Quartet (NRBQ) is turning 50 this year, and Omnivore Recordings is throwing the party! High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective features 106 eclectic songs over 5 CDs including fan favorites such as the 1974 hit "Get That Gasoline Blues," plus rarities, concert tracks, and previously unreleased recordings from the band's varied line-ups over the years.  Every track on High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective has been freshly remastered, while the deluxe package boasts extensive

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Everything Else, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Everybody Say Yeah! New Box Set Marks 50 Years of NRBQ

November 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

NRBQ High Noon

The New Rhythm and Blues Quartet (NRBQ) is turning 50 this year, and Omnivore Recordings is throwing the party! High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective features 106 eclectic songs over 5 CDs including fan favorites such as the 1974 hit "Get That Gasoline Blues," plus rarities, concert tracks, and previously unreleased recordings from the band's varied line-ups over the years! Since its founding in Louisville, Kentucky in 1966, NRBQ has touched on rock, jazz, blues, pop, and Americana. The band has

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Everything Else, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: NRBQ

Release Round-Up: Week of November 4

November 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Stevie Nicks Bella Donna

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a host of holiday offerings (including three new titles from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music!) and much, much more! Jack Jones, The Jack Jones Christmas Album (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music proudly bring Jack Jones' 1964 Kapp Records classic to CD for the very first time!  The Jack Jones Christmas Album features lush renditions of "White

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bing Crosby, Eddy Arnold, Frank Zappa, Jack Jones, Mantovani, Margaret Whiting, Mitch Miller and the Gang, Mother Love Bone, Queen, Ray Conniff, Sammy Kaye, Stevie Nicks, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Living Strings, The Norman Luboff Choir, The Robert Shaw Chorale, The Ventures

Now We're Getting Somewhere: An Interview with Neil Finn of Crowded House

November 3, 2016 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Neil Finn 1

Hey now, hey now...Here at Second Disc HQ, we're bursting with pride to share with you this very special interview conducted by our very own Mike Duquette! Crowded House founder Neil Finn reflected at length with Mike about his band, his career, legacy, and the series of truly lavish Crowded House reissues hitting stores on November 11.  We know you'll enjoy this one!  Take it away, Mike... There are certain songwriters who've mastered certain places in their compositions. Think of, say, Lou

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Categories: Features, Interviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Crowded House, Neil Finn

Do You Hear What I Hear? Jack Jones, Eddy Arnold, Mitch Miller Coming TOMORROW From Second Disc Records!

November 3, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

RGM 0531 Eddy Arnold Christmas Cover

With Halloween now in the rearview window, decorations springing up everywhere and yuletide tunes on the radio, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go.  Here at Second Disc HQ, we're no exception.  Tomorrow, November 4, we're thrilled to spread some holiday cheer with three Second Disc Records releases as part of Real Gone Music's amazing 10-strong (yes, 10 titles!) Christmas line-up!  All three titles feature new-to-CD tracks, copious liner notes, original album and label

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Eddy Arnold, Jack Jones, Mitch Miller and the Gang

EXCLUSIVE! Merry Christmas, Darling: Carpenters Public TV Special and DVD Coming Soon

November 2, 2016 By Joe Marchese 21 Comments

Carpenters Christmas Memories DVD

It's that time of year again!  There's a crisp chill in the air, Christmas decorations are finding their way to storefronts and malls everywhere, and the sounds of the season are beginning to hit the airwaves.  Among the most beloved classic holiday songs heard on radios and playlists each winter are those by Karen and Richard Carpenter.  The brother and sister duo proved to be the most successful American popular music act of the 1970s (20 Billboard Top 40 hits including three #1s and five #2s,

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Categories: News Formats: DVD Genre: Holiday, Pop Tags: Carpenters

Accentuate The Positive: Capitol Records Turns 75, Plans New Vinyl Reissues

November 2, 2016 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Capitol 75

Capitol Records, the venerable label founded by Johnny Mercer with B.G. DeSylva and Glenn Wallichs and now a unit of Universal Music Group, turns 75 next year.  In celebration of this landmark anniversary, the label has announced three new initiatives. The first of these endeavors is The Capitol Records 75th Anniversary Collection, a series of 75 vinyl reissues from various genres curated by "noted music journalists, authors and other renowned creative figures."  The Beatles are represented

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bobby Darin, Bonnie Raitt, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mercer, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles

Do Your Thing: 20 Record Store Day Black Friday Essentials

November 1, 2016 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Popeye OST

Are you making a list and checking it twice? We are! Record Store Day Black Friday is here in less than a month, and this week we're showcasing all of our favorite titles. We've shown you the goods from Legacy, Real Gone, Rhino and Omnivore; now, here are 20 more titles we think you should absolutely check out. There's soundtrack goodies from Varese Sarabande and Light in the Attic; holiday favorites from Bob & Doug McKenzie, Frank Sinatra and "Dolemite" himself; lost gems from Isaac Hayes,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Crewe, Charles Fox, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Harry Nilsson, Isaac Hayes, Jerry Goldsmith, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding, Record Store Day, Soundgarden, The Runaways

Rhino, Omnivore Plan Black Friday Gold For Record Store Day

October 31, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Monkees Good Times Plus

That chill in the air and the buzz in your favorite record store can only mean one thing: Record Store Day Black Friday is nearly upon us! On November 25, indie record retailers and labels great and small will partner together to issue dozens of exclusive packages you can't get anywhere else (except maybe eBay, after the fact, though we're not happy about that.) The vinyl boom refuses to end, but owing to the lesser size of the event in general, there don't seem to be as many titles as usual.

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Big Star, CHIC, Foreigner, Jaco Pastorius, Jethro Tull, Ramones, Record Store Day, The Bangles, The Beach Boys, The Cars, The Monkees

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