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The Complete Hit Singles

September 3, 2015 By

Buckinghams Complete Hit Singles

Varese rounds up fifteen single sides from Chicago's own Buckinghams on this new anthology, including all-time sixties pop classics "Kind of a Drag," "Don't You Care," "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," "Hey Baby" and "Susan."

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Strangers Again

September 3, 2015 By

Judy Collins Strangers Again

Judy Collins returns for a new set of ballads performed as duets with artists including Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Buffett, Glen Hansard and Don McLean! 1. Strangers Again feat. Ari Hest 2. Miracle River feat. Michael McDonald 3. Belfast To Boston feat. Marc Cohn 4. When I Go feat. Willie Nelson 5. Make Our Garden Grow feat. Jeff Bridges 6. Feels Like Home feat. Jackson Browne 7. From Grace feat. Thomas Dybdahl 8. Hallelujah feat. Bhi Bhiman 9. Someday Soon

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Cass County

September 3, 2015 By

Don Henley Cass County

Don Henley returns with his fifth studio album - and first in 15 years.  Cass County was produced by Henley and Stan Lynch, who also co- wrote 11 of the songs on the album, and primarily recorded in Nashville and Texas.  Guests include Martina McBride, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Miranda Lambert, Vince Gill, Mick Jagger and Alison Krauss.  Cass County will be available as a 12- song standard CD and digital album, as well as a 16-track deluxe version, which will be available on CD, digitally,

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop, Rock

Archive Collection: Pipes of Peace

September 3, 2015 By

Pipes of Peace Deluxe

Paul McCartney's 1983 Pipes of Peace, featuring the smash hit duet "Say Say Say" with Michael Jackson, joins his Archive Collection in a variety of formats: 2-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Read more about all versions in our full feature!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Archive Collection: Tug of War

September 3, 2015 By

Tug of War Deluxe

The Paul McCartney Archive Collection continues with 1982's Tug of War, featuring "Ebony and Ivory" and "Here Today."  The release is available in various formats: 3-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Check out our full feature for information on what you'll find in each version!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

His Band and the Street Choir (Expanded Edition)

September 2, 2015 By

Van Morrison His Band

Van Morrison's jubilant 1970 follow-up to Moondance receives the remastered and expanded treatment on CD with five previously unreleased bonus tracks from the sessions.

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

Astral Weeks (Expanded Edition)

September 2, 2015 By

Van Morrison Astral Weeks Remaster

Van Morrison's cosmic Warner Bros. debut, from 1968, receives its first-ever expanded edition in this remastered reissue featuring four work-in-progress bonus tracks.

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

Greasepaint Smile

September 2, 2015 By

Elyse Weinberg

Numero Group excavates a never-before-released 1969 album from singer-songwriter Elyse Weinberg.  The label describes the album's sound: "Weinberg's finger-picked acoustic is layered over distant drumming, while her gravel-pit voice evokes life, love, and mortality."  Neil Young, J.D. Souther, Nils Lofgren and Kenny Edwards all guest on this lost California-rock gem produced by Young's longtime associate David Briggs.

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

Hunting High and Low: 30th Anniversary Edition

September 2, 2015 By

a ha hunting2

The 2015 deluxe edition of a-ha's smash 1985 debut is getting revisited by Rhino, sans the DVD of six music videos which was originally included.  Disc One has the original, remastered album, while Disc Two boasts 25 demos, Disc Three has 15 singles, B-sides and extended versions, and Disc Four takes in ten previously unreleased alternate mixes.  It all adds up to another chance for those who missed out on this stellar set the first time around!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop

Both Sides: Deluxe Edition

September 2, 2015 By

Phil Collins Both Sides 2015

Phil Collins' 1993 album Both Sides is expanded to two CDs as part of his Take a Look at Me Now reissue campaign!  Bonus tracks include B-sides, demos and live tracks, with six of the ten bonus cuts previously unreleased on CD.  The original album will also be available on vinyl.

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

Face Value: Deluxe Edition

September 2, 2015 By

Phil Collins Face Value 2015

Phil Collins' 1981 classic featuring "In the Air Tonight" gets expanded to two CDs with the addition of eight live tracks and four demos (plus a new, modern cover photograph echoing the original).  Ten of the twelve bonuses are new to CD.  The original album will also be available on vinyl.

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

Music from "Love and Mercy"

September 2, 2015 By

Love and Mercy OST

Capitol Records belatedly releases a soundtrack to director Bill Pohlad's acclaimed Brian Wilson biopic Love and Mercy featuring Atticus Ross' original score plus music from the solo Wilson ("Love and Mercy," "One Kind of Love"), The Beach Boys ("God Only Knows," "Good Vibrations," "Don't Worry Baby") and star Paul Dano ("God Only Knows").

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Soundtracks

Take a Look at Them Now: Phil Collins Kicks Off Reissue Series with "Face Value" and "Both Sides"

September 2, 2015 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

Phil Collins Face Value 2015

He titled his most recent album Going Back, and now Phil Collins is going back to his classic discography in a far-ranging reissue campaign, appropriately titled "Take a Look At Me Now." The British singer/songwriter/drummer has been relatively quiet since 2002's Testify, his last album of new material. There was a tour with Genesis in 2007 (which coincided with an extensive reissue campaign of its own) and the aforementioned Going Back, 2010's Motown covers album. But Collins has been

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Genesis, Phil Collins

It's "Happy Lovin' Time": Ace Collects Rare Sunshine Pop and More

August 31, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Happy Lovin Time

Ace Records has previously mined the eclectic catalogue of producer-impresario Gary S. Paxton, most notably on Hollywood Maverick: The Gary S. Paxton Story.  That 2006 volume featured Paxton's work with artists including The Hollywood Argyles ("Alley Oop"), Paul Revere and the Raiders ("Midnight Ride") and Bobby "Boris" Pickett ("The Monster Mash").  Recently, Ace has returned to the archives of Paxton's Garpax production company with the delicious Happy Lovin' Time: Sunshine Pop from the Garpax

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop Tags: Curt Boettcher, Gary S. Paxton, The Four Freshmen, Various Artists

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: NICOLETTE LARSON "LOTTA LOVE" GIVEAWAY!

August 30, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Very Best of Nicolette

CONGRATULATIONS! The following 10 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new Lotta Love: The Very Best of Nicolette Larson on CD!  If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address!  If you entered via email, you don't have to do anything - your CD will be in the mail soon! Watch this space soon for more exciting

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Nicolette Larson

Review: Chicago, "The Studio Albums" and America, "The Warner Bros. Years"

August 28, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Chicago Box Set 2

In 1969, Chicago Transit Authority - a.k.a. Robert Lamm, Peter Cetera, Terry Kath, Danny Seraphine, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow and Walter Parazaider - released its first album on Columbia Records.  46 years and a total of 36 core albums later, the band simply known as Chicago is still intact with Lamm, Loughnane, Pankow and Parazaider.  In the waning days of 1971, another band made its first appearance on records.  America - the trio of Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek -

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: America, Chicago

Release Round-Up: Week of August 28

August 28, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Faces You Can Make Me Dance

Welcome to New Release Friday and this week's Release Round-Up! Faces, You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (1970-1975) (Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. This long-awaited 5-CD box set includes Faces' First Step (1970), Long Player (1971), A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse (1971), and Ooh La La (1973), and adds never-before-released bonus tracks to each album.  The set is topped off with a bonus disc containing non-LP selections.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Ashford and Simpson, Conway Twitty, Faces, Gloria Gaynor, Jimi Hendrix, Lee Hazlewood, Margo Smith, Peter Frampton, Rod Stewart, The Kitchen Cinq, Van Morrison

BREAKING! Return To Cypress Avenue: Rhino Remasters, Expands Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks," "His Band and the Street Choir"

August 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

van morrison astral weeks

There's even more coming from Van Morrison! Following up on 2013's multi-disc deluxe edition of the Northern Irish soul man's 1970 classic Moondance and on the heels of Legacy Recordings' announcement earlier this week that the Sony imprint has acquired the majority of Morrison's post-1971 catalogue, Rhino has just announced two new deluxe editions drawn from Morrison's seminal early Warner Bros. discography.  Both 1968's label debut Astral Weeks and 1970's jubilant His Band and the Street

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Van Morrison

The Wrecking Crew [Soundtrack]

August 26, 2015 By

Wrecking Crew OST

Director Denny Tedesco's documentary film about the legendary cadre of Los Angeles studio musicians loosely and affectionately referred to as "The Wrecking Crew" receives a 4-CD slipcased soundtrack set from RockBeat Records. Discs 1-3 include favorite tracks by artists including The Beach Boys, The 5th Dimension, The Mamas and the Papas, Glen Campbell, Cher, Herb Alpert, Lee Hazlewood and many more.  The fourth CD turns the spotlight on solo recordings by veteran musicians like Hal Blaine,

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)

August 26, 2015 By

Pugwash Play This Intimately

TSD favorites Pugwash return with a new studio album on Omnivore Recordings to follow up last year's anthology A Rose in a Garden of Weeds!  If you're looking for ELO-style pop (and beyond!), look no further than Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)  - which features guest appearances from some of Pugwash's famous friends including Ray Davies, Neil Hannon, Andy Partridge, and (lending a shout) Jeff Lynne!

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

If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

August 26, 2015 By

Elvis If I Can Dream

For this new album, Presley performances recorded between 1956 and 1973 have been melded with new tracks recorded at Abbey Road in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for ballads ("Bridge Over Troubled Water," "You've Lost That Loving Feeling," "Can't Help Falling in Love," "If I Can Dream"), gospel ("How Great Thou Art"), and rock and roll ("Burning Love," James Taylor's satirical "Steamroller Blues").  Favorites from songwriters Mac Davis (the hit "In the Ghetto") and Neil Diamond

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Jagged Little Pill: Collector's Edition

August 25, 2015 By

Alanis Jagged 4 CD Box

Rhino revisits Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill in a new 4-CD box set as well as a 2-CD highlights edition. This new four-disc Jagged Little Pill: Collector's Edition includes remastered audio of the original album plus an entire disc of 10 unreleased demos from the era handpicked by Morissette from her archives. Also included is a previously unreleased concert from 1995 as well as 2005's Jagged Little Pill Acoustic.  The 2-CD version has the remastered original album plus the demo disc.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop

Introducing Darlene Love

August 25, 2015 By

Introducing Darlene Love

Yes, Little Steven Van Zandt is "introducing" one of the greatest voices of our time on this all-new album!  The legendary Ms. Love is out front on songs penned by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Webb, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Linda Perry, and Little Steven himself - plus a revival of Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector's masterpiece "River Deep - Mountain High."

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Big Girls Don't Cry & 12 Others

August 25, 2015 By

Four Seasons Big Girls

The second album by The 4 Seasons has never been released on CD in its original mono mix - until now!  Real Gone has the mono Big Girls in a mini-LP replica sleeve, limited to 2,000 copies, newly remastered by Bill Inglot with the stamp of approval from Bob Gaudio!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Sherry & 11 Others (Mono Mini-Sleeve Edition)

August 25, 2015 By

Four Seasons Sherry

The 4 Seasons' debut album comes to CD for the very first time in its original mono mix, remastered by Bill Inglot under the supervision of Bob Gaudio!  This mini-LP replica is a limited edition of 2,000 copies.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

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