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I Got a Name: Deluxe Edition

March 11, 2015 By

Croce Name

Jim Croce's final album, posthumously released in 1973, is expanded on 2 CDs with the fan-recorded concert album The Final Tour.  Edsel's reissue also includes lyrics and new liner notes by Alan Robinson.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

You Don't Mess Around With Jim: Deluxe Edition

March 11, 2015 By

Croce You Dont

Edsel expands Jim Croce's 1972 ABC Records debut with ten bonus tracks, full lyrics and new liner notes.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Omnivore's Record Store Day Trio Revealed with The Honeys, MC Lyte, More "High Fidelity"

March 11, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Sessions 64

  What do Brian Wilson, MC Lyte and Sam Phillips have in common? All three are among the artists and producers represented on Omnivore Recordings’ trio of delicious vinyl offerings for this April 18’s upcoming Record Store Day! Sessions ’64!! is so exciting that no less than two exclamation points will do!! This groovy 10-inch slab of translucent gold vinyl transports listeners back to 1964. It includes nine tracks produced by Brian Wilson and Jimmy Bowen for the Warner Bros. and

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Brian Wilson, Gary Usher, MC Lyte, Pugwash, Record Store Day, Sam Phillips, The Honeys

Legacy's Record Store Day Slate Includes Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, More

March 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Simon and Garfunkel Homeward

Today was the big announcement day for Record Store Day 2015, scheduled for Saturday, April 15 at the finest independent retailers across the U.S. and beyond! A press conference was held at Brooklyn’s outpost of Rough Trade giving the details on the many titles to expect next month. We’re kicking off our coverage with a look at the releases due from Legacy Recordings; watch this space for more news as it comes! Legacy’s eclectic line-up has some of the label’s heaviest hitters – Bruce

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Manic Street Preachers, Record Store Day, Simon and Garfunkel

Release Round-Up: Week of March 10

March 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Mathis Cover

This week brings a particularly impressive slate by any standard, but we're particularly proud to introduce the world to Second Disc Records with our first two releases, from Johnny Mathis and the late Bob Crewe! Johnny Mathis, Life is a Song Worth Singing: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Here, on two CDs, we proudly present both of Johnny Mathis' album collaborations - including the never-on-CD Mathis Is... - with songwriter-producer

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Art Pepper, Bettye LaVette, Bob Crewe, Bread, Grace Slick, Grover Washington Jr., Jackie DeShannon, Johnny Mathis, Judas Priest, Julie Andrews, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, The Guess Who

In Season: Bob Crewe's Lost Musical Revealed On "The Complete Elektra Recordings" Coming NEXT WEEK From Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music

March 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Crewe

"Bob Crewe's lyrics have meant so much--to so many--for so long; it is hard to imagine they will ever be forgotten. Bob had a way about him in life as he did in the studio, a charismatic personality, an ability to draw the best out of everyone and a limitless joy of music, art and life...We will never forget Bob Crewe." So spoke Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio upon the passing last year of Bob Crewe at the age of 83. A veteran songwriter, producer and entrepreneur, Crewe's vibrant, thrilling music

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Bob Crewe, The Bob Crewe Generation

Release Round-Up: Week of March 3

March 3, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

staple singers freedom

Welcome to the Release Round-Up for the week of March 3! The Staple Singers, Freedom Highway Complete: Recorded Live at Chicago's New Nazareth Church (Epic/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Staple Singers' 1965 LP celebrating that year’s historic civil rights marches from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama is generously expanded to complete form on Legacy's new reissue available on both CD and vinyl.  Watch for a review here soon! The J. Geils

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Booker T. and the MG's, Boz Scaggs, Carole King, Foghat, Jerry Lee Lewis, Les McCann, The J. Geils Band, The Staple Singers

A Winter's Tale: 7Ts Reissues Two From David Essex

March 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

David Essex Two Fer

The music of David Essex has long had a home at Cherry Red’s 7Ts label. Late in 2014, 7Ts revisited the catalogue of the British singer/actor for a two-for-one, double-disc reissue of 1983’s The Whisper and 1984’s This One’s for You. David Essex, OBE, was born David Albert Cook in 1947. Since making his record debut on the Fontana label in 1965, he has scored nineteen Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom (including two No. 1s), and sixteen Top 40 albums. Following a stage appearance in the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: David Essex

Warmth of the Sun: Rumer Collects "B-Sides and Rarities" On New Release

February 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Rumer B Sides

Since making her major label debut in 2010 with Seasons of My Soul, the artist known as Rumer (real name: Sarah Joyce) has made the case that elegantly-crafted adult pop can still be viable in the 21st century. Influenced by Burt Bacharach, Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Stephen Bishop, Jimmy Webb and Paul Williams, Rumer is possessed of a honeyed voice that's most frequently been compared to Karen Carpenter on her three studio albums - Seasons, 2012's Boys Don't Cry (a collection of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Rumer, Stephen Bishop

The Atlantic Albums Plus

February 26, 2015 By

England Dan

Edsel brings together England Dan and John Ford Coley's four Atlantic LPs (including the hits "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" and "Love is the Answer") on two CDs, adding three non-album bonus sides (including the Japan-only release "Keep Your Smile") and a 36-page booklet!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

"Mathis Is..." Coming In TWO WEEKS From Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music!

February 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Mathis Cover

Mathis Is… It’s a difficult statement to complete.  How to describe one of the most remarkable voices in popular music?  Johnny Mathis continues to enjoy a singularly wonderful, wonderful career - one spanning seven decades, over 350 million records sold, more than eighty albums, and a host of million-selling singles including “Misty,” “Chances Are” and “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late.”  Longtime readers of The Second Disc can no doubt imagine how privileged we feel to be able to inaugurate

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Johnny Mathis

Review: Ron Nagle, "Bad Rice"

February 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

bad rice

Rare is the "cult album" that actually lives up to its mystique. But rare is Ron Nagle's Bad Rice. This artifact from the Mystery Trend leader and acclaimed ceramic sculptor, originally released on Warner Bros. Records circa 1970, has recently been given new life by Omnivore Recordings in a deluxe 2-CD edition that's an early candidate for Reissue of the Year. One part David Ackles, one part Randy Newman and the rest pure Nagle, Bad Rice likely wasn't helped all those decades ago by its

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Jack Nitzsche, Ron Nagle

Recorded Live at the Bitter End - August 1971

February 24, 2015 By

Dion Bitter End

Omnivore Recordings in the U.S. and Ace Records in the U.K. delivers a stunning, intimate and never-before-released concert performance from Dion recorded at New York's legendary Bitter End in August 1971.

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Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Pop

Release Round-Up: Week of February 24

February 24, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti various editions (Atlantic/Swan Song) 2-CD Original Album: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Original Album: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Super Deluxe Edition (3-CD/3-LP): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Digital Download: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Led Zeppelin's classic album turns 40 and gets the remastered treatment with never-before-heard content available in a plethora

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Camper Van Beethoven, Chicago, Lead Belly, Led Zeppelin, The Animals, The Manhattans

From Belmont Ave. To Bleecker St.: Never-Before-Heard Dion Concert Arrives On CD In April

February 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dion Bitter End

In a career spanning an astounding seven decades, Dion DiMucci has transitioned from doo wop to rock and roll to pop to folk to blues to contemporary Christian and back again, always bringing his stamp of originality and attitude to each endeavor. In August 1971, The King of the New York Streets took to one street in particular – Bleecker – to perform at the legendary Bitter End, today New York’s oldest rock club. Omnivore Recordings in the U.S. (and Ace Records in the U.K.) has captured Dion at

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Dion, Dion and the Belmonts

Craig Fuller/Eric Kaz

February 19, 2015 By

Fuller and Kaz

A lost classic of seventies California rock, featuring guests J.D. Souther, Russ & Leah Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Michael McDonald, and Leo Sayer, returns to CD!

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Seems Like Only Yesterday--Live in Montreal 1976

February 19, 2015 By

Jesse Winchester Seems Like

The singer-songwriter's 1976 Montreal radio concert comes to CD!

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Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Pop

Faithful

February 19, 2015 By

Dusty Springfield Faithful

Faithful assembles for the first time on one CD all of the masters produced by Jeff Barry ("Chapel of Love," "Leader of the Pack," "Sugar, Sugar") for Dusty Springfield in 1971.  From his home base at New York's Century Sound, Barry produced thirteen songs for Dusty - twelve intended for album release and one for a non-LP single.  Four songs were released on two 45s, but when Dusty departed Atlantic Records, the remaining tracks were left on the shelf, and thought lost until the CD era. 

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Hang On Sloopy! "The Bert Berns Story Volume 3" Features Van Morrison, Lulu, Drifters

February 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bert Berns Story 3

Here comes the night…again! Even if you don’t know the name of Bert Berns, chances are you know the songs he wrote (“Twist and Shout,” “I Want Candy,” “Hang On, Sloopy,” “Piece of My Heart”), produced (“Under the Boardwalk,” “Baby I’m Yours,” “Brown-Eyed Girl,” “Here Comes the Night”) and oversaw as head of Bang Records (“Cherry, Cherry,” “Solitary Man” and the rest of Neil Diamond’s earliest recordings). Though Berns died in the final days of 1967 at just 38 years of age, a year hasn’t gone by

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Bert Berns, The Drifters, Van Morrison, Various Artists

Live in Dublin

February 18, 2015 By

HO Dublin

Daryl Hall and John Oates' July 15, 2014 show at Dublin's Olympia Theatre - their first in the city - has been captured on audio and video!  The concert's 15 tracks include "Maneater," "She's Gone," "Sara Smile" and more.  Live in Dublin will be available in CD/DVD and BD editions.

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

Real Gone Has "Rhapsodies" In April From Dusty Springfield, Rick Wakeman, Jesse Winchester and More

February 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Dusty Springfield Faithful

One surefire cure for the winter blues is to think ahead to the warmer climates awaiting us in spring.  And Real Gone Music is seeing to it that April 2015 will shower not only with rain but with a full slate of new releases! This batch includes a sprawling set from Yes’ Rick Wakeman produced the great Tony Visconti, two more visits down memory lane with Grateful Dead, plus some rare music from underrated singer/songwriters Craig Fuller and Eric Kaz, and Jesse Winchester.  And that’s not

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Cannonball Adderley, Craig Fuller, Dusty Springfield, Eric Kaz, Jesse Winchester, Rick Wakeman, The Crumbsuckers, The Grateful Dead, Yes

Let's Go Away For Awhile: The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" Comes To Blu-ray Audio

February 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

beach boys standard pet sounds

“I figure no one is educated musically ‘til they’ve heard [Pet Sounds],” Paul McCartney once said of The Beach Boys’ classic, released 45 years and one week ago on May 16, 1966. George Martin concurred: “Without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper wouldn’t have happened.” Brian Wilson poured his musical heart into the album’s thirteen tracks; in less than thirty-five minutes, he delivered an entire spectrum of emotions in a song cycle of striking beauty and sensitivity. Pet Sounds may initially have been

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio Genre: Pop Tags: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys

Review: Chicago, "XXXIV: Live in '75"

February 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

chicago live 75

When they took the stage at Largo, Maryland's Capital Centre in June, 1975, nostalgia was foremost on the minds of the members of Chicago.  Early in the set preserved by Rhino on Chicago XXXIV: Live in '75, comments are made from the stage with a great deal of surprise: "[Here's] another blast from the past!"  "Nostalgia is in nowadays."  "We would like to be nostalgic."  Would the Robert Lamm, Walter Parazaider, Lee Loughnane and James Pankow of 1975 been able to conceive that they'd be playing

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Chicago, The Beach Boys

Postcards from Paradise

February 17, 2015 By

Ringo Postcards

Ringo Starr's eighteenth album arrives just in time for his solo induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Guest musicians include members of Starr's most recent All-Starr Band, all of whom co-wrote one track with Starr: Todd Rundgren, Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Richard Page, Warren Ham and Gregg Bissonette.  Guest appearances are also promised from Joe Walsh, Richard Marx, Peter Frampton and Dave Stewart.

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

No Pier Pressure (Deluxe Edition)

February 17, 2015 By

Brian Wilson No Pier Pressure

Brian Wilson returns with his long-anticipated eleventh studio album featuring Al Jardine, David Marks and Blondie Chaplin of The Beach Boys, plus Nate Ruess of fun., She & Him, Kasey Musgraves, Sebu Simonian of Capital Cities, Peter Hollens, Mark Isham, and longtime members of Wilson's band.  Wilson and Joe Thomas (The Beach Boys' That's Why God Made the Radio) have produced. The standard CD edition will include 13 songs, while a deluxe CD edition has been promised with 16.  The 2-LP

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

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