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Carry On: The Deluxe Collection 1982-1992

April 25, 2023 By

Weather Girls Carry On

Hallelujah!  Carry On: The Deluxe Collection 1982-1992 is a long-overdue assessment of Martha Wash and Izora Armstead's unlikely journey toward the top of the pop charts, some fascinating music that came before it - and a triumphant second act by Wash following some truly bizarre situations that only could have happened in the music industry. This 4CD box set, compiled and produced by Adam Mattera, presents The Weather Girls' three albums for Columbia Records - Success (1983), Big Girls Don't

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

Shadow Kingdom

April 23, 2023 By

Bob Dylan Shadow Kingdom

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Those of you who missed out on Bob Dylan's pandemic-era Shadow Kingdom: you're in luck.  The troubadour's concert film event, which was first streamed in stark black-and-white in July 2021, is now coming to CD, 2LP, and digital formats for its audio-only premiere.  Shadow Kingdom will arrive from Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings on June 2, and the film will be available for digital download and

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

Field Day: 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition

April 23, 2023 By

MarshallCrenshaw FieldDay COVER

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Marshall Crenshaw's new reissue campaign continues with his second album, Field Day, as newly remastered by Greg Calbi.  It will be augmented with bonus tracks on all formats: two non-LP B-sides (including a cover of Elvis Presley's "Little Sister") and four unreleased cuts including an early version of penultimate track "What Time is It?" and instrumental "TV track" versions of "Our Town" and

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

The Weekend Stream: April 22, 2023

April 22, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. Follow up your Record Store Day with a few digital versions of the latest exclusive vinyl releases, plus rare live material from Bruce Springsteen, rare studio material from Little Richard, one of Billy Joel's first bands, a new way to hear an old favorite by The Police and even more! Billy Joel,

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: All Saints, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Gil Scott-Heron, Jay-Z, Little Richard, Madonna, Miles Davis, Nas, Sting, The Neighbourhood, The Police

The Second Disc's Record Store Day 2023 Shopping Guide

April 21, 2023 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

RSD 2023

Record Store Day! It's that time again where music lovers and vinyl flippers get together at their favorite physical music retailers and wait in line to snag some treasured albums - almost all of which are pressed on vinyl instead of CD (or, you know, sold on secondary marketplaces for above their retail value). It's certainly easy to be cynical about this stuff, but the crux of the idea still lives: find some music that moves you, something from an old favorite you've maybe never heard

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Joel, Crispin Glover, Duran Duran, Prefab Sprout, Stewart Copeland, The Police

Take Me Home Tonight: Liberation Hall Preps Eddie Money, Muddy Waters, Charlie Parker, More for Record Store Day

April 21, 2023 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Eddie Money The Covers

When it comes to Record Store Day, Liberation Hall sure isn't kidding around.  The label has seven titles from a host of rock, jazz, blues, and folk superstars, all set for release on vinyl at independent record stores everywhere tomorrow, April 22 - but that's not all.  All seven albums have also arrived on CD. Eddie Money's The Covers (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) brings the late rock-and-roller's two 2009 EPs together on one album.  The eight songs on The Covers encompass the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Charlie Parker, Eddie Money, Joao Gilberto, Luis Bonfá, Muddy Waters, Phil Ochs, Record Store Day, Romeo Void, The Sir Douglas Quintet

Release Round-Up: Week of April 21

April 21, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Philip Bailey State of the Heart

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Philip Bailey, State of the Heart: The Columbia Recordings (1983-1988) (SoulMusic/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) State of the Heart celebrates the timeless voice of Earth, Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey with expanded editions of his three solo LPs for Columbia Records in the '80s: 1983's Continuation, 1984's Chinese Wall (including the mega-hit Phil Collins duet

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Blood Sweat and Tears, Everything But the Girl, Ian Hunter, Jethro Tull, Phil Collins, Philip Bailey

Could It Be Magic: Barry Manilow's Debut, in Rare Original Mix, Heads to Vinyl

April 20, 2023 By Mike Duquette 13 Comments

Manilow LP

Barry Manilow will mark the 50th anniversary of his solo career with an exciting vinyl reissue of his debut album - pressed in a way that's not been heard and seen together since it first came out. The beloved singer/songwriter has been on a hot streak lately that most artists his age would sell their souls for. Already a celebrated draw at the Westgate Las Vegas (his 14th year as a concert act in Sin City, and fast closing in on as many performances at the venue as Elvis Presley), Manilow

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Barry Manilow

Marshall Crenshaw to Have a 'Field Day' with Another Expanded Reissue

April 19, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

MarshallCrenshaw FieldDay COVER

Yep Roc Records thrilled fans of great power-pop when they expanded and reissued Marshall Crenshaw's long out-of-print 1982 debut album last year, hitting vinyl for Record Store Day and following up soon after on CD and digital. This summer, the magic continues with a similar reissue for Crenshaw's second LP Field Day. After the delirious magic of Crenshaw's first LP - including the Top 40 hit "Someday, Someway" and a host of other great tunes - even the best of predictions wouldn't have had

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Marshall Crenshaw

UPDATE 4/17/23: New Four Seasons Mega-Box Will Have You Swearin' to God

April 17, 2023 By Mike Duquette 21 Comments

Four Seasons box

The Four Seasons are one of America's most resonant and enduring pop/rock outfits. Between the group and its distinctive frontman Frankie Valli, they've scored around a dozen Top 10 hits - seven of which went to No. 1. Their early output in the '60s held its own against the British Invasion. They maintained hits into the disco era, and a cover of one of their songs hit the upper reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021. The original quartet was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Four Seasons

The Weekend Stream: April 15, 2023

April 15, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. Rarities and oddities abound: cartoon soundtracks, early works from country legends, and more! Pat Irwin, Rocko's Modern Life (Original Music from the Series) (Nickelodeon) (iTunes / Amazon) Joe Murray's colorful cartoon about a harried wallaby and his misadventures was one of Nickelodeon's

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alex North, Bobby Bare, Dottsy, Gym Class Heroes, How to Dress Well, Jim Nabors, Nasty Rox Inc, Ray Conniff, Starpoint

Forever Young: Bob Dylan's "Shadow Kingdom" Comes to CD, LP

April 14, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Bob Dylan Shadow Kingdom

Those of you who missed out on Bob Dylan's Shadow Kingdom: you're in luck.  The troubadour's pandemic-era concert event, which was first livestreamed in stark black-and-white in July 2021, is now coming to CD, 2LP, and digital formats for its audio-only premiere.  Shadow Kingdom will arrive from Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings on June 2, and the film will be available for digital download and rental beginning the following Tuesday, June 6. Shadow Kingdom found Dylan dipping into the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan

Release Round-Up: Week of April 14

April 14, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Dionne Warwick Complete Scepter Singles

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Dionne Warwick, The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973 (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973 is a set for which Dionne Warwick fans have long been waiting: a complete collection featuring the A- and B-sides of every one of her classic Scepter Records singles (plus two bonus sides originally issued on the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Dionne Warwick, Metallica, Natalie Merchant, Neil Young

The State You're In: Expanded Album from Feelies Bassist Coming in April

April 13, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

WC 1996 kitchen 2

As the bassist for The Feelies from 1983 to 1991 - and again for their ongoing 21st century reunions - Brenda Sauter had a front row seat to some of the best underground sounds of the New York metropolitan area during a crucial time for indie rock. This month, one of her most significant solo projects will get its due thanks to a special Record Store Day reissue and a rarities-packed digital expanded edition. Wild Carnation, the outfit Sauter fronted (alongside guitarist/organist Richard

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: The Feelies, Wild Carnation

It's Raining Discs: SoulMusic Promises Tons O' Fun with Weather Girls/Martha Wash Collection

April 12, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Weather Girls Carry On

According to our forecast, SoulMusic Records has got an incredible opportunity to soak up two of the most unique singers of the '80s: the dance duo The Weather Girls! Carry On: The Deluxe Collection 1982-1992 is a long-overdue assessment of Martha Wash and Izora Armstead's unlikely journey toward the top of the pop charts, some fascinating music that came before it - and a triumphant second act by Wash following some truly bizarre situations that only could have happened in the music

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Martha Wash, Paul Jabara, Paul Shaffer, The Weather Girls

Still Beatin': Huey Lewis and The News Get Expanded Japanese Albums, CD/DVD Collection

April 11, 2023 By Mike Duquette 23 Comments

Huey Japanese singles

Have you heard The News? The sweet pop/rock/soul sound of San Francisco's Huey Lewis & The News has sadly gone silent in recent years, thanks to its one-of-a-kind frontman's battle with Ménière's disease, which causes intermittent hearing loss. But a surprise new reissue campaign courtesy of Universal Music Group's Japanese division promises the most comprehensive look at the band's blockbuster catalogue of the '80s and early '90s. UMG will remaster, expand and reissue the six albums the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Huey Lewis and The News

Continuing: 7a Reissues, Expands Michael Nesmith's "Ranch Stash" on CD and Vinyl

April 7, 2023 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Michael Nesmith Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash 50th

7a Records, hot off its recent reissue of Macy Gray's jazz/R&B gem Stripped, has returned to the milieu of The Monkees with the latest in its series of expanded and remastered 50th anniversary reissues from the catalogue of Michael Nesmith.  Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash is out now in CD and 180-gram gray vinyl formats, both of which add the alternate RCA version of "Marie's Theme" as a bonus track. As detailed in the always-compelling liner notes by Andrew Sandoval, Nesmith's

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop Tags: Michael Nesmith

Release Round-Up: Week of April 7

April 7, 2023 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Darlene Love Live 1982

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today. Various Artists, Love Is the Message: The Sound of Philadelphia Volume 3 (Snapper/United Souls)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) After well over a year since the release of Satisfaction Guaranteed, United Souls' series of box sets collecting the Philadelphia International label's complete studio albums resumes with Love Is the Message: The Sound of Philadelphia Vol. 3.  The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Allan Clarke, Billy Paul, Darlene Love, Graham Nash, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, KISS, Linkin Park, Mary Mundy, MFSB, Mister Rogers, NXTOFKIN, Roslyn and Charles, Susanna Hoffs, The O'Jays, Voivod

In Memoriam: Seymour Stein (1942-2023)

April 3, 2023 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Seymour Stein Siren Song

Just Say Yes. None other than Bugs Bunny himself was featured on the cover of Sire Records' 1987 promotional release, the first in a series of collections spotlighting the label's wealth of musical riches.  Long before Warner Bros. said "yes" to Sire, though, the company was a scrappy independent thanks to the vision of its co-founder, Seymour Stein.  The music mogul who spearheaded the careers of Madonna, Ramones, Talking Heads, The Pretenders, and countless others died yesterday at the age of

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The Weekend Stream: April 1, 2023

April 1, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. Our latest round-up may be on April Fool's Day, but it's no joke: remixes by Madonna, rarities by Burt Bacharach and Peggy Lee, a White Stripes live set and the first major Barry White production are all here. Happy streaming! Madonna, Nothing Really Matters (Remixes) (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes /

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ashanti, Barry White, Bobby Darin, Burt Bacharach, Carly Simon, Cissy Houston, Debbie Gibson, Jack White, Joel Grey, Lil Wayne, Love Unlimited, Madonna, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Petula Clark, Rupert Holmes, Stephanie Mills, The White Stripes

Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir: 50th Anniversary Edition

March 31, 2023 By

Michael Martin Murphey Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir

Singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey's sophomore album, produced by Bob Johnston and originally released in 1973 on the A&M label, makes its domestic CD debut in this remastered edition which features the original album sequence only.

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 31

March 31, 2023 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

The Who With Orchestra Live at Wembley

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of new titles in stores today! The Who, The Who with Orchestra Live at Wembley (Polydor/UMC) 2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Colored Vinyl: The Who Official Store 3LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Who brings their 2019 Wembley Stadium concert to a host of audio formats.  The show featured Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and their band including Simon Townshend and

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Crazy Horse, Dolly Parton, Neil Young, Rita Wilson, The Who, The Zombies

Springfield

March 30, 2023 By

Rick Springfield Springfield

Rick Springfield's previously unreleased 1974 album for Columbia Records gets its first-ever release in a deluxe, expanded edition from Iconoclassic Records. Over the years, just three tracks from the gutsy, rock-and-roll-oriented Springfield have escaped the vault (including "American Girls").  Iconoclassic's world premiere of the complete album includes his previously unreleased 1974 performance at Post Falls, Idaho's Northwest Speedway as well as the "Streakin' Across the USA"/"Music to

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Smash: The Singles 1985-2020

March 30, 2023 By

Pet Shop Boys Smash

6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD/2BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP White Vinyl: PetShopBoys.com 3 Cassette: PetShopBoys.com Pet Shop Boys have rounded up most of their A-sides released between 1985 and 2020 on this new box set available in a variety of editions including 3CD, 3CD/2BD (with two Blu-rays of music videos and extras), 6LP standard black vinyl, 6LP white vinyl, 3 cassettes, and digital formats.

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop

Love Comes Quickly: Pet Shop Boys Collect 35 Years of Singles on "Smash"

March 30, 2023 By Joe Marchese 17 Comments

Pet Shop Boys Smash

Pet Shop Boys are looking back on 35 years of music with a newly remastered singles collection to be released on June 16 in a variety of formats.  Synthpop duo Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe released their debut single in 1984 with "West End Girls."  The strikingly original song melding catchy pop and irresistible dance rhythms was generally well-received but Tennant and Lowe suspected it hadn't met its full potential.  The following year, they re-recorded a new version with producer Stephen Hague

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop Tags: Pet Shop Boys

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