Universal reissues the late, great Connie Francis' 1959 album Christmas in My Heart on CD with four bonus sides: 1961's "Baby's First Christmas," 1962's "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter," 1964's "Blue Winter," and "Happy New Year, Baby," unreleased until 1987. The vinyl LP reissue drops the latter two songs. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
James Taylor at Christmas
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy Recordings expands James Taylor at Christmas - which has already gone through numerous iterations since 2004 when it was first released as the Hallmark-exclusive A Christmas Album - to 15 tracks on CD by bringing together all of the songs from its various incarnations including "Deck the Halls" from the original release, "River" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from 2006, and "Mon
Couldn't Care More: Fine Young Cannibals to Drive You Crazy with Multi-Format Compilation
Four decades after their brief but pivotal run of success on each side of the Atlantic in the mid-to-late '80s, Fine Young Cannibals come back for a few more bites in the form of a sprawling compilation/box set. Arriving from London Records on November 21, FYC40 will reintroduce audiences to the Birmingham trio behind "Johnny Come Home," "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing" on a multi-disc set that's available on CD or vinyl. The most comprehensive version spans four CDs and a DVD, offering
They Don't Know - But New Kirsty MacColl Compilation Will Change That
If you were intimidated by UMR's See That Girl (1979-2000), an 8CD dive into the music of Kirsty MacColl released back in 2023, Edsel has licensed a new 2CD collection offering 30 songs from the same era, due out this week. Free World - The Best of Kirsty MacColl 1979-2000 is a well-curated mix of singles, B-sides and fan favorites from the dearly missed British songstress, including the stellar debut "They Don't Know"; hits like "A New England," "Days" and "Walking Down Madison"; and
In My Mind's Eye: Tears for Fears' 'Songs from the Big Chair' Revisited for 40th Anniversary
Tears for Fears' Songs from the Big Chair - still the crown jewel of the duo's discography, and easily its most-reissued - will get some more pressings on CD and vinyl this fall to mark its 40th anniversary. Already expanded on CD in 1999, 2006 and a 2014 box set, TFF's signature LP comes back into print as a 3CD set that offers most of the contents of that out-of-print box set: the original album, B-sides, various single edits and remixes. The original album will also be newly pressed on
It's Magic: The Cars' 'Heartbeat City' Beats Strong in New Deluxe Edition
Hello again! The Cars' penultimate album and biggest commercial success is coming back in a box set this year. Rhino will reissue the group's Heartbeat City as a 4CD/1LP set on October 31, a year-delayed 40th anniversary celebration that'll include the original album on CD and vinyl alongside a wealth of bonus material (including tracks featured on previous expanded editions of not only this album but 1980's Panorama). Highlights include the non-album B-side "Breakaway," remixes of the single
The Weekend Stream: September 27, 2025
Welcome to another relaxing journey down The Weekend Stream featuring a classic anthem from Barry Manilow and the late Peter Allen; a moving farewell for a great cause from Ozzy Osbourne and his friends in Judas Priest; classic pop from The King Family; a host of jazz, R&B, and country reissues; a dash of Christmas cheer from an old friend; and more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-miWrKUaEE Barry Manilow, Once Before I Go (Stiletto) (Apple / Amazon) Fans attending Barry Manilow's
Release Round-Up: Week of September 26
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.' Spike Jones in Stereo: A Spooktacular in Screaming Sound! (Omnivore) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore Recordings LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore Recordings The late, great Spike Jones' side-splittingly spooky 1959 album In Stereo: A Spooktacular in Screaming Sound! returns from
Add Some Music to Your Day: Brian Wilson's "Live at the Roxy" Is Remastered, Expanded for Its 25th Anniversary
When Brian Wilson took to the stage at Lou Adler's Roxy on the Sunset Strip in April 2000, the tiny, 500-capacity venue was filled with love. Friends (Nancy Sinatra, Jackie DeShannon, Don Was), fans (Jon Bon Jovi, Bette Midler, Lindsay Buckingham), and family members (daughters Carnie and Wendy, nephews Jonah and Patrick, wife Melinda) packed into the venue to see the Beach Boys' leader reinvent himself as a solo artist. Though a famously recalcitrant live performer, he'd embarked on his first
The Weekend Stream: September 20, 2025
Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. Lenny Kravitz gets expanded, The Doors revisit a classic concert, J. Lo goes Broadway, and much, much more! Lenny Kravitz, Circus (Deluxe Edition) (Virgin/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) Kravitz's top ten album from 1995 receives thirteen bonus cuts in this digital-only expansion, including live and acoustic tracks plus three studio cuts previously
Release Round-Up: Week of September 19
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today including - did we ever think we'd get the chance to say this? - the CD debut of Buckingham Nicks! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Buckingham Nicks (Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. (gold) / Amazon U.K. (baby blue) / Amazon Canada (gold) In just over 15 years of reporting at The Second Disc, it's a sentence we never thought
The Magic in Your Touch: New Thompson Twins Collection Features Hits, Deep Cuts and Live Disc
Just about a year after expanding and reissuing landmark album Into the Gap for its 40th anniversary, the Thompson Twins' catalogue will now be evaluated through a new compilation - the first to be sanctioned by the band. Industry & Seduction: A Thompson Twins Collection will offer 20 singles and favorite cuts across the band's best-known period of material from 1982 to 1986, including standouts "Hold Me Now," "Lay Your Hands on Me," "Lies," "Doctor! Doctor!" and "In the Name of Love."
How's About Some Hot Stuff: Massive Donna Summer Singles CD Box Set Coming This Fall
It's a box set fit for a queen (of disco): Donna Summer's singles are being chronicled in a major way in November. Summer Time: The Singles Collection 1974-2010, coming November 28 from the late singer's Driven by the Music catalogue imprint, is set to be a staggering tribute to Summer's decades-long presence as a dancefloor filler. Timed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her breakthrough hit "Love to Love You, Baby," this 40CD set will highlight five decades' worth of single sides she
The Last Ship: Expanded Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Coming to 2CD, 2LP, and digital formats ahead of a new series of worldwide performances, this new edition of Sting's 2013 concept album take on The Last Ship offers 20 tracks from the original album release and cast recording, plus five new recordings, all resequenced to better reflect the current version of the score. Those new tracks are a re-recording of the song "Shipyard" (with new vocals by
Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings
Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings from Cherry Red's Lemon imprint and TSD presents all of the late Nicolette Larson's original studio and live albums for Warner Bros. Records on 4 CDs, produced by Ted Templeman (The Doobie Brothers, Van Halen) and singer-songwriter Andrew Gold ("Thank You for Being a Friend," "Lonely Boy"), plus bonus tracks. The box contains newly remastered editions of Nicolette (1978), Live at the Roxy (1979), In the Nick of Time (1979), Radioland (1981),
It's Gonna Take a Lotta Love: The Second Disc, Lemon Collect Nicolette Larson's Warner Bros. Albums on "Look In My Direction"
On the evenings of February 21 and 22, 1998, a host of musicians took the stage of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to pay tribute to one of their own. Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Buffett, Bonnie Raitt, and Crosby, Stills and Nash were just a few of the artists who paid their respects in song to the late Nicolette Larson. The luminous singer with the honeyed voice had unexpectedly died just a couple of months earlier at the far too young age of 45. In the decades since
A Second Disc Interview: A.J. Croce Brings the Family Songbook to Life Once More
The music business works in mysterious ways. Not long after posting news that recent remixes of Jim Croce's classic solo albums were getting repackaged into a CD set, The Second Disc was approached with the opportunity to talk to A.J. Croce, the son of the late singer/songwriter, ahead of a tour he's mounting. Adrian James Croce was eight days shy of turning two when a plane crash claimed the life of his father, then just 30 years old. He has since gone into music himself: hardly a clone of
Free As a Bird: The Beatles 'Anthology' Gets Remixed and Expanded in New Box Set (UPDATED 9/16/2025)
The next archival project from The Beatles is a celebration of their most major archival project, with a newly reissued and (slightly) expanded edition of their Anthology series coming to audio and video formats this fall. Anthology Collection will include remastered editions of the original three collections of rarities and outtakes compiled by George Martin and released through 1995 and 1996, available across six CDs or nine LPs. Martin's son Giles, who remastered those albums, also curates
The "Cocaine Drain" Album
The Cowsills' legendary 1978 Cocaine Drain album - so named for John Hall's composition - finally makes its official debut from Omnivore Recordings, filling in the missing chapter between the band's sunshine pop roots and latter-day Americana reinvention. Cocaine Drain was originally helmed by Chuck Plotkin, but when Bruce Springsteen and Darkness on the Edge of Town came calling, Val Garay took over to sequence, master, and finish the project. Yet the recordings were never picked up by a
Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
Ray Charles' 1963 potpourri Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul makes it first official appearance on vinyl in decades and also returns to CD in this remastered reissue featuring the original album sequence only. Tracks include "Busted," "That Lucky Old Sun," "Over the Rainbow," and "You'll Never Walk Alone." As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Here You Are
Canadian chanteuse Anne Murray's 33rd studio album - and first album of original material in over 15 years - arrives on U.S. shores September 19. Here You Are brings together eleven previously unreleased recordings made between 1978 and 1995, as curated by executive producer Bob Rock and mixed by Adam Greenholtz. Original producers include Jim Ed Norman, Jerry Crutchfield, Ed Cherney, and Kyle Lehning, while songwriters represented include Steve Dorff ("Heaven in My Heart"), Hugh Prestwood
The World is My Oyster: Frankie Goes to Hollywood's 'Pleasuredome' Goes Massive for New Box Set
Universal Music Recordings are shooting a new box set in the right direction, covering Frankie Goes to Hollywood's U.K. pop landmark Welcome to the Pleasuredome in exhaustive new detail. Though it's already been exhaustively been reissued since The Second Disc started operating - once on a 2CD set from Salvo Music, on 2014's vinyl/cassette/DVD set Inside the Pleasuredome (along with a 2018 Record Store Day box set of 12" singles and the 2022 RSD comp Altered Reels, which brought a pair of
Sting Sets Sail with Expanded Reissue of 'The Last Ship'
The ship of Theseus is a classic paradox of thought that asks whether an object is truly the same after all its component pieces have been replaced. That's not exactly the case for Sting's musical The Last Ship, but he is once again revisiting the song score he's tinkered with several times over the last decade in a new expanded edition due this winter. Coming to 2CD, 2LP and digital on December 5 ahead of a new series of worldwide performances, this new edition of the singer/songwriter's
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy: 50th Anniversary Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elton John's landmark Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy returns this fall with a bonus disc of unreleased material in time for its 50th anniversary. Due on CD and purple/white swirl vinyl, the album (remastered in 2016) will be paired with a second disc featuring unreleased session demo versions of five songs from the original LP (including two takes on the title track) as well as a
Around the World in a Day: Deluxe Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (black): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (blue marble): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc: Official Store Prince's estate will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Prince and The Revolution's Around the World in a Day with a deluxe edition gathering all the non-LP material from the original release. Available in a
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