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It's For Real: "Encore" Collects Donna Summer's Complete Studio Albums and More

January 28, 2020 By Sam Stone 28 Comments

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        On March 27, Demon Music Group's Crimson Productions label will release Encore, the ultimate Donna Summer box set. The Queen of Disco's reigned over the pop charts for decades with stints on Casablanca, Geffen, Mercury, and Atlantic. Over the years, she released 17 studio albums, two live albums, and a wealth of successful singles. Encore will bring together all those albums across 33 CDs, plus 8 discs of 7" and 12" mixes, rare edits, non-album cuts, and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder

All of the Nights We'd Harmonize 'Til Dawn: Legacy Releases Live EP from Simon and Garfunkel

January 24, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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On November 28, 1969, The New York Times headline trumpeted "Simon and Garfunkel Perform to Full House at Carnegie Hall." Paul Simon described the concert as a "true test of faith" as The Rolling Stones were playing downtown at Madison Square Garden, but the duo's faithful certainly rewarded them (and were rewarded themselves) as both the November 27 concert and the second date that evening of November 28 were sold out. Despite dealing with the tensions that would drive them apart (and would

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel

Release Round-Up: Week of January 24

January 24, 2020 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elton John, Live from Moscow 1979 (Mercury/UMe) 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2019 marked the 40th anniversary of Elton John's landmark tour of Russia, where he stunned audiences as the first rocker to perform in the country.  His concerts there were intimate events where he performed alongside percussionist Ray Cooper.  Now, Elton brings his May 28, 1979 concert in Moscow to

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Big Star, Depeche Mode, Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Sam Cooke, Supergrass, The Dave Clark Five, The Honeycombs, The Meters

Affirmative Yes: Real Gone Announces Vinyl Reissues of The Bonniwell Music Machine, The Donnas, and Little Beaver

January 23, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

Donnas GoldMedal

Real Gone Music is at it again with a slate of overlooked classics due for reissue on vinyl this February and March.  First up, there's The Donnas' Gold Medal, a power-pop favorite from 2004 that features the radio hit "Fall Behind Me."  The Butch Walker-produced album marked a new direction for the band as they embraced a '70s-inspired psychedelic sound evoked visually by the very groovy artwork.  Due on February 28, Real Gone's black-and-gold splatter vinyl edition will reproduce all the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Funk, Pop, Rock Tags: Little Beaver, Sean Bonniwell, The Bonniwell Music Machine, The Donnas, Willie Hale

Ace Round-Up, Part One: London American and Westbound Records Anthologies

January 23, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

London American Label 1967

Having previously chronicled 1956-1966 over eleven volumes, Ace has returned to its London American Label series for a last (?) hurrah. The London American Label Year by Year: 1967 is packed with 28 stellar selections to illuminate a year in which the label was in steadfast decline. London had long been the destination for great American records, but the major U.S. companies were launching their own U.K. arms and declining to license to London. This led London to release fewer 45s from

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Various Artists

Across the Barrier of Sound: Postscript

January 22, 2020 By

Game Theory Across The Barrier Of Sound OV 362

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Color vinyl variant: Omnivore Online Shop Omnivore Recordings' celebration of '80s indie band Game Theory continues with Across The Barrier of Sound: Postscript. This release premieres a clutch of sessions recorded in 1989-90 by a revamped Game Theory lineup featuring Michael Quercio of The Three O'Clock. Across The Barrier of Sound: Postscript brings together studio recordings,

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

UPDATE - Back To This Heavenly Bliss: Joni Mitchell's "Shine" Arriving on Vinyl from Craft Recordings

January 21, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Ever since the so-called "vinyl renaissance" began at the turn of the last decade, Joni Mitchell fans the world over have wondered whether her catalogue would be given the deluxe LP treatment. Sure, there was the 8-LP compilation Love Has Many Faces in 2018, and the trusty titles like Blue, Court and Spark, and Hejira have been pressed to wax in editions that rival the originals, but the same can't be said for her some of her later-career output. Heck, even For the Roses - the 1972 transitional

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Joni Mitchell

Laurel Canyon Reprise: Game Theory Rarities Collected on "Across The Barrier of Sound: Postscript"

January 21, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Omnivore Recordings' celebration of '80s indie band Game Theory continues on March 20 with Across The Barrier of Sound: Postscript. The critically acclaimed group gained legions of fans over the years with '60s and '70s pop influences and a post-punk edge. Their classic 1982-1988 albums have already been given the Omnivore treatment, and now the label is turning the spotlight toward a clutch of sessions recorded in 1989-90 by a revamped Game Theory lineup. For that short time, bandleader

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Game Theory

All the Hits [Various Formats]

January 20, 2020 By

DC5 AllTheHits UK CD

U.K. CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada U.K. 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada U.S. CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada U.S. 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Dave Clark is revisiting his band's 2008 compilation The Hits under the revised title of All the Hits in a new edition on BMG.  Featuring classics like "Because," "Glad All Over," "Catch Us If You Can," "Do You Love Me," and "Bits and Pieces," the set is a fine overview of the DC5's

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

Wake Up Everybody: Vocalion Releases Quad SACDs from Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, O'Jays, Earth Wind and Fire, Helen Reddy

January 20, 2020 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Earth Wind and Fire Spirit SACD

The U.K.'s Dutton Vocalion label has announced its first batch of hybrid SACD releases for 2020, all of which feature original quadraphonic and stereo mixes. (The stereo mixes are playable on all CD players.) This round follows an eclectic array of titles released in 2019 including albums by Paul Revere and The Raiders, The Guess Who, Argent, Blood Sweat & Tears, Carlos Santana, and numerous others. (Visit the Dutton Vocalion website for information on all of these titles and more!) The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Earth Wind and Fire, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Helen Reddy, Paul Mauriat, The O'Jays

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration

January 17, 2020 By

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Following the limited Record Store Day release of the 2-LP set for Record Store Day Black Friday, a standard edition of Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration is set for wide release on January 24  From Decca:  "On Joni's 75th birthday last November, a star-studded roster of musicians gathered together to pay tribute to the legendary singer-songwriter. The evening was recorded and is now being released on vinyl. It features performances by Brandi Carlile, Glen Hansard, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones,

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Soundtracks

Release Round-Up: Week of January 17

January 17, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Marshall Crenshaw Miracle of Science 2020

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Marshall Crenshaw, Miracle of Science [Revised Edition] (Shiny-Tone) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Singer-songwriter Marshall Crenshaw reissues his 1996 Razor & Tie release on his own Shiny-Tone label, tinkering with some tracks and adding two new recordings.  It launches a new reissue campaign that will ultimately encompass three studio albums -- Miracle of Science, 1999's

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bad Company, Buck Owens, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marshall Crenshaw, Paul Kelly, Roy Clark, Susan Raye, Tammy Wynette

All I Ever Wanted: Depeche Mode Announce Definitive Studio Collection On CD

January 16, 2020 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Depeche Mode Mode

Following a series of box sets collecting its 12-inch singles, pioneering English electronic band - and 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees - Depeche Mode have announced a definitive survey of their studio works.  The limited, numbered MODE is due on January 24 from Rhino/Warner (in the U.S.) and Sony (in the U.K.).  The 18-CD collection rounds up all fourteen of Depeche Mode's studio albums plus four additional discs of bonus material.  In total, MODE features 63 non-album singles,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: Depeche Mode

You Got Me Anyway: Cherry Red Collects Complete Sutherland Brothers and Quiver on Box Set

January 15, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Sutherland Brothers and Quiver The Albums

This month, we'll be periodically looking at titles from the final months of 2019 which we haven't yet covered.  Today's spotlight is on The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver's The Albums box set. Hailing from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, brothers Gavin and Iain Sutherland carved out one of the most consistent runs in '70s pop-rock, releasing eight melodic, memorable albums between 1972 and 1979 on the Island and CBS/Columbia labels. The brothers were born into a musical family, and when they moved

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Quiver, The Sutherland Brothers

In the Key of Joy

January 14, 2020 By

Sergio Mendes In the Key of Joy Deluxe

2CD (Album and Bonus Soundtrack): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Sergio Mendes returns with a new studio album.  On In the Key of Joy, the Brazilian music legend welcomes such guests as Common, Joe Pizzulo, Sheléa Frazier , Hermeto Pascoal, and Gracinha Leporace (Sergio's wife and longtime musical partner).   The 2-CD Deluxe Edition adds a bonus disc of 16 Mendes classics as the soundtrack to an upcoming documentary about

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Pop

RPM Records Wraps Up Almost 30 Year Run; Label's Final Release Due in May

January 14, 2020 By Joe Marchese 20 Comments

RPM Records

For nearly three decades, the RPM Records arm of Cherry Red Records has exemplified the finest in archival reissues. Here at The Second Disc, we've covered dozens of RPM's often ambitious titles over the last ten years - most of which shed light on artists and albums that would likely otherwise have languished in the vaults. RPM's releases gave equal consideration to all artists, whether the famous (Gene Pitney, Chad and Jeremy, The Spencer Davis Group), the soon-to-be- famous (the pre-ABBA Hep

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy: Rhino Kicks Off 2020 With Start Your Ear Off Right Campaign

January 14, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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As has become an annual tradition, Rhino has kicked off the new year with another exciting slate of Start Your Ear Off Right releases.  The first few titles have already hit shelves, and more are on the way over the course of the month. Punk, new wave, counterculture rock, singer-songwriter classics, and sleek '80s pop hits...it's all part of this year's campaign.  Each week, a batch of these limited edition color vinyl pressings will be released to brick and mortar shops and a select few

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Angelo Badalamenti, Bad Company, Deep Purple, Devo, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Stevie Nicks, The Replacements, Uncle Tupelo, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon

Thank You For The Music: On 10 Years of The Second Disc

January 10, 2020 By Mike Duquette 30 Comments

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Ten years ago, I was writing my first post for The Second Disc, a website about music reissues I thought was a pretty bright idea. A lot has changed since then. The first posts were written in the bedroom of a suburban New Jersey home - the house I grew up in and moved back into after post-college economic downturn made it the best possible choice to live. This post was written in an apartment in Queens that I share with a lovely fiancée who is very cool about the amount of box sets

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Categories: Features Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Release Round-Up: Week of January 10

January 10, 2020 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Laura Nyro More Than a New Discovery

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Laura Nyro, More Than a New Discovery [Limited Violet Vinyl Mono Edition] (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Today's the day!  We're so proud to reissue, for the first time ever on vinyl (and in homage to the artist's favorite color), Laura Nyro's 1967 debut More Than a New Discovery in a violet vinyl limited edition of 1,250 copies.  This edition features the original, long out-of-print (and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Ben E. King, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Glen Campbell, Laura Nyro, Mister Rogers, The Drifters

The Importance of Your Love: Vince Hill Reflects on His "Legacy" with 1965-1974 Anthology

January 9, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Vince Hill Legacy

One of our favorite releases of 2017 was Cherry Red/Strike Force Entertainment's two-fer of Edelweiss (1967) and Look Around (1971) from the big-voiced British pop crooner. While the set didn't inaugurate the hoped-for series of reissues on CD (to date, at least), Hill followed it up with Legacy: My Hits and Rarities (1965-1974). We've caught up with this CD which is available exclusively through the singer's webstore. It's both a fine introduction to Hill's oeuvre and a welcome reminder of why

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Vince Hill

Let Us Cling Together: Queen Tap Japanese Fans For New Greatest Hits Collection

January 8, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Imagine narrowing down your favorite band to just one song. We couldn't do it! But some very fastidious Japanese fans of Queen did - and their choices are forming a new compilation due this month. For Greatest Hits In Japan, Queen and Universal Music opened a vote in the country where just one track from the iconic British rock group could be selected for a compilation timed to the upcoming Japanese tour by Queen + Adam Lambert. Nearly 20,000 votes were collated, and the top 12 tracks made

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Queen

Review: Michael Nesmith with Red Rhodes, "Cosmic Partners: The McCabe's Tapes"

January 8, 2020 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Michael Nesmith Cosmic Partners CD

Since 1958, McCabe's Guitar Shop has been a premier destination on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California. Eleven years after its founding, McCabe's began hosting concerts in a tradition that continues to this very day. Over the years, numerous notables have recorded albums at the small venue (capacity of around 150) including Mike Bloomfield, Townes Van Zandt, Maria Muldaur, and Tom Paxton. Now, thanks to 7a Records, that roster has a stellar new addition. Late in 2019, the label

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Michael Nesmith, Red Rhodes

In Times Like These: Esoteric Reissues, Expands Strawbs, Roy Wood, Alan Price Albums

January 7, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Esoteric Recordings is rightly known for its deluxe editions and box sets, but the Cherry Red imprint delivers the same high level of quality with its more modest releases. Today, we're looking at the single-disc expanded editions of a trio of diverse rock classics released in late 2019. Strawbs' ninth album, Deep Cuts, isn't an album of rarities as the title might indicate. Instead, the 1976 album is, as lead vocalist David Cousins describes in the liner notes, "the best-sounding album

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Alan Price, Roy Wood, Strawbs

The Complete Keen Years (1957-1960)

January 6, 2020 By

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ABKCO's release of The Complete Keen Years (1957-1960) kicks off a year-long celebration of Sam Cooke, who would have turned 90 years old on January 22, 2021.  This 5-CD box showcases Cooke's early work as a pop craftsman at the end of the 1950s.  Cooke recorded three albums for Keen: a self-titled debut (also known as Songs By Sam Cooke), Encore, and Tribute To The Lady ("the lady" in this case being Billie Holiday, who died the same year). Those LPs were mostly built around standards from The

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

He Sends Us: Sam Cooke's Keen Years Collected In New Box

January 6, 2020 By The Second Disc 14 Comments

Sam Cooke Keen

Sam Cooke would have turned 90 on January 22, 2021, but that's not stopping the party from starting a little early! This month, The King of Soul will be celebrated with a new box set featuring five of his albums for the Keen label. The Complete Keen Years (1957-1960) showcases Cooke's early work as a pop craftsman at the end of the 1950s. At the beginning of the decade, Cooke was a teenage sensation as a member of gospel group The Soul Stirrers. But his interest in R&B and pop could not

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Sam Cooke

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