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Release Round-Up: Week of February 1

February 1, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Linda Ronstadt Live in Hollywood

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Johnny Mathis, I Love My Lady (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD) Johnny Mathis' legendary lost 1981 collaboration with CHIC receives its first-ever standalone release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music!  For the occasion, I Love My Lady has been outfitted with brand-new artwork and a deluxe 24-page booklet featuring an introduction from Nile Rodgers and interviews with Johnny and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Faces, Johnny Mathis, Linda Ronstadt, Phil Collins, Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane, Timothy Leary, Van Duren

Pieces of You [Various Formats]

January 31, 2019 By

Jewel POY Front with Vinyl

2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Limited-Edition Blue 2-LP:  Barnes and Noble CD:   Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada With 12 studio albums, four Grammy nominations, and more than 30 million worldwide album sales, acclaimed singer and songwriter Jewel has enjoyed notable career longevity since her entrance onto the scene 25 years ago.  Her 1995 debut, Pieces of You, established Jewel as a bold, new voice of authenticity in the pop landscape.  It was recorded in Neil

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Folk, Pop

OUT TOMORROW! Johnny Mathis and CHIC's "I Love My Lady" Arrives From Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music

January 31, 2019 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Johnny Mathis I Love My Lady

Johnny Mathis was billed on his very first album as "A New Sound in Popular Song."  In the decades since that 1956 debut, the vocalist has always explored new avenues in pop from Latin music to Philly soul.  But the most adventurous of Mathis' 60-plus albums may be the one that got away...until now.  Tomorrow, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music will proudly present the first-ever standalone compact disc release of I Love My Lady, the remarkable 1981 album by two American treasures: Johnny

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: CHIC, Johnny Mathis, Nile Rodgers

Review: Kate Bush, "Remastered in Vinyl" Boxes 1 and 2

January 30, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Kate Bush Remastered in Vinyl 1

Late last year, Parlophone unveiled a series of lavish box sets on both CD and vinyl collecting the complete works (to date) of Kate Bush.  The enigmatic singer-songwriter oversaw the remastering of these sets as well as their visual presentations; indeed, each album has been newly adorned with the logo of her own Fish People label.  Today, we're taking a look at the first two vinyl box sets! The four LPs of Remastered in Vinyl 1 takes listeners from The Kick Inside (1978), housed in its

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Pop Tags: Kate Bush

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration

January 30, 2019 By

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Joni Mitchell celebrated her 75th birthday in style last November, as Jörn Weisbrodt and The Music Center in Los Angeles hosted a pair of star-studded Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration concerts in her honor.  The line-up (which Joni helped select) featured many of her closest friends and dearest collaborators, including Graham Nash, Seal, Chaka Khan, Kris Kristofferson, and James Taylor.  Also on the bill were Diana Krall, Brandi Carlile, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Glen Hansard, Norah

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Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

Shake Some Action: Cherry Red Revisits The Mod Sound of The Action

January 29, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Action Shadows and Reflections

Periodically this month, we'll be looking at titles released in the latter part of 2018 that we either didn't cover, or only covered briefly, the first time around! We hope you enjoy this look at "some nice things we've missed"... Cherry Red's Grapefruit Records imprint knows where The Action is.  The label has collected the complete 1964-1968 recordings of the British mod group on a splendid 4-CD box set including original masters, alternate takes, outtakes, and more - adding up to every

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

Live In Hollywood

January 28, 2019 By

Linda Ronstadt Live in Hollywood

The first-ever live album from Linda Ronstadt, Live in Hollywood, features twelve tracks (three previously released) from the singer's April 24, 1980 performance for HBO.  While the entire concert isn't featured here, the material is a choice cross-section of her biggest hits including "It's So Easy," "Just One Look," "You're No Good," "Desperado," and "Blue Bayou," as well as selections from her new wave-inspired Mad Love, which had just been released in February 1980.  Her interpretations of

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

Have You Heard? Singer-Songwriter Pamela Polland's Complete Columbia Recordings, Including Unreleased Album, Coming from BGO

January 25, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Pamela Polland BGO

What do The Byrds' The Ballad of Easy Rider, Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys' Evergreen Vol. 2, and Helen Reddy's Music, Music all have in common?  Every one of those albums features a song by Pamela Polland.  Also known as one-half of the sixties folk-pop duo The Gentle Soul and a member of Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen ensemble, Polland's songs have additionally been recorded by artists as diverse as Vikki Carr, Nancy Ames, Bobby Bare, The Pointer Sisters, and Anita Carter.  But

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Pamela Polland

Release Round-Up: Week of January 25

January 25, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Big Star, Live on WLIR (Omnivore) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Omnivore has Live On WLIR, a newly restored and remastered version of Big Star's legendary 1974 radio broadcast. The 15-track collection is available on CD and 2-LP.  The release marks the vinyl debut of this raw, live set.  Read more here! Love Actually: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Real Gone

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bananarama, Barbra Streisand, Big Star, Cactus, Fred Neil, Grateful Dead, Henry Paul Band, Hunt Sales, KISS, Mother Earth, Noel Harrison, Paul Young, Santana, The Ides of March

Got My Mojo Working: Cherry Red, Grapefruit Collects Alexis Korner and Baroque Pop On Two Box Sets

January 24, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Alexis Korner Every Day I Have the Blues

Periodically this month, we'll be looking at titles released in the latter part of 2018 that we either didn't cover, or only covered briefly, the first time around! We hope you enjoy this look at "some nice things we've missed"... Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint has recently released a pair of 3-CD box sets touching on two very different aspects of the sixties British music scene. One of the fathers of the British blues boom, Alexis Korner (1928-1984) has been celebrated on Every Day I

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop Tags: Alexis Korner, Donovan, Genesis, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Procol Harum, The Searchers, The Zombies, Various Artists

UPDATED WITH TRACK LIST: Back To The Garden: 'Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration' Tribute Concert Coming to Theaters in February, Soundtrack Arriving in March

January 23, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Few musicians have had as lasting an impact on music as Joni Mitchell.  In her four-decade career, she made groundbreaking music that traversed genres and continually stunned fans and critics alike.  The music icon celebrated her 75th birthday in style last November, as Jörn Weisbrodt and The Music Center in Los Angeles hosted a pair of star-studded Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration concerts in her honor.  The line-up (which Joni helped select) featured many of her closest friends and dearest

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Brandi Carlile, Brian Blade, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Emmylou Harris, Graham Nash, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, Los Lobos, Norah Jones, Rufus Wainwright, Seal

Short Takes: Dusty, Bowie, Walker Brothers Salute Ivor Raymonde; Streisand, Sinatra Featured on "Mrs. Maisel"

January 22, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Marvelous Mrs Maisel Season 1

Last year, the Bella Union label released a collection that fell under the radar.  Happily, we here at Second Disc HQ have discovered Paradise: The Sound of Ivor Raymonde, available in 1-CD, 2-LP, and digital formats.  The name of Raymonde will surely be familiar to fans of Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, or The Walker Brothers, but those are only three of the artists with whom the late producer-arranger-conductor worked his magic.  Paradise, co-curated by his son Simon Raymonde of Bella Union

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Barbra Streisand, David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, Frank Sinatra, Ivor Raymonde, Los Bravos, Peggy Lee, Scott Walker, The Walker Brothers, Tom Jones, Various Artists

Darling, It's Incredible: Nat King Cole's Centennial Celebrated With Two New Compilations and Marvin Gaye Tribute Album

January 18, 2019 By Sam Stone 9 Comments

NatKingCole Ultimate

Unforgettable...that's what he is. This year marks what would have been the 100th birthday of one of America's finest performers of popular song: Nat "King" Cole. In his decades-long career, Cole blazed the trail for many entertainers to come, influencing the likes of Count Basie and Ray Charles along the way. Universal Music Group will celebrate his milestone centennial with a pair of retrospectives this spring, plus a digital expansion of another vocal icon paying tribute to the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Gregory Porter, Marvin Gaye, Nat King Cole

Esoteric Recordings Round-Up: Procol Harum, Anthony Phillips Expanded Reissues

January 18, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Procol Harum Procols Ninth

Periodically this month, we'll be looking at titles released in the latter part of 2018 that we either didn't cover, or only covered briefly, the first time around! We hope you enjoy this look at "some nice things we've missed"... Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has recently continued its ongoing series dedicated to the recordings of Procol Harum and Genesis founding member Anthony Phillips. Procol's Ninth may well be one of the most unusual albums in the band's venerable

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD-Audio Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop Tags: Anthony Phillips, Procol Harum

Release Round-Up: Week of January 18

January 18, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Rush, In Rio [4-LP Vinyl] (Atlantic/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Recorded live during their 2002 "comeback" tour, Rush's In Rio was originally released on CD and DVD in 2003. Now, the 28-song set featuring hits and deep cuts from across their career arrives on vinyl for the first time, across four 180-gram discs. The collection includes all 29 songs from the Rio gig, plus two bonus tracks recorded at other stops during the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Jackson, John Lennon, Ronnie Milsap, Rush

What A Tale My Thoughts Could Tell: Real Gone Collects Gordon Lightfoot's Complete 1970-1980 Singles in March

January 16, 2019 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Gordon Lightfoot Complete Singles

Next month, Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" celebrates the 45th anniversary of its single release.  The tune marked the first Hot 100 No. 1 hit for the Canadian folk, folk-rock, and country singer-songwriter.  On March 1, Real Gone Music will anthologize this period of Lightfoot's career with the release of the 2-CD The Complete Singles 1970-1980. Gordon Lightfoot began his recording career in Canada, releasing his first singles in 1962.  He signed with United Artists in 1965 and released his

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop Tags: Gordon Lightfoot

The Best of the '68 Comeback Special

January 11, 2019 By

Elvis Best of the 68 Comeback Special

The celebration of Elvis Presley's legendary 1968 NBC television special continues.  The Best of the '68 Comeback Special features highlights from Legacy's recent '68 Comeback Special box set with performances culled from both of the "stand-up" and "sit-down" shows recorded in June, 1968 for the special.  This new, single-disc release also includes the single versions of "Memories," "Suspicious Minds," and "Burning Love."  While only "Memories" was included in the original program, all three

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

Jeff Larson Looks to Past and Present on New Pair of Releases

January 11, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Jeff Larson and John Blakeley

On two new releases, California singer-songwriter Jeff Larson has dynamically showcased the multiple facets of his musical personality. Five Hours to L.A., a Japan-exclusive CD release on the Vivid Sound label, is a revised and revisited version of Larson's 2000 release Room for Summer, meaning that some songs have been dropped, and others have been added, to make a new listening experience.  It features many of his close musical collaborators including Jeffrey Foskett, Gerry Beckley, and

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Jeff Larson, John Blakeley

Breakfast In Bed: Eddie Hinton Saluted By Dusty, Cher, Box Tops, More On New Ace Collection

January 11, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Cover Me Eddie Hinton

As a member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Eddie Hinton played on countless recordings by the likes of Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, and Otis Redding.  But there was another side of the guitarist that led Jerry Wexler to once proclaim him "the next big thing."  Hinton was a persuasive performer and moreover, a fine songwriter.  In collaboration with Donnie Fritts, he penned what's likely his most famous song: "Breakfast in Bed," immortalized by Dusty Springfield on Dusty

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Cher, Dan Penn, Dusty Springfield, Eddie Hinton, Lou Johnson, Percy Sledge, The Box Tops, Various Artists

Superstar: Cher's "3614 Jackson Highway" Expanded For Vinyl Premiere From Run Out Groove

January 9, 2019 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

Cher 3614 Jackson Highway

2018 was a great year for Cher, with a starring role in the blockbuster Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, the release of her hit album Dancing Queen, the opening of Broadway bio-musical The Cher Show, the reissue on vinyl of the smash Believe album, and a prestigious Kennedy Center Honor.  2019 looks to be shaping up as another banner year for the consummate entertainer.  Run Out Groove has just announced that the expanded edition of Cher's 3614 Jackson Highway, first issued on a Rhino Handmade CD in

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Cher

Back To The Garden: 'Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration' Tribute Concert Coming to Theaters in February, Soundtrack Arriving in March

January 9, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Few musicians have had as lasting an impact on music as Joni Mitchell.  In her four-decade career, she made groundbreaking music that traversed genres and continually stunned fans and critics alike.  The music icon celebrated her 75th birthday in style last November, as Jörn Weisbrodt and The Music Center in Los Angeles hosted a pair of star-studded Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration concerts in her honor.  The line-up (which Joni helped select) featured many of her closest friends and dearest

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Brandi Cralile, Brian Blade, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Emmylou Harris, Graham Nash, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, Los Lobos, Norah Jones, Rufus Wainwright, Seal

Sweet Memories: Elvis' 'The Best Of The '68 Comeback Special' Offers Highlights From Iconic Show Plus New Tribute

January 8, 2019 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Elvis Best of the 68 Comeback Special

The celebration for Elvis Presley's '68 "comeback special" is continuing into the new year.  Legacy Recordings and RCA have announced a new single-CD collection to coincide with an upcoming NBC-TV tribute to the original December 1968 broadcast. The Best of the '68 Comeback Special, coming on February 15, features highlights from the recent '68 Comeback Special box set with performances culled from both of the "stand-up" and "sit-down" shows recorded in June, 1968 for the special. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Elvis Presley

Can You Hear Me, Major Tom? Rare Bowie Demos Prepped For 7" Vinyl Box

January 8, 2019 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Spying Through a Keyhole

Parlophone has announced a new release of David Bowie rarities on what would have been the singer's 72nd birthday, to additionally mark the milestone of 50 years since the release of breakthrough single "Space Oddity." Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs will feature nine rare recordings, including versions of familiar songs ("Space Oddity," "London Bye Ta Ta," "In The Heat Of The Morning") as well as the heretofore-unknown "Love All Around," a lyric of which gives the set

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Revolution: The Underground Sounds of 1968 [3-CD]

January 6, 2019 By

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Featuring both classics and unearthed rarities, the set explores the wild year in which psychedelia, jazz, blues, folk, world music, and hard rock all collided to form groundbreaking and genre-pushing new music.  The new compilation includes a number of legendary UK groups, including Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Genesis, and Pentangle.  Also present are Procol Harum, Caravan, Jeff Beck, Spooky Tooth, Traffic, The Move, Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity, The Crazy World of Arthur

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Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock

Movement (Definitive Edition)

January 6, 2019 By

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New Order's debut album is being celebrated with a deluxe box set due in April.  Entitled Movement (Definitive Edition), the box set will include the original LP with its iconic, Peter Saville-designed sleeve, as well as a CD in a vinyl replica sleeve.  Also included are a bonus CD of previously unreleased demos, recording sessions, and alternate mixes, as well as a DVD of live concerts and TV appearances, and a hardbound book--all housed in a loft-off lid box.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock

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