CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Josh Groban looks back on his still-thriving career with Gems, a new collection boasting 16 favorites from his discography alongside two new songs, "Be Alright" and "Open Hands." Not long after the May 2 CD and digital release, a double-vinyl edition will appear on June 13 with two exclusive bonus tracks: "Broken Vow" and "Remember When It Rained," both from 2003's Closer. As an Amazon affiliate,
You Raise Me Up: Reprise Collects Josh Groban's "Gems" on New Collection
On May 9, Josh Groban will kick off Gems, a five-night run in Las Vegas at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. One week earlier, the superstar actor-singer will commemorate the concert stand with a companion album of the same name. Arriving on Reprise Records, Gems features 16 classics from Groban's discography alongside two new songs, "Be Alright" and "Open Hands." The Los Angeles native was just sixteen years old when he was introduced by his vocal coach to David Foster. Foster enlisted him
What the World Needs Now
Smokey Robinson's newest studio album finds him singing such warm favorites as "Lean on Me," "What a Wonderful World," "Be Thankful for What You Got," and "What the World Needs Now Is Love." Available on CD, LP, and digital/streaming.
The Singer
Cherry Red is getting the party started with Dame Shirley Bassey. The label's Strawberry imprint is releasing The Singer, a 3-CD collection filled with previously unreleased tracks, hits, and rarities primarily drawn from the "Goldfinger" chanteuse's period with United Artists Records (1966-1980). It's been fully authorized by Dame Shirley herself, and audio has been restored and remastered by Richard Moore. All told, 28 tracks premiere on this set, including Dame Shirley's 1973 Royal Albert
Release Round-Up: Week of February 28
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. Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet: Deluxe Edition (Mercury/UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc: Official Store Liquid-Filled LP: Official Store Cassette: Official Store After celebrating their debut album with a deluxe edition last year, Bon Jovi will offer similar treatment to their biggest album:
Goldsinger: Cherry Red Collects Rare and Unreleased Shirley Bassey on New Compilation
Cherry Red is getting the party started with Dame Shirley Bassey. On April 18, the label's Strawberry imprint will release The Singer, a 3-CD collection filled with previously unreleased tracks, hits, and rarities primarily drawn from the "Goldfinger" chanteuse's period with United Artists Records (1966-1980). It's been fully authorized by Dame Shirley herself. The project's roots stretch back nearly 15 years. In 2011, plans began to release two CDs of rarities from the UA years and one
Release Round-Up: Week of February 21
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. David Lee Roth, The Warner Recordings 1985-1994 (Warner/Rhino) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Rhino.com Diamond Dave's got a whole new shine, thanks to a new box set from Rhino. David Lee Roth's The Warner Recordings 1985-1994 includes the four LPs (and one EP) the iconoclastic singer released outside of
A Taste of Hunni: Expanded Edition
Stage Door Pop brings U.K. television personality Gloria Hunniford's 1979 album A Taste of Hunni to CD for the first time, supplementing its array of classic pop favorites ("What the World Needs Now Is Love," "The Way We Were," "For the Good Times") with four rare bonus singles. Sir Cliff Richard provides a new introduction in the booklet.
The Way She Was: Stage Door Debuts Gloria Hunniford's "A Taste of Hunni" on CD
Today, Gloria Hunniford is best known throughout the U.K. as a television presenter for both the BBC and ITV, including as a panelist on Loose Women (Britain's equivalent to The View). But the Northern Ireland-born broadcaster and reporter began her career as a singer, first performing publicly as a child and later hosting her own radio show in Canada, on which she sang Irish songs. Hunniford, once dubbed "Ireland's Queen of Song," has returned to music with frequency - from sharing bills with
In Memoriam: Marianne Faithfull (1946-2025)
It was clear from the start that Marianne Faithfull was no ordinary artist. The chanteuse, who died today at the age of 78, established her long and remarkable career on a dual track. Following the success of her singles "As Tears Go By" and "Come and Stay with Me" (gifted to Marianne by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards and Jackie DeShannon, respectively), Decca wanted her to record a pop album. Marianne wanted to record a folk album. The result was that not one, but two, LPs were released in
The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum
Verve has unearthed Ella Fitzgerald's June 30, 1967 concert at Oakland, California's Coliseum at which she was backed by members of The Duke Ellington Orchestra and combined classic standards with such then-contemporary material as "Alfie" and "Music to Watch Girls By." The concert has been newly mixed and mastered from producer Norman Granz's original tapes. Available on CD, LP, and digitally. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
What's It All About: Verve to Release Long-Lost 1967 Concert from Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald ushered in 1967 with a new label affiliation; she had decamped Verve for the Capitol label where she would release two albums - one of hymns, and the other of traditional Christmas carols - that year. In concert, Ella was in a period of transition. While rewarding her audiences with the classic standards they expected, she was also experimenting with newer material from the pop-rock songbook. On February 28, Ella's once and future home of Verve will release The Moment of
Release Round-Up: Week of January 17
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. Vince Guaraldi, Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown: Original Soundtrack Recording (Lee Mendelson Productions) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Lee Mendelson family continues its series of debut releases from the Peanuts animation library with this premiere audio release of the score for 1975's Be My Valentine, Charlie
Release Round-Up: Week of December 6
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles out today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Laura Nyro, Hear My Song: The Collection 1966-1995 (Madfish) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Madfish) Over three years after the release of its 8LP vinyl box set American Dreamer 1967-1978, the Madfish label is returning to the discography of late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro for the 19CD box set Hear My Song: The
A Celebration
The full 3CD version of Judy Garland: A Celebration - Classic & Collectable Performances (also available as a 1LP "highlights" release) contains 73 tracks or more than 3 hours of music, including a dozen new-to-CD tracks, many from private collectors' archives, from the late superstar. These previously unreleased recordings include seven Capitol overdubs from her 1956 album Judy arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle, all freshly restored from acetates; rare television performances
The Alternate "Judy" Album: Unreleased Session Takes and More
The folks at High Definition Tape Transfers have unearthed a clutch of alternate takes from Judy Garland's 1956 Capitol album, Judy. These takes from those March 1956 sessions arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle form the basis of this new digital release (also available on CD-R). Judy remains one of Garland's master classes in vocal interpretation - aided, in no small part, by Riddle's sympathetic charts - and so it's fascinating to gain a glimpse into her process with early versions of
THE SECOND DISC'S 2024 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE IS HERE!
Well, today is Cyber Monday, which means one thing at Second Disc HQ: it's time to launch our annual Holiday Gift Guide, featuring (more than) a few of our favorite things for the music enthusiast in your life. Sure, we might not have included raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but we've filled the guide with over 50 essential selections: sprawling box sets and deluxe vinyl editions, as well as noteworthy releases on CD from favorite artists that just might make great stocking stuffers.
A Christopher Cross Christmas
This Christmas album by "Sailing" and "Arthur's Theme" vocalist Christopher Cross was originally released in 2007. It contains the yacht rock pioneer's versions of 10 yuletide classics ("Silent Night," "I'll Be Home For Christmas," and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, among others) along with two original songs written with longtime collaborator Rob Meurer: "Does It Feel Like Christmas" and "A Dream of Peace at Christmastime." Cross produced the album himself but has guests on the
Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition
The Second Disc has teamed with SoulMusic Records for the definitive celebration of the Christmas disco/Philly soul classic. The Salsoul Orchestra's Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition brings together Vincent Montana, Jr.'s original Christmas Jollies plus Tom Moulton's complete 1992 remix and producer Patrick Adams' rare follow-up, Christmas Jollies II. But that's not all. The Extra Jolly Edition adds nearly a dozen bonus single versions and remixes (most of which are new to CD)
The Weekend Stream: November 30, 2024
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. The Christmas season means favorites (quite) old and (sort of) new, plus Wang Chung's first album and a rock and hip-hop packed slasher film soundtrack. Band Aid, Do They Know It's Christmas? EP (Band Aid Trading Limited/UMC) EP: iTunes / Amazon Single Version: iTunes / Amazon Extended Version: iTunes / Amazon Just over four decades
Mellow as a Shower on a Summer's Day: SoulMusic Celebrates Nancy Wilson on "You're as Right as Rain: The Capitol Albums 1970-1980"
For over 20 years, Nancy Wilson was a mainstay of the Capitol Records label. Deftly blending jazz, pop, soul, and rhythm and blues, the late chanteuse's distinctive tone anchored collaborations with the illustrious likes of Billy May, George Shearing, Cannonball Adderley, Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, Thom Bell, Eugene McDaniels, and numerous others. A sprawling new box set from Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records in association with The Second Disc brings her second decade with Capitol into sharp
You're as Right as Rain: The Capitol Albums 1970-1980
TSD has teamed with our friends at Cherry Red and SoulMusic Records to commemorate a special decade for late chanteuse Nancy Wilson. The new 7CD box set You're as Right as Rain has 12 albums originally released between 1970 and 1980 - many of which are now hard-to-find on CD - for a total of 124 tracks including four long out-of-print bonus tracks. The set features Nancy's collaborations with such talents as Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, Thom Bell, Eugene McDaniels, Clarence McDonald, and Gene
On Air
Stage Door Records' Pop imprint celebrates The Happiest Millionaire and Half a Sixpence star Tommy Steele with On Air, a collection of 31 tracks culled from his 1964 U.K. radio series The Tommy Steele Show. None of these tracks have been released since their original broadcast sixty years ago. Tommy was joined on these recordings by The Johnnie Spence Orchestra and vocal group The Raindrops (featuring Irish singer and Northern Soul favorite Jackie Lee). The repertoire is a happily mixed bag
The Weekend Stream: November 9, 2024
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. This week brings new remixes from Pet Shop Boys, old remixes from INXS, plus rare folk, jazz and alt-rock favorites - plus another bounty of unusual Christmas albums and EPs! Pet Shop Boys, New London boy / All the young dudes EPs (x2/Parlophone) Standard: iTunes / Amazon Remixes: iTunes / Amazon A new double A-side single from Pet Shop
Release Round-Up: Week of November 8
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. Whitney Houston, The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) (Arista/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy Recordings, in collaboration with Whitney Houston's estate, will release the late artist's The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban). The CD and
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