With nearly one dozen studio albums, three live sets, and numerous EPs, it's surprising that Michael Bublé is now announcing his first physical greatest hits collection. With 75 million records sold and four Billboard No. 1 albums, he's the third best-selling Canadian artist of all time, behind only Celine Dion and Shania Twain. The Best of Bublé arrives tomorrow, September 27, on CD and digital formats from Reprise Records, while 2LP vinyl editions (standard at all stores, clear at his
L.A. Is My Lady: 40th Anniversary Edition
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The final solo album of Frank Sinatra's remarkable career, 1984's Quincy Jones-produced L.A. Is My Lady, returns in a newly-remixed edition which adds six bonus tracks, three of which are previously unreleased. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Release Round-Up: Week of September 20
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. Bob Dylan, The 1974 Tour Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In 1974, Bob Dylan embarked on an extensive tour with his old backing band. Now, they, too, were universally known - as The Band - and the double bill hit indoor arenas across North America for 40 concerts over 30 dates and 21
Tops of the Pops: Verve Releases New Louis Armstrong Hits Collection
On October 16, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical begins previews at Broadway's Studio 54, starring Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin's Genie) as the titular legend. Told from the perspective of his four wives, the musical chronicles the life of one of the most significant and enduring figures in the entirety of American popular music. Today - roughly one month before the show hits New York - Verve and UMe have celebrated Armstrong's legacy with the release of
Release Round-Up: Week of September 13
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Louis Armstrong, Wonderful World: The Best of Louis Armstrong (Verve/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This 13-song sampler draws on Satchmo's 1951-1967 recordings for the Decca, Verve, Kapp, and ABC-Paramount labels and includes many of his most beloved songs as
Look Out, Ol' Frankie's Back: Sinatra's Final Solo Album Gets Remixed and Expanded for 40th Anniversary
Start spreading the news! Frank Sinatra may have taken John Kander and Fred Ebb's timeless "(Theme From) New York, New York" to the charts, but the Chairman of the Board also had a soft spot for the City of Angels. In 1984, he teamed with the legendary Quincy Jones, fresh off a little 1982 album called Thriller, to craft what would become the final solo studio album of Sinatra's extraordinary career. On October 25, Frank Sinatra Enterprises and UMe will reissue L.A. Is My Lady in a remixed
Christmas Memories
Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Barnes & Noble Barbra Streisand's 2001 Christmas album - only her second, following 1967's A Christmas Album - makes its premiere on vinyl. The album features David Foster and Linda Thompson's "Grown Up Christmas List," Stephen Sondheim's "I Remember," and Frank Loesser's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve," among other selections in the inimitable Streisand fashion. This release has been newly remastered. Barnes and Noble will carry an
A Christmas Album
Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Barnes & Noble Barbra Streisand's landmark 1967 Christmas album featuring "Jingle Bells?," "White Christmas," and "My Favorite Things" returns to vinyl in a newly remastered edition with one bonus track, the English-language version of "Gounod's Ave Maria" previously available only on a Starbucks compilation CD. Barnes and Noble will carry an exclusive white vinyl pressing. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
The Weekend Stream: August 31, 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. You're not hallucinating this week - there are more Daryl Hall and U2 EPs! - but there's also some great new soundtrack scores and vintage vocal jazz to peruse, too. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Daryl Hall, I'm in a Philly Mood (Epic) (iTunes / Amazon) Hall's third album, 1993's Soul Alone, was more than a
Release Round-Up: Week of August 30
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. Oasis, Definitely Maybe: 30th Anniversary Edition (Big Brother) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada "You'll never see them on a stage any time soon, but Oasis are putting out some unheard material on a new reissue of their debut album..." We've rarely been so happy to
Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings
This lavish 14-CD box collects all of the late singer-activist's major label recordings, spanning 1925-1947. Voice of Freedom includes the first release of Robeson's groundbreaking Victor recordings on CD (16 recordings reissued for the first time, 5 previously unreleased); the first restoration of Robeson's acclaimed 1944 Othello stage production with Uta Hagen and José Ferrer from the original 33 master disc sides; his complete remastered Columbia albums (Songs of Free Men, Popular Favorites,
The Best Gift: Barbra Streisand's Two Christmas Albums Arrive on Vinyl in October
Barbra Streisand entered London's Olympic Sound Studios in June 1966 while reprising her role of Fanny Brice in the West End premiere of Funny Girl to begin work on what would become her very first Christmas album. Four songs arranged by Ray Ellis and produced by Ettore Strata were cut at the session including "Silent Night" and the Gounod setting of "Ave Maria." A mere two weeks following her July 14 final performance, she was onstage back in the U.S. for the first of four summer concert
Release Round-Up: Week of August 9
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. Also, don't miss out on today's eclectic slate of releases from Real Gone Music; click here to find out what's new from Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Firehouse, Azar Lawrence, Charlie Nothing, and 3 Inches of Blood! Elvis Presley, Memphis (RCA/Legacy) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon
When You're Smiling: Impex Returns to "Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra" with Lavish 1STEP Box
Roughly four years ago, the Impex label revisited Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra in both hybrid mono SACD and deluxe LP formats. The 1950 album was a landmark in the legendary vocalist's career. After he released the very first pop long-playing record with Columbia's 1948 reissue of The Voice of Frank Sinatra, he took advantage of the format with Sing and Dance. Initially available as a set of four 10-inch 78s or a single 33-1/3 RPM record, the album saw Sinatra at the dawn of his
The Weekend Stream: July 27, 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. Live cuts from two of the hardest-working rockers around, more Disney punk(?!) and the debut album from a future Disney legend are mixing it up this Saturday! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, The Reunion Tour '99 (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) 25 summers ago, Bruce
Do You Want to Dance? Rhino Continues Quadio Series with Bette Midler, Bread, Duke Ellington, Graham Central Station
Rhino's Quadio series continues to grow with a new quartet of Blu-ray Audio releases that are sure to excite devotees of the four-channel surround format. This time, vintage quad mixes from Bette Midler, Bread, Duke Ellington, and Graham Central Station are returning to print for the first time in decades. All Blu-rays also include the original stereo mixes in high-resolution. Few debuts packed the power of Bette Midler's The Divine Miss M. The singer, who'd appeared on Broadway in Fiddler
Release Round-Up: Week of July 26
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Loleatta Holloway, We're Getting Stronger: The Gold Mind/Salsoul Recordings (1976-1982) (SoulMusic/The Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) We're Getting Stronger: The Gold Mind/Salsoul Recordings (1976-1982) presents, on 5 CDs, all of the late, great Loleatta Holloway's albums for Gold Mind and
Release Round-Up: Week of July 19
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. Mungo Jerry, Electronically Tested: Expanded Edition (7a Records) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Mungo Jerry's eclectic 1971 album Electronically Tested, featuring the global hit "In the Summertime," returns in a newly remastered and expanded edition from our friends
The Weekend Stream: July 13, 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, there's rare jazz, country, pop standards and gospel, plus remixes of a Madonna hit and one of the most unexpected Disney covers you'll ever hear. Madonna, Who's That Girl EP (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) ¿Quién es esa niña? Madonna's international chart-topping 1987 single - the title track to her first soundtrack album from
It's Love I'm After: Acrobat Music Collects Judy Garland's Best and Rarest on "A Celebration"
To our American readers, we hope you've had a very happy Fourth of July! There aren't as many new releases as usual today, so we'll be back next Friday with our regular Release Round-Up, but today, we're spotlight a new collection which is now available. Fifty-five years ago, in June 1969, the world lost Judy Garland at the too-young age of 47. Yet her voice lives on even today as new generations discover The Wizard of Oz, A Star Is Born, or Judy at Carnegie Hall. Today, Acrobat Music
Louis in London
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP (Black Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Verve Online Store (Blue Vinyl) This previously unreleased performance from the late, great Louis Armstrong was recorded live on the BBC on July 2, 1968 while the legendary musician and singer was riding high thanks to the chart-topping success in Great Britain of "What a Wonderful World." The 13-song set naturally includes that evergreen anthem penned by Bob Thiele and George David
The Weekend Stream: June 22, 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. More EPs from Duran Duran, rarities from Alanis Morissette and a tribute to an '80s jukebox musical are part of the fun this Saturday morning! Duran Duran, My Own Way / Hungry Like the Wolf / Save a Prayer / Rio EPs (Parlophone/Rhino) My Own Way: iTunes / Amazon Hungry: iTunes / Amazon Save a Prayer: iTunes / Amazon Rio: iTunes /
The Weekend Stream: June 15, 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. Pop goddesses, rock gods, one classic crooner and remixes aplenty are what you'll find this week! Mariah Carey, Rainbow (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The Elusive Chanteuse's seventh album built upon its 1997 predecessor Butterfly, integrating hip-hop production flourishes into her R&B/adult
Release Round-Up: Week of June 14
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. David Bowie, Rock 'n' Roll Star (Parlophone/Rhino) 5CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 5CD/1Blu-ray collection from the late David Bowie follows 2019's Conversation Piece (which shed light on the 1968-1969 David Bowie/Space Oddity era) and 2022's Divine
What a Wonderful World: Verve Premieres Louis Armstrong's "Louis in London" on CD, LP
Well, hello, Louis! On July 12, Verve Records will release Louis in London on CD, vinyl, and digital formats. This previously unreleased performance was recorded live on the BBC on July 2, 1968 while the legendary musician and singer was riding high thanks to the chart-topping success in Great Britain of "What a Wonderful World." The 13-song set naturally includes that evergreen anthem penned by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. Armstrong - a pioneer not only as a jazz trumpeter and
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