Everything Else / Rap/Hip-Hop

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Booker T. and the MG's, Camille Yarborough, Hector Lavoe, Parish Hall, So Solid Crew, The Count Five, Willie Colon

Never Want It Badly Enough: The Second Disc’s Top Tracks For Bandcamp Friday

June 5, 2020 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Despite the challenges facing the music business amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some bright spots. On March 20, indie music service Bandcamp waived their share of revenue on all sales for 24 hours, allowing artists and labels to support themselves even more robustly. Thanks to impressive results ($4.3 million spent on music and merch, 15 times an average Friday’s revenue), Bandcamp repeated the strategy not once, but thrice: the first Fridays of each month (May 1, which raised $7.1 million; today, June 5 and July 3). In light of the senseless,…

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Comedy, Disco/Dance, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Bob Mould, David Lynch, Elliott Smith, Jim Carroll, John Carpenter, L7, Linda Perry, The Modulators

Cash Money: The Instrumentals

June 4, 2020 by Joe Marchese

Standard Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Digital Edition: Amazon U.S. / Spotify Cash Money: The Instrumentals collects 23 such instrumental tracks on digital platforms and 19 on vinyl. Many of these seminal cuts from the landmark hip-hop label have never before appeared on either format. Expect to hear crossover Hot 100 hits like Juvenile’s “Back That Azz Up” (the uncensored version of the No. 19 entry “Back That Thang Up”) featuring Lil Wayne and Mannie Fresh; Birdman and Lil Wayne’s No. 21 “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy;” and Big…

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Cash Money Records Preps Instrumental Compilation, Vinyl Due Later This Month

June 3, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Last week, Cash Money Records founders (and New Orleans natives) Bryan “Birdman” and Ronald “Slim” Williams donated $225,000.00 to help the COVID-19 relief effort. Their donation was intended to help residents of the Big Easy pay their rents as they continue to cope with the devastation of the virus. Indeed, a social conscience has always been at the forefront of Cash Money’s ethos; the donation was the Williams’ second such contribution for coronavirus relief. Every year, they also sponsor the efforts in New Orleans of The Johnny and Gladys Williams Foundation. Named…

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Juvenile, Lil Wayne

Legacy’s RSD Lineup Has Something For Everyone

March 6, 2020 by Sam Stone | 5 Comments

Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings division has announced the titles they’ll be releasing for the annual Record Store Day festivities. Hitting shelves April 18 will be a slew of genre- and decade-spanning albums from Miles Davis, Cheap Trick, TLC, Judas Priest, Tyler the Creator, Pink Floyd and more! Here’s the official word from Legacy! Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, today announces another sensational line-up of vinyl for release on Record Store Day (April 18, 2020), the annual music celebration happening exclusively at all participating independent retailers. These dozen titles…

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Britney Spears, Cheap Trick, Destiny’s Child, Judas Priest, Lou Reed, Manic Street Preachers, Miles Davis, Nick Mason, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Record Store Day, Soul Asylum, TLC, The Jayhawks, Toto, Tyler The Creator

Rhino To Release A Whopping 29 Titles(!) for Record Store Day 2020

March 6, 2020 by Sam Stone | 6 Comments

Rhino, the label that manages the catalogue of the Warner family of labels, has announced its upcoming Record Store Day releases. A mouth-watering 29 titles will hit shops on April 18, available exclusively at brick-and-mortar locations. These include the previously announced David Bowie titles; a rare live set from Alice Cooper; rarities from Jethro Tull; a box of John Prine’s early albums; a set of core Notorious BIG records; BBC sessions from The Pogues, New Order, and Hawkwind; a sought-after live album by The Pretenders; and so much more! Keep scrolling for…

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

Craft Recordings’ Record Store Day Lineup Includes Fania Classics, White Whale Rarities, Camille Yarbrough, So Solid Crew, and More

March 5, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

The Land of Sensations and Delights A White Whale Records Collection scaled

Craft Recordings has announced a typically eclectic slate of releases for Record Store Day, all of which should be available at your favorite local independent record store on Saturday, April 18 (while supplies last). This year’s batch includes long out-of-print albums from blues-rockers Parish Hall and performance artist Camille Yarbrough; another treasure from the Fania Records catalogue; a rare EP from British hip-hop groundbreakers So Solid Crew, and two themed ’60s compilations certain to thrill crate-diggers. All of the descriptions below have been provided by Craft! Willie Colón canta Héctor Lavoe, Cosa…

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Camille Yarbrough, Hector Lavoe, Parish Hall, Record Store Day, So Solid Crew, Willie Colon

Holiday Gift Guide Reviews: A Rhino Round-Up with Bad Company, Rush, Van Halen, Hootie, STP and The Notorious B.I.G.

December 23, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Many of this year’s finest box sets came courtesy of the Rhino label. Here, Joe and Randy take a look at a few more of our favorites! First up are Randy’s three picks… First up is Rhino’s 25th anniversary 3-CD/1-LP Super Deluxe Edition of Stone Temple Pilots’ Purple. Initially hitting shelves on June 7, 1994, the band’s sophomore album would debut atop the Billboard 200 and stay there for three weeks, eventually becoming the group’s second best-selling album after their debut effort, Core, from 1992. The STP line-up of Scott Weiland (lead…

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Bad Company, Hootie and The Blowfish, Rush, Stone Temple Pilots, The Notorious B.I.G., Van Halen

Release Round-Up: Week of December 13

December 13, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Blinky, Heart Full of Soul: The Motown Anthology (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to mark Motown’s 60th anniversary with a collection that has truly been decades in the making. Heart Full of Soul: The Motown Anthology is the ultimate tribute to Sondra “Blinky” Williams, Motown’s great lost superstar. Over two CDs and almost 50 songs, Blinky’s Motown journey is chronicled with songs written and produced for her by the label’s greatest…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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America, Blinky, Eminem, Fats Domino, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant

Raw Like Sushi: 30th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

December 11, 2019 by Joe Marchese

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of the most unique and eclectic debut albums of the late ’80s, Neneh Cherry’s Raw Like Sushi, will be celebrated with a 30th anniversary deluxe edition coming from Virgin/UMC. The deluxe Raw Like Sushi, packed in a 12″ x 12″ box set, will feature the original album alongside two discs of vintage remixes of hits like…

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Still ‘Raw’: Neneh Cherry’s Debut Gets Expanded Stance For 30th Anniversary

November 27, 2019 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

One of the most unique and eclectic debut albums of the late ’80s, Neneh Cherry’s Raw Like Sushi, will be celebrated with a 30th anniversary deluxe edition coming from Virgin/UMC in January. The deluxe Raw Like Sushi, packed in a 12″ x 12″ box set, will feature the original album alongside two discs of vintage remixes of hits like “Buffalo Stance” (an international Top 5 hit) and “Kisses On The Wind,” a follow-up that reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in America. A who’s who of remixers from the period…

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Arthur Baker, Massive Attack, Neneh Cherry

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His Name Is: Eminem’s Breakthrough ‘Slim Shady LP’ Gets Expansion For 20th Anniversary (UPDATED 11/27)

November 27, 2019 by Sam Stone | 2 Comments

UPDATE (11/27/2019): Months after this digital release, UMe will release the expanded The Slim Shady LP as a 2CD or 3LP set on December 13! Links are below. ORIGINAL POST (3/29/2019): In his two-decade career, Marshall Bruce Mathers II, better known as Eminem, stunned audiences and critics alike with vivid and sometimes disturbing imagery, rapid-fire delivery, and lyrics that were as witty as they were personal; as tongue-in-cheek as they were acerbic. This year marks 20 years since Eminem released his major-label debut, The Slim Shady LP, which launched him from the underground…

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Back To The ‘Boutique’: Beastie Boys Remixes Feature On EP Series

November 20, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Beastie Boys album Paul’s Boutique and the band has celebrated with the digital/streaming debut of 6 EPs of hard-to-find material. The past months have seen the release of the 1989 EP An Exciting Evening At Home With Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, along with Love American Style EP, and newly curated collections from Capitol/UMe: Hey Ladies (Remixes), Shadrach (Remixes), Shake Your Rump (Remixes), and Looking Down The Barrel of a Gun (Remixes) . These collections bring together a wealth of live versions, B-sides, remixes, edits, and other rarities…

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HERStory, Vol. 1

October 22, 2019 by Joe Marchese

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7″ Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada HERstory, Vol. 1 takes listeners through the first five or so years of Mary J. Blige’s still-thriving career, primarily focusing on singles from What’s The 411? and My Life (many in rare single-only remix form) as well as her Method Man and Jay-Z collaborations and the relatively rare “Everyday It Rains” off the soundtrack to the 1995 hip-hop documentary The Show. The album…

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Among The Believers: Steven Van Zandt Preps Vinyl/CD Box Set with Classic Albums, Unreleased Tracks

October 21, 2019 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

In the 1980s, after a successful run as a key member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band as well as a key architect of the rock-and-soul-infused “Jersey Shore sound,” Steven Van Zandt struck out on his own. A new box set from UMe will showcase his solo evolution. The singer/songwriter/producer/guitarist’s RockNRoll Rebel – The Early Work will collect five of Little Steven’s solo works on colored vinyl – Men Without Women (1982), Voice Of America (1984), Freedom – No Compromise (1987), Revolution (1989 – making its official debut in the U.S.) and…

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Bruce Springsteen, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Peter Gabriel, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Steven Van Zandt, U2

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What’s The 411? Mary J. Blige’s Early Years Anthologized On ‘HERstory’

October 15, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Long established as one of the premiere female hip-hop/R&B artists of her generation, Mary J. Blige is telling her story – the one that earned her the title of Queen of Hip-Hop Soul – through HERstory, Vol. 1, a new multi-format compilation coming this December. Born in The Bronx and raised in both Savannah, Georgia and the projects of Yonkers, New York, Mary J. Blige’s three-decade-plus career has been supported by music that balances street sounds with feminine soul and the pen of a gifted, honest storyteller. As an 18-year-old high school…

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Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G.

Would You Like To Do a Number: Live Sets Dominate Legacy’s Record Store Day Black Friday Slate

October 11, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

And the hits just keep on comin’! Legacy Recordings has announced its extensive slate for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event on November 29, and it’s a doozy, with rock, jazz, country, R&B, and more! The label has brought out many of its heaviest hitters, including Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, and Miles Davis for an impressive array of vinyl releases. You’ll find Legacy’s full list below, with descriptions for each title provided by the label! Look for these at finer independent record retailers everywhere on Friday, November 29! Arcade Fire,…

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Arcade Fire, Cheap Trick, Elvis Presley, J. Cole, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Kings Of Leon, Miles Davis, Pearl Jam, Record Store Day, Willie Nelson

Trying To Make A Living: Classics From Chicago’s Independent Blues Scene Collected on “Cadillac Baby’s Bea and Baby Records”

June 18, 2019 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

Blues fanatics rejoice! Earwig Music Company invites listeners to take a spin with a new 101-track, 4-CD collection of classic Chicago blues, R&B, and gospel recordings. Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection, due to arrive on July 19, chronicles one of Chicago’s finest indie blues labels. Bea & Baby Records was founded by entrepreneur and music fanatic Narvel “Cadillac Baby” Eatmon. From 1959-1989, the label and its subsidiaries (among them Key, Keyhole, Miss, and Ronald) championed Chicago’s music scene with an impressive array of blues, gospel, soul, doo-wop, hip-hop,…

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Andre Williams, Hound Dog Taylor, James Cotton, Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon

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Cherry Pop Round-Up: Thereza Bazar, Freiheit, “Breakdance” and “Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo”

May 17, 2019 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Today, we’re rounding up a host of releases from Cherry Pop from recent months! Early this year, Cherry Pop released a 2-CD expanded edition of The Big Kiss from the Canadian-born British singer Thereza Bazar. Formerly of Guys ‘n’ Dolls (“There’s a Whole Lot of Loving,” “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”) and Dollar (“Mirror, Mirror,” “Give Me Back My Heart”), Bazar released her solo debut in 1985 for MCA Records with legendary producer-arranger Arif Mardin (Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin) at the helm. Mardin signed onto the project on the…

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Dan Hartman, Freiheit, Ice-T, Paulette McWilliams, Thereza Bazar

The Slim Shady LP (Expanded Edition)

April 1, 2019 by Sam Stone

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Digital: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Other Streaming Services This year marks 20 years since Eminem released his major-label debut, The Slim Shady LP, which launched him from the underground rap scene to worldwide superstardom. With iconic songs like “My Name Is,” “Role Model,” and “’97 Bonnie and Clyde,” The Slim Shady LP introduced the world to Eminem’s undeniable and enduring talents. The album was a smash hit. Its lead single, “My Name Is,” reached No. 36 on…

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Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic [2-LP, Purple Vinyl]

February 28, 2019 by Sam Stone

Coinciding with the release of the Ultimate Rave 2-CD/DVD box set, Legacy Recordings and NPG will release Prince’s Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic as a 2-LP set on limited-edition purple vinyl. The album was originally released in 2001 as an update of its predecessor, Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, with a modified track listing that added the previously unreleased track “Beautiful Strange,” and new remixes and modified versions of the Un2 material. In one of many examples of Prince embracing creative means of distribution, Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic was exclusively sold to members of his…

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Ani DiFranco, Chuck D, Eve, Gwen Stefani, Larry Graham, Maceo Parker, Prince, Sheryl Crow

Ultimate Rave [2CD/DVD]

February 28, 2019 by Sam Stone

The latest in Legacy’s Prince reissue series, the new 2-CD/DVD set Ultimate Rave brings together three of his projects. There’s Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was only available to members of Prince’s NPG Music Club service. The new collection will also include a DVD of the Rave Un2 The Year 2000 concert film, originally a pay-per-view special which saw Prince and an array of guests – including Morris Day and The Time, members of Sly and the Family Stone, Maceo…

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Rhino “Starts Your Ear Off Right” with New Vinyl Exclusives from CSNY, Joni, Monkees, Buffalo Springfield, More

January 3, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Rhino’s popular “Start Your Ear Off Right” vinyl reissue campaign is returning to local independent record stores and Barnes & Noble locations beginning next Tuesday, January 8, and continuing through Tuesday, January 29, with a new batch of limited (and often colorful) vinyl reissues arriving each week. Each group features an eclectic line-up drawn from the Rhino archives. January 8 will see compilations from Aretha Franklin, Alice Cooper, and The Monkees, as well as a 1978 post-punk classic from Television, while January 15 brings music from ZZ Top, CSNY, The Jimmy Rogers…

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Alice Cooper, Aretha Franklin, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Gram Parsons, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Lupe Fiasco, Ramones, Television, The Monkees, Warren Zevon, ZZ Top

Love Actually: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [2-LP “Candy Cane” Vinyl]

December 19, 2018 by Sam Stone

With an endearing and clever plot featuring ten interlocking stories and star-studded cast of Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, and many more, Love Actually has become one of the most acclaimed romantic comedies of the last twenty years. But also key to its success and longevity is its remarkable soundtrack. As director Richard Curtis put it: “Without its music, Love Actually wouldn’t work at all. I know–because I saw the film without the music, and it’s a shocker.” The film’s score features the likes of The Beach Boys, Eva…

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