Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles arriving in stores today! Aerosmith, 1971 (The Road Starts Hear) (UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of the highlights of 2021's Record Store Day Black Friday line-up was 1971 (The Road Starts Hear) - a never-before-heard, earliest-known recording from the classic line-up of rock band Aerosmith. Nearly five months after its vinyl debut
Prince and The Revolution Live
2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/3LP/BD: Official Prince Store NPG and Legacy Recordings premiere a physical audio release of Prince and The Revolution Live, a 1985 concert feature recorded at The Carrier Dome in Syracuse, NY on March 30, 1985, toward the end of the Purple Rain tour and less than a month before the release of follow-up Around The World In a Day. He's backed by an expanded version of The Revolution;
Release Round-Up: Week of April 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles arriving in stores today! Daryl Hall, BeforeAfter (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Daryl Hall is looking back with his first-ever solo anthology. BeforeAfter, curated by the artist, draws on all five of his acclaimed solo albums: the Robert Fripp-produced cult classic Sacred Songs (1980), Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986, including the top five hit "Dreamtime" and top
How Does It Feel to Be Back: An Interview with Jeremy Holiday of Iconoclassic Records
Jeremy Holiday remembers it well: at four years old, he got his first "pop" record, Daryl Hall & John Oates' 1980 blockbuster Voices. That record set him on an incredible path that readers of The Second Disc will no doubt recognize: the journey to a fruitful career in catalogue music. For nearly 25 years, Holiday maintained an incredible tenure in the major label reissue business, working at BMG's Buddha and Heritage imprints, surviving a 2005 merger with Sony Music (and BMG's divestment
The Many Sides of Love: The Complete Reprise Recordings Plus!
Second Disc Records' inaugural Record Store Day release, Darlene Love's The Many Sides of Love: The Complete Reprise Recordings Plus!, is following its RSD debut with a CD release. The Many Sides of Love brings together all of the rare single sides recorded by Darlene for Reprise Records, both as a solo artist and with The Blossoms (the most famous line-up of which featured Darlene, Fanita James, and Jean King). The collection also features the sides The Blossoms recorded (with Darlene on
Let Your Love Shine: Darlene Love's RSD Release "The Many Sides of Love" Coming to CD in May
From the moment she stepped out of the background to sing the commanding leads on such classic songs as "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" and "He's a Rebel," Darlene Love's voice has been recognized as one of the most powerful in rock and R&B. On Record Store Day, April 23, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music will celebrate Love's extraordinary legacy of song with a new retrospective featuring fifteen of her most criminally overlooked recordings. The Many Sides of Love: The Complete
Take Me with U: 'Prince and The Revolution Live' Gets Remixed, Physical Release
It looks like a physical reissue of The Gold Experience isn't the only Prince release due from Legacy Recordings in June: the label will also premiere a physical audio release of Prince and The Revolution Live, a 1985 concert feature that offered one of the first glimmers of posthumous archival material from the legendary artist. As the first official release of a Prince show some 35 years ago, this set, recorded at The Carrier Dome in Syracuse, NY on March 30, 1985 - toward the end of the
The Weekend Stream: March 26, 2022
En Vogue, Funky Divas (Expanded Edition) (Elektra/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) The R&B quartet's sophomore album, released in 1992, was their biggest, featuring the Top 10 pop hits "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)," "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" (a cover of Aretha Franklin's Curtis Mayfield-penned classic from the film Sparkle) and the rock-oriented "Free Your Mind." This digital expansion offers an additional eight vintage
Everything Under the Sun: The Motown Recordings
Stoney and Meatloaf's Everything Under the Sun: The Motown Recordings from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music is the ultimate celebration of late rock superstar Meat Loaf's singular collaboration with the extraordinary, Grammy-nominated Shaun Murphy (who went on to sing for more than four decades with Bob Seger and spend 16 years as lead singer of Little Feat). This 2-CD, 28-track anthology premieres the original 1971 Stoney and Meatloaf album on CD, bolstered by four mono single
The Albums Vol. 1 (1970-1978)
For more than a half century, Kool & The Gang have been synonymous with a special, ever-changing kind of soul music - blending rhythm and blues, disco, jazz and funk, with a few decades of hits as a result. Edsel will celebrate Kool's legacy with a series of box sets starting with The Albums Vol. 1, a 13CD set including the group's studio and live output from the majority of their time together during the '70s. The Albums Vol. 1 includes Kool & The Gang's first dozen De-Lite LPs as well
Totally Kool: First Dozen Kool & The Gang Albums Boxed by Edsel
For more than a half century, Kool & The Gang have been synonymous with a special, ever-changing kind of soul music - blending rhythm and blues, disco, jazz and funk, with a few decades of hits as a result. Edsel will celebrate Kool's legacy with a series of box sets starting with The Albums Vol. 1, a 13CD set including the group's studio and live output from the majority of their time together during the '70s. Formed by a troupe of high school friends in Jersey City, NJ (including
Out of the Blue: BMG Reissues Daryl Hall and John Oates' "Marigold Sky" on CD, Vinyl, Digital
Daryl Hall and John Oates' 1997 album Marigold Sky marked the duo's first album away from the major label machine. Following tenures on Atlantic, RCA, and Arista, the phenomenally successful pair aligned with BMG-distributed Push Records for their first "indie" release. Seven years had passed since the release of their final Arista album, Change of Season, and the passage of time was reflected on the cover. The reflective image adorning Marigold Sky was a far cry from the bolder, more
The Weekend Stream: March 19, 2022
Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! From hard-rockin' brothers to non-stop dance vibes, you've got quite a selection this week. Nelson, Imaginator / Silence is Broken / Brother Harmony / Life / Like Father, Like Sons / Before the Rain / Perfect Storm (After the Rain World Tour 1991) / Lightning Strikes Twice (Stone Canyon/UMe) Imaginator: iTunes
What You See Is What You Get: Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Bring Stoney and Meatloaf to CD with "Everything Under the Sun: The Motown Recordings"
Meat Loaf exploded to superstardom like a Bat Out of Hell with his 1977 solo debut. But the roots of his success could be traced to his short but blazing tenure with Motown. In 1970, the young performer with the big frame and even bigger voice was garnering rave reviews in the Detroit company of Hair alongside Shaun Murphy, a.k.a. Stoney, a powerhouse blues singer who stopped the show nightly with her incendiary rendition of "Easy to Be Hard." Motown quickly saw the potential of this
The Weekend Stream: March 12, 2022
Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! Georgia Satellites, Lightnin' in a Bottle: The Official Live Album (Cleveland International/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) Recorded at Cleveland club Peabody's at the end of 1988 - two years after their only hit, the No. 2 smash "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," had fallen off the charts - this blistering set showcases
Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) (Remastered and Expanded Edition)
Iconoclassic Records reissues B.T. Express' 1974 crossover smash Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) in a definitive expanded edition featuring three bonus tracks, new liner notes, original album artwork, and remastered, full-length audio.
Iconoclassic's B.T. Express Reissue to Keep Disco Fans "Satisfied"
B.T. Express is rolling into the station! On May 27, 2022, Iconoclassic Records will board the train to the intersection of R&B, soul, funk, and disco with a definitive reissue of the band's 1974 debut Do It ('Til You're Satisfied). Despite the fact that the album scored mightily on the Billboard charts, reaching No. 1 R&B and the top five of the Pop survey, it's long lacked a proper CD reissue with the original artwork, proper sequence, and full-length audio. That all changes with
Release Round-Up: Week of March 11
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles arriving in stores today! Grateful Dead, Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 4: From Egypt with Love (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) A little over a month after playing a concert on the desert grounds surrounding the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Grateful Dead returned home to San Francisco for a five-show stint at Winterland. The band brought along a slide show of their Egyptian stand
Tell Me Again: Tomorrow's Real Gone Vinyl Slate Includes Irma Thomas and Soundtracks to Two Nora Ephron Romantic Comedies
Tomorrow, March 11, sees a new batch of Real Gone Music vinyl titles hitting store shelves. Among the trio is a lost album by Irma Thomas and a pair of soundtracks to Nora Ephron rom-coms. Two of the releases are making their vinyl debuts. First up is Full Time Woman: The Lost Cotillion Album from Irma Thomas. Thomas, known as "The Soul Queen of New Orleans," was born approximately 50 miles from that city in Ponchatoula, Louisiana in 1941. As a child, she sang in church choir and began
Marigold Sky: Expanded Edition
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BMG's reissue of Daryl Hall and John Oates' 1997 album Marigold Sky - their first away from the major label system - adds three bonus tracks: the radio edit of "Romeo Is Bleeding," the remix of "Hold on to Yourself," and the Hot Mix of "The Sky Is Falling." Marigold Sky emphasizes the remarkable songwriting, alluring grooves, soulful vocals, impeccable musicianship, and compelling craft for which
Vinyl Me, Please Releases Lavish "Story of Philadelphia International Records" Anthology
The legacy of Philadelphia International Records is as mighty as the famous three men most associated with the label: co-founders and songwriter-producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff and songwriter-producer-conductor-arranger Thom Bell. The three men didn't do it alone, though; the PIR story involves the dozens of talented artists, musicians, songwriters, producers, and arrangers who passed through the doors of engineer Joe Tarsia's Sigma Sound Studios on North 12th Street in Philadelphia,
Godfather's Roots: Stro Elliot Remixes James Brown Classics for 'Black & Loud'
A recent release from Urban Legends and UMe has paired the late Godfather of Soul, James Brown, with producer and multi-instrumentalist Stro Elliot of The Roots. Black and Loud: James Brown Reimagined by Stro Elliot, featuring ten new remixes of Brown's funk classics, is available now on digital platforms as well as standard black vinyl and online-exclusive clear vinyl. For Elliot, this release represents the culmination of years of admiration for Brown's storied catalogue. "The 'Godfather
Release Round-Up: Week of March 4
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles arriving in stores today! Mary Wilson, The Motown Anthology (Motown/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Motown Anthology is the ultimate retrospective of Mary Wilson, multi-hyphenate talent: singer, activist, author, fashion icon, actress, mother, grandmother, friend, trailblazer, legend, Supreme. This first-ever comprehensive overview of Wilson's Motown discography presents 38 songs,
The Weekend Stream: February 26, 2022
Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! This week's got plenty of remixes, from New Wave to soul - plus some novelty hip-hop that'll offer a much-needed laugh or two. Depeche Mode, A Broken Frame | The 12" Singles (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) Last week, Rhino made the 12" singles set devoted to Depeche Mode's debut digitally available, and
Rock On: Demon Music Group's RSD Line-Up Includes Donna Summer, Del Shannon, Pixies, T. Rex, Belinda Carlisle, More
We're counting down to Record Store Day 2022, scheduled for Saturday, April 23. Today, we're sharing the news from Demon Music Group. Demon's 2022 lineup for the fifteenth annual RSD event has an impressive array of classic rock, soul, and pop from such artists as Donna Summer, Belinda Carlisle, T. Rex, Suede, Del Shannon (with a little help from Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne!), Pixies, Ace of Base, and Simple Minds, plus rarities from the archives of the BBC and Chi-Sound Records. Below, you'll
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