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Coffey At The Club: Unreleased Dennis Coffey Concert Arrives on "Live At Baker's"

February 26, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Dennis Coffey's legacy is probably most tied to his legendary session work for Motown Records.  As a member of The Funk Brothers, Coffey appeared on hits such as Edwin Starr's "War," The Temptations' "Ball of Confusion," and Stevie Wonder's cover of "We Can Work It Out."  Coffey also performed on recordings by Wilson Pickett, Parliament/Funkadelic, and even produced Rodriguez's debut, Cold Fact. But Coffey, still active to this day, also shines as a live performer.  Last summer, Omnivore

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Dennis Coffey

Ultimate Rave

February 23, 2019 By

Prince Ultimate Rave

Ultimate Rave (2-CD/1-DVD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD This new 2-CD/1-DVD collection brings together two of Prince's albums from the turn of the new millennium:  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

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Beautiful Strange: 'Ultimate Rave' Combines Two Prince Albums and One Live Concert

February 22, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

Prince Ultimate Rave

Over the last few months, Legacy Recordings has released a number of exciting Prince reissues on purple vinyl and CD as part of the label's initiative to bring Prince's post-1995 catalogue back in print.  Today, Legacy has announced the April 26 release of a new 2-CD/DVD set called Ultimate Rave.  The collection brings together two of Prince's albums from the turn of the new millennium:  Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Ani DiFranco, Chuck D, Eve, George Clinton, Gwen Stefani, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, Sheryl Crow, Sly & The Family Stone, The Time

Release Round-Up: Week of February 22

February 22, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! We kick off with not one, but two, releases from The Zombies! The Zombies, The Complete Studio Recordings (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are being celebrated this week with two comprehensive vinyl box sets - one for the U.S., and one for the U.K. market.  The 5-LP, 61-track U.S. version, from Varese Vintage, includes the band's two American albums in mono - She's Not

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Curtis Mayfield, Engelbert Humperdinck, Greenslade, Ian Hunter, Judy Garland, Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein, Ray Charles, Renaissance, REO Speedwagon, Santana, Tangerine Dream, Tear Gas, The Byrds, The Flamin' Groovies, The Zombies, U2

I'll Be Doggone: Ace Collects U.K. Motown Covers From The Hollies, Dusty, Cilla, and More

February 21, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

On the Detroit Beat

Ace Records has released a number of splendid Motown collections in recent years, but now the label is taking a different approach to the music of Hitsville, USA.  As Motown celebrates its landmark 60th anniversary, On the Detroit Beat: Motor City Soul - U.K. Style 1963-1967 brings together 24 diverse British interpretations of Motown classics, making for a potent reminder that the Sound of Young America was, truly, international. Compiler Tony Rounce helpfully points out in his liner notes

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield, Helen Shapiro, Small Faces, The Birds, The Hollies, The Spencer Davis Group, Various Artists

Review: "Music from Vanilla Sky" and "Orange County: The Soundtrack" LPs From Real Gone

February 19, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Real Gone Music has recently given soundtrack lovers and vinyl aficionados something to talk about with two new color vinyl reissues of turn-of-the-millennium soundtracks:  Music from Vanilla Sky (on "blue cloud" vinyl) and Orange County: The Soundtrack (on orange vinyl).  The plots of both films are tied to the music within.  The soundtrack for the far-out Vanilla Sky shifts moods and tones while maintaining some sense of cohesion as it takes listeners from classic rock to folk, trance and

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Afrika Bambaataa, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Cake, Crazy Town, Jeff Buckley, Leftfield, Looper, Nancy Wilson, Paul McCartney, Pete Yorn, Peter Gabriel, Phantom Planet, Quarashi, R.E.M., Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Social Distortion, Sugarbomb, The Chemical Brothers, The Foo Fighters, The Monkees, The Offspring, Todd Rundgren

I Feel A Song: Gladys Knight and The Pips, Regina Belle Anthologies Arriving From SoulMusic

February 15, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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SoulMusic Records' anthologies of contemporary and classic R&B and soul bring together hits, rarities, and deep cuts to showcase the careers of overlooked and legendary performers.  Today (or next Friday, February 22 in the U.S.), the label continues the trend with a new Gladys Knight and The Pips collection, On And On: The Buddha/Columbia Anthology and a compilation of Regina Belle's '80s and '90s material called Show Me The Way: The Columbia Anthology. On And On is a hit-packed 2-CD set

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Gladys Knight and the Pips, Regina Belle

Release Round-Up: Week of February 15

February 15, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Elvis Best of the 68 Comeback Special

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elvis Presley, The Best of the '68 Comeback Special (RCA/Legacy) Standard CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Walmart Exclusive CD/DVD: Walmart.com 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,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chaka Khan, Elvis Presley, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jewel, Regina Belle

Love's Themes: Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra To Receive New Box Set, Vinyl Reissues

February 13, 2019 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

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After an astounding 2018 for Barry White reissues, including a box of remastered albums as well as complete singles sets for not only himself but girl group Love Unlimited and backing group The Love Unlimited Orchestra, UMe is preparing more "White gold" for fans next month. This time, The Love Unlimited Orchestra's first seven albums will be collected as The 20th Century Records Albums (1973-1979) on March 29. White sumptuous arrangements for the orchestra were readily apparent on his own

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Barry White, Love Unlimited, Love Unlimited Orchestra

Songs of Faith: Aretha Gospel

February 13, 2019 By

Songs of Faith Aretha Gospel

Songs Of Faith: Aretha Gospel offers nine gospel standards recorded by a 14-year-old Aretha in 1956 at the New Bethel Church in her native Detroit, where her father, the legendary Rev. C.L. Franklin, would give his inimitable sermons. Predating her tenure on Columbia Records by six years and her breakthrough on Atlantic Records by more than a decade, these primitive piano-and-vocal recordings offer a fascinating early listen to one of the most original and captivating voices in recorded

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Gospel, R&B/Soul

Never Grow Old: Aretha's Early Gospel Recordings Back On Vinyl In March

February 13, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Songs of Faith Aretha Gospel

UMe will commemorate the late, legendary Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, with a new vinyl reissue of her earliest recordings next month. Songs Of Faith: Aretha Gospel offers nine gospel standards recorded by a 14-year-old Aretha in 1956 at the New Bethel Church in her native Detroit, where her father, the legendary Rev. C.L. Franklin, would give his inimitable sermons. Predating her tenure on Columbia Records by six years and her breakthrough on Atlantic Records by more than a decade, these

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Gospel, R&B/Soul Tags: Aretha Franklin

SoulMusic Records Round-Up: Spotlight on Thelma Houston, Carrie Lucas, Tower of Power

February 12, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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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 SoulMusic imprint has kept busy with an eclectic roster of releases drawn from labels including Motown, Solar, and Columbia.  First up is a set of four albums from the "Don't Leave Me This Way" soul queen Thelma Houston, all originally released on

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Carrie Lucas, Thelma Houston, Tower of Power

UPDATED: Back To The Garden: "Joni 75" Tribute Concerts To Arrive on CD, DVD, and Public Television

February 8, 2019 By Sam Stone 6 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, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Brandi Carlile, Brian Blade, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Emmylou Harris, Glen Hansard, Graham Nash, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, Los Lobos, Norah Jones, Rufus Wainwright, Seal

Release Round-Up: Week of February 8

February 8, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Musicology [Various Formats] (Legacy) 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP purple vinyl: Prince Official Store Today, three of Prince's essential 2000s albums arrive on CD and, for the first time ever, LP.  Musicology marked Prince's return to a major label and to the upper heights of the charts.  It reached the Top Five on the Billboard Album Chart in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alex Chilton, Mavis Staples, Meat Loaf, Prince, Robin Trower, Stephen Schwartz

The Healing Game: Deluxe Edition

February 7, 2019 By

Van Morrison The Healing Game Deluxe

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Legacy is revisiting Van Morrison's 1997 return to his R&B roots with The Healing Game: Deluxe Edition in 3-CD and digital formats; these releases will be joined by a single-LP vinyl edition of the original album only.  This comprehensive set rounds up all of the associated bonus tracks with the album plus a disc of Sessions and Collaborations (with 15 tracks, 10 of which are

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rock

You're the Man [LP and Digital]

February 7, 2019 By

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Following the landmark release of What's Going On, Marvin Gaye returned with the song "You're The Man," written about presidential candidate George McGovern.  When that track failed to reach mainstream audiences, Gaye went back to the studio and recorded an album's worth of material, producing himself and writing with the likes of Willie Hutch; Hal Davis; Pam Sawyer and Gloria Jones; and Freddie Perren and Fonce Mizell.  Apart from the "You're The Man" single, none of that material was released

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Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul

That Special One: Marvin Gaye's Lost 1972 Album "You're The Man" On the Way!

February 7, 2019 By Sam Stone 23 Comments

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Last month, UMe announced a new, expanded version of Marvin Gaye's A Tribute To the Great Nat King Cole (you can read all about it here).   Today, Motown has announced further Marvin Gaye rarities on the way.  On March 29, just a few days shy of what would have been Marvin's 80th birthday, the label will released You're The Man.  The lost album recorded in 1972 and was slated to be the follow-up to his masterpiece, What's Going On. Following that landmark release, Gaye returned with the song

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Marvin Gaye

Fire In The Belly: Van Morrison Expands 'The Healing Game' With Two Bonus Discs Of Studio and Live Material

February 5, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Van Morrison The Healing Game Deluxe

Legacy Recordings and Exile Productions are celebrating a late-1990s classic from Van Morrison with a new expanded set.  On March 22, the label will issue The Healing Game: Deluxe Edition in 3-CD and digital formats; these releases will be joined by a single-LP vinyl edition of the original album only. The Healing Game found the artist reconnecting with his R&B roots.  For the sessions, he was joined by such top-flight musicians as James Brown collaborator Pee Wee Ellis (who had first

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Carl Perkins, John Lee Hooker, Van Morrison

Release Round-Up: Week of February 1

February 1, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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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

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

Motherlode [Expanded Edition] [2-LP]

January 30, 2019 By

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Originally released in 1988, Motherlode collected 10 rare and previously unreleased tracks from the Godfather of Soul's career (11 tracks on the original CD).  Now, the complete, expanded Motherlode album arrives from Polydor/UMe on 2-LP, 180-gram vinyl, including tracks that first appeared on the 2003 CD reissue, like "You've Changed," recorded in Atlanta in April 1969 and alternate mix of "Bodyheat" from 1976.  The collection features newly updated notes featuring the work of Cliff White, the

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Funk, R&B/Soul

Hit The Motherlode: UMe Prepares Vinyl Reissues of James Brown, Scott Walker, Meat Loaf and U2

January 29, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Over the past few weeks, Universal has announced a varied assortment of upcoming vinyl releases, including a rarities collection from the Godfather of Soul, a compilation of early Scott Walker, two Meat Loaf titles arriving on vinyl for the first time ever in the States, and a celebratory 10th Anniversary edition from U2.  It's set to be a vinyl-filled February and March, and The Second Disc has all the details! First up, Geffen/UMe is serving up two new editions of celebrated Meat Loaf

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Funk, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: James Brown, Meat Loaf, Scott Walker, The Walker Brothers, U2

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

Hello Happiness [CD]

January 26, 2019 By

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Chaka Khan is set to return with her first album in 12 years. Hello Happiness is the long-awaited follow-up to Funk This.  It will be released through Diary Records in conjunction with Island Records on February 15.  The 7-track LP features songs of empowerment and appreciation that remain contemporary but include strains of late-'70s disco and funk.

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Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul

Live In London [CD or LP]

January 26, 2019 By

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Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples returns with an incendiary live album recorded at Union Chapel in July 2018, the week of her 79th birthday.  She gives fans the presents, though, with 13 of her best songs culled from her solo work and The Staples Singers' catalog.  Live In London will be available on CD and double vinyl on February 8 from Anti/Epitaph. CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, R&B/Soul

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