Looking for some vinyl to place under the tree this season? Legacy is coming to the rescue with five new Christmas releases from the label's top tier artists including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Luther Vandross and more! Merry Christmas Baby arrives from Elvis Presley this Friday, October 7. This new 120-gram vinyl compilation features seventeen of the King's bona fide Christmas Classics, all newly remastered from original sources. Naturally, "Blue Christmas" is here, as well as "Santa
One Way Ticket: BBR Reissues Disco Hits From Coffee, Eruption
Big Break Records has dug into the vaults of De-Lite Records for a heady brew. The 1980 album Slippin' and Dippin' from the trio known as Coffee ("hot, black and sweet," per group founder Elaine Sims!) has newly arrived on CD in an expanded edition boasting five bonus tracks. Elaine Sims, Gwen Hester and Dee Dee Bryant got their start on the streets of Chicago. Though they initially comprised a line-up of the quartet Portraits of Black, the departure of Portraits member Betty Caldwell left
Complete and Unbelievable...The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul: 50th Anniversary Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The late Otis Redding's fifth and final album before his tragic passing, Dictionary of Soul boasted the hits "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" and "Try a Little Tenderness." It's being reissued as a 2-CD 50th Anniversary Edition featuring the mono and stereo versions of the album plus five B-sides and outtakes and three live tracks. Available on CD, DD and vinyl. The vinyl pressing adds a bonus 7-inch single of "Try a Little
The RCA Hits and More!
The Complete RCA Hits and More! brings together 26 remastered tracks from Evelyn "Champagne" King's tenure at RCA from 1977-1986 which saw the soulful diva have several dance and R&B chart hits like "I'm In Love" and "Love Come Down." This set presents the songs in their 12″ or remix versions as opposed to their album iterations.
Introducing Playback Records: "The Songs of Mann and Weil" Join Steve and the Board, Garage Nuggets
There's a new reissue label in town! We're happy to share the news of a brand-new, top-notch label. Based in Australia, Playback Records has recently issued its first three deluxe releases - all of which we know will be of interest to readers of The Second Disc! Longtime fans of The Bee Gees will doubtless recognize the names of Colin Petersen and Geoff Bridgeford. Before Messrs. Petersen and Bridgeford began to make music with Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, however, they were bandmates
He's No Ordinary Guy: Ace Celebrates Songs of Jerry Ross on "Some Kinda Magic"
Before Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell created The Sound of Philadelphia, Jerry Ross created the sound of Philadelphia. The Philly-born producer-songwriter-entrepreneur penned hits for Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Temptations and produced chart-toppers by Bobby Hebb and Shocking Blue, but only now has his remarkable legacy in pop, rock-and-roll and soul been celebrated on disc. Ace has recently issued Some Kinda Magic: The Songs of Jerry Ross, a 24-track compendium of Ross'
Disco Nights: Big Break Gives GQ a "Standing Ovation" on New Anthology
"The feeling's right, and the music's tight, on the disco nights..." With the irresistible rhythms of 1979's "Disco Nights (Rock Freak)," the members of GQ established themselves as premier artists at Arista Records and indeed of the disco generation. Between 1979 and 1981, the band notched seven successes on the U.S. R&B chart, with three crossing over to the Pop survey. All of those hits, and more, are collected on Big Break Records' definitive new anthology Standing Ovation: The Story
The Second Disc's Week In Review
For today's special feature, we're taking a look back at the big stories we shared with you over the past week at The Second Disc, just in case you missed 'em the first time around! Review: Fleetwood Mac, Mirage: Deluxe Edition Joe takes a look at Rhino's 4-CD/1-LP/1-DVD Deluxe Edition of the Mac's 1982 pop gem! This Could Be the Night: Shout! Factory to Release T.A.M.I. Show and The Big T.N.T. Show on Blu-ray Two classic concert films - featuring a galaxy of stars including The
This Could Be The Night: Shout! Factory To Release "T.A.M.I. Show" and "The Big T.N.T. Show" on Blu-ray
While we normally concentrate on CD reissues here at The Second Disc, we do occasionally like to highlight other titles which we think may be of interest to our readers. One such project, just announced from Shout! Factory, certainly qualifies: a 2-disc Blu-ray set entitled the T.A.M.I. Show/The Big T.N.T. Show Collector's Edition due out on December 2. Directed by Steve Binder, T.A.M.I. Show (meaning either "Teenage Awards Music International" or "Teen Age Music International") was filmed
Release Round-Up: Week of September 23
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, packed with heavy hitters! David Bowie, Who Can I Be Now (1974-1976) (Parlophone) 12-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 13-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976), the second in the late artist's series of deluxe albums box sets, will contain the following albums plus a 128-page booklet in the CD edition (or 84 pages in the vinyl edition. You'll find more details here, and watch
The Atlantic Years in Mono
Rhino collects Ray Charles' classic solo Atlantic output as a 7-LP box set, which each remastered title pressed on 180-gram vinyl. It's packaged in a hardbound box also containing a 12x12, 29-page booklet featuring liner notes by David Ritz and photos by Lee Friedlander.
Good to Me: Otis Redding's "Dictionary," Complete Whisky A Go Go Recordings Due Next Month
Fans of Otis Redding have twice the reason to celebrate this holiday season with the release of two separate products celebrating The King of Soul's output in 1966. First up, Rhino is reissuing Complete & Unbelievable...The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul as a double-disc set. Joe filled us in on this release back in August, but here's a refresher: This album, Otis' fifth and final released before his tragic passing the following year, is Memphis soul par excellence, recorded with an
Release Round-Up: Week of September 16
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Led Zeppelin, The Complete BBC Sessions (Atlantic/Swan Song/Rhino) 3 CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5 LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3 CD/5 LP Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Digital Download: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. This new collection expands the original double-disc set, from 1997, which was culled from the band's appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971. This updated
SoulMusic Records Round-Up: Label Reissues Isaac Hayes, Curtis Hairston, Mass Production
A quartet of recent releases from SoulMusic Records in association with Cherry Red turn the spotlight onto overlooked classics of 1980s R&B. Isaac Hayes' Love Attack (1988) put the hot buttered soul man squarely into Big '80s territory with thumping drum machines and gleaming synthesizers. It was the Stax legend's second album for Columbia Records and built on the sound of his label debut U-Turn on which he'd played almost every instrument on the record. For Love Attack, he was joined
Knock On Wood: Cherry Pop Collects Amii Stewart's "The Hits: Remixed"
Cherry Pop is knocking on wood with the new reissue of Amii Stewart's 1985 remix collection The Hits: Remixed. Though often characterized as a one-hit wonder for her storming 1979 disco cover of Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood," there was much more to the talented disco chanteuse's career, as this vibrant set so aptly proves. Washington, DC-born Amy Paulette Stewart was performing in a London company of the musical Bubbling Brown Sugar when she was spotted by Hansa Records' Barry Leng. The
Release Round-Up: Week of September 2
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up highlighted by the latest release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! The Isley Brothers, Groove with You...Live! (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) We're incredibly excited and proud to bring this sizzling, swooning and immersive double-album document of The Isley Brothers at the peak of their powers to CD for the very first time! Groove with You...Live! features powerful renditions of
The Isley Brothers' "Groove with You...Live!" Hits Stores TOMORROW From Second Disc Records!
Tomorrow, September 2, is the date for the latest - and funkiest! - release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! Groove with You...Live! was the great "lost" Isley Brothers album, a sizzling slab of live-in-the-studio soul...but it's lost no more! In 1980, Ronald, Rudolph, O'Kelly, Ernie and Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper were riding high with their singular, electrifying fusion of rock, funk and soul. After having transformed in 1973 from a three-man vocal group to a self-contained
The Warner Bros. Recordings
The Warner Bros. Collection brings together the compilations The Complete Warner Bros. Singles and We Need To Go Back: The Unissued Warner Bros. Masters, both originally issued in 2013 in one slipcase. The 40 tracks on these two CDs provide a good look at Warwick's tenure for Warner Bros. between her huge hits on Scepter and her resurgence on Arista - including an entire disc's worth of rarities from Burt Bacharach, Thom Bell, Jerry Ragovoy, Ashford and Simpson and other musical legends!
A Message from The Meters - The Complete Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977
A Message from The Meters-The Complete Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977 collects the legendary New Orleans group's smoking-hot singles for all three labels, now for the first time on vinyl outside of a limited edition Record Store Day release. Featuring productions from the late, great Allen Toussaint, funky R&B doesn't get much better than this.
It Had To Be You: Real Gone's October Slate Features Eddie Money, Keely Smith, Mahalia Jackson, John Hammond, Percy Faith and More
Real Gone Music has just announced their October slate of titles and while only one of them will get you into the Halloween spirit, there might well be something else among the eclectic choice of genres to pique your interest! First up, Real Gone is releasing three two-disc greatest hits collections. One of these features liner notes from our very own Joe Marchese: Percy Faith's The Definitive Collection. Faith was hugely in demand at Columbia Records, arranging and conducting for a large
Best Of Their Love: BBR Collects "Blessed: The Emotions Anthology"
Rarely has a group's name been as befitting as that of The Emotions. Sisters Sheila, Wanda and Jeanette Hutchinson couldn't help but touch a wide spectrum of emotions with their spirited, soulful recordings. Blessed: The Emotions Anthology 1969-1985, released earlier this year on Cherry Red Group's Big Break Records imprint, is a deliciously comprehensive, 2-CD, 40-track collection drawing on the vaults of Stax/Volt, Columbia/ARC, Red Label and Motown to paint the fullest portrait of The
Try a Little Tenderness: Otis Redding's "Dictionary of Soul" Expanded On CD and LP
Otis Redding famously ran the gamut of soul from A to Z on his 1966 album Complete and Unbelievable...The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul. Well, now the dictionary is getting even more complete on October 7 with Rhino's release of a 50th anniversary edition! This 2-CD deluxe edition features both the stereo and mono mixes of the original album plus eight bonus tracks. The 1966 album, Redding's fifth album, was cut in the summer of 1966 at Stax Studios in Memphis. Redding was joined by
I Would Die 4 Blu: Prince's Filmography Coming to High Definition Video
While fans may still have to wait some time for archival Prince material to emerge from that fabled vault, there will be at least one release ready for the holidays: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced The Prince Movie Collection, featuring all three of his feature films on Blu-ray with newly remastered picture, due out this fall. Of course, Purple Rain needs nearly no introduction: the stylized, vaguely autobiographical feature starred Prince as "The Kid" alongside his band, The
Release Round-Up: Week of August 5
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Wilson Pickett, Land of 1000 Dances: The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has the first release in a three-volume collection chronicling Wilson Pickett's tenure at Atlantic Records. The Wicked Pickett released a total of 66 single sides at the label and The Complete Atlantic Singles Vol. 1 collects the first 22 of these in their original mono single mixes. You'll find some
Now, Voyager: Big Break Collects Dexter Wansel's "Philadelphia International Records Anthology"
Are you ready to blast off? With the August 5 release of Dexter Wansel's Stargazer: The Philadelphia International Records Anthology 1976-1980, Big Break Records is headed for the stars. Wansel was one of the brightest lights of PIR's "Mk. II" period, releasing four criminally underrated LPs on the label. His work as an artist, songwriter, arranger and producer pushed the envelope of Philly soul, bringing in elements of jazz fusion and even progressive rock. Stargazer brings together all of
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