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Rock and Roll All Over: 50th Anniversary

4CD/BD: Official Store Links TBD 6LP/BD: Official Store Links TBD 1CD (Eddie Kramer Mix): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Eddie Kramer Mix): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada KISS celebrates 50 years of Rock and Roll All Over with a new box set available in 6LP (180-gram black vinyl) + Blu-ray Audio and 4CD/Blu-ray Audio formats.  Both sets feature 130 tracks with 100 previously unreleased tracks and mixes.  The boxes contain both Bernie Grundman’s remaster of the 1976 stereo mix and Eddie Kramer’s new 2026 mix from…

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The Weekend Stream: October 17, 2026

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. We’ve got new singles from Blondie and Olivia Rodrigo (the latter with a high-profile alt-pop pal), 30th anniversary treats from Hootie & The Blowfish and Madonna, a milestone for our friends at SuperVisible Multi Media and another late-round triumph tied to cinema’s favorite boxer. Hootie & The Blowfish, Fairweather Johnson (Deluxe Edition) (Atlantic/Rhino) (Apple / Amazon) Following up a commercial juggernaut…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 16

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. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Magic Boy: Live at Berkeley – First Show (Experience Hendrix/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Magic Boy presents Jimi Hendrix’s first show at the Berkeley Community Theater in May 1970, assembling it in the proper sequence for the first time.  The set includes numerous legendary performances unearthed on early posthumous releases (“Hear My Train A-Comin’” from Rainbow Bridge; “Johnny B. Goode”…

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The Truth Is: Craft Recordings’ RSD Black Friday Slate Includes Vince Guaraldi, Go Radio, Blue Mitchell, More

Today, we’re turning the spotlight onto Craft Recordings’ slate for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event which takes place on Friday, November 27.  Click here(opens in new tab) for a list of participating retailers!  All of the below descriptions and track listings have been provided directly by the label. Go Radio, Lucky Street (Deluxe Edition) (Sky Blue Swirl vinyl; RSD Limited Run/Regional; 1,850 copies/2,500 copies worldwide) (expanded CD; RSD Limited Run/Regional; 1,000 copies/2,000 copies worldwide) Released by Fearless Records in 2011, Lucky Street was the debut full-length from Tallahassee rockers Go Radio, led by…

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The Weekend Stream: October 10, 2026

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. One of pop’s biggest estates corrects a recent blunder, Paul McCartney goes back to his latest album, new singles from beloved duos and frontmen and much, much more! Prince, Calabama EP (NPG/Paisley Park) (Apple / Amazon) Well, well, well. After the release of the outtakes collection Timeless was shockingly overshadowed by the nondisclosure of posthumous overdubs on the track “Calabama,” the…

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Rhino Has Deluxe Reissue of Talking Heads’ ‘Fear of Music’ Packed Up and Ready to Go

Another deluxe box set version of a Talking Heads album is coming November 13, expanding 1979’s Fear of Music to a 3CD/Blu-ray set. Similar to packages created for Talking Heads 77 and More Songs About Buildings and Food (as well as the demo/live collection Tentative Decisions), Fear of Music will include the newly remastered album, a selection of previously released studio rarities, two full concerts (one of which generously contributed to the band’s live double album The Name of This Band is Talking Heads), and new Atmos, surround and hi-res mixes alongside a small amount of…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 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. Genesis, From Genesis to Revelation: Deluxe Edition (Esoteric/Cherry Red) 4CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) 2CD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) 2LP: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) From Genesis to Revelation, the debut album from prog-rock legends Genesis, is no stranger to reissues due to its complicated…

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Grow Some Funk: Elton John’s ‘Rock of the Westies’ Gets a (Wide) Deluxe Release

Elton John’s classic discography has been reissued in style of late, even if some of the methodology is confusing. Following deluxe editions of his self-titled sophomore album and Tumbleweed Connection (both 1970 releases) in 2008 and a belated 40th anniversary box set for 1973’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in 2014, just about every album he put out in the ’70s got a 50th anniversary issue relatively on time. But confusingly, while Madman Across the Water, Honky Chateau and Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy were all wide releases, the expansions of Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano…

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Use Me: Legacy Offers Rare, Unreleased Live Sets and More for Record Store Day Black Friday 2026

While Legacy Recordings’ regular release schedule has been feast or famine in recent months, Sony Music’s catalogue label has got some great picks for Record Store Day Black Friday. Its seven titles include five rare or unreleased concert presentations from some of the roster’s biggest legends (three of which will be available on CD as well as vinyl), a strong showing in jazz and R&B, and a key connection to Legacy’s biggest-ticket item this box set season. Here’s a closer look at all the titles that’ll be available at participating retailers on…

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Zoot Allures! Zappa’s 1976 Album Goes Super Deluxe For 50th Anniversary

Hot on the heels of the recent 60th anniversary edition of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention’s Freak Out!, Zappa Records and UMe are turning the clock back a mere 50 years for another generously expanded edition.  The punningly-titled Zoot Allures, originally released in 1976 as Zappa’s only album on the Warner Bros. Records label, returns December 5 in a variety of formats including a 5CD/1Blu-ray box set and 2LP and 3LP vinyl offerings. Zoot Allures followed Zappa’s 1975 collaboration with Captain Beefheart, Bongo Fury (itself reissued earlier this year), and…

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A Case of You: Rhino’s Record Store Day Black Friday Slate Includes The Doors, Eagles, Genesis, Joni Mitchell, More

Today’s the day!  The Record Store Day Black Friday list is here, ramping up anticipation for the annual event which takes place at brick-and-mortar stores this year on Friday, November 27.  We’ll be rolling out more announcements, but as expected, Rhino has one of the day’s most generous offerings with a slate of over 20 titles scheduled to arrive in independent shops everywhere.  The label has brought out many of its heaviest hitters, including The Doors, Eagles, Genesis, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, The Monkees, and others.  Head over to RecordStoreDay.com(opens in new…

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The Weekend Stream: October 3, 2026

  Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life – The EP (Motown/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) On September 28 – five decades to the day since Motown Records welcomed Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life into the world – another miracle occurred. Loosed from Wonder’s vaults (a phrase that’s almost never been applicable in the modern catalogue music era) comes another “A Something’s Extra” collecting four outtakes from the original double album-plus-EP. (Unlike, say, Timeless, these tracks appear to be free of contemporary overdubs, only newly mixed from their original sources by John…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 2

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. The Beatles, Rubber Soul [Various Formats] (Capitol/Apple/UMe) 4CD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) / Official Store (exclusive posters and art cards)(opens in new tab) 5LP/7″: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) / Official Store (exclusive posters and art cards)(opens in new tab) Blu-ray: Amazon U.S.(opens…

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Review: The Beatles, “Rubber Soul: 60th Anniversary Edition”

“Standards are cruelly high at the top,” George Harrison observed in a May 1965 interview. “Every time we get a record released, it has to go to No. 1.  If it doesn’t, we’ll be slipping.”  Today, we take for granted that The Beatles certainly didn’t slip.  Just months later, on October 12, the group started sessions for what would become their sixth original U.K. studio album: Rubber Soul.  Yet more than just charting further No. 1s – the album itself went to that position in both the U.K. and U.S., and the…

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The Casablanca Studio Albums

7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The legendary singer’s seven albums originally released between 1975 and 1979 on the Casablanca label are now repackaged in this new collection from Driven by the Music.  Though no bonus material has been included, each album has been newly mastered, and a 7,500-word essay is included within the booklet.  Albums include Love to Love You Baby, A Love Trilogy, Four Seasons of Love, I Remember Yesterday, Once Upon a Time…, Live and More, and…

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In a New York State of Mind: Billy Joel Archive Sets ‘Turnstiles’ Box for 50th Anniversary

For the first time, a box set will take a deep dive into the creation of a Billy Joel album – in this case, one of his most pivotal: 1976’s Turnstiles, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Coming from Legacy Recordings on December 11, this 4CD/Blu-ray set will offer a thorough look at the album’s pivotal production, from early demos to live shows. In total, the collection boasts more than 50 previously unreleased tracks, including unheard demos, rarely heard songs and selections from the album’s mythic early sessions. The set also features…

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The Who By Numbers

5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) / The Who Official Store(opens in new tab) 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K./ Amazon Canada Links TBD / The Who Official Store(opens in new tab) 3LP: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) / The Who Official Store(opens in new tab) 2CD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) / The Who Official…

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Plastic Fantastic: Expanded Edition

Flesh for Lulu’s Plastic Fantastic followed Long Live the New Flesh on Beggars Banquet in 1989.  It both continued the band’s hit streak with three charting singles and brought the first chapter of the Flesh for Lulu story to a close.  Mainly produced in Australia by Mark Opitz (INXS, Cold Chisel), the sessions were fraught with creative tensions, but that didn’t keep the band from creating a lasting and varied reminder of what made Flesh great. Kevin, James, Nick, and Rocco all contributed songs to the Sydney sessions, as did additional guitarist…

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Long Live The New Flesh: Expanded Edition

Omnivore has remastered and expanded Flesh For Lulu’s 1987 Beggars Banquet debut, Long Live the New Flesh, on 2 CDs.  All four core members of the band – Nick Marsh, Rocco Barker, Kevin Mills, and James Mitchell – contributed songs to the album (the band’s third full-length studio LP overall), including Kevin’s “Postcards from Paradise” (a U.S. Dance chart entry) and James’ “I Go Crazy,” which wasn’t included on the original U.K. release but appeared on the U.S. version (and on this expanded reissue).  The latter, produced by Stephen Hague, was featured…

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Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings

39CD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) 3LP (Fort Worth Concert): Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings arrives, with 39 CDs containing professionally-recorded shows from nearly every stop of the legendary tour’s second (and final) leg.  It all adds up to 381 tracks, only ten of which have ever been previously released. Dylan’s fast and furious sets in ’76 were broad-ranging, encompassing such favorites as…

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Origins 1971-1978

4CD/DVD/Blu-ray: Tom Petty Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  5LP/DVD/Blu-ray: Tom Petty Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Limited 5LP/DVD/Blu-ray Uber Deluxe: Tom Petty Store 1LP (No Sleep ‘Til LA): Tom Petty Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  1CD (No Sleep ‘Til LA): Tom Petty Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  1LP Zoetrope Vinyl (No Sleep ‘Til LA): Tom Petty Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  UMe celebrates the birth of Tom…

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Volume Four

6CD: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) 11LP: Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada Def Leppard continues its sporadic reissue series with Volume 4, available as a 6CD or 11LP set.  The collection continues the thread of albums plus the rarities that these sets have been known for since the first volume(opens in new tab) in 2018, collecting the group’s studio output between 1978’s The Def Leppard E.P. and 1987’s Hysteria (plus one rarities…

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The Weekend Stream: September 26, 2026

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. One of the busiest weeks this column has ever enjoyed includes new music from pop’s biggest figure, its reigning queen and one of the biggest rock bands in the world – plus a generous handful of even more rarities, remixes, re-recordings and rediscoveries. Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore (Republic) (Apple / Amazon) Like death and taxes, new…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 25

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. Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Freak Out! 60th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Zappa/UMe) 5CD/BD: Zappa.com (opens in new tab)/ uDiscoverMusic.com(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab) 5LP (Pre-Master Mix & Mono Mix + 60th Anniversary Highlights): Zappa.com(opens in new tab) / uDiscoverMusic.com(opens in new tab) 2LP (Remastered 1966…

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Drastic Symphonies: Fourth Def Leppard Albums Box is Packed with Rarities

Def Leppard are surprising fans not only by starting up their ongoing box set series, but widening the scope of the latest release, too. Volume 4, available as a 6CD or 11LP set on November 13, continues the thread of albums plus the rarities that these sets have been known for since the first volume in 2018, collecting the group’s studio output between 1978’s The Def Leppard E.P. and 1987’s Hysteria (plus one rarities set and a Pyromania-era live set). Subsequent volumes covered the British group’s ’90s output (2019’s Volume Two) and covers-heavy ’00s (2021’s Volume…

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