Rock

Tags:

Queen Budapest

July 29, 2026 by Joe Marchese

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4K UltraHD: Official Store Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The last concert Queen recorded with original frontman Freddie Mercury is getting dramatically restored for its 40th anniversary, with presentations on multiple audio and video formats. Queen Budapest – recorded at the Hungarian capital’s Népstadion in the summer of 1986 – offers the legendary show with newly remastered footage (digitized by the country’s National Film Institute and restored at 4K high-definition by Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post team) and remixed audio from the…

Categories:

Formats:

Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Tags:

Rubber Soul [Various Formats]

July 29, 2026 by Joe Marchese

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (exclusive posters and art cards) 5LP/7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (exclusive posters and art cards) Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (zoetrope edition) Beep-beep, beep-beep, yeah: a remixed and remastered Rubber…

Categories:

Formats:

Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Tags:

Greatest Hits

July 29, 2026 by Joe Marchese

Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino is revisiting the 1976 collection which reaffirmed WAR’s status as reliable hitmakers. WAR’s Greatest Hits returns on both CD and vinyl. Whereas the 2021 edition entitled Greatest Hits 2.0 added an entire disc’s worth of favorites, this release is more compact. The CD version adds four cuts (including “Spill the Wine”) to the original collection while the LP, part of Rhino’s Spirit of ’76 summer vinyl campaign, replicates the original album track listing. (As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.)

Categories:

Formats:

CD, Vinyl

Genres:

Classic Rock, Funk, Latin, Rock

Tags:

Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen’s Final Filmed Concert Set for Multi-Format Remix, Reissue

July 29, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

The last concert Queen recorded with original frontman Freddie Mercury is getting dramatically restored for its 40th anniversary this fall, with presentations on multiple audio and video formats. Queen Budapest – recorded at the Hungarian capital’s Népstadion in the summer of 1986 – will offer the legendary show with newly remastered footage (digitized by the country’s National Film Institute and restored at 4K high-definition by Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post team) and remixed audio from the original multitracks. The complete concert audio will be released on triple vinyl for the first time,…

Categories:

Formats:

Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Tags:

Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Queen, Roger Taylor

The Word: The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul” Is Remixed, Expanded For New Box Set

July 29, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

Beep-beep, beep-beep, yeah: a remixed and remastered Rubber Soul is on the way from Apple Corps. The Beatles’ sixth studio album, 1965’s Rubber Soul is often considered to be the Fabs’ “folk-rock” album, but its mélange of styles makes it far more than that. Now, with the release on October 2 of a 4CD or 5LP/7″ box set as well as a single-disc Blu-ray, 2CD and 2LP expansions and CD and LP remixes, it’s a richer and fuller collection than ever. With a schedule free of concert and film commitments, The Beatles…

Categories:

Formats:

Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Tags:

George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

New Revelations: Genesis’ Debut Gets New Remix, Expansion from Cherry Red

July 28, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

From Genesis to Revelation, the debut album from prog-rock legends Genesis, is no stranger to reissues due to its complicated ownership history. But this year, on the eve of the group’s 60th anniversary, Cherry Red’s Esoteric label will prepare the most expansive editions of the album ever pressed – versions approved by the group’s original founding members, including original vocalist Peter Gabriel and longtime members Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. Available as a 4CD/Blu-ray box set or smaller 2CD and 2LP offerings, the centerpiece of all sets is a set of new…

Categories:

Formats:

Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

Genres:

Tags:

Anthony Phillips, Genesis, Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks

The Studio Albums 1975-1978

July 28, 2026 by Joe Marchese

5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino celebrates the early years of shock rock legend Alice Cooper with a new 5CD or 5LP box set. The Studio Albums 1975-1978 begins with 1975’s Welcome to My Nightmare, his first proper solo album, and continues with Alice Cooper Goes to Hell (1976), Lace and Whiskey (1977), and From the Inside (1978). The collection is rounded out with a 7-track collection of bonus material encompassing rarities and five unique single versions. In the vinyl set, this bonus album is cut at 45 RPM. (As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from…

Categories:

Formats:

Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

Genres:

Tags:

Greatest Hits: Deluxe Edition

July 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com (clear vinyl) Rhino is revisiting the first compilation of Fleetwood Mac’s “classic” quintet era ahead of a long-awaited, as-yet unreleased documentary on the band. 1988’s Greatest Hits is expanded in a new double-disc edition on CD and vinyl. In addition to the plethora of smash hits like “Rhiannon,” “Go Your Own Way,” “Dreams,” “Don’t Stop,” “Tusk,” “Gypsy,” “Little Lies” and “Everywhere” – as well as the then-new tracks “As Long As You Follow” and “No Questions Asked” – the set now includes a bonus disc…

Categories:

Formats:

CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Digital Download, Digital Streaming

Tags:

The Weekend Stream: July 25, 2026

July 25, 2026 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

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. Oddities and curiosities abound in this Saturday’s column! Peggy Lee, “Big $pender (Girl Math Remix)” (Capitol/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) House music DJ duo Girl Math has remixed Peggy Lee’s rendition of Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields’ Sweet Charity showstopper “Big Spender” – the title track of her 1966 album – with a modern, electronic dance sound. Spend a little time with her?…

Categories:

The Weekend Stream

Formats:

Genres:

Classic Rock, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

Tags:

Alice Cooper, Bonnie Tyler, Desmond Child, El Grupo Libra, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, Gene Loves Jezebel, Gerry Beckley, Graham Nash, Jim Gilstrap, John Ford, Kennedy Caughell, Peggy Lee, Plas Johnson, Reba McEntire, Rita Wilson, Ruben Blades

Release Round-Up: Week of July 24

July 24, 2026 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

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. Four Tops, Live! (Deluxe Edition) (Elemental Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Recorded over two separate engagements at the Roostertail club in Detroit, this 60th anniversary edition of one of Motown’s first and best live LPs has been completely rebuilt, newly mixed and mastered from the original multitrack tapes and offering not only songs from the concerts not heard on the original album, but alternate performances of the ones…

Categories:

Release Round-Up

Formats:

Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Jazz, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Tags:

Barnes and Barnes, Carly Simon, Foreigner, Goo Goo Dolls, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Lulu, Mongo Santamaria, Randy Newman, Seals and Crofts

I’m in Heaven: Tom Tom Club Collect (Sort of) Complete Albums for New Box Set

July 23, 2026 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth splintered from Talking Heads to create the side project Tom Tom Club, a loose grouping of musicians and singers also including Weymouth’s sisters and guitarist Adrian Belew. Over the course of six albums originally released between 1981 and 2012, Tom Tom Club kept fans glued to the dancefloor with original songs and diverse covers including Donna Summer’s “Love to Love You Baby,” Lou Reed’s “Femme Fatale,” and Hot Chocolate’s “You Sexy Thing.” On August 7, Rhino will assemble the group’s discography (or most of it, anyway) on…

Categories:

Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club

Formats:

Box Sets, CD

Genres:

Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock

Tags:

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story? A Decade of ‘Hamilton’ Celebrated with CD, Vinyl Box Sets

July 21, 2026 by The Second Disc | No Comments

One of the biggest Broadway musicals of the last decade is getting celebrated in a big way for its 10th anniversary. Rhino has announced Rise Up! Hamilton: The Anthology, a heavy-duty 5CD or 7LP+7″ box set honoring Lin-Manuel Miranda’s acclaimed show. The set, available September 25, will include three albums’ worth of material from the musical – the original cast recording, the chart-topping covers project The Hamilton Mixtape, and the first physical release of the Hamildrops series of bonus recordings inspired by the production – along with additional audio extras, an 80-page book, and collectible ephemera….

Categories:

Digital Download, Digital Streaming

Formats:

Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

Genres:

Cast Recordings, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

The Weekend Stream: July 18, 2026

July 18, 2026 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

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 throwbacks to the ’90s and the ’00s, a legend of film music conducting live for America, some deluxe editions of the current top-selling album in the country from a timeless pop icon, and so, so much more! Mariah Carey, Daydream (30th Anniversary Edition) (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon) A sweet, sweet fantasy came true for all the Lambs out there: a…

Categories:

The Weekend Stream

Formats:

Genres:

Cast Recordings, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Tags:

Andy Partridge, Antonio Banderas, Bobby Timmons, Carly Rae Jepsen, Carole Bayer Sager, Engelbert Humperdinck, Hot Chip, John Williams, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Marvin Hamlisch, Michelle Branch, Neil Simon, New Radicals, Portugal. The Man, XTC

Won’t Get Fooled Again: Four Who Classics Revisited by Analogue Productions on Vinyl, SACD, Reel-to-Reel

July 17, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

What’s next for Analogue Productions? How about Who’s Next? The label has announced that four classic titles from The Who will be receiving the deluxe audiophile treatment across various formats including UHQR Vinyl, 45 RPM LPs, hybrid SACDs (playable on all CD players), and Ultra Tape Reel-To-Reel Formats. My Generation and Live at Leeds arrive next week, July 24, while Tommy and Who’s Next will follow (date TBD). These releases have been sourced from the original analog master tapes and mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (with SACD editions mastered…

Categories:

Formats:

Box Sets, Reel-to-Reel, SACD, Vinyl

Genres:

Tags:

The Who

Release Round-Up: Week of July 17

July 17, 2026 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

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. Yes, Live at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, 17 June 1976 (Atlantic/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Yes’ 50th anniversary release Live at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, 17 June 1976 takes listeners back to the long-gone New Jersey venue for the concert broadcast on WNEW-FM and bootlegged countless times since. It will be available on 2 CDs or 3 LPs, including an edition exclusive to Rhino.com with a…

Categories:

Release Round-Up

Formats:

CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

Tags:

Betty Buckley, Elaine Paige, Frank Zappa, Gary Stewart, Melanie, New Order, The Flamin' Groovies, The Hollywood Stars, The Waterboys, Yes, Yoko Ono

Around and Around: Grateful Dead Celebrate “Summer Magic 1985” with Massive Box Set, Standalone Concert Release

July 16, 2026 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Rhino and Grateful Dead are celebrating a 40th (+1) anniversary with a new concert compendium due from Dead.net on September 18. Summer Magic 1985 is a 20CD collection featuring seven previously unreleased concerts from the legendary band’s 20 Years So Far tour. It’s limited to 10,000 numbered copies (while also arriving in high-resolution digital formats). But that’s not all; the Merriweather Post Pavilion show of June 30, 1985 will be broken out for 3CD and 4LP standalone release on the same day. The Dead’s magic in the summer of ’85 was plentiful,…

Categories:

Formats:

Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Tags:

Grateful Dead

Baby Loves That Way: David Bowie’s Early Singles, Unreleased Material with Shel Talmy Gathered for New Album

July 15, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

The David Bowie estate is going back toward the beginning of the late singer’s career, focusing on his early days as a blues interpreter with a famous British producer. The Shel Talmy Recordings, to be released September 18, collects 21 recordings the then-unknown musician recorded with producer Talmy during 1965, when he was a member of bands The Manish Boys and The Lower Third. Only four of these tracks were released at the time as singles, with another seven alternate and outtake versions turning up on compilations over the years; that of…

Categories:

Formats:

CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Tags:

David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Nicky Hopkins, Shel Talmy

About ‘Face’: Phil Collins’ Debut Expanded on Vinyl, Remixed for Blu-ray for 45th Anniversary

July 15, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Face Value Full Value boxset 3D packshot

Did he miss again? Hardly. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of his debut album, Phil Collins will release a new deluxe vinyl version of 1981’s Face Value featuring all the material from the original 2016 deluxe edition and more – including some long unavailable and previously unreleased material. Available September 18 and following the example of similar box sets for No Jacket Required (1985) and Both Sides (1993), Face Value (Full Value) offers a half-speed pressing of the original album’s 2015 remaster cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, plus three additional LPs including the 12…

Categories:

Formats:

Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Digital Download, Digital Streaming

Tags:

Phil Collins

The Weekend Stream: July 11, 2026

July 11, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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’re catching up on some stray things we missed ahead of the Fourth of July holiday – so there’s certainly plenty to love! Beyoncé, “Morning Dew (Donk)” (Parkwood/Columbia) (Apple / Amazon) Queen Bey surprised the hive with a surprise release over the Fourth of July weekend: a fleshed-out version of the previously-leaked demo “Donk.” Though the track was believed to stem from…

Categories:

The Weekend Stream

Formats:

Genres:

Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Tags:

Andy Partridge, Ben Folds Five, Beyoncé, Christina Perri, Curt Smith, George Michael, Green Day, Jim Reeves, John Lennon, Mary Ann Kennedy, Tears for Fears, U2

Release Round-Up: Week of July 10

July 10, 2026 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

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 Rolling Stones, Foreign Tongues (Capitol (U.S.)/Polydor (U.K.)) CD (Standard Red Cover): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD (Red Disc): Rolling Stones Store CD/Blu-ray: Rolling Stones Store / Amazon U.S. (Link TBD) / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Pink Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Blue Vinyl: Target.com 2LP White Vinyl + Art Print: Rolling Stones Store 2LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cassette: Rolling Stones Store Less than three years after Hackney Diamonds, The Rolling…

Categories:

Release Round-Up

Formats:

Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Cassette, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Tags:

Alice Cooper, America, Bob Brady and The Con Chords, Grateful Dead, Howard Jones, Jack White, My Chemical Romance, Scritti Politti, Selena, The Doobie Brothers, The Rolling Stones, The Specials, Thin Lizzy

Atlantic Rain: The Lost ‘Fisherman’s Blues’ Recordings

July 9, 2026 by Joe Marchese

Sessions for The Waterboys’ 1988 album Fisherman’s Blues have yielded a new 3CD box set. Atlantic Rain is drawn from a reported 150 hours of recording and 400 multi-track tapes reviewed by the band’s Mike Scott; the resulting box boasts 25 tracks (including covers of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” “When Doves Cry,” “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground,” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”) and a book containing a 15,000-word essay by Scott plus lyrics and previously unpublished photos. (As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.)

Categories:

Formats:

Box Sets, CD

Genres:

Rock

Tags:

Season of Glass: Expanded Edition

July 9, 2026 by Joe Marchese

Yoko Ono’s 1981 album Season of Glass – released just seven months after the shocking murder of John Lennon and featuring his blood-stained glasses on its front cover – returns to CD in an expanded edition. Composed by Ono and produced by the singer-songwriter and Phil Spector, Season of Glass was harrowing yet cathartic, an album of enormous anguish but also of hope. It gains two bonus tracks here: the non-LP hit single “Walking on Thin Ice” (recorded by Ono and Lennon just hours before his murder; he was carrying a cassette of…

Categories:

Formats:

Genres:

Rock

Tags:

In Memoriam: Bonnie Tyler (1951-2026)

July 9, 2026 by Randy Fairman | 5 Comments

Bonnie Tyler Faster Than The Speed of Night

For more than 50 years, the gravelly voice of Bonnie Tyler was one of pop and rock’s most distinctive. Whether bringing to life the rootsy “It’s a Heartache” or the majestic theatrical drama of “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” Tyler sounded like nobody else. The Welsh singer born Gaynor Hopkins in 1951 died earlier today at the age of 75, following a recent illness that left her hospitalized since May. Bonnie decided to pursue singing as a career after performing in a talent competition in 1969. Though she took second place to an…

Categories:

Formats:

Genres: