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Cedar Creek: Expanded Edition

May 22, 2015 By

Textones Cedar Creek

The second album by Carla Olson's band The Textones (featuring guest appearances by Ian McLagan, Howie Epstein and The Waters) gets expanded by Omnivore with an eight-song concert from Santa Cruz, CA recorded on November 20, 1987.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock

The Essential Bruce Hornsby

May 22, 2015 By

Essential Bruce Hornsby

Bruce Hornsby is the newest addition to Legacy's long-running Essential series with this 2-CD, 29-track volume touching on his work with The Range, The Noisemakers, solo and beyond.

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Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Classic Quadrophenia

May 20, 2015 By

Classic Quadrophenia

Pete Townshend and Billy Idol join opera and Les Miserables star Alfie Boe in a new symphonic version of The Who's seminal rock opera Quadrophenia, with orchestrations by Townshend's partner Rachel Fuller.  The deluxe CD/DVD edition includes the complete CD and a 44- minute DVD featuring an exclusive on-camera interview with Pete Townshend, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album, and the new music video for "Love Reign O'er Me" shot on location at Brighton Beach Pier in England,

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Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classical/Opera, Rock

Let's See Action: Pete Townshend Collects Solo Work, Introduces New Songs on "Truancy"

May 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Pete Townshend Truancy

Pete Townshend recently confessed to Rolling Stone, "I just hope that on my deathbed I don't embarrass myself by asking someone, 'Can you pass me my guitar?  And will you run the backing tape of 'Baba O'Riley'?  I just want to do it one more time."  Yet Townshend still finds himself looking to the past even as he embraces the present and future.  While on the road celebrating (for the final time?) the legacy of The Who with creative partner Roger Daltrey, Townshend will issue a new solo

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Pete Townshend, The Who

Release Round-Up: Week of May 19

May 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Yes Progeny

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring a number of rock legends! Yes, Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This whopping 14-CD box captures seven complete concerts from Yes circa 1972 - the same tour leading up to the performances preserved on Yessongs.  For those who don't need 14 discs, 2-CD and 3-LP Highlights distillations are also available (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) ! Jeff Beck, Live+ (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Jeff Beck, Mariah Carey, Miles Davis, Rare Earth, The Knack, Thelonious Monk, Yes

The Ides of March Celebrate 50 Years with "Last Band Standing" Box Set

May 13, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Ides of March Last Band Standing

"Beware the ides of March," goes the famous admonition.  Thankfully, Jim Peterik, Larry Millas, Bob Bergland and Mike Borch didn't heed the warning.  Formed in Berwyn, Illinois in 1965 as the Shon-Dels, The Ides of March are still going strong 50 years later with their brassy blend of good-time rock and roll, R&B, pop and soul epitomized on the 1970 hit single "Vehicle."  These rock and roll survivors and local legends around the Chicago scene have recently assembled a definitive box set

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Jim Peterik, The Ides of March

In The Air Tonight: Phil Collins Signs with Warner Music, Deluxe Editions Coming Soon

May 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Phil Collins Both Sides

Phil Collins is getting ready to open the vaults. Warner Music Group has just announced its partnership with Collins to make the superstar artist's solo albums available worldwide through WMG.  Though Collins' American fans have long been used to seeing his solo releases on WMG's Atlantic Records label, fans in the U.K. and Ireland were used to seeing the Virgin Records logo on Collins' classic solo records such as Face Value, Hello, I Must Be Going and No Jacket Required.  This deal marks

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Genesis, Phil Collins

Review: Drivin' N' Cryin', "Best of Songs"

May 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Drivin n Cryin Best of Songs

In a career spanning almost thirty years on both independent and major labels, Drivin' N' Cryin' has refused to be pigeonholed.  The band, formed by Kevin (or Kevn) Kinney in 1985 has happily leaped from genre to genre, drawing on hard rock, country, pop, punk and other influences.  Between June 2012 and January 2014, the band - now consisting of Kinney, founding member Tim Nielsen, Sadler Vaden and Dave V. Johnson - recorded a series of four EPs from which a tight, all-killer, no-filler

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Drivin' N' Cryin'

Release Round-Up: Week of May 12

May 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Leonard Cohen Cant Forget

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  We kick off with a quartet of releases drawing on never-before-released live material! Leonard Cohen, Can't Forget: A Souvenir of The Grand Tour (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Leonard Cohen offers ten selections - including two songs never previously recorded and a pair of covers - from his recent world tour. Andrew Gold, The Late Show - Live 1978 (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) You'll say "thank you for being a

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Andrew Gold, Buck Owens, David Shire, Dionne Warwick, Drivin' N' Cryin', Henry Mancini, J.D. Souther, Leonard Cohen, Michael Fennelly, Roxette, The Muscle Shoals Horns, Todd Rundgren, Wes Montgomery

Rare, Unreleased and Live 1965-2012

May 11, 2015 By

Jackie Lomax Rare Unreleased and Live

The late soul man, best known for his tenure as an Apple Records recording artist, is celebrated on this 2-CD anthology drawing on a period of nearly fifty years.  The set (released last month in the U.K.) includes an entire concert from San Francisco in 1976, live BBC recordings, and previously unissued studio material from the 1970s onward.

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul, Rock

Review: The Pretenders CD/DVD Reissue Series

May 8, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

pretenders box

Chrissie Hynde, Pete Farndon, James Honeyman Scott and Martin Chambers may have taken the name of The Pretenders, but anybody paying attention soon realized that there was nothing "pretend" about this band - not its brash amalgam of British and American styles (Hynde was a U.S. émigré; the other three were Brits), not its unabashedly punk approach to a classic rock sound, not its effortless, cool swagger.  1979's Pretenders launched the band on a journey that continues to this day.  It's been a

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders

Release Round-Up: Week of May 5

May 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jackie

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  Oddly, releases were split between yesterday and today, but both days add up to a wealth of titles in nearly every genre!  Without a doubt, this is one of the most packed weeks yet this year! Jackie DeShannon, All the Love: The Lost Atlantic Recordings (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) All the Love--The Lost Atlantic Recordings brings together DeShannon's entire 1973 Atlantic Records material in one place for the first time,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billy Ward and His Dominoes, Herbie Hancock, Jackie DeShannon, Jethro Tull, John Coltrane, John Lodge, Jorge Ben, Julie Andrews, Miles Davis, Nils Lofgren, Perry Como, Todd Rundgren

Angel Dust: Deluxe Edition

May 4, 2015 By

Faith No More Angel Dust

Faith No More's 1992 album gains a bonus disc with seventeen rare tracks.

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

The Real Thing: Deluxe Edition

May 4, 2015 By

Faith No More The Real Thing

Rhino expands Faith No More's 1989 album with a second disc featuring 12 bonus tracks.

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

From Out of Nowhere: Two Faith No More Albums Go Deluxe

May 1, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Faith No More Angel Dust

This May, Faith No More, the hard-rocking San Francisco band, will unveil Sol Invictus, its first new album since 1997.   To mark the occasion, Rhino Records is revisiting the pair of albums that solidified the group's place in the rock pantheon: 1989's The Real Thing and 1992's Angel Dust.  On June 9, the label will reissue both albums as two-disc sets, with each containing a second disc of rarities.  In addition to the CD sets, Rhino will issue 2-LP. 180-gram black vinyl editions with the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Faith No More

10,000 Light Years Ago

April 28, 2015 By

John Lodge 10000 Years

10,000 Light Years Ago marks the first solo album since 1977 for the Moody Blues' bassist/vocalist/songwriter!  It features guest contributions from Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues as well as guitarist Chris Spedding, and includes songs such as "Those Days in Birmingham," "Love Passed Me By" and the title track!  The U.K. edition (linked to below) includes a bonus DVD!

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

Loaded: Jeff Beck Offers "Live+" With Tour Performances, New Studio Recordings

April 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jeff Beck Live Plus

With Jeff Beck currently hitting the road once more, the time is right for Atco's upcoming release of Jeff Beck Live+ culled from performances on the legendary guitarist's 2014 tour with ZZ Top.  The May 19 release features 14 live cuts along with Beck's first two studio recordings since 2010. Beck's tour last year with ZZ Top was curtailed due to the injury of the band's bassist, Dusty Hill; Live+ will arrive in the midst of the April 30-May 10 tour dates for ZZ Top and Beck.  On May 12,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Jeff Beck

Live+

April 24, 2015 By

Jeff Beck Live Plus

Guitar hero Jeff Beck returns with a new live album culled from his 2014 tour.  Two new studio tracks round out the set.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Best of Songs

April 21, 2015 By

Drivin n Cryin Best of Songs

Indie southern rockers Drivin' N' Cryin' return with a 10-track, 180-gram vinyl LP culled from the 32 songs on their four acclaimed EPs originally released between 2012 and 2014.  The band touches on hard n' heavy rock, psychedelia, pop, blues and punk on this tight, diverse collection, packaged in the style of a 1970s K-tel compilation!

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of April 21

April 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Ultimate Sinatra

Today's Release Round-Up features an array of titles including a box set from the one and only Chairman of the Board, a number of vintage albums in surround sound, a classic reissue from a new Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and more! Frank Sinatra, Ultimate Sinatra (Capitol/UMe) 4-CD Box:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Highlights:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Target Exclusive: Target.com 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Standard Edition DD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The 100th

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: America, Dick Hyman, Earth Wind and Fire, Frank Sinatra, Jim Peterik, Joan Jett, Labelle, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Rush

The Kingbees

April 21, 2015 By

The Kingbees

Omnivore remasters and expands The Kingbees' 1980 roots-rock gem with eight previously unissued demos and live recordings on CD and DD.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock

Amused to Death (Remixed Editions)

April 19, 2015 By

Roger Waters Amused

Roger Waters revisits his 1992 album Amused to Death, featuring contributions from Don Henley, Rita Coolidge, P.P. Arnold, Andy Fairweather Low and Michael Kamen, in a variety of formats featuring new stereo and 5.1 surround mixes. CD CD / Blu-ray SACD Hi-res digital download 2LP 200 gram vinyl (pressed at Quality Record Pressings) Limited edition, numbered 2LP picture disc vinyl

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

The Second Disc's 2015 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese 23 Comments

Sly Fillmore East

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 18, music fans and collectors will flock to their local independent record stores to celebrate both the sounds on those familiar round black platters and the cherished opportunity to shop for music in a physical retail environment. To many of us, both are a way of life.   Each year around this time, we here at Second Disc HQ take a few moments to count down the titles to which we're most looking forward to picking up! Our friend and founder, Mike Duquette, returns to

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: a-ha, Billie Holiday, Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, Metallica, Record Store Day, Simon and Garfunkel, The Bee Gees

Release Round-Up: Week of April 14

April 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Replacements Complete Studio Albums

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring box sets, deluxe editions, rare albums and more! The Replacements, The Complete Studio Albums 1981-1990 (Sire/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Rhino boxes up the Minnesota rockers’ complete studio output in one tidy package, utilizing the 2008 remasters but sans all bonus material.   Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink: Deluxe Editions (Rhino) Little Earthquakes: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Under the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Andy Williams, Kitty Wells, Phil Harris, Randy Bachman, Sammy Davis Jr., The Replacements, Tori Amos

New "Playlist" Wave Features Ben Folds Five, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince, Santana and More

April 13, 2015 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Playlist Ben Folds Five

Legacy’s long-running Playlist series rolls on with another batch of titles to be released tomorrow, April 14.  This wave of titles in the budget line range from rock to R&B to rap, and span from the late 1960s right up to the 2000s.  As per the standard with this series, each entry is fourteen tracks and generally has some harder-to-find edits and track choices than are generally found on budget compilations.  Following a description of each title kindly provided by our friend and founder

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Ben Folds Five, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Jagged Edge, James Brown, Santana

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