The 3-LP or 3-CD/1-DVD release On Earth As It Is: The Complete Works is the definitive collection from Mother Love Bone, the first band of Seattle’s burgeoning late ’80s/early ’90s rock scene to secure a major label deal. The members of the quintet all kicked around said scene for much of the late ’80s, with guitarists Bruce Fairweather and Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament coming from proto-grunge group Green River, drummer Greg Gilmore playing in punk outfits 10 Minute Warning (where he played alongside Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan) and Skin Yard…
Lighthouse
David Crosby returns for a new, intimate 9-song solo set highlighted by “Things We Do for Love,” “Somebody Other Than You,” and “Paint You a Picture,” the latter co-written with Marc Cohn. Available on CD and vinyl.
A Thousand Years Wide: Soundgarden Expand “Badmotorfinger” in a Big Way
When news first broke that Soundgarden were planning a 25th anniversary edition of their third album, 1991’s Badmotorfinger, it was almost hard to imagine what extra content would be included. After all, 2014’s Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Along the Path had compiled just about all of the group’s B-sides across three discs. Well, with the grunge explosion celebrated heavily in the Soundgarden-adjacent camp (box sets devoted to Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog are among 2016’s bigger collections), the band is ready to unleash an expanded Badmotorfinger—and what a…
Stardog Champions: Mother Love Bone Box Due This Fall
We recently reported Universal’s new reissue of Seattle grunge outfit Temple of the Dog, a supergroup featuring members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden paying tribute to Mother Love Bone. This fall, the complete output of that band will be compiled into a box set as well. On Earth As It Is: The Complete Works is the definitive collection from the first of Seattle’s burgeoning late ’80s/early ’90s rock scene to secure a major label deal. The members of the quintet all kicked around said scene for much of the late ’80s, with…
It’s Gotta Be Big: Tori Amos to Expand “Boys for Pele,” 20 Years Later
In honor of its 20th anniversary, Rhino Records is expanding and reissuing Tori Amos’ third album, Boys for Pele, with a host of rare and unreleased bonus tracks. Her first self-produced album after splitting with producer and partner Eric Rosse, Boys for Pele (named for the Hawaiian fire goddess) found Amos taking the power back from the male figures in her life. “I was at the point I could not answer to anybody,” she said of her bid for independence. “I’d been answering my whole life to some patriarchal figure.” Recorded primarily…
Friday’s Child: Lee Hazlewood Meets Indie Rock On Ace’s New “Son-of-a-Gun”
Ace has previously surveyed the singular oeuvre of musical iconoclast Lee Hazlewood on a number of releases including Califia: The Songs of Lee Hazlewood and, more recently, Shazam! and Other Instrumentals Written by Lee Hazlewood. Now, on Son-of-a-Gun and More from the Lee Hazlewood Songbook, the label has returned to the territory of Califia with a twist. Whereas that compilation focused on Lee’s vivid, quirky songs as performed by Nancy Sinatra, Dusty Springfield, Ann-Margret, Dino, Desi & Billy, and other artists in Hazlewood’s orbit, Son-of-a-Gun primarily (but not exclusively) looks at his…
Release Round-Up: Week of October 7
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up which just might be the biggest slate of the year to date! Lou Reed, The RCA and Arista Album Collection (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy brings together 16 Lou Reed albums from his RCA and Arista years on 17 CDs, all remastered directly under Reed’s supervision before his untimely passing in 2013. An 80-page hardbound booklet with detailed liner notes, five art prints and a poster round out this limited edition package. Read more here! Prince, The Prince Movie Collection (Warner Home Video) (Amazon…
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Savvy Show Stoppers: Shadowy Men Release Shadowy Reissues
Your weekend will be above average should you pick up the new expanded editions of all three albums by Canadian instrumental rock band Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. The Toronto-based trio–drummer Don Pyle, guitarist Brian Connelly and bassist Reid Diamond–formed out of punk outfit Crash Kills Five in 1984. Their catchy instrumentals and unique DIY-style releases (one EP was sold on a package of Jiffy Pop) guaranteed them cult favorite status, but it was “Having An Average Weekend,” the closing track of 1988’s Savvy Show Stoppers (an album of single and…
Let’s Dance: “Legacy” Collects David Bowie’s Best Singles and More
Roughly two years ago, David Bowie announced the release of Nothing Has Changed, a career-spanning retrospective available in 2-CD, 3-CD and 2-LP configurations from Columbia/Legacy in the United States and Parlophone in the United Kingdom. Since then, much has changed. Most tragically, Bowie passed away earlier this year at the age of 69, just two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar. Now, a new compilation follows in the footsteps of Nothing Has Changed, bringing the artist’s history up through his final recordings. Legacy arrives on CD from Parlophone (on…
The RCA and Arista Album Collection
Legacy brings together 16 Lou Reed albums from his RCA and Arista years on 17 CDs, all remastered directly under Reed’s supervision before his untimely passing in 2013. An 80-page hardbound booklet with detailed liner notes, five art prints and a poster round out this limited edition package.
Release Round-Up: Week of September 30
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones in Mono (ABKCO) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones in Mono captures, on 15 CDs or 16 LPs, the original mono albums released on both sides of the Atlantic between 1964 and 1969 including the exceptionally rare mono editions of Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967), Beggars Banquet (1968) and Let It Bleed (1969). Exclusive to the box is Stray Cats, a single-CD/double-LP collection of mono single-only material and odds and ends,…
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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 with writer-producer Steve Kipner in Australia’s Steve and the…
Temple of the Dog: 25th Anniversary Editions
CD: 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 2CD/DVD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada For its 25th anniversary, A&M/UMe are pulling out all the stops with a four-disc CD/DVD/Blu-ray deluxe edition of the 1991 grunge classic, due out September 30. It features: A new mix of the album by longtime Pearl Jam associate Brendan O’Brien, plus three alternate mixes from the original multitracks by Adam Kaspar Seven demos (including unheard songs “Angel of Fire” and “Black Cat” plus…
Say Hello 2 Heaven: “Temple of the Dog” Gets 25th Anniversary Expansion
A spate of grunge classics are hitting the quarter-century mark this year, and one of the biggest is coming back in a big way this month. Temple of the Dog only released one self-titled album in the spring of 1991 to relatively little fanfare. But by the end of the year, when critics started to take notice of the tidal wave of rock bands from Seattle and lighting the fuse on an eventual grunge explosion, people began to take notice. And how could you miss them, with the lineup they had? Temple…
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 Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The…
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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 for Joe’s review soon! Diamond Dogs (Remastered) 1-CD…
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57th and 9th
Sting returns to the rock/pop world with 57th and 9th, a collection of all-new songs featuring his longtime collaborators Dominic Miller (guitar) and Vinnie Colaiuta (drums) plus drummer Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, Guns n Roses), guitarist Lyle Workman and the San Antonio-based Tex-Mex band The Last Bandoleros. Available on deluxe and standard CD, DD and LP. Links to the deluxe CD edition can be found below!
Zappatite: Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks
Zappa Records and UMe offer up a serving of Zappa’s “tastiest tracks” from “Trouble Every Day” off the 1966 Freak Out! album to 1987’s “Strictly Genteel” featuring The London Symphony Orchestra. This sampler platter includes “Valley Girl,” “Peaches en Regalia,” “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow” and more from the late musical iconoclast.
Blue Part of Town: Steve Hackett Revisits, Expands “Blues With A Feeling”
Steve Hackett, the lead guitarist of Genesis between 1970 and 1977, has recently revisited his 1994 solo album Blues with a Feeling for an expanded reissue on Cherry Red’s Esoteric Recordings imprint. This release follows up other Genesis-related releases from Esoteric drawing on the catalogues of Hackett (including a reissue of his 1986 supergroup album GTR with Steve Howe), Tony Banks and Anthony Phillips. Hackett’s first solo album, Voyage of the Acolyte, arrived in 1975 while he was still playing with Genesis. Blues was eleventh in a string of diverse albums touching…
Out of Time: 25th Anniversary Edition
3-CD/1-BD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-LP Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-LP Remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. R.E.M.’s 1991 classic is revisited as a 3 CD/1 Blu-ray set, a 2-CD set, a 3-LP set, a single LP of the original album and as a digital download as part of the band’s new deal with Concord Bicycle Music. The box includes the original album on Disc 1 followed by nineteen demo tracks on Disc 2. The third disc contains a…
Review: Gerry Beckley, “Carousel”
Gerry Beckley celebrated his 64th birthday earlier this week, on Monday, September 12. We’re marking the occasion with a look at his new studio album! One hardly expects the first verse of the first song on a new album from America’s resident romantic troubadour, Gerry Beckley, to include the lines “Everything’s turned to shit/No matter how I look at it/And I am running out of time…” But while Beckley is happily defying convention on “Tokyo” – the taut, rocking opening cut of his new album Carousel on Blue Elan Records (and also…
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 version has been fully and newly remastered under the supervision by…
Release Round-Up: Week of September 9
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up…one of the most packed in recent memory! Beatles, Live at the Hollywood Bowl (Apple/Capitol/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Since the advent of the compact disc era, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl has been the forgotten stepchild of the Fab Four’s legendary catalogue. That changes today with the first-ever commercial CD/DD release of the 1977 album on September 9 via Apple/UMe. The newly-retitled, remixed, remastered and expanded Live at the Hollywood Bowl will arrive one week in…
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Remember Love: Yoko Ono’s Catalogue to Be Reissued
Since shortly before The Second Disc began in 2010, we’ve seen a swath of major reissues, overhauls and catalog deliveries of the works of both The Beatles, together and separately, too. This fall, it’s time to take a look at the catalogue of one of The Beatles’ most intriguing associates: Yoko Ono. John Lennon’s second wife is not “the woman who broke up The Beatles,” as has been famously charged. But John’s devotion to her as expressed in much of his solo music, as well as her own challenging solo works, has…
Rock My Soul: Cherry Red, Grapefruit Collect Early British Hard Rock On “I’m a Freak, Baby”
What do Deep Purple, The Move, Hawkwind, Fleetwood Mac and The Yardbirds all have in common? Though each of those five bands carved out distinct musical identities, all incorporated elements of psychedelia in their early hard-rock explorations. A new 3-CD box set from Cherry Red’s Grapefruit imprint offers an in-depth chronicle of the music that planted the seeds of progressive rock and metal. I’m a Freak, Baby is, as per its subtitle, A Journey Through the British Heavy Psych and Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-1972. As with the best journeys, it offers…
