On March 30, Eric Clapton turns 70, but the guitar hero isn’t about to rest on his considerable laurels. He’s marking the occasion with a series of concerts including two at New York’s Madison Square Garden and seven at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Reprise Records is also celebrating the artist’s landmark birthday with the April 28 release of Forever Man, a compilation concentrating on his longtime affiliation with the label and its sister Warner Bros. Records which began in 1983. Featuring 51 tracks from the 19-time Grammy winner over three CDs, Forever…
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! GAME THEORY “Real Nighttime” Bundle From Omnivore Recordings!
CONGRATULATIONS! The following five entrants have won the brand-new red vinyl LP Real Nighttime, and also an original vintage 1980s flexidisc from GAME THEORY and OMNIVORE RECORDINGS! If you entered our contest and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook: Jeffrey Rosen Mark Nielsen Cole Smith Tim Vogt Randall Paske If you didn’t win, this amazing, extremely limited bundle is still available to purchase from Omnivore Recordings! Watch this space for more giveaways soon!
Release Round-Up: Week of March 23
It’s a Monday release date here in the U.S., so here’s your early Release Round-Up! Bee Gees, 1974-1979 (Reprise/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This box set brings together the band’s Mr. Natural, Main Course, Children of the World and Spirits Having Flown plus a disc of previously issued bonus material. Full track listing and details here. Watch on Record Store Day for a companion vinyl release to this set featuring the 12-inch mixes from Saturday Night Fever! Kansas, Miracles Out of Nowhere (CD/DVD Set) (Epic/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The new…
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WIN! WIN! WIN! GAME THEORY “Real Nighttime” Bundle From Omnivore Recordings!
Here at Second Disc HQ, spring can’t come fast enough – but leave it to our friends at Omnivore Recordings to help us beat the winter blues with a giveaway you won’t want to miss! Today, Omnivore continues its celebration of the late Scott Miller’s band Game Theory with a 30th anniversary reissue of Real Nighttime, produced by Mitch Easter (R.E.M.) on expanded CD and a limited edition red vinyl LP of the original album with a download card of the entire expanded CD program! To make it even more special, the…
Release Round-Up: Week of March 17
This week’s Release Round-Up has box sets and deluxe editions a-plenty… The Pretty Things, Bouquets from a Cloudy Sky (Snapper) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This box set is much in the style of last year’s Small Faces set Here Come the Nice, and contains 11 studio albums on CD with 42 bonus tracks, two rarities CDs with 45 previously unreleased tracks, 2 DVDs including a new documentary by Reelin’ in the Years Productions, a 10-inch replica acetate disc, posters, an art print, and a 100-page hardcover book! In short, this looks…
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(Don’t) Walk On By: Rhino’s Record Store Day Lineup Boasts a-ha, Bee Gees, Bowie, Doors, Dionne, More
Rhino isn’t resting on its laurels for Record Store Day! The label has announced its biggest slate ever for Record Store Day, with 30 limited edition 12-inch, 10-inch, and 7-inch vinyl releases due on Saturday, April 18. Full details as provided by the label for all titles can be found below. As always with RSD, these releases will be available exclusively at select independent music retailers on April 18, and you can find the list of participating shops here! a-ha – Take On Me 7-inch picture disc. Limited edition of 6,500 copies, $14.98 Air – Playground Love…
The Complete Studio Albums 1981-1990
Rhino boxes up the Minnesota rockers’ complete studio output utilizing the 2008 remasters, but sans all bonus material.
Omnivore’s Record Store Day Trio Revealed with The Honeys, MC Lyte, More “High Fidelity”
What do Brian Wilson, MC Lyte and Sam Phillips have in common? All three are among the artists and producers represented on Omnivore Recordings’ trio of delicious vinyl offerings for this April 18’s upcoming Record Store Day! Sessions ’64!! is so exciting that no less than two exclamation points will do!! This groovy 10-inch slab of translucent gold vinyl transports listeners back to 1964. It includes nine tracks produced by Brian Wilson and Jimmy Bowen for the Warner Bros. and Reprise Records labels, with arrangements from Wilson, Sandra Glantz (a.k.a. Ginger…
Legacy’s Record Store Day Slate Includes Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, More
Today was the big announcement day for Record Store Day 2015, scheduled for Saturday, April 15 at the finest independent retailers across the U.S. and beyond! A press conference was held at Brooklyn’s outpost of Rough Trade giving the details on the many titles to expect next month. We’re kicking off our coverage with a look at the releases due from Legacy Recordings; watch this space for more news as it comes! Legacy’s eclectic line-up has some of the label’s heaviest hitters – Bruce Springsteen, Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash…
Release Round-Up: Week of March 10
This week brings a particularly impressive slate by any standard, but we’re particularly proud to introduce the world to Second Disc Records with our first two releases, from Johnny Mathis and the late Bob Crewe! Johnny Mathis, Life is a Song Worth Singing: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Here, on two CDs, we proudly present both of Johnny Mathis’ album collaborations – including the never-on-CD Mathis Is… – with songwriter-producer Thom Bell, plus ten bonus tracks! Read more here! Bob Crewe, The Complete Elektra Recordings…
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Back By Unpopular Demand: The Replacements’ Studio Albums Boxed By Rhino In April
The unlikely reunion of The Replacements – a.k.a. founding members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson plus recent additions Dave Minehan (The Neighborhoods) and Josh Freese (The Vandals, Devo, Weezer) – marches on this spring (to perhaps everyone’s surprise!) with the month-long “Back by Unpopular Demand” tour kicking off April 9 in Seattle. To coincide with this latest jaunt for the Minneapolis alt-rock heroes, Rhino has unveiled The Complete Studio Albums 1981-1990, containing the band’s full original studio discography in a new 8-CD box set. This release, due on April 14, presents the band’s 1982 Stink…
Sensitive Chaos: Rhino To Release Anthology From Steve Howe of Yes
Get ready to say “Yes” to a new retrospective from progressive-rock great Steve Howe. The English guitarist has curated a new 33-track retrospective, simply titled Anthology, for release on March 10 via Rhino. The 2-CD set, also available as a digital download, is primarily drawn from the studio albums he’s recorded between 1975 and 2011. It arrives just weeks before the May 19 release of Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two, the 14-CD box set preserving Howe and Yes’ performances on their landmark 1972 tour. Drawing inspiration from talents as diverse as Chet Atkins…
Deluxe (Tokyo Dome Live in Concert + Remasters)
Van Halen boxes up its new concert release featuring David Lee Roth with remastered editions of the band’s debut and his (first) farewell, 1984. Available on 4 CDs or 6 LPs.
1984 (Remastered Edition)
David Lee Roth’s (first) swansong with Van Halen is remastered, with no additional material, on CD, DD and LP.
Van Halen (Remastered Edition)
Van Halen’s debut album returns in a remastered edition with no additional material on CD, DD and LP.
Tokyo Dome Live in Concert
The first-ever live album from Van Halen to feature David Lee Roth, Tokyo Dome Live in Concert was recorded on June 21, 2013 in Japan with Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen, Tokyo Dome Live in Concert boasts 25 songs representing all seven of the band’s albums with Roth, right up through 2012’s A Different Kind of Truth. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Chris Bellman, it will be released in 2-CD, 4-LP and DD configurations.
Short Takes: Yes’ Massive Box Set, Metallica’s Original Demo and Van Halen Remasters
There soon will be many more Yessongs. Progressive rockers Yes released the triple-LP live album Yessongs in 1973. It captured the band at the height of its powers, riding a wave of success thanks to the 1972 album Close to the Edge. In the weeks leading up to the recording of Yessongs, however, the band recorded a number of shows that are now being collected in Rhino’s massive 14-CD box set Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two. The May 19 release contains seven complete shows recorded in the fall of 1972 as Jon Anderson,…
Review: Ron Nagle, “Bad Rice”
Rare is the “cult album” that actually lives up to its mystique. But rare is Ron Nagle’s Bad Rice. This artifact from the Mystery Trend leader and acclaimed ceramic sculptor, originally released on Warner Bros. Records circa 1970, has recently been given new life by Omnivore Recordings in a deluxe 2-CD edition that’s an early candidate for Reissue of the Year. One part David Ackles, one part Randy Newman and the rest pure Nagle, Bad Rice likely wasn’t helped all those decades ago by its inscrutable title and unattractive cover artwork. Potential…
Stillness in Motion: Vai Live in L.A.
Stillness in Motion – Vai Live in L.A. is drawn from the guitar great’s October 12, 2012 at Los Angeles’ Club Nokia. Available in 2-CD and 2-DVD configurations, Stillness in Motion chronicles the 49th concert of Vai’s acclaimed Story of Light World Tour.
The Ultra Zone: Steve Vai Brings “Live in L.A.” Concert To CD, DVD
With a résumé ranging from Frank Zappa to Whitesnake, three-time Grammy Award winner Steve Vai has earned his reputation as one of the most inventive, virtuosic guitarists in rock. Vai – an accomplished composer and producer as well as musician – has recently signed with Sony’s Legacy Recordings to a new multi-album agreement which will kick off with two releases in 2015. The first of these has been confirmed for April 7, 2015. Stillness in Motion – Vai Live in L.A. is drawn from his October 12, 2012 at Los Angeles’ Club…
Release Round-Up: Week of February 24
Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti various editions (Atlantic/Swan Song) 2-CD Original Album: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Original Album: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Super Deluxe Edition (3-CD/3-LP): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Digital Download: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Led Zeppelin’s classic album turns 40 and gets the remastered treatment with never-before-heard content available in a plethora of formats! Read the track listing and full details here. Lead Belly, The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Folkways) (Amazon…
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Sometimes People Forget
The music of Translator (“Everywhere That I’m Not”) is celebrated with this new collection of demos recorded between 1979 and 1985. Of the 22 tracks here, 20 are previously unreleased. The band’s Steve Barton has co-produced this release!
Life of Dreams/Beast on My Back
The hardcore punks’ two albums, from 1986 and 1988, are combined on one CD release.
Strange Frontier
Roger Taylor’s 1984 sophomore album gains five bonus tracks in Omnivore’s new CD reissue. The original album will also be available on vinyl; the first pressing will be on translucent red vinyl.
Fun in Space
Roger Taylor’s 1981 solo debut gains three single sides in Omnivore’s expanded CD edition. The original album sequence will also be available on vinyl; the first pressing of the latter will be on clear vinyl!
