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Greatest Christmas Hits

October 9, 2023 By

Chicago Greatest Christmas Hits

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Barnes & Noble (Exclusive Green Vinyl) O Christmas Three:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Chicago's new 13-song compilation Greatest Christmas Hits draws on all four of the band's Christmas releases, blending holiday classics with the band's original compositions including Robert Lamm and the late Billy Hinsche's "(Because It's) Christmastime," Neil Donell and Don Breithaupt's "All

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

Queen of Rock 'n' Roll

October 9, 2023 By

Tina Turner Queen of Rock n Roll Cover

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Even before but especially after her explosive pop comeback in the 1980s, Tina Turner more than earned the mantle of Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. This fall, a new career-spanning compilation from Rhino will reaffirm that title, with 55 of her singles (and a few rarities) on one album. Queen of Rock 'n' Roll spans Tina's 1975 cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

The Weekend Stream: October 7, 2023

October 7, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Ahead of a three-day holiday weekend, it's all about re-imagining, from Paramore to Melissa Manchester to the disco mixes of John Luongo - plus some cool rock, jazz and soundtrack work making digital debuts. Paramore, Re: This is Why (Atlantic) (iTunes / Amazon) Pop-punk trio Paramore released their

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bruce Broughton, Christopher Young, Craig Doerge, Henry Mancini, John Williams, Kenny Loggins, Melissa Manchester, Michael Sembello, Paramore, Pete Yorn

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays: Chicago Collects "Greatest Christmas Hits"

October 6, 2023 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Chicago Greatest Christmas Hits

Does anybody really know what time it is? On November 3, the answer from Chicago will be "Christmas time," as that's the day the band releases a new collection of its happiest holiday tracks.  Greatest Christmas Hits arrives on CD, vinyl, and digital formats from Rhino Records.  On the same date, the label will reissue 2011's O Christmas Three and bundle together all three of Chicago's Christmas albums in one slipcased edition. Chicago - then consisting of founding members Robert Lamm, Lee

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: America, Bebe Winans, Chicago, Dolly Parton, Steve Cropper

Release Round-Up: Week of October 6

October 6, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Joni Archives 3

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) (Asylum/Rhino) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The third volume of Joni Mitchell's remarkable Archives series continues with an exploration of the period that yielded such groundbreaking albums as For the Roses (1972), Court and Spark (1974), the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Danny Elfman, Duke Jupiter, Frankie Stein and His Ghouls, Heatmiser, Howard Jones, J.J. Cale, Joni Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Olivia Newton-John, Reba McEntire, Roger Waters, Steve Cropper, Sylvester, The Darkness, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Ophelias, The White Stripes, Tom Waits, Van Halen

Bottle Rockets, Meat Puppets, Jesus Lizard, Black Jazz, and More Comprise Real Gone Music's Record Store Day Black Friday Slate

October 5, 2023 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Black Jazz Singles

And the hits just keep on comin'!  Today, we're sharing the Record Store Day Black Friday lineup from our friends at Real Gone Music. RGM's lineup of modern rock titles - many of which are making their vinyl debuts - plus one very special jazz release will arrive at participating independent record stores on Friday, November 24.  You'll find the list of those record stores here. Without further ado, here's the full RGM slate, with descriptions provided by the label. Black Jazz Records: The

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Rock Tags: Buckcherry, Meat Puppets, Record Store Day, Tantric, Taproot, The Bottle Rockets, The Jesus Lizard

Rhino's Record Store Day Black Friday Lineup Includes The Doors on CD and LP Plus Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell, War, and More

October 4, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

War The World Is a Ghetto

TSD is continuing its look at this year's Record Store Day Black Friday releases, due at participating independent record stores on November 24, with the packed slate coming from Rhino.  With sixteen titles - including one on both vinyl and CD! - Rhino has brought out the heavy hitters including The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, and War.  Visit here for a list of Record Store Day retailers. The English Beat, I Just Can't Stop (Expanded) Limited Edition of 8,000

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Rock Tags: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Faces, Grateful Dead, INXS, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, Linkin Park, Little Feat, Los Lobos, Record Store Day, Rilo Kiley, Sia, The Doors, The English Beat, The Flaming Lips, War

Not Cool

October 4, 2023 By

Tim Easton Not Cool

Singer-songwriter-musician Tim Easton's 2013 studio album Not Cool returns to CD and vinyl from Black Mesa Records.  Recording in Music City, Easton welcomed veterans (bassist Joe Fick, guitarist JD Simo and drummer Jon Radford), and newcomers (violinist Megan Palmer and guitarist Sadler Vaden) alike to record the LP that ended up on American Songwriter's "best-of" list for the year.  The album of which Easton remains proud ("Not Cool is the record, from start to finish, that I call my best

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Folk, Rock

Special 20

October 4, 2023 By

Tim Easton Special 20

Guitarist-singer-songwriter Tim Easton, a fixture on the Americana scene, revisits his 1998 debut album Special 20 in a new 25th anniversary edition.  Produced by Brad Jones and Robin Eaton, the Nashville-recorded album introduced Easton's rock-and-roll-meets-folk voice, with songs inspired by his college days as well as his time in Europe as a street troubadour.  The long out-of-print Special 20 will be reissued on both vinyl and CD.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Folk, Rock

Highwire Act: Live in St. Louis 2003

October 3, 2023 By

Little Feat Highwire Act

Mercury Studios brings a 2003 Little Feat concert to a 2CD/BD set as well as digital video.  Previously issued on DVD in 2004, this release marks a significant upgrade for the concert film, as it's being made available on Blu-ray for the first time.  The lineup includes Bill Payne, Paul Barrere (guitars/vocals), Sam Clayton (percussion/vocals), Kenny Gradney (bass), Richie Hayward (drums/vocals), Fred Tackett (guitars/trumpet), and Shaun Murphy (vocal/percussion). (Shaun was one-half of Stoney

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Legacy Recordings' RSD Black Friday Slate Features Prince, Joan Jett, Cypress Hill, Nas, and More

October 3, 2023 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Joan Jett Mindsets

We're continuing our coverage of Record Store Day's annual Black Friday event - set for Friday, November 24 - with news of Legacy Recordings' lineup of ten titles.  Legacy's lineup is heavy on more recent music, with half the slate dedicated to hip-hop classics; the oldest release hails from 1991 and the late, great Prince.  You'll find these ten releases, all on vinyl, at participating independent record stores; visit herehere for the full list. All descriptions below have been provided by

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Beast Coast, Coheed and Cambria, Cypress Hill, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Nas, Prince, Record Store Day, Souls of Mischief, The Beatnuts

Up: 25th Anniversary Edition

October 2, 2023 By

REM Up 25

2CD/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 A quarter century ago, R.E.M. made some surprising steps in their storied career that will be re-examined in a new 25th anniversary reissue of 1998's Up. The remastered album will be reissued on CD, vinyl and digitally, including a deluxe set that includes a previously unreleased live performance undertaken for the TV drama Party of Five. A

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

Spirit Trail: 25th Anniversary Edition

October 2, 2023 By

Bruce Hornsby Spirit Trail 25

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Bruce Hornsby's lengthy double album Spirit Trail is remastered and expanded in a new 25th anniversary edition which will feature four outtakes from a "lost" full-band follow-up that was abandoned in favor of 2002's Big Swing Face, a more electronic effort backed by his then-new band The Noisemakers. The CD version of the reissue will feature a third disc of Spirit Trail tracks played live at shows

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Live 1978-1992

October 2, 2023 By

Dire Straits Live 1978 1992

8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada When Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits reissued their classic catalogue in a box set in 2020, it only covered studio recordings. Now, a companion box will feature their live material, including 29 unreleased tracks.  Live 1978-1992 will offer expansions of two classic Dire Straits concert albums (1984's Alchemy: Dire Straits Live and 1993's On the Night, one of the last releases before their

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Substance 1987: Expanded Edition

October 2, 2023 By

New Order Substance 2023

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2MC: New Order Store (U.S.) / New Order Store (U.K.) New Order's landmark 1987 compilation is getting expanded as a 4CD set.  The newly-remastered Substance 1987 collected a dozen classic sides from the British electronic band, from 1981's "Ceremony" to the then-new "True Faith" as well as exclusive updates of "Temptation" and "Confusion." The double

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Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Rock

The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 2

October 1, 2023 By

Billy Joel Vinyl Collection 2

The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 2 brings newly remastered and repressed LP versions of Joel's final six studio albums - Glass Houses (1980), The Nylon Curtain (1982), An Innocent Man (1983), The Bridge (1986), Storm Front (1989) and River of Dreams (1993) - plus the debut vinyl pressing of Joel's classical compositions set Fantasies & Delusions (2001) and the premiere audio release of his beloved Live from Long Island concert special, broadcast 40 years ago. All the audio has been transferred

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Rock

See That Girl (1979-2000)

October 1, 2023 By

Kirsty MacColl See That Girl

For just over two decades, Kirsty MacColl was one of England's most uniquely talented female rock singer/songwriters. This fall, nearly a quarter century after her passing, a new box set examines her career in-depth.  See That Girl (1979-2000) is an 8CD set loaded with 161 singles, rarities, remixes, live cuts and duets - including 47 previously unreleased recordings. Produced in partnership with the singer's estate, the set features two gatefold sleeves of discs and a 60-page hardback book

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock

Live at The Academy, New York City, 1995

October 1, 2023 By

Goo Goo Dolls Academy 1995

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Goo Goo Dolls' Live At The Academy, New York, City, 1995 features two breakthrough sets from the band: a memorable performance for the CMJ Music Conference, recorded just as they were starting to enjoy their first success on the radio; and an invite-only soundcheck that became treasured by fans when it was taped off radio performances. A mobile recording truck captured the entire thing, and the

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock

The Weekend Stream: September 30, 2023

September 30, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. From classic rocker comebacks to '90s nostalgia and more - we've got the goods to set you up for these days off. Bruce Springsteen, Addicted to Romance (Columbia) (iTunes / Amazon) While he's postponed the rest of this year's tour due to a battle with peptic ulcers, Bruce Springsteen had time this

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: *NSYNC, 311, Bruce Springsteen, Doris Day, Jethro Tull, The Art of Noise, U2

Release Round-Up: Week of September 29

September 29, 2023 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Steely Dan Aja

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! The Spinners, Ain't No Price on Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Recordings (1972-1979) (SoulMusic/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Earlier this year, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music celebrated the extraordinary legacy of The Spinners with the release of The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979, collecting a whopping 43 single sides

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Holiday, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Ann Wilson, Billie Holiday, Carla Thomas, Electronic, Grateful Dead, Green Day, HAIM, Jason Isbell, Otis Redding, Sarah Vaughan, Steely Dan, The Spinners, Wilco

Rewind Forward

September 28, 2023 By

Ringo Starr Rewind Forward

Ringo Starr is back with a new EP, his fourth such release in three years.  Starr penned the original songs with Bruce Sugar and welcomed Steve Lukather and Joe Williams of Toto, and Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell of The Heartbreakers among the guests.  Paul McCartney has contributed an original song, too: "Feeling the Sunlight."  Available on CD, 10-inch LP, cassette, and digitally.

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Fit for a Queen: Tina Turner's Singles Feature on New Deluxe Compilation

September 28, 2023 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Tina Turner Queen 5LP

Even before but especially after her explosive pop comeback in the 1980s, Tina Turner more than earned the mantle of Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. This fall, a new career-spanning compilation from Rhino will reaffirm that title, with 55 of her singles (and a few rarities) on one album. Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, due November 24, spans Tina's 1975 cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" - issued on Acid Queen, her second solo album (and last before escaping her physically and emotionally abusive

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry White, Bryan Adams, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner

To The Faithful Departed: Deluxe Edition

September 23, 2023 By

Cranberries Faithful Departed deluxe

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscover Music (yellow vinyl) 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Cranberries' third album, from 1996, gets the deluxe, expanded, and remastered treatment with a smattering of previously released bonus material beside two discs of almost entirely unreleased studio outtakes and live material. The album, newly remastered by John Dent, will be available in the 3CD set as well as

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

The Weekend Stream: September 23, 2023

September 23, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Enjoy a hometown birthday present from The Boss and a holiday collection first put on CD by The Second Disc - plus remixes from Madonna and The Art of Noise and so much more - all in this week's latest round-up. Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs of New Jersey (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple Music /

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Boz Scaggs, Bruce Springsteen, Lorne Greene, Louis Armstrong, Madonna, Patti Page, Pulp, Roger Williams, The Art of Noise, The Pointer Sisters

Weekend Stream Spotlight: Bruce Springsteen's 'Live Series' Comes Home with New Jersey-Focused Installment

September 22, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Springsteen Songs of New Jersey

Ahead of our usual Weekend Stream programming on Saturday, we're taking the time to spotlight a new digital catalog release that's quite near and dear to our hearts - and locations! - at Second Disc HQ. For a half-century, the artistry of Bruce Springsteen has galvanized millions beyond the state lines of his native New Jersey - but there's something about home that makes his work really special. Fans can and will debate which of his many, many live concerts have been the best - there's a

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

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