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Feel the Earth Move: Legacy's Record Store Day Black Friday Slate Features Carole, Jimi, Ozzy, Miles, and More

September 15, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Leonard Cohen Songs of Love and Hate RSD

It's that time of year again! Record Store Day has released the full list of titles for its annual RSD Black Friday event, happening this year on Friday, November 26 and unofficially kicking off the holiday shopping season.  Legacy Recordings' slate draws on some of the most beloved artists on the label's roster, representing genres including pop, folk, rock, metal, jazz and R&B. Below, we've reprinted the descriptions supplied by the label.  All titles are due in your local

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Carole King, James Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, John Legend, Leonard Cohen, Maxwell, Miles Davis, Ozzy Osbourne, Record Store Day, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Kasim 2021

September 13, 2021 By

Kasim Sulton 2021

Kasim Sulton (Utopia, Todd Rundgren, Meat Loaf) returns with a new 12-song solo set including original songs such as "Unsung" and "Fastcar" and a cover of "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding."

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

No More Tears: 30th Anniversary

September 13, 2021 By

Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears

Ozzy Osbourne's sixth studio album, originally released in 1981, returns to vinyl in both a standard 2-LP 180-gram black vinyl edition and a 2-LP 140-gram colored vinyl edition with a unique booklet.  The latter format is available only through TowerRecords.com.  Simultaneous with the vinyl releases comes a digital-only expanded edition featuring 12 bonus tracks including a mash-up of Ozzy's original "Hellraiser" with Motorhead's cover.  No CD version of the digital release is currently planned.

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

The Weekend Stream: September 11, 2021

September 11, 2021 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Aaliyah, Aaliyah

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Aaliyah, Blackstreet, Carla Thomas, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Four Tops, Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Loretta Lynn, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Restless Heart, The Everly Brothers, The Isley Brothers, The Supremes, The Temptations

Release Round-Up: Week of September 10

September 10, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Chicago at Carnegie Hall

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Chicago, Chicago at Carnegie Hall: Complete (Rhino) (Rhino.com) For the first time, Rhino brings together all eight of Chicago's concerts between April 5-10, 1971 at New York's Carnegie Hall in one deluxe, 16-CD box set.  The original 4-LP box Chicago at Carnegie Hall was a commercial smash, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard 200.  This set features every note played by the band as newly restored by the band's Lee Loughnane and engineer Tim

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Aaliyah, Andrea Bocelli, Chicago, Chris Jagger, Donny Osmond, Elvis Costello, Laura Nyro, Marillion, Metallica, Ray Charles, Rufus Wainwright, Suede

The Weekend Stream: September 4, 2021

September 4, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Rick James, Glow (Deluxe Edition) /

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Aaliyah, ABBA, Bernard Herrmann, DMX, Engelbert Humperdinck, Jerry Goldsmith, Mary Jane Girls, Mary Wilson, Miracle Legion, Propaganda, Rick James, Teena Marie, The Brothers Johnson, The Psychedelic Furs, Timbaland

A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Remixed and Updated

September 3, 2021 By

Pink Floyd Momentary Lapse Remixed CD BD

CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Sony and Pink Floyd Records are breaking out another title from 2019's mammoth Pink Floyd: The Later Years box set.  A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Remixed and Updated features the David Gilmour-overseen presentation of the band's 1987 studio album.  Remixed by Andy Jackson with Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins, this version will be released on

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

Signs of Life: Pink Floyd's "A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Remixed and Updated" Sees October Release

September 3, 2021 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

Pink Floyd Momentary Lapse Remixed CD BD

On October 29, Sony and Pink Floyd Records will break out another title from 2019's mammoth Pink Floyd: The Later Years box set.  A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Remixed and Updated features the David Gilmour-overseen presentation of the band's 1987 studio album.  Remixed by Andy Jackson with Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins, this version will be released on CD/DVD, CD/BD, double 180-gram, half-speed mastered 45 RPM vinyl, and digitally with stereo and 5.1 mixes.  Additionally, the album will be

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Pink Floyd

Release Round-Up: Week of September 3

September 3, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Bob Marley Capitol Session

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Marley and The Wailers, The Capitol Session '73 (Tuff Gong/Mercury Studios) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Green Marble Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Five days after Bob Marley and The Wailers' landmark Burnin' hit stores in October 1973, producer Denny Cordell (Leon Russell, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) took the band into Hollywood's Capitol

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Booker T. and the MG's, Gerry Rafferty, Rory Gallagher

Can't Hold Back: Real Gone Reissues Out Tomorrow Include Richard Thompson, Cee Lo Green, Junkyard, and Ill Niño

September 2, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Richard Thompson Mirror Blue

Due out tomorrow, September 3,  is a quartet of new vinyl reissues from our friends at Real Gone Music.  The albums are from four different decades and encompass a wide variety of genres with two of the albums making their vinyl debuts. First up, from 1989, is the self-titled debut album from Junkyard.  This Los Angeles-based band was founded in 1987, but had a different lineup by the time they gathered to record this first album for Geffen.  The group by then consisted of lead singer David

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Cee Lo Green, Ill Niño, Junkyard, Richard Thompson

Music Is Love: Rhino Expands David Crosby's Solo Debut "If I Could Only Remember My Name"

September 2, 2021 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

David Crosby If I Could Only Remember My Name

The phenomenal success of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's 1971 LP Déjà Vu came at a time when all four members of the supergroup were brimming with musical creativity.  In the wake of its release, each released a solo album that's since attained classic status.  In February 1971 came David Crosby's solo debut, If I Could Only Remember My Name.  Crosby's dreamy, impressionistic, darkly beautiful, and decidedly unconventional masterwork is now receiving a deluxe edition from Rhino due on October

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchell

Always Love You: Elton John Welcomes Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Brandi Carlile, Glen Campbell and More to "The Lockdown Sessions"

September 1, 2021 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Elton John The Lockdown Sessions

Earlier today, Elton John announced a new album, his first new studio release since 2016's Wonderful Crazy Night.  A spiritual successor to 1993's Duets, The Lockdown Sessions features Elton's collaborations with 16 diverse artists ranging from the late Glen Campbell and legendary Stevie Wonder and Stevie Nicks to current hitmakers including Lil Nas X, Miley Cyrus, and Nicki Minaj.  The album was borne out of the many guest appearances Elton made on various records during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Brandi Carlile, Dua Lipa, Eddie Vedder, Elton John, Glen Campbell, Metallica, Miley Cyrus, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder

American Babylon: 25th Anniversary Edition

September 1, 2021 By

Joe Grushecky American Babylon

Last year, the recently-reactivated Cleveland International Records label reissued Joe Grushecky and The Iron City Houserockers' Have a Good Time...But Get Out Alive! as a deluxe edition for its 40th anniversary.  Now, the label is returning to the catalogue of the Pittsburgh rocker for a slightly belated 25th anniversary edition of The Houserockers' 1995 album American Babylon which was produced by, and features, Grushecky's friend Bruce Springsteen.  The 2-CD expansion of American Babylon

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

Riders on the Storm: The Doors' 'L.A. Woman' Celebrates 50th Anniversary with New Box Set

September 1, 2021 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

The Doors LA Woman Packshot

The Doors' L.A. Woman was hotly anticipated.  The band's sixth studio set and a return to the blues-rock on which the band made its name, it followed the concert album Absolutely Live and the compilation 13, both in 1970, as well as the hit single "Love Her Madly."  The March 1971 release of "Love Her Madly" teased the new album which finally arrived in April and shot to a top 10 berth on the Billboard 200.  Three months later, Jim Morrison was found dead in his Paris apartment and the original

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Doors

Light of Day: Cleveland International Expands Joe Grushecky's Springsteen-Produced "American Babylon"

August 31, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Joe Grushecky American Babylon

Last year, the recently-reactivated Cleveland International Records label reissued Joe Grushecky and The Iron City Houserockers' Have a Good Time...But Get Out Alive! as a deluxe edition for its 40th anniversary.  Now, the label is returning to the catalogue of the Pittsburgh rocker for a slightly belated 25th anniversary edition of The Houserockers' 1995 album American Babylon which was produced by, and features, Grushecky's friend Bruce Springsteen.  The 2-CD expansion of American Babylon is

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Joe Grushecky, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers

Ace Round-Up, Part One: Spotlight on "The Chips Moman Songbook" and "Jon Savage's 1972-1976"

August 31, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Back to the Basics Chips Moman Songbook

Ace Records has had quite a 2021, from collections spotlighting the songs of Lou Reed and Donovan through this past week's releases from Petula Clark, late producer Norman Whitfield, and the ladies of Motown.  Today, we're taking a look at a pair of recent releases from the venerable label. Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman (1937-2016) may never have become a household name, but the music he helped create certainly did. A guitarist, producer, songwriter, and engineer, Moman pioneered the sound of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, B.J. Thomas, Cher, Chips Moman, Dana Gillespie, David Bowie, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Lou Reed, New York Dolls, Various Artists, Willie Nelson, Yoko Ono

New Adventures in Hi-Fi: 25th Anniversary Edition

August 30, 2021 By

R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi Fi

2CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (Discs 1 & 2 below only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Original album only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings is continuing its ongoing R.E.M. reissue series with a 25th anniversary edition of the Georgia band's tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi.  A 2CD/1BD Deluxe Edition will present the newly remastered original album, a disc of B-sides and rarities, and a Blu-ray with numerous

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

The Weekend Stream: August 28, 2021

August 28, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! OutKast, ATLiens (25th Anniversary

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Kirsty MacColl, Lil Wayne, Outkast, The Five Stairsteps, Timbaland

Get Back: The Beatles Remix, Expand 'Let It Be'

August 26, 2021 By Joe Marchese 36 Comments

Let It Be deluxe

More than 50 years after its May 1970 release, The Beatles' Let It Be - the Fab Four's final original studio album - remains anything but the last word on the band. While the LP topped the charts in multiple countries including the U.S. and U.K., and included such beloved now-standards as "The Long and Winding Road," "Across the Universe," "Get Back," and the title track, the road to its release was anything but a smooth one.  It was previously announced that the story would be chronicled this

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

Bittersweet Me: R.E.M. Revisits 'New Adventures in Hi-Fi' for 25th Anniversary

August 25, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi Fi

Craft Recordings is continuing its ongoing R.E.M. reissue series with a 25th anniversary edition of the Georgia band's tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi.  On October 29, a 2CD/1BD Deluxe Edition will present the newly remastered original album, a disc of B-sides and rarities, and a Blu-ray with numerous features including a 64-minute outdoor projection film (originally shown on buildings across five cities in 1996 to promote the album release), a 30-minute EPK (Electronic Press Kit),

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: R.E.M.

In Memoriam: Charlie Watts (1941-2021)

August 24, 2021 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Charlie Watts

Earlier this month, Charlie Watts shocked Rolling Stones fans when he announced he was dropping out of the band's upcoming tour following a successful medical procedure.  The drummer had not missed a tour since joining the Stones in January 1963 and was the only band member other than Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to appear on every album. "For once, my timing has been a little off," Watts joked at the prospect of missing the tour.  Now, it's just been announced that Watts died peacefully in a

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Categories: News Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Rock Tags: Charlie Watts, The Rolling Stones

Walk This Way: Aerosmith Moves Entire Catalogue to UMG for 50th Anniversary

August 24, 2021 By The Second Disc 12 Comments

aerosmith

Yesterday, August 23, Aerosmith announced that it will be bringing its entire recorded music catalogue to Universal Music Group ahead of the 50th anniversary of the band's debut album next year.  As UMG already controlled Aerosmith's Geffen Records discography, the deal will unite those 1985-1993 recordings under one roof with the material from their two stints at Columbia Records (1972-1984 and 1997-2006, roughly). Going forward, Universal will spearhead Aerosmith's music and video releases,

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Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (Deluxe Edition)

August 22, 2021 By

Replacements Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash

Following two recent boxes dedicated to The Replacements' Sire era, Rhino is turning its attention to the band's 1981 debut album Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash with a new 40th anniversary set.  The 4-CD/1-LP collection, presented in Rhino's by-now-familiar 12 x 12 hardcover book format, contains a generous 100 tracks, a full 67 of which are previously unreleased including the 'Mats' first demo recordings from 1980 and a professionally recorded concert from 1981.  In addition to the

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

Change the World

August 22, 2021 By

Ringo Starr Change the World

Ringo Starr is spreading peace and love with his second consecutive EP following March's Zoom In.  Change the World is titled after the track co-written by Toto's Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams; the other three tracks include a country-flavored collaboration with Linda Perry, the reggae-tinged "Just That Way," and a cover of "Rock Around the Clock" featuring Joe Walsh.  Available on CD, cassette, and digital formats on September 24 while a 10-inch LP follows on November 19.

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

The Weekend Stream: August 21, 2021

August 21, 2021 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Aaliyah, One in a Million

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Aaliyah, Jerry Goldsmith, Lamb of God, Michael Giacchino

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