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Resident Alien

July 5, 2021 By

Spacehog Resident Alien

Originally released on Sire Records in October of 1995, Spacehog's debut LP Resident Alien (featuring the chart-topping "In the Meantime") would eventually earn a Gold certification.  Real Gone Music first reissued Resident Alien on vinyl as part of last year's Record Store Day event during the August drop.  It is now coming to general retail for the first time.  The 2-LP set features the gatefold packaging newly-created for the RSD reissue and comes on pink vinyl.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock

Back to the Light [Various Editions]

July 5, 2021 By

Brian May Back to the Light

2CD/LP Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Almost a year after the devastating death of Freddie Mercury, Queen's Brian May re-emerged with his first true solo album.  Released in September 1992, Back to the Light was the guitarist's mission statement after the fate of his longtime band seemed uncertain.  Now it's returning in various

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

The Weekend Stream: July 2, 2021

July 2, 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! And today's is a bit super-sized,

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Donna Summer, Fleetwood Mac, Gamble and Huff, Lionel Richie, Lou Rawls, McFadden and Whitehead, Meco, Michael Jackson, Nas, Roberta Flack, Teddy Pendergrass, The Art of Noise, The Jacksons, The O'Jays, The Roots, The White Stripes

Short Takes: Amy Grant Expands "Heart in Motion;" Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, More Guest on Charlie Daniels' Posthumous "Duets"

July 2, 2021 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

Amy Grant Heart in Motion

In March 1991, Amy Grant released her ninth studio album, Heart in Motion.  By that time, Grant was already a well-established superstar in the realm of CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) who had made significant inroads in mainstream pop.  1985's Unguarded - her first album to be distributed by A&M Records to secular retailers - yielded a top 30 Pop hit with "Find a Way."  The very next year, she found herself atop the Hot 100 with the Peter Cetera duet "The Next Time I Fall."  Heart in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Amy Grant, Bonnie Bramlett, Brenda Lee, Charlie Daniels, Dolly Parton, Earl Scruggs, Garth Brooks, Marty Stuart, Vince Gill

Release Round-Up: Week of July 2

July 2, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

JoniMitchell TheRepriseAlbums Cover min

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  It's a much smaller one than usual, owing to the U.S. Fourth of July holiday, but we'll have more new releases in the Weekend Stream!   In the meantime, may those celebrating have a safe and happy holiday weekend! Joni Mitchell, The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) (Reprise/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Joni Mitchell's first four albums, all recorded for the Reprise label, are

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Joni Mitchell, Richard Marx, Tom Petty

It's a Dead Man's Party: Rubellan Plans CD, Vinyl Reissues for Oingo Boingo

July 1, 2021 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Boingo

Halloween's coming a little early this year, thanks to Rubellan Remasters. The label is licensing expanded editions of the first four Oingo Boingo albums from Universal Music Group for release this September. The mind-bending ska/New Wave group from Los Angeles, formed from an experimental theater troupe that appeared on The Gong Show, was led by a charismatic frontman named Danny Elfman. Boingo's nervous energy, horn-infused rock and lyrics that thumbed the noses of polite society made for

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo

Brian May Goes 'Back to the Light' with Expansion of Solo Debut

June 30, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Brian May Back to the Light

Almost a year after the devastating death of Freddie Mercury, Queen's Brian May re-emerged with his first true solo album.  Released in September 1992, Back to the Light was the guitarist's mission statement after the fate of his longtime band seemed uncertain.  On August 6, Back to the Light will be reissued by UMe in CD, LP, and digital formats as the inaugural release in The Brian May Gold Series.  Expanded editions will include the bonus collection Out of the Light, a second disc of rare

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rock Tags: Brian May, Queen

Rest in Blue

June 29, 2021 By

Gerry Rafferty Rest in Blue

Rhino gives a digital release to a posthumous album from late troubadour Gerry Rafferty (1947-2011).  Rest in Blue was assembled by the artist's daughter Martha Rafferty from demos recorded by her father; she stripped back the synthesizers applied by Gerry to place the focus squarely on his voice.  The 14 songs were written and recorded at various periods in his career, and include originals as well as folk standards ("Wild Mountain Thyme," "Dirty Old Town"), a cover of Richard and Linda

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Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock

Lindsey Buckingham

June 29, 2021 By

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham returns with a self-titled album, his first solo release in a decade.  It was written, produced, and recorded by Buckingham in his home studio and features new songs including "Scream," "Swan Song," and "Power Down."  Available on CD, LP, and digital formats.

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

In The Meantime: Real Gone's July Slate Includes Reissues of "The Endless Summer" Soundtrack and Spacehog's Debut

June 29, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Endless Summer OST

Our friends at Real Gone Music have another packed month in July.  We've already told you about the Toomorrow soundtrack out on Second Disc Records and Real Gone and the reissue of Eugene McDaniels' Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse.  Now we've got the details for two more vinyl reissues, both due on July 9: the soundtrack to the film The Endless Summer by The Sandals and Spacehog's 1995 debut album Resident Alien. The road to the soundtrack album of the 1966 film The Endless Summer is a most

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Spacehog, The Sandals

Release Round-Up: Week of June 25

June 25, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Grateful Dead Skull and Roses

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses): 50th Anniversary Edition (Grateful Dead/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Dead.net (B&W Vinyl) Rhino continues its series of 50th anniversary reissues for Grateful Dead with the band's 1971 self-titled live album with the famous "Skull and Roses" cover.  The centerpiece of the reissue is more than hour of

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bill Evans, Deniece Williams, Etta James, Frankie Valli, Goo Goo Dolls, Grateful Dead, Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Jennifer Nettles, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, The Rubinoos, The Yardbirds, Toto, Victor Herbert

(Re-)Enter Sandman: Metallica Expands "The Black Album" to Epic Proportions, Releases All-Star Charity Tribute Album

June 22, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Metallica The Black Album

Metallica's self-titled 1991 album - otherwise known as The Black Album - turns 30 this year, and the band isn't about to let that milestone go unnoticed.  The Black Album gave the band its first chart-topping album in ten countries, including the U.S. where it spent four weeks atop the Billboard 200.  It also yielded a string of singles led by "Enter Sandman," a No. 16 hit on the Hot 100.  To date, Metallica remains the biggest-selling album in the history of Nielsen's SoundScan, a testament to

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Metallica

Angel Dream (Songs and Music From the Motion Picture 'She's The One')

June 22, 2021 By

Tom Petty Angel Dream

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Tom Petty's Wildflowers & All The Rest was one of last year's best box sets.  The long-anticipated collection shone a light on one of Petty's best albums and also officially premiered the two-disc version of Wildflowers.  Now, Warner Records is concluding its look at that period of Petty's career with this reimagined version of the soundtrack to the 1996 film She's The One, directed by Edward

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

DEVO's Gerald V. Casale a.k.a. Jihad Jerry

June 22, 2021 By

Devos Gerard vs Casale

Devo co-founder Gerald V. Casale released this side-project in 2006 featuring himself and the other members of Devo under a different name.  The album's material is in a hard blues style and includes originals, a cover song, and some obscure Devo material.  The original CD was long out of print...until now!  Real Gone's new edition has newly-created cover artwork by acclaimed woodcut artist Tomo77 plus five bonus tracks including two versions of new single "I'm Gonna Pay You Back" featuring

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock

Get In The Swing: Waxwork Preps Soundtrack to Sparks Documentary "The Sparks Brothers"

June 21, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

The Sparks Brothers OST

Director Edgar Wright's new film The Sparks Brothers (in theatres now) rewrites the book on music documentaries.  The film about cult band Sparks - a.k.a. brothers Ron and Russell Mael, long more popular in Europe than in the U.S. - doesn't have much in the way of sex, drugs, and rock and roll.  As for what it does have of "rock and roll," it's something altogether more outré, not to mention endlessly inventive. The Sparks Brothers sheds little light on Ron and Russell Mael's personal lives and

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Sparks

For Free

June 18, 2021 By

David Crosby For Free

David Crosby returns with a new solo set featuring 10 tracks including the title cover of Joni Mitchell's "For Free" featuring Sarah Jarosz and "River Rise" with Michael McDonald.  Available on CD and download/streaming.

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

Release Round-Up: Week of June 18

June 18, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Frank Zappa Zappa 88

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren featuring Ethel, State Theater, New Jersey 2005 (Purple Pyramid) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson's 2005 international tour featuring post-classical string quartet Ethel is brought to a 2CD/DVD set from Purple Pyramid collecting all three artists' sets plus the encore which brought them together.  Both Jackson and Rundgren performed solo for sets blending fan favorites with

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Reggae, Rock Tags: Chris Stamey, Frank Zappa, Jaime Laredo, Joe Jackson, Kleeer, Peter Holsapple, The Allman Brothers Band, The dB's, The Merseybeats, The Whispers, Todd Rundgren

Wrong Side of the Tracks: Run Out Groove Reissues Biohazard's "Urban Discipline," Votes Open for Next Release with Monkees, More

June 16, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Biohazard Urban Discipline

The votes are in, and the next title to be released by Run Out Groove will be a 2-LP, 30th anniversary deluxe vinyl edition of metal band Biohazard's 1992 sophomore album Urban Discipline.  Pre-orders are open now for this set which will feature bonus tracks making their debut on vinyl as well as an exclusive fold-out poster. The Brooklyn-formed band came together in 1987 and is now recognized as one of the earliest groups to fuse hardcore metal, punk, and rap/hip-hop.  The four-piece line-up

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Biohazard, Flotsam and Jetsam, Mance Lipscomb, The Monkees

Shine It on Me: Cherry Red Celebrates Guitarist Ray Fenwick on New Anthology

June 16, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Ray Fenwick Playing Through the Changes

In a career spanning eight decades, guitarist Ray Fenwick has played pop, prog, hard rock, rhythm and blues, rock-and-roll, and just about every genre conceivable.  He's curated a new 3-CD compendium for Cherry Red's Lemon imprint appropriately entitled Playing Through the Changes: Anthology 1964-2020, bringing together 61 tracks (some previously unreleased and new to CD) on which his guitar is heard alongside The Spencer Davis Group, Roger Glover, Ronnie James Dio, David Coverdale, Bo Diddley,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Fancy, Geno Washington, Graham Bonnet, Hardin and York, Ray Fenwick, The Spencer Davis Group

The Weekend Stream: June 12, 2021

June 12, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Stream

Janis Joplin, Janis (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Spotify / Amazon) A surprise digital vault drop from the late blues singer, this is the double album from 1974 that offered a soundtrack to the film of the same name. You get some of her most famous singles, with Big Brother and The Holding Company and on her own, plus live cuts, interview snippets, and - for the entirety of the set's second disc - more than a dozen early performances cut between 1963 and 1965. Part greatest hits, part, archival

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: David Bowie, Janis Joplin, Mark Morrison

The Second Disc Guide to Record Store Day Drop 1 TOMORROW!

June 11, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

RSD Drops 2021

Once again, Record Store Day here in the U.S. looks a little - make that a lot - different this year.  The usual offerings have been split among two dates in 2021 with Drop 1 taking place tomorrow, June 12, at your local independent record retailer.  Drop 2 then takes place on July 17.  Every retailer is handling the Drop a bit differently thanks to the necessary accommodations for social distancing, smaller crowds, and better safety precautions.  So please check in with your favorite store to

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billy Paul, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Kenny Loggins, Nancy Wilson, Peter Frampton, Steely Dan, Tears for Fears, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays, The Police, The Who

Release Round-Up: Week of June 11

June 11, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Def Leppard Volume 3

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Black Sabbath, Sabotage: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 4LP/7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com Rhino is expanding Black Sabbath's 1975 album Sabotage to 4CD and 4LP/7″ proportions.  The upcoming Super Deluxe Edition boasts a remastered version of the original album plus a complete live show from Sabbath's 1975 tour.  The vinyl version only includes a bonus

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Black Sabbath, Bob Seger, Brandi Carlile, Charles Mingus, Danny Elfman, Def Leppard, Dennis DeYoung, Dolly Parton, Doug Carn, Dr. Feelgood, Jean Carne, Jim Peterik, KISS, Leslie Jordan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, Tanya Tucker, The Oak Ridge Boys, Van Dyke Parks, Verónica Valerio

Foreign Affair: Super Deluxe Edition

June 4, 2021 By

Tina Turner Foreign Affair

4CD/1DVD: 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 / Official Store (white variant) Rhino and Parlophone revisit Tina Turner's 1989 album featuring "The Best" in a variety of formats including a 4CD/DVD Super Deluxe Edition and 2CD and 2LP Deluxe Editions.  The Super Deluxe Edition of Foreign Affair features the remastered original album on CD 1.  Disc 2 has a selection of period remixes and

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

Release Round-Up: Week of June 4

June 4, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Rod Stewart 1975 1978

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Rod Stewart, 1975-1978 (Warner/Rhino)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) A new vinyl box set collects remastered versions of Rod Stewart's breakthrough first four Warner Bros. albums - Atlantic Crossing (1975), A Night on the Town (1976), Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977), and Blondes Have More Fun (1978) - and adds the bonus LP Encores 1975-1978 featuring ten outtakes, five of which have never been released in any format.  Read more

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Billy F. Gibbons, Crowded House, Gary Louris, Hank Williams, Harry Nilsson, Liz Phair, Mumps, Osmond Chapman Orchestra, Rod Stewart

Better Than All the Rest: Tina Turner's 'Foreign Affair' Set for Box Set Release

June 3, 2021 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Tina Turner Foreign Affair

Tina Turner's Foreign Affair is about to get a lot bigger.  The stature certainly befits the artist who was recently voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo performer; her Broadway musical Tina is scheduled to resume performances on October 8 and the HBO documentary of the same name is currently streaming.  On July 16, Rhino and Parlophone will revisit Turner's 1989 album in a variety of formats including a 4CD/DVD Super Deluxe Edition and 2CD and 2LP Deluxe Editions. Tina's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Tina Turner

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