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Rock & Roll This, Rock & Roll That: Best Case Scenario, You've Got Mumps

June 1, 2021 By

Mumps Rock and Roll This Rock and Roll That

Omnivore celebrates late American Family star and gay icon Lance Loud with a new collection from his band, Mumps.  The 23-track anthology produced by Mumps' pianist and primary songwriter Kristian Hoffman, drummer Paul Rutner, and Omnivore's Greg Allen brings together 21 hard-to-find sides with two previously unreleased tracks from the pre-Mumps band simply (and appropriately) called Loud.   Michael Graves has remastered the audio while Hoffman and Rutner are among the contributors to the liner

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

Dance Tunes for The Underdog: Omnivore Remembers Mumps, "American Family" Icon Lance Loud with New Anthology

June 1, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Mumps Rock and Roll This Rock and Roll That

Before The Real Housewives, The Osbournes, and The Real World, there was An American Family.  The twelve-part 1973 PBS documentary series chronicled the day-to-day life of the Loud family of Santa Barbara, California.  It's now considered a prototype for modern-day reality television: its 300-plus hours of filming yielded footage of Pat Loud breaking up with her husband Bill after 21 years of marriage and of their son Lance's coming out as gay.  Lance was the breakout star of the program, and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Kristian Hoffman, Lance Loud, Mumps

Off the Soundboard: Tokyo 2001

June 1, 2021 By

Kiss Off the Soundboard Tokyo 2001

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Off the Soundboard: Tokyo 2001, available in 2-CD or 3-LP formats, presents KISS' performance at the Tokyo Dome on March 13, 2001 with the line-up of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Eric Singer.  The 21 songs on the release don't hint at the backstage drama that was then consuming the band on their farewell tour.  Long story short: it wasn't farewell after all, but did prove to be a

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Stay Clean: Motörhead's 'No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith' Gets 40th Anniversary Box Set

May 28, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Motorhead No Sleep Til Hammersmith 40th

Motörhead's first, chart-topping live album is getting a 40th anniversary makeover.  1981's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith arrived on the heels of the British band's international breakthrough, Ace of Spades.  The metal trio - Lemmy Kilmister, "Fast" Eddie Clarke, and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - created a big noise on the live LP primarily recorded at the Queen's Hall in Leeds and City Hall in Newcastle.  On June 25, it's returning from BMG in 4CD, 2CD, and 3LP configurations. The 4CD set is

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Motörhead

Release Round-Up: Week of May 28

May 28, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Get On Board the Soul Train

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Get on Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia Vol. 1 (Snapper/United Souls)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Burning Shed) Get On Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Vol. 1 is the first in a series of box sets from the U.K.-based United Souls label, an imprint of Snapper Music, which will ultimately collect the entire Philadelphia International albums discography on CD. 

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Abbey Lincoln, Belinda Carlisle, Billy Paul, David Bowie, Dick Jensen, Donald Fagen, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, John Cleese, k.d. lang, MFSB, Moby, Nat Turner Rebellion, Pink Floyd, The Intruders, The O'Jays

Love It Loud: KISS Inaugurate Official Bootleg Series with 2001 Gig in Tokyo

May 27, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Kiss Off the Soundboard Tokyo 2001

On June 27 and 28, A&E will air director D.J. Viola's two-part documentary film KISStory as part of the network's Biography series.  The four-hour documentary aims to become the definitive chronicle of KISS' roughly 50-year history and features interviews with Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer, Eric Singer, producer Bob Ezrin, manager Doc McGhee, and famous fans including Dave Grohl and Tom Morello.  (No word on whether founding members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss were interviewed for

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: KISS

Grapefruit Round-Up: Cherry Red Imprint Reissues Cult Favorite from Oberon, Collects Prog and Classic Rock Sounds on New Box Sets

May 26, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Riding the Rock Machine

Today, we're looking at three recent releases from Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint! Grapefruit is continuing its series of 3-CD clamshell cases with two titles spotlighting the 1970s.  Riding the Rock Machine: British Seventies Classic Rock, available now, is certainly one of the broadest such releases in Grapefruit's series.  Compiler David Wells sets out his mission statement in straightforward fashion: "[Such] is the reductive nature of radio station playlists and Spotify recommendations

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Argent, Electric Light Orchestra, Hawkwind, Mott the Hoople, Oberon, Roxy Music, Roy Wood, Status Quo, The Moody Blues, Uriah Heep, Various Artists, Yvonne Elliman

Summer of Sorcery: Live at the Beacon Theatre

May 24, 2021 By

Little Steven Summer of Sorcery Live

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: uDiscoverMusic.com / Little Steven's Webstore Link TBD Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul's Summer of Sorcery: Live at the Beacon Theatre, in support of the 2019 release of the Summer of Sorcery studio album, was recorded at the storied New York venue on November 6 of that year.  It will arrive in multiple audio and video formats: 3CD, 5LP, and Blu-ray.  The

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Rock

Party Mambo! Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul Bring "Summer of Sorcery Live" to CD, LP, BD

May 24, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Little Steven Summer of Sorcery Live

Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul are once again conjuring a Summer of Sorcery.  On July 9, Wicked Cool Records and UMe will release Summer of Sorcery: Live at the Beacon Theatre from Van Zandt and his big band of musical wizards.  The concert, in support of the 2019 release of the Summer of Sorcery studio album, was recorded at the storied New York venue on November 6 of that year.  It will arrive in multiple audio and video formats: 3CD, 5LP, and Blu-ray. The band's entire 25-song

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven, Nils Lofgren, Peter Wolf, Steven Van Zandt

Release Round-Up: Week of May 21

May 21, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Micky Dolenz Dolenz Sings Nesmith

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Micky Dolenz, Dolenz Sings Nesmith (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount) Micky Dolenz tackles more than a dozen compositions by his friend and longtime bandmate Michael Nesmith on this exciting new album available on CD and LP.  Micky is in top vocal form bringing his own energetic stamp to Nesmith's beguiling tunes.  Tracks include "Different Drum," "Circle Sky," "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care),"

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Chrissie Hynde, Doug Carn, Emmit Rhodes, Jean Carne, John Hiatt, Jon Allen, Lefty Frizzell, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Sara Bareilles, The Palace Guard, Violent Femmes

A Bigger Bang: Live on Copacabana Beach

May 17, 2021 By

Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Live

DVD: The Rolling Stones UK Store Standard Definition BD: The Rolling Stones UK Store DVD+2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Standard Definition BD+2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD 2 Standard Definition BD+2CD Deluxe Edition: The Rolling Stones UK Store (*) 2DVD+2CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD (*) 3LP (Black Vinyl): The Rolling Stones UK Store 3LP (Blue, Yellow & Green Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

State Theater, New Jersey, 2005

May 17, 2021 By

Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren Live

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 deeper cuts.  The show was recorded at New Brunswick, New Jersey's State Theatre on April 29, 2005.

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Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, Rock

The Weekend Stream: May 15, 2021

May 15, 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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Various Artists,

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billy Paul, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Lionel Richie, Lou Rawls, MFSB, The Intruders, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees, They Might Be Giants

Still Wish You Were Here: A Tribute to Pink Floyd

May 12, 2021 By

Still Wish You Were Here

Cleopatra Records delivers a tribute to Pink Floyd's 1975 classic Wish You Were Here with a line-up of musicians including Todd Rundgren, Ian Paice, Joe Satriani, and Rick Wakeman.  Available on CD and vinyl.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Rough Justice: Rolling Stones Revisit "A Bigger Bang" Rio Concert for CD, LP, DVD, BD

May 11, 2021 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Live

The Rolling Stones' first studio album of the new millennium, 2005's A Bigger Bang, made its mark around the world.  It charted in the top five in almost two dozen countries and earned Platinum or Gold certifications in the U.S., U.K., and other international territories.  Messrs. Jagger, Richards, Watts, and Wood supported the album with A Bigger Bang, the tour, between 2005-2007 - and it became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time (until U2 usurped its crown).  On February 8, 2006,

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

Review: Fleetwood Mac, "Live" [Deluxe Edition]

May 10, 2021 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

Fleetwood Mac Live

When Fleetwood Mac's Live reached store shelves in time for Christmas 1980, the deluxe 2-LP set was following another mammoth affair: Tusk, released just fourteen months earlier.  While Tusk was a success by any measure - it reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and yielded two U.S. top ten singles - it fell off the album chart within nine months as opposed to its predecessor, Rumours, which spent a record-breaking nine consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1977-1978 on its way to becoming one of the

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Fleetwood Mac

The Weekend Stream: May 8, 2021

May 8, 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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Pearl Jam, Deep

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Lou Rawls, Madonna, Pearl Jam, Terry Jacks

Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show

May 7, 2021 By

Frank Zappa Zappa 88

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Zappa Records has announced a new archival title - and it's a landmark, if bittersweet, addition to the library.  Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show preserves the March 25, 1988 show at Uniondale, New York's Nassau Coliseum that turned out to be the musician and bandleader's final show on American soil.  Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show, featuring the first release of Zappa's "Beatles Medley" with lyrics

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Rock

The CD/Vinyl Box Set, Volume 3

May 7, 2021 By

Def Leppard Volume 3

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada After a 2+-year wait since the last volume, Def Leppard will continue its chronological box set series with the June 11 release of Volume Three from Virgin/UMe.  This set, available on six CDs or nine 180-gram vinyl LPs, collects all three of the band's studio albums from the first decade of the 2000s (2002's X, 2006's Yeah!, 2008's Songs from the Sparkle Lounge) plus three newly curated collections

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 7

May 7, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Amy Winehouse at the BBC

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! New Order, Education Entertainment Recreation (Live at Alexandra Palace) (Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/BD/3LP (Clear Vinyl) Box Set: New Order Store Education Entertainment Recreation (Live at Alexandra Palace) documents New Order's only U.K. show of 2018.  The November 9 gig was played at London's Alexandra Palace

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alex Chilton, Alphaville, Amy Winehouse, Chris Stamey, Judy Collins, Mandy Barnett, Mel Brooks, Nancy Wilson, New Order, Peter Holsapple, Tom Jones, Tony Joe White, Van Morrison

Yeah! Def Leppard Plans Third Volume of Career Box Sets for June

May 5, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Def Leppard Volume 3

After a 2+-year wait since the last volume, Def Leppard will continue its chronological box set series with the June 11 release of Volume Three from Virgin/UMe.  This set, available on six CDs or nine 180-gram vinyl LPs, collects all three of the band's studio albums from the first decade of the 2000s (2002's X, 2006's Yeah!, 2008's Songs from the Sparkle Lounge) plus three newly curated collections of rarities. X, Def Leppard's first album of the millennium, was the band's eighth studio LP

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The Groovy Life I Lead: Frank Zappa's Final U.S. Concert Released on "Zappa '88" In June

May 4, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Frank Zappa Zappa 88

Following recent releases including the soundtrack to director Alex Winter's documentary Zappa (already out on CD/digital and coming to vinyl this Friday) and Halloween 81, Zappa Records has announced a new archival title - and it's a landmark, if bittersweet, addition to the library.  Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show will arrive in CD, LP, and digital formats on June 18, preserving the March 25, 1988 show at Uniondale, New York's Nassau Coliseum that turned out to be the musician and bandleader's

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The Weekend Stream: May 1, 2021

May 1, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Stream

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: George Benson, Harpers Bizarre, Robert Palmer, Squeeze, The Jacksons

The Spell: Jon Anderson's "Animation" Returns from Cherry Red, Esoteric

April 30, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jon Anderson Animation

The early 1980s marked a time of constant change for Jon Anderson.  He departed the band he co-founded in March after sessions with Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, Dusty Springfield) failed to click and tensions rose with his bandmates Chris Squire, Steve Howe, and Alan White.  (Rick Wakeman left Yes at the same time.)  He was finding more creative freedom when he joined the electronic music pioneer Vangelis as "Jon and Vangelis."  Their debut Short Stories, released in January 1980, was a top five

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Jon Anderson, Yes

The Weekend Stream: April 24, 2021

April 24, 2021 By The Second Disc 4 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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Mark Morrison, Return of

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Categories: Features, News, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Bay City Rollers, Mark Morrison, Poco, Rodney Dangerfield, Squeeze

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