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Short Takes: Triumph Prepares New Box Set as RSD Ambassadors; Omnivore Celebrates "Yesterday's Tomorrow;" and Evie Sands Releases New LP

March 22, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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Canadian hard rock heroes Triumph have been selected as the Canadian Ambassadors for Record Store Day 2021 - and the band isn't showing up empty-handed!  As previously reported, RSD will be held in two "Drops" this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  The first of those drops is June 12, with the second to follow on July 17.  On June 12, Triumph - Rik Emmett (guitars/vocals), Mike Levine (bass, keyboards) and Gil Moore (drums, vocals) - will release a 40th Anniversary vinyl box set of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Chris Stamey, Evie Sands, Mitch Easter, Peter Holsapple, Record Store Day, Triumph

The Weekend Stream: March 20, 2021

March 20, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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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're introducing 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! Duran

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Duran Duran, Gamble and Huff, Madonna, The Who

Release Round-Up: Week of March 19

March 19, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, After the Gold Rush: 50th Anniversary [Vinyl + 7" Box] (Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 50th Anniversary remastered edition of Neil Young's classic album was released on CD in December; now the vinyl version arrives.  The set includes two different recordings of the outtake "Wonderin'" on the bonus 45.  The A-side was recorded in March 1970 in Topanga (previously heard on Archives Vol. 1) while the B-side is

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Chris Cornell, Green Day, Harpers Bizarre, Harry Connick Jr., Hello, Jack Cassidy, John Raitt, Keith Jarrett, Loretta Lynn, Neil Young, Paul Stanley, Ringo Starr, Stephane Grappelli, Steve Earle, Sting, The Black Crowes

Something in the Air: "David Bowie at The Kit Kat Klub" Closes Out "Brilliant Live Adventures" Series TOMORROW!

March 18, 2021 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

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Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome... Tomorrow (Friday, March 19), pre-orders will begin for the final installment of David Bowie's Brilliant Live Adventures series of concert releases on both CD and 2LP vinyl. David Bowie at The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99) captures his invitation-only performance at the intimate New York venue on November 19, 1999.  The gig was recorded and filmed for the Liveonline.net website and later issued as a promotional CD; this release marks its commercial debut and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: David Bowie

The Weekend Stream: March 13, 2021

March 13, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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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're introducing 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! Watch this: not a whole

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: John Lennon, Queen

McCartney III-Imagined

March 13, 2021 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop CD with alternate art insert: Target 2-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP red vinyl: Newbury Comics 2-LP gold vinyl: Your Local Record Store 2-LP splatter vinyl: Paul McCartney Online Store (limited to 3500 copies in the US) 2-LP "Spotify" green vinyl: Paul McCartney Online Store US / Paul McCartney Online Store UK / Music Vaultz 2-LP silver vinyl with alternate art

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

Zoom In

March 13, 2021 By

Ringo Starr Zoom In

Ringo Starr premieres five new songs, all of which were recorded at his home during lockdown, on this new EP.  Zooming in to join Ringo are Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Steve Lukather, Sheryl Crow, Yola, Chris Stapleton, Lenny Kravitz, Robbie Krieger, Finneas, Benmont Tench, and others.  Available on CD, vinyl, digital formats, and cassette.  Yes, cassette!

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

What's Your Take On It? Paul McCartney Announces Remix and Covers Album "McCartney III-Imagined"

March 12, 2021 By Sam Stone 11 Comments

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On Thursday, Paul McCartney announced a new project called McCartney III-Imagined, an aptly titled collection of covers, reworkings, and remixes of his last studio album, McCartney III.  It's due for digital release on April 16, with CD configurations and an array of 2-LP vinyl pressings set to arrive on July 23.  The collection was curated by Macca and features contributions from Beck (who's featured on a reworking of "Find My Way"), Anderson .Paak (offering a remix of "When Winter Comes"),

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: 3D RDN, Anderson .Paak, Beck, Blood Orange, Damon Albarn, Dominic Fike, EOB, Idris Elba, Josh Homme, Khruangbin, Paul McCartney, Phoebe Bridgers, St. Vincent

Hear That Train A-Comin': Vinyl Me Please Introduces New Country Offerings, Announces Metal Blade Anthology Set

March 12, 2021 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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The Vinyl Me Please record club has announced two new campaigns to reach an even broader swath of vinyl aficionados. The first is the addition of a new, fourth "track" for the Record of the Month subscription series.  In addition to Essentials, Classics, and Rap and Hip Hop, the Country genre will now be given a spotlight of its own.  The first album to be reissued as part of the Country track is March 2021's Record of the Month: At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash (1968).  The landmark live LP

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Country, Rock Tags: Amon Amarth, Armored Saint, Cannibal Corpse, Fates Warning, Gwar, Johnny Cash, King Diamond, Omen, The Black Dahlia Murder

Release Round-Up: Week of March 12

March 12, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Nancy Sinatra Start Walkin

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Nancy Sinatra, Start Walkin' 1965-1976 (Light in the Attic) CD: Light in the Attic / Nancy's Bootique / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Light in the Attic / Nancy's Bootique / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Light in the Attic launches a Nancy Sinatra archival series with Start Walkin' 1965-1976. This 23-track collection chronicles the decade following the December 1965 release of the Hazlewood-penned-and-produced,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Allan Holdsworth, Andra Day, Billie Holiday, Buck Owens, Jane Monheit, Judee Sill, Lerner and Loewe, Michael Cerveris, Nancy Sinatra

Dolenz Sings Nesmith

March 11, 2021 By

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Micky Dolenz tackles more than a dozen compositions by his friend and longtime bandmate Michael Nesmith on this new album available on CD and LP.  Tracks include "Different Drum," "Circle Sky," "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)," "Tapioca Tundra," and "You Are My One."   Michael's son Christian Nesmith has produced and arranged the album.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Propinquity: 7a Records Announces Micky's "Dolenz Sings Nesmith" For May Release

March 11, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith have shared a musical journey together since 1966 when The Monkees first hit the NBC airwaves and the group's chart-topping debut album arrived in stores on the Colgems label.  When COVID-19 unexpectedly struck one year ago, Dolenz and Nesmith were preparing to take to the road once again for An Evening with The Monkees; once the virus rendered that impossible, Dolenz got to work on a celebration of his dedicated friend's classic songs.  The result is Dolenz

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, The Monkees

Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions)

March 6, 2021 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Tom Petty Online Store / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP gold: Tom Petty Online Store / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP black: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Tom Petty Online Store / Your Local Record Shop Warner Records is breaking out one disc of the super-deluxe version of Tom Petty's 2020 Finding Wildflowers box for this standalone release.  Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) features 16 songs from the Wildflowers sessions. 

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

No One Sings Like You Anymore

March 6, 2021 By

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Chris Cornell's final studio LP, recorded in 2016, sees a release on CD, LP, and digital formats.  No One Sings Like You Anymore features the late Soundgarden frontman's renditions of songs he loved including John Lennon's "Watching the Wheels," Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U," Harry Nilsson's "Jump Into the Fire," Lorraine Ellison's "Stay with Me, Baby," and more.  Target has an exclusive orange vinyl pressing.

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

Bandcamp Friday Picks, March 2021: Say Hello to Tenant from Zero

March 5, 2021 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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Since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, indie music retailer Bandcamp has waived their share of revenue for indie artists and labels using their platform to give "the little guys" a leg up in the absence of touring and other moneymaking activities for musicians. The result was more music bought by more fans than any day on the site, a record broken on the first Friday of May. The Second Disc has proudly covered Bandcamp Fridays in June, July, August, September, Octoberand November - plus

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Categories: Features Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Bryan Ferry, CHIC, J Dilla, Nile Rodgers, Roxy Music, Tenant from Zero, The Blue Nile

Release Round-Up: Week of March 5

March 5, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, Archives Vol. 2: 1973-1976 (Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Neil Young's second Archives box set arrives in a wide commercial release, dropping the oversized packaging and expansive book in favor of a slimmer package.  The 10-CD box is sequenced chronologically to spotlight the astonishingly prolific period lovingly referred to as the Ditch Years. The box contains 131 tracks from Neil's personal archive. Of

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Aretha Franklin, Be-Bop Deluxe, Black Sabbath, Frank Zappa, Japan, Neil Young, Rebecca Luker, Sally Wilfert

Saigon Kick

March 4, 2021 By

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The Miami hard-rock band's self-titled debut is reissued on vinyl from Real Gone Music.  The LP featured their classics "Coming Home" and "Ugly" which boasted a unique blend of alt-rock, grunge, metal, and hard rock influences.  Originally released in 1991, the album saw a brief run on vinyl but only in Europe.  Now it returns worldwide on white vinyl, limited to only 900 copies, complete with a printed inner sleeve and lyric sheet.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock

Always Forever: Real Gone Reissues '90s Classics By Donna Lewis and Saigon Kick This April

March 4, 2021 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Real Gone Music will turn the clock back to the '90s with a pair of upcoming vinyl reissues:  a 25th anniversary edition of Now In a Minute by Welsh singer-songwriter Donna Lewis and the self-titled debut from Florida rockers Saigon Kick.  It's all set for this April. Donna Lewis may not be a household name, but the music teacher-turned-chart-topping-singer rose to fame 25 years ago with her first single, "I Love You Always Forever."  The single peaked at No. 2 on the charts, staying there

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Donna Lewis, Saigon Kick

The Weekend Stream: February 27, 2021

February 27, 2021 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

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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're introducing 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! Cheap Trick, Out to Get

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Cheap Trick, Donny Hathaway, Ne-Yo, The Lennon Sisters

The Who Sell Out [Various Formats]

February 26, 2021 By

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5-CD/2x7" box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP (stereo): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP (mono): The Who Online Shop​ The Who revisit 1967's Sell Out in a variety of editions including a massive 5-CD/2x7" box set featuring the original mono and stereo album mixes, bonus tracks in mono and stereo, demos, alternates and outtakes, and a

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

Zappa [DVD and Blu-ray]

February 26, 2021 By

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Director Alex Winter's 2020 documentary about the life and career of Frank Zappa comes to DVD and Blu-ray from Magnolia Home Entertainment.  Available March 2 in both formats.

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Formats: Blu-Ray, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of February 26

February 26, 2021 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan, 1970 (Columbia/Legacy)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In recent years, Bob Dylan's annual copyright-extension collections have become highly sought-after collectors' items and fodder for bootleggers everywhere.  Happily, Legacy Recordings has opted to give a wide release to Dylan's 1970 set, largely drawn from the Self Portrait sessions and featuring his loose jams with George Harrison.  This 3-CD set features 74

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Tyler, Gene Russell, Henry Franklin, Joseph Williams, Josh Groban, Neil Young, Nicolas King, Richard Pryor, Sivuca, Steve Lukather, Strawbs, The Black Crowes, Toe Fat, Willie Nelson

What We Talk About: Run Out Groove Delivers Expanded Reissue of Old 97's "Fight Songs" With Remix, Demos

February 25, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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Run Out Groove is going alt-country for its next limited edition, fan-voted vinyl release. The Old 97's, formed in Dallas, Texas in 1993, were at the vanguard of the movement that saw the spirit of traditional country merged with an alternative rock sensibility.  The onetime bar band was championed by indie labels Idol and Bloodshot before moving to the majors with 1997's Too Far to Care on Elektra Records.  ROG is revisiting Old 97's next and fourth album, 1999's Fight Songs, in a lavishly

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Old 97's

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: David Bowie's 'Brilliant Live Adventures' Series Continues with 'Live Paris 99'

February 24, 2021 By The Second Disc 15 Comments

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This morning, Parlophone announced the fifth - and next-to-last - volume of David Bowie's D.I.Y. box set Brilliant Live Adventures.  The new Something in the Air (Live Paris 99)  was first released as a digital-only title last summer, and now makes its debut on CD and vinyl. Something in the Air (Live Paris 99)  includes all 15 songs performed by Bowie and his band at the Elysée Montmartre on October 14, 1999. Earlier in the day, he was awarded the Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Release Round-Up: Week of February 19

February 19, 2021 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Zappa: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Zappa Records/UMe) 3CD/Digital: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP/Digital Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UMe and Zappa Records offer a soundtrack release for director Alex Winter's documentary film about the iconoclastic artist. The 68-track collection is out today on CD and has been available digitally, while the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Harry Nilsson, Kris Kristofferson, Morrissey, Whitesnake

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