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Education Entertainment Recreation (Live at Alexandra Palace)

February 15, 2021 By

New Order Education Entertainment Recreation

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 with the current line-up of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham, and Tom Chapman.  At 2 hours and 20

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

Assembly

February 15, 2021 By

Joe Strummer Assembly

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP Limited Red Vinyl: Joe Strummer Shop The late George Harrison's Dark Horse label (now under the stewardship of Dhani Harrison and David Zonshine) relaunches with the release of Assembly from The Clash's late frontman Joe Strummer (1952-2002).  The newly-curated collection will be available on gatefold double-vinyl (in standard black and limited-edition red) as well as CD and

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

Short Takes: Live Albums Coming from The Allman Brothers Band, New Order

February 15, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Allman Brothers Down in Texas

The Allman Brothers Band Recording Company has announced a new addition to its live concert series.  Recorded on September 28, 1971 at the Austin Municipal Auditorium in Austin, TX, Down in Texas '71 is available now for pre-order exclusively through Merch Mountain. Beginning March 26 (the anniversary of the band's formation), it will be available only at Macon, GA's Big House museum gift shop and online store, and as a digital release. Down in Texas '71 captures the Allman Brothers Band -

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: New Order, The Allman Brothers Band

The Weekend Stream: February 13, 2021

February 13, 2021 By The Second Disc 5 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! Ben Folds, Live At

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Ben Folds, Carole King, Julian Velard, Prince, Rod Stewart, Taylor Swift, Tevin Campbell

Release Round-Up: Week of February 12

February 12, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

The Band Stage Fright 50 Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Band, Stage Fright: 50th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats] (Capitol/UMe) 2CD/1BD/1LP/1-7″ single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (CD 1 & 2 of box set): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  1LP (Remixed Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Band slightly belatedly revisits 1970's Stage Fright for its 50th anniversary in a variety of editions anchored by Bob Clearmountain's stereo and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Black Sabbath, Carole King, Dio, Harry Dean Stanton, Huey Lewis and The News, Loretta Lynn, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg, The Band, Todd Rundgren

Landslide: Fleetwood Mac Readies Super Deluxe Expansion of 'Live'

February 10, 2021 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

Fleetwood Mac Live

Fleetwood Mac's Live arrived in December 1980, roughly fourteen months after the adventurous Tusk.  While Tusk had peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and yielded two U.S. top ten hits, it fell off the albums chart after nine months.  (Rumours, in contrast, spent 31 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1977-1978, a record for a group or duo.)  With the public still hungry for new Fleetwood Mac material, the band issued the sprawling double album Live.  It was the first live album from the line-up

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks

The Better Life: 20th Anniversary Edition

February 8, 2021 By

The Better Life 20

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: uDiscover Music Mississippi rockers 3 Doors Down are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut in March with a new deluxe edition. Debut album The Better Life will be pressed on two CDs or three LPs featuring the original sextuple-platinum album, unreleased tracks and single sides, and the band's original self-released demo album.

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

If I Could Be Like That: 3 Doors Down Expand Their Debut Album for 20th Anniversary

February 8, 2021 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

The Better Life 20

American rockers 3 Doors Down are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut in March with a new deluxe edition. Debut album The Better Life will be pressed on two CDs or three LPs featuring the original sextuple-platinum album and the band's original self-released demo album. Hailing from Escatawpa, Mississippi, 3 Doors Down - singer/drummer Brad Arnold, guitarists Matt Roberts and Chris Henderson and bassist Todd Harrell - perfected the post-grunge style of angsty but thoughtful rock

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: 3 Doors Down

Release Round-Up: Week of February 5

February 5, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Dusty Springfield Complete Atlantic Singles

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Dusty Springfield, The Complete Atlantic Singles 1969-1971 (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971brings together Dusty Springfield's 24 U.S. single sides released during her tenure at Atlantic.  These tracks have been remastered from the original mono tapes by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision, and all but the eight sides pulled from Dusty in Memphis have never before appeared on CD in

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: A.J. Croce, Bill Loose, Bing Crosby, Bob Marley, Calvin Keys, Dusty Springfield, Fine Young Cannibals, Galt MacDermot, John Mayall, John Williams, Melba Moore, Norma Tanega, Rudolph Johnson, The Andersons, The Weeknd, Uncle Walt's Band

Long Shadow: Dark Horse Label Relaunches with "Assembly" from Late Clash Frontman Joe Strummer

February 4, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Joe Strummer Assembly

Last year, just before COVID-19 derailed most of the world, Olivia and Dhani Harrison announced that George Harrison's Dark Horse label would be relaunching.  Founded by the late Beatle in 1974, Dark Horse released George's own records but also LPs from artists including Ravi Shankar, Wings guitarist Henry McCullough, the David Foster band Attitudes, the duo Splinter, and soul group The Stairsteps and Stairsteps member Keni Burke.  While there's been no news as to reissues of those vintage Dark

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Joe Strummer

Keeping the Light On: The Best of Gerry Beckley

February 3, 2021 By

Gerry Beckley Keeping the Light On

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Blue Élan Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Blue Élan The first ever retrospective of the America co-founder's solo career, Keeping the Light On: The Best of Gerry Beckley will arrive in 2-CD and 2-LP formats via the Blue Élan label.  For its 20 varied and richly melodic selections, Keeping the Light On draws from Beckley's solo albums including 1995's Van Go Gan, 2006's Horizontal Fall, 2009's Happy Hour, 2011's Unfortunate

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

In Your Eyes: Mondo Expands 'Say Anything...' Soundtrack with Unreleased Material

February 3, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Say Anything Mondo

Soundtrack vinyl label Mondo offers a killer new expanded release this week that'll make even the staunchest opponent to selling, buying or processing anything reconsider their position: the stirring soundtrack to 1989 romantic comedy Say Anything... Already lauded for his teenaged work as a journalist for Rolling Stone (which inspired his 2000 film Almost Famous) and the book-turned-'80s film classic Fast Times At Ridgemont High, screenwriter Cameron Crowe made his directorial debut with

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Dave Brubeck, Fishbone, Joe Satriani, Living Colour, Nancy Wilson, Peter Gabriel, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, The Replacements, The Smithereens

Little Wonder: David Bowie's "Brilliant Live Adventures" Series Continues with 1997 "Look at the Moon!"

January 29, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

David Bowie Look at the Moon

The fourth installment of David Bowie's six-concert Brilliant Live Adventures build-it-yourself box set is now available for pre-order.  On February 12, Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival '97) will arrive from Parlophone Records in 2-CD and 3-LP versions.  Both formats are one-run-only releases. Look at the Moon! was recorded on July 20, 1997 at the Phoenix Festival at Long Marston Airfield near Shakespeare birthplace Stratford-upon-Avon, England.  Bowie was backed by Zachary Alford on

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

Release Round-Up: Week of January 29

January 29, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Little Steven Macca to Mecca

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Tommy James and The Shondells, Celebration: The Complete Roulette Recordings (Cherry Red/Grapefruit)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint brings together Tommy James and The Shondells' 1966-1973 recordings for Roulette Records (including James' solo Roulette LPs) on this 6-CD box set. The set features liner notes by Bob Fisher and mastering by Simon Murphy.  Read the track listing and more here, and watch

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Reggae, Rock Tags: Allen Toussaint, Beachwood Sparks, Bob Marley, Burt Bacharach, Carla Olson, Daniel Tashian, Dr. John, Hutch, Little Steven, Mick Taylor, Randy Newman, Roy Head, Tommy James and The Shondells

Turn It Around: Expanded Edition

January 26, 2021 By

Hutch Turn It Around

Liberation Hall reissues and expands the 2002 power-pop album Turn It Around from Hutch, the trio featuring Joe Hutchinson (singer-songwriter-guitarist), Glenn Hays (bassist), and Thom Sullivan (drummer).  This reissue has five bonus tracks including demos and early versions.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock

Rocks: Primal Scream's "Give Out But Don't Give Up: The Original Memphis Recordings" Gets Run Out Groove Reissue

January 19, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Primal Scream Give Out But Dont Give Up ROG

The Scottish rockers of Primal Scream always refused to be pigeonholed, with their music reflecting a wide range of sounds from jangle pop and garage rock to psychedelia and house/dance.  In 1993, the band traveled to Memphis, Tennessee's Ardent Studios for a brace of blues-rock sessions with legendary producer Tom Dowd (Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Jackie DeShannon), engineer Jeff Powell, and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.  But Creation Records reportedly wasn't happy with the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Primal Scream

Setting Sail to the Island of Souls: Sting's 'The Soul Cages' Receives Digital Expansion

January 16, 2021 By Mike Duquette 7 Comments

Soul Cages expanded

A surprise archival release from Sting dropped this weekend: a digital expanded edition of his third solo album, The Soul Cages, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. A deeply-felt song cycle, The Soul Cages found Sting simultaneously looking backward and forward. In the studio, he reunited with producer Hugh Padgham, who'd overseen The Police's Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity; he also diversified his backing band, picking up session guitarist Dominic Miller - his musical

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Sting

Release Round-Up: Week of January 15

January 15, 2021 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Stevie Nicks, The 24-Karat Gold Tour: Live in Concert (BMG) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Stevie Nicks brings her latest live album, recorded in Indianapolis and Pittsburgh in 2017 and featuring classics and rarities alike, to wide release in the United States.  The 2-CD set was previously released as a Target exclusive,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: John Fogerty, KT Tunstall, Leslie Odom Jr., Matthew Sweet, Peter Paul and Mary, Pop-O-Pies, Sam Cooke, Stevie Nicks, The Readymades, Wilbert Harrison

Turn Up the Night: Rhino Reissuing First Two Dio-Era Black Sabbath Albums

January 13, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell

Ozzy Osbourne was a tough act to follow, but Ronnie James Dio more than filled his shoes when he took over the frontman role in Black Sabbath for the metal pioneers' 1979 album Heaven and Hell.  On March 5, Rhino will salute the Dio era with deluxe 2-CD or 2-LP reissues of both Heaven and Hell and its 1981 follow-up, Mob Rules. When it became clear that Black Sabbath couldn't proceed with its original lead vocalist, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio (Elf, Rainbow) was paged.  Dio was introduced

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Black Sabbath, Dio, Ronnie James Dio

Living It Up: Level 42 Preps Box Set of Early Polydor Material

January 12, 2021 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Level 42 box 1

Before the rest of the world knew there was something about Level 42, the British jazz-rock group built a foundation of successful material that caught on in their home country. This spring, Cherry Red's Robinsongs label will compile, with the band's input and blessing, their material for Polydor Records with the first of two CD box sets. The Complete Polydor Years Volume 1 1980-1984, available March 26, chronicles singer/bassist Mark King, keyboardist Mike Lindup and brothers Boon Gould (on

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Soulsville

January 12, 2021 By

Soulsville

After a near-decade-long break, Huey Lewis & The News finally re-emerged with a new album in 2010: Soulsville, an easygoing set of covers from the Stax Records songbook.  But there was plenty of street cred to go around: the group recorded at Memphis' legendary Ardent Studios alongside one of the label's original engineers, Jim Gaines (who'd been at the desk for the band's blockbusters Sports and Fore!). Critics dug the inspired choices beyond notable hits like "Cry to Me" and "Respect

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Plan B

January 12, 2021 By

Plan B

BMG reissues Huey Lewis & The News' Plan B on CD.  Plan B marked the group's first album of original studio material in a decade - their last full album, 1994's Four Chords and Seven Years Ago, was all covers - but the spark was still there: Mike Duke's "Let Her Go and Start Over" reached the Top 40 of Billboard's adult contemporary chart, and songs like "We're Not Here for a Long Time (We're Here for a Good Time)" and "So Little Kindness" (first recorded for a greatest hits record in 1996)

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Shake Your Money Maker: 30th Anniversary Edition

January 12, 2021 By

Shake Your Money Maker box set

1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Target (U.S.) / Rough Trade (U.K.) 3CD Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada For its belated 30th anniversary - it was released in 1990 - The Black Crowes' Shake Your Money Maker will be remastered and reissued on CD and LP in multiple formats, including deluxe and

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Life is So Strange: Missing Persons' Albums to Be Remastered and Expanded

January 11, 2021 By The Second Disc 14 Comments

Missing Persons box

Fans of New Wave group Missing Persons have a new destination: the Rubellan Remasters label has issued new expanded editions of their three albums for Capitol Records. Spring Session M (1982), Rhyme & Reason (1984) and Color in Your Life (1986) have each been remastered by Rubellan, with rare and unreleased bonus tracks appended to each. Each has been remastered from the original tapes in Universal Music Group's archive. A box set, limited to 500 copies, is also being sold by the label,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Missing Persons

Get It While You Can: Janis Joplin's "Pearl" Celebrates 50 with Vinyl Me Please, Mobile Fidelity Reissues

January 11, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Janis Joplin Pearl Mobile Fidelity

50 years ago today, Columbia Records unleashed Pearl, the final musical statement of Janis Lyn Joplin, on the world.  A firebrand till her tragically early death at the age of 27 on October 4, 1970, Joplin didn't live to see the release of Pearl.  But the album (produced by Paul A. Rothchild) summed up her deep blend of soul, psychedelia, rock, and country, even touching on jazz and pop, with incendiary performances of now-classic songs including "Me and Bobby McGee," "Cry Baby," and "Mercedes

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