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Slide It In: 35th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]

January 26, 2019 By

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6-CD/1-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Whitesnake's 1984 album Slide It In celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.  The album was the last to feature Jon Lord on keyboards and boasted such hits as "Slow an' Easy" and "Love Ain't No Stranger," both of which cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard charts.  On March 8, the album will be celebrated in a variety of configurations from

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Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Slide It In: 35th Anniversary Edition [2-LP]

January 26, 2019 By

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Whitesnake's 1984 album Slide It In celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.  The album was the last to feature Jon Lord on keyboards and boasted such hits as "Slow an' Easy" and "Love Ain't No Stranger," both of which cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard charts.  On March 22, the album will be celebrated with a new 2-LP collection that features the 2019 remasters of the original U.S. and U.K. mixes.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of January 25

January 25, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Big Star, Live on WLIR (Omnivore) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Omnivore has Live On WLIR, a newly restored and remastered version of Big Star's legendary 1974 radio broadcast. The 15-track collection is available on CD and 2-LP.  The release marks the vinyl debut of this raw, live set.  Read more here! Love Actually: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Real Gone

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bananarama, Barbra Streisand, Big Star, Cactus, Fred Neil, Grateful Dead, Henry Paul Band, Hunt Sales, KISS, Mother Earth, Noel Harrison, Paul Young, Santana, The Ides of March

Carry On: Expanded Reissue of Soul Asylum's "While You Were Out" Arrives from Omnivore

January 22, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Omnivore Recordings' series of Soul Asylum reissues has shone a light on their early years. Last Friday, January 18, the most recent installment--an expanded edition of While You Were Out--was released. It was Soul Asylum's last independent album on Twin/Tone Records before the group signed with A&M Records. Originally released in 1986 (their third album that year!), it's considered by many to be their best work. Omnivore's reissue combines the original album with the 1988 rarities

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Soul Asylum

Release Round-Up: Week of January 18

January 18, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Rush, In Rio [4-LP Vinyl] (Atlantic/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Recorded live during their 2002 "comeback" tour, Rush's In Rio was originally released on CD and DVD in 2003. Now, the 28-song set featuring hits and deep cuts from across their career arrives on vinyl for the first time, across four 180-gram discs. The collection includes all 29 songs from the Rio gig, plus two bonus tracks recorded at other stops during the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Jackson, John Lennon, Ronnie Milsap, Rush

Dreams Do Come True: Run Out Groove Plans Four New Titles from Ronnie Hawkins, Better Than Ezra, Fred Neil, Incredible String Band

January 16, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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For the last several years,  Run Out Groove, has given music fans the power to vote on new vinyl titles mined from the vaults of Warner Music.  Over the years, some stellar titles just didn't get enough votes to move on to the pressing plants.  Today, Run Out Groove announced a new partnership with vinyl micro-pressers QRATES to bring some of these worthy titles onto vinyl.  The titles up for pre-order include:  Better Than Ezra'sFriction, Baby, Fred Neil's Bleecker & MacDougal, The

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Rock Tags: Better Than Ezra, Fred Neil, Ronnie Hawkins, The Hawks, The Incredible String Band

On The Frontier: Esoteric Announces Renaissance "Ashes Are Burning," Byrds' Self-Titled Reissues, 1968 Box Set, and More

January 15, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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February promises to be a packed month for music fans, as Esoteric brings listeners a new, expanded reissue of Renaissance's 1973 classic, Ashes Are Burning, as well as a reissue of The Byrds, the reunion album by the legendary folk-rock group.  Also on the way are reissues of Tear Gas's self-titled album, an expanded edition of Greenslade's Time and Tide, and a new 3-CD set called Revolution: Underground Sounds of 1968.  Meanwhile, Esoteric's Reactive imprint will issue a 4-CD set

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Brian Auger, Caravan, Dave Mason, Deep Purple, Genesis, Greenslade, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull, John Martyn, Julie Driscoll, Pentangle, Procol Harum, Renaissance, Spooky Tooth, Status Quo, Tangerine Dream, Tear Gas, The Byrds, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Incredible String Band, The Move, The Pretty Things, Traffic, Van Der Graaf Generator

Review: Ministry, "Greatest Fits" (Run Out Groove Vinyl Reissue)

January 14, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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In the last few months, Run Out Groove has continued an initiative to get recent classics from the new millennium onto wax. With deluxe packaging and heavyweight, colored vinyl pressings, the label's limited-edition LP releases present Warner titles from the CD-era and beyond treasures in a unique and new way. Now, Greatest Fits, a 2001 compilation by industrial rock forerunners Ministry has received the Run Out Groove treatment with its first-ever vinyl appearance. The Second Disc was able to

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Ministry

Holding Court: King Crimson Announces 50th Anniversary Plans with New Single, Box Sets, Tour, and More!

January 14, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Rock royalty King Crimson celebrate their golden jubilee this year and yesterday, January 13 - exactly 50 years since their first rehearsals - the band announced a wealth of new projects and plans to celebrate the momentous feat.  Along with an upcoming documentary and ongoing download series, fans can expect a new tour, vinyl reissues, box sets, and live releases from the vault.  We'll have full details for each release as they're announced, but to whet your appetite, here's a look at what the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD-Audio, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Rock Tags: King Crimson

A Long Night Spent With You: Taking Back Sunday Celebrates 20th Anniversary on New Compilation "Twenty"

January 11, 2019 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

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Taking Back Sunday is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion, they have embarked on a tour and are releasing a career retrospective collection.  Out today from Craft Recordings, the simply-titled Twenty gathers nineteen songs from the band's career and adds in two new studio recordings. The alternative rock band was formed in Long Island, New York by guitarist Eddie Reyes in 1999.  The line-up has fluctuated a bit over the years but the main members over the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Taking Back Sunday

Tangerine Dream: The Blue Years Studio Albums 1985-1987

January 11, 2019 By

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The 4-CD set presents newly remastered versions of the electronic groups' Jive Electro albums.  There's Le Parc, featuring a reworking of their theme to the US TV show Streethawk, as well as "Yellowstone Park" featuring guest vocalist Clare Torry.  Green Desert, which began in 1973, was finally released over a decade later and also features here.  The ambient classic Underwater Sunlight and the Blake-inspired Tyger are also included.  All the albums have been remastered and are housed in a

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of January 11

January 11, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Doors Waiting for the Sun

Welcome to today's Release Round-Up! Taking Back Sunday, Twenty (Craft Recordings) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This 21-track anthology, available on single CD, double LP, and digital formats, celebrates 20 years of Taking Back Sunday drawing on all seven of the band's studio albums as well as newly-recorded material.  Watch for more coverage of this title later today! The Flying Burrito Bros., Burrito Deluxe

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Rock Tags: Brownie McGhee, Dave Van Ronk, Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, Taking Back Sunday, The Doors, The Flying Burrito Brothers

Review: Permanent Green Light, "Hallucinations"

January 10, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Power-pop and Paisley Underground acolytes had reason to celebrate in late 2018.  Omnivore Recordings released a brand-new compilation album called Hallucinations, a collection of cult classics, deep cuts, and rarities from the '90s rock group Permanent Green Light, who were the torch-bearers of the psych-rock scene in L.A. early in the decade.  The Second Disc was able to hear the new set and are delighted to report back on the excellent comp, which puts on full display Permanent Green Lights's

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rock Tags: Permanent Green Light

"Harmony in My Head: UK Power Pop and New Wave, 1977-81" Collects Costello, Squeeze, Nick Lowe, Searchers, More

January 10, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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In recent years, Cherry Red Records has made waves with their box set celebrations of music eras gone by.  From late-'70s Scottish independent releases and '60s Baroque pop, to '80s shoegaze and even the avant-garde sound explorations of Edgard Varese and Karlheinz Stockhausen, the label has a reputation for their meticulous deep-dives into music subcultures. In November, Cherry Red put the spotlight on the late-'70s U.K. pop-rock scene with Harmony In My Head:  UK Power Pop & New Wave,

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Buzzcocks, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Squeeze, The Searchers, Wreckless Eric

Sweet Memories: Elvis' 'The Best Of The '68 Comeback Special' Offers Highlights From Iconic Show Plus New Tribute

January 8, 2019 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

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The celebration for Elvis Presley's '68 "comeback special" is continuing into the new year.  Legacy Recordings and RCA have announced a new single-CD collection to coincide with an upcoming NBC-TV tribute to the original December 1968 broadcast. The Best of the '68 Comeback Special, coming on February 15, features highlights from the recent '68 Comeback Special box set with performances culled from both of the "stand-up" and "sit-down" shows recorded in June, 1968 for the special. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Elvis Presley

Can You Hear Me, Major Tom? Rare Bowie Demos Prepped For 7" Vinyl Box

January 8, 2019 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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Parlophone has announced a new release of David Bowie rarities on what would have been the singer's 72nd birthday, to additionally mark the milestone of 50 years since the release of breakthrough single "Space Oddity." Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs will feature nine rare recordings, including versions of familiar songs ("Space Oddity," "London Bye Ta Ta," "In The Heat Of The Morning") as well as the heretofore-unknown "Love All Around," a lyric of which gives the set

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Revolution: The Underground Sounds of 1968 [3-CD]

January 6, 2019 By

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Featuring both classics and unearthed rarities, the set explores the wild year in which psychedelia, jazz, blues, folk, world music, and hard rock all collided to form groundbreaking and genre-pushing new music.  The new compilation includes a number of legendary UK groups, including Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Genesis, and Pentangle.  Also present are Procol Harum, Caravan, Jeff Beck, Spooky Tooth, Traffic, The Move, Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity, The Crazy World of Arthur

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Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock

Everythings Gone Green

January 6, 2019 By

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Celebrate New Order's debut album, Movement, with the newly remastered, heavyweight vinyl reissue of the 12" single, "Everythings Gone Green" backed with "Cries and Whispers" and "Mesh."

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Rock

Temptation

January 6, 2019 By

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Celebrate New Order's debut album, Movement, with the newly remastered, heavyweight vinyl reissue of their 12" single featuring the full-length versions of "Temptation" and "Hurt"

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Rock

In Rio [4-LP]

January 6, 2019 By

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Recorded live during their 2002 "comeback" tour, Rush's In Rio was originally released on CD and DVD in 2003.  Now, the 28-song set featuring hits and deep cuts from across their career arrives on vinyl for the first time, across 4 discs. The collection includes all 29 songs from the Rio gig, plus two bonus tracks recorded at other stops during the Vapor Trails Tour. "Between Sun & Moon" was recorded on September 27, 2002 in Phoenix, AZ and "Vital Signs" was recorded on October 19, 2002 in

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock

In Search of Mona Lisa [CD]

January 6, 2019 By

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Carlos Santana has announced the released of a new, 5-track EP called In Search of Mona Lisa, available on CD and vinyl.  It's his first release on Concord Records and is inspired by his trip to Paris to see the iconic painting.  A full-length album has also been promised for later in the year.

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In Search of Mona Lisa [LP]

January 6, 2019 By

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Carlos Santana has announced the released of a new, 5-track EP called In Search of Mona Lisa, available on vinyl and on CD.  It's his first release on Concord Records and is inspired by his trip to Paris to see the iconic painting.  A full-length album has also been promised for later in the year.  

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock

Ceremony (Version 2)

January 6, 2019 By

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Ceremony (Version 2) features an alternate version of that track with Gillan Gilbert, backed with "In A Lonely Place."  The audio for this release has been newly remastered and pressed on heavyweight vinyl.  It is part of the reissue campaign for their debut album, Movement

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Rock

Harmony In My Head:  UK Power Pop & New Wave, 1977-81

January 6, 2019 By

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This 3-CD set is a musical exploration of the development of British New Wave. While in the U.S. "new wave" was a lose term applied to pretty much any pop that came out in the late '70s and early '80s, U.K. purveyors used the term to refer to their deliberate reaction to, if not rejection of, the punk musical aesthetic.  It eventually mutated into the Mod Revival--members of which drew greatly from the melody-driven pop of the '60s--and later to another unique British psychedelic strand in the

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Movement (Definitive Edition)

January 6, 2019 By

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New Order's debut album is being celebrated with a deluxe box set due in April.  Entitled Movement (Definitive Edition), the box set will include the original LP with its iconic, Peter Saville-designed sleeve, as well as a CD in a vinyl replica sleeve.  Also included are a bonus CD of previously unreleased demos, recording sessions, and alternate mixes, as well as a DVD of live concerts and TV appearances, and a hardbound book--all housed in a loft-off lid box.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock

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