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Release Round-Up: Week of May 11

May 11, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Glenn Frey Very Best Of

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Glenn Frey, Above the Clouds: The Collection (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 3-CD/1-DVD Above the Clouds: The Collection celebrates the musical legacy of Eagles' Glenn Frey, presenting key tracks from Frey as a solo artist on 2 CDs as well as the long-awaited, official CD premiere of Longbranch/Pennywhistle as newly remixed by J.D. Souther and Elliot Scheiner, and a live concert DVD, Strange Weather/Live in Dublin,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Andy Williams, Buck Owens, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Jerry Garcia, Leonard Bernstein, Ry Cooder

Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story [Original Soundtrack]

May 10, 2018 By

Beside Bowie Soundtrack

The soundtrack album to the documentary Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story is a retrospective of the guitarist's career and influence, including key Bowie tracks ("Moonage Daydream," "Cracked Actor, Time") as well as recordings by Elton John ("Madman Across the Water"), Ian Hunter ("Once Bitten, Twice Shy"), Michael Chapman ("Soulful Lady"), Def Leppard's Joe Elliott (the previously unreleased "This Is For You"), and Ronson himself plus a previously unissued tribute from fellow Bowie

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars [Original Soundtrack]

May 10, 2018 By

Eric Clapton LIfe in 12 Bars

No single compilation can successfully capture the entirety of Eric Clapton's remarkable career, though many from various labels have tried.  Life in 12 Bars, the soundtrack to an upcoming documentary about the guitar hero, takes a different approach, featuring 32 tracks on two CDs, including songs from artists who inspired Clapton as well as tracks on which the guitarist appeared as a sideman: for The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, and George Harrison.  Solo tracks

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Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Rock

Brick: The Songs of Ben Folds 1996-2012

May 9, 2018 By

Ben Folds Brick Cover

The 13-CD box Brick: The Songs of Ben Folds 1996-2012 brings together nearly all of Folds' core studio albums together with a live album and various other odds and ends.  It traces his career from the first Ben Five Folds record through his solo recordings to the Five's reunion album in 2012, for a total of 194 tracks!  And yes - it's shaped like a brick, in tribute to what's arguably Folds' most famous song!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock

Over The Years...

May 9, 2018 By

Graham Nash Over the Years

Graham Nash has curated a 2-CD, 30-track overview of his remarkable 50+-year career, with Disc One featuring hits and favorites from CSN, CSNY, Crosby-Nash and his solo years; and Disc Two comprising 15 demos (all but three of which are previously unreleased).  A 15-song "highlights" version will arrive on 2 LPs on August 31.

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

Living Proof: New Springsteen Vinyl Box Details Life After E Street (UPDATED With CD Details 5/8)

May 8, 2018 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Springsteen Album Collection Vol 2

UPDATE (5/8/18): CDJapan is now taking orders for a CD version of the box. Fans have certainly been vocal in their desire for such a release, but we cannot yet confirm that the box will be released in any other market. ORIGINAL POST (3/29/18): Bruce Springsteen is riding high.  Following a remarkable tour in which he performed some of the longest concerts of his career (4+ intermission-less hours!), The Boss released a rapturously received autobiography, appropriately entitled Born to Run. 

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

Welcome (Back) to the Jungle: Guns N' Roses Announce Major 'Appetite For Destruction' Reissue

May 4, 2018 By Randy Fairman 6 Comments

Guns N Roses Super Deluxe Edition

Last night at precisely the stroke of midnight, Guns N' Roses made an announcement sure to whet fans' Appetite.  The belated 30th anniversary celebration of 1987's Appetite for Destruction will arrive in a variety of formats from UMe on June 29 ranging from a $999.00 (!) Locked N' Loaded Edition to a straight single-disc remastered CD. The classic line-up of Guns N' Roses solidified in June, 1985 in Los Angeles.  The group consisted of Axl Rose (vocals), Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Guns N' Roses

Release Round-Up: Week of May 4

May 4, 2018 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Star Wars A New Hope OST

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Frank Sinatra, Standing Room Only (Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new 3-CD, book-style box set from Capitol/UMe features three spectacular live concerts from three decades of Frank Sinatra's storied career, including the January 28. 1966 second show with The Count Basie Orchestra and conductor Quincy Jones at The Sands in Las Vegas, making its CD debut; and two previously unreleased shows: October 7, 1974 at

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry McGuire, Frank Sinatra, Hoyt Axton, Jan Berry, Liz Phair, Rita Coolidge, Roy Buchanan, The Human League, The Temptations, Tom Verlaine

Feed Your Dreams: Rhino To Release Graham Nash Anthology in June Featuring Hits, A Dozen Unreleased Demos

May 3, 2018 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Graham Nash Over the Years

In conjunction with a U.K. and European tour Graham Nash is launching in July (and the 50th  anniversary of the formation of Crosby, Stills and Nash), Rhino has just announced a new anthology for the legendary artist in a variety of formats.  On June 29, the 2-CD, 30 track Over The Years... will be available, as well as a downloadable and streaming version.  Following two months later on August 31 will be a 15-track double-LP version of the compilation.  The anthology has been put together by

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Crosby Stills and Nash, David Crosby, Graham Nash

Your Most Valuable Possessions: Edsel Plans Ben Folds' 'Brick' Box

May 2, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Ben Folds Brick Cover

Edsel has just announced a 13-CD box set looking at the career of alternative music star (and one of our favorite artists here at Second Disc HQ) Ben Folds, both as a solo artist and as a member of Ben Folds Five.  Brick: The Songs of Ben Folds 1996-2012, due June 22, contains nearly all of Folds' core studio albums together with a live album and some other odds and ends.  It traces his career from the first Ben Five Folds record through his solo recordings to the Five's reunion album in

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five

Not Fading Away: Real Gone Reissuing Allman-Related Cowboy, Live Grateful Dead, and "Predator" in June

April 30, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Cowboy Cowboy

We've told you about some of Real Gone's June releases earlier and now we've got the news of more items on the slate for that month including CD reissues from Cowboy, the Grateful Dead and a vinyl reissue of the Predator soundtrack, all due June 1. Back in 2014, Real Gone reissued the first two albums by the band Cowboy: 1970's Reach For The Sky and 1971's 5'll Getcha Ten.  Now, they are completing the group's Capricorn output by releasing their final two album for the label: 1974's Boyer

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Cowboy, Grateful Dead

The Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016

April 30, 2018 By

Rolling Stones Studio Albums Box

This massive, limited edition vinyl box set collects the legendary band's 15 studio albums from Sticky Fingers (1971) to Blue and Lonesome (2016) on 20 meticulously-recreated LPs with original art elements, inserts, and more.  Each album, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, has been remastered and cut at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios from vinyl-specific tape transfers.  In addition, each album will include a download card for HD digital files.  The box itself boasts a numbered certificate.

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

Review: Chicago, "VI Decades Live: This Is What We Do"

April 27, 2018 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Chicago VI Decades Live

This year, Chicago announced a first in their touring history.  The band would play their second album, Chicago (or Chicago II), in full, at each concert to mark the group's ongoing 50th anniversary festivities.  The celebration has continued via archival releases as well, and following last year's stellar Quadio, Rhino Records has just issued VI Decades Live: This is What We Do, the first-ever box set of live recordings from the band's storied history on four CDs and one DVD. Perhaps

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Chicago

A Bigger Bang: The Rolling Stones Collect Fifteen Studio Albums On New Box Set

April 26, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Rolling Stones Studio Albums Box

Start them up!  On June 15, The Rolling Stones will release a massive, limited edition vinyl box set collecting the legendary band's 15 studio albums from Sticky Fingers (1971) to Blue and Lonesome (2016) on 20 meticulously-recreated LPs.  The box coincides with the Stones' No Filter tour, kicking off this May in Dublin, Ireland. The release from Universal Music will take the form of a "highly bespoke, lenticular mounted" limited edition box.  Each album, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, has been

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

Pink Flag Flies Again: Wire to Expand First Three Albums

April 23, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Wire Pink Flag

English band Wire, influential in both the punk and post-punk scenes, has announced the reissue of their first three, often experimental albums: 1977's Pink Flag, 1978's Chairs Missing, and 1979's 154.  These reissues, due on May 18 from the band's own Pinkflag label, are 2- or 3-CD sets housed within 80-page hardcover books about the size of a 7-inch single (though much thicker!). Bruce Gilbert, Robert Gotobed (real name: Robert Grey), Graham Lewis, and Colin Newman debuted Wire with Pink

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Wire

The Second Disc's 2018 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 20, 2018 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

Lulu Heaven and Earth and the Stars 1

Welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year's Record Store Day event!  Once you're through reading, let us know what you're most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer!  Our list features just a sampling of our favorites from our friends at Legacy Recordings, Varese Sarabande, Rhino Records, Real Gone Music, Demon Music Group, Walt Disney Records, Omnivore Recordings, and more! Joe's kicking things off with five essential picks (in

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Belinda Carlisle, Bob Dylan, Bobbie Gentry, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, John Williams, Johnny Cash, Johnny Mathis, Led Zeppelin, Lulu, Madonna, Record Store Day, T Rex, Tangerine Dream, The Beau Brummels, The Police, The Rascals

RECORD STORE DAY PREVIEW! RT Industries Launches with Jesus Jones, Sugar Ray, The Vapors

April 20, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

The Vapors RSD

A new label is kicking off tomorrow with a slate for Record Store Day.  RT Industries, the brainchild of Razor & Tie founders Craig Balsam and Cliff Chenfeld, is launching with seven diverse catalogues acquired from Warner Music Group's divestment program: Black Oak Arkansas, Sheena Easton, Fat Joe, Jesus Jones, Sugar Ray, Trapt, and The Vapors.  WMG was required to divest numerous assets to independent labels as a result of its acquisition of Parlophone Label Group.  As a result, RT

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Jesus Jones, Record Store Day, Sugar Ray, The Vapors

Release Round-Up: Week of April 20

April 20, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Who Live at Fillmore East 1968

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Who, Live at the Fillmore East 1968 (UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Who's April 6, 1968 concert from New York's Fillmore East gets its first-ever official release just in time for its 50th anniversary.  For the occasion, it's been restored and fully remixed from the original four-track tapes by longtime Who engineer Bob Pridden, who was responsible for the mix heard

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Barry White, Cheech and Chong, Donna Summer, Gladiators, Neil Young, Pat Suzuki, Pete Townshend, Shaggy, Sting, The Feelies, The Flaming Lips, The Who, Todd Rundgren, Utopia, Yung Wu

Nothing Compares 2 Prince: Original Version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" Emerges from the Vault

April 19, 2018 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Prince Nothing Compares 2 U

Two days before the second anniversary of Prince's unexpected passing, his estate has teamed with Warner Bros. Records to release a tantalizing treat from his legendary vaults. Today, Warner Music Group released the Purple One's original, never-before-released version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," written and first released by his side project The Family in 1985 but best-known in Sinead O'Connor's chart-topping 1990 rendition.  This is the first previously unreleased music to escape the Prince

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

Let 'Em In: Four McCartney Classics Return to CD and Vinyl in May

April 18, 2018 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

Wings Greatest

While anticipation is high for the next box set release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, the superstar artist is taking advantage of his new affiliation with Capitol/UMe to restore another four catalogue titles to print in new editions.  May 18 will see the reissue on single CD and black and colored vinyl of 2013's NEW (Macca's last solo album to date), 2005's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, 1978's Wings Greatest compilation, and 1977's RAM-inspired Thrillington.  All of the vinyl

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Paul McCartney, Wings

Let It Rain: Universal Celebrates Eric Clapton, Mick Ronson with Soundtracks Featuring Beatles, Bowie, More

April 16, 2018 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Eric Clapton LIfe in 12 Bars

2018 is already shaping up to be a great year for music documentaries; one such movie, Elvis Presley: The Searcher, recently debuted on HBO to rapturous notices.  Soundtracks to two more probing films are on the way from Universal  On June 8, the label will deliver both Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars and Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story. No single compilation can successfully capture the entirety of Eric Clapton's remarkable career, though many from various labels have tried.  Life in 12

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Blind Faith, Cream, David Bowie, Derek and the Dominos, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Mick Ronson, Queen

Garbage Version 2.0: 20th Anniversary Edition

April 13, 2018 By

Garbage 2.0

2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD 3-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD / Amazon Canada TBD Garbage is revisiting its 1998 sophomore album in a variety of formats.  The darkly-tinged album from Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig earned two Grammy nominations, and its third single, "Special," garnered another pair of Grammy nods.  Lead single "Push" (featuring a musical quote from The Beach Boys'

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Mondo Deco: Expanded Edition

April 13, 2018 By

The Quick Mondo Deco

Real Gone Music is reissuing the one and only album from L.A. band The Quick.  The post-glam, pre-punk group's 1976 album Mondo Deco was the cult favorite band's only full-length LP and has never been on CD before.  This expanded edition adds 11 rare and unreleased bonus tracks and new liner notes, archival photos, a new band essay, track-by-track-commentary and more!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock

Supersonic Years: The Seventies Singles Box Set

April 13, 2018 By

Black Sabbath Supersonic Years

Rhino boxes up some of Black Sabbath's key singles from the band's '70s peak, all pressed on 7-inch vinyl.  The set includes versions of the five singles that Warner Bros. issued for the group in the U.S. during the decade as well as five more 45s originally issued in various other countries. (Please note that this set does not contain all of the singles issued by the group worldwide during the decade).  All ten singles in the box are housed in color picture sleeves from around the world, either

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

In The Great Magnetic Field: Rhino To Release A Box of Black Sabbath's 1970s Singles

April 13, 2018 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Black Sabbath Supersonic Years

A little over a year ago, Black Sabbath announced that they had disbanded.  But that doesn't mean that there isn't more to look back at in the legendary career of the pioneering metal band.  Rhino has just announced Supersonic Years: The Seventies Singles Box Set, a limited-edition collection of ten 7-inch vinyl singles, due June 8. Despite the massive success of their albums, Black Sabbath never had that much success in the singles market, aside from their breakout "Paranoid" from 1970,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Black Sabbath

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