Soundtracks

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ABBA, Alan Parsons, Billy Idol, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Deana Carter, Diana Ross, Jethro Tull, Jim Peterik, Pretenders, Radiohead, Ray Charles, Steve Goodman, Steve Perry, Steve Tyrell, The Brief Encounter, Vince Guaraldi

Depeche Mode 101

October 26, 2021 by Joe Marchese

2CD/2DVD/BD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 1989 documentary film Depeche Mode 101 by directors D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus, and David Dawkins has been upgraded in HD using 4K scans of the original film reels. The new Blu-ray adds additional performances of “A Question of Lust,” “Sacred” and “Something to Do,” plus the promotional video for “Everything Counts.” The box set encompasses: Restored and expanded Blu-ray presentation of the film; The 20-song concert on 2 CDs; 2 DVDs replicating the original 2003 DVD release (with bonus features…

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The Weekend Stream: October 23, 2021

October 23, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

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 feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Chicago, Chicago at Carnegie Hall Complete (Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify) Released…

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

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Chicago, Chico Hamilton, Elmer Bernstein, Gordon MacRae, Indigo Girls, Jo Stafford, Michael Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Radiohead, Rockwell, Sublime

Release Round-Up: Week of October 22

October 22, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, Tattoo You: 40th Anniversary Edition (Polydor/Interscope/UMe) 4CD + Tattoo You Picture Disc Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD (Album Remaster): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (Album Remaster and Lost & Found): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Album Remaster): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Album Remaster and Lost & Found – Black Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Album Remaster and Lost & Found – Clear Vinyl): Rolling Stones Store The Rolling Stones are revisiting Tattoo You for a 40th anniversary edition. The deluxe 4CD/1LP box set features a new remaster of the album on…

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Carole King, Duran Duran, Elton John, James Taylor, John Coltrane, Kristin Chenoweth, Olivia Newton-John, Simply Red, The Replacements, The Rolling Stones, Tito Arevalo, Voctave, William Lava

Fly Me to the Moon: Vinyl Me, Please Chronicles “The Story of Quincy Jones” on New Anthology Box Set

October 20, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Following the recent announcement of an Anthology box set for the Philadelphia International Records, record club Vinyl Me, Please has turned its attention to one of music’s most famous multi-hyphenate talents: Quincy Jones. The multi-instrumentalist-composer-producer-arranger-conductor’s credits are too numerous to mention, but VMP’s Anthology – due in January 2022 – provides a career overview bookended by two of his most acclaimed jazz recordings. The 12-LP box set The Story of Quincy Jones Anthology is produced in cooperation with Quincy Jones Productions and is cross-licensed from labels including Universal and Warner. The box…

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Count Basie, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones

The Weekend Stream: October 16, 2021

October 16, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Prince, Do Me, Baby (Demo) (NPG/Warner) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify) A surprise release on Thursday for the 40th anniversary of Prince’s Controversy (1981), the Prince Estate has issued a demo recording of “Do Me, Baby,” recorded during the studio sessions for Prince’s self-titled sophomore album in 1979. (As such, it sounds less like a demo and more like a studio version in league with that album.) It’s a fascinating recording that again highlights The Purple One’s genius – and it’s also available physically through The Artist’s official store, on a one-sided,…

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Classic Rock, Comedy, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Aztec Camera, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Gibson, Doug E. Fresh, Indigo Girls, Jimmy Webb, Julian Velard, Nick Kamen, Ozzy Osbourne, Prince, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Stokely Carmichael

Release Round-Up: Week of October 15

October 15, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Beatles, Let It Be: 50th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats] (Apple/Capitol/UMe) 5CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Beatles’ final album, Let It Be, arrives in deluxe editions to coincide with Peter Jackson’s multi-part documentary Get Back. The 5CD/BD edition includes Giles Martin and Sam Okell’s new remix of the album; two discs of rehearsals, jams, and outtakes; one disc of Glyn Johns’ first mix of the abortive Get Back album that became Let It Be;…

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Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

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Billy Joe Shaver, Bob Dylan, David Crosby, Kelly Clarkson, Kinky Friedman, Louis Armstrong, Lucinda Williams, Nick Lowe, Norah Jones, Santana, The Beatles, The Bellamy Brothers, The Velvet Underground, Tommy Womack, Tony Bennett

Dramatic Horror: Real Gone Brings Two Cult Classic Film Scores To Vinyl For Halloween

October 14, 2021 by Randy Fairman | 1 Comment

Halloween is just a little over two weeks away and Real Gone is getting into the spirit with a pair of releases out now directly from the label and next Friday, October 22, from Amazon: first-time vinyl reissues of the soundtracks to 1969’s Mad Doctor of Blood Island and 1971’s Dracula vs. Frankenstein. Real Gone has teamed for the release of these two titles with Sam Sherman, former head of publicity for Hemisphere Pictures and founder of Independent International Pictures Corp., the two companies which distributed the films. Mad Doctor of Blood…

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Tito Arevalo, William Lava

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The Weekend Stream: October 9, 2021

October 9, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

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 feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Madonna, Madame X – Music from the Theater Xperience (Boy Toy/Warner) (iTunes /…

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Classical/Opera, Country, Disco/Dance, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Billy Preston, Curtis Mayfield, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Indigo Girls, Itzhak Perlman, Kool and the Gang, Lou Reed, Madonna, Otis Redding, Paula Abdul, Tears for Fears, The Sweet Inspirations, War

Release Round-Up: Week of October 8

October 8, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, The Best of Bond…James Bond (UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic (gold) The Best of Bond…James Bond is released on vinyl today (the CD arrived two weeks ago). The compilation offers a stellar 25-track overview of the pop themes that scored nearly all of the films based on Ian Fleming’s famed British secret agent. There are 14 U.K. Top 10 hits and two Academy Award winners herein – altogether, a formidable, half-century-plus musical portrait of one of cinema’s most popular characters….

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Country, Holiday, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Aaliyah, Joe Bataan, John Barry, Lizard Music, Loreena McKennitt, Orleans, Ray Barretto, Reba McEntire, Violent Femmes

The Weekend Stream: October 2, 2021

October 2, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

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 feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Public Enemy, Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black (Deluxe Edition) (Def Jam/UMe) (iTunes…

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Benny Goodman, Claudine Longet, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Indigo Girls, Lesley Gore, Mark Mulcahy, Material Issue, Public Enemy, Toni Braxton

200 Motels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – 50th Anniversary Edition

September 27, 2021 by Joe Marchese

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (Original Soundtrack Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl (Original Soundtrack Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Red Vinyl (Original Soundtrack Only): Zappa.com / UDiscoverMusic.com / TheSoundofVinyl.com The Zappa Family Trust, UMe, and MGM are delivering the ultimate 200 Motels experience: a whopping 6-CD box set celebrating Frank Zappa’s cult classic 1971 musical film. The box is loaded with previously unreleased demos, outtakes, work mixes, interviews, movie dialogue, and advertisements. Working from original analog tape sources, Bernie Grundman has handled the mastering for the original soundtrack album while John Polito mastered the vault material. 200…

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Holiday Gift Guide

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Waiting for the Man: Soundtrack for Todd Haynes’ Velvet Underground Film Due in October

September 27, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Director Todd Haynes has long emphasized music in his filmography. One of his first works to garner significant attention was 1987’s controversial and unauthorized Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story; four years later, his evocation of the glam rock era in Velvet Goldmine made more commercial waves. More recently, he’s been attached to direct Michelle Williams in the forthcoming Peggy Lee biopic Fever. But before Haynes tackles Peggy, he’s returning to a different Velvet: The Velvet Underground. On October 15, The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film by Todd Haynes will be released in…

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Classic Rock, Soundtracks

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John Cale, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground

The Weekend Stream: September 25, 2021

September 25, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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 feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! A Tribe Called Quest, Check the Rhime (Remixes) / Hot Sex / Jazz…

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A Tribe Called Quest, Ashley Parker Angel, Basil Poledouris, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Indigo Girls, JoJo, Lou Rawls, Nancy Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Sammy Davis Jr., The O'Jays, Whitney Houston

Direct from Hollywood: Frank Zappa’s “200 Motels” Turns 50, Goes Super Deluxe

September 24, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

1971 was a banner year for cinema with such all-time classics as The French Connection, A Clockwork Orange, Carnal Knowledge, The Last Picture Show, and Shaft. The highest-grossing film of the year in North America was United Artists’ Fiddler on the Roof. But Fiddler wasn’t the studio’s only musical of the year. Mere days before the Broadway adaptation hit cinemas, UA opened one of the most wild, inventive, outré, and unhinged films of the year: 200 Motels. Written, co-directed, and composed by Frank Zappa, the surreal musical chronicled life on the road…

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Frank Zappa, Ringo Starr, The Turtles, Theodore Bikel

Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

September 17, 2021 by Joe Marchese

Real Gone has a vinyl repressing of the soundtrack to 2018’s Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. This was first released in 2020 by Real Gone as an exclusive at Urban Outfitters. It is now hitting general retail for the first time. Last year, The Second Disc said this about the album: “The 2018 reboot of the classic Christmas tale is full of great music – from Danny Elfman’s original score to musical selections by Jackie Wilson, Nat King Cole, The Supremes, Brian Setzer, Run-D.M.C., Tyler The Creator, and more.” This new pressing comes…

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Santa Came Down the Chimney: Real Gone Announces Christmas Titles Including a Trio of Vinyl Soundtracks and One CD Debut

September 15, 2021 by Randy Fairman | 7 Comments

Even though it’s only the middle of September and it is not even fall yet, announcements are beginning to be made about the upcoming Christmas season. Real Gone Music is continuing its yearly holiday tradition with a batch of holiday albums, including a CD debut and three vinyl represses, due in October and November. The lone CD reissue in the slate, due November 5, is Merry Christmas, Baby, one of the earliest compilations of Christmas music singles from 1956. Subtitled Intimate Christmas Music for Young Lovers, the R&B album was originally released…

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Charles Brown, Cyndi Lauper, Danny Elfman, Darlene Love, John Williams, Southside Johnny

Out There: Disney’s Legacy Collection Returns with Expanded ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ Soundtrack

September 13, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

Like the pealing bells over Paris, Walt Disney Records has heralded the arrival of one of its most beloved recent archival projects with the surprise, impending release of an expanded score to the animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame – the 14th release in the label’s Legacy Collection series. It’s only the third release in the series since two generous batches of titles in 2014 and 2015; an expansion of the music of animated films Robin Hood (1973) and Beauty and the Beast (1991) appeared in 2017 and 2018. (Rumors had…

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Alan Menken, Bette Midler, Stephen Schwartz

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The Weekend Stream: September 4, 2021

September 4, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

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 feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Rick James, Glow (Deluxe Edition) / Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick…

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ABBA, Aaliyah, Bernard Herrmann, DMX, Engelbert Humperdinck, Jerry Goldsmith, Mary Jane Girls, Mary Wilson, Miracle Legion, Propaganda, Rick James, Teena Marie, The Brothers Johnson, The Psychedelic Furs, Timbaland

The Weekend Stream: August 21, 2021

August 21, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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 feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Aaliyah, One in a Million (Blackground/EMPIRE) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify) Well, it’s…

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Aaliyah, Jerry Goldsmith, Lamb of God, Michael Giacchino

Release Round-Up: Week of August 20

August 20, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton: Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Polydor/UMe) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Original Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Eric Clapton’s eponymous 1970 solo debut is reissued today in 4CD and 1LP iterations. The 4CD Deluxe Edition presents Eric Clapton in three separate mixes, with one mix on each of the first three CDs in the box: The Tom Dowd Mix, The Eric Clapton Mix, and The Delaney Bramlett Mix. The mix by Dowd (Dusty Springfield, The Allman Brothers Band) was originally released in 1970; the…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soundtracks

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Aaliyah, Bob Dylan, Chrissie Hynde, Connie Smith, Eric Clapton, James McMurtry, Joan Jett, John Coltrane, Julie Andrews, Kool and the Gang, Lee Morgan, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Vince Guaraldi, Wanda Jackson

Like a Prayer (Answered): Madonna Signs Career-Spanning Deal with Warner, Announces Deluxe Reissue Series

August 16, 2021 by The Second Disc | 15 Comments

For years – decades, even – fans have wondered when Madonna’s catalogue would get the kind of deluxe treatment befitting her stature as a trailblazer. It now looks like that day is coming soon, as early this morning, the artist and Warner Music Group announced a career-spanning partnership. The new deal between Madonna and WMG (already her home for the first 24 years of her career on the Sire, Maverick, and Warner labels) sees that WMG will represent her entire body of work in both recordings and publishing. Significantly, it’s been revealed…

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Release Round-Up: Week of August 13

August 13, 2021 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records (Craft Recordings) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings’ 75th anniversary campaign for groundbreaking R&B label Specialty Records kicks off with Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records on CD, LP, and digital platforms. The 18 tracks on Rip It Up spotlight the incendiary R&B and, later, rock-and-roll that put Specialty on the map. (Perhaps Specialty’s gospel offerings will be recognized on a future release.) Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Lloyd Price, Larry Williams,…

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Cast Recordings, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Aretha Franklin, Cruzados, Explorer Tapes, Jennifer Hudson, Joan Armatrading, Little Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Paul Anka, Randy Edelman, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nile

Are You That Somebody: Blackground Records Catalogue, Against All Odds, Coming Back Into Print

August 6, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

It’s the reissue announcement a generation wanted but nobody expected – and it’s honestly hard to parse how to feel about it: Blackground Records will release its long out-of-print catalogue, including albums by the late R&B singer Aaliyah. Record producer Barry Hankerson started Blackground in the ’90s as a vehicle to score his niece, Aaliyah Haughton, a record deal. After years of being turned down, Jive Records signed the 15-year-old singer, and debut Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number spun off the Top 10 hits “Back & Forth” and a cover of…

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Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soundtracks

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Aaliyah, JoJo, Timbaland, Toni Braxton

OUT TODAY! Olivia Newton-John in “Toomorrow” Returns to Vinyl from Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music

July 30, 2021 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Long before she was Sandy, the good girl of Rydell High, or Kira, the Olympian muse of the roller disco Xanadu, Olivia Newton-John was just plain Livvy, the girl singer with dreams of the big time in the 1970 sci-fi movie musical Toomorrow. Today, er, tooday, the film’s cult classic soundtrack returns to vinyl for the very first time from Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records. The little-known motion picture directed by Val Guest (Casino Royale, Up the Creek) was the brainchild of music impresario Don Kirshner and Harry Saltzman, best known…

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