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Got Love If You Want It: More Record Store Day 2017 Essentials

March 28, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments
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Record Store Day’s 10th anniversary couldn’t be anything less than big. And with articles devoted to April 22’s RSD releases from David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Omnivore Recordings, Legacy Recordings, Prince, Warner Music Group and Real Gone Music, you might wonder what there’s left to say before the big day. But you’d be wrong! We’ve scoured the list to find another 23 must-have titles hitting the vinyl racks at fine independent music stores next month. Which of these favorites are on your list? The Art of Noise, Moments in Love/Beat Box…

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Warner Music Plans Record Store Day Bonanza

March 22, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments
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Record Store Day has been an institution for a decade now, so leave it to this year’s 10th anniversary event to be one of the biggest! We’ve already shone the spotlight on releases by David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Prince, Omnivore Recordings and Legacy Recordings; now, it’s time to take a look at Warner Music’s incredibly generous lineup. Over 30 titles will be featured from the label group at independent record stores on Saturday, April 22. There’s really something for everyone: vintage 12″ singles from the likes of Madonna, Jane’s Addiction and Deee-Lite;…

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Hot Thing: Seven Prince Singles Coming for Record Store Day

March 22, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 7 Comments
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As faithful Prince fans await more detail about this summer’s long-anticipated Purple Rain reissue, a group of Prince vinyl titles will arrive in stores for Record Store Day, a year and a day after his passing. Seven singles from The Artist’s near-unstoppable run of hits in the ’80s will be represented. Six are “RSD-First” titles, to be made available to general retail in the future, while one highly-collectible picture disc from Prince’s early chart run is coming back just for the 10th annual event on Saturday, April 22. Exclusive to the RSD…

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All Together Now: Springsteen, Hendrix, Nilsson, Mathis, Cash Headline Legacy’s Record Store Day Slate

March 21, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
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Record Store Day is turning 10 years old on Saturday, April 22, and Legacy Recordings isn’t one to miss out on the fun!  The Legacy team has unveiled more than 20 exclusive releases on 7- and 12-inch vinyl that will be available at your local independent record retailer.  Many of the label’s heaviest hitters and longtime favorites are represented here – including Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Mathis, Ben Folds, Santana, and The Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson.  Legacy is also using RSD to introduce a new brand, Certified Classics, celebrating…

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It’s a Great Soundtrack, Charlie Brown! Kritzerland Premieres Score by Guaraldi, McKuen

March 17, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments
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For nearly 50 years, getting the complete score to 1969’s animated feature A Boy Named Charlie Brown was as fruitless as kicking a football held by Lucy Van Pelt. Kritzerland’s newest album changes all that, offering Vince Guaraldi and John Scott Trotter’s score and Rod McKuen’s songs as they appeared in the film for the very first time. A Boy Named Charlie Brown found producer Lee Mendelson and director Bill Melendez teaming up again to bring Charles M. Schulz’s beloved Peanuts comic strip to animated life, after a host of instant classic…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 17

March 17, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
Zombies Odessey and Oracle 50th

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Zombies, Odessey and Oracle: 50th Anniversary Edition (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) It’s the time of the season!  Varese has a new edition of The Zombies’ 1968 classic, freshly remastered at d2 Mastering and with seven bonus tracks as well as new liner notes by co-producer Andrew Sandoval and rare photographs.  The bonuses comprise the mono mix of “I’ll Call You Mine” and “I Want Her She Wants Me;” alternate takes and mixes of “Care of Cell 44;” a version…

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Into the Flood Again: Legacy To Release 25th Anniversary Edition of “Singles” with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Paul Westerberg

March 16, 2017 by Randy Fairman | No Comments
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In 2000, writer/director Cameron Crowe dug into his personal memories as a writer for Rolling Stone for Almost Famous, the story of a reporter on tour with the fictional band Stillwater.  The film would garner great critical acclaim, winning a Golden Globe for Best Film – Musical or Comedy and winning the Academy Award for Best Screenplay.  The soundtrack album would win a Grammy.  But this was certainly not Crowe’s first film to include the music industry nor his first to have a prominent soundtrack album.  Released in 1992, Singles took place…

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Journey Back to Prydain: Bernstein, Williams, Poledouris Scores Announced by Varese Sarabande

March 14, 2017 by Mike Duquette | No Comments
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Varese Sarabande Records has quite the bounty of soundtrack CD club releases this spring, announcing two stellar deluxe editions and reissuing a favorite album on disc. First up, a double-header for John Williams fans: his 1990 score to the romantic drama Stanley & Iris and the premiere release of his score to 1972’s Pete ‘N’ Tillie. Stanley & Iris starred Robert De Niro and Jane Fonda as two struggling coworkers in a baking factory–she struggles to make ends meet with her extended family and no husband, he takes care of his ailing…

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Neal, Meet Neil: Varese Premieres Hefti’s Scores to Simon’s “Barefoot,” “Odd Couple”

March 9, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments
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If there’s a sound associated with playwright Neil Simon, it’s that of laughter.  And if it’s a musical sound, it’s the sound of Neal Hefti.  The late composer (1922-2008) created the memorable theme that introduced The Odd Couple to the big screen in 1968, and has been subsequently heard on television in 1970, and once again today in a small-screen revival.  Varese Sarabande’s We Hear You series has recently offered a tale of two Neil/Neals with the world premiere releases on CD of the original soundtrack recordings by Hefti to Simon’s The…

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Hitting The Road: Kritzerland Offers World Premiere of Mancini’s Original “Two for the Road”

March 3, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment
Two for the Road OST

With its most recent release, the Kritzerland label has one for the books…Two for the Road.  The soundtrack specialists are now accepting pre-orders for the world premiere release of Henry Mancini’s original score as heard in the 1967 film classic.  As Mancini fans and collectors know, it was the composer’s practice to re-record his scores for pop-friendly (and indeed, quite popular) LPs on the RCA Victor label.  This release from Kritzerland marks the first appearance anywhere outside of the film of Mancini’s complete, original score. Mancini scored four films for Audrey Hepburn…

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John Williams and Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection

March 1, 2017 by Joe Marchese
John Williams and Steven Spielberg Ultimate

This 3-CD/1-DVD set brings together two previously released albums celebrating the legendary 40+ partnership of director and composer (1991’s The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration and 1995’s Williams on Williams: The Classic Spielberg Scores) and adds a newly-recorded third volume entitled The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Part III.  A newly filmed documentary, Steven Spielberg & John Williams: The Adventure Continues, rounds out the package on DVD.

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Over The Moon: Masterworks Celebrates Steven Spielberg and John Williams On New Box

February 17, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

For over 40 years, the names of director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams have been inextricably linked.  Since 1973’s The Sugarland Express on which they first worked together, only two Spielberg pictures have not featured a score by Williams (1985’s The Color Purple and 2015’s Bridge of Spies).  On March 17, Sony Masterworks will celebrate the enduring collaboration of these two titanic talents with the release of John Williams and Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection.  This 3-CD/1-DVD set brings together two previously released albums, 1991’s The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration and 1995’s Williams…

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Let’s Go Crazy! Prince Comes to Streaming, “Purple Rain” Reissue Due in June

February 12, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

Dearly beloved, we R gathered here 2day to announce that Prince’s classic Warner Bros. Records catalogue is finally back on streaming services. As previously expected, 18 studio albums, six compilations and a handful of digital singles and EPs are available on Spotify, with all platforms expected to feature the offering by the 5 p.m. Pacific start time of the 59th annual Grammy Awards. But that’s not all: in a press release, Warner Bros. announced the first details of the long-awaited deluxe edition of Purple Rain, now due in stores June 9 (two days…

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WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! “THE GREATEST” CD GIVEAWAY!

February 7, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments
Muhammad Ali The Greatest

Congratulations!!  The following 10 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage’s brand-new CD reissue of the soundtrack to The Greatest on CD!  If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address!  If you entered via email, you don’t have to do anything – your CD will be in the mail soon! Watch this space soon for more exciting giveaways! The winners are: PETER GLADUE ROB GOODMAN…

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Three “Mad Max” Scores Head to Vinyl From Varese

February 6, 2017 by Mike Duquette | No Comments
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Varese Sarabande is releasing a special limited package collecting the soundtracks to George Miller’s original Mad Max trilogy on vinyl. Miller’s dystopian sci-fi tales followed the rogue cop Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson, in his first breakout role) as he navigated the scorching Australian outback after an energy crisis and nuclear war has thrown society into chaos. In 1979’s Mad Max, Miller’s first film, Max fought a gang of motorbiking thugs led by the vicious Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) at cost of his wife and child. Follow-up Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)…

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 3

February 3, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments
Lesley Gore Love Me By Name

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring Second Disc Records’ first release of the year plus another incredible slate from Real Gone Music, box sets, anthologies, and more! Various Artists, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are tipping off 2017 with the first-ever CD release of Thom Bell’s soulful soundtrack to 1979’s The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, featuring an all-star line-up including The Four Tops, The Spinners, Bell and James,…

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Thom Bell! The Spinners! The Four Tops! Loretta Lynn! It’s “THE FISH”! Coming TOMORROW!

February 2, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

Here at Second Disc HQ, tomorrow is the biggest day of basketball season – because tomorrow is when we’re unveiling Second Disc Records’ first release of the year!  Thom Bell’s soulful, all-star soundtrack to The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh – featuring The Spinners, The Four Tops, Loretta Lynn, Phyllis Hyman, Doc Severinsen, Eubie Blake, and more – arrives from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music for the very first time in a newly expanded, freshly remastered edition!  Trust us: this is one R&B release primed to get you on the basketball court…or…

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Stop The World! Cherry Red’s él Label Reissues Anthony Newley, Peter Sellers, John Barry, José Feliciano, More

January 31, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
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Cherry Red’s él imprint had a busy 2016, most recently with a number of titles from Anita Kerr including We Dig Anita! and box sets dedicated to her recordings with The Anita Kerr Singers and The San Sebastian Strings.  We’ve already filled you in on most of the imprint’s titles from last year, but here are some nice things you might have missed from the él catalogue, many of which have been drawn from the vaults of Ember Records. John Barry Plays 007 and Other ’60s Themes for Film, Television and Radio (Amazon U.S….

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CONTEST EXTENDED! ENTER NOW to WIN Muhammad Ali’s “The Greatest” Featuring George Benson, Michael Masser

January 30, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
Muhammad Ali The Greatest

When Muhammad Ali died on June 3, 2016 at the age of 74, his immortality had already been long guaranteed.  President Barack Obama summed up the feelings of many when he proclaimed, “Muhammad Ali was America.  He will always be America.  What a man.  What a spirit.  What a joyous, mighty champion.”  It was no accident that history’s only three-time lineal heavyweight champion, the man born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., was nicknamed “The Greatest.”  That moniker also was used for the title of the champ’s 1975 memoir and its 1977 Columbia Pictures…

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One Punch at a Time: Mondo Expands “Creed” Score On Vinyl

January 30, 2017 by Mike Duquette | No Comments
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Venerable vinyl soundtrack label Mondo is preparing a reconfigured release of one of 2015’s best soundtrack efforts: Ludwig Göransson’s score to Creed. Co-written and directed by Ryan Coogler (who wrote and directed the harrowing biopic Fruitvale Station and is working on co-writing and directing Black Panther for Marvel Studios), Creed is a stunning update and continuation of the Rocky series–this time told through the eyes of Adonis Johnson, the out-of-wedlock son of former heavyweight champion Apollo Creed (portrayed by Carl Weathers in the first four Rocky films). Donnie was born after Creed…

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Tales From The Crypt Presents Demon Knight

January 24, 2017 by Joe Marchese
Demon Knight OST

The high-octane soundtrack to 1995’s film Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight featured heavy metal bands like Pantera and Megadeth.  The album was released on CD worldwide, but the vinyl edition only came out in Europe.  Real Gone brings it to “demon eye” green vinyl for this new edition, limited to 400 copies.

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WIN! WIN! WIN! Muhammad Ali’s “The Greatest” Featuring George Benson, Michael Masser

January 23, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
Muhammad Ali The Greatest

When Muhammad Ali died on June 3, 2016 at the age of 74, his immortality had already been long guaranteed.  President Barack Obama summed up the feelings of many when he proclaimed, “Muhammad Ali was America.  He will always be America.  What a man.  What a spirit.  What a joyous, mighty champion.”  It was no accident that history’s only three-time lineal heavyweight champion, the man born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., was nicknamed “The Greatest.”  That moniker also was used for the title of the champ’s 1975 memoir and its 1977 Columbia Pictures…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 20

January 20, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
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Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, The Grateful Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Rhino) 2-CD (Original Album and Bonus Disc): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Picture Disc (Original Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Grateful Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition presents the original 1967 album on Disc 1 and an unreleased concert from July 29, 1966 in Vancouver, Canada on Disc 2.  The first disc has been remastered from the original tapes by David Glasser and restored via Plangent Processes (a tape transfer technique which has been used on other…

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Groovin’ Down A Crowded Avenue: Real Gone March Slate Features The Rascals, Southside Johnny, Artful Dodger, Ann-Margret

January 18, 2017 by Randy Fairman | 13 Comments
Ann Margret Definitive Collection

Official word has just come out about Real Gone’s titles for March and, as usual, the line-up boasts an eclectic group of releases including a number of comprehensive double-CD sets! First up is a compilation featuring liner notes from our very own Joe Marchese.  The Definitive Collection from Ann-Margret features 30 of the flame-haired singer/actress’s songs from her 1961-1966 tenure on RCA Records and includes standards, pop, soundtrack recordings and collaborations with Al Hirt and Elvis Presley.  (This title was previously issued as a digital-only entry in Sony’s Essential series.) Next up are…

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It’s Too Late To Stop Now: Ted’s Year in Review, And A Look Ahead

January 11, 2017 by Ted Frank | 5 Comments
Van Morrison Its Too Late to Stop Now Volumes II

In the early days of the New Year, we’ve announced our annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards, and have also shared Mike’s selections for the Reissues of the Year!  Today, Ted takes a turn with a look at his own, wide-ranging personal music diary, or Best of 2016 – plus a look at what he’s most anticipating in the months to come!  We hope you’ll discover a favorite of your own!  You’ll find selected links below for further reading. 2016 was a richly diverse year for music.  But before taking a look at the…

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