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Hey! Ho! Let's Go! Rhino Boxes Ramones Albums in Atmos on "1-2-3-4!"

By Joe Marchese | June 27, 2025 | 5 Comments

Gabba gabba hey!  Today, Rhino has unveiled a new box set bringing Ramones into a new frontier: that of immersive audio.  1!2!3!4! The Ramones Atmos Collection brings Queens' favorite band into the realm of Dolby Atmos with new immersive mixes of their first four albums on Blu-ray Audio: 1976's Ramones; 1977's Leave Home and Rocket […]

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Tracks II

Release Round-Up: Week of June 27

By The Second Disc | June 27, 2025 | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Bruce Springsteen, Tracks II: The Lost Albums 1983-2018 (Columbia/Legacy) 7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Lost and Found: Selections from the Lost Albums (Columbia/Legacy) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon […]

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Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Singles 2

Disco Connection: Ace Releases Isaac Hayes' "Hot Buttered Singles Volume 2"

By Joe Marchese | June 26, 2025 | 0 Comments

Last year, Ace released the first of a two-volume series collecting Isaac Hayes' single sides for the Stax label and his own Hot Buttered Soul imprint of ABC Records.  As Hayes was known for his epic productions, the shorter single edits offered a very different listening experience than the full album tracks.  Earlier this year, […]

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Van Halen Balance expanded

That's What Makes Us Humans Being: Van Halen's 'Balance' Set for Deluxe Edition

By Mike Duquette | June 25, 2025 | 5 Comments

Van Halen's catalogue is attaining further Balance with an expanded edition of the band's final album recorded with second lead singer Sammy Hagar. The band's 10th studio album, released in 1995, will be reissued August 15 as a 2CD/2LP/Blu-ray set offering the remaster featured in 2023 box set The Collection II, three studio rarities, eight unreleased live […]

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Joni Mitchell Joni's Jazz

Impossible Dreamer: Joni Mitchell Collects "Joni's Jazz" on New Box Set

By Joe Marchese | June 25, 2025 | 1 Comment

What is jazz?  The question has been debated often, but now we know how Joni Mitchell might answer.  On September 5, the legendary singer-songwriter's Archives series continues with its first themed compilation, appropriately entitled Joni's Jazz.  These 61 selections - available on 4 CDs or 8 LPs - draw from nearly every core album in […]

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Colour My World: Petula Clark's Complete 1974 Royal Albert Hall Concert Comes to CD

By Joe Marchese | March 30, 2020 | 13 Comments
Petula Clark Royal Albert Hall

When you're alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go downtown... When Petula Clark first sang those words by Tony Hatch back in 1964, it's highly doubtful that she - or anybody else - could have predicted the COVID-19 crisis which we're all currently experiencing. But the warm, inviting, and reassuring sentiment […]

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Bob Dylan Releases New Song, "Murder Most Foul"

By The Second Disc | March 27, 2020 | 5 Comments
Bob Dylan Murder Most Foul single

Bob Dylan surprised fans early this morning with a never-before-heard song.  "Murder Most Foul" is a dense, epic examination of America as only Dylan could craft, loaded with unforgettable imagery and unexpected pop culture imagery.  "Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years," the songwriter offered.  […]

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 27

By The Second Disc | March 27, 2020 | 5 Comments
DonnaSummer Encore pl

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Donna Summer, Encore (Crimson Productions) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The ultimate Donna Summer box set, Encore bring together the late superstar's complete albums on 33 CDs, including 8 discs of 7″ and 12″ mixes, single edits, non-album cuts, and other rarities. It totals a staggering […]

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The Spirit Of Radio: Rush's 'Permanent Waves' To Be Expanded On CD, Vinyl

By Joe Marchese | March 26, 2020 | 1 Comment
Rush Permanent Waves SDE

The January 1980 release of Rush's Permanent Waves marked a breakthrough for the band. The album became Rush's most successful to that point, reaching the top five of the album charts in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. It also represented a shift towards more compact, radio-friendly songs while still honoring the group's progressive roots. On […]

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Mojo Rising: Manifesto Collects Irreverent Roots-Rock of Mojo Nixon on New Box Set

By Joe Marchese | March 26, 2020 | 1 Comment
Mojo Nixon The Mojo Manifesto

BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM Manifesto Records has a new box set that's positively Bo-Day-Shus!!! It's The Mojo Manifesto: The Original Album Collection from cult psychobilly rocker Mojo Nixon. The 10CD/1DVD collection has all of Nixon's solo albums (and early collaborations with Skid Roper) as originally released between 1985 and 2009 along with a bonus DVD […]

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Nothing But Mammals: Bloodhound Gang's Breakthrough Gets Vinyl, Digital Reissue

By The Second Disc | March 25, 2020 | 0 Comments
Bloodhound Gang Hooray for Boobies

Irreverence was always the name of the game for The Bloodhound Gang. The Beastie Boys-inspired group took off with the rise of the alternative rock format, making appearances with Howard Stern, Ricki Lake, and Jenny McCarthy, and signing with major label Geffen Records. This Friday, the group's Geffen long-player Hooray for Boobies will see a […]

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Something To Hold On To: Trevor Rabin's Complete Solo Albums Collected on "Changes"

By Sam Stone | March 25, 2020 | 4 Comments
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The multi-hyphenate  guitarist, keyboardist, singer, songwriter, and producer Trevor Rabin has garnered a reputation for his groundbreaking work in rock and in soundtrack music.  After getting his start in the successful South African pop group Rabbitt, Rabin broke away on his own with a trio of well-received solo albums and began a career as a […]

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Review: Matt Monro, "Stranger in Paradise: The Lost New York Sessions"

By Joe Marchese | March 24, 2020 | 1 Comment
MattMonro StrangerinParadise

After years of exhaustively mining the late singer's catalogue for a series of definitive releases, the Matt Monro estate has turned up a new chest of buried treasure - and it's a collection that's both required listening for longtime fans and an ideal introduction for new ones. Stranger in Paradise: The Lost New York Sessions […]

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Cherry Red Round-Up: Label Delivers Definitive Reissues of Everly Brothers, Renaissance, and Jim Capaldi Classics

By Sam Stone | March 23, 2020 | 3 Comments
EVERLY BROS

Cherry Red has proven once again that between all their subsidiary labels, they are a haven for diverse and excellent reissues.  In the past few months, their RPM label has announced an extensive, 3-CD collection of The Everly Brothers' genre-expanding mid-'60s recordings, while Esoteric is set to release a 4-CD reissue of Renaissance's Turn of […]

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In Memoriam: Kenny Rogers (1938-2020)

By Joe Marchese | March 21, 2020 | 12 Comments
Kenny Rogers Share Your Love

Last evening, American popular song lost one of its most resonant and reassuring voices when Kenny Rogers died peacefully of natural causes at the age of 81. Rogers' recording career spanned seven decades, from his early singles in the 1950s through his final studio album, 2015's Once Again It's Christmas. He sold over 100 million […]

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