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Come Up and See Me: Steve Harley's 'Best Years' Revisited in 2CD/DVD Box Set

By Mike Duquette | May 5, 2025 | 0 Comments

One of the best-loved British albums of the mid-'70s will be revisited this summer with a fresh new mix and a host of bonus material: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's The Best Years of Our Lives. Previously released as a 4CD/DVD set, Chrysalis' new 2CD/DVD, available June 20, shuffles things around a bit. The original nine-track […]

Mondo Maestro: New John Williams Box Set Series Announced, Plus 'Star Wars' Re-Recordings on Vinyl

By Mike Duquette | May 5, 2025 | 1 Comment

With yesterday being "May the Fourth" and an informal day of celebration for Star Wars fans (even though "orthodox" fans might recognize the original film's release date, May 25, as a holiday of its own!), the time is right to plan a few music reissues related to the film - and one exciting, ambitious new announcement […]

The Weekend Stream: May 3, 2025

By The Second Disc | May 3, 2025 | 0 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. We've got a real party mix for you this week: alt-rock, soft rock, classic rock (in Spanish!), post-hardcore, funk, Barbra Streisand - you name it, we're spinning it! R.E.M., Radio Free Europe […]

Release Round-Up: Week of May 2

By The Second Disc | May 2, 2025 | 2 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. Pink Floyd, At Pompeii (Pink Floyd/Legacy) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada More than half a century after its release, Pink […]

Eric Burdon and WAR Complete CD Collection

Review: Eric Burdon and WAR, "The Complete CD Collection"

By Joe Marchese | May 1, 2025 | 0 Comments

With the recent release of WAR's Why Can't We Be Friends? as an expanded edition for Record Store Day (with a CD edition to follow - links still aren't active), TSD has given a spin to Rhino's most recent WAR CD release: The Complete CD Collection from Eric Burdon & WAR. "Peace and love was […]

In the Mood for Love: Cherry Red Collects Early Blossom Dearie in New Box Set

By Joe Marchese | May 2, 2019 | 3 Comments

This past weekend - April 28, to be exact - would have marked the 95th birthday of Blossom Dearie. The singer-pianist-songwriter with the recognizably wispy, coquettish voice recorded over 30 albums for labels including Verve, Capitol, and Fontana, and collaborated with talents including Johnny Mercer, Michel Legrand, and Bob Dorough. Cherry Red's El label has […]

Salt of the Earth: ABKCO Revisits "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" With Expanded Deluxe Sets

By Sam Stone | May 1, 2019 | 4 Comments

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is one of those great time capsules of the rock and roll era. Filmed at the Intertel TV Studio in Wembley on December 11, 1968 and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the movie was part rock show and part sideshow. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus featured the […]

Changing My Tune: Kritzerland Reissues, Remasters Classic Gershwin, Coward Tributes

By Joe Marchese | April 30, 2019 | 2 Comments

Kritzerland is continuing its long-running series of reissues drawn from Ben Bagley's Painted Smiles archives. The label has just announced new editions of the long out-of-print George Gershwin Revisited and Noel Coward Revisited. George Gershwin Revisited remains one of the starriest releases in the Revisited series, featuring Barbara Cook, Elaine Stritch, Bobby Short, and Anthony […]

Nils Lofgren Celebrates Old Friend Reed with "Blue for Lou"

By Joe Marchese | April 30, 2019 | 0 Comments

The pairing of Nils Lofgren and Lou Reed may have seemed an unlikely one; for one thing, neither gentleman needed much help from anyone else as a songwriter. But the pair's brief collaboration yielded a full album's worth of songs - 13 total - which would be doled out between the artists on Lofgren's A&M […]

It Shall Be Released: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue Revived On New Box Set, Netflix Film

By Joe Marchese | April 30, 2019 | 3 Comments

Fourteen years after his seminal documentary No Direction Home, director Martin Scorsese is returning to the life and music of Bob Dylan with a new concert film celebrating one of the Bard of Hibbing's most electrifying tours. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese debuts June 12 on Netflix. The new film […]

Avengers Assemble: Mondo To Release Limited-Edition Vinyl LPs of All 22 Marvel Cinematic Universe Scores Starting with "Ant-Man and The Wasp"

By Randy Fairman | April 29, 2019 | 2 Comments

This past weekend, Avengers: Endgame broke numerous box office records by taking in $1.2 billion at the global box office. The release became an event as millions of people flocked to movie theaters to see the culmination of the previous 21 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As with any film release this large, there […]

Don't Be Denied: Rare Neil Young and Stray Gators Set Documented on "Tuscaloosa"

By Sam Stone | April 29, 2019 | 2 Comments

Neil Young has been hard at work. It was recently announced that he and Crazy Horse had entered the studio and Young has written that they've got 8 tracks in the can. But for as much as Neil enjoys looking forward, he's also spent considerable time curating his legacy. The now near-mythical Archives Vol. 2 […]

The Wayfarer: Bruce Springsteen Returns With New Long-Player, "Western Stars"

By Sam Stone | April 26, 2019 | 3 Comments

Yesterday, Bruce Springsteen announced the release of his highly anticipated new solo album, Western Stars, which marks his first studio work since High Hopes in 2014. Due on June 14 from Columbia, Western Stars marks a return to "character driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangement[s]," as Springsteen described it in a statement. According to […]

To the Valley Below: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue Celebrated With Documentary and Box Set

By Sam Stone | April 26, 2019 | 14 Comments

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Preliminary details have begun to emerge about an upcoming multi-disc box set and Martin Scorsese-directed Netflix documentary celebrating the 1975 leg of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour. As first reported in Variety, Dylan's legendary tour will be commemorated on June 7 with a 14-CD, 148-track live box set. The mammoth collection brings together all […]

Release Round-Up: Week of April 26

By The Second Disc | April 26, 2019 | 0 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Ultimate Rave (Legacy/NPG) Ultimate Rave (2-CD/1-DVD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new […]

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