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Release Round-Up: Week of November 15

By The Second Disc | November 15, 2024 | 5 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today...and, with the holidays approaching, it just might be the biggest release week of the year! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. George Harrison, Living in the Material World: 50th Anniversary (Dark Horse) 2CD/2LP/1BD/1-7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon […]

Mary Chapin Carpenter Stones in the Road

The Last Word: Real Gone's First November Releases Include 30th Anniversary Edition of Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Stones In The Road" Plus Misery Signals, The Unfolding

By Randy Fairman | November 14, 2024 | 2 Comments

As usual, Real Gone's first releases in November are an eclectic bunch. The label is releasing the 30th anniversary edition of a contemporary country classic album, a psychedelic exploitation record from the 1960s, and a 20th anniversary edition of a metalcore album. Read on for more details for these releases all hitting store shelves tomorrow, […]

Try to See Things Their Way: Ace Preps 'Here, There and Everywhere,' Third Collection of Beatles Covers Through a Black Lens

By Mike Duquette | November 14, 2024 | 1 Comment

As fans prepare for the release of the new Disney+ documentary Beatles '64, chronicling The Fab Four's legendary inaugural trip to America, U.K. label Ace Records has an exciting release coming that same weekend, featuring nearly two dozen Black artists paying tribute to a series of songbooks that owed so much to soul music and […]

Almost Unreal: Roxette's Fifth Album Set for December Expansion

By Mike Duquette | November 14, 2024 | 2 Comments

Before the year is out, Swedish duo Roxette will commemorate the 30th anniversary of their fifth album, 1994's Crash! Boom! Bang!, with a demos-packed 2CD reissue. The album, which represented a slight change-up in style for the duo, featured fan favorite singles "Sleeping in My Car," "Fireworks," "Vulnerable" and the title track. This expanded edition will […]

I Just Found Out: Robert Gordon's Expanded, Remastered "Rock Billy Boogie" Arrives on Friday from 7a Records

By The Second Disc | November 13, 2024 | 2 Comments

This Friday, 7a Records celebrates a late, great rockabilly revivalist with the expanded reissue of Rock Billy Boogie from Robert Gordon on both 180-gram vinyl and CD. The 1979 album, featuring the lead guitar of Chris Spedding, marked Gordon's major label breakthrough and remains perhaps his finest (half) hour on record. Far more so than […]

Soundtrack Watch: Intrada's 'Inchon' Re-Introduction, La-La Land's Next 'Trek'

By Mike Duquette | February 13, 2024 | 0 Comments

La-La Land and Intrada are reaching into their archives for a pair of new releases out this month. Coming from La-La Land is the fourth entry of Star Trek: The Original Series - The 1701 Collection, a series of six volumes drawn from 2012's box set of music from the iconic television show. This 2CD […]

All That is Her Own: Early Nico Albums Due for CD, Vinyl Reissue in March

By Mike Duquette | February 13, 2024 | 1 Comment

Anyone who thought they had the sound of German actress/singer Nico figured out from her work on 1967's The Velvet Underground & Nico and Chelsea Girl would not have expected what she did next - chapters in a musical career that will be explored on new reissues by Domino Recording Company. On March 29, the label […]

Peace in the Valley: Barbara Mandrell's "Precious Memories" Returns to CD

By Joe Marchese | February 12, 2024 | 8 Comments

Though Barbara Mandrell retired from performing and recording in 1997, the country superstar remains beloved. In 2022, she made a rare public appearance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her induction into the Grand Ole Opry; an all-female lineup of artists including Carrie Underwood, Suzy Bogguss, Linda Davis, Connie Smith, Mandy Barnett, and CeCe Winans […]

The Weekend Stream: February 10, 2023

By Mike Duquette | February 10, 2024 | 0 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. A light release week combines three unlikely bedfellows: a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-inducted rapper, a classic pop crooner, and a hero of alternative rock. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (10th Anniversary Edition) (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope/UMe) (iTunes / […]

Play for Today: The Cure's "Paris" Returns in Expanded 30th Anniversary Edition

By The Second Disc | February 9, 2024 | 2 Comments

The Cure's 1993 double live album Paris is getting a slightly belated 30th anniversary edition courtesy of Rhino. On March 22, Paris will return in 2LP and 1CD expanded editions premiering two bonus tracks, all newly remastered by frontman Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. The black vinyl edition has been cut […]

Yes It Is: Grapefruit Collects 85 Beatles Covers on "We Can Work It Out"

By Joe Marchese | February 9, 2024 | 9 Comments

Over the years, there have been countless collections of Beatles covers. Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint threw its hat into the ring late last year with a fulsome new 3-CD set. We Can Work It Out: Covers of The Beatles 1962-1966 concentrates only on the Fab Four's first years, arranging its 85 songs in the order […]

Leave a Light On: Belinda Carlisle's Third 'Decades' Box Collects Single Mixes, B-Sides and More

By Mike Duquette | February 8, 2024 | 3 Comments

Last year, Edsel Records - the longtime custodian of The Go-Go's singer Belinda Carlisle's solo works - released the box set Decades Volume 1, a 4CD set collecting reissues of her first four studio albums: Belinda (1986), Heaven on Earth (1987), Runaway Horses (1989) and Live Your Life Be Free (1991). As all four of these had been remastered and […]

Fully Completely: The Tragically Hip's "Live at CBGB's" Arrives for Record Store Day

By The Second Disc | February 8, 2024 | 3 Comments

Canadian national treasures The Tragically Hip have been announced as the official Ambassadors for Record Store Day Canada. The event takes place on Saturday, April 20 (alongside the U.S., U.K., and other international RSDs). To commemorate the occasion - as well as 40 years of The Tragically Hip - the band will be releasing an […]

Take It 'To the Limit': New Eagles Triple Album Offers Hits, Live Cuts

By The Second Disc | February 7, 2024 | 15 Comments

Last fall, Eagles embarked on their Long Goodbye tour. While dates are currently expected to stretch into 2025 - hence the "long" part of the title - the band stated that "everything has its time, and the time has come for us to close the circle." The tour currently has gigs lined up through June […]

Pictures of Home: Rhino Revisits Deep Purple's "Machine Head" on New Super Deluxe Edition

By Joe Marchese | February 6, 2024 | 11 Comments

Deep Purple's 1972 album Machine Head remains the venerable hard rock band's most commercially successful album. The third LP from the Mk. II lineup of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice introduced one of rock's most famous riffs with "Smoke on the Water," and influenced a generation of rock and […]

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