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Leavin' Here: Motörhead's Earliest Classic Trio Recordings Unearthed

By Mike Duquette | May 12, 2025 | 0 Comments

Motörhead's 50th anniversary will be celebrated with a fascinating find: the premiere release of the first studio sessions to feature the trio's classic line-up. The Manticore Tapes, released on June 27, will offer the first studio sessions from the late summer of 1976 with the beloved line-up of singer/bassist Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, guitarist "Fast" Eddie […]

Smile Happy: WAR's "Why Can't We Be Friends?" Deluxe Box Comes to CD

By Joe Marchese | May 12, 2025 | 1 Comment

Following its release last week on vinyl for Record Store Day, the expanded 50th anniversary edition of WAR's seminal 1975 album Why Can't We Be Friends? is coming to CD and digital formats. On June 6, the 3CD box will arrive in stores via Rhino and Avenue Records. WAR's seventh album, Why Can't We Be […]

The Weekend Stream: May 10, 2025

By Mike Duquette | May 10, 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. This week, classic rock icons celebrate their live history, a modern music icon gets serious, a master of horror films (and soundtracks) revisits his first non-movie music and a former folk […]

Release Round-Up: Week of May 9

By The Second Disc | May 9, 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. Jackie DeShannon, Love Forever: Demo Recordings 1966-1968 (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Jackie DeShannon signed with Liberty Records and Metric Music in 1960 as a performer and songwriter. Her […]

No Substitute: Release of 1971 Gig by The Who Heralds Their Farewell Tour

By Mike Duquette | May 8, 2025 | 3 Comments

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend today announced that, just over 60 years since their first appearances, The Who will bid farewell this fall with The Song is Over, one final tour of North America. But the music is hardly stopping, so to speak: the group will also officially release a long sought-after live performance this summer. Available […]

Release Round-Up: Week of October 13

By The Second Disc | October 13, 2023 | 2 Comments

Music to Freak Your Friends and Break Your Lease

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Johnny Mathis, Christmas Time Is Here (Legacy/Real Gone/Second Disc) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada "Christmas Tree Green" Vinyl LP: RealGoneMusic.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada "Holly Red" Vinyl LP: BarnesandNoble.com Johnny Mathis […]

OUT TOMORROW: Johnny Mathis' All-New Christmas Album and Rod McKuen's Electronic Freakout!

By The Second Disc | October 12, 2023 | 1 Comment

Here at Second Disc HQ, tomorrow is all about the holidays! We've teamed with Real Gone Music for a pair of new releases - one looking forward to Christmas, and another that's ideal for a wild Halloween. First up is the new studio album from the legendary Voice of Romance, Johnny Mathis. His very first […]

Down the Road Apiece: ABKCO Revisits Rolling Stones' Catalogue on Vinyl as Band Preps "Hackney Diamonds"

By The Second Disc | October 11, 2023 | 15 Comments

Following the vinyl reissues earlier this year of 2016's The Rolling Stones in Mono box set and various classic albums (the U.S. editions of 1966's Aftermath and 1967's Between the Buttons, the U.S. and U.K. iterations of the 1966 compilation Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass), 1967's Flowers, and 1975's Metamorphosis), ABKCO is returning […]

A Matter of Time: 'Back to the Future' Cast Album Brings Unheard Demos from the Past

By Mike Duquette | October 11, 2023 | 0 Comments

A Back to the Future musical sounds like a crazy joke, but Broadway's biggest spectacle is arguably this new spin on the classic sci-fi comedy - and this month, just in time for a one-day theatrical reissue of the 1985 classic, its original cast recording is breaking the space-time continuum with a bonus disc of alternate […]

Merry Christmas All: SoulMusic Records, The Second Disc Team Up for The Salsoul Orchestra's Deluxe "Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition"

By The Second Disc | October 10, 2023 | 8 Comments

Salsoul Orchestra Christmas Jollies I and II Extra Jolly Edition

As a founding member of Philadelphia's MFSB, vibraphonist Vincent Montana, Jr. played on countless hits by The O'Jays, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, The Three Degrees, Billy Paul, and others. But Montana had a bigger vision: a full-fledged disco orchestra combining the soulful Philly sound with the infectious dance rhythms of Latin America. The […]

UPDATE 10/9 - Once Upon a Dream: "Disney100" Collection Comes to CD

By Joe Marchese | October 9, 2023 | 4 Comments

UPDATE 10/9: "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing: that it was all started by a mouse." Walt Disney was, of course, speaking of his enduring creation, Mickey Mouse. The character's debut in the 1928 animated short subject Steamboat Willie was indeed the watershed moment from which decades of entertainment in every […]

The Weekend Stream: October 7, 2023

By Mike Duquette | October 7, 2023 | 3 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Ahead of a three-day holiday weekend, it's all about re-imagining, from Paramore to Melissa Manchester to the disco mixes of John Luongo […]

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays: Chicago Collects "Greatest Christmas Hits"

By Joe Marchese | October 6, 2023 | 5 Comments

Does anybody really know what time it is? On November 3, the answer from Chicago will be "Christmas time," as that's the day the band releases a new collection of its happiest holiday tracks. Greatest Christmas Hits arrives on CD, vinyl, and digital formats from Rhino Records. On the same date, the label will reissue […]

Release Round-Up: Week of October 6

By The Second Disc | October 6, 2023 | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) (Asylum/Rhino) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The third volume of Joni Mitchell's remarkable Archives series continues with an exploration of […]

Here Goes: Frank Sinatra's "Platinum" Offers Retrospective of His Capitol Recordings

By Joe Marchese | October 5, 2023 | 18 Comments

70 years ago, in 1953, Frank Sinatra made the move from Columbia Records to the Capitol label. Having chafed under the direction of Columbia's pop guru Mitch Miller, the future Chairman of the Board sought - and received - creative freedom at the Tower on Hollywood and Vine. Co-founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer, Capitol provided […]

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