Some have said, "It's Frank's world. We just live in it." And today at The Second Disc, we're in Frank's world. We'll soon bring you a review of Concord's Frank Sinatra - Count Basie: The Complete Studio Recordings, but first comes news of an upcoming anthology that's the first of its kind. Sinatra's Best of […]
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Five years after Hip-o Select's first exhaustive volume of James Brown's complete singles discography was committed to compact disc (and, incidentally, two decades after the Star Time box set first attempted a definitive overview of Brown's greatest musical moments on the format), the announcement of the 11th volume of the set brings the series to a […]
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Mick Jagger has been hitting the promotion trail to hype his upcoming SuperHeavy album (a group consisting of Jagger, Joss Stone, Damian Marley, Dave Stewart and A.R. Rahman) which is due in stores on September 20. But the moonlighting Rolling Stones frontman let slip the news of a deluxe edition of the band's 1978 classic […]
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Walt Disney Records builds upon the excitement of the forthcoming Blu-Ray release (and 3-D theatrical reissue) of the studio's classic The Lion King by releasing a new compilation, available now, in honor of the timeless film. Anyone with a shred of doubt in The Walt Disney Company's ability to turn out great animated features after Disney's […]
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"The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again." That poem, reportedly written by Jimi Hendrix some hours before his death, has added to the guitarist’s mystique over the years, but as usual, the restless musician was prescient. Although his entire […]
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Ready your credit cards! Rhino has the super-exhaustive Smiths box set ready for order in the United States. As previously reported, the set is available in three distinct formats: a box set of the band's eight main albums on CD, remastered by Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and Frank Arkwright; a box of those albums on […]
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Jimi Hendrix, Winterland / Hendrix in the West / Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival / The Dick Cavett Show (Experience Hendrix/Legacy) Another wave of Hendrix catalogue titles from Legacy, all of a live nature. The Winterland set captures The Jimi Hendrix Experience's legendary run at the venue of the same name over four discs (or […]
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UPDATE (9/13): The order links and track lists for the new reissues are after the jump. Original post: Intrada's recent expanded reissue of Jerry Goldsmith's score to Explorers was just the tip of the iceberg for fans of the composer: La-La Land's release slate for this week will feature not one buttwo scores from the pen of the venerable […]
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It was nearly one year ago to the day – September 13, 2010 – that The Second Disc brought you news of four exciting collections planned from Collectors’ Choice Music: Complete Singles collections from beloved sixties gals Petula Clark, Connie Stevens, Joanie Sommers and Shelby Flint. Shortly thereafter, on October 7, news broke that the […]
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He's been called a wizard, a true star, even God. But by any name, Todd Rundgren is one of music's most enduring iconoclasts. Not merely content to rest on his early career laurels as a purveyor of top-tier AM pop ("Hello, It's Me," "I Saw the Light") the restless musician has followed his muse from […]
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