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Make It Fast, Make It Urgent: Foreigner Add More to '4'

By Mike Duquette | July 2, 2025 | 0 Comments

Foreigner is bringing 4 to the fore with a new deluxe box set devoted to their blockbuster fourth album. Available September 12, this new edition of 4 will include a new remix of the original 1981 album and three discs of unreleased material, including studio outtakes, unheard songs from the recording sessions, instrumental mixes and selections from […]

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Anyway, Here's a Deluxe Edition: Oasis' 'Morning Glory' Gets Reissued

By Mike Duquette | July 2, 2025 | 1 Comment

We're days away from Oasis' unimaginable reunion tour kickoff - and we're at least getting some new reissue out of the whole thing. The British rock icons will offer a slightly expanded edition of 1995's (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, pairing a 2014 remaster of the album (which initially came with additional bonus material) with […]

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Inside Out: Phil Collins Plans 40th Anniversary Vinyl Box, Blu-ray Audio for 'No Jacket Required'

By Mike Duquette | July 2, 2025 | 4 Comments

Phil Collins is taking his Jacket to the cleaners and coming back with a whole new cut. Following a similar recent deluxe set for Both Sides, the Genesis drummer/singer's most commercially successful solo album, 1985's No Jacket Required, is being revisited for its 40th anniversary in two new formats. There's a new "Fully Tailored" 4LP set that offers […]

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Baby I'm-A Want You: Elektra Celebrates 75 Years with Monthlong Initiative

By Joe Marchese | July 2, 2025 | 4 Comments

Jac Holzman was still in college when he and pal Paul Rickolt each chipped in three hundred bucks to start a record company.  That label, Elektra Records - so named for Greek mythology's daughter of Atlas and Pleione, but with the "c" swapped out for a "k" - inaugurated its catalogue with the simply-titled New […]

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Party on the Patio: ZZ Top Doubleback on New Limited Vinyl Box from Rhino High Fidelity

By Mike Duquette | July 1, 2025 | 0 Comments

ZZ Top are revisiting their biggest hitmaking days on vinyl. From the Top (1979-1990) is a new limited 5LP box set as part of Rhino's High-Fidelity initiative, featuring new pressings of the Texas trio's most pop-friendly material: Degüello (1979), El Loco (1981), Eliminator (1983), Afterburner (1985) and Recycler (1990). (it follows a similar set issued last year.) All vinyl masters have been […]

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Twisted Sister Goes Back "Under the Blade"

By Mike Duquette | May 9, 2011 | 0 Comments
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For years, fans of Twisted Sister have rightfully complained about the less-than-ideal treatment of the band's catalogue on CD. Rhino Records, who'd have first crack at the band's output for Atlantic Records, largely stayed away even after a great 25th anniversary deluxe edition of the band's classic Stay Hungry, which yielded the metal-pop classics "I […]

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UMe Declares WAR

By Mike Duquette | May 9, 2011 | 0 Comments
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You probably knew this already, based on the presence of an ICON title for the legendary funk group WAR, but Universal Music Enterprises has acquired the rights to their back catalogue. And it looks like they may be gearing up to do some stuff with it. The label issued a press release last week in honor […]

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Another Chance to Visit Dave Grusin's "Mulholland Falls"

By Joe Marchese | May 9, 2011 | 0 Comments
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One year before Curtis Hanson made film noir hip again with LA Confidential, director Lee Tamahori and screenwriter Pete Dexter proved that there was still a lot of life in the old form.  They assembled an all-star cast led by Nick Nolte, Chazz Palminteri, Jennifer Connelly and John Malkovich for Mulholland Falls.  The production was […]

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Erasure LPs Get a Little Respect on CD/DVD Sets

By Mike Duquette | May 9, 2011 | 0 Comments
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It wasn't easy for Vince Clarke when he set out to form his latest project in 1986. The synth-playing songwriter had a lengthy amount of credits to his name in the previous five years, including the first album by Depeche Mode (of which he was a founding member), two albums with singer Alison Moyet as […]

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Weekend News Round-Up: Doobies, Peter Gabriel, Stax and Kansas

By Mike Duquette | May 7, 2011 | 0 Comments
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It was such a busy week that reporting has spilled over into the weekend! Enjoy these tidbits from around the rest of the catalogue music world. Eagle Rock is releasing a vintage live CD/DVD by The Doobie Brothers, from their 1982 farewell tour. Live at the Greek 1982 sees a lineup that included sole original member […]

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Are You Hangin' on the Edge of Your Seat? Second Round of Queen Remasters Have Track Lists

By Mike Duquette | May 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

With all the excitement in and out of Second Disc HQ, we couldn't dare let the revelation of confirmed bonus content on the second wave of Queen reissues pass you by. The track lists for each bonus EP for the next batch of remasters - News of the World, Jazz, The Game, Flash Gordon and Hot […]

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UPDATE: REO Speedwagon Will Keep on Loving You

By Joe Marchese | May 6, 2011 | 0 Comments
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  Way back in July 2010, we reported on some rumblings of an expanded reissue of REO Speedwagon's 1980 Hi Infidelity.  Better late than never! Thanks to the good people at MusicTAP for passing along the long-awaited news!   The 30th Anniversary Edition of the nine-times-platinum album which spawned "Keep On Loving You" and "Take It on the Run"  […]

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Wainwright Family Tree: Anna and Kate McGarrigle, Reissued and Expanded

By Joe Marchese | May 6, 2011 | 0 Comments
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When Kate McGarrigle succumbed to cancer in February 2010, the music world lost one of its brightest lights.  The wife of Loudon Wainwright III and mother of Rufus Wainwright, Kate proved herself a keen observer of the world as both a songwriter and a performer, most often with her older sister Anna.  The very same […]

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Dionne Warwick "Playlist" Includes CD Debut of Isaac Hayes Duet

By Joe Marchese | May 5, 2011 | 0 Comments
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A couple of weeks back, Mike filled you in on the track listings for Sony's upcoming slate of Playlist releases.  This eclectic bunch - including Muddy Waters, Dave Brubeck, Janis Ian and the Psychedelic Furs - hits stores next week on May 10.  Only one title's track listing proved elusive, and now we can reveal […]

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This Charming Man: Artists on Their Reissues

By Mike Duquette | May 5, 2011 | 0 Comments
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vHere's some food for thought regarding a trend that seems to be popping up here and there on the reissue front. One can never expect Morrissey to shy away from expressing his opinion on anything, and he won't let anything - even the sake of his relationships on the catalogue side of things. The mercurial […]

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