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John Raitt Songs of the Open Road

Hey There: Stage Door Expands John Raitt's "Songs of the Open Road"

By Joe Marchese | May 14, 2025 | 0 Comments

Back in May 2020, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Stage Door Records brought some much-needed sunshine with an Original Album Series volume for Broadway baritone John Raitt (1917-2005).  The 2CD volume collected Raitt's four LPs originally released between 1955 and 1960 on the Capitol and Warner Bros. labels; now, Stage Door has […]

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Scaffold Box of Scaffold

Thank U Very Much: Cherry Red, Esoteric Release Comprehensive "Box of Scaffold"

By Joe Marchese | May 13, 2025 | 1 Comment

A poet, a comic, and a musician walk into a room... The Scaffold was hardly an ordinary band.  In fact, it wasn't a band at all.  Yet Roger McGough, John Gorman, and Mike McGear (a.k.a. McCartney, a.k.a. Paul's younger brother) of Liverpool released singles on Parlophone produced by Sir George Martin, had a chart-topping hit, […]

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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 […]

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WAR Why Can't We Be Friends

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

By Joe Marchese | May 12, 2025 | 2 Comments

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 […]

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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 […]

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Down to the Wire: HAIM Celebrate 10 Years of Debut with Expanded Reissue

By Mike Duquette | July 12, 2023 | 1 Comment
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A decade after sister pop/rock trio HAIM became darlings of the music world with a lauded debut album, they'll revisit the record with a newly expanded edition in the fall. Days Are Gone - the sleek first volume from the group, will be reissued September 29 with a bonus disc of B-sides and remixes from […]

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Got a Hold on Me: Christine McVie's Solo Works Returning to Print

By Mike Duquette | July 12, 2023 | 3 Comments
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The loss of longtime Fleetwood Mac keyboardist Christine McVie last year remains deeply felt by fans of the long-running group's unbeatable pop/rock songs. Today, on what would have been her 80th birthday, Rhino Records is releasing unheard music by (and in tribute to) her, with plans to reissue two of her solo albums this fall. […]

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Break on Through: The Doors Re-Enter The Matrix in Restored Live Set

By Mike Duquette | July 12, 2023 | 8 Comments
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One of the most legendary live recordings from The Doors is finally coming out in its most definitive form. Live At The Matrix 1967: The Original Masters, due September 8, is the last word on the group's pivotal dates at the San Francisco club The Matrix - among the earliest concert recordings of the group. […]

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Soundtrack Watch: Summer Releases from Horner, Goldsmith, Silvestri, 'Star Trek' and More

By Mike Duquette | July 11, 2023 | 1 Comment
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June and July have brought with them a bonanza of archival soundtrack titles from three of the major film score reissue labels, covering some of the biggest names in the genre as well. Here's a rundown at the latest from Intrada, Varese Sarabande and La-La Land Records! Intrada recently filled a gap in the work […]

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A Thing Called Love: The Darkness Ask for 'Permission to Land...Again' in Deluxe Edition of Debut

By Mike Duquette | July 10, 2023 | 3 Comments
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It might've been the last thing anyone expected to hear on the radio in 2003: a swaggering rock tune with faux-operatic vocals and a guitar tone reminiscent of Queen's Brian May. Was it some lost outtake from the '70s? No: it was the seriously fun "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," which heralded one […]

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Review: Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, "Working Our Way Back to You: The Ultimate Collection"

By Joe Marchese | July 10, 2023 | 21 Comments
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I Can't Give You Anything But Love On Monday, June 26, Frankie Valli walked down the aisle in Las Vegas with his longtime girlfriend Jackie Jacobs.  This October, he'll take the stage at the city's Westgate Resort and Casino to begin a yearlong residency at the hotel, during which time he'll turn 90 years young.  […]

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The Weekend Stream: July 8, 2023

By Mike Duquette | July 8, 2023 | 2 Comments
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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. From Prince's vault to a classic Talking Heads live performance and rarities from Doris Day and Duke Ellington, you've got plenty to […]

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The Way of the Sword: Real Gone's July Releases Include Vinyl Debuts of "The Last Samurai," Ill Biskits, and Owsley

By Randy Fairman | July 7, 2023 | 0 Comments
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In addition to Real Gone's Music and Second Disc Records' reissue of the soundtrack to The Flasher by Pool-Pah and songwriter-arranger Rupert Holmes, Real Gone also has three other titles hitting store shelves today.  All three hail from the 1990s or 2000s and all are making their vinyl debuts. First up is the only album […]

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 7

By The Second Disc | July 7, 2023 | 3 Comments
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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Pool-Pah, The Flasher: Original Soundtrack Recording (Real Gone/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music celebrate 50 years of the best album you've never heard: Pool-Pah's The Flasher.  In 1973, the sexual revolution was […]

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Tear It Up: Iconoclassic Reissues Two Rock-and-Roll Gems from Billy Burnette

By Joe Marchese | July 6, 2023 | 0 Comments
Billy Burnette

Last autumn, Iconoclassic Records brought Rocky Burnette's 1979 solo debut The Son of Rock and Roll to CD.  Tomorrow, July 7, the label is turning its attention to Rocky's cousin Billy Burnette for another pair of CD premieres. The son of Dorsey Burnette - a veteran artist with recording credits at Imperial, Dot, Motown, Reprise, […]

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