Influential grunge rockers Soundgarden - set to take center stage at Lollapalooza this weekend - have announced a new compilation due for a fall release. Telephantasm: A Retrospective, as it's called, will feature songs from all of the band's albums and EPs, plus a new vault track, "Black Rain," recorded during the Badmotorfinger sessions in […]
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A most excellent heads-up to readers of The Second Disc: at noon tomorrow we'll be posting our second interview. This one's done by our very own Joe Marchese, and will feature a dialogue with Bruce Kimmel. The longtime record producer/writer/director known in some circles for his catalogue work through the Kritzerland label (and in others […]
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Intrada has some great releases due this week. One is a familiar romp through '80s action territory, the other a pair of unearthed Western scores. As rumored, Intrada is bringing Alan Silvestri's score to Predator (1987) back into print. First released by Varese Sarabande in 2003, this high-powered, rhythm-heavy score is remastered from newly-discovered two-track […]
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Neil Sedaka famously proclaimed that "The Tra-La Days Are Over" as the title of his (unfortunately out-of-print) 1973 album. But thanks to Wounded Bird (as if the label hadn't announced a big enough bonanza for reissue fans already!), fans of rock and roll's golden age have another chance to enjoy Sedaka's days as king of […]
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The Complete Elvis Presley Masters. Go here. Talk below. Some reactions after the jump.
Continue ReadingIf you're one of the few dozen people who still reads Rolling Stone's Web site, the late-breaking "exclusive" that a new Michael Jackson compilation of outtakes is due in November sounds like a great bit of news. But oops! Looks like RS got beaten to the punch by a four-month-old press release. But they've got […]
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When Lee Hazlewood died in 2007 after a brave battle with cancer, music lost one of its true eccentrics. With a resonant baritone, a keen ear for a melody and a dry wit, Hazlewood was an unlikely recording star. His first long-term collaboration was with guitarist Duane Eddy, with whom he produced a string of […]
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Everybody loves a clown, so why don't you? Many did indeed love acclaimed comedian and filmmaker Jerry Lewis, but it must have been a surprise when his 20-year old son, Gary, received quite a lot of chart love in 1965. Discovered at Disneyland and signed to Liberty Records by ace producer Snuff Garrett, Gary Lewis […]
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It's been bandied about for a little bit now, but it looks like it's true: there's an Amazon listing for Bob Dylan's The Original Mono Recordings. It's an eight-disc set of the first eight Dylan LPs - his 1962 self-titled debut to 1967's John Wesley Harding in their original mono mixes (or more specifically, according […]
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Wounded Bird Records has just opened the floodgates and got a couple of interesting obscurities released or reissued on CD. There's a couple of notable names here, and at least one that looks to have bonus tracks. Hit the jump to see them all.
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