Oh my, my! Ringo Starr turned 70 on July 7 and celebrated with a concert at Radio City Music Hall and an afternoon “Peace and Love” celebration. After the breakup of The Beatles, few would have believed what a prolific career the former Richard Starkey would have; his 15th studio album, Y Not, saw release via […]
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The Zang Tuum Tumb label, which gave us some of the most experimental but accessible pop from the U.K., has been going strong all year with reissuing material from 808 State to Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Here are a few of their latest vault offerings ready to go, in case you've missed them. The synth-pop […]
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Here's a handful of blurbs that we can thank MusicTAP for bringing to our attention from Legacy Recordings: There's a date on the calendar (August 10, to be exact) saved for a 10th anniversary reissue of Modest Mouse's The Moon and Antarctica. The band's major-label debut was previously reissued in 2004 (after the mainstream success […]
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Whenever the temptation exists to get depressed about the state of the catalogue business, a reissue comes along as a reminder of a couple things. One, that good things, indeed, do come to those who wait. Two, that sooner or later most everything will see the light of day. One such reissue arrived from DRG […]
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Well, it's happening: NME is reporting that Apple Records remasters are on their way October 25. No label has been specified (recall the rumors that Rhino, not EMI, was working on these), but the albums in question have been. Cautious optimism abounds, as there hasn't been any discussion of bonus tracks or any additional material. […]
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Apparently Rhino's reissue of Chicago's debut LP in quadraphonic stereo was a success, because the label has commissioned another title for the same deluxe treatment: the 1973 compilation The Best of Aretha Franklin. This set features some of The Queen of Soul's biggest hits for Atlantic, including "Respect," "(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural […]
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The week (or post-holiday part of the week) kicks off few release notes from around the soundtrack catalogue labels. Intrada has two releases - one which celebrates another hero of the early days of the U.S.A. - and La-La Land has a two-fer dealing with the films of a biting American satirist. Intrada's releases are […]
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The Fourth of July isn’t usually a holiday known for gifts. But your humble reviewer felt as if he got a gift, and what a gift!, on July 3 when Kritzerland’s limited edition deluxe 2-CD reissue of the original cast album of Promises, Promises (KR 20015-9) arrived in the mail. As a result, much of […]
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The early 1960s could be thought of as the era of the Bobbys: Darin, Rydell, Vee. Despite rising to prominence in the unfairly-derided period between the birth of rock & roll and the British Invasion, these post-Elvis pop stars all stormed the charts and left behind great recorded legacies. Darin was a multi-faceted entertainer who […]
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We're sure readers of The Second Disc are relaxing after what was surely a delightful Fourth of July. (I know I am.) But if you've managed to pry yourself away from your back porch or grill and have a look at our humble catalogue compendium, allow yourself to consider - in honor of our country's […]
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