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Almost Unreal: Roxette's Fifth Album Set for December Expansion

By Mike Duquette | November 14, 2024 | 0 Comments

Before the year is out, Swedish duo Roxette will commemorate the 30th anniversary of their fifth album, 1994's Crash! Boom! Bang!, with a demos-packed 2CD reissue. The album, which represented a slight change-up in style for the duo, featured fan favorite singles "Sleeping in My Car," "Fireworks," "Vulnerable" and the title track. This expanded edition will […]

I Just Found Out: Robert Gordon's Expanded, Remastered "Rock Billy Boogie" Arrives on Friday from 7a Records

By The Second Disc | November 13, 2024 | 2 Comments

This Friday, 7a Records celebrates a late, great rockabilly revivalist with the expanded reissue of Rock Billy Boogie from Robert Gordon on both 180-gram vinyl and CD. The 1979 album, featuring the lead guitar of Chris Spedding, marked Gordon's major label breakthrough and remains perhaps his finest (half) hour on record. Far more so than […]

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Make My Wish Come True: Vinyl, Singles, SACD to Commemorate 30 Years of Mariah Carey's 'Merry Christmas'

By Mike Duquette | November 12, 2024 | 1 Comment

With the run-up to Christmas approaching full speed, the holiday's musical queen is looking to take back her crown. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Carey's Merry Christmas and its unforgettable, cross-generational hit single "All I Want for Christmas is You," the Elusive Chanteuse will deliver an expanded version of the album on vinyl, featuring material […]

Got You Where I Want You: Dwight Twilley, Max Werner Reissues Arrive This Friday from Iconoclassic

By Joe Marchese | November 12, 2024 | 2 Comments

This Friday, November 15, Iconoclassic Records will release its two latest titles - the third album in its ongoing Dwight Twilley reissue series and a long-lost gem from Kayak drummer-singer Max Werner. Twilley, the power pop hero's first solo album following two acclaimed albums with The Dwight Twilley Band, originally arrived in 1979 on Arista […]

An Ennio Morricone Score Expansion Worth 'A Few Dollars More'

By Mike Duquette | November 11, 2024 | 1 Comment

The Man with No Name is back! Following a recent deluxe expansion of Ennio Morricone's unforgettable score to Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, the Italian label Beat Records will follow suit with a generous CD and vinyl expansion of its predecessor and the second film in the "Dollars Trilogy": 1965's For a Few […]

Smooth Moves from Legacy

By Mike Duquette | January 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

Legacy Recordings has issued a press release for their upcoming Legacy Edition of Supernatural by Santana. It's going to have all the usual trimmings - namely deluxe packaging and a second disc of rarities, remixes and a handful of never-before-released tracks (including one, "Angel Love," being released as a radio single). Full specs can be seen in the link […]

Lennon Reissues to Shine On in October?

By Mike Duquette | January 15, 2010 | 0 Comments

The latest bit of reissue news around the water cooler is that John Lennon's catalog, owned by EMI, is set to get the deluxe treatment this year, likely timed around what would have been his 70th birthday on Oct. 9. It seems like a great time for EMI to do so; The Plastic Ono Band […]

News Roundup: Rhino Releases, Ray Davies and More - 1/13/2010

By Mike Duquette | January 13, 2010 | 0 Comments

Anyone worried about last year's report on the seeming demise of Rhino Entertainment can rest a little easier. Not only are they still afloat, but Rhino handmade, their specialty boutique arm, is actually offering a poll to bring back into print one of several limited edition sets. Speaking of Rhino, there are a few neat new online-only […]

At a Glance: Motown Never Can Say Goodbye to The Jackson 5

By Mike Duquette | January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment

In posts marked "At a Glance," I'm going to try to assess any particular movement among a particular artist's back catalogue. To start, here's a look at one of the most recently popular catalogue artists - Michael Jackson - as seen through his early work for Motown. It is now nearly seven months since Michael […]

Argybargy Redux? (UPDATED)

By Mike Duquette | January 11, 2010 | 0 Comments

The always-excellent Matt Rowe at MusicTAP posts news, reviews and insightful commentary three times a week on his site, and today's post got me pretty excited, because it says A&M is planning a reissue of Squeeze's 1980 album, Argybargy. If you know Squeeze for their few stateside radio hits ("Tempted," "Black Coffee in Bed," "Pulling Mussels […]

More Hendrix to Experience

By Mike Duquette | January 11, 2010 | 0 Comments

My last post touched on the impending Jimi Hendrix Experience reissue campaign from Legacy Recordings, who recently gained distribution rights of the catalog. (The catalog proper is owned by the guitarist's family company, Experience Hendrix, who had previously licensed the material to MCA/Universal in 1997.) Now, thanks to Billboard, some more information has sprung up regarding the first […]

Looking Forward, Looking Back: 2010 Reissue Preview

By Mike Duquette | January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment

We're less than two weeks into a new year and a new decade, but 2010 is already shaping up to be a great year for back catalogue enthusiasts. What follows is a round-up of the best and brightest reissues already slated for the new year. An obligatory note on release dates: they're as always set to […]

In With the Old: 2009 in Reissues

By Mike Duquette | January 11, 2010 | 4 Comments

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Good evening and welcome to The Second Disc! Assuming you've taken a look at the page where I've explained this blog, I'd like to present a list of some of the best catalogue titles released to the public during the past year. This year was just as full of complaints about the demise of the […]

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