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Holiday Gift Guide Review: Elvis Costello, "King of America and Other Realms"

By Joe Marchese | November 18, 2024 | 3 Comments

It was a fine idea at the time/Now it's a brilliant mistake... Elvis Costello delivered a powerful surprise in 1986 when he shed his backing band, The Attractions, and teamed up with T Bone Burnett for King of America. Originally credited in the U.K. to The Costello Show (Featuring The Attractions and Confederates) and in […]

The Weekend Stream: November 16, 2024

By Mike Duquette | November 16, 2024 | 1 Comment

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. Iconic Seattle punk, a new Elton John single and fresh Duran Duran remixes kick things off - plus another round of esoteric Christmas cheer! The Gits, Frenching the Bully / Enter: The Conquering Chicken / Kings […]

George Harrison Living in the Material World 50th SDE Cover

Release Round-Up: Week of November 15

By The Second Disc | November 15, 2024 | 8 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today...and, with the holidays approaching, it just might be the biggest release week of the year! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. George Harrison, Living in the Material World: 50th Anniversary (Dark Horse) 2CD/2LP/1BD/1-7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon […]

Mary Chapin Carpenter Stones in the Road

The Last Word: Real Gone's First November Releases Include 30th Anniversary Edition of Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Stones In The Road" Plus Misery Signals, The Unfolding

By Randy Fairman | November 14, 2024 | 5 Comments

As usual, Real Gone's first releases in November are an eclectic bunch. The label is releasing the 30th anniversary edition of a contemporary country classic album, a psychedelic exploitation record from the 1960s, and a 20th anniversary edition of a metalcore album. Read on for more details for these releases all hitting store shelves tomorrow, […]

Try to See Things Their Way: Ace Preps 'Here, There and Everywhere,' Third Collection of Beatles Covers Through a Black Lens

By Mike Duquette | November 14, 2024 | 1 Comment

As fans prepare for the release of the new Disney+ documentary Beatles '64, chronicling The Fab Four's legendary inaugural trip to America, U.K. label Ace Records has an exciting release coming that same weekend, featuring nearly two dozen Black artists paying tribute to a series of songbooks that owed so much to soul music and […]

The Second Disc Guesses the 'Thriller 40' Track List

By Mike Duquette | September 7, 2022 | 13 Comments

It's hard to know what a Michael Jackson event release looks like today. For one, the King of Pop is very much dead; for another, November's impending release of Thriller 40 is the third reissue of the bestselling album. Are the vaults empty? Is the estate stingy? (This is, after all, the same Jackson estate […]

Circle of Love: Dolly Parton's "Holly Dolly Christmas" Gets Expanded Edition in October

By Joe Marchese | September 6, 2022 | 3 Comments

2020's A Holly Dolly Christmas was Dolly Parton's 47th solo studio album, but only her third full-length Christmas record following the Kenny Rogers collaboration Once Upon a Christmas (1984) and solo Home for Christmas (1990). The joyful yuletide set, supported by a prime-time CBS television special, became the superstar's eighth Billboard Country chart-topper; it also […]

The Weekend Stream Labor Day Special: Spotlight on WIWS Radio with John and Chrissy Sellards

By Joe Marchese | September 5, 2022 | 0 Comments

Welcome to a special edition of The Weekend Stream for the long Labor Day weekend! Longtime readers might have noticed that adorable owl perched comfortably atop The Second Disc. He's the mascot for WIWS Radio, an online radio station dedicated to '50s and '60s classics in authentic AM radio sound. We'd like to introduce you […]

The Weekend Stream: September 3, 2022

By Mike Duquette | September 3, 2022 | 4 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! From a Prince-ly duo of two queens to a Beach Boy gone solo and more, you'll find some great picks for the holiday weekend. Wendy […]

Can You Feel the Love Tonight: Four Elton John LPs Reissued on Vinyl Today

By Joe Marchese | September 2, 2022 | 5 Comments

As Elton John continues the final North American leg of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, another four gems from his discography have returned to vinyl following the recent reissues of The One and Peachtree Road. A Single Man arrived in 1978 and marked a turning point for the singer-songwriter following 1976's expansive double album […]

Release Round-Up: Week of September 2

By The Second Disc | September 2, 2022 | 2 Comments

As we here in the U.S. head into Labor Day weekend, we have a shorter Release Round-Up than usual! To all our readers - wherever you might be - please have a safe and happy weekend! Shania Twain, Not Just a Girl: The Highlights (Mercury Nashville/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Not Just a Girl (The […]

Two (Discs) of Hearts: Cherry Pop Expands Stacey Q's Debut with 20 Rare or New-to-CD Tracks

By Joe Marchese | September 1, 2022 | 3 Comments

Stacey Q's 1986 debut album was titled Better Than Heaven, and listeners were inclined to agree with that assessment as its lead single "Two of Hearts" ascended the charts in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and throughout Europe. On September 16, Cherry Pop will reissue the Hi-NRG classic as a deluxe 2-CD expanded edition with a […]

Love It Loud: KISS Expand 'Creatures of the Night' for Deluxe Box Set

By Mike Duquette | August 31, 2022 | 8 Comments

Currently well into the 10th leg of their End of the Road farewell tour - which started in 2019! - it feels like KISS might never go away. And the band is planning to remind their faithful fans of one of their more notable works of the '80s with a lavish new box set: 1982's […]

Dee-Lightful! Stage Door Reissues, Expands Johnny Burke's "Donnybrook!"

By Joe Marchese | August 31, 2022 | 2 Comments

"Dee-lightful Is the Word" for Donnybrook! The 1961 Broadway musical was based on Maurice Walsh's short story "The Quiet Man" which had famously been adapted by director John Ford and screenwriter Frank S. Nugent into the Academy Award-winning 1952 film of that name. The story and film had all of the ingredients of a successful […]

I'll Be Right Here: 'E.T.' Celebrates 40 Years on Earth with New CD, LP Reissues

By The Second Disc | August 30, 2022 | 0 Comments

Steven Spielberg's magical masterpiece E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was the highest-grossing movie of all time for more than a decade after its release in 1982, and inspired a new kind of kid-focused, often fantasy-oriented adventure films. The picture also features one of the most enduring scores by legendary composer John Williams, a multiple award winner in […]

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