You Don't Need a Weatherman: New Bob Dylan Compilation Accompanies New Archival Book

By The Second Disc | October 19, 2023 | 9 Comments

Next Tuesday, October 24, publishing house Callaway will release Mixing Up the Medicine, a 600+-page tome promised to be "the most comprehensive book yet published on the work of Nobel Prize-winning singer-songwriter-poet and cultural icon, Bob Dylan."  As entire libraries could be filled with the books written on Dylan, that's no small boast - but […]

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Return of the Kinetic Kid: Stewart Copeland's 'Klark Kent' Gets a Bonus-Packed Reissue

By Mike Duquette | October 18, 2023 | 6 Comments

From the twisted minds of one of rock's most celebrated drummers came a burst of tongue-in-cheek post-punk by Klark Kent, a mysterious presence who made a brief cameo on the U.K. pop charts. Now, the Klark Kent album - out of print for over 25 years - gets a generously expanded double-CD reissue next month with […]

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Review: Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, J. Geils Band, Jefferson Starship In Quad

By Joe Marchese | October 17, 2023 | 3 Comments

With Rhino having just announced a second batch of Quadio releases, we're taking a look at the first four titles in the relaunched series - all of which are now available on Blu-ray Disc with high-resolution presentations of the original 4.0 quadraphonic and 2.0 stereo mixes. Black Sabbath's 1970 LP Paranoid was a landmark record […]

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Carefree Highway: Rhino Announces New Wave of Quadio Titles from Gordon Lightfoot, Spinners, America, Charles Mingus

By Joe Marchese | October 16, 2023 | 5 Comments

Rhino's Quadio series, presenting original four-channel quadraphonic album mixes on Blu-ray, relaunched earlier this year with a quartet of titles from Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, J. Geils Band, and Jefferson Starship - watch this space for a review of all four releases tomorrow!  Now, the label has unveiled the next batch of Quadio titles which […]

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There When I Needed You: Sheena Easton's "Madness, Money, and Music" Returns from Cherry Pop

By Joe Marchese | October 16, 2023 | 2 Comments

Sheena Easton's formidable catalogue has been enjoying an overhaul from Cherry Red's Cherry Pop imprint which has so far encompassed lavish expanded editions of Take My Time and A Private Heaven, the debut of Live at the Palace, Hollywood; an EMI singles collection; and more.  Now, Easton's third album - 1982's Madness, Money, and Music […]

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