Summer may now be over, but a number of Beach Boys-related releases aim to keep the summer alive. Our very own Second Disc Records label teamed with Real Gone Music in September for a newly remastered and expanded reissue of Ricci Martin's Beached, the all-star album recorded by Dean Martin's son Ricci with co-producers Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche. Now, Iconoclassic Records has announced next week's first-ever U.S. CD reissue of Carl's 1981 eponymous solo debut. And if that's not enough,
More Love: High Moon Reissues, Expands Arthur Lee and Love's Rare "Reel to Real"
High Moon Records, the label behind the recent releases of Love's Black Beauty and Gene Clark's Two Sides to Every Story, has announced its next title. On November 27, High Moon will reissue Love's 1974 album Reel to Real as a newly-expanded Deluxe Edition in the following formats: Expanded CD packaged in a deluxe custom digipak with a full-color, 32-page booklet; LP pressed on high-quality RTI vinyl with full-color, 28-page LP-sized booklet; LP includes download card for high-quality
The Stuff Of Nightmares: Varese Boxes Complete "Nightmare on Elm Street" Scores
"One, two, Freddy's comin' for you..." Varese Sarabande is making horror fans' dreams come true with an eight-disc box set of the complete scores to the A Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise. The late Wes Craven's 1984 horror classic introduced fans to the sleepy suburb of Springwood, terrorized by the sadistic Freddy Krueger. With a hideously burned face, a glove boasting razor sharp blades and an iconic fedora and striped-sweater combo, Krueger, "the bastard son of a thousand
Tell It All: Ashford and Simpson's "Come As You Are" Continues BBR's Reissue Series
The husband-and-wife team of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson needs no introduction; the classic R&B and pop songbook has been shaped by the duo's compositions including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing," "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)," "Let's Go Get Stoned," "California Soul" and "Solid (As a Rock)." Big Break Records has recently been celebrating Ashford (1941-2011) and Simpson (born 1946) in a major way - with a definitive expanded reissue
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: THE BUCKINGHAMS' "COMPLETE HIT SINGLES" GIVEAWAY!
CONGRATULATIONS! The following 10 entrants have won a copy of The Buckinghams' brand-new The Complete Hit Singles from Varese Vintage! If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address! If you entered via email, you don't have to do anything - your CD will be in the mail soon! And if you're not among the winners, we know it's kind of a drag
Acknowledgement: John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" Goes Super Deluxe With "Complete Masters"
John Coltrane's essential jazz masterpiece, A Love Supreme, is getting the red-carpet treatment for its 50th anniversary, expanded to three discs in A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters. A fusion of Coltrane's early hard bop and later free jazz styles, A Love Supreme is an arresting four-part suite inspired in part by Coltrane's increasing faith, after a near-overdose some years before. Coltrane's tenor saxophone conveys his gratitude to a higher power through a repeating four-note motif
Anton Fig's "Figments" Features Brian Wilson, Blondie Chaplin, Ace Frehley, Al Kooper, More
Between 1986 and spring 2015, Anton Fig could be found on a nightly basis behind the drum kit of The World's Most Dangerous Band and, then, The CBS Orchestra. Part of Paul Shaffer's band for David Letterman's NBC and CBS late-night talk shows, Fig would be glowingly acknowledged by the host as "Buddy Rich, Jr." for his ferocity and prowess with his instrument. In 2002, the South Africa-born music great ventured out on his own to record his first solo album, appropriately entitled Figments.
Release Round-Up: Week of September 18
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up including a couple of spectacular new box sets, one acclaimed soundtrack, numerous reissues and anthologies, and the return of a few beloved artists! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The 1985 debut from a-ha gets super-sized with Rhino's upcoming 4-CD/1-DVD edition. Disc One has the original, remastered album, while Disc Two boasts 25 demos, Disc Three has 15
Edsel Boxes Singer-Songwriter Eddi Reader's "Blanco y Negro Years"
In recent months, the ever-busy team at Demon Music Group's Edsel label has turned out a number of notable box sets. Today, we'll spotlight the set from Eddi Reader! Glasgow-born singer-songwriter Eddi Reader began her career as a background vocalist, singing with punk outfit Gang of Four as well as the likes of Alison Moyet, The Waterboys, and Eurythmics. In 1987, she was signed with her band Fairground Attraction to RCA, and the major label's gamble on the new act paid off when
Uh Huh Yeah! New Release Explores The Roots of Earth, Wind & Fire
A new digital album explores little-known soul trio The Salty Peppers, best known as the elements of one of the best soul bands of the 1970s: Earth, Wind & Fire. In 1969, Maurice White, the drummer in the Ramsey Lewis Trio, struck out on his own on the Chicago music scene first as a songwriter and then as the drummer in a new quartet of his own creation. With two friends, keyboardist/bassist Don Whitehead and singer Wade Flemons and Don Whitehead, White would found a trio, The Salty
Everlasting Love: RPM Collects The Complete Love Affair and Steve Ellis On CBS
A recent release from Cherry Red's RPM Records imprint opens with a bold statement in its liner notes: "In 1968, only The Beatles sold more records in Britain than The Love Affair" - surprising but true! Today, the band is best-known for its hit "Everlasting Love," a U.K. Number One that still is in rotation on oldies radio. But in the brief period between January 1968 and July 1969, The Love Affair scored five U.K. Top 20 hits. The Love Affair and Steve Ellis' Time Hasn't Changed Us: The
Sing Him Back Home: Porter Wagoner Classics Enter The Digital Domain
With his unmistakable blonde pompadour and flashy Nudie suits, Porter Wagoner (1927-2007) cut one of the most distinctive figures in country music. The three-time Grammy-winning Missouri-born singer known as "Mr. Grand Ole Opry" charted over 80 records in his lengthy career, but his solo releases have often been overlooked due to his prosperous association with the young Dolly Parton. Legacy Recordings has taken one step to rectify that with the first-time digital release of six albums
It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas: Real Gone Unwraps Seven Christmas Titles in November From Johnny Mathis, Glen Campbell and More
Real Gone Music's October slate kicked off the label's yearly celebration of the music of Christmas including classic albums by George Melachrino, The Soulful Strings and The Three Suns - and that continues into November when the label releases a whopping seven titles for the holiday season! We've already told you this morning about our two Second Disc Records releases: Jim Nabors - The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings and an expanded edition of Lynn Anderson's The Christmas Album.
Second Disc Records Makes Spirits Bright This November With Jim Nabors and Lynn Anderson
Autumn is just days away, but here at The Second Disc, our thoughts have already turned to winter - and more specifically, to the music of the holiday season! We're thrilled to announce the first-ever Christmas titles to be released on our own Second Disc Records label - and we promise that they'll get you in the spirit of the season! On November 6, as part of Real Gone Music's mega-Christmas slate (more news on that VERY soon!), we'll be releasing Jim Nabors' Complete Columbia Christmas
All You Need Is Love: The Beatles Go "1+" In November With New Deluxe Set
The Beatles 1 is back. The 2000 record-breaking, chart-topping compilation returns in newly-expanded form from Apple Corps and UMe on November 6, adding a video component capturing the band's filmed work to accompany the album's 27 U.K. and U.S. No. 1 singles. The upcoming release will be available in a number of configurations: Beatles 1: 1 CD/1 DVD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1: 1 CD/1 BD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1: 1 CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1:
New "Casino Classics" Box Features Northern Soul From Jackie Trent, Tommy Hunt, Gloria Jones, Len Barry
When American soul great Tommy Hunt first approached the Wigan Casino in Wigan, England to celebrate the nightclub's second anniversary on September 27, 1975, his first reaction was decidedly mixed. He recalled in 2013, "When I got to Wigan, I refused to go in! It scared me because it looked so rough! I'd been playing these fabulous clubs. When I looked at the outside, I said to the driver, 'you must be at the wrong place.' He said, 'Tommy, wait 'til you get inside.' When I walked in
Review: Pugwash, "Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)"
One of the happiest pop-rock discoveries of 2014 was undoubtedly Pugwash's A Rose in a Garden of Weeds, compiling the Irish band's best music from 1999-2011. Now, the four-piece consisting of Thomas Walsh, Tosh Flood, Shawn McGee and Joe Fitzgerald is back with an all-new set recorded at Konk Studios and released on Omnivore Recordings. Produced by Walsh and Flood, Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) features the same bright, vibrant spirit and unabashedly melodic sensibility that
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror: Elvis Costello Compiles "Unfaithful Music and Soundtrack Album"
"Every day I write the book," sang Elvis Costello on his first U.S. Top 40 hit, and this year he is indeed writing one. The iconoclastic British rocker, who's chased his muse through the most diverse of places, from punk to bluegrass, will let it all out in prose on the hotly anticipated memoir Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. And now, Universal Music Enterprises, the home base for Elvis' catalogue for nearly a decade (following stints at Rykodisc/Demon in the 1990s and Warner
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Varese Collects The Buckinghams' "Complete Hit Singles" - AND YOU CAN WIN!
When The Buckinghams' "Kind of a Drag" unseated The Monkees' "I'm a Believer" from the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1967, becoming the first new No. 1 of the year, it was anything but a drag for the Chicago band. The crackling single, with its triumphant brass fanfare practically heralding a hit record, was the first of The Buckinghams' three Top 10s in '67. Now, in celebration of The Buckinghams' 50th anniversary, Varese Vintage has released the 15-track anthology The
Release Round-Up: Week of September 11
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Second Disc Records is going back to the beach with Ricci Martin, but that's far from all this week! We're also taking off with ELO, singing street-corner symphonies with The Four Seasons, and much more! Plus: new titles from classic artists! Ricci Martin, Beached: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) What if key members of The Beach Boys, Chicago, America, and Wings had teamed up to create one of the greatest
Keepin' The Summer Alive: Ricci Martin's "Beached" ARRIVES TOMORROW From Second Disc Records!
"I was living up the street from Carl Wilson and his wife Annie," Ricci Martin told me in July of this year. "I was over his house, playing his piano. And Carl said, 'God, I really like that! Did you write that?' And I said, 'Yeah, I wrote that!' And he said, 'How would you like to record that?' And I said, 'Of course, absolutely!'" The song Ricci was playing was "Stop, Look Around," a shimmering slice of Southern California pop that would open his 1977 Epic Records album Beached. Carl Wilson
Do You Hear What I Hear?: Legacy Adds Four New Entries to "Classic Christmas Album" Series
Legacy Recordings is getting into the Christmas spirit this year by continuing its Classic Christmas Album series. On October 2, four new entries will be released featuring artists who had their biggest successes in the '70s (Earth, Wind & Fire), '80s (a various artists compilation), '90s (Sarah McLachlan) and 2000s (Celtic Thunder). The majority of the material on these compilations is of a relatively recent vintage. The exception is The Classic Christmas '80s Album which obviously
I'm a Believer: The Monkees' TV Series Comes to Blu-ray
Monkees 50 is upon us! Yes, that's right, 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of Micky, Davy, Peter and Mike joining together as The Monkees - and you can bet that the good people at Rhino Records aren't about to let the year pass without a return of Monkeemania! Yesterday, on the 50th anniversary of the first announcement of The Monkees' casting call, Rhino announced the first project of the golden celebration: a limited edition, website-exclusive Blu-ray set dedicated to all things Monkees!
Rocket Man: Cherry Red Reissues Colin Blunstone Albums on Elton's Label
This fall, the surviving members of The Zombies' classic line-up - a.k.a. Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent, Chris White and Hugh Grundy - will reunite for a tour centered on their landmark 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. Then, on October 9, Cherry Red and End Records will release Still Got That Hunger, an all-new album from the current line-up of Blunstone, Argent, Jim Rodford, Tom Toomey and Steve Rodford, fresh off acclaimed festival appearances. With so much renewed interest in the
I Love Being Here With You: Peggy Lee's "Live in London" Box Set Coming In December
A pair of rare albums by the legendary Miss Peggy Lee are getting the deluxe, expanded treatment this fall from Universal Music. Peggy Lee: Live in London is the title of the new 4-CD box set due on December 4 containing the soulful songstress' 1977 studio album Peggy; the concert album Live in London recorded at the famous Palladium on March 13, 1977; an entire disc of previously unreleased material including studio outtakes, rehearsal takes and the March 20 Palladium show; and a DVD of the
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