Release Round-Up: Week of March 29

By The Second Disc | March 29, 2024 | 0 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Deep Purple, Machine Head: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com) Deep Purple's 1972 album Machine Head remains the venerable hard rock band's most commercially successful album.  The third LP from […]

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Fly, Robin, Fly! Omnivore Serves Up Soul and Disco from Silver Convention, Ohio Players

By The Second Disc | March 28, 2024 | 0 Comments

Omnivore Recordings continues its packed slate of R&B, soul, and disco releases with an expanded edition of Silver Convention's 1975 debut album, Save Me, due tomorrow, March 29.  Next week will then see a comprehensive collection from the early days of funk outfit Ohio Players. Silver Convention - originally Silver Bird in the U.S. and […]

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Unbroken Chain: Grateful Dead Set "From The Mars Hotel" For 50th Anniversary Reissue

By The Second Disc | March 27, 2024 | 0 Comments

Grateful Dead's seventh studio album, 1974's From the Mars Hotel, is the latest to see an expansion in the band's ongoing 50th anniversary series.  The 3CD and digital set premieres a live show from May 12, 1974.  It arrives on June 21 from Rhino, along with various vinyl variants of the original album. From the […]

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Ooh, I Love It: SoulMusic, The Second Disc Team For The Salsoul Orchestra's "It's Good for the Soul: The Vince Montana Years (1975-1978)" Box Set

By The Second Disc | March 27, 2024 | 1 Comment

Last Christmas, The Second Disc teamed with SoulMusic Records and Cherry Red for The Salsoul Orchestra's Christmas Jollies: The Extra Jolly Edition, celebrating the best-selling album in the entire Salsoul catalogue.  Now, we're thrilled to announce the May 31 release of It's Good for the Soul: The Vince Montana Years (1975-1978), the definitive, first-ever box […]

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Soundtrack Watch: Intrada Premieres Horner's First Score, BSX Re-Presses American 'Godzilla'

By Mike Duquette | March 26, 2024 | 2 Comments

A key premiere from one of the most popular composers in recent memory and a fan favorite score to a divisive blockbuster are among the newest catalogue film score titles released this month. The estate of the late James Horner (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Aliens, Braveheart, Titanic, Avatar) has made a considerable push in recent […]

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