I Guess I'll Be: Sly Stone's "Baby Pictures" Collected on Sly and The Viscaynes' "Yellow Moon"

By Joe Marchese | April 26, 2021 | 1 Comment

Sylvester Stewart, a.k.a. Sly Stone, thrillingly fused R&B with funk, rock, pop, and jazz as leader of the psychedelic outfit Sly and The Family Stone.  But the visionary artist didn't emerge from nowhere with his most famous band; he'd paid his dues in the early part of the 1960s at the Bay Area's Autumn Records […]

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The Weekend Stream: April 24, 2021

By The Second Disc | April 24, 2021 | 4 Comments

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new […]

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To Know Her Is To Love Her: Amy Winehouse's "At The BBC" Is Expanded with Two Additional Discs

By The Second Disc | April 23, 2021 | 0 Comments

Late last year, Island and Universal released a pair of box sets celebrating the life and legacy of the late Amy Winehouse (1983-2011).  12 x 7: The Singles Collection and The Collection respectively compiled all of the late British singer's A- and B-sides on 12 pieces of vinyl and her three studio albums on CD […]

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 23

By The Second Disc | April 23, 2021 | 0 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band (Capitol/UMe) 6CD/2BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 6-CD/2-BD John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: The Ultimate Collection contains everything recorded by John and Yoko during the sessions for John's 1970 Plastic Ono Band LP, totaling 159 tracks on CD and […]

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You Better You Bet: The Who Expand "Face Dances" For Record Store Day

By The Second Disc | April 22, 2021 | 5 Comments

For Record Store Day 2020, The Who expanded their 1974 rarities collection Odds and Sods for a 2-LP, 25-song deluxe presentation.  This year, the band celebrates 40 years of 1981's Face Dances with another double-disc, expanded presentation.  It's due on Drop 1, June 12, from Geffen Records in a limited edition of 6,500 copies. Face […]

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