Ladies and Gentlemen...: Vinyl Me Please Marks 100 "Essentials" Releases with New Pressings of Sold-Out Titles

By The Second Disc | April 12, 2021 | 2 Comments

Today, the Vinyl Me Please record club celebrates its 100th Essential Record of the Month.  The club's flagship line, the monthly Essentials program has encompassed titles from a wide variety of artists including John Prine, Aretha Franklin, Jorge Ben, Van Morrison, Mavis Staples, Miles Davis, Fiona Apple, Billie Holiday, The Notorious B.I.G., and Loretta Lynn.  […]

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Wake Up You Sleepy Head: "Oh! You Pretty Things" Collects 66 Glam Rock Nuggets

By Joe Marchese | April 12, 2021 | 3 Comments

Oh! You Pretty Things: David Bowie's 1971 song became an anthem for the glam era: "Don't you know you're driving your mothers and fathers insane?  Let me make it plain, you gotta make way for the homo superior..."  Bowie's alien persona - androgynous, dangerous, sexy, and flamboyant - connected with youth and caused a stir […]

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The Weekend Stream: April 10, 2021

By The Second Disc | April 10, 2021 | 1 Comment

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're introducing a new […]

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Music For The People: Real Gone's Record Store Day Slate Features Vinyl Debuts for an Eclectic Array of 1990s and 2000s Titles

By Randy Fairman | April 9, 2021 | 0 Comments

We continue our look at the releases for the upcoming Record Store Day events on June 12 and July 17.  This time we're focusing on our friends at Real Gone Music.  The RGM label will offer an eclectic array of releases, focused on music from the 1990s and 2000s, over both RSD Drops.  Visit RecordStoreDay.com […]

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 9

By The Second Disc | April 9, 2021 | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Fleetwood Mac, Live: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino)  (Rhino.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino reissues Fleetwood Mac's 1980 Live - the first live album from the line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood - as a deluxe 3CD/2LP/7″ box set.  The two CDs and two LPs will both […]

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