Head Over Heels: UMe Debuts Vintage Tears for Fears Live Set for RSD Drops 2021

By Mike Duquette | April 8, 2021 | 18 Comments

Among Universal Music Group's RSD Drop offerings for Record Store Day's two-pronged 2021 celebration include a previously unreleased live double album from Tears for Fears. Live At Massey Hall captures the British rockers supporting sophomore album Songs from the Big Chair as it starts to take off worldwide. When the group started a four-date stand […]

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Same Page, Different Book: New Prince Album, 'Welcome 2 America,' Coming This Summer

By The Second Disc | April 8, 2021 | 2 Comments

After turning Sign O' the Times into one of 2020's best box sets, the Prince Estate will move forward in time with an unreleased album from 2010 due this summer. Welcome 2 America was completed in the wake of Prince's 20Ten (issued free with the purchase of different newspapers and magazines in Europe) but, like […]

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A Case of You: Joni Mitchell's First Four Albums Remastered, "The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)" Due June 25

By Sam Stone | April 8, 2021 | 21 Comments

Last year Joni Mitchell and Rhino stunned fans with the announcement of the Joni Mitchell Archives, an ongoing series of releases that look back at the career of the multifaceted songwriter, singer, producer, and visual artist.  (Check out our interview with series co-producer, Patrick Milligan, here!) Today, Joni Mitchell and Rhino announced the next volume […]

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And The Clock Goes Round: Unreleased 1968 Elton John Album to Debut on Record Store Day

By Randy Fairman | April 7, 2021 | 14 Comments

Amongst all of the many Record Store Day announcements, one of the most exciting has to be Island/Mercury's announcement of an unreleased Elton John album finally seeing the light of day: 1968's Regimental Sgt.  Zippo, due on the June 12, 2021 RSD Drop. One of the best box sets of last year was Elton John's […]

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Rhino's Record Store Day Slate Features John Prine, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, CSNY, Donny Hathaway, Lou Reed, More

By The Second Disc | April 7, 2021 | 6 Comments

At 1:00 pm EST/10:00 am PST today, the list of Record Store Day's annual offerings was made public.  As was the case in 2020, this year's RSD festivities will take place over more than one day.  The two RSD Drops are scheduled for Saturday, June 12, and Saturday, July 17.  We'll be sharing periodic announcements […]

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