OUT TOMORROW: Michael Nesmith's "Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings" from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music

By The Second Disc | April 29, 2021 | 10 Comments

Tomorrow - Friday, April 30 - is the date for the first Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music release of 2021 - and it's one that's been years in the making! Michael Nesmith has always travelled to the beat of a "Different Drum" - whether as the writer of that classic hit for Linda Ronstadt and […]

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Tell Him: Cherry Red, 7Ts Collect The "Complete Singles" of Glam Band Hello

By Joe Marchese | April 28, 2021 | 2 Comments

With its pounding piano, loud guitars, and bubblegum-sticky melody, Hello's 1972 debut single "You Move Me" epitomized the glam side of pop.  Written and produced by Russ Ballard (Argent, America), the Bell label 45 inaugurated a roughly seven-year run for the Tottenham band.  All of Hello's A- and B-sides for Bell, Arista, and Polydor have […]

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Yes I'm Ready: Laura Nyro's First Seven Studio Albums Collected on New Madfish Box Set

By Joe Marchese | April 27, 2021 | 15 Comments

We've long championed the extraordinary legacy of Laura Nyro here at The Second Disc, including with our own releases with Real Gone Music of A Little Magic, A Little Kindness: The Complete Mono Albums Collection and the first mono vinyl reissue of the singer-songwriter's debut More Than a New Discovery.  Now, the U.K.'s Madfish label […]

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Trouble No More: Allman Brothers Band Reissues Deluxe Edition of "Bear's Sonic Journals: Fillmore East, February 1970"

By Joe Marchese | April 27, 2021 | 2 Comments

Following the recent release of Down in Texas '71, the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company has turned its attention to another archival release - in this case, a reissue of a past title.  On June 18, the label will team with The Owsley Stanley Foundation for a wide release of the 3-CD Deluxe Edition of […]

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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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