Back in 1998, The Country Music Foundation teamed with Warner Bros. Records to release From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music. The 3-CD box set was divided into three thematic discs - The Stringband Era, The Soul Country Years, and Forward with Pride - which reflected on the immense contributions of African-Americans to country music in 60 songs. Today, the spotlight shines even more brightly on the black experience in the genre, in no small part due to the release earlier
The Best Gift: Barbra Streisand's Two Christmas Albums Arrive on Vinyl in October
Barbra Streisand entered London's Olympic Sound Studios in June 1966 while reprising her role of Fanny Brice in the West End premiere of Funny Girl to begin work on what would become her very first Christmas album. Four songs arranged by Ray Ellis and produced by Ettore Strata were cut at the session including "Silent Night" and the Gounod setting of "Ave Maria." A mere two weeks following her July 14 final performance, she was onstage back in the U.S. for the first of four summer concert
The Weekend Stream: August 24, 2024
Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. This week sees digital reissues from some familiar names (Madonna, Daryl Hall and U2) as well as some new/old music from names you might not have expected, from '90s pop-whiz New Radicals(?!) to '50s piano player Cy Walter. Plus, a heartfelt recommendation for one of the week's best new albums! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying
Blues At Sunrise: Stax Expands Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'In Session'
An intergenerational meeting between two late blues guitar gods - Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan - will be revived on CD and vinyl in a new expanded package. Originally recorded in 1983 and first released in 1999, In Session features the six-stringers trading licks on a Canadian television program of the same name, when King was a 60-year-old living legend and Vaughan a young upstart who'd turned heads with his licks on David Bowie's Let's Dance before releasing his own powerful
Release Round-Up: Week of August 23
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. First Choice, Love Having You Around: The Gold Mind Recordings (1977-1980) (SoulMusic/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) SoulMusic Records and The Second Disc celebrate Philadelphia girl group First Choice with Love Having You Around: The Gold Mind Recordings (1977-1980). This 4CD collection features
Like the Very First Time: Foreigner Celebrate Rock Hall Induction with New Compilation and Single
To celebrate their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame later this year, Foreigner will release a new greatest hits collection, including a new track that reunites the group's two most notable members. Turning Back the Time, in stores October 4 from Rhino, brings together 18 of the group's most notable radio staples, including "Feels Like the First Time," "Cold As Ice," "Hot Blooded," "Urgent," "Waiting for a Girl Like You," "Juke Box Hero," "I Want to Know What Love Is," "Say You
Miles Davis' 1954 Sessions Collected on New Craft Recordings Compilation
Craft Recordings will commemorate seven decades since one of Miles Davis' most pivotal early years with a new 2CD or 4LP compilation that brings everything he recorded in that period together. Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings offers 20 tracks from several unforgettable sessions, with luminaries like pianists Horace Silver and Thelonious Monk, drummer Art Blakey, saxophonist Sonny Rollins and vibraphonist Milt Jackson offering their talents in Davis' ensembles. The package includes a new
Soundtrack Watch: Intrada Detects 'Foul Play,' La-La Land's Big Sale
If you're a catalogue soundtrack enthusiast, you're usually always ready to take a chance again on a new pressing of an old favorite. Intrada's latest reissue is about to make that idea as literal as possible: a new remix and expansion of Charles Fox's score to the 1978 comedy Foul Play. Written and directed by Colin Higgins (who penned the script to Harold and Maude and later directed the comedy 9 to 5), Foul Play is a screwy Hitchcock homage about a librarian (Goldie Hawn) who gets mixed up
Two Sides of Cornbread: New Compilation Plays Tribute to Unsung Minneapolis Legend
The name Cornbread Harris might only resonate with the most devoted acolytes of Minneapolis, Minnesota's rich history of R&B music. A new compilation, produced by Harris' biographer, aims to change that. Anthology is an eight-track look into the musical career of James Harris, Jr., better known as Cornbread - a key figure and forefather in the Twin Cities' contribution to America's musical landscape. Featuring a mix of rare and unreleased material spanning from the first single Harris
The Weekend Stream: August 17, 2024
Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. We've got digital EPs from Daryl Hall and U2 and expanded albums from Dan Hartman and Akon; bet you'd never hear those artists in one sentence! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Dan Hartman, It Hurts to Be in Love (Expanded Edition) (Blue Sky/Epic/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Recently issued on CD for the first time by
In Memoriam: Peter Marshall (1926-2024)
Peter Marshall celebrated the new millennium with the release of his album Boy Singer. The album was the first full-length recording in over thirty years from the longtime Master of The Hollywood Squares, but not the last. Over the course of an extraordinary career spanning nine decades, Marshall made his mark in every arena of show business. Peter passed away yesterday at the age of 98, epitomizing a long life, well-lived. TV buffs, of course, remember Peter's multiple Emmy Award-winning
Whitesnake, Recoiled: David Coverdale Preps Box of Remixed, Remastered Solo Albums
Having thoroughly revisited his work with Whitesnake at Rhino Records with remixes, reissues and compilations aplenty, the band's singer David Coverdale will now partner with the label to do the same for his three solo albums. Into the Light: The Solo Albums, due October 25, will collect six CDs' worth of Coverdale's solo material, including new remixes alongside remastered versions of the albums WhiteSnake (1977), NorthWinds (1978) and Into the Light (2000) as well as unissued demos and
Release Round-Up: Week of August 16
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Lindsey Buckingham, 20th Century Lindsey (Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Rhino.com Lindsey Buckingham's earliest solo works are getting a box set from Rhino this summer. True to its name, 20th Century Lindsey features remastered versions of the three albums the Fleetwood Mac singer/guitarist issued
The Right to Sing: Cherry Red's Lemon Imprint Collects John Miles' "The Albums 1983-93"
Singer-songwriter John Miles' 1976 hit "Music," the opening track of his Decca debut album Rebel, immediately became the artist's calling card. The Alan Parsons-produced single went to the top five on the U.K. Singles Chart, also reaching the top ten in various European countries, and cracking the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The epic prog ballad won Miles an Ivor Novello Award, and launched Miles into the stratosphere. Two well-received albums with producer Rupert Holmes followed,
Maestro Around the World: John Williams' Late-Period Concert Albums Set for Vinyl Box
Last Sunday, August 11, John Williams added another honorific to his already incredible career: Disney Legend. The iconic film composer, whose nine Star Wars film scores and five for the Indiana Jones series are now part of the Mouse House's company portfolio thanks to its 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm, was honored at the latest D23 Expo by Dr. Jones himself, actor Harrison Ford, and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who's produced many of the films that Williams has done scores for. (The
The More I See You: Light in the Attic Reissues, Expands Nancy Sinatra's "Nancy in London"
Nancy Sinatra's third album brought the hitmaking singer to the Swingin' center of the world. Nancy in London, originally released in 1966, was produced and arranged by her usual team of Lee Hazlewood and Billy Strange, respectively, but the setting was very different than the typical Hollywood environs. Nancy was booked into Pye Studios on Great Cumberland Place near Marble Arch in London, the same studios in which Petula Clark had cut "Downtown" and Nancy's Reprise labelmates The Kinks
The Boys Are Back: Thin Lizzy Gets New Remixes for Box Set Commemorating 1976, Their Breakthrough Year
Guess who just got back today? Well, September 27 is the date, but Thin Lizzy are releasing a box set chronicling one of their most pivotal years. 1976 will, across five CDs and a Blu-ray Disc, retell the story of the two albums the Irish rockers issued that year: Jailbreak and Johnny the Fox. Both albums have been newly remixed in stereo, 5.1 surround and Dolby Atmos by Richard Whittaker, under the supervision of guitarist Scott Gorham. The box also includes selections of unreleased material
St. Jimmy, Re-Canonized: Green Day Prep 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of 'American Idiot'
With 20 years' hindsight, Green Day probably meant for their seventh studio album to be big. But nobody could have predicted just how big American Idiot got - and this year's latest addition to the year-end music box set line-up will showcase just how big with a package to match. American Idiot will come back into print with a new box set spanning four CDs (or eight colored LPs) and two Blu-ray Discs. It'll feature the original album, a disc of B-sides and non-LP live tracks, 15 unreleased
The Weekend Stream: August 10, 2024
Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. A legendary classic rock concert is back on digital channels, along with EPs from U2, Madonna and Daryl Hall, a remixed cast album from a beloved musical, and a new record from one of the most underrated bands of the last few decades. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. George Harrison, The Concert for Bangladesh (Apple)
Release Round-Up: Week of August 9
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. Also, don't miss out on today's eclectic slate of releases from Real Gone Music; click here to find out what's new from Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Firehouse, Azar Lawrence, Charlie Nothing, and 3 Inches of Blood! Elvis Presley, Memphis (RCA/Legacy) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon
Love of A Lifetime: Real Gone's August Slate Includes Grateful Dead and Firehouse Plus Jazz and Heavy Metal Releases
As usual, Real Gone's August lineup is made up of an eclectic bunch of titles. You will find everything here from rock to jazz to heavy metal, spanning the 1960s to the 2000s. All these titles hit store shelves tomorrow, August 9. First up a is a continuation of Real Gone's series of Grateful Dead Dick's Picks vinyl sets with Dick's Picks Volume 12 --Providence Civic Center 6/26/74 & Boston Garden 6/28/74. These concerts occur just before and after the release of their studio album From
Tonight You're Mine: Legacy Releases Digital Trove of Eric Carmen Rarities
The power pop world lost a legend in March when it was announced that Eric Carmen - the Raspberries frontman turned soft-rock hitmaker of the '70s and '80s - passed away at the age of 74. Now - on the eve of what would have been his 75th birthday and a special tribute to his life and career from the city that raised him - Legacy Recordings today issues a trove of rare and unreleased recordings from his beloved solo career. And Now, Eric Carmen: The Arista Archive collects 25 demos, single
Refugee of the Roads: Joni Mitchell's Latest Archives Box Takes Listeners to the End of the '70s
Rhino's Joni Mitchell Archives series has been dependably running since 2020, offering alternating box sets featuring troves of unreleased material from the folk legend and remastered versions of the album eras they cover. With the most recent box collecting her last four albums for the Asylum label - Hejira (1976), Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (1977), Mingus (1979) and the live Shadows and Light (1980) - today's new announcement closes that same chapter, offering hours of unreleased live and
When You're Smiling: Impex Returns to "Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra" with Lavish 1STEP Box
Roughly four years ago, the Impex label revisited Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra in both hybrid mono SACD and deluxe LP formats. The 1950 album was a landmark in the legendary vocalist's career. After he released the very first pop long-playing record with Columbia's 1948 reissue of The Voice of Frank Sinatra, he took advantage of the format with Sing and Dance. Initially available as a set of four 10-inch 78s or a single 33-1/3 RPM record, the album saw Sinatra at the dawn of his
Colour My World: Chicago's 1971 Set at the Kennedy Center to Be Released
Does anybody really know what time it is? On September 27, it's time for Rhino to excavate a vintage Chicago concert from the vaults. Chicago at the John. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. (9/16/1971) arrives on 3 CDs, 4 LPs, and digital formats, preserving the band's show in the U.S. capital. The concert was recorded just eight days after the opening of the Kennedy Center. Every track on this set is previously unreleased with the exception of "Goodbye," which
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