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The Weekend Stream: April 24, 2021

April 24, 2021 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

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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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Mark Morrison, Return of

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Categories: Features, News, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Bay City Rollers, Mark Morrison, Poco, Rodney Dangerfield, Squeeze

Among My Souvenirs: Stage Door Preps "Petula Clark In Copenhagen: 1958-1960" with Previously Unreleased Recordings

April 21, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Petula Clark In Copenhagen

Following the 2020 releases of Petula Clark's Christmas in London and On Air: 1951-1961, the Stage Door label is continuing its series exploring the early days of the superstar's extraordinary and still-thriving career.  On May 21, Stage Door will release In Copenhagen 1958-1960, premiering a disc's worth of previously unreleased recordings from this largely unexplored period of Petula's career. The nearly two dozen recordings here have been sourced from master tapes housed in the archives of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bent Fabric, Petula Clark

In Memoriam: Jim Steinman (1947-2021)

April 21, 2021 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Jim Steinman Promo Photo

Turn around, bright eyes... Baby, we can talk all night, but that ain't getting us nowhere... You took the words right out of my mouth...Oh, it must have been while you were kissing me! I would do anything for love...but I won't do that. Rock and roll dreams came through time and time again for Jim Steinman (1947-2021).  This singular artist - a composer, lyricist, librettist, producer, musician, singer, and storyteller - merged rock with a powerful theatricality.  His songs for

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Categories: News Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Jim Steinman

I'm So Glad: Cream's "The Goodbye Tour: Live at the Forum 1968" Arrives as 2-LP Set

April 20, 2021 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

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"Cream was a shambling circus of diverse personalities who happened to find that catalyst together...any one of us could have played unaccompanied for a good length of time. So you put the three of us together in front of an audience willing to dig it limitlessly, we could have gone on forever...And we did...just going for the moon every time we played." That's how Eric Clapton described his time in one of rock's first supergroups. And while Cream released four fine albums during their four

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Cream

The Weekend Stream: April 17, 2021

April 17, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Stream

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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Lionel Richie, Louder

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Busta Rhymes, Lionel Richie, Madonna

Release Round-Up: Week of April 16

April 16, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Mary Wilson Expanded Edition

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Mary Wilson, Mary Wilson: Expanded Edition (Motown/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Just days before her sudden passing, Mary Wilson promised that her 1979 Motown solo debut would finally see reissue.  Universal Music and Wilson's estate have made good on that promise with this new digital release. Mary Wilson: Expanded Edition will include the original Mary Wilson album produced by Motown great Hal Davis; three single versions of the album's

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Anais Reno, Anthony Perkins, Blossom Dearie, Cole Quest and the City Pickers, Donna Lewis, Elaine Stritch, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Freda Payne, Jean-Michel Damase, Jethro Tull, John Pizzarelli, Mary Wilson, Paul McCartney, Ricardo Silveira, Rodgers and Hart, Saigon Kick, Tom Petty

1975-1978

April 15, 2021 By

Rod Stewart 1975 1978

A new vinyl box set collects remastered versions of Rod Stewart's breakthrough first four Warner Bros. albums - Atlantic Crossing (1975), A Night on the Town (1976), Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977), and Blondes Have More Fun (1978) - and adds the bonus LP Encores 1975-1978 featuring ten outtakes, five of which have never been released in any format.

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

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

April 12, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

VMP 100

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.  While VMP also offers Classics (Soul, Blues, and Jazz), Hip-Hop, and Country tracks (the latter a new addition for 2021), the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Al Green, Gorillaz, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Outkast, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Saba, Spiritualized

The Weekend Stream: April 10, 2021

April 10, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Stream

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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Marilyn Maye, Girl Singer

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Marilyn Maye, The Intruders

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

April 9, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Steve Wynn Dekad

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 for a list of participating retailers and more information on these two Drops. First up are the releases for June 12: Devo's Gerald V. Casale AKA Jihad Jerry and The Evildoers, Mine Is

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Devo, Gruntruck, L7, Love Spit Love, Record Store Day, Steve Wynn, Tad, VAST

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

April 8, 2021 By Mike Duquette 18 Comments

TFF Massey

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 at the Toronto theatre at the end of May 1985, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was on its way to topping the U.S. charts. ("Shout" would

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Record Store Day, Tears for Fears

The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)

April 8, 2021 By

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Joni Mitchell's first four albums, all recorded for the Reprise label, are collected in a new box set.  The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) is the first albums collection to be released under the Joni Mitchell Archives umbrella; it will be followed later this year by Archives Vol. 2 featuring previously unreleased material from this era.  In the meantime, this set features Bernie Grundman's new remasters of Song To A Seagull (featuring the essential tracks "Cactus Tree" and

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Folk, Pop

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

April 8, 2021 By Sam Stone 21 Comments

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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 in the series: The Reprise Albums (1968-1971), to be released June 25, just fifty years and three days after she released Blue on June

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Folk, Pop Tags: Joni Mitchell

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

April 7, 2021 By Randy Fairman 14 Comments

Elton John Regimental Sgt. Zippo

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 Jewel Box.  Among its 8 CDs were three discs of rarities spanning 1965-1971.  Perhaps the most intriguing tracks included were those intended for an unreleased album entitled Regimental

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Elton John

The Original Philadelphia Sound: Sony Classical Collects 120 Discs of Eugene Ormandy's "Columbia Legacy"

April 5, 2021 By Joe Marchese 21 Comments

Eugene Ormandy Columbia Legacy

Eugene Ormandy's 44-year tenure as music director of the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra remains the single longest affiliation between conductor and orchestra.  Though Ormandy passed away in 1985 at 85 years of age, the enormous body of work he left behind continues to resonate.  Though he also recorded for RCA Victor, EMI, Telarc, and Delos, his most long-lasting label association was with Columbia Records.  Between 1944 and 1968, Ormandy surveyed a broad swath of the classical

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classical/Opera Tags: Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Weekend Stream: April 3, 2021

April 3, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Stream

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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Train, Drops of Jupiter

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Nile Rodgers, Steven Wilson, Train

Steve Miller Band Live! Breaking Ground: August 3, 1977

March 30, 2021 By

Steve Miller Band Live Breaking Ground

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Steve Miller Band Live! Breaking Ground: August 3, 1977, a previously unreleased seventeen-song set, arrives on CD, double vinyl, and digital formats.  The accompanying video of the full performance will stream on Amazon Prime Video's The Coda Collection, a channel dedicated to music documentaries and concert films.  The show was recorded at Landover, Maryland's Capital Centre (built in 1973,

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Let My Spirit Carry Me: Steve Miller Band Is "Breaking Ground" On Previously Unreleased 1977 Concert Release

March 29, 2021 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Steve Miller Band Live Breaking Ground

Following the 2019 box set Welcome to the Vault, Steve Miller has dipped into his archives once again for a new release.  On Friday, May 14, Sailor/Capitol/UMe will release Steve Miller Band Live! Breaking Ground: August 3, 1977, a seventeen-song set, on CD, double vinyl, and digital formats.  The accompanying video of the full performance will stream on Amazon Prime Video's The Coda Collection, a channel dedicated to music documentaries and concert films. Breaking Ground chronicles The Steve

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Steve Miller Band

Life Is A Banquet: Stage Door Records Reissues 1969 London Studio Cast of "Mame" Starring Beryl Reid

March 26, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Mame London Studio Cast

Light the candles, get the ice out...roll the rug up, it's today! Everybody's favorite madcap auntie, Mame Dennis, made her first appearance in Patrick Dennis' 1955 novel Auntie Mame.  The book was a cultural phenomenon, selling more than two million copies and staying over two years on the New York Times Best-Seller List.  It was quickly followed in 1956 by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's Broadway comedy of the same name starring Rosalind Russell and then by Warner Bros.' lavish film

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Beryl Reid, Jerry Herman

Get On Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia Volume 1

March 24, 2021 By

Get On Board the Soul Train

Get On Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Vol. 1 is the first in a series of box sets from the U.K.-based United Souls label, an imprint of Snapper Music, which will ultimately collect the entire Philadelphia International albums discography on CD.  The slipcased, 8-CD/1-12″ single hardcover book-style set will feature the following eight albums, originally released between 1971 and 1973: Billy Paul, Going East (Philadelphia International Z 30580, 1971);

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Remembering "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" Co-Writer Randy Myers (1947-2021)

March 20, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Randy Myers

The Second Disc remembers songwriter Randy Myers (1947-2021).  Randy co-wrote over two dozen songs including "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," the 1969 pop standard co-written and introduced by his sister, singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon, and since recorded by a host of legendary artists including Dolly Parton, The Isley Brothers, and Andy Williams - not to mention more unexpected names such as Leonard Nimoy, Bill Murray, and the cast of television's The Flash.  The Second Disc extends its

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Categories: News Genre: Pop Tags: Randy Myers

The Weekend Stream: March 20, 2021

March 20, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Stream

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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Duran

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Duran Duran, Gamble and Huff, Madonna, The Who

Release Round-Up: Week of March 19

March 19, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Neil Young After the Gold Rush 50

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, After the Gold Rush: 50th Anniversary [Vinyl + 7" Box] (Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 50th Anniversary remastered edition of Neil Young's classic album was released on CD in December; now the vinyl version arrives.  The set includes two different recordings of the outtake "Wonderin'" on the bonus 45.  The A-side was recorded in March 1970 in Topanga (previously heard on Archives Vol. 1) while the B-side is

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Chris Cornell, Green Day, Harpers Bizarre, Harry Connick Jr., Hello, Jack Cassidy, John Raitt, Keith Jarrett, Loretta Lynn, Neil Young, Paul Stanley, Ringo Starr, Stephane Grappelli, Steve Earle, Sting, The Black Crowes

Way Out West: The Lost Transcriptions for Tiffany Music 1946-1947 - Volume Two

March 18, 2021 By

Bob Wills Way Out West

Real Gone unveils another 50 previously unreleased radio transcriptions from "King of Western Swing" Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys on this deluxe 2-CD set.  The oversized booklet features liner notes from James Austin (Rhino, Rockbeat Records) encompassing testimonials from folks like ZZ Top's Billy F Gibbons, Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson, and singer-songwriter Chris Isaak.  All 50 recordings have been restored and remastered by Bob Fisher.

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My Song: Keith Jarrett's Improvised "Sun Bear Concerts" Receives Deluxe 10-LP Reissue

March 15, 2021 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Few artists have transformed the landscape of jazz music in quite the same way as Keith Jarrett.  Over the course six decades, Jarrett revolutionized piano music as a sideman to Miles Davis, Charles Lloyd, and others, and as a bandleader in his own right.  But some of his most captivating recordings present him alone onstage, building thrilling and beautiful pieces that are entirely improvised.  One need only look toward his stellar run of ECM recordings releases - among them The Köln Concert

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Keith Jarrett

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