The month ahead brings even more soundtrack news than the big John Williams box set! New archival reissues from La-La Land Records, Varese Sarabande and Intrada are all on the calendar. First up, after expansions of Rain Man, A League of Their Own and Gladiator in recent months, La-La Land will give the expanded treatment to Hans Zimmer's score to the 1991 hit Thelma & Louise. Directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by writer-director Callie Khouri (her first credit!), Thelma &
Release Round-Up: Week of May 2
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. Pink Floyd, At Pompeii (Pink Floyd/Legacy) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada More than half a century after its release, Pink Floyd's arresting 1972 concert film -
A Man Could Get Lost: Soft Cell to Expand 'Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing' with Rare Remixes
After expanding their debut album for a box set in 2023, Soft Cell will revisit the next entry in their discography: the remix album Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing. Available June 20, the collection comes back to two CDs or two LPs with a host of bonus material, including vintage non-LP singles and remixes plus a host of rare promo remixes issued in the last decade. (While UMC's solicitation notes three of the 12 tracks on the set's bonus disc are unreleased, our research puts it at one, with the
Sign In Stranger: Steely Dan's "The Royal Scam" Returns in June
Are you gonna do it without the fez on? 1976's The Royal Scam, Steely Dan's fifth album, is returning on June 6 in a variety of formats to conclude the band's reissue campaign which began in November 2022 with Can't Buy a Thrill. Like the past titles in this series encompassing the Dan's ABC/MCA discography, The Royal Scam will be reissued on 180-gram vinyl from Geffen/UMe while an audiophile-aimed UHQR 45 RPM, 200-gram vinyl edition and a hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players) will
Didn't Miss a 'Step': New Kids on the Block Celebrate 35th Anniversary of Third Album
New Kids on the Block will revisit their blockbuster Step by Step with a new expanded edition this summer. The 35th anniversary package will be available in a handful of physical and digital formats, with some exclusive variants and bonus tracks throughout. The 1990 release will be available on CD with two tracks from the vault and four mostly promo-only remixes. A pressing of the CD at Target will have an extra track - a recent live version of the cut "Where Do I Go from Here?" - which will
Release Round-Up: Week of April 25
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. Neil Young, Oceanside/Countryside (Reprise/NYA) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Neil Young is unveiling another once-lost album with the release of Oceanside Countryside which arrives on CD today following its vinyl release.The LP was recorded from May to December 1977; the first side comprised solo Young performances,
Everything Delightful: Rhino Celebrates 60 Years of the Dead with "Gratest Hits"
Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary keeps on truckin'; we've already filled you in on the mammoth May 30 release Enjoying the Ride, with 450 tracks on 60 CDs, and its slimmed-down 3CD or 6LP highlights volume, The Music Never Stops, which arrives on the same date. Now, Rhino has announced Gratest Hits (spelling intentional), a single-CD or -LP collection due June 13 which brings together many of the core favorites that a casual fan or Deadhead-in-training would expect on such a set in their
Lullabies from Heaven: Melanie's Children's Album
The latest release in Cleopatra's ongoing Melanie archival series spans fourteen recordings made between 1963 and 2016 including such children's favorites as "Puff, the Magic Dragon," "The Teddy Bears' Picnic," "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and "Rain, Rain Go Away." The singer-songwriter is joined by her children and grandchildren, who assembled this release and added vocals and instrumentation following Melanie's death in January 2024. It adds up to one of the most touching releases in this
A Tale Untold: Robin Trower's "For Earth Below" Gets 50th Anniversary Expansion
Last year, Chrysalis reissued Bridge of Sighs, Robin Trower's second album following his departure from Procol Harum, in an expanded edition timed to its 50th anniversary. Now, the label is turning its attention to the guitar hero's third solo set and highest-charting album in the U.S., 1975's For Earth Below. The upcoming expanded edition, due on June 27 in 4CD, 2LP, and digital formats, is built around the newly remastered original album. Produced by Trower's old Procol Harum bandmate
Oooh, This I Need: Adam Mattera Talks 'Dearly Beloved: A Prince Songbook'
Last year, The Second Disc had nothing but good things to say about Dearly Beloved: A Prince Songbook, Cherry Red's triple-disc tribute to the music of Prince. The set told a story of The Artist's massive impact on pop, rock and soul by way of songs he gave others to record and a galaxy of genre-bending covers. In a year of considerable challenges in Prince fandom, it was a veritable oasis in a desert. Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of speaking with Adam Mattera, the curator and
Release Round-Up: Week of April 18
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. Neil Young, Coastal: The Soundtrack (Reprise/NYA) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The concert film Coastal, documenting Neil Young's 2023 solo concert tour, was released to cinemas yesterday; today, its soundtrack album arrives on CD, LP, and digital formats. The 11-track album includes Young favorites such as "I Am a
NOW WITH LINKS! (Don't) Walk On By: Dionne Warwick's "Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971" Due in June on 12 CDs from SoulMusic, Second Disc
UPDATED 4/17 WITH PRE-ORDER LINKS: "I am so very thrilled about this wonderful collection of my recordings! It is truly something that I myself would buy." - Dionne Warwick, 2025 For more than six decades, Dionne Warwick has been synonymous with musical excellence. The six-time Grammy Award winner, 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and Kennedy Center Honoree remains one of the most-charted vocalists of all time, with a whopping 56 singles having made the Billboard Hot 100 between
Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971
SoulMusic Records and Second Disc Records are proud to present Dionne Warwick's Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971, a 12CD box set with 280 tracks encompassing every one of the music legend's original Scepter albums and single releases plus over 60 rare bonus tracks - 16 of which are previously unreleased (both in the studio and in concert) - for a total of over 14 hours of music. This set has been produced by Joe Marchese (of The Second Disc) and Jim Pierson, and
Back for Good: Take That's Breakthrough Gets Expanded Release
British boy band Take That attained considerable success throughout Europe in the early '90s. Sony Music U.K. will celebrate Nobody Else, the album that briefly made them international hitmakers, with a new deluxe edition this summer. The double-disc reissue of Nobody Else pairs the original album alongside eight bonus tracks, including the rare Japanese bonus track "All That Matters to Me," a cover of the Bee Gees' "How Deep is Your Love" that served as their last work for nearly a decade, a
One and Only: Mariah Carey Celebrates 20 Years of 'Mimi' with 5LP and Digital Reissue
Two decades ago, Mariah Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi was a dramatic comeback for the pop queen. This year, it's due for a comeback of its own with a heavy-duty deluxe edition. Available May 30, The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition) arrives from UMe on five LPs offering a host of bonus material, including seven previously unreleased tracks and many more classic remixes. Billed as being "personally compiled" by Carey herself, the 45-track set comes with a 28-page booklet and a
He Wears It Well: Rod Stewart's 'Ultimate Hits' Due in June
Ahead of a prolific year of touring - and in the same year the British rocker turns 80 - a new career-spanning collection from Rod Stewart will be released this summer in multiple formats. Ultimate Hits, available June 27, offers Rod the Mod's most beloved solo hits from the '70s, '80s and '90s, from "Maggie May" and "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" to "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "Young Turks"; "Forever Young" and "Downtown Train" to "Have I Told You Lately" and "Rhythm of My Heart."
Release Round-Up: Week of April 11
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. The Vince Guaraldi Trio, Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Expanded Edition (Fantasy/Craft) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Craft Recordings delivers a newly expanded edition of 1964's Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown, the first in a series of fateful collaborations between jazz pianist Vince
A Second Disc Interview: Celebrating Marianne Faithfull's Final EP with Executive Producer Andrew Batt
As part of Saturday's Record Store Day festivities, Decca will release the final recordings of Marianne Faithfull on vinyl. The four-song EP Burning Moonlight harkens back to the late artist's very first albums, released in 1965 on the same label: one dedicated to pop music, and the other to folk songs. The title track to Burning Moonlight was issued digitally in the past weeks; tomorrow, "She Moved Through the Fair" will arrive on streaming services. Finally, on June 6, the entire EP will be
That's the Way (I Like It): Edsel Collects "More Sin," "More Deep '70s"
Edsel has recently continued a pair of box set series with the release of Disco Discharge Presents More Sin (1980-1989) and David Hepworth: More Deep '70s. In late 2023, Edsel revived the long-dormant Disco Discharge series with the first Box of Sin. This second volume, More Sin: Full Length Gay Clubbing, follows the template of the first, taking listeners on a journey through the gay club scene of the 1990s and tracing the development of dance music from disco to house. As Ian Wade puts it
I've Got a Secret: The Bongos to Release Archival Live Album
New Jersey power-pop band The Bongos have added some archival works to their digital catalogue in recent years, partnering with Legacy Recordings on expansions of their RCA recordings (including the 1983 EP Numbers with Wings, a pair of 12" mixes and 1985's Beat Hotel, and even a holiday track in 2023). This spring, they'll go back to the label where it all began - New Jersey's own JEM Recordings - to put some of that vault material out on CD for the first time. The Shroud of Touring: Live in
Release Round-Up: Week of April 4
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. Elton John and Brandi Carlile, Who Believes in Angels? (Rocket/Mercury/EMI) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD / EltonJohn.com (U.S.) Tri-Color LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Alternate Cover "Neon Angel" CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon
King of the High Cs: Decca Celebrates Pavarotti with Reissues of Famed Compilation, Henry Mancini Collaboration
In a career spanning more than 50 years, Luciano Pavarotti brought opera to the masses, singing with a host of popular artists from Bono and Meat Loaf to Frank Sinatra and Elton John. He won five competitive Grammy Awards, a pair of Emmys, and a Kennedy Center Honor, along with numerous recognitions from his native Italy, France, and Monaco. At the time of his death on September 6, 2007 at the age of 71, he had sold over one hundred million records, while The Three Tenors - the opera
(Don't) Walk On By: Dionne Warwick's "Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971" Due in June on 12 CDs from SoulMusic, Second Disc
"I am so very thrilled about this wonderful collection of my recordings! It is truly something that I myself would buy." - Dionne Warwick, 2025 For more than six decades, Dionne Warwick has been synonymous with musical excellence. The six-time Grammy Award winner, 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and Kennedy Center Honoree remains one of the most-charted vocalists of all time, with a whopping 56 singles having made the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 and over 100 million
Release Round-Up: Week of March 28
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. Fleetwood Mac, 1975 to 1987 (Warner/Rhino) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com (with bonus 12") Fleetwood Mac's 1975 to 1987 is exactly what it states: a box set of Fleetwood Mac (1975), Rumours (1977), Tusk (1979), Mirage (1982) and Tango in the
Get Together (With Yourself): High Moon Expands Lotti Golden's Cult Classic "Motor-Cycle"
"Motor-Cycle transported me back to the '60s in a way not many records do...There's no irony or second-guessing: Golden's all in, a psychedelic daughter of the Beat generation, among her equally hippie cohort, in swirls of free-loving, drug-chasing, multiracial, pan-sexual abandon... The album is a mother lode, not unlike Daniel Johnston or The Shaggs, say, for its multi-level fascination." High Moon Records has quoted groundbreaking punk legend Richard Hell in describing Lotti Golden's 1969
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