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Presumed Excellent: Two Underrated John Williams Scores Get Expanded

June 16, 2022 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

John Williams Spacecamp OST

For fans of John Williams, the legendary composer's 90th birthday has marked a fruitful year. A live concert from Berlin recorded in 2021 was released to considerable acclaim, and two studio albums have since followed: A Gathering of Friends, reuniting the composer with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the New York Philharmonic; and the new Violin Concerto No. 2 and Selected Film Themes, a concert hall collaboration with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. He'll next be heard on screen scoring The Fabelmans, a

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Williams

It's a New Release, Charlie Brown! "Great Pumpkin" Arrives on CD, LP From Original Session Masters

June 15, 2022 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Vince Guaraldi Its the Great Pumpkin 2022

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!  The Emmy-nominated 1966 television special was the third overall for Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts series and the second to be holiday-themed, after A Charlie Brown Christmas.  Upon its October 27, 1966 premiere, it earned a whopping 49 share in the ratings and was so successful that CBS re-aired it every year through 2000, with ABC picking up the tradition after that.  Yet despite a beloved score by Vince Guaraldi (who else?), a soundtrack album to Great

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Jazz, Soundtracks Tags: Vince Guaraldi

The Exodus Continues: New Digital Titles Celebrate 45 Years of a Bob Marley Classic

June 15, 2022 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Bob Marley Exodus

Universal Music Enterprises is teaming with the estate of Bob Marley through the whole month of June to release four new digital titles in honor of the 45th anniversary of Exodus, one of his many acclaimed albums with The Wailers. Recorded in London as Marley stayed out of his native Jamaica following a failed assassination attempt, Exodus combined traditional reggae style with blues and soul, spinning a web of politically conscious and uplifting songs along the way. "Jamming," "Waiting in

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers

The Search Is Over: Jimi Jamison's Previously Unreleased Debut Album "Rock Hard" Arrives on Iconoclassic

June 14, 2022 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Jimi Jamison Rock Hard

As the voice of Survivor between 1984 and 1989, Jimi Jamison (1951-2014) introduced such powerful rock staples as "I Can't Hold Back," "Is This Love," and "The Search is Over."  Formerly of the bands Target and Cobra, Jamison melded a fiery, powerful tone with raw emotion to become one of the defining voices of his generation.  With Survivor having gone on hiatus following the release of 1988's Too Hot to Sleep, Jamison pursued a solo career which bore fruit on the 1991 Scotti Bros. release When

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Jimi Jamison, Survivor

Release Round-Up: Week of June 10

June 10, 2022 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Elton John Madman Across the Water

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles hitting stores today! Elton John, Madman Across the Water: 50th Anniversary Edition (Rocket/UMe) 3CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elton John's 1971 Madman Across the Water receives a new 50th anniversary reissue. Available in three different formats, its most expansive is a 3CD/Blu-ray collection

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Alfred Drake, Ben Bagley, Bill Anderson, Blossom Dearie, Cab Calloway, Dolly Parton, Elaine Stritch, Elton John, Judy Garland, Kaye Ballard, KISS, Notorious B.I.G., Rufus Wainwright, The Rolling Stones

Can't You Hear My Heartbeat: Cherry Red, Grapefruit Anthologize Songwriter John Carter's Career on "My World Fell Down"

June 9, 2022 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

My World Fell Down The John Carter Story

Though John Carter isn't a household name, many of his songs are.  "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat," "Beach Baby," and "Little Bit O' Soul" are just a handful of Carter's timeless pop confections.  His is also the familiar voice of The New Vaudeville Band's chart-topping "Winchester Cathedral."  Sunshine pop aficionados might know him best for "My World Fell Down," the spellbinding song he wrote for The Ivy League which was covered by Sagittarius (featuring Glen Campbell, Bruce Johnston, Gary

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: John Carter, Ken Lewis, The First Class, The Flower Pot Men, The Ivy League

Hallelujah & Songs From His Albums

June 8, 2022 By

Cohen Hallelujah

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada In conjunction with the new documentary film Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, Legacy has offered this new collection from the late troubadour.  Already available digitally, Hallelujah & Songs from His Albums, coming to CD and translucent blue double vinyl on October 14, is exactly what's advertised: a previously unreleased live version of that mystifying standard (recorded at the

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

And The Clock Goes Round: Elton John's Lost 1968 Debut Album "Regimental Sgt. Zippo" Comes to CD, LP in July

June 6, 2022 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Elton John Regimental Sgt. Zippo Stereo

Last year, Elton John surprised fans on Record Store Day with the premiere release of Regimental Sgt. Zippo, a complete studio album which he recorded prior to his first released LP, Empty Sky.  Now, the once-lost psych-pop gem is seeing an even wider release.  On July 8, Island/Mercury will debut the stereo version of Regimental Sgt. Zippo on 1CD and 1LP vinyl; the RSD vinyl edition was presented in mono.  The CD version is promised to contain the full album in both mono and stereo. The

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

Judy at 100: Garland Centennial Celebrated by Universal Japan and Hit Parade Records; Special Concert Happening THIS WEEKEND in NYC!

June 3, 2022 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Judy Garland Judy in Love CD

Friday, June 10, marks the 100th birthday of Judy Garland.  Though the superstar died on June 22, 1969, her legacy burns brighter than ever today.  In honor of the Garland centennial, and of Pride Month 2022, a number of releases will soon become available.  A very special event is also happening this Sunday, June 5, in New York City. Universal Japan is celebrating Garland's discography at Capitol Records with a series of ten reissues in the UHQCD format (playable in all CD players) coming on

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Judy Garland

Release Round-Up: Week of June 3

June 3, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Prince and the Revolution Live 1

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, highlighted by our newest Second Disc Records release and featuring a selection of the week's other new titles! Stoney and Meatloaf, Everything Under the Sun: The Motown Recordings (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Stoney and Meatloaf's Everything Under the Sun: The Motown Recordings from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music is the ultimate celebration of late rock superstar

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Al Stewart, Alan Vega, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bill Evans, Chuck Armstrong, East Coast, Frank Sinatra, George Scott, Grateful Dead, John Williams, Mabu's Madness, Max Roach, Meat Loaf, Michael Nesmith, Prince, Shaun Murphy, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Stoney and Meatloaf

Watermelon Man: Music from the Original Soundtrack

June 2, 2022 By

Watermelon Man OST

Watermelon Skin Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music America Swirl Vinyl: Real Gone Music Color Variant: Barnes & Noble Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are returning Melvin Van Peebles' score to his groundbreaking 1970 comedy Watermelon Man back into print for the first time in more than five decades.  Watermelon Man shattered conventions with its bitingly satirical story about a white couple, intolerant and obnoxious insurance salesman Jeff Gerber

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

Love, That's America: Real Gone, Second Disc Reissue Melvin Van Peebles' "Watermelon Man" Soundtrack

June 2, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Watermelon Man OST

In an extraordinary career spanning seven decades, director and "godfather of black cinema" Melvin Van Peebles (1932-2021) only made one studio film.  1970's Watermelon Man shattered conventions with its bitingly satirical story about a white couple, intolerant and obnoxious insurance salesman Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) and his seemingly liberal wife Althea (Estelle Parsons).  One morning, Jeff awakens to discover that his skin color has changed from white to black-and it's not a result of

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Estelle Parsons, Melvin Van Peebles, Ry Cooder

Waiting for Columbus: Super Deluxe Edition

June 1, 2022 By

Little Feat Waiting for Columbus

8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Original Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Rhino celebrates 45 years of the original concerts that formed Little Feat's seminal live album Waiting for Columbus with this new 8-CD presentation.  The Super Deluxe Edition kicks off with a remastered version of the original album (culled from concerts in Washington, DC and London) on two CDs, following that presentation with three never-before-released live performances

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

Finn: Deluxe Edition

June 1, 2022 By

Finn

Finn, the first album credited to the Finn Brothers, will debut on vinyl this summer as part of a double LP that also includes Neil and Tim Finn's extraordinary demos from 1989 - which birthed another classic album from the duo. The Needle Mythology label, founded by writer and Finn authority Pete Paphides, will put both Finn and those 1989 demos (including the previously-unreleased "Four-Stepping in 3/4 Time") together in one luxe 2LP package. The sleeve will also include lyrics, new notes by

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

Surrender to the Rhythm: Elvis Costello Reforms His First Band, Rusty, For "The Resurrection of Rust"

May 31, 2022 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Rusty The Resurrection of Rust

In his 2015 memoir Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink, Elvis Costello recalled an early gig at the British Legion Hall "on the posh side of Birkenhead Park" in Birkenhead, Merseyside.  "I can't say my set was a triumph," he wrote.  "I went off to a round of feeble applause from a handful of pensioners supping mild beer and a smattering of teenagers in army petticoats drinking cider.  However, once I found a singing partner in Allan Mayes, my performances became a little more controlled and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Allan Mayes, Elvis Costello, Rusty

Feelings Are Good: '90s Supergroup Neurotic Outsiders Revisited in New Reissue

May 31, 2022 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Neurotic Outsiders Cover Art

This week, Sex Pistols fans have the chance to check out the first parts of Pistol, the new FX/Hulu docuseries about the groundbreaking U.K. punk band. (There's also a chance to discover - or rediscover - their catalog thanks to a new collection their lead singer apparently hates.) And if you're interested in what happened to one of the members long after the group's infamous flare-out, a new expanded edition of a long-out-of-print album from onetime supergroup Neurotic Outsiders has you

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Duran Duran, Guns N' Roses, Neurotic Outsiders, Sex Pistols

Goin' Home: Neil Young Releases Lost Album "Toast" In July

May 27, 2022 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Neil Young Toast

For more than 20 years, Neil Young's Toast has sat on the shelf.  Now, Toast is being served.  On July 8, the "lost" album recorded by the singer-songwriter and his longtime compatriots in Crazy Horse will be released on CD, double vinyl, and digital formats. Young and Crazy Horse recorded the album "around the turn of the millennium" at San Francisco's Toast Studios but the prolific and notoriously mercurial artist soon thought better of releasing it.  "Quit" and "Goin' Home" appeared on

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

Release Round-Up: Week of May 27

May 27, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

ABBA CD Album Box Set

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of new titles available in stores and online today! ABBA, Album Box Set (Polar/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc Bundle: Official Store To coincide with the arena show ABBA Voyage setting sail in London on May 27, the band's 2021 studio album Voyage will be canonized in a new career-spanning box set featuring every one of the quartet's nine

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: ABBA, Anna Maria Alberghetti, B.T. Express, Bob Merrill, Def Leppard, Jerry Orbach, Sex Pistols, Sparks, Steve Ellis, Suzi Quatro, Taking Back Sunday

Liza Minnelli's Landmark "Live in New York 1979" Comes to Ultimate 3-CD Edition, 2-LP Set from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music

May 25, 2022 By The Second Disc 27 Comments

Liza Live in New York 1979

Start spreading the news.  On July 1, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records will revisit a landmark album recorded in the heart of New York, New York by one of the most extraordinary entertainers of all time.  It's perhaps our most expansive release ever: the very first reissue - not to mention first-ever wide release - of Liza Minnelli's electrifying Live in New York 1979.  This remarkable "lost" concert album will be released as a deluxe vinyl set on 2 LPs and an Ultimate Edition on 3

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Liza Minnelli

Holy Diver: Super Deluxe Edition

May 23, 2022 By

Dio Holy Diver SDE

Rhino expands Holy Diver, the first album from the band Dio, in time for what would have been late frontman Ronnie James Dio's 80th birthday.  The upcoming Super Deluxe Edition is built around two versions of Holy Diver.  CD 1 presents a brand-new 2022 mix of the album made utilizing the original multitracks by Joe Barresi, while CD 2 features a remastered version of the original 1983 mix.  Two discs of bonus material round out the package.  CD 3, Live at Selland Arena, Fresno, CA, 1983, offers

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

Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson

May 23, 2022 By

She and Him Melt Away

For their seventh studio album, She and Him - a.k.a. Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward - pay tribute to The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.  Melt Away features fourteen intimate reinterpretations from the Wilson songbook, with the title track pulled from his solo debut and the rest from the Beach Boys' discography.  Brian himself joins the duo on "Do It Again."  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 20

May 20, 2022 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Combat Rock Peoples Hall

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of titles arriving everywhere today. The Clash, Combat Rock + The People's Hall: Special Edition (Columbia/Legacy) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Ranking Roger 7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy Recordings will release a 2CD or 3LP expansion of The Clash's Combat Rock for its 40th anniversary. The album comes with a bonus disc of 12 rare

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Art Blakey, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, John Coltrane, Kenny Rogers, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, The Clash, The Hollywood Stars, The Police, Thelonious Monk

I Remember the Feeling: 7a Records Reissues Studio and Live Albums from Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart

May 18, 2022 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Dolenz Jones Boyce and Hart

The names of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart have long been inextricably linked with that of The Monkees.  The duo penned many of the band's most familiar songs including "(Theme From) 'The Monkees,'" "I Wanna Be Free," "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone," "Valleri," and the chart-topping "Last Train to Clarksville."  So when promoters were seeking a Monkees reunion in the mid-1970s, and with Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork unavailable, it's unsurprising that Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz turned to Boyce

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Boyce and Hart, Davy Jones, Dolenz Jones Boyce and Hart, Micky Dolenz, The Monkees

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk: Deluxe Edition

May 17, 2022 By

Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk

On May 14 and 15, 1957, piano great Thelonious Monk joined drummer Art Blakey and his loose musical collective known as the Jazz Messengers to record an album for Atlantic Records.  The resulting LP, Monk's lone appearance on the label, remains a high point in both artists' discographies.  Blakey and Monk were joined by Johnny Griffin on tenor saxophone, Bill Hardman on trumpet, and bassist Spanky DeBrest for the session which featured such Monk compositions as "In Walked Bud," "Blue Monk," and

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz

Hooray for Hollywood: New Box Set Celebrates 100 Years of The Hollywood Bowl with Sinatra, Bernstein, Doors, Newman, Dudamel, More

May 17, 2022 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Hollywood Bowl 100

2022 marks 100 years of The Hollywood Bowl.  The famous amphitheater nestled in the Hollywood hills has hosted luminaries of every genre of music from classical to rock in its instantly familiar bandshell (actually two bandshells, as the first one from 1929 was demolished in 2003 and replaced with a larger model).  The Bowl has been featured in movies including the original A Star Is Born, Double Indemnity, Xanadu, and Beaches and cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, and The Pink

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Count Basie, Donna Summer, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, John Barry, John Williams, L.A. Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Nat King Cole, Randy Newman, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Doors

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