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Funky Nothingness

June 28, 2023 By

Frank Zappa Funky Nothingness

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com 2LP Standard Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com 2LP Colored Vinyl with exclusive guitar pick: Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com / SoundofVinyl.com UMe and Zappa Records have taken another deep dive into the vaults for Funky Nothingness.  Recorded in the year following the release of Hot Rats and building upon its sound with many of the same musicians including Ian

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

Greatest Hits [Various Formats]

June 28, 2023 By

Aerosmith GH 2023 cover

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Limited Edition CD: Official Store LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 2LP: Official Store 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 4LP: Official Store Japan-Exclusive 6CD: CDJapan Aerosmith has a brand-new career spanning compilation coming in multiple formats.  The simply-titled Greatest Hits shares a name with the

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

Just Push Play: Aerosmith Preps Ultimate 'Greatest Hits' for August (UPDATED 6/28)

June 28, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Aerosmith GH 2023

Ahead of their Peace Out Tour in 2023-2024 - closing a significant chapter in the book of one of the best (or perhaps the most) American rock bands - Aerosmith will issue a brand-new career spanning compilation across multiple formats in August. The simply-titled Greatest Hits shares a name with the group's first compilation, issued back in 1980, but it's being billed as an "ultimate" product, and packaged as an entirely different set. It is, of course, the first compilation issued since the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Aerosmith, Run-DMC

You Learn: Rhino To Release First Ever Vinyl Reissue of Alanis Morissette's 2005 Compilation "The Collection" in August

June 27, 2023 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Alanis Morissette The Collection

Two weeks ago today, June 13, marked the 28th anniversary of the 1995 release of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, the album which catapulted the Canadian singer-songwriter to global stardom.  Rhino has just announced a first-time vinyl reissue of an album that celebrated the 10th anniversary of this breakthrough: Morissette's 2005 greatest hits compilation The Collection.  The release featured 18 tracks drawing on Alanis' four American studio albums to that point and songs from other

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Alanis Morissette

The Weekend Stream: June 24, 2023

June 24, 2023 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. This week, we're changing things up with a triplicate of great new songs out digitally, from favorite bands, up and comers and living legends alike - plus the latest digital catalogue and Joe's tribute to a Broadway original. John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter, Helena's Theme (for Violin and

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billy Joel, Bryan Adams, Cass Elliot, Charles Fox, John Williams, Katy Perry, Mac Miller, Sid and Marty Krofft, The Damnwells

Miracles: Rhino Relaunches Quadio with Jefferson Starship, Black Sabbath, J. Geils Band, and Alice Cooper

June 23, 2023 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Jefferson Starship Red Octopus Quadio

Quadio is back!  After past releases in the series including, most recently, box sets from The Doobie Brothers and Chicago, Rhino is once again taking a deep dive into the Warner Music family of labels for four reissues presenting original quadraphonic mixes of classic albums on Blu-ray Audio.  This quartet of titles is shipping now exclusively from Rhino, and every release includes the original 4.0-channel quad mix and the 2.0-channel stereo mix in high resolution (192/24). Black Sabbath's

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, J. Geils Band, Jefferson Starship

The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979

June 14, 2023 By

Spinners Complete Atlantic Singles

This definitive 2-CD anthology from upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Spinners presents every one of the quintet's beloved A- and B-sides helmed by the late, great Thom Bell on Atlantic Records, with each and every song in its original single version.  It adds up to a total of 43 mighty tracks on 2 CDs, including 19 Pop hits and 22 R&B hits.  More than half of these are unique edits.  Most are new to CD, and all are freshly remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision from new

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

One of a Kind: Second Disc, Real Gone Collect Spinners' "Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions"

June 12, 2023 By The Second Disc 20 Comments

Spinners Complete Atlantic Singles

Could it be you're falling in love? On August 4, just three months before their long-awaited induction into the 2023 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the world-renowned Spinners will be celebrated by Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records with The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979. This definitive 2-CD anthology presents every one of the quintet's beloved A- and B-sides helmed by Thom Bell on Atlantic Records during that halcyon period-with each and every

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Dionne Warwick, The Spinners, Thom Bell

Rock 'N' Roll Suicide: Bowie's Final Ziggy Gig Gets 50th Anniversary Reissue

June 5, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Bowie Ziggy soundtrack 50 packshot

Over 50 years after David Bowie bade farewell to one of his most recognizable onstage personas, the show in which he did so will be reissued and restored. Ziggy Stardust: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be reissued by Parlophone August 11, just a month after the exact anniversary of that landmark date at Hammersmith Odeon in London. Originally issued in truncated form in 1983, the program was remixed and restored in 2003; this presentation will feature two tracks finally added

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie, Jeff Beck

In Memoriam: Tina Turner (1939-2023)

May 24, 2023 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

Tina Turner Simply the Best

Today, the name of Tina Turner will be on everyone's lips.  The magnetic dynamo with the powerfully raspy voice, instantly identifiable stage moves, and indomitable spirit has died at the age of 83.  Yet, like most everything else in her extraordinary life and career, even her name was hard-won.  Born Anna Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tennessee, she began singing with Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm in 1957.  The volatile bandleader rechristened her Tina Turner, reportedly choosing the first name

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Categories: Features Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Tina Turner

Release Round-Up: Week of May 19

May 19, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Paul Simon Seven Psalms

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Paul Simon, Seven Psalms (Owl/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Colored Vinyl: Amazon U.S. Paul Simon is ready to unveil Seven Psalms, his fifteenth studio album: a 33-minute suite of music consisting of seven dreamlike, meditative compositions which are meant to be played as one continuous piece (and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Menken, Def Leppard, Galen Paul, Graham Nash, Howard Ashman, Jeanine Tesori, Marty Stuart, Paul Simon, Paul Simonon

Summer Dreaming: Grapefruit Collects Sunshine Pop Sounds of Tony Rivers and the Castaways, Harmony Grass

May 16, 2023 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Tony Rivers Move In a Little Closer

Tony Rivers' name occupies a special place in the heart of sunshine pop aficionados.  The singer born Douglas Anthony Thompson in Shildon, County Durham, England began his career with The Castaways in a beat mode - even supporting The Beatles on a 1963 Piccadilly gig - before discovering The Beach Boys and taking his already-impressive vocal arrangement skills to the next level.  A new 3-CD anthology, Move In a Little Closer: The Complete Recordings 1963-1970 on Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Harmony Grass, Tony Rivers and The Castaways

Sun Will Shine: Grapefruit Collects Italian Prog-Rock Band Circus 2000 on New Anthology

May 8, 2023 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Circus 2000 I Am the Witch

Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint has invited listeners to join the Circus.  The Italian band Circus 2000 is the subject of I Am the Witch: The Anthology, a 2-CD set containing both of the Jefferson Airplane-esque group's albums, originally released in 1970 and 1972, plus singles, alternate mixes, and tracks intended for a never-completed third LP. Circus 2000's charismatic lead singer, Silvana Aliotta, had successfully transitioned from a precocious teenage pop singer to a rock frontwoman as

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Circus 2000

The Message is Love: Demon Preps Box Set of Arthur Baker Remixes

May 4, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Arthur Baker CD box

Demon Music Group scored a real coup in 2021 with the release of Dance Masters: Shep Pettibone (The Classic Master Mixes), a box set devoted to the stellar late '80s and early '90s remixer. The branding on the set indicated that Dance Masters was to be a series, presented by another remixing great: American DJ/producer Arthur Baker. Now, two years later, another Dance Masters set is forthcoming, focused on the work of Baker himself. Dance Masters: Arthur Baker (The Classic Dance Remixes), due

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Afrika Bambaataa, Al Green, Al Jarreau, Arthur Baker, Atlantic Starr, Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, Cyndi Lauper, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Fine Young Cannibals, Fleetwood Mac, General Public, Jeffrey Osborne, Jennifer Holliday, Jermaine Stewart, Junie Morrison, Living in a Box, Neneh Cherry, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Robbie Nevil, Roberta Flack, Talking Heads, The Cars, Various Artists

People Need Love: ABBA's "Ring Ring" Celebrates 50 with Singles Box Set, More

May 1, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

ABBA Ring Ring Box Set

When the single "People Need Love" was released in 1972, it was intended as a one-off collaboration between three successful Swedish pop entities: female singers Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and songwriting/producing duo Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. The single was credited simply to "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid," with no intentions of further capitalizing on the partnership. But the success of the song - a Top 20 hit in their native Sweden - led to an album's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: ABBA

Release Round-Up: Week of April 28

April 28, 2023 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Stephen Stills Live in Berkeley 1971

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Stephen Stills, Live at Berkeley 1971 (Omnivore/Iconic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Box: Stephen Stills Webstore Omnivore and Iconic Artists are serving up a previously unreleased 14-song live album drawn from Stephen Stills' concerts at the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, CA, on August 20 and 21, 1971. 

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Ace of Base, Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Rickie Lee Jones, Rush, Smokey Robinson, Sonny Stitt, Stephen Stills

Mind Go Wild: Zappa's 1970 "Hot Rats" Sequel "Funky Nothingness" Gets First Release

April 24, 2023 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Frank Zappa Funky Nothingness

In the pantheon of jazz-rock, Frank Zappa's 1969 LP Hot Rats is surely near the pinnacle.  The primarily instrumental album recorded by Zappa, multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood, and the top tier of L.A.'s session musicians melded the compositional and improvisational sophistication of jazz with Zappa's gritty, searing, and blues-drenched electric rock style.  Recorded to 16 tracks at a time when the technology was still in its infancy, Hot Rats pushed the boundaries of production.  Elements of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz Tags: Frank Zappa

The Second Disc's Record Store Day 2023 Shopping Guide

April 21, 2023 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

RSD 2023

Record Store Day! It's that time again where music lovers and vinyl flippers get together at their favorite physical music retailers and wait in line to snag some treasured albums - almost all of which are pressed on vinyl instead of CD (or, you know, sold on secondary marketplaces for above their retail value). It's certainly easy to be cynical about this stuff, but the crux of the idea still lives: find some music that moves you, something from an old favorite you've maybe never heard

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Joel, Crispin Glover, Duran Duran, Prefab Sprout, Stewart Copeland, The Police

Summer Sessions: Rusted Wave and 1984 Publishing Premiere '80s Scores by Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman

April 20, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Summer School OST

The '80s not only saw tremendous soundtracks from many of the established composers in Hollywood, but a new generation of musicians making a mark on the silver screen, as well. Next month, two of the best film music discoveries of the '80s will be the subject of new reissues from Rusted Wave Records and 1984 Publishing (known for printing photo books about "Weird Al" Yankovic as well as the memoir by the late Marie Fredriksson of Roxette fame). The labels will prep vinyl and CD releases of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Carl Reiner, Danny Elfman

Could It Be Magic: Barry Manilow's Debut, in Rare Original Mix, Heads to Vinyl

April 20, 2023 By Mike Duquette 13 Comments

Manilow LP

Barry Manilow will mark the 50th anniversary of his solo career with an exciting vinyl reissue of his debut album - pressed in a way that's not been heard and seen together since it first came out. The beloved singer/songwriter has been on a hot streak lately that most artists his age would sell their souls for. Already a celebrated draw at the Westgate Las Vegas (his 14th year as a concert act in Sin City, and fast closing in on as many performances at the venue as Elvis Presley), Manilow

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The Flasher: Original Soundtrack Recording

April 12, 2023 By

Pool Pah The Flasher

Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music celebrate 50 years of the best album you've never heard: Pool-Pah's The Flasher.  In 1973, the sexual revolution was on, streaking was taking college campuses by storm, and Deep Throat was edging pornography ever closer to the mainstream.  Against this backdrop, a talented New York band with the unlikely moniker of Pool-Pah teamed with up-and-coming singer-songwriter, musician, and arranger Rupert Holmes to write and record an unforgettably far-out

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks

Still Beatin': Huey Lewis and The News Get Expanded Japanese Albums, CD/DVD Collection

April 11, 2023 By Mike Duquette 23 Comments

Huey Japanese singles

Have you heard The News? The sweet pop/rock/soul sound of San Francisco's Huey Lewis & The News has sadly gone silent in recent years, thanks to its one-of-a-kind frontman's battle with Ménière's disease, which causes intermittent hearing loss. But a surprise new reissue campaign courtesy of Universal Music Group's Japanese division promises the most comprehensive look at the band's blockbuster catalogue of the '80s and early '90s. UMG will remaster, expand and reissue the six albums the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Huey Lewis and The News

You Made Me Love You: Judy Garland's Nightclub Debut Restored for Premiere Release

April 10, 2023 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Judy Garland The Lost Vegas Show

Judy Garland wasn't even 35 years of age when she quipped on the stage of Las Vegas' New Frontier Hotel, "That's the noisiest, loudest opening number...I'm getting a little old for it!  Without taking a step, I get tired!"  If the superstar was, in fact, tired, she hardly showed it.  Thanks to the High Definition Tape Transfers label, the opening night of Garland's first Las Vegas engagement is now available in sparkling sound for all to enjoy.  The Lost Vegas Show premieres the ebullient

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Judy Garland

Continuing: 7a Reissues, Expands Michael Nesmith's "Ranch Stash" on CD and Vinyl

April 7, 2023 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Michael Nesmith Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash 50th

7a Records, hot off its recent reissue of Macy Gray's jazz/R&B gem Stripped, has returned to the milieu of The Monkees with the latest in its series of expanded and remastered 50th anniversary reissues from the catalogue of Michael Nesmith.  Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash is out now in CD and 180-gram gray vinyl formats, both of which add the alternate RCA version of "Marie's Theme" as a bonus track. As detailed in the always-compelling liner notes by Andrew Sandoval, Nesmith's

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Signals: Super Deluxe Edition

March 30, 2023 By

Rush Signals 40th

Rush's ninth studio album, Signals, is going super deluxe in a new box set containing: 2015 remastered Signals on CD (previously issued on vinyl) for the first time; 2015 remastered Signals on half-speed mastered, 180-gram LP in a tip-on jacket; Blu-ray Audio Disc featuring Signals in both Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround mixes by Richard Chycki as well as the 2015 remaster in 48/24 stereo, new animated visualizers, and music videos for "Subdivisions" and "Countdown"; "Subdivisions"

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

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