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Release Round-Up: Week of September 10

September 10, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Chicago at Carnegie Hall

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Chicago, Chicago at Carnegie Hall: Complete (Rhino) (Rhino.com) For the first time, Rhino brings together all eight of Chicago's concerts between April 5-10, 1971 at New York's Carnegie Hall in one deluxe, 16-CD box set.  The original 4-LP box Chicago at Carnegie Hall was a commercial smash, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard 200.  This set features every note played by the band as newly restored by the band's Lee Loughnane and engineer Tim

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Aaliyah, Andrea Bocelli, Chicago, Chris Jagger, Donny Osmond, Elvis Costello, Laura Nyro, Marillion, Metallica, Ray Charles, Rufus Wainwright, Suede

Baby, What a Big Surprise: Chicago's "Japanese Singles Collection," Featuring Rare Versions, Out Now

September 9, 2021 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Chicago Japanese Singles Collection

On the eve of the release of Chicago's At Carnegie Hall: Complete, Rhino Japan has another treat for fans of the horn-rock band.  The 2CD/DVD set Chicago: Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits boasts 41 audio tracks representing the band's A-sides released in Japan between 1969 and 1998 plus 17 music videos.  It's available now from CD Japan and Amazon Japan, as well as local Amazon stores as an import.  Especially in the absence of a long overdue, complete U.S. singles anthology, this is

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Chicago

You Won't Change Me: Black Sabbath's "Technical Ecstasy" Goes Super Deluxe

September 8, 2021 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy

2021 has been a good year for fans of Black Sabbath: the band's Vol. 4, Sabotage, Heaven and Hell, and Mob Rules have all been reissued and expanded.  Now, Rhino is turning its attention to the band's 1976 album Technical Ecstasy.  Sabbath's seventh album, the Gold-certified Technical Ecstasy will arrive on October 1 in 4CD and 5LP box set editions featuring the remastered original album, a brand-new Steven Wilson remix, and over 90 minutes of previously unheard bonus material. Black Sabbath

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Black Sabbath

Put Your Hands Together: Second Volume of Complete Philadelphia International Albums Arrives in November

September 8, 2021 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Satisfaction Guaranteed Philadelphia International Packshot

Back in late January, we shared news of Philadelphia International Records' 50th anniversary plans.  The centerpiece of the campaign announced by Sony Music's Legacy Recordings was a series of fifteen CD box sets via the U.K.-based United Souls/Snapper Music presenting every PIR album in chronological order.  The first of those box sets hit stores in late May, and now the second volume has been announced for November 19 release. The slipcased, 8-CD/1-12″ single hardcover book-style set

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Billy Paul, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, MFSB, Spiritual Concept, The Intruders, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees

Make It Last Forever: Spice Girls' Debut Set for Expanded Reissue

September 7, 2021 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Spice Girls Spice 25

Tell me what you want, what you really, really want... If what you want is a 25th anniversary expanded edition of the Spice Girls' 1996 debut Spice, you're in luck.  On October 29, Virgin/UMC (U.K.) and EMI will reissue Spice on 2 CDs and a digital "eAlbum." The expanded Spice 25, curated by the Spice Girls, features the original album on the first CD plus a second disc of twelve bonus tracks.  These encompass a sampling of period remixes and single versions plus five previously unreleased

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Spice Girls

Time Captives: Cherry Red, Esoteric Collect Complete Albums, More from Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come

September 7, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Arthur Browns Kingdom Come

I am the god of Hellfire and I bring you...Fire! With those words, Arthur Brown introduced "Fire," his unhinged single that shot to No. 1 in the U.K. and Canada and No. 2 in the U.S. in 1968.  While "Fire" has endured, Brown's band The Crazy World of Arthur Brown didn't.  The group dissolved in June 1969 after recording just two albums, one of which was shelved for two decades.  Brown, the charismatic and outrageous frontman, moved on and formed a new band: Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come.  Now,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Arthur Brown, Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come

Ragtime: Original Broadway Cast Recording

September 6, 2021 By

Ragtime OBC

The Original 1998 Broadway Cast Recording of Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty's Tony Award-winning epic musical Ragtime - based on E.L. Doctorow's novel and starring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Marin Mazzie, Mark Jacoby, Peter Friedman, and Judy Kaye - comes to vinyl for the first time.  Masterworks Broadway's 3-LP set, housed in a hardbound slipcase, features each disc pressed on 180-gram red, white, and blue vinyl, respectively, as well as a 20-page stitched,

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings

The Weekend Stream: September 4, 2021

September 4, 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've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Rick James, Glow (Deluxe Edition) /

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Aaliyah, ABBA, Bernard Herrmann, DMX, Engelbert Humperdinck, Jerry Goldsmith, Mary Jane Girls, Mary Wilson, Miracle Legion, Propaganda, Rick James, Teena Marie, The Brothers Johnson, The Psychedelic Furs, Timbaland

The Lockdown Sessions

September 3, 2021 By

Elton John The Lockdown Sessions

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Slipcased CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Blue Glitter Cassette, Green Cassette, Purple Cassette: EltonJohn.com Elton John's first new studio release since 2016's Wonderful Crazy Night is on the way.  A spiritual successor to 1993's Duets, The Lockdown Sessions features Elton's collaborations with 16 diverse artists ranging from the late Glen Campbell and

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Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Voyage

September 3, 2021 By

ABBA Voyage

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Black LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Orange LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target-Exclusive CD: Target.com Target-Exclusive Yellow LP: Target.com Indie-Exclusive Blue LP: Your Local Record Store [Visit RecordStoreDay.com's store finder] Various formats including exclusive vinyl, CDs, and cassettes: Official ABBA Store Mamma mia!  ABBA is back.  40 years after the November 1981 release of The

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Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop

A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Remixed and Updated

September 3, 2021 By

Pink Floyd Momentary Lapse Remixed CD BD

CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Sony and Pink Floyd Records are breaking out another title from 2019's mammoth Pink Floyd: The Later Years box set.  A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Remixed and Updated features the David Gilmour-overseen presentation of the band's 1987 studio album.  Remixed by Andy Jackson with Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins, this version will be released on

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Signs of Life: Pink Floyd's "A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Remixed and Updated" Sees October Release

September 3, 2021 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

Pink Floyd Momentary Lapse Remixed CD BD

On October 29, Sony and Pink Floyd Records will break out another title from 2019's mammoth Pink Floyd: The Later Years box set.  A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Remixed and Updated features the David Gilmour-overseen presentation of the band's 1987 studio album.  Remixed by Andy Jackson with Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins, this version will be released on CD/DVD, CD/BD, double 180-gram, half-speed mastered 45 RPM vinyl, and digitally with stereo and 5.1 mixes.  Additionally, the album will be

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Pink Floyd

Release Round-Up: Week of September 3

September 3, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Bob Marley Capitol Session

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Marley and The Wailers, The Capitol Session '73 (Tuff Gong/Mercury Studios) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Green Marble Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Five days after Bob Marley and The Wailers' landmark Burnin' hit stores in October 1973, producer Denny Cordell (Leon Russell, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) took the band into Hollywood's Capitol

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Booker T. and the MG's, Gerry Rafferty, Rory Gallagher

Still Have Faith: ABBA's "Voyage" Begins with Brand-New Album in November

September 2, 2021 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

ABBA Voyage

Mamma mia!  ABBA is back. 40 years after the November 1981 release of The Visitors, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Faltskog, and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad have done what was long thought highly unlikely.  The foursome has reunited to record a brand-new album of ten original songs.  The album, Voyage, shares its title with the concert residency that will begin in May 2022 at a custom-built London arena featuring avatars, erm, ABBAtars, created using state-of-the-art motion capture

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Can't Hold Back: Real Gone Reissues Out Tomorrow Include Richard Thompson, Cee Lo Green, Junkyard, and Ill Niño

September 2, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Richard Thompson Mirror Blue

Due out tomorrow, September 3,  is a quartet of new vinyl reissues from our friends at Real Gone Music.  The albums are from four different decades and encompass a wide variety of genres with two of the albums making their vinyl debuts. First up, from 1989, is the self-titled debut album from Junkyard.  This Los Angeles-based band was founded in 1987, but had a different lineup by the time they gathered to record this first album for Geffen.  The group by then consisted of lead singer David

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Cee Lo Green, Ill Niño, Junkyard, Richard Thompson

Always Love You: Elton John Welcomes Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Brandi Carlile, Glen Campbell and More to "The Lockdown Sessions"

September 1, 2021 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Elton John The Lockdown Sessions

Earlier today, Elton John announced a new album, his first new studio release since 2016's Wonderful Crazy Night.  A spiritual successor to 1993's Duets, The Lockdown Sessions features Elton's collaborations with 16 diverse artists ranging from the late Glen Campbell and legendary Stevie Wonder and Stevie Nicks to current hitmakers including Lil Nas X, Miley Cyrus, and Nicki Minaj.  The album was borne out of the many guest appearances Elton made on various records during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Brandi Carlile, Dua Lipa, Eddie Vedder, Elton John, Glen Campbell, Metallica, Miley Cyrus, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder

Boots [Expanded Edition]

September 1, 2021 By

Nancy Sinatra Boots

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Black LP: NancySinatra.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD Eight-Track Cassette: NancySinatra.com Bootique-Exclusive Red LP: NancySinatra.com The Nancy Sinatra Archival Series from Light in the Attic continues with CD, vinyl, digital, and 8-track (!) reissues of Nancy's debut album, 1966's Boots, originally issued on the Reprise label and featuring not only the chart-topping "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" but

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Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop

L.A. Woman: 50th Anniversary Edition

September 1, 2021 By

The Doors LA Woman Packshot

The sixth and final studio album from The Doors featuring Jim Morrison gets a 50th anniversary expansion from Rhino on 3 CDs and 1 LP.  The original stereo album (newly remastered by Bruce Botnick) is present on both CD and LP while the bonus discs have more than two hours of previously unreleased sessions.  The first CD also includes two bonus tracks, a previously unheard Sunset Sound recording of "Riders on the Storm" and the demo of "Hyacinth House."  David Fricke provides the new liner

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

American Babylon: 25th Anniversary Edition

September 1, 2021 By

Joe Grushecky American Babylon

Last year, the recently-reactivated Cleveland International Records label reissued Joe Grushecky and The Iron City Houserockers' Have a Good Time...But Get Out Alive! as a deluxe edition for its 40th anniversary.  Now, the label is returning to the catalogue of the Pittsburgh rocker for a slightly belated 25th anniversary edition of The Houserockers' 1995 album American Babylon which was produced by, and features, Grushecky's friend Bruce Springsteen.  The 2-CD expansion of American Babylon

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

Catch the Wind

September 1, 2021 By

Herb Alpert Catch the Wind

Herb Alpert is back with an all-new studio album featuring nine original songs plus covers of The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" and "Blackbird," the standards "Smile" and "Summertime," and "America the Beautiful."  Available on CD and digital formats.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Jazz

Riders on the Storm: The Doors' 'L.A. Woman' Celebrates 50th Anniversary with New Box Set

September 1, 2021 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

The Doors LA Woman Packshot

The Doors' L.A. Woman was hotly anticipated.  The band's sixth studio set and a return to the blues-rock on which the band made its name, it followed the concert album Absolutely Live and the compilation 13, both in 1970, as well as the hit single "Love Her Madly."  The March 1971 release of "Love Her Madly" teased the new album which finally arrived in April and shot to a top 10 berth on the Billboard 200.  Three months later, Jim Morrison was found dead in his Paris apartment and the original

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: The Doors

Live at The Forum '76

August 31, 2021 By

Eagles Live at the Forum 76

Eagles' Live at The Forum '76, previously available on CD and digitally as part of 2017's Hotel California 40th Anniversary Edition, comes to vinyl for the first time as a 2-LP set.  The 10 tracks (including "Hotel California," "Take It Easy," "Take It to the Limit," "New Kid in Town," and "One of These Nights") are pressed on three sides of vinyl, with the fourth featuring an etching.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Ace Round-Up, Part One: Spotlight on "The Chips Moman Songbook" and "Jon Savage's 1972-1976"

August 31, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Back to the Basics Chips Moman Songbook

Ace Records has had quite a 2021, from collections spotlighting the songs of Lou Reed and Donovan through this past week's releases from Petula Clark, late producer Norman Whitfield, and the ladies of Motown.  Today, we're taking a look at a pair of recent releases from the venerable label. Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman (1937-2016) may never have become a household name, but the music he helped create certainly did. A guitarist, producer, songwriter, and engineer, Moman pioneered the sound of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, B.J. Thomas, Cher, Chips Moman, Dana Gillespie, David Bowie, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Lou Reed, New York Dolls, Various Artists, Willie Nelson, Yoko Ono

Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: The Shep Pettibone Master Mixes

August 30, 2021 By

Arthur Baker Dance Masters Shep Pettibone

LP Part One (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / PopMarket / Rough Trade U.K. - Exclusive Signed Edition) LP Part Two (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / PopMarket) 4CD Box Set (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. - Exclusive Signed Edition / PopMarket) Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: The Shep Pettibone Master Mixes is an expansive salute from one legendary remixer to another.  Available on 4 CDs (47 songs in one box set) or 2 LPs (32 tracks across

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

Rory Gallagher: Super Deluxe Edition

August 30, 2021 By

Rory Gallagher

4CD/1DVD Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada John Peel Sunday Concert 28/08/1971 (uDiscoverMusic.com / The Sound of Vinyl) The celebration of all things Rory Gallagher continues with a 50th anniversary edition of his 1971 solo debut.  UMC (in the U.K.) and UMe (in the U.S.) will reissue the guitar great's eponymous Rory Gallagher as a 4CD/1DVD set

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

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