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A Nickel and a Nail and Ace of Spades

July 14, 2021 By

O.V. Wright A Nickel and a Nail and Ace of Spades

Oft-sampled soul-blues singer O.V. Wright's 1972 southern soul classic, featuring The Hi Records Rhythm Section, The Memphis Horns, and production by Willie Mitchell, was packaged much like a bootleg (complete with typos).  That didn't stop it from earning cult status and fetching high coin on the secondary market.  It's been out-of-print on vinyl since the 1980s; the last CD edition was released in 2010 and also commands top dollar.  The LP features the R&B chart hits "Eight Men, Four

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul

The Complete Stax Singles Vol. 2 (1968-1974)

July 14, 2021 By

Booker T and The MGs Singles Volume 2

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Complete Stax Singles Vol. 2 (1968-1974) picks up the story of Booker T. Jones (organ), Steve Cropper (guitar), Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass), and Al Jackson, Jr. (drums) as they ushered in a new era for Stax Records after the label ended its affiliation with Atlantic Records.  This second volume features the band's final 20 Stax single sides, all in their original single versions - the first 15 in

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

Time Is Tight: Real Gone Continues Booker T. and The MG's Singles Series, Reissues Southern Soul from O.V. Wright

July 14, 2021 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Booker T and The MGs Singles Volume 2

Less than two years after the first volume was issued, Real Gone Music is returning to the classic Stax singles of Booker T. and the MG's for The Complete Stax Singles Vol. 2 (1968-1974).  The 20-song collection is due on September 3 in 1CD and 2LP formats, completing the anthology of all 49 sides released by the band at Stax. The Complete Stax Singles Vol. 2 (1968-1974) picks up the story of Booker T. Jones (organ), Steve Cropper (guitar), Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass), and Al Jackson, Jr.

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Booker T. and the MG's, O.V. Wright

Sure Thing: Light in the Attic Preps "Country Funk Vol. 3" with Dolly Parton, Ronnie Milsap, Jerry Reed, Eddie Rabbitt, More

July 13, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Country Funk 3

Over seven years after the last volume, Light in the Attic has announced a third entry in the label's Country Funk series.  Country Funk Volume III (1975-1982) continues the story begun on the first two volumes which collectively covered the period of 1967-1975.  Compiled by Bay Area DJ Jason Morgan and producer Patrick McCarthy, this volume welcomes Conway Twitty, Brian Hyland, Ronnie Milsap, Eddie Rabbitt, and Jerry Reed to a line-up featuring returning artists such as Dolly Parton, J.J. Cale,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, R&B/Soul

And All That Jazz: Real Gone Returns to Press on Three Soundtracks, Bukowski LP

July 12, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Chicago OST

We are continuing our coverage of Real Gone's July slate of releases with info on some titles coming out at the end of this month on July 30.  These four titles are all represses, now coming out in new color variants. First up is the soundtrack to 2002's Chicago.  The musical originally opened on Broadway on June 3, 1975 and is based upon the 1926 play of the same name written by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins.  It revolves around Roxie Hart, on trial for murdering her lover in

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Poetry, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Fosse, Charles Bukowski, Fred Ebb, Hans Zimmer, John Kander

The Weekend Stream: July 10, 2021

July 10, 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! Captain Beefheart and His Magic

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: 808 State, Captain Beefheart, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Frank Zappa, George Benson, New Order, Randy Edelman, Richard Barone, Soul Asylum, Spice Girls, Sylvester, The Art of Noise, The Bongos

Straight to the Top: Southside Johnny Reissues Tom Waits Tribute "Grapefruit Moon"

July 9, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Southside Johnny Grapefruit Moon

At first glance, Southside Johnny Lyon and Tom Waits might seem at disparate ends of the musical spectrum.  New Jersey native Lyon is a progenitor of the Jersey Shore sound with its brassy, party-time fusion of rock & roll and rhythm & blues.  California's Waits came into prominence during that state's singer-songwriter boom, touching on folk before settling into a piano-based, jazz-influenced sound that he would ultimately jettison in favor of a more experimental and avant-garde

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Southside Johnny, Tom Waits

Release Round-Up: Week of July 9

July 9, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Almost Famous 20th Anniversary 2CD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Almost Famous: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (UMe, 2021) Out today: 2CD Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Stillwater Vinyl EP: uDiscoverMusic.com Out August 20: 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD/7LP/1-7″ Super Deluxe Edition and color

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Amy Grant, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Devo, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Eugene McDaniels, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Led Zeppelin, Little Steven, Lucinda Williams, Spacehog, Sparks, Steely Dan, The Rolling Stones, The Sandals, The Wallflowers, The Who

Dance Out of My Head: Demon Collects Shep Pettibone Mixes from Whitney, Elton, Lionel, More on New Box Set

July 8, 2021 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Arthur Baker Dance Masters Shep Pettibone

Producer-DJ Arthur Baker has brought his magic touch to recordings by everybody from Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to Tina Turner and Diana Ross, turning pop, rock, and R&B hits into dance floor-fillers.  Now, Baker is looking back and taking stock of his fellow Dance Masters with a new series from Demon Music Group.  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

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Arthur Baker, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John, George Michael, Gloria Gaynor, Huey Lewis and The News, Lionel Richie, Pet Shop Boys, Shep Pettibone, The Salsoul Orchestra, Various Artists, Whitney Houston

To Groove You: Cherry Red's Robinsongs Boxes Kleeer's Atlantic Albums

July 7, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Kleeer The Atlantic Collection

Richard Lee (guitar), Norman Durham (bass), Paul Crutchfield (percussion/keyboards) and Woody Cunningham (lead vocals/drums) united in 1972 as The Choice 4 before evolving into The Jam Band, Pipeline and, under the aegis of Patrick Adams and Greg Carmichael, The Universal Robot Band.  After flirting with R&B, funk, disco and even straight-ahead rock, the quartet settled as Kleeer and signed to Atlantic Records.  Between 1979 and 1985, Kleeer released seven albums on Atlantic, proving worthy

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Kleeer

Out of the Past: Vinyl Me Please Releases 50th 'Classics' Title with Abbey Lincoln's 'It's Magic,' Offers Chance to Win Past Titles

July 6, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Abbey Lincoln Its Magic

Earlier this year, Vinyl Me Please marked 100 releases in its Essentials track and reissued ten key titles from artists including Queen, Al Green, and Miles Davis and John Coltrane.  Now, the record club is releasing the 50th title in its Classics series concentrating on Soul, Blues, and Jazz.  (Hip-Hop and Country tracks are also available to monthly subscribers.)  That 50th title is vocalist Abbey Lincoln's third studio album, 1958's It's Magic, in a new edition remastered by Ryan Smith in an

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Abbey Lincoln

The Metallica Blacklist

July 5, 2021 By

Metallica Blacklist

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Metallica continues the Black Album celebration with a second box set, The Metallica Blacklist.  Over 53 tracks, artists of various genres and generations celebrate the legacy of The Black Album with their own reinterpretations of its twelve songs.  The release groups the songs together in the original album order; in other words, the album begins with six versions of "Enter Sandman," continues with

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

Resident Alien

July 5, 2021 By

Spacehog Resident Alien

Originally released on Sire Records in October of 1995, Spacehog's debut LP Resident Alien (featuring the chart-topping "In the Meantime") would eventually earn a Gold certification.  Real Gone Music first reissued Resident Alien on vinyl as part of last year's Record Store Day event during the August drop.  It is now coming to general retail for the first time.  The 2-LP set features the gatefold packaging newly-created for the RSD reissue and comes on pink vinyl.

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Sweet Charity: London Studio Cast Recording

July 5, 2021 By

Sweet Charity London Studio Cast

Following its Broadway debut in 1966, the Neil Simon/Cy Coleman/Dorothy Fields musical Sweet Charity made it to London in October 1967 in a production starring Juliet Prowse.  Two months later, Saga Records released its own recording of the Coleman/Fields score to coincide with the production's arrival at the Prince of Wales Theatre.  Now, Saga's studio cast recording starring West End mainstay Mary Preston as Charity is making its premiere on CD from Stage Door Records.  This is the only

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings

I'm a Rainbow: Remixed and Recoloured

July 5, 2021 By

Donna Summer Im a Rainbow Remixed

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Driven by the Music is revisiting Donna Summer's 1981 album - originally shelved but finally released in 1996 - in a reimagined 40th anniversary edition.  I'm a Rainbow: Remixed and Recoloured features 10 of the original 18 tracks recorded during the I'm a Rainbow sessions (all of which wouldn't have made the cut had the album been released as a single LP in 1981) including the title song written by

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

Heart in Motion: 30th Anniversary Edition

July 5, 2021 By

Amy Grant Heart in Motion

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Walmart Exclusive 2CD: Walmart.com Heart in Motion solidified Amy Grant's standing as a pop powerhouse, reaching No. 10 on the Billboard 200 and earning a 5x Platinum certification.  The album released on Myrrh and A&M yielded the No. 1 Pop and AC smash "Baby Baby" as well as four more major hits: "Every Heartbeat" (No. 2 Pop/No. 2 AC), "That's What Love Is For" (No. 7 Pop/No. 1 AC), "Good

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

The Weekend Stream: July 2, 2021

July 2, 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'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! And today's is a bit super-sized,

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Donna Summer, Fleetwood Mac, Gamble and Huff, Lionel Richie, Lou Rawls, McFadden and Whitehead, Meco, Michael Jackson, Nas, Roberta Flack, Teddy Pendergrass, The Art of Noise, The Jacksons, The O'Jays, The Roots, The White Stripes

Release Round-Up: Week of July 2

July 2, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

JoniMitchell TheRepriseAlbums Cover min

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  It's a much smaller one than usual, owing to the U.S. Fourth of July holiday, but we'll have more new releases in the Weekend Stream!   In the meantime, may those celebrating have a safe and happy holiday weekend! Joni Mitchell, The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) (Reprise/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Joni Mitchell's first four albums, all recorded for the Reprise label, are

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Joni Mitchell, Richard Marx, Tom Petty

It's a Dead Man's Party: Rubellan Plans CD, Vinyl Reissues for Oingo Boingo

July 1, 2021 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Boingo

Halloween's coming a little early this year, thanks to Rubellan Remasters. The label is licensing expanded editions of the first four Oingo Boingo albums from Universal Music Group for release this September. The mind-bending ska/New Wave group from Los Angeles, formed from an experimental theater troupe that appeared on The Gong Show, was led by a charismatic frontman named Danny Elfman. Boingo's nervous energy, horn-infused rock and lyrics that thumbed the noses of polite society made for

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo

Hey, Big Spender: Stage Door Reissues "Sweet Charity" London Studio Cast on CD

June 30, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Sweet Charity London Studio Cast

Fun, laughs, good time...  The team of director-choreographer Bob Fosse, librettist Neil Simon, composer Cy Coleman, and lyricist Dorothy Fields made good on those promises with the 1966 Broadway debut of Sweet Charity.  Based on Federico Fellini's film Nights of Cabiria, the musical depicted the bittersweet romantic adventures of dance hall hostess Charity Hope Valentine, so memorably created onstage by Gwen Verdon and introduced on film by Shirley MacLaine.  The splashy production reopened the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Mary Preston, Neil Simon

Brian May Goes 'Back to the Light' with Expansion of Solo Debut

June 30, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Brian May Back to the Light

Almost a year after the devastating death of Freddie Mercury, Queen's Brian May re-emerged with his first true solo album.  Released in September 1992, Back to the Light was the guitarist's mission statement after the fate of his longtime band seemed uncertain.  On August 6, Back to the Light will be reissued by UMe in CD, LP, and digital formats as the inaugural release in The Brian May Gold Series.  Expanded editions will include the bonus collection Out of the Light, a second disc of rare

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Rest in Blue

June 29, 2021 By

Gerry Rafferty Rest in Blue

Rhino gives a digital release to a posthumous album from late troubadour Gerry Rafferty (1947-2011).  Rest in Blue was assembled by the artist's daughter Martha Rafferty from demos recorded by her father; she stripped back the synthesizers applied by Gerry to place the focus squarely on his voice.  The 14 songs were written and recorded at various periods in his career, and include originals as well as folk standards ("Wild Mountain Thyme," "Dirty Old Town"), a cover of Richard and Linda

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Girl from the North Country

June 29, 2021 By

Girl from the North Country OBC

Conor McPherson's Girl from the North Country, featuring the music and lyrics of Bob Dylan, returns to Broadway on October 13.  In advance of its reopening night, Legacy Recordings releases the Original Broadway Cast Recording.  Todd Almond, Marc Kudisch, Luba Mason, Jay O. Sanders, and Mare Winningham are among the cast; the musical boasts reinterpretations of such Dylan classics as the title song, "Hurricane," "Went to See the Gypsy," "Idiot Wind," "My Back Pages," and "Forever Young."

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Live at the Troubadour

June 29, 2021 By

Glen Campbell Live from the Troubadour

Glen Campbell's final recorded concert, from the Sunset Strip's famed Troubadour on August 19, 2008 - three years before he launched his Goodbye Tour during a well-publicized battle with Alzheimer's - was preserved for a PBS Front and Center broadcast.  Now, Surfdog is bringing the show to CD, vinyl, and digital formats.  The concert features Campbell and his band tearing through such classics as "Wichita Lineman," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Gentle on My Mind," "Galveston," and "Rhinestone

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

In The Meantime: Real Gone's July Slate Includes Reissues of "The Endless Summer" Soundtrack and Spacehog's Debut

June 29, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Endless Summer OST

Our friends at Real Gone Music have another packed month in July.  We've already told you about the Toomorrow soundtrack out on Second Disc Records and Real Gone and the reissue of Eugene McDaniels' Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse.  Now we've got the details for two more vinyl reissues, both due on July 9: the soundtrack to the film The Endless Summer by The Sandals and Spacehog's 1995 debut album Resident Alien. The road to the soundtrack album of the 1966 film The Endless Summer is a most

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Spacehog, The Sandals

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