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Get On Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia Volume 1

March 24, 2021 By

Get On Board the Soul Train

Get On Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Vol. 1 is the first in a series of box sets from the U.K.-based United Souls label, an imprint of Snapper Music, which will ultimately collect the entire Philadelphia International albums discography on CD.  The slipcased, 8-CD/1-12″ single hardcover book-style set will feature the following eight albums, originally released between 1971 and 1973: Billy Paul, Going East (Philadelphia International Z 30580, 1971);

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Live at Knebworth '76

March 24, 2021 By

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CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Live At Knebworth '76 presents Lynyrd Skynyrd's landmark performance at the 1976 festival, fully restored for the first time, in CD/Blu-ray, CD/DVD, and 2LP/DVD configurations.  The concert film and album document Skynyrd's classic lineup as they rose to international prominence.  Singer Ronnie Van Zant and the "three guitar army" of

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock

The Breathtaking Blue: Deluxe Edition

March 24, 2021 By

Alphaville The Breathtaking Blue

2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino's remastered and expanded edition of Alphaville's 1989 album The Breathtaking Blue arrives in 2CD/DVD and LP/DVD formats: the 1-LP/DVD features the remastered original album on 180-gram vinyl including a 24-page booklet with many and rare photos in a gatefold sleeve, plus The Breathtaking Blue: Songlines on DVD; and the 2-CD/DVD with the remastered album on CD 1 plus a bonus disc with

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

Afternoons in Utopia: Deluxe Edition

March 24, 2021 By

Alphaville Adventures in Utopia

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino has a remastered and expanded edition of German synthpop trio Alphaville's 1986 LP Adventures in Utopia.  It arrives as a 1-LP edition pressed on 180-gram vinyl with the remastered album plus a 24-page booklet with rare and unreleased photos in a gatefold sleeve; and a 2-CD edition with the remastered album on CD 1 plus a bonus disc with 14 remastered B-sides, 12″ & 7″ mixes, remixes, demos

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

Yesterday's Tomorrow: Celebrating the Winston-Salem Sound

March 24, 2021 By

Yesterdays Tomorrow

Omnivore's release of Yesterday's Tomorrow: Celebrating the Winston-Salem Sound preserves a concert held on May 12, 2018 at that city's Ramkat club.  On that evening, original members of Winston-Salem bands including Arrogance, Little Diesel, Sacred Irony, and Rittenhouse Square -including such familiar names as Mitch Easter (Let's Active), Peter Holsapple, Will Rigby, and Chris Stamey (the dB's); singers Don Dixon, Dale Smith, Lynn Blakey, and Bob Northcott; and many others -- got together to

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

Grateful Dead (Skull and Roses): 50th Anniversary Edition

March 24, 2021 By

Grateful Dead Skull and Roses

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Dead.net (B&W Vinyl) Rhino continues its series of 50th anniversary reissues for Grateful Dead with the band's 1971 self-titled live album with the famous "Skull and Roses" cover.  The centerpiece of the reissue is more than hour of previously unreleased music from another famed SF venue, Bill Graham's Fillmore West, recorded on July 2, 1971 during the Dead's final show at the

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

Down the Road: Grateful Dead's 'Skull & Roses' Album Expanded with Unreleased Show

March 24, 2021 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Grateful Dead Skull and Roses

Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary series keeps on truckin' with the June 18 reissue of the band's 1971 eponymous live album also known as their "Skull and Roses" album after the cover artwork by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse.  While the Dead was still a young band at that point, Grateful Dead was their second double-LP live album following 1969's Live/Dead.  It also was one of their most successful LPs, peaking at No. 25 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and earning their first Gold sales

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

Feelin' Groovy: Cherry Red, El Collect Harpers Bizarre's "Complete Warner Bros. Recordings"

March 23, 2021 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Harpers Bizarre Complete Warner Bros Recordings

When Harpers Bizarre made their debut on Warner Bros. Records in spring 1967, they joined an eclectic roster of pop stars (Petula Clark, The Association), folksingers (Chad Mitchell, Peter Paul and Mary), comedy titans (Bob Newhart, Allan Sherman), MOR artists (The Anita Kerr Singers, Rod McKuen), and one forward-thinking psychedelic rock band (Grateful Dead).  The group defied easy categorization, and over the course of four albums merged pop, MOR, rock, and even dashes of folk and comic whimsy

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Harpers Bizarre

Short Takes: Triumph Prepares New Box Set as RSD Ambassadors; Omnivore Celebrates "Yesterday's Tomorrow;" and Evie Sands Releases New LP

March 22, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Yesterdays Tomorrow

Canadian hard rock heroes Triumph have been selected as the Canadian Ambassadors for Record Store Day 2021 - and the band isn't showing up empty-handed!  As previously reported, RSD will be held in two "Drops" this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  The first of those drops is June 12, with the second to follow on July 17.  On June 12, Triumph - Rik Emmett (guitars/vocals), Mike Levine (bass, keyboards) and Gil Moore (drums, vocals) - will release a 40th Anniversary vinyl box set of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Chris Stamey, Evie Sands, Mitch Easter, Peter Holsapple, Record Store Day, Triumph

Mysteries of Love: Two Alphaville Albums Get the Deluxe Treatment

March 22, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Alphaville Adventures in Utopia

German synthpop trio Alphaville is best remembered today in the U.S. for the Dance chart-topper "Big in Japan" and other floor-filling hits including "Forever Young," "Jet Set," "Dance with Me," and "Red Rose."  Alphaville's 1984 debut, also titled Forever Young, was released as a Super Deluxe Edition in 2019; now, on May 7, Rhino will follow that reissue up with Deluxe Editions of the band's next two albums, Afternoons in Utopia (1986) and The Breathtaking Blue (1989).  These remastered

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Alphaville

Remembering "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" Co-Writer Randy Myers (1947-2021)

March 20, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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The Second Disc remembers songwriter Randy Myers (1947-2021).  Randy co-wrote over two dozen songs including "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," the 1969 pop standard co-written and introduced by his sister, singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon, and since recorded by a host of legendary artists including Dolly Parton, The Isley Brothers, and Andy Williams - not to mention more unexpected names such as Leonard Nimoy, Bill Murray, and the cast of television's The Flash.  The Second Disc extends its

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Categories: News Genre: Pop Tags: Randy Myers

The Weekend Stream: March 20, 2021

March 20, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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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're introducing a new Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Duran

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Duran Duran, Gamble and Huff, Madonna, The Who

State of Shock: Legacy Reissues, Expands Final Three Jacksons Albums for Digital Release

March 19, 2021 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Jacksons Triumph

Last month, Legacy Recordings brought remastered and expanded versions of The Jacksons' first three studio albums to digital platforms.  Next Friday, March 26, sees a physical 2-LP reissue of 1981's The Jacksons Live!, and today, Legacy announced that the group's final three studio albums - Triumph (1980), Victory (1984), and 2300 Jackson Street (1989) - will receive the remastered and expanded treatment on April 30.  A generous 39 bonus tracks are spread across the three digital

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson, The Jacksons

Release Round-Up: Week of March 19

March 19, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Neil Young After the Gold Rush 50

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, After the Gold Rush: 50th Anniversary [Vinyl + 7" Box] (Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 50th Anniversary remastered edition of Neil Young's classic album was released on CD in December; now the vinyl version arrives.  The set includes two different recordings of the outtake "Wonderin'" on the bonus 45.  The A-side was recorded in March 1970 in Topanga (previously heard on Archives Vol. 1) while the B-side is

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Chris Cornell, Green Day, Harpers Bizarre, Harry Connick Jr., Hello, Jack Cassidy, John Raitt, Keith Jarrett, Loretta Lynn, Neil Young, Paul Stanley, Ringo Starr, Stephane Grappelli, Steve Earle, Sting, The Black Crowes

Something in the Air: "David Bowie at The Kit Kat Klub" Closes Out "Brilliant Live Adventures" Series TOMORROW!

March 18, 2021 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

David Bowie at the Kit Kat Klub

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome... Tomorrow (Friday, March 19), pre-orders will begin for the final installment of David Bowie's Brilliant Live Adventures series of concert releases on both CD and 2LP vinyl. David Bowie at The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99) captures his invitation-only performance at the intimate New York venue on November 19, 1999.  The gig was recorded and filmed for the Liveonline.net website and later issued as a promotional CD; this release marks its commercial debut and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Déjà Vu: Deluxe Edition

March 18, 2021 By

CSNY Deja Vu

4CD/1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: CSNY50.com / Rhino.com Rhino revisits Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's landmark 1970 release as a deluxe 4CD/1LP set featuring a remastered version of the original album plus 28 previously unreleased demos, outtakes, and alternate takes.  It's all topped off with an essay from Cameron Crowe.  In addition to the 4CD/1LP set, the box will be released in super-deluxe 5LP format exclusively from the new CSNY50.com and Rhino.com. 

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

In The Long Run: Eagles Announce Vinyl Reissues of "Live," "Long Road Out of Eden," and "Millennium Concert"

March 18, 2021 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

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Few captured the spirit of the '70s like California's own Eagles, whose multiplatinum double-album live document Eagles Live joins the 2007 two-disc comeback album Long Road Out of Eden and the hard-to-find release The Millennium Concert in a batch of new, 180-gram vinyl reissues due April 2. 1980's Eagles Live remains a beloved document of two of the band's tours, recorded in California in 1976 and 1980.  The 7x Platinum-certified collection featured then-recent tracks "Heartache Tonight"

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Eagles

Back to the Garden: Rhino Expands Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "Déjà Vu" In New Box Set

March 17, 2021 By Joe Marchese 29 Comments

CSNY Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, and Nash's eponymous debut was one of the most auspicious and omnipresent records of 1969, a remarkable and harmony-rich affair featuring such era-defining material as "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," "Marrakesh Express," "Guinnevere," "Wooden Ships," "Long Time Gone," and "Helplessly Hoping."  CSN blended folk, country, jazz, rock, and a dash of pop into an often-imitated but never-duplicated sound.  In the U.S. alone, the album reached No. 6 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and the top

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Stephen Stills

Short Takes: "Fawlty Towers" Comes to Vinyl with Cleese Autograph; Judas Priest Plans Massive Box Set for Summer

March 16, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Fawlty Towers for the Record

Although only 12 episodes were made between 1975 and 1979, Fawlty Towers remains one of television's most beloved comedies.  As recently as 2019, it was named the greatest ever British sitcom by Radio Times, and its magic has never been successfully duplicated.  Three American remakes - starring Harvey Korman and Betty White (the pilot-only Chateau Snavely, 1978), Bea Arthur (Amanda's, 1983), and John Larroquette and JoBeth Williams (Payne, 1999) - all failed to recapture the spirit of the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Soundtracks Tags: Fawlty Towers, Glenn Tipton, John Cleese, Judas Priest

Saturday Night Special: Lynyrd Skynyrd Announces "Live At Knebworth '76" on Blu-ray, DVD, CD, and Vinyl

March 16, 2021 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Turn it up!  It's not just the opening salvo to Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," it's also what you'll want to do when you hear the band's new archival release, Live At Knebworth.  Arriving on April 9 from Eagle Rock in CD/Blu-ray, CD/DVD, and 2LP/DVD configurations, Live At Knebworth '76 presents Lynyrd Skynyrd's landmark performance at the 1976 festival, fully restored for the first time. The concert film and album document Skynyrd's classic lineup as they rose to international

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Lynyrd Skynyrd

My Song: Keith Jarrett's Improvised "Sun Bear Concerts" Receives Deluxe 10-LP Reissue

March 15, 2021 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Few artists have transformed the landscape of jazz music in quite the same way as Keith Jarrett.  Over the course six decades, Jarrett revolutionized piano music as a sideman to Miles Davis, Charles Lloyd, and others, and as a bandleader in his own right.  But some of his most captivating recordings present him alone onstage, building thrilling and beautiful pieces that are entirely improvised.  One need only look toward his stellar run of ECM recordings releases - among them The Köln Concert

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Keith Jarrett

The Weekend Stream: March 13, 2021

March 13, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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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're introducing a new Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Watch this: not a whole

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: John Lennon, Queen

Live at Knebworth 1990

March 13, 2021 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop Bundle: Pink Floyd Online Shop Pink Floyd breaks out this remixed version of Live at Knebworth 1990 from last year's The Later Years box set​ into standalone CD, LP, and digital editions.  The seven-song, single-disc set features renditions of such Floyd staples as "Wish You Were Here," "Money," "Comfortably Numb," and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"

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McCartney III-Imagined

March 13, 2021 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop CD with alternate art insert: Target 2-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP red vinyl: Newbury Comics 2-LP gold vinyl: Your Local Record Store 2-LP splatter vinyl: Paul McCartney Online Store (limited to 3500 copies in the US) 2-LP "Spotify" green vinyl: Paul McCartney Online Store US / Paul McCartney Online Store UK / Music Vaultz 2-LP silver vinyl with alternate art

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

What's Your Take On It? Paul McCartney Announces Remix and Covers Album "McCartney III-Imagined"

March 12, 2021 By Sam Stone 11 Comments

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On Thursday, Paul McCartney announced a new project called McCartney III-Imagined, an aptly titled collection of covers, reworkings, and remixes of his last studio album, McCartney III.  It's due for digital release on April 16, with CD configurations and an array of 2-LP vinyl pressings set to arrive on July 23.  The collection was curated by Macca and features contributions from Beck (who's featured on a reworking of "Find My Way"), Anderson .Paak (offering a remix of "When Winter Comes"),

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: 3D RDN, Anderson .Paak, Beck, Blood Orange, Damon Albarn, Dominic Fike, EOB, Idris Elba, Josh Homme, Khruangbin, Paul McCartney, Phoebe Bridgers, St. Vincent

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