Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, Archives Vol. 2: 1973-1976 (Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Neil Young's second Archives box set arrives in a wide commercial release, dropping the oversized packaging and expansive book in favor of a slimmer package. The 10-CD box is sequenced chronologically to spotlight the astonishingly prolific period lovingly referred to as the Ditch Years. The box contains 131 tracks from Neil's personal archive. Of
Saigon Kick
The Miami hard-rock band's self-titled debut is reissued on vinyl from Real Gone Music. The LP featured their classics "Coming Home" and "Ugly" which boasted a unique blend of alt-rock, grunge, metal, and hard rock influences. Originally released in 1991, the album saw a brief run on vinyl but only in Europe. Now it returns worldwide on white vinyl, limited to only 900 copies, complete with a printed inner sleeve and lyric sheet.
Now in a Minute
Donna Lewis rose to fame 25 years ago with her first single, "I Love You Always Forever." The single peaked at No. 2 on the charts, staying there for nine weeks and dominating the airwaves. As a result, Lewis' Atlantic debut album Now In A Minute reached the Top 40 on the Billboard albums chart. Real Gone gives it a vinyl debut with an orange-hued pressing limited to 1,000 copies as well as an exclusive black marble edition limited to 500 copies and available from U.S. retailer Barnes and
BREAKING: Record Store Day Announces RSD Drops
For over a year, folks who rely on music to enrich and sustain their life have seen their "normal" change dramatically due to COVID-19. As the effects of pandemic continue to ripple through every part of the industry, the Record Store Day organization has announced that rather than hold one event this year, there will be two RSD Drops, set to take place on June 12 and July 17 at participating stores worldwide. It has been decided that this is the best move for customer safety and for the
Always Forever: Real Gone Reissues '90s Classics By Donna Lewis and Saigon Kick This April
Real Gone Music will turn the clock back to the '90s with a pair of upcoming vinyl reissues: a 25th anniversary edition of Now In a Minute by Welsh singer-songwriter Donna Lewis and the self-titled debut from Florida rockers Saigon Kick. It's all set for this April. Donna Lewis may not be a household name, but the music teacher-turned-chart-topping-singer rose to fame 25 years ago with her first single, "I Love You Always Forever." The single peaked at No. 2 on the charts, staying there
Smoke from the Chimney
Easy Eye Sound premieres a new album of nine never-before-released songs from the late Tony Joe White, completed and produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach (also Easy Eye's founder) with a host of talented musicians including keyboardist Bobby Wood of The Memphis Boys, Nashville pedal steel titan Paul Franklin, and Grammy-winning fiddler Stuart Duncan, as well as younger players such as guitar wunderkind Marcus King. Available on CD, LP, and digital services.
I Found Out: John and Yoko's "Plastic Ono Band" Box Due in April
The July 1969 single release of John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" marked the first time that the name of the Plastic Ono Band appeared on a record label. Lennon and his new wife Yoko Ono - they'd married in March - resolved to use the flexible band handle for whichever group happened to be playing with them; the onstage document Live Peace in Toronto 1969 was credited to the band, as was the harrowing single "Cold Turkey." "Instant Karma!" modified the name slightly to "John Lennon and Yoko
My Fair Lady: Original Soundtrack
Music on Vinyl represses its 2016 2-LP expanded soundtrack presentation of 1964's My Fair Lady. The Lerner & Loewe classic starring Audrey Hepburn (and the voice of Marni Nixon), Rex Harrison, and Stanley Holloway will be pressed on two 180-gram purple LPs, housed in a gatefold sleeve, and limited to 1,000 units. This version includes 11 bonus tracks as first issued on CD for the film's 30th anniversary in 1994.
Rearrange the Art: Craft Recordings Reissues Sarah Jarosz's "Build Me Up From Bones," Vinyl Due on April 9
Craft Recordings continues its exploration of roots music with a new vinyl release from one of folk's brightest. On April 9, Sarah Jarosz's 2013 acclaimed Build Me Up From Bones will hit shelves and online storefronts in a deluxe vinyl package. Her web store will also stock an exclusive red vinyl edition. Just five years after singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Jarosz signed to the Sugar Hill Records label, the phenom of the Americana scene released her most fully-realized
I'm Back in Circulation: Kritzerland Reissues First Two Volumes of Ben Bagley's "Cole Porter Revisited"
Over the weekend, Kritzerland announced the latest two titles in its ongoing reissue campaign of Ben Bagley's Revisited series: Cole Porter Revisited and The Unpublished Cole Porter Vol. 2. The pride of Peru, Indiana, Porter (1891-1964) remains one of the Great American Songbook's most renowned exponents. He lived long enough to see his classic songs such as "I've Got You Under My Skin," "Night and Day," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "Just One of Those Things," and "Anything Goes" become
From Paris with Love
Late violin virtuoso Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997) is celebrated on this new 3-CD set from Sunset Blvd. Records. From Paris with Love collects 57 tracks including 30 new-to-CD and 17 previously unreleased. The first disc is dedicated to his last sessions with Django Reinhardt; the second disc to the solo Grappelli; and the third to Grappelli in concert. $1.00 from the sale of each CD set will go to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund.
Toronto Rock and Roll Revival 1969
Sunset Blvd. Records brings listeners back to September 13, 1969 at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium when Chuck Berry took the stage for an electrifying set. The label promises that this release is the first time the concert has been presented in its entirety as mastered from the original analog tapes. The show features an introduction by Kim Fowley and such Berry staples as "Sweet Little Sixteen," "Rock and Roll Music," "Johnny B. Goode," "Carol," "Promised Land," and "My
The Weekend Stream: February 27, 2021
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! Cheap Trick, Out to Get
All the Girls
The Broadway community was devastated late in 2020 by the death of the luminous Rebecca Luker (Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Show Boat) at the age of 59 after a courageous battle with ALS. PS Classics now delivers a gift to fans of the late artist. All the Girls is based on the cabaret show by Luker and her friend Sally Wilfert (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Assassins). Exploring their close bond and the nature of female friendship, the album features their renditions of a wide variety of
Come What May
Celebrated jazz chanteuse Jane Monheit returns with a new album marking her 20 years as a recording artist. Come What May features classic standards rendered in Monheit's intimate and expressive style from songwriters including Frank Loesser; Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart; Harold Arlen with lyricists Ira Gershwin, Ted Koehler, and Yip Harburg; Billy Strayhorn; and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
I Can See For Miles: The Who Announce Rarities-Filled Deluxe Reissue of "The Who Sell Out" Due April 23
If you're troubled and you can't relax, close your eyes and think on this... So begins "Armenia City in the Sky," the first track on The Who Sell Out. Originally released in December 1967, the album reflects not only the hippie counterculture, but also the maturing of rock music as an art form. Here, The Who go between psych-rock, pop, childlike ditties, jazzy ballads, and even a rock opera - not to mention the breakthrough hit "I Can See For Miles". It's tied together (rather loosely)
Release Round-Up: Week of February 26
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan, 1970 (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In recent years, Bob Dylan's annual copyright-extension collections have become highly sought-after collectors' items and fodder for bootleggers everywhere. Happily, Legacy Recordings has opted to give a wide release to Dylan's 1970 set, largely drawn from the Self Portrait sessions and featuring his loose jams with George Harrison. This 3-CD set features 74
What We Talk About: Run Out Groove Delivers Expanded Reissue of Old 97's "Fight Songs" With Remix, Demos
Run Out Groove is going alt-country for its next limited edition, fan-voted vinyl release. The Old 97's, formed in Dallas, Texas in 1993, were at the vanguard of the movement that saw the spirit of traditional country merged with an alternative rock sensibility. The onetime bar band was championed by indie labels Idol and Bloodshot before moving to the majors with 1997's Too Far to Care on Elektra Records. ROG is revisiting Old 97's next and fourth album, 1999's Fight Songs, in a lavishly
Bad Side of the Moon: Cherry Red, Esoteric Reissue Toe Fat's Complete Rare Earth/EMI Recordings
Motown's Rare Earth imprint intended to bring the sound of rock to the home of The Supremes, The Miracles, Martha and The Vandellas, The Temptations, and Four Tops. The imprint was named after a white rock band from Detroit and its artists were both home-grown and licensed from other parties. In the latter category was Toe Fat, a U.K. psych-rock band built around the talents of Cliff Bennett, formerly of the beat group Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers. Both of Toe Fat's albums - issued on
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: David Bowie's 'Brilliant Live Adventures' Series Continues with 'Live Paris 99'
This morning, Parlophone announced the fifth - and next-to-last - volume of David Bowie's D.I.Y. box set Brilliant Live Adventures. The new Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) was first released as a digital-only title last summer, and now makes its debut on CD and vinyl. Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) includes all 15 songs performed by Bowie and his band at the Elysée Montmartre on October 14, 1999. Earlier in the day, he was awarded the Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des
Glory of Love: Cherry Pop Collects Peter Cetera's Full Moon-Warner Bros. Discography On New Box Set
UPDATED 1/22: As one of the seven members of Chicago as featured on their 1969 debut album Chicago Transit Authority, bassist-singer Peter Cetera's soaring tenor became an integral component of the band's sound on such hits as "25 or 6 to 4," "Feelin' Stronger Every Day," "Just You 'n' Me," and "(I've Been) Searching So Long." When his own composition "If You Leave Me Now" became Chicago's first-ever No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 - not to mention in international territories such as Canada,
The Show Time Series EP Collection: Volume One
Stage Door launches a three-volume series collecting RCA Victor's 1953 Show Time EPs. Each four-song EP celebrated a different classic musical with a starry cast (often featuring singers who had starred onstage in the show represented). The shows included on the first volume are Oklahoma! (Rodgers and Hammerstein); Carousel (Rodgers and Hammerstein); Show Boat (Kern and Hammerstein); The Cat and The Fiddle (Kern and Harbach); Babes in Arms (Rodgers and Hart); and Jumbo (Rodgers and Hart).
Where Do We Go From Here: ABKCO Reissues, Remasters Bobby Womack's "The Poet" Albums
Singer, songwriter, musician, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bobby Womack (1944-2014) saw his songs covered by The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, and his longtime friend Wilson Pickett. But his solo output, recorded over 40+ years for labels including Minit, United Artists, Columbia, Arista, MCA, Capitol, XL, and others, was no less impressive. Now, two of his albums for the Beverly Glen label (also onetime home of artists including Anita Baker and Johnnie Taylor) are
At Reed College: The First Recorded Reading of Howl and Other Poems
The first public reading of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" took place at San Francisco's Six Gallery in October 1955, but that performance wasn't recorded. It was long believed that the first recorded reading was in March 1956 in Berkeley, California, but that turned out not to be the case. On February 13 and 14, 1956, Ginsberg and Gary Snyder read at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. In 2007, author John Suiter made a remarkable discovery at Reed's Hauser Memorial Library: the Valentine's Day
The Weekend Stream: February 20, 2021
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! Rahsaan Roland
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