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Fire in the Blood: The Definitive Collection

December 2, 2020 By

Shakin Stevens Fire in the Blood

BMG has a new box set from the U.K. retro-rock and roll icon.  Fire in the Blood boasts an impressive 19 discs collecting 13 studio albums, 2 live sets, and 4 rarities discs.  The 12 x 12 hardback book also contains new liner notes by Paul Sexton, a hand-signed autograph from Shakin' Stevens, three art prints, a poster, the sheet music to "Oh Julie!" (the Shakin' classic covered by Barry Manilow), and a replica tour program.  With a wealth of classics, rarities, and previously unreleased

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop

Love You Madly: Live at Bubba's

December 2, 2020 By

Monty Alexander Love You Madly

Pianist Monty Alexander is joined by bassist Paul Berner, drummer Duffy Jackson, and percussionist Robert Thomas, Jr. for this set recorded in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1982.  Their set includes "Arthur's Theme," "Samba de Orfeu," "Body and Soul," and more, and the set is packaged with an extensive booklet of liner notes in true Resonance Records fashion.

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Formats: CD Genre: Jazz

Rollins in Holland: The 1967 Studio and Live Recordings

December 2, 2020 By

Sonny Rollins Rollins in Holland

Rollins in Holland marks Resonance Records' first archival project from living legend Sonny Rollins.  The 2-CD set includes three previously unreleased sets with Ruud Jacobs on bass and Han Bennink on drums featuring "On Green Dolphin Street," "They Can't Take That Away from Me," "Love Walked In," and more.  The extensive booklet contains interviews with Rollins and Bennink, a tribute to Jacobs, and more.

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Formats: CD Genre: Jazz

The Collection

December 2, 2020 By

Amy Winehouse The Collection

Amy Winehouse's The Collection brings together the British singer's full-length efforts including both of the studio albums released in her lifetime, 2003's Frank and 2006's breakthrough Back to Black.  The latter, still one of the U.K.'s best-selling albums, earned the singer her second Ivor Novello Award (the first was for "Stronger Than Me" on Frank), a Brit Award, and five Grammys - tying the record for the most wins in one night by a female artist and making her the first British woman to

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

12 x 7: The Singles Collection

December 2, 2020 By

Amy Winehouse 12 x 7

12 x 7: The Singles Collection celebrates the late Amy Winehouse with all of her A- and B-sides, including the Ivor Novello Award winners "Stronger Than Me," "Rehab," and "Love Is a Losing Game," on 12 slabs of vinyl.  Its twelve singles - totaling 23 sides (as Disc 12, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," doesn't have a B-side) - encompass both Winehouse's jazz-tinged/retro R&B originals as well as her interpretations of such classic songs as Carole King and Gerry Goffin's "Will You Still

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

Snowblind: Black Sabbath's "Vol. 4" Goes Super Deluxe in February with Unreleased Studio, Live Material

December 2, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Black Sabbath Vol 4 Super Deluxe

Ozzy Osbourne hasn't been far from the news lately, appearing on the cover of GQ, sharing details of his ongoing struggle with Parkinson's disease, releasing the new album Ordinary Man, and appearing on various television projects. On February 12, 2021, however, Rhino will be looking back with Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward for a 4-CD or 5-LP celebration of their classic 1972 album: Black Sabbath Vol. 4. Now a platinum seller, Vol. 4 was the band's first self-produced LP

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

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Lou Reed, "New York" [Deluxe Edition]

December 1, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lou Reed New York

"I'll take Manhattan in a garbage bag with Latin written on it that says "It's hard to give a shit these days..." Indeed, Lou Reed always gave off the vibe of someone who didn't give a shit - and moreover, someone who didn't take any shit.  But beneath that hip veneer was an artist who cared deeply, and had the talents to express himself and his keenly-felt beliefs in song.  He was ready for a new start in 1988 when he began recording his first album for Sire Records after his second stint at

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Lou Reed

Smuggler's Blues: 'Star Wars' Spin-Off 'Solo' Gets Mondo Vinyl Release, Digital Expanded Soundtrack

December 1, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

John Powell Solo Expanded

2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story sharply divided fans and Star Wars aficionados. The film, chronicling the early years of Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Lando Calrissian, endured a bumpy - and very public - road to theatres that saw original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) replaced by veteran Ron Howard. But while reviews were mixed on the film, one crucial element consistently earned well-deserved recognition: John Powell's score. In recent

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Powell, John Williams

THE SECOND DISC'S 2020 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE IS HERE!

November 30, 2020 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

EltonJohn JewelBox pl

Another Cyber Monday is here, which means one thing at Second Disc HQ: it's time to launch our annual Holiday Gift Guide, featuring a few of our favorite things for the music enthusiast in your life.  Sure, we might not have included raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but we've filled the guide with more than 50 essential selections: box sets (such as the amazing Elton John title to your right!) as well as archival releases and Christmas music favorites that just might make great

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

Zappa: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

November 30, 2020 By

Zappa OST

3CD/Digital: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP/Digital Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UMe and Zappa Records have curated a soundtrack release for director Alex Winter's documentary film about the iconoclastic artist. The 68-track collection is available to stream and download now, while a 3-CD edition is coming on February 19, 2021 and a 5-LP set is due on May 7.  The latter will be released on 180-gram black

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

Bag of Trix

November 30, 2020 By

Roxette Bag of Trix

Sorry, Mr. Rabbit - it seems that Trix aren't just for kids!  Rhino is releasing Roxette's Bag of Trix: Music from the Roxette Vaults, a deep dive into the archives of the Swedish pop duo. This four-volume set to be released on 4 LPs, 3 CDs, and digital platforms features a wealth of rare material from Per Gessle and the late Marie Fredriksson. The set is already available digitally while the CD and vinyl versions arrive on December 11 (U.K.) and December 18 (U.S.).

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

Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

November 28, 2020 By

Dolly Parton Songteller

Dolly Parton is busier than ever today.  In between releasing a new Christmas album, writing and scoring a Netflix film, and juggling various TV, musical, and theme park projects - not to mention philanthrophic work - Parton has rounded up lyrics to 175 songs.  In the coffee table book Songteller, she shares those lyrics along with the stories behind the songs which include "9 to 5," "Jolene," "My Tennessee Mountain Home," "Coat of Many Colors," I Will Always Love You," and many more.  The book

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Formats: Books Genre: Country, Pop

Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond

November 28, 2020 By

Chris Hillman Time Between

Chris Hillman has one of the most impressive C.V.s in rock. The four-time Grammy nominee and inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Byrds not only blazed trails with that band but with The Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band, and The Desert Rose Band.  Now, on the heels of a recent, well-received tour celebrating The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo as well as new and reissued solo works, Hillman has delivered an engrossing autobiography which

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Formats: Books Genre: Classic Rock, Country

Ready Steady Go! The Weekend Starts Here - The Definitive Story of the Show That Changed Pop TV

November 28, 2020 By

Ready Steady Go book

Want to impress the Anglophile pop lover in your life?  Drop this beautiful coffee table book under the Christmas tree, and that loved one won't be disappointed.  In this exquisite, LP-sized 268-page tome, author Andy Neill has explored every aspect of Ready Steady Go!, the famed British pop-rock show that aired on ITV Friday evenings in Great Britain between August 1963 and December 1966.  While RSG! only lasted a relatively short period of time, its impact on music television was tremendous. 

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Formats: Books Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

So Nice: The Lennon Sisters Return This Weekend to Public Television, Issue New Christmas, Broadway, and Standards Collections on CD

November 27, 2020 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Lennon Sisters Ultimate Christmas

65 years ago this coming Christmas Eve, The Lawrence Welk Show welcomed a winsome young quartet for their very first television appearance.  The story goes that the host's teenaged son brought Dianne, Peggy, Kathy, and Janet Lennon home to sing for him; their shimmering vocal harmonies won the elder Welk over and he quickly booked them to appear on his show.  The response was so tremendous that The Lennon Sisters continued to appear every Saturday night with the "wunnerful, wunnerful" host until

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Al Martino, Andy Williams, Jack Jones, Leslie Uggams, Mel Tormé, The Lennon Sisters, The Osmonds

Call Any Vegetable: Soundtrack to "Zappa" Documentary Includes Classics, Rarities, Unreleased Tracks, and Original Score

November 27, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Zappa OST

Today sees the streaming release of the documentary film Zappa from director (and Bill in the Bill & Ted series of films) Alex Winter.  Taking into account the many sides of the late, iconoclastic artist - from musician to activist, from boundary-breaking rock-and-roller to innovative composer - the movie has already received widespread acclaim.  Fully authorized by the Zappa Family Trust, Winter's portrait of the artist incorporates rare archival footage alongside interviews with key family

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, The GTOs, Yoko Ono

The Second Disc's Guide To Record Store Day Black Friday 2020

November 27, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

RSDBlackFriday 2020

Today's Black Friday shopping will likely look a little different thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.  But one thing will remain the same: Record Store Day's yearly event.  It's been a packed year with RSD Drops in the months of August, September, and October.  Now, they're going out with a bang. Labels big and small will release limited-edition vinyl with the collector in mind. Whether you're after new music from legends, reissues of sought-after recordings, or unreleased rarities from the vault,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bill Evans, Blue Oyster Cult, Brian Wilson, Dave Brubeck, Fountains of Wayne, George Harrison, Herbie Hancock, Jewel, Jimi Hendrix, John Prine, Little Richard, Lou Reed, Nancy Sinatra, Record Store Day, Sonny Rollins, The Bangles, The Rolling Stones, U2, Van Dyke Parks, Vince Guaraldi, War

Release Round-Up: Week of November 27

November 27, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Shakin Stevens Fire in the Blood

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  To our U.S. readers, we hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and to our readers around the world, we hope you're staying safe and enjoying a lot of great music in these most challenging of times. Cee Lo Green, Cee Lo's Magic Moment (Real Gone Music)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Our friends at Real Gone Music have a Christmas-green color vinyl edition of Cee Lo's Magic Moment, the 2012 holiday album by neo-soul icon Cee Lo

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Comedy, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Anthony Phillips, Billie Jo Armstrong, Cee Lo Green, Chris Rea, Dr. Demento, Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Buffett, Shakin' Stevens, The Free Design, Vanessa Carlton

Skating on Thin Ice: Cherry Red, Esoteric Reissue Procol Harum's "Something Magic" in Expanded Edition

November 25, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Procol Harum Something Magic

Procol Harum titled their 1977 album Something Magic, and indeed, magic was what the English band hoped for when they headed to Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida to record it.  Now, Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has revisited Something Magic as a 2-CD expanded edition with three bonus tracks and a BBC Radio One concert. After Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, producers of 1975's Procol's Ninth, were unavailable to reteam with the band, Procol turned to Criteria and in-house

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Procol Harum

The Most Wonderful Time: New Andy Williams Special Premieres, "The Ultimate Collection" and More Released

November 24, 2020 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

AndyWilliams UltimateCollection Inlay

Over the past weeks, radio stations across America have been changing to holiday formats.  There's a good chance that if you spin the radio dial, you'll end up on the voice of Andy Williams.  The late singer's 1963 favorite "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" has become an unofficial anthem of the Christmas season, and last year reached an all-time peak of No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 - an all the more impressive feat considering his first appearance on the chart was in 1956.  Williams'

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Andy Williams

Live '83

November 24, 2020 By

BOC Live83

Live '83 presents a treasured Blue Oyster Cult concert from Perkins Palace in Pasadena on CD for the first time ever following the gatefold, 2-LP edition on blue with black swirl vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday 2020. Originally recorded for radio broadcast, tapes of this show have circulated among fans for decades and have become a go-to for fans eager to show what makes the band a true rock powerhouse. Now fans can throw away their bootlegs as the show becomes available in a fully

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 4: Cal Expo '93

November 24, 2020 By

Grateful Dead Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 4 Cal Expo 93

Grateful Dead Road Trips, Vol. 2, No. 4: Cal Expo '93 features the band live at Cal Expo Amphitheatre at the State Fairgrounds in Sacramento.  The set features highlights from a three-night run in Sacramento in 1993 that is often regarded as a peak performance by that final lineup of the Grateful Dead. Previously only available to Deadheads through the band's online shop, the 2-CD set now makes its general retail debut for fans everywhere.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

The First Generation 1965-1974

November 24, 2020 By

JohnMayall FirstGeneration 1965 1974 pl min

Snapper Music celebrates blues great John Mayall with an expansive new box set.   The First Generation 1965-1974, a 35-CD collection boasts newly remastered editions of 24 albums - many supplemented with bonus tracks - plus a trio of CD singles and plenty of unreleased material.  Among that rare audio are 7 concert recordings recorded in Europe from 1967 to 1970 making their CD debut, as well as 28 unreleased tracks from the BBC archives.  The box set will also include a hardbound book with rare

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

Archives, Volume 2: 1973-1976

November 24, 2020 By

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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 those, 12 songs have never been released by Neil in any form before, a further 49 songs are presented in previously unheard versions. And though

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Duets

November 24, 2020 By

Sting Duets

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Sting brings together 17 eclectic duets spanning 1992 to the present including tracks with Eric Clapton, Julio Iglesias, Charles Aznavour, Shaggy, Herbie Hancock, and Mary J. Blige; one track, "September" with Zucchero, is previously unreleased.  Available on CD, 2LP, and digital platforms.

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

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