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A Second Disc Interview: TJ Lubinsky Shares Details on New "Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop" DVD Set

July 8, 2020 By Joe Marchese 22 Comments

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"Be My Baby." "Can't Take My Eyes off You." "Stand by Me." "You Don't Own Me." Songs such as these not only defined the era in which they were first written and performed, but continue to resonate today. They're just four of the classic songs included on an upcoming 7-DVD set from Treasury Collection that serves as a definitive concert anthology of classic American R&B music. Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop has been curated by executive producer and director TJ Lubinsky from his acclaimed onstage

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Aretha Franklin, Ben E. King, Four Tops, Frankie Valli, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Maestro, Lesley Gore, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Little Richard, Ronnie Spector, The Isley Brothers, The Miracles, The Righteous Brothers

Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers [Picture Disc]

July 7, 2020 By

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The classic 1984 compilation from Bob Marley and The Wailers returns to picture disc vinyl, with a previously unseen photo on the flipside.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Reggae

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July 7, 2020 By

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The 1969 prog-rock epic Revelation by Man hits shelves from Real Gone on purple vinyl, limited to 1,000 copies.  The ambitious concept album attempted to tell the story of mankind, exploring the creation of the universe, birth, love, loneliness, space travel, and sex.  Musically, it has all the trademarks of late-'60s psych: swirling organs, a wealth of effects that are more gimmicky than effective, Hendrix-like leads, and plenty of freak-outs.  Along the way, you'll hear shades of Deep Purple,

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Hopes Up: Real Gone Presses Up Soul Asylum's "Let Your Dim Light Shine" and Man's Overlooked "Revelation"

July 7, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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On July 31, Real Gone Music will present two more hidden gems on vinyl.  This pairing includes Soul Asylum's Let Your Dim Light Shine, an alt-rock success returning to vinyl for the first time in 25 years, and prog rock outfit Man's Revelation, an ambitious concept album from 1969. As a follow-up to Soul Asylum's breakthrough Grave Dancers Union, the 1995 effort Let Your Dim Light Shine saw the band under pressure to deliver.  Here, they established themselves as a more radio-friendly band -

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Man, Soul Asylum

Lively Up Yourself: Bob Marley Estate Continues 75th Birthday Celebrations, Including Partnership With One Tree Planted Initiative

July 7, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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In many ways, 2020 has come to be about doing our part to build a better world.  No doubt, music can be a catalyst for causes and when the proper partnerships are forged, can bring about measurable change.  UMe and the Bob Marley Estate are doing their part and are inviting fans to join in as they partner with the One Tree Planted program.  How it works:  fans can connect their Spotify account to the Stream For Trees portal and for every Bob Marley song streamed, a tree will be planted to fight

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Reggae Tags: Bob Marley

In Memoriam: Charlie Daniels (1936-2020)

July 6, 2020 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Charlie Daniels Press Photo

American music lost one of its cornerstones today with the passing of Charlie Daniels at the age of 83. Though best known for his 1979 chart-topping hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," the country superstar's discography runs much deeper. The North Carolina native grew up listening to the country sounds coming out of Nashville's WSM, home of The Grand Ole Opry - unaware that he would one day be invited to join that esteemed body. He also devoured bluegrass, gospel, and rhythm and blues,

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In Memoriam: Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)

July 6, 2020 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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In the spring of 2004, my junior year of high school, I enrolled in an elective that was split between Theatre Arts one semester and Analyzing Cinema the next. One of the more polarizing films shown in class was Sergio Leone's epic Western The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - the class of 16 and 17-year-olds didn't entirely jibe with the lengthy takes, surreal logic (complete with characters surprised by events that couldn't be seen within the frame), or the score, which was firmly Western in terms

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classical/Opera, Everything Else, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Ennio Morricone

Summer Blessings: Super Picks for July's Bandcamp Friday

July 3, 2020 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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The Bandcamp Friday train keeps rolling - a light in the darkness for music lovers if ever there was one! On March 20, as the COVID-19 pandemic was putting the world on pause, the indie music service waived their revenue share on all music and merch sold, allowing indie artists and labels a chance for some steadier income as concert tours began to halt. The event was a resounding success, and has been repeated on the first Fridays of May and June, with another on June 19 (a planned annual

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Categories: Features Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Adam Schlesinger, Digable Planets, Harry Nilsson, Hum, Nick Lowe, Peter Gabriel, Sonic Youth, Swamp Dogg

Release Round-Up: Week of July 3

July 3, 2020 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Willie Nelson First Rose of Spring

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Willie Nelson, First Rose of Spring (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Willie Nelson's latest studio album emphasizes love and positivity at a time when we all need it most.  First Rose of Spring features new Nelson originals co-written with producer and longtime associate Buddy Cannon, as well as new songs from Toby Keith and Chris Stapleton and covers such as "Yesterday When I Was Young."  Available on CD, LP, and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alice Cooper, Andre Previn, David Bowie, Eugene Ormandy, Isaac Stern, Leonard Bernstein, Rare Earth, Various Artists, Willie Nelson

Life in the Fast Lane: Eagles' "Live from The Forum" Airs This Sunday, Comes to CD, LP, DVD, BD

July 2, 2020 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

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When Glenn Frey passed away in 2016, many wondered about the future of the Eagles. Happily, the band persevered and celebrated Frey's legacy with the addition of his son Deacon to the lineup as well as country superstar Vince Gill. This Sunday, ESPN will give fans a taste of the "new" Eagles with the broadcast of Live from The Forum MMXVIII. The special is culled from three performances at Inglewood, California's Forum on September 12, 14, and 15, 2018 during the band's North American tour.

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Eagles

Self Control: Expanded Edition

July 1, 2020 By

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Cherry Pop brings Laura Branigan's platinum third album, Self Control, back to print in a deluxe 2-CD edition featuring a bonus disc of single sides and remixes.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Oops!...I Did It Again [Picture Disc]

July 1, 2020 By

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Britney Spears' 2000 sophomore album Oops!...I Did It Again celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this year. To mark the occasion, Jive Records and Legacy Recordings have planned three new editions. A commemorative vinyl picture disc will be available at all retail outlets, while Urban Outfitters will carry two exclusive releases: a limited edition clear vinyl release with purple and gold swirl; and a limited edition cassette with purple shell and gold ink. All three hit stores on August 14.

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Formats: Cassette, Vinyl Genre: Pop

High Time: Grateful Dead Release Over Two and a Half Hours of "Workingman's Dead" Sessions In Advance of CD, LP Reissues

July 1, 2020 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

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One week from Friday - July 10 - Rhino will team with Grateful Dead to release the latest titles in the band's rolling 50th anniversary celebration. 1970's Americana classic Workingman's Dead arrives that day as a 3-CD set featuring the remastered original album and a previously unreleased concert; and also as a limited edition picture disc vinyl LP with just the remastered album. Today, in anticipation of that reissue, the Dead has announced a digital streaming exclusive sure to whet the

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

I've Been Waiting: Little Steven Announces All-Encompassing CD/DVD Box Set

June 30, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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Last year, Steven Van Zandt looked back on his solo discography with an impressive 6LP/4CD box set. Rock 'n Roll Rebel: The Early Work collected six albums on vinyl and added four CDs of bonus material, adding up to a definitive look at a powerful and politically-charged body of work. Earlier this year, the versatile E Street Band guitarist/Sopranos and Lilyhammer actor/Disciples of Soul bandleader began issuing Bob Ludwig's remastered versions of all six original albums on CD, three of them

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Little Steven, Steven Van Zandt

All The Madmen: New David Bowie Live Album "Ouvrez Le Chien: Live Dallas 95" Due Friday

June 30, 2020 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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A new live album has been announced from the late David Bowie, due out this Friday - July 3 - across digital platforms: Ouvrez Le Chien: Live Dallas 95. The album features previously unreleased performances from the October 14, 1995 stop on Bowie's Outside Tour, which also featured Nine Inch Nails.  While none of the songs that NIN performed with Bowie that night are included here, the track listing features a number of deep cuts and fan favorites from across his career - including "Andy

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rock Tags: David Bowie

Oops! Legacy Recordings Reissues Britney Spears' "Oops!...I Did It Again," Releases Remixes and Rarities EP for 20th Anniversary

June 29, 2020 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Britney Spears Oops Picture Disc

Britney Spears' 2000 sophomore album Oops!...I Did It Again celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this month. To mark the occasion, Jive Records and Legacy Recordings have planned three new editions for later this year. A commemorative vinyl picture disc will be available at all retail outlets, while Urban Outfitters will carry two exclusive releases: a limited edition clear vinyl release with purple and gold swirl; and a limited edition cassette with purple shell and gold ink. All three hit

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Britney Spears

With Every Beat of My Heart: Cherry Pop Reissues, Expands Laura Branigan's "Self Control"

June 29, 2020 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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Laura Branigan became an overnight sensation with the release of 1982's "Gloria." Her throbbing adaptation of Umberto Tozzi's Italian hit not only reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (held from the top spot by Lionel Richie's "Truly") but spent 36 weeks on the chart, establishing a new record for a solo female artist. A dance party anthem for a post-disco age, "Gloria" helped propel the singer's debut album, Branigan, to top 40 status and a Gold sales certification. It set the stage for

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Laura Branigan

Let's Get To The Point: Tom Petty's Demo for "You Don't Know How It Feels" Released, 'Wildflowers' Retrospective On the Way

June 26, 2020 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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In the years since Tom Petty released his landmark Wildflowers album, much has been said about the Rick Rubin-helmed sessions and how much unreleased material was left behind as the album evolved.  Petty originally had enough songs to release Wildflowers as a double-album - reportedly with at least 26 songs - but was persuaded against it.  In 2015, he released a preview track, "Somewhere Under Heaven," for the release provisionally entitled Wildflowers: All The Rest.  But the collection was

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Tom Petty

No Choice But To Hear You: Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Digital Offerings, Including New Deluxe Edition of Album

June 26, 2020 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

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June 13 marked the 25th anniversary of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. In celebration, Morissette and Rhino Records are unveiling several digital offerings, the centerpiece of which is a new deluxe edition, pairing the original album with a concert from March of this year, available today. Alanis Morissette's first two albums did not indicate the direction her music would take for her biggest smash record. Released on MCA in her native Canada, 1991's Alanis and 1992's Now is the Time

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Alanis Morissette

Release Round-Up: Week of June 26

June 26, 2020 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Johnny Cash Complete Mercury Albums

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Johnny Cash, The Complete Mercury Recordings 1986-1991 (Mercury/UMe) 7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Complete Mercury Recordings 1986-1991 will be available on 7CD or 7LP, 180-gram vinyl formats. The box collects all six albums Johnny Cash recorded for Mercury Records during that era: Class Of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming with Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, and Carl

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Alanis Morissette, America, B.B. King, Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, Eugene McDaniels, Fanny, Flo and Eddie, Frank Zappa, George Formby, Gerry Beckley, Johnny Cash, Judy Garland, Kleeer, The Rolling Stones, The Staple Singers, The Turtles, Them, Thom Bell

Before The Beginning: Fleetwood Mac's "Then Play On" Receives "Celebration" Editions on CD and LP This September

June 25, 2020 By Sam Stone 10 Comments

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On September 18, nearly 51 years to the day from its original release, Fleetwood Mac's third album, Then Play On, will be reissued on BMG on CD and half-speed mastered 2-LP in a special "Celebration Edition." And as far as Fleetwood Mac albums go, this one is certainly worth celebrating. On Then Play On, the band steers away from the straight-ahead blues covers that dominated their earlier albums. The band's lineup was also in transition - one of many such changes the Mac would see in its 50+

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: Fleetwood Mac

Soundtrack Watch: Quartet's New "Thing," Varese Dives Deep with "SeaQuest DSV" and "The Running Man"

June 25, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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A new remaster of a classic soundtrack album and two new expansions are on display in our latest soundtrack-round-up. For the first time in nearly 40 years, Quartet Records is remastering Ennio Morricone's score to John Carpenter's sci-fi classic The Thing. An adaptation of the John W. Campbell Jr. short story Who Goes There? (first filmed as 1951's The Thing From Another World), The Thing features an ensemble cast portraying researchers at an Antarctic outpost who encounter an alien creature

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Ennio Morricone, Harold Faltermeyer, John Debney

Color Me Taken Aback: Prince's 'Sign "O" The Times' Set For Expanded Box Set

June 25, 2020 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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It's one of the most acclaimed albums of all time by one of the most beloved musicians of the 20th century - and now, it's getting the deluxe treatment. Prince's 1987 masterpiece Sign "O" The Times will be remastered and reissued by Warner Records on September 25, kicking off 2020's box set season with considerable style. It'll be available in multiple formats: newly remastered double CD or double vinyl, a 3CD or 4LP set that includes all the original B-sides and single mixes, and a massive

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Miles Davis, Prince, Sheena Easton

Dreamsville: Andy Williams' "Cadence Albums" Box Available Now from Edsel

June 24, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Though born in the small town of Wall Lake, Iowa, Howard Andrew Williams always had his sight on the stars. From a young age, he sang with his older brothers Bob, Don, and Dick - first in church, then on local radio. While their father was a railroad worker, he encouraged his sons' showbiz dreams as they "graduated" on the airwaves from Des Moines to Chicago to Cincinnati. It wasn't long before word reached Hollywood of the brothers' potential, and upon moving there in 1943, they were rewarded

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Andy Williams

Standing Room Only: Barbara Mandrell Looks Back on New Retrospective, Releases Dance Remix of Classic Hit

June 23, 2020 By Joe Marchese 32 Comments

Barbara Mandrell After All These Years

Barbara Mandrell wasn't yet 27 years old, but she had already spent a lifetime in music when she signed to ABC/Dot Records in 1975. The Houston native was born into a musical family, and was playing accordion by the age of five. By ten, the precocious talent had mastered the steel guitar, and one year later, she began appearing on the famed Town Hall Party television show. Throughout high school, she entertained military audiences as a member of The Mandrell Family. A subsequent, impromptu

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