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Born on the Bayou: Craft Recordings Preps Half-Speed Mastered Editions of First Two CCR Albums

February 26, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Craft Recordings is continuing the 50th anniversary celebration of Creedence Clearwater Revival.  In 1968, John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford, and Stu Cook released their first album together, providing the perfect soundtrack for a tumultuous period in American history. Over just seven albums issued between 1968 and 1972, the band's rootsy rock-and-roll sensibility yielded such all-time classic hits as "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Green River," "Down on the Corner," "Who'll Stop the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Live at Baker's

February 26, 2019 By

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Recorded live in Detroit in 2006, Live at Baker's features The Funk Brothers' legendary guitarist Dennis Coffey and his band (two-time Detroit Music Award winner Demetrius Nabors on keys, Grammy-nominated Gaelynn McKinney on drums and bassist Damon Warmack) performing nine songs, including the standard "Moonlight in Vermont" and well-chosen covers of Miles Davis ("All Blues"), Freddie Hubbard (the bossa-flecked "Little Sunflower"), and The Temptations (the beautiful "Just My Imagination," the

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul

Coffey At The Club: Unreleased Dennis Coffey Concert Arrives on "Live At Baker's"

February 26, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Dennis Coffey's legacy is probably most tied to his legendary session work for Motown Records.  As a member of The Funk Brothers, Coffey appeared on hits such as Edwin Starr's "War," The Temptations' "Ball of Confusion," and Stevie Wonder's cover of "We Can Work It Out."  Coffey also performed on recordings by Wilson Pickett, Parliament/Funkadelic, and even produced Rodriguez's debut, Cold Fact. But Coffey, still active to this day, also shines as a live performer.  Last summer, Omnivore

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Dennis Coffey

Light My Fire: Legacy Brings Unheard José Feliciano Concert to Digital and Streaming with "Live 1967"

February 25, 2019 By Sam Stone 9 Comments

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Over the last several months, Legacy Recordings has been quietly releasing gems from the vault and reissuing overlooked titles from the Columbia, RCA Victor, Arista, Bang, Monument, Ode, and Epic vaults as part of a digital music series.  While our primary focus at The Second Disc remains with physical media, periodically we will shed some light on the best of these digital compilations and reissues, such as this previously unreleased live recording from one of the best guitarists and

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: José Feliciano

Moving On: Cherry Red, SFE Expand Jimmy Somerville's "Manage the Damage" to 3 CDs

February 25, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jimmy Somerville Manage the Damage

An expanded reissue of Jimmy Somerville's 1999 solo album Manage the Damage recently arrived as a 3-CD set from Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment imprint.  The former Bronski Beat and Communards vocalist's third solo album, it was his first after leaving his longtime home of London Records.  The parting hadn't been entirely amicable; Somerville is quoted in the new reissue's liner notes as having observed at the time of its release, "It was once easier to market me, but times have

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Jimmy Somerville

Clareville Grove Demos

February 23, 2019 By

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Clareville Grove Demos features six 1969 home recordings (four previously unreleased) from the late David Bowie, all performed with singer/guitarist John "Hutch" Hutchinson, his former cohort in the trio Feathers (alongside then-girlfriend Hermione Farthingale). Several of these tracks were heard in final form on Bowie's self-titled 1969 album, including "Space Oddity," "An Occasional Dream" and "Cygnet Committee" (known here as "Lover To The Dawn"). A different demo of "Ching-a-Ling" appeared

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Ultimate Rave

February 23, 2019 By

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Ultimate Rave (2-CD/1-DVD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD This new 2-CD/1-DVD collection brings together two of Prince's albums from the turn of the new millennium:  Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was only available to

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

The Other Sides

February 23, 2019 By

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Last year, Kate Bush surprised fans with a series of fully-remastered box sets presenting her entire albums discography plus numerous bonuses on CD and vinyl.  The second CD box (the simply-titled CD Box 2) included four discs of rare bonus material, all of which were also released as the fourth vinyl box (Remastered in Vinyl IV).  Now, those four CDs are being broken out on their own.  The Other Sides brings together one disc of extended 12-inch mixes, two discs of assorted odds and ends, and

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Beautiful Strange: 'Ultimate Rave' Combines Two Prince Albums and One Live Concert

February 22, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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Over the last few months, Legacy Recordings has released a number of exciting Prince reissues on purple vinyl and CD as part of the label's initiative to bring Prince's post-1995 catalogue back in print.  Today, Legacy has announced the April 26 release of a new 2-CD/DVD set called Ultimate Rave.  The collection brings together two of Prince's albums from the turn of the new millennium:  Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Ani DiFranco, Chuck D, Eve, George Clinton, Gwen Stefani, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, Sheryl Crow, Sly & The Family Stone, The Time

Stand Back: Stevie Nicks Hits and Rarities Collected On New Career Spanning Collections

February 22, 2019 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Stevie Nicks Stand Back

Next month, Stevie Nicks will make music history as the first female artist to receive her second induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, following her 1998 induction with Fleetwood Mac.  Nicks has hardly been resting on her laurels; after wrapping a recent, acclaimed solo tour, she's embarked on a 50th anniversary tour with the newly-reconstituted Mac.  Now, Rhino is celebrating her accomplishments with a new, career-spanning collection.  Stand Back 1981-2017 will arrive in a variety of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Don Henley, Fleetwood Mac, John Stewart, Kenny Loggins, Lady Antebellum, Lana Del Rey, LeAnn Rimes, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, Walter Egan

Release Round-Up: Week of February 22

February 22, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! We kick off with not one, but two, releases from The Zombies! The Zombies, The Complete Studio Recordings (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are being celebrated this week with two comprehensive vinyl box sets - one for the U.S., and one for the U.K. market.  The 5-LP, 61-track U.S. version, from Varese Vintage, includes the band's two American albums in mono - She's Not

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Curtis Mayfield, Engelbert Humperdinck, Greenslade, Ian Hunter, Judy Garland, Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein, Ray Charles, Renaissance, REO Speedwagon, Santana, Tangerine Dream, Tear Gas, The Byrds, The Flamin' Groovies, The Zombies, U2

Too Wild To Tame: Meat Loaf, Ian Hunter, Ronnie Spector, and More Collected on "Cleveland Rocks"

February 21, 2019 By Sam Stone 8 Comments

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"Cleveland Rocks" is the name of one of Ian Hunter's best-loved compositions. First released in 1979, it's since became the de-facto anthem of the city, a rock proclamation whose title has always rung true.  Cleveland's rock scene during the '70s was largely championed by Steve Popovich, a former Cleveland resident who ended up being the head of A&R at Epic.  In mid-1976, he left the corporate rock world and headed back home to Cleveland, where he set up Cleveland International Records, part

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Ellen Foley, Essence, Euclid Beach Band, Ian Hunter, Jim Steinman, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, Just Us Girls, Meat Loaf, Mike Berry, Ronnie Spector, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, The Boyzz, The E Street Band, The Rovers

UPDATED WITH MORE INFO: An Occasional Dream: More Bowie Demos Announced For Second Vinyl Box

February 20, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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A second box set of David Bowie demos has been announced by his estate, following the recent announcement of a first box, Spying Through a Keyhole, this spring. Clareville Grove Demos will arrive on May 17 from Parlophone.  The box will feature six additional 1969 home recordings (four previously unreleased), all performed with singer/guitarist John "Hutch" Hutchinson, his former cohort in the trio Feathers (alongside then-girlfriend Hermione Farthingale). Several of these tracks were heard

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: David Bowie

Live at the Rainbow '78 [Blu-ray or DVD]

February 19, 2019 By

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Blu-Ray:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Featuring the classic Foreigner line-up this 1978 concert recorded live at the Rainbow Theatre in London captures the band on film on April 27 1978, after their self-titled debut album had spent a year in the US Top 20. From the opening notes of "Long, Long Way From Home" to the hit singles, "Feels Like The First Time" and "Cold As Ice," Foreigner served up plenty of classic tracks.  Also part

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Let's Hope For Peace: John and Yoko's "Wedding Album" Back on CD and LP in March

February 19, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Yesterday, on the occasion of her 86th birthday, avant-garde artist and musician Yoko Ono announced a new edition of Wedding Album, the third of her collaborative experimental albums with John Lennon.  It will be released by Secretly Canadian and Chimera Music on March 22, just over 50 years after the pair's marriage.  The reissue is part of the ongoing Yoko Ono Reissue Series, which has so far brought Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968), Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else Tags: John Lennon, Yoko Ono

Different Drummer: Edsel Collects Michael Nesmith's RCA and Pacific Arts Years on New Box Set

February 18, 2019 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

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And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'.  Michael Nesmith titled his 1972 RCA album ironically - when it "bubbled under" the Billboard 200 at No. 208, it actually bested its predecessor by three slots - but the LP did feature the former and future Monkee's rendition of one major favorite, "Different Drum."  The 1965 tune became an enduring hit for the Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt in 1967, establishing Nesmith outside of The Monkees.  Since 1968, he's released 16 albums.  Now, 12 of them -

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Michael Nesmith, The First National Band, The Monkees

You Will Believe: La-La Land Restores Williams' 'Superman' Score For 40th Anniversary

February 15, 2019 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

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Look, up in the sky! (You knew we were going to say that!) Following remastered releases of the scores to Superman II, Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest For Peace in 2018, La-La Land Records returns to the one that started it all: a brilliant new remastered edition of John Williams' score to Superman: The Movie, landing just a few months after its 40th anniversary. (In an amazing confluence of events, today's announcement comes on "Superman Soundtrack Day," the same date as two previous

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Williams

Review: Elvis Presley, "The Best of The '68 Comeback Special"

February 15, 2019 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Elvis Best of the 68 Comeback Special

This coming Sunday at 9 PM, NBC will air the 2-hour Elvis All-Star Tribute featuring performances by Yolanda Adams, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Alessia Cara, Mac Davis, John Fogerty, Josh Groban, Adam Lambert, John Legend, Little Big Town, Jennifer Lopez, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, Pistol Annies, Darius Rucker, Ed Sheeran, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban.  These primarily present-day music stars will be commemorating Presley's famous 1968 television special which also aired

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop Tags: Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, Elvis Presley, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes

Release Round-Up: Week of February 15

February 15, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Elvis Best of the 68 Comeback Special

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elvis Presley, The Best of the '68 Comeback Special (RCA/Legacy) Standard CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Walmart Exclusive CD/DVD: Walmart.com The celebration of Elvis Presley's legendary 1968 NBC television special continues.  The Best of the '68 Comeback Special features highlights from Legacy's recent '68 Comeback Special box set with performances culled from both of the "stand-up" and "sit-down" shows recorded in June,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chaka Khan, Elvis Presley, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jewel, Regina Belle

Back On The Street: Todd Rundgren and Utopia's Reunion Show Documented on "Live at the Chicago Theatre" Box Set

February 14, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Last year, rock's wizard/true star Todd Rundgren reunited prog rockers turned power-pop legends Utopia, joining up with Kasim Sulton, Willie Wilcox, along with featured performer Gil Assayas.  It had been 32 years since the band's last performance, save a brief reunion in 1992.  Utopia trekked across the U.S. in the spring and summer and now one stop on the tour will be released as a 2-CD/DVD/Blu-ray set, as well as a limited-edition, two-disc green vinyl set. Arriving from Cleopatra Records

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Todd Rundgren, Utopia

UPDATED WITH TRACK LIST AND ORDER LINK: Happy With You: Paul McCartney Announces Super Deluxe "Traveller's Edition" of "Egypt Station" With Unreleased Songs and More

February 14, 2019 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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Paul McCartney has announced the release of a super deluxe "Traveller's Edition" of his most recent LP, Egypt Station. The number-one album was originally released last year and was loosely based around the theme of transportation. Now, McCartney and Capitol Records have used that concept as the basis for the new edition, which is due out on May 10. Egypt Station - Traveller's Edition will be presented in a vintage-style suitcase loaded with music, including different configurations of the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Paul McCartney

Love's Themes: Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra To Receive New Box Set, Vinyl Reissues

February 13, 2019 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

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After an astounding 2018 for Barry White reissues, including a box of remastered albums as well as complete singles sets for not only himself but girl group Love Unlimited and backing group The Love Unlimited Orchestra, UMe is preparing more "White gold" for fans next month. This time, The Love Unlimited Orchestra's first seven albums will be collected as The 20th Century Records Albums (1973-1979) on March 29. White sumptuous arrangements for the orchestra were readily apparent on his own

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Barry White, Love Unlimited, Love Unlimited Orchestra

Songs of Faith: Aretha Gospel

February 13, 2019 By

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Songs Of Faith: Aretha Gospel offers nine gospel standards recorded by a 14-year-old Aretha in 1956 at the New Bethel Church in her native Detroit, where her father, the legendary Rev. C.L. Franklin, would give his inimitable sermons. Predating her tenure on Columbia Records by six years and her breakthrough on Atlantic Records by more than a decade, these primitive piano-and-vocal recordings offer a fascinating early listen to one of the most original and captivating voices in recorded

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

An Occasional Dream: More Bowie Demos Announced For Second Vinyl Box

February 13, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Clareville Grove Demos

Another vinyl box set of David Bowie demos has been announced by his estate, following the recent announcement of a first box, Spying Through a Keyhole, this spring. Clareville Grove Demos will feature six additional 1969 home recordings (four previously unreleased), all performed with singer/guitarist John "Hutch" Hutchinson, his former cohort in the trio Feathers (alongside then-girlfriend Hermione Farthingale). Several of these tracks were heard in final form on Bowie's self-titled 1969

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Never Grow Old: Aretha's Early Gospel Recordings Back On Vinyl In March

February 13, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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UMe will commemorate the late, legendary Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, with a new vinyl reissue of her earliest recordings next month. Songs Of Faith: Aretha Gospel offers nine gospel standards recorded by a 14-year-old Aretha in 1956 at the New Bethel Church in her native Detroit, where her father, the legendary Rev. C.L. Franklin, would give his inimitable sermons. Predating her tenure on Columbia Records by six years and her breakthrough on Atlantic Records by more than a decade, these

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Gospel, R&B/Soul Tags: Aretha Franklin

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