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Through the Eyes of Love: The Complete Arista 7" Singles

July 20, 2017 By

Melissa Manchester Through the Eyes of Love

The timeless songs of Melissa Manchester are collected on a new, comprehensive anthology from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music. Through the Eyes of Love: The Complete Arista 7" Singles brings together 43 songs and 157 minutes of beautiful music on two CDs, including such all-time hits and classics as "Midnight Blue," "Come in from the Rain," "Don't Cry Out Loud," "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" (in both its single and extended versions!), and "Theme from Ice Castles (Through the

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Interpol 'Admire' Third Album On 10th Anniversary CD/DVD Set

July 20, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Our Love to Admire

While Interpol have dutifully supported the 15th anniversary of their debut album Turn On the Bright Lights (which was reissued for its 10th anniversary) with a tour, they're also going to revisit their third album and major label debut, Our Love to Admire, with a 10th anniversary package. Released in the summer of 2007, Our Love to Admire found the New York City band moving from Matador to Capitol and expanding their sonic palette. "We had keyboards on from the start which we've never done

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Rock Tags: Interpol

Keats and Yeats Are On Your Side: The Smiths' 'The Queen is Dead' to Be Expanded

July 20, 2017 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

The Queen is Dead 2017

The Smiths' The Queen is Dead--a towering album of '80s British rock and arguably the definitive statement by the Manchester band--will be reissued and expanded October 20. Produced by frontman Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr with assistance from engineer Stephen Street, The Queen is Dead has become quintessential Smiths: packed with biting, witty lyrics and catchy, densely layered instrumental hooks (thanks not only to Marr but bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce). While Morrissey

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Johnny Marr, Morrissey, The Smiths

Back to the Temple of Love: Sisters of Mercy Plan Vinyl Box of "Some Girls Wander By Mistake"

July 19, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Some Girls Wander By Mistake

A quarter century after The Sisters of Mercy chronicled their early singles on the compilation Some Girls Wander By Mistake, an expanded edition will be released in September as a vinyl box set. Some Girls Wander By Mistake originally collected the band's independently-released material from 1980 to 1983. The single material on 1980's "Anaconda," 1982's "Body Electric" and Alice EP and 1983's "Anaconda," "Temple of Love" and The Reptile House EP all feature on this set, released by EastWest

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: The Sisters of Mercy

Disney's Legacy Collection Swings Back to Life with "Robin Hood" (UPDATED 7/18)

July 18, 2017 By Mike Duquette 16 Comments

Robin Hood Legacy Collection

UPDATE (7/18/2017): Attendees of last weekend's D23 Expo at Anaheim got the opportunity to purchase Robin Hood: The Legacy Collection ahead of its August 4 release date! It includes not only the complete songs and score by George Bruns, Roger Miller, Johnny Mercer and others, but five unreleased demos and a complete 1974 album of Robin Hood songs and new material sung by jazz legend Louis Prima, the voice of King Louie in Disney's 1967 feature The Jungle Book! Full track list and pre-order links

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Categories: Features, News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Soundtracks Tags: George Bruns, Louis Prima

Bitter Sweet Symphony: The Verve's 'Urban Hymns' Gets Box Set Edition

July 18, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Urban Hymns Deluxe

The Verve's third album, 1997's Urban Hymns, may be the band's most famous in any part of the world. It's little surprise, then, that Universal is going big for the album's 20th anniversary with a multi-format deluxe edition due in the fall. Recorded after the band's first breakup and reformation (with the subsequent addition of guitarist/keyboardist Simon Tong), Urban Hymns was an ambitious piece of Britpop and balladry, recorded with producers Youth and Chris Potter. Three of its singles

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: The Verve

Kinda Got Lost: Omnivore Details Chris Bell's 'I Am The Cosmos' Reissue, Vinyl Box Set

July 17, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Complete Chris Bell

Omnivore's Looking Forward: The Roots of Big Star Featuring Chris Bell was the first of several planned releases from the Grammy Award-winning label showcasing the talents of Big Star co-founder Bell, who passed away in 1978. The label recently announced their next two Bell projects: a new expanded edition of the quintessential Bell collection I Am The Cosmos, and a definitive archive of his work as a 6LP box set. Prior to Rykodisc's I Am The Cosmos in 1992, only two of the tracks (the title

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Big Star, Chris Bell

Those Dreamin' Eyes: D'Angelo's Debut to Be Expanded

July 17, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

brown sugar1

A dip into the Second Disc Archives shows us one of our earliest Reissue Theory posts was a look at D'Angelo's 1995 debut Brown Sugar. A lot has changed since that post was written--not only here at The Second Disc, but with D'Angelo's career. At the tail end of 2015, the man born Michael Archer ended a 15-year silence with the release of Black Messiah, an emotionally charged old-school soul album that earned a rapturous response from critics. And with D'Angelo back in the spotlight, UMe has

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: D'Angelo

Release Round-Up: Week of July 14

July 14, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dusty Springfield Brand New Me Complete

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Dusty Springfield, A Brand New Me: The Complete Philadelphia Sessions (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Dusty Springfield's 1970 A Brand New Me LP (her follow-up Atlantic effort to the landmark Dusty in Memphis) found Dusty traveling to Sigma Sound in Philadelphia to work with Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell, architects of the orchestrated soul known as "The Philadelphia Sound."  Springfield would have a #3 AC

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Dusty Springfield, Eagles, k.d. lang, Lifehouse, Nick Lowe, The Grateful Dead, Yoko Ono

Adventure On Earth: "E.T." Soundtrack Album Remastered In New Blu-ray Box

July 13, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

E.T. 4K box

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is celebrating the 35th anniversary of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial this fall--and fans of the Oscar-winning original soundtrack are in for an unexpected treat tastier than a bag of Reese's Pieces. Steven Spielberg's masterpiece (and the author's unquestionable favorite film) will be released in several new packages on September 12, including a bow on the 4K Ultra HD format and a new deluxe gift set. Included in that set is a soundtrack release, which The

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Williams

Intrada Goes to Vietnam for Two Rare Disney Scores

July 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

GoodMorningVietnam ODD isc384 600a

Intrada has released two very different scores to two live action Disney comedies, both based on true events of the Vietnam War--as unbelievable as that may seem. Alex North's score to Good Morning, Vietnam and David Newman's score to Operation Dumbo Drop have been dusted off for a 2-for-1 release on CD. Good Morning, Vietnam featured late funnyman Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer, a real-life disc jockey on the Armed Forces Radio Service. His irreverent broadcasts confound his superiors but

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alex North, David Newman

Omnivore Aim to Please with Expansion of Bash & Pop's Debut

July 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Bash Pop Friday Night is Killing Me

Tommy Stinson kicked off 2017 with a revival of his post-Replacements group Bash & Pop, featuring an all-new lineup and album. This fall, Omnivore will revisit Bash & Pop's first album, Friday Night is Killing Me, in a generously-expanded deluxe edition. From the ashes of the 'Mats (and with a fitting name selected through a radio station contest), Bash & Pop was Stinson (switching from bass to guitar), Replacements drummer Steve Foley, his brother Kevin on bass and second

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Bash & Pop, The Replacements

Berlin and Beyond: Third Bowie Box Set Announced

July 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Bowie Box 3

The newest career-spanning David Bowie box set chronicles the icon as he ends the '70s with some of his most experimental work yet, adding rarities to spare. A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) follows 2015's Five Years (1969-1973) and 2016's Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976), offering material from five major studio and live albums: Low (1977), "Heroes" (1977), Stage (1978), Lodger (1979) and Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980). Low, "Heroes" and Lodger are, of course, referred to as the

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

Love Never Dies: Belinda Carlisle Plans 'Heaven On Earth' Vinyl Box

July 11, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Heaven On Earth 30

Vinyl enthusiasts and fans of Belinda Carlisle have quite the package to look forward to this year, when Edsel releases a vinyl box set edition of her second solo album, 1987's Heaven On Earth, for its 30th anniversary. The former Go-Go's frontwoman hit it big with her first solo single, the Top 5 hit "Mad About You," a year prior in 1986. But Heaven On Earth is what established Carlisle as a solo performer for the '80s and '90s, with three Top 10 hits in the U.S. and the U.K. with the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Belinda Carlisle, The Go-Go's

Say Hello to Yesterday: Mark Wynter Anthology Traces Career From Pop Hits to Rare Showtunes

July 11, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Mark Wynter

Mark Wynter scored his first hit pop single at the age of seventeen in 1960 with "Image of a Girl" on the Decca label, paving the way for future U.K. smashes like "Venus in Blue Jeans" and "Go Away Little Girl."  By the end of the decade, he had taken his first steps towards an enduring theatrical career with a lead role in the musical Phil the Fluter.  Flash-forward to 2016, and after decades onstage in such diverse musicals as Robert and Elizabeth, Cats, On the Twentieth Century, and Phantom

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Mark Wynter, Tony Hatch

The Legacy Collection: Robin Hood

July 10, 2017 By

Robin Hood Legacy Collection

Disney's Legacy Collection returns with a first-ever complete soundtrack release for the 1973 animated classic Robin Hood.  Disc 1 of this 2-CD set includes the original songs and score from the film, penned by writers including Roger Miller, George Bruns, Floyd Huddleston, and Johnny Mercer. Disc 2 spotlights bonus material including previously unreleased demos.

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Simple Dreams: 40th Anniversary Edition

July 10, 2017 By

Linda Ronstadt Simple Dreams

Linda Ronstadt's 1977 multi-platinum smash album featuring "Blue Bayou," "It's So Easy" and "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" is remastered and expanded by Rhino in a new edition featuring three bonus live versions of the above-mentioned songs, first heard in a 1980 HBO television special.  Available on CD, LP, DD and streaming.

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I'm Goin' Back Someday: Linda Ronstadt's "Simple Dreams" Gets Expanded In September

July 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese 20 Comments

Linda Ronstadt Simple Dreams

Trivia: What album replaced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours on top of the Billboard Album Chart after its 29-week stay?  The answer: Linda Ronstadt's Simple Dreams.  Ronstadt's eighth studio album, it became one of her most successful and most beloved.  Now, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the Grammy Award-winning Simple Dreams is receiving an expanded edition from Rhino Records.  It's due on CD, vinyl LP, DD, and streaming platforms on September 22. The multi-platinum smash was Ronstadt's

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt

Really Wanna Make You Mine: Rhino Expands Jet's First Two Albums

July 10, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Get Born deluxe

This summer has seen a wave of nostalgia for the modern rock boom of the early '00s. Lizzie Goodman's book Meet Me In the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 has reminded music lovers of the heyday of bands like The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem and others. But New Yor, wasn't the only home of rock during this period; Rhino's throwing it back to the Jet age--the Australian rock group, that is. The Melbourne-based quartet courted brief success during the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Jet

Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere: Ace Collects Shel Talmy Productions From The Who, David Bowie, More

July 7, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Making Time A Shel Talmy Production

An advertisement reprinted in Ace Records' splendid new collection Making Time: A Shel Talmy Production reads, "Artistes Shel Talmy Has Recorded: The Kinks, The Bachelors, The Who, Chad and Jeremy" and so on.  Add to that list Manfred Mann, The Creation, The Fortunes, Trini Lopez, Lee Hazlewood, and a certain David Bowie, and you have an idea of the scope of this first-of-its-kind collection dedicated to the work of the producer-engineer-impresario.  Though born in Chicago, Talmy made his name

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: David Bowie, Shel Talmy, The Creation, The Who, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of July 7

July 7, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Laura Nyro A Little Magic A Little Kindness

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring our latest Second Disc Records title and much, much more! Laura Nyro, A Little Magic, A Little Kindness: The Complete Mono Albums Collection (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to present, for the first time on CD, the ultra-rare, original mono mixes of Laura Nyro's first two albums: More Than a New Discovery (Verve Folkways, 1967) and Eli

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Charley Pride, Chris Bell, Del Shannon, Delegation, Eddy Arnold, Keely Smith, Laura Nyro, Radiohead, Rosanne Cash, Tim Buckley, Weather Report

Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park (CD/DVD)

July 6, 2017 By

Carole King Tapestry Live at Hyde Park

This new CD/DVD release features Carole King's 45th anniversary performance of her seminal 1971 classic Tapestry, performed live in front of 65,000 fans in London's Hyde Park on July 3, 2016.  The setlist, preserved on both CD and DVD, includes the entire album plus numerous highlights from King's illustrious songbook, and special guest appearances by King's daughter, singer-songwriter Louise Goffin, and the West End cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical!

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Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Pop

Home Again: Carole King Brings "Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park" to CD/DVD in September

July 5, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Carole King Tapestry Live at Hyde Park

On July 3, 2016, those people in and around London's Hyde Park could feel the earth move.  That was the date that Carole King performed her first U.K. show in 27 years, performing her complete Tapestry album in front of 65,000 enrapt fans.  Now, King's performance of the seminal 1971 album - and a few additional favorite songs - is coming to CD/DVD on September 1 in a new package from Legacy Recordings and Rockingale Records. Carole King had nothing to prove when she decamped from New York to

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Pop Tags: Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Louise Goffin

Up, Up and Away: Cherry Red Collects Charlie Byrd's Sixties Pop-Jazz Recordings

July 5, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Charlie Byrd Sixties Byrd

Today, the name of Charlie Byrd (1925-1999) remains synonymous with jazz guitar and moreover, with the soft sounds of Brazil's bossa nova, which he helped bring into the mainstream of American popular culture.  Cherry Red's El Records imprint has recently celebrated a key decade in Byrd's career with a fun new compilation.  Sixties Byrd draws on eight albums from the prolific artist originally released on Columbia Records between 1965 and 1969, all produced by Teo Macero (Bitches Brew, Time

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A Second Disc Encore: July 4 Special Reissue Theory: "1776: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"

July 4, 2017 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

1776 soundtrack lp1

Happy 4th of July!  Welcome to another installment of Reissue Theory, where we take a look back at notable albums and the reissues they could someday see. In 1969, a Broadway musical about a most unlikely subject became the toast of New York.  Three years later, a movie mogul in the twilight of his years shepherded it to the big screen, and while the film has lived on, its soundtrack album has all but disappeared.  Today's Reissue Theory, pulled from The Second Disc archives, imagines a

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Categories: Reissue Theory Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Soundtracks Tags: Sherman Edwards

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