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Review: Bob Dylan, "The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Volume 12"

November 6, 2015 By Joe Marchese 16 Comments

Dylan Best of Cutting Edge

I. Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan On Wednesday, January 13, 1965, Bob Dylan recorded "Love Minus Zero/No Limit," destined to become the fourth track on the first side of the troubadour's fifth studio album, Bringing It All Back Home.  The album, released on March 25, would effectively alter the course of both Dylan's career and of pop music itself, featuring one electric side and one acoustic side.  When he "plugged in" at the Newport Folk Festival months later on July 25 to the sound

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, The Band

Release Round-Up: Week of November 6

November 6, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Dylan Best of Cutting Edge

This week's Release Round-Up brings the year's most eagerly-anticipated box set, a stunning new collection from the Fab Four, a Christmas feast including two titles from Second Disc Records, and more! Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series: Volume 12 - The Cutting Edge (Columbia/Legacy) The Best of the Cutting Edge 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Best of the Cutting Edge 3-LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Cutting Edge 6-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Cutting Edge: Collector's

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Bobby Vinton, Glen Campbell, Jim Nabors, Jimmy Dean, Johnny Mathis, King Crimson, Lynn Anderson, New Order, Ronnie Spector, The Alan Parsons Project, The Beatles, The Four Seasons, The Living Voices, Yes

Second Disc Records' Christmas Slate Arrives TOMORROW with Lynn Anderson and Jim Nabors!

November 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Jim Nabors Complete Columbia Christmas

Though Santa Claus hasn't yet officially kicked off the Christmas season in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, many signs of the season are already here! Mr. Claus is holding court at the mall, radio stations have started their holiday playlists, and Christmas trees are for sale with 49 days left until the big day. We're certainly ready for Christmas here at Second Disc HQ, as this Friday, we're celebrating the first-ever holiday releases on our Second Disc Records label! We're proud to join

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Jim Nabors, Lynn Anderson

California Dreamin': Real Gone Collects The Mamas and the Papas' "Complete Singles" In January

November 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

The Mamas and the Papas Complete Singles

From our vantage point here in Second Disc HQ, all the leaves really are brown and the sky is gray...making it the perfect day for some California dreamin'.  Happily, we won't have to dream for too long, as on January 8, Real Gone Music has its first release of the year - and the label is making a complete singles collection for the Mamas and the Papas a reality.  The Complete Singles--50th Anniversary Collection boasts 53 tracks and over 150 minutes of pop perfection on two CDs, including for

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Cass Elliot, Denny Doherty, John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, The Mamas and The Papas

Love's Got A Hold On Him: "The Alan Jackson Story" Box Set Arrives From Legacy

November 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Genuine Alan Jackson

In 1989, Alan Jackson became the first artist signed to the fledgling Arista Nashville label.  By the time of his departure from its roster in 2010, Jackson had recorded sixteen albums and accumulated such honors as a Grammy Award, two American Music Awards, fifteen trophies from the Country Music Association, and fourteen recognitions from the Academy of Country Music.  Known for blending traditional honky-tonk songwriting with contemporary country production, the superstar is marking his 25

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country Tags: Alan Jackson

Brand New Melanie: Morello Label Reissues Four of Melanie's Rare Albums On CD

November 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Melanie Sunset and Other Beginnings

"Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates/You got a brand new key/I think that we should get together and try them out you see..."  With her chart-topping 1971 hit "Brand New Key," Melanie Safka-Schekeryk built on the success of previous hits like the Woodstock-inspired anthem "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" and her cover of The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday."  But "Brand New Key" also unfairly tagged the singer-songwriter as a novelty artist, a notion she was quick to dispose with the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Melanie

Back In The Water: Intrada Premieres John Williams' Complete "JAWS 2" Score

November 3, 2015 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

JAWS 2

Mere weeks after Intrada took us Back to the Future for two very special soundtrack reissues, the label is exploring another one of Universal's hit franchises with unforgettable soundtracks: JAWS. Having expanded Alan Parker and Michael Small's scores to JAWS 3-D (1983) and JAWS: The Revenge (1987) earlier this year, Intrada now enters John Williams territory with a double-disc presentation of 1978's JAWS 2. Though John Williams was a composer of some acclaim before JAWS hit theaters in

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

Luck Be A Lady: Cherry Red's él Label Reissues The Kirby Stone Four's "Guys and Dolls," Ron Goodwin, More

November 3, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Guys and Dolls Like Today

Cherry Red's él label continues to deliver an array of some of the most eclectic sounds of the pre-Beatles era with a recent pair of reissues. The Kirby Stone Four's Guys and Dolls (Like Today) reinvented Frank Loesser's classic 1950 Broadway score for 1962 in the group's "Go Sound" style fusing jazz, swing, tight harmony vocals and even a dash of freewheeling rock-and-roll spirit.  It's been paired on one CD with the quartet's Laugh Along with the Kirby Stone Four at the Playboy Club and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Frank Loesser, Ron Goodwin, Russ Garcia, The Kirby Stone Four, The Spotnicks

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Please note: release dates are tentative and subject to change. Upcoming Releases

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The MGM Years

November 2, 2015 By

Roy Orbison MGM Years Cover

UMe and Roy's Boys, LLC have joined forces for this new box set chronicling Roy Orbison's eight-year tenure at MGM Records beginning in 1965.  The MGM Years is available in 13-CD, 14-LP and DD editions.  The MGM Years boasts Roy's 11 original studio albums, the long out-of-print soundtrack to The Fastest Guitar Alive and a newly-created compilation album calledMGM B-Sides & Singles that contains all 12 non-album singles and B-sides that otherwise weren't included in any album; the box

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

Destination Hawaii: New Box Set Takes Listeners To "Hulaland"

November 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Hulaland

Though it didn't become the 50th United State of America until 1959, the Aloha State of Hawaii had long held an enchanting spell over mainland dwellers. Tiki culture rose to prominence in the 1930s; the decade saw the opening of the first Polynesian-themed tiki bar and restaurant, Don the Beachcomber, in 1934. By the end of the thirties, flights to Hawaii had begun, making the lush and beautiful land of sun and surf more widely accessible. The Polynesian craze hit full swing in the 1950s, and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Various Artists

Did You Happen To See: Varese Collects Charlie Rich's "25 Greatest Hits" - AND YOU CAN WIN!

November 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Charlie Rich 25 All Time Greatest Hits

Charles Allan Rich - better known as Charlie Rich - came to country stardom late. Though he scored his first hit single in 1960, the favorite son of Colt, Arkansas had trouble following it up with any consistency. But once the big hits started coming in 1972 with a pair of Kenny O'Dell songs - "I Take It On Home" and "Behind Closed Doors" - Rich established himself as one of C&W's most versatile and beloved entertainers. Varese Vintage has recently celebrated the legacy of Rich (1932-1995)

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Categories: Giveaways!, News Formats: CD Genre: Country Tags: Charlie Rich

Our Big Record Store Day Black Friday Round-Up Featuring McCartney, Bowie, Wilson, Queen, Ronstadt, More

October 30, 2015 By Randy Fairman 12 Comments

Paul McCartney Say Say Say

Over the past couple of weeks, we've told you about the 2015 Black Friday Record Store Day offerings from Legacy, Omnivore and Real Gone Music.  Well, the full list of releases which are coming out on November 27 has been announced and we've got the details below including new titles from Rhino, Varese Sarabande, Hear Music and more! The entire list is over 125 items long, so we've just highlighted some entries below in which you might be interested.  The full listing can be seen at

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Brian Wilson, Garbage, Janis Joplin, Linda Ronstadt, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Queen, The Kinks, The Zombies, Wes Montgomery

Release Round-Up: Week of October 30

October 30, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Velvet Underground Loaded Box

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  Packed with over 30 titles including highly-anticipated reissues, a slew of box sets, collections and more, it just may be the mightiest of the year!   The Velvet Underground, Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Velvet Underground's 1970 album - and Lou Reed's swansong with the band - gets the deluxe expanded treatment from Rhino in this new box set featuring the original stereo and mono

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Folk, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alanis Morissette, Amy Winehouse, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, Cilla Black, Doc Watson, Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa, Gentle Giant, Joan Osborne, Lou Reed, Otis Redding, Pete Seeger, Roger McGuinn, Sly and the Family Stone, The Rolling Stones, The Salsoul Orchestra, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Tony Orlando, Van Morrison, XTC

Roger McGuinn and Pete Seeger, Tony Orlando, Doc Watson Join Bottom Line Archive Series

October 29, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Pete Seeger and Roger McGuinn Bottom Line

The Bottom Line Archive Series, preserving performances from the late, renowned New York club, will roll out a new trio of releases on October 30.  Joining previous entries from artists including The Brecker Brothers, Harry Chapin and Janis Ian are new titles from Tony Orlando, Doc Watson, and the duo of Pete Seeger and Roger McGuinn. One 1994 evening at The Bottom Line, famed disk jockey Vin Scelsa joined folk legend Pete Seeger and The Byrds' Roger McGuinn for one-of-a-kind exchange of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Doc Watson, Pete Seeger, Roger McGuinn, Tony Orlando

The Orbison Way: Roy Orbison's "MGM Years" Collected On New Box Set, Lost Album Released

October 28, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Roy Orbison MGM Years Cover

Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1965, Roy Orbison departed Fred Foster's Monument Records label for MGM Records, offshoot of the famed movie studio.  In his eight-year tenure at MGM, Orbison released 11 studio albums, one film soundtrack and 27 singles.  On December 4, all of The Big O's MGM recordings will be released for the first time in one package via Universal Music Enterprises in association with Roy's Boys, LLC, the company founded by Orbison's sons to administer their father's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Roy Orbison

Step Inside Love: Varese Compiles Hits of Cilla Black and Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas

October 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Cilla The Hit Singles

The Varese Vintage label is heading back to the days of Merseybeat and the British Invasion for a pair of new releases due on Friday, October 30.  Cilla Black's The Hit Singles and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas' All-Time Greatest Hits both draw on the Parlophone Records catalogue, featuring the Fab songbook of Lennon and McCartney and the production of George Martin. Liverpool coat check girl-turned-pop superstar Cilla Black OBE had one of Britain's most enduring and diverse entertainment

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, Cilla Black

Call Him The Space Cowboy: Steve Miller Band's Live "Joker" Gets Wide Release From Edsel

October 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Steve Miller Band Joker Live

The Edsel label has recently continued its association with the catalogue of the Steve Miller Band with the first wide release of 2014's The Joker - Live in Concert. Miller commented in 2014 of the release, "When several friends and colleagues reminded me that it was the 40th birthday of the Joker album, I smiled--and started playing the whole album's songs live again.  And at the end of the last tour realized we had a great new record that we wanted to share with our fans. We hope you like

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Steve Miller Band

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! "AT LONG LAST LOVE" SOUNDTRACK GIVEAWAY!

October 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

At Long Last Love

CONGRATULATIONS! The following 15 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new reissue of the original soundtrack to At Long Last Love on CD!  If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address!  If you entered via email, you don't have to do anything - your CD will be in the mail soon! Watch this space soon for more exciting

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Cole Porter

Don't Fear the Reaper: "Now!" Series Releases a Halloween Volume

October 26, 2015 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Now Halloween

We've reported on several Christmas reissues being released in the lead-up the yuletide season.  And when it comes to holidays throughout the year, Christmas certainly reigns supreme in terms of the quantity of music devoted to it.  However, some other holidays and occasions throughout the year have music devoted to them.  One of the more popular ones is Halloween which is coming up this weekend.  To provide a soundtrack to your Halloween parties or trick-or-treating, Legacy Recordings, in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Blue Oyster Cult, Donovan, Mike Oldfield, Various Artists, Warren Zevon

All Aboard! Ace Collects "London American Label: 1966" and "25 Train Tracks"

October 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

London American Label 1966

Ace is saying "All Aboard!" with a pair of recent releases spotlighting the label's pursuit of the diverse sounds of music.  The London American Label Year by Year: 1966 continues Ace's long-running survey of the American sides issued on London Records in the U.K. between the 1950s and the 1970s while All Aboard! 25 Train Tracks Calling at All Musical Stations spotlights (you guessed it!) "train songs." The eleventh volume of Ace's The London American Label series is here, with 28 selections

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chuck Berry, Neil Sedaka, The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes, The Vogues, Various Artists

Fragile (CD/Blu-ray)

October 25, 2015 By

Yes Fragile

Fragile is the fourth in a series of remixed and expanded Yes Classics. The classic original album has been remixed for 5. 1 Surround Sound from the original multi-track masters by Steven Wilson and is fully approved by Yes. The CD features a completely new stereo album mix by Wilson plus bonus tracks.  The all-region Blu-ray has 5.1 PCM Surround Sound and High Resolution Stereo mixes in 96/24 and in DTS-HD MA 5. 1.  The Blu-ray also features the original album mix in a high resolution flat

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, DVD-Audio Genre: Classic Rock

Thrak [Limited Edition Box Set]

October 25, 2015 By

King Crimson Thrak

1995's Thrak arrives as the tenth release in the King Crimson 40th Anniversary series.  The first full album to feature the 'Double Trio' incarnation of the group, Thrak is being expanded to a whopping 16 (!) discs: 12 CDs, 1 DVD-A, 1 DVD & 2 Blu-ray discs, featuring studio & live recordings, many previously unreleased, from the earliest band rehearsals to their final gathering in Nashville in 1997. 

In addition, much of the material is presented in new 5.1 Surround & Hi-Resolution

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, DVD-Audio Genre: Classic Rock

The Challenge Recordings

October 23, 2015 By

Knickerbockers Challenge

Tracing the stylistic development of The Knickerbockers from their garage-rock roots through psychedelic explorations and beyond, the 4-CD, 80-track box set The Challenge Recordings presents the albums and singles recorded for the label plus never-before-released material including demos discovered in the vaults of 4-Star Publishing as well as songs from Beau Charles' personal collection of acetates.  Content from these personal scrapbooks has been reprinted in the 40-page book which accompanies

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

The Best of "Lost Tracks"

October 23, 2015 By

Judy Garland Best of Lost Tracks

The Best of Lost Tracks 1929-1959 is based on the JSP label's 2010 box set Lost Tracks which received international acclaim for its presentation of 100 rare tracks from the late superstar - 55 of which (including her two earliest solo recordings) were previously unissued. This release presents 22 highlights from the box set, selected from all four of its discs: The Decca Tests (1935) and Early Radio (1935-1939); Young Judy on the Radio (1940-1944); The Radio Years (1944-1953); and On Stage

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