A pair of recent releases from Cherry Red's él imprint shines a well-deserved spotlight on two famed groups of background vocalists, one from each side of the Atlantic: The Anita Kerr Singers and The Mike Sammes Singers. As a major pioneer of The Nashville Sound alongside producer-guitarist Chet Atkins, Anita Kerr led her distinctive choir on records by Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Brenda Lee, Eddy Arnold, Willie Nelson and Floyd Cramer. The Kerr Singers' distinctive harmonies were also heard
Stay On These Roads: Rhino Expands a-ha Catalogue With New Deluxe Editions
Following both the 30th anniversary reissue of their debut album Hunting High and Low (1985) and the release of a new record, Cast in Steel, a-ha will complete the expansion of their early catalogue in October. Expanded editions of the band's third, fourth and fifth albums, Stay on These Roads (1988), East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990) and Memorial Beach (1993) will join the new 4CD/1DVD box set version of Hunting High and Low and an expanded Scoundrel Days (1986), released alongside a
Heaven: Iconoclassic Reissues Carl Wilson's Solo Debut, Analogue Continues Beach Boys On SACD
Summer may now be over, but a number of Beach Boys-related releases aim to keep the summer alive. Our very own Second Disc Records label teamed with Real Gone Music in September for a newly remastered and expanded reissue of Ricci Martin's Beached, the all-star album recorded by Dean Martin's son Ricci with co-producers Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche. Now, Iconoclassic Records has announced next week's first-ever U.S. CD reissue of Carl's 1981 eponymous solo debut. And if that's not enough,
More Love: High Moon Reissues, Expands Arthur Lee and Love's Rare "Reel to Real"
High Moon Records, the label behind the recent releases of Love's Black Beauty and Gene Clark's Two Sides to Every Story, has announced its next title. On November 27, High Moon will reissue Love's 1974 album Reel to Real as a newly-expanded Deluxe Edition in the following formats: Expanded CD packaged in a deluxe custom digipak with a full-color, 32-page booklet; LP pressed on high-quality RTI vinyl with full-color, 28-page LP-sized booklet; LP includes download card for high-quality
The Stuff Of Nightmares: Varese Boxes Complete "Nightmare on Elm Street" Scores
"One, two, Freddy's comin' for you..." Varese Sarabande is making horror fans' dreams come true with an eight-disc box set of the complete scores to the A Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise. The late Wes Craven's 1984 horror classic introduced fans to the sleepy suburb of Springwood, terrorized by the sadistic Freddy Krueger. With a hideously burned face, a glove boasting razor sharp blades and an iconic fedora and striped-sweater combo, Krueger, "the bastard son of a thousand
Tell It All: Ashford and Simpson's "Come As You Are" Continues BBR's Reissue Series
The husband-and-wife team of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson needs no introduction; the classic R&B and pop songbook has been shaped by the duo's compositions including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing," "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)," "Let's Go Get Stoned," "California Soul" and "Solid (As a Rock)." Big Break Records has recently been celebrating Ashford (1941-2011) and Simpson (born 1946) in a major way - with a definitive expanded reissue
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: THE BUCKINGHAMS' "COMPLETE HIT SINGLES" GIVEAWAY!
CONGRATULATIONS! The following 10 entrants have won a copy of The Buckinghams' brand-new The Complete Hit Singles from Varese Vintage! 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! And if you're not among the winners, we know it's kind of a drag
Acknowledgement: John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" Goes Super Deluxe With "Complete Masters"
John Coltrane's essential jazz masterpiece, A Love Supreme, is getting the red-carpet treatment for its 50th anniversary, expanded to three discs in A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters. A fusion of Coltrane's early hard bop and later free jazz styles, A Love Supreme is an arresting four-part suite inspired in part by Coltrane's increasing faith, after a near-overdose some years before. Coltrane's tenor saxophone conveys his gratitude to a higher power through a repeating four-note motif
Anton Fig's "Figments" Features Brian Wilson, Blondie Chaplin, Ace Frehley, Al Kooper, More
Between 1986 and spring 2015, Anton Fig could be found on a nightly basis behind the drum kit of The World's Most Dangerous Band and, then, The CBS Orchestra. Part of Paul Shaffer's band for David Letterman's NBC and CBS late-night talk shows, Fig would be glowingly acknowledged by the host as "Buddy Rich, Jr." for his ferocity and prowess with his instrument. In 2002, the South Africa-born music great ventured out on his own to record his first solo album, appropriately entitled Figments.
Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card: The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings
Celebrate a classic country Christmas with Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card - The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings. Dean may be best known today for breakfast sausages, but he had a thriving recording career 50 years ago. His lone Columbia Christmas LP is joined by the few yuletide tunes he made for singles to complete this remastered CD. TSD's Joe Marchese has penned new liner notes!
A Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Epic Christmas Collection
Bobby Vinton's A Very Merry Christmas - The Compete Epic Christmas Collection is a first-of-a-kind collection for the beloved vocalist. During the peak of his career in 1963 and 1964, Vinton recorded a Christmas EP and album for Epic, both of which are on this remastered release. Several other Christmas cuts have been added, including a previously unreleased track from 1959: "Winter Love." TSD's Joe Marchese has written the liner notes!
The Complete Christmas Collection 1958-2010
The biggest holiday release of the season is the 3-disc set devoted to the yuletide recordings of Johnny Mathis. The Complete Christmas Collection 1958-2010 rounds up all of Mathis' Christmas albums for the Columbia and Mercury/Global labels released during that period. It also boasts numerous non-LP singles, guest appearances and other one-off tracks from over the years, all in newly-remastered sound. TSD's own Joe Marchese has written the liner notes based upon a new interview with Johnny!
The Track Singles 1967-1973
Volume Three arrives in this four-volume set collecting The Who's classic singles by label (Brunswick, Reaction, Track and Polydor). This box set, designed in "lid-and-tray" style, contains fifteen 7-inch singles from the band's Track Records era - each one pressed on heavyweight vinyl with paper sleeves reproducing the front and back period graphics with die-cut center holes. The Track Singles includes a 7-inch-sized 20-page color booklet with liner notes about each release and period
A Winter Romance
Dean Martin's 1959 Capitol holiday collection returns to vinyl just in time for the Christmas season!
Release Round-Up: Week of September 18
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up including a couple of spectacular new box sets, one acclaimed soundtrack, numerous reissues and anthologies, and the return of a few beloved artists! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The 1985 debut from a-ha gets super-sized with Rhino's upcoming 4-CD/1-DVD edition. Disc One has the original, remastered album, while Disc Two boasts 25 demos, Disc Three has 15
Edsel Boxes Singer-Songwriter Eddi Reader's "Blanco y Negro Years"
In recent months, the ever-busy team at Demon Music Group's Edsel label has turned out a number of notable box sets. Today, we'll spotlight the set from Eddi Reader! Glasgow-born singer-songwriter Eddi Reader began her career as a background vocalist, singing with punk outfit Gang of Four as well as the likes of Alison Moyet, The Waterboys, and Eurythmics. In 1987, she was signed with her band Fairground Attraction to RCA, and the major label's gamble on the new act paid off when
Uh Huh Yeah! New Release Explores The Roots of Earth, Wind & Fire
A new digital album explores little-known soul trio The Salty Peppers, best known as the elements of one of the best soul bands of the 1970s: Earth, Wind & Fire. In 1969, Maurice White, the drummer in the Ramsey Lewis Trio, struck out on his own on the Chicago music scene first as a songwriter and then as the drummer in a new quartet of his own creation. With two friends, keyboardist/bassist Don Whitehead and singer Wade Flemons and Don Whitehead, White would found a trio, The Salty
Everlasting Love: RPM Collects The Complete Love Affair and Steve Ellis On CBS
A recent release from Cherry Red's RPM Records imprint opens with a bold statement in its liner notes: "In 1968, only The Beatles sold more records in Britain than The Love Affair" - surprising but true! Today, the band is best-known for its hit "Everlasting Love," a U.K. Number One that still is in rotation on oldies radio. But in the brief period between January 1968 and July 1969, The Love Affair scored five U.K. Top 20 hits. The Love Affair and Steve Ellis' Time Hasn't Changed Us: The
Sing Him Back Home: Porter Wagoner Classics Enter The Digital Domain
With his unmistakable blonde pompadour and flashy Nudie suits, Porter Wagoner (1927-2007) cut one of the most distinctive figures in country music. The three-time Grammy-winning Missouri-born singer known as "Mr. Grand Ole Opry" charted over 80 records in his lengthy career, but his solo releases have often been overlooked due to his prosperous association with the young Dolly Parton. Legacy Recordings has taken one step to rectify that with the first-time digital release of six albums
The Christmas Album: Expanded Edition
With the phenomenal success of her 1970 single "Rose Garden," Lynn Anderson was launched into the ranks of country and pop superstardom. The Grammy Award-winning singer's string of No. 1 hits made her a chart fixture in the 1970s and indeed, one of the most successful artists of all time. Among her most beloved recordings is 1971's The Christmas Album which arrived on Columbia Records while Lynn was still riding high from the worldwide success of "Rose Garden." Christmas Album, produced in
The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings
The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings brings together 1967's The Jim Nabors Christmas Album with 1972's Merry Christmas, both of which are long unavailable on compact disc. Produced by Jack Gold and arranged by Alan Copeland, Christmas Album featured Nabors on both secular and sacred carols, including a rousing "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and an inventive "Jingle Bells." The Gold-selling album was so popular that it was the best-selling holiday album of 1969, and remained on the
It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas: Real Gone Unwraps Seven Christmas Titles in November From Johnny Mathis, Glen Campbell and More
Real Gone Music's October slate kicked off the label's yearly celebration of the music of Christmas including classic albums by George Melachrino, The Soulful Strings and The Three Suns - and that continues into November when the label releases a whopping seven titles for the holiday season! We've already told you this morning about our two Second Disc Records releases: Jim Nabors - The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings and an expanded edition of Lynn Anderson's The Christmas Album.
Second Disc Records Makes Spirits Bright This November With Jim Nabors and Lynn Anderson
Autumn is just days away, but here at The Second Disc, our thoughts have already turned to winter - and more specifically, to the music of the holiday season! We're thrilled to announce the first-ever Christmas titles to be released on our own Second Disc Records label - and we promise that they'll get you in the spirit of the season! On November 6, as part of Real Gone Music's mega-Christmas slate (more news on that VERY soon!), we'll be releasing Jim Nabors' Complete Columbia Christmas
All You Need Is Love: The Beatles Go "1+" In November With New Deluxe Set
The Beatles 1 is back. The 2000 record-breaking, chart-topping compilation returns in newly-expanded form from Apple Corps and UMe on November 6, adding a video component capturing the band's filmed work to accompany the album's 27 U.K. and U.S. No. 1 singles. The upcoming release will be available in a number of configurations: Beatles 1: 1 CD/1 DVD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1: 1 CD/1 BD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1: 1 CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Beatles 1:
New "Casino Classics" Box Features Northern Soul From Jackie Trent, Tommy Hunt, Gloria Jones, Len Barry
When American soul great Tommy Hunt first approached the Wigan Casino in Wigan, England to celebrate the nightclub's second anniversary on September 27, 1975, his first reaction was decidedly mixed. He recalled in 2013, "When I got to Wigan, I refused to go in! It scared me because it looked so rough! I'd been playing these fabulous clubs. When I looked at the outside, I said to the driver, 'you must be at the wrong place.' He said, 'Tommy, wait 'til you get inside.' When I walked in
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