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Prophets, Seers and Sages: The Angels Of The Ages

January 16, 2015 By

T Rex Prophets

Joining the Deluxe Edition of Tyrannosaurus Rex's debut My People Were Fair... is this similarly-expanded version of the duo's sophomore effort.  Alsoreleased in 1968 and produced by Tony Visconti, Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages established Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrin Took as a creative musical force with which to be reckoned.  This Deluxe Edition contains the 2014 mono remaster of the original album plus bonus material including one non-album single, a whopping 31 (!)

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk

My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair...

January 16, 2015 By

T Rex My People

Before Marc Bolan and T Rex went glam, there was My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair...  This 1968 album marked the debut of Bolan and Steve Peregrin Took as the fantastical underground-folk duo Tyrannosaurus Rex, This new 2-CD Deluxe Edition contains a 2014 remaster by original producer Tony Visconti and Sean Magee plus a host of bonus material. It includes both the stereo and mono versions of the album plus 12 tracks recorded for John Peel's Top Gear show in 1967 and 1968, all

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk

The Complete Studio Recordings 1983-2004

January 16, 2015 By

The Farm

Demon Music Group collects the studio recordings of Liverpool's The Farm over 7 CDs and 98 tracks, including the band's three studio albums, the Pastures Old and New compilation, and three bonus CDs of non-LP B-sides, BBC sessions, remixes, and more.  The box features a 40-page booklet containing a new interview with Peter Hooton.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Rock

Neon Art: Volume One

January 16, 2015 By

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Omnivore presents rare music from the late, great alto saxophonist Art Pepper (1925-1982) - first issued on vinyl in 2012 - on CD and digital for the very first time!

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz

Sunshine Special: Now Sounds Collects "The Best of The GoldeBriars"

January 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Goldebriars Best

Late in 1963, The GoldeBriars recorded “Sunshine Special,” the group’s adaptation of the traditional train song. Curt Boettcher – the male vocalist in the line-up and also its major creative leader – would later make sunshine a specialty; his shimmering California-pop productions for the likes of The Millennium, The Ballroom and Sagittarius have all gone on to attain cult status. There’s not much of that baroque psych-pop sound on Now Sounds’ Walkin’ Down the Line: The Best of The GoldeBriars

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Curt Boettcher, The GoldeBriars

Varese Vintage Round-Up: Label Reissues Seals and Crofts, Danny Elfman, Bill Medley, More

January 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Seals and Crofts One on One

Today, we’re spotlighting a number of reissues you might have missed from the Varese Sarabande label which arrived in the final weeks of 2014! The 1977 coming-of-age drama One on One starred young Robby Benson as high school basketball star Henry, who must overcome obstacles – both romantic and academic – to get through his freshman year of college.  The score was provided by Charles Fox (“Happy Days,” “Ready to Take a Chance Again”) who also collaborated on a number of songs for the movie

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bill Medley, Brian Wilson, Danny Elfman, Malo, Mark-Almond, Paul Williams, Riot, Seals and Crofts, Shawn Phillips, Trevor Rabin

Real Gone's March Slate Boasts Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Foghat, J. Geils Band - and Second Disc Records, Too!

January 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Peggy Lee At Last

We hope that nobody missed yesterday’s big news of The Second Disc’s partnership with Real Gone Music to create Second Disc Records, launching March 10 with a pair of releases from Johnny Mathis and Bob Crewe!  But that’s not all that Real Gone has on tap for March release.   With a total of eight titles ranging from psychedelia to standards, this may be one of the label’s most eclectic release batches yet! Real Gone is kicking off the month on March 3 with two iconic classic rock albums on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Bettye LaVette, Bob Crewe, Foghat, Johnny Mathis, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Shanti, The J. Geils Band

Second Disc Records Label Kicks Off in March with Johnny Mathis' "Complete Thom Bell Sessions," Bob Crewe's "Complete Elektra Recordings"

January 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

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As The Second Disc enters its fifth year as your go-to destination for classic music news and reviews, we’re excited to share our biggest news yet: a partnership with one of our favorite labels, Real Gone Music, to create Second Disc Records! Since its founding in 2011, Real Gone has rescued music that might otherwise have languished in a dusty vault or relegated to digital download – music that lives up to the label’s name – in splendidly remastered and generously expanded editions. Real

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Bob Crewe, Johnny Mathis

Presenting The Second Disc: Remastered!

January 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 15 Comments

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Welcome to The (New) Second Disc - or, as we prefer, The Second Disc: Remastered! On January 11, 2010, The Second Disc published its first post: a look back from Mike Duquette at the best reissues of 2009, featuring titles from Elvis Costello, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. The same day, our first true news item was posted, about Legacy Recordings’ acquisition of the Jimi Hendrix catalogue. On January 31 came our first review, of Whitney Houston: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition. On April 3,

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Dreams and Images

January 14, 2015 By

Arthur Dreams and Images

Originally issued on musical iconoclast Lee Hazlewood's LHI label in 1968, Dreams and Images is the first of two albums from the Melbourne, Florida-born singer/songwriter. A friend and contemporary of Lindsey Buckingham and Beach Boys collaborator Stephen John Kalinich, Arthur (Lee Harper) entered the studio with Hazlewood, Donnie Owens, Tom Thacker, and arranger/Wrecking Crew vet Don Randi to create this delicate, baroque-pop LP.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Winelight (5.1 Surround)

January 14, 2015 By

Winelight SACD

The 5.1 surround mix of Grover Washington Jr.'s Grammy-winning "Winelight" - featuring "Just the Two of Us," sung by Bill Withers - comes to hybrid SACD.  Audio Fidelity's new edition features the original stereo mixes on the standard CD layer and in SACD Stereo.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul

At Last: The Lost Radio Recordings

January 14, 2015 By

Peggy Lee At Last

Wow!  The legendary Peggy Lee - subject of a hot new biography - is celebrated with a new 2-CD set featuring 44 previously unreleased radio performances of songs she never recorded commercially, including "Skylark," "I Got Rhythm," "Come On-A My House," and "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die."  This release is fully licensed from the Peggy Lee Estate and features liner notes from Lee historian David Torrensen!

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Shanti

January 14, 2015 By

Shanti

From the psychedelic Bay Area scene comes the cult classic raga-rock album from Shanti, the band led by tabla master (and Mickey Hart associate) Zakir Hussain, sarod virtuoso Ashish Khan and former members of The Loading Zone, Cold Blood and the Travel Agency!  

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The Odyssey: A Northern Soul Time Capsule 1968-2014

January 13, 2015 By

Odyssey Northern Soul

Demon Music Group's Harmless label offers the ultimate celebration of Northern Soul with this massive box set offering 222 tracks on 8 CDs, 2 DVDs and a 150+-page booklet!  This set features an eclectic array of artists including Gladys Knight and the Pips, Paul Anka, The O'Jays, The Four Seasons, Johnny Maestro, Ben E. King and many more.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: R&B/Soul

Sings "The Good Old Bad Old Days"

January 13, 2015 By

Newley Good Old Bad Demos

Stage Door presents an entire disc of Anthony Newley's previously unreleased demo recordings for his 1973 musical The Good Old Bad Old Days, co-written with Leslie Bricusse!

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings

Release Round-Up: Week of January 13

January 13, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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The Legacy Collection - Fantasia Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Walt Disney Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This 4-CD presentation of Walt Disney's animated masterwork features both the Leopold Stokowski and Irwin Kostal recordings of the complete score, plus bonus material, in a deluxe hardbound format. Johnny Winter, Remembrance - Volume One (Friday Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) Friday Music celebrates the late, great Johnny Winter with this new set licensed from

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Elvis Costello, Johnny Winter, Neal Hefti, Woody Allen

Seeing Is Believing: Deluxe Edition of Mike + The Mechanics' "Living Years" Coming Soon to U.S.

January 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

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Way back in the fall of 2013, our very own Mike Duquette reported on the release of Mike + the Mechanics’ The Singles 1985-2014, a two-disc compendium for the band founded by Genesis’ Mike Rutherford.  He teased, “This set has been pushed back to January 20, 2014…to better coincide with some more Mike + The Mechanics events in the coming year, including a U.K. tour in the winter of 2014, a forthcoming memoir from Rutherford and a planned reissue of Living Years for its 25th anniversary.” 

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Categories: News Tags: Mike + the Mechanics, Mike Rutherford

The Cryan' Shames' "Sugar and Spice" Goes Mono In Now Sounds' Expanded Reissue

January 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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When the venerable Goddard Lieberson, President of Columbia Records, announced the ascendancy of Clive Davis to a veep position at the label in 1965, the promotion of the younger man heralded for a new sound at Columbia. Lieberson had made Columbia the leader in the fields of classical and Broadway cast recordings, and was looking to position the label at the vanguard of rock, too. A number of new signings followed. Among those acts signed to the industry leader was The Cryan’ Shames, favorites

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New Roman Times

January 10, 2015 By

Camper New Roman Times

Omnivore reissues Camper Van Beethoven's 2004 "sci-fi alternate-reality rock opera," adding four previously unissued bonus tracks. Available on CD, double LP (with download card) and digital.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Life Is A Song Worth Singing: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions

January 9, 2015 By

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In 1973, Johnny Mathis boarded the love train with the destination of Philadelphia. The velvet-voiced vocalist was already a music legend when he teamed with Thom Bell, architect of the Philadelphia soul sound via his groundbreaking work with The Delfonics, The Stylistics and The Spinners. The pairing of the smooth balladeer with the chart-topping R&B quadruple threat (producer-songwriter-arranger-conductor) might have seemed unlikely at first, but Mathis and Bell shared an elegant,

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

Wonderful World of Disney: "The Legacy Collection: Fantasia" Coming Soon

January 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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When considering the history of Walt Disney Studios, Mickey Mouse is always front and center.   Lovably scrappy Mickey became a breakout smash with 1928’s Steamboat Willie, setting the company on the path to becoming the all-encompassing entertainment conglomerate it is today.  The character himself, however, has had several ups and downs over the years.  One of these down periods was during the late 1930s when Walt Disney felt that Mickey wasn’t reaching the same heights of popularity he had

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Categories: News Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Leopold Stokowski

Return To The "Freedom Highway": Staple Singers Classic Is Reissued and Expanded

January 8, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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For almost 50 years, between 1948 and 1994, The Staple Singers stood at the crossroads of gospel and soul, preaching messages of peace and positivity through music. In April 1965, The Staples - "Pops," Mavis, Yvonne and Pervis - were joined by drummer Al Duncan and bassist Phil Upchurch at Chicago's New Nazareth Church to record the album that became Freedom Highway. The LP, originally released on Epic Records, recognized that year's historic civil rights marches from Montgomery to Selma,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Gospel Tags: The Staple Singers

Driving Through Kashmir: Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti" Turns 40, Arrives In Deluxe Formats Next Month

January 8, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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The series of expanded and remastered reissues from Led Zeppelin is getting into the home stretch.  Following the 2014 deluxe releases of the band’s first five albums, 1975’s Physical Graffiti – the band’s sixth of nine studio albums - will arrive in a variety of formats on February 24, 2015 – exactly forty years after the original album was first unveiled. The hotly-anticipated Physical Graffiti was released almost two years after Led Zeppelin’s last album, Houses of the Holy, and was also the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin

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The Complete Elektra Recordings

January 7, 2015 By

Crewe

What do "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," "Jenny, Take a Ride" and "Lady Marmalade" all have in common? Each one of those songs came from the pen from Bob Crewe. A songwriter, producer, singer, entrepreneur, artist and candidate for the title of "Fifth Season," Crewe was one of music's true renaissance men. With Bob Gaudio, he co-wrote and produced most of the Four Seasons' greatest hits, and he also guided the careers of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Oliver, and many others. Yet one period of

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