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Hang On To Yourself: David Bowie's "Five Years 1969-1973" Box Collects Albums, Bonus Discs

June 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

David Bowie Five Years Cover

Forty-four years to the day after David Bowie first performed at Glastonbury (then known as the Glastonbury Fair rather than today's Festival), Parlophone Records has announced the first in a new series of box sets which will eventually span his entire career.  Five Years: 1969-1973, named of course after the opening track of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, will be available on September 25 in 12-CD or 13-LP configurations, containing all of the core material (ten

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

It's Their Party: Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, Ben E. King, Steppenwolf Go Real Gone In August

June 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Lesley Gore Someplace Else Now

Are you ready to take a magic carpet ride with Real Gone Music this August? The label's slate for the month offers an array of rock, soul and pop heavy hitters including a number of CD debuts.  Two complete singles collections arrive, both on two CDs: one from John Kay and Steppenwolf (The Complete ABC/Dunhill Singles Collection), and another from the late, great Ben E. King (The Complete Atco/Atlantic Singles Volume 1).  Then, the label is offering up two rare soundtracks from bona fide rock

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Alex North, Ben E. King, Dusty Springfield, Jorge Ben, Lesley Gore, Mike Bloomfield, Robbie Robertson, Steppenwolf

Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City

June 14, 2015 By

Dylan Cash and Nashville Cats

Legacy teams with the Country Music Hall of Fame for this 2-CD, 36-song companion soundtrack to the Nashville museum's current exhibit chronicling Music City's fusion of country of rock.  One previously unreleased cut by Bob Dylan joins both familiar and rare tracks by Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, The Byrds, The Monkees, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and others!

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country

Remember When The Music: Bottom Line Presents Unheard Harry Chapin, Reissues Janis Ian and More

June 11, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Bottom Line Archive Chapin

The new Bottom Line Archive Series, which launched earlier this year with volumes from The Brecker Brothers, Willie Nile, and Kenny Rankin, continues on June 30 with a new wave of titles all recorded at the late, great New York venue once located on West 4th Street in Greenwich Village.  Concerts from Harry Chapin and Janis Ian, plus two various-artists compilations, will be released on Bottom Line Records on that date. Legendary singer-songwriter Harry Chapin's January 1981 set at The Bottom

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Harry Chapin, Janis Ian, Jimmy Webb, Pete Seeger, Various Artists

Jim Peterik, Don Dixon, Jules Shear, Justin Currie, Julian Velard Fight Cancer on "You Can't Live on Love Alone"

June 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

You Cant Live on Love Alone

Many of you reading this might know Popdose as one of your favorite pop-culture hangouts on the Internet.  Recently, our good friends at Popdose have curated a special digital-only release that not only features an array of remarkable artists, but helps a great cause, too. You Can't Live on Love Alone: Songs for the Fight Against Multiple Myeloma arrived on Amazon last week, on June 2.  This 19-track compendium is headlined by artists ranging from veterans (Jim Peterik of The Ides of March

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Don Dixon, Jim Peterik, Jules Shear, Julian Velard, Justin Currie, Kenny Loggins

Hey, Look Me Over! Harbinger Celebrates The Music of Cy Coleman On New Collection

June 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Cy Coleman You Fascinate Me So

When Bob Dylan released his first collection of standards earlier this year, the venerable singer-songwriter took umbrage at the notion that he was "covering" classic songs.  "I don't see myself as covering these songs in any way," he reflected.  "They've been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them."  Among the songs uncovered by Dylan was Cy Coleman and Joseph McCarthy's "Why Try to Change Me Now," first recorded by Frank Sinatra

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Floyd Huddleston

Coda [Various Editions]

June 4, 2015 By

Led Zeppelin Coda SDE

The Led Zeppelin remastered reissue campaign has reached the band's final studio album, 1982's Coda, available in various formats: Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

In Through the Out Door [Various Editions]

June 4, 2015 By

Led Zep In Through the Out Door SDE

The Led Zeppelin remastered reissue campaign marches on with 1979's In Through the Out Door, the band's final album recorded before John Bonham's untimely passing.  It's available in a number of formats: Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Presence [Various Editions]

June 4, 2015 By

Led Zeppelin Presence SDE

Led Zeppelin's 1976 Presence arrives in a variety of remastered and expanded formats: Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Going to the Country: "Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats" Chronicles Birth of Music City Country-Rock

May 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Dylan Cash and Nashville Cats

Two legendary artists headline a new anthology arriving on June 16, 2015 from Legacy Recordings.  Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City, a 2-CD, 36-track compilation, serves as an audio companion and soundtrack to the exhibit of the same name currently on display at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame through December 31, 2016.  Like the exhibit, this new release explores the timeless sounds created at the intersection of country, folk and rock in Nashville between, roughly

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk Tags: Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Simon and Garfunkel, Various Artists

You Can't Ever Come Down: Esoteric Revisits "The American Metaphysical Circus"

May 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

American Metaphysical Circus

"We were firmly in the American tradition of artistic and political radicalism intermixed with patriotism, and to thus establish a psychic 'distance' from The Beatles."  So stated Joseph Byrd in a 2004 interview excerpted in the liner notes to Esoteric Recordings' new reissue of 1969's The American Metaphysical Circus.  The album, credited to Joe Byrd and the Hippies, exemplified the adventuresome spirit of the era which led the venerable Columbia Records label to sign a number of

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: Joseph Byrd

Up, Up and Away/Stoned Soul Picnic/The Magic Garden/The Age of Aquarius

May 22, 2015 By

Fifth Dimension Four Fer

Australia's Raven label reissues the first four albums by The 5th Dimension, originally released between 1967 and 1969, as a 2-CD set also including five previously issued bonus tracks.  Includes the group's legendary hits "Up, Up and Away," "Stoned Soul Picnic," "The Age of Aquarius," "Wedding Bell Blues," "Workin' on a Groovy Thing" and more!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

Country Charley Pride/The Country Way/Pride of Country Music/Make Mine Country

May 22, 2015 By

Charley Pride Four Fer

BGO combines four albums from country legend Charley Pride - originally issued between 1966 and 1968 - on a new, slipcased 2-CD set.

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Formats: CD Genre: Country

Jeanne: The Musical

May 22, 2015 By

Jeanne The Musical

Stage Door Records rescues the score of another lost British musical with the previously unreleased original studio cast recording of the 1985/86 Joan of Arc musical Jeanne .  Olivier Award-nominated singer-songwriter Shirlie Roden's rock opera premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in September 1985, starring Siobhan McCarthy in the title role alongside Peter Straker and Malcolm Roberts. The production subsequently transferred to London's Sadler's Wells for a limited season in March 1986

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings

In The Air Tonight: Phil Collins Signs with Warner Music, Deluxe Editions Coming Soon

May 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Phil Collins Both Sides

Phil Collins is getting ready to open the vaults. Warner Music Group has just announced its partnership with Collins to make the superstar artist's solo albums available worldwide through WMG.  Though Collins' American fans have long been used to seeing his solo releases on WMG's Atlantic Records label, fans in the U.K. and Ireland were used to seeing the Virgin Records logo on Collins' classic solo records such as Face Value, Hello, I Must Be Going and No Jacket Required.  This deal marks

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Genesis, Phil Collins

Real Gone's July Features Complete Ronny and the Daytonas Plus New Riders, Fanny, Grateful Dead, More

May 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Complete Ronny and the Daytonas

Summer is just around the corner, but Real Gone Music isn't taking a vacation!  The label has just announced its June 30 - July 10 slate of releases! If you just can't wait to roll down the windows and crank the car stereo up, you'd be hard-pressed to find more appropriate music than the complete recordings of Ronny and the Daytonas ("G.T.O.") ! And to coincide with the summer's most in-demand concert ticket, Real Gone has another volume of live rarities from Grateful Dead. The Dead has been

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Banana and the Bunch, Fanny, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Ronny and the Daytonas, The Grateful Dead, The Viscounts

Ace Super Soul Round-Up Part Two: Unheard Music From Sam Dees, George Jackson and Dan Greer Sees Release

May 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Sam Dees Its Over

Welcome to Part Two of our Ace Super Soul Round-Up!  You can read Part One here! Birmingham, Alabama native Sam Dees has worn many hats in a long and illustrious career - producer, singer, songwriter, among them.  He's gifted music to George Benson and Aretha Franklin ("Love All the Hurt Away"), Atlantic Starr ("Am I Dreaming"), Gladys Knight and the Pips ("Save the Overtime (For Me)" and Loleatta Holloway ("The Show Must Go On") - as well as Larry Graham, whose No. 1 R&B/No. 9 pop hit

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Dan Greer, George Jackson, Sam Dees

Angel Dust: Deluxe Edition

May 4, 2015 By

Faith No More Angel Dust

Faith No More's 1992 album gains a bonus disc with seventeen rare tracks.

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Formats: CD Genre: Rock

A MusiCares Tribute to Carole King

April 21, 2015 By

MusiCares Carole King

A host of artists - including Sara Bareilles, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, Steven Tyler and James Taylor - are on hand for this tribute to the one and only Carole King.  Available on DVD and BD.

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Formats: Blu-Ray, DVD Genre: Pop

Amused to Death (Remixed Editions)

April 19, 2015 By

Roger Waters Amused

Roger Waters revisits his 1992 album Amused to Death, featuring contributions from Don Henley, Rita Coolidge, P.P. Arnold, Andy Fairweather Low and Michael Kamen, in a variety of formats featuring new stereo and 5.1 surround mixes. CD CD / Blu-ray SACD Hi-res digital download 2LP 200 gram vinyl (pressed at Quality Record Pressings) Limited edition, numbered 2LP picture disc vinyl

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

The Second Disc's 2015 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese 23 Comments

Sly Fillmore East

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 18, music fans and collectors will flock to their local independent record stores to celebrate both the sounds on those familiar round black platters and the cherished opportunity to shop for music in a physical retail environment. To many of us, both are a way of life.   Each year around this time, we here at Second Disc HQ take a few moments to count down the titles to which we're most looking forward to picking up! Our friend and founder, Mike Duquette, returns to

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: a-ha, Billie Holiday, Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, Metallica, Record Store Day, Simon and Garfunkel, The Bee Gees

A Lost Paul Williams Classic Coming Soon From Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music

April 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Paul Williams Windy Side

Come June 2, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are living life a little on the windy side.  That's the date for our remastered and expanded reissue of Paul Williams' 1979 album for Portrait Records, A Little on the Windy Side! In a Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe-winning career that's taken him from Tiny Tim to Daft Punk, Paul Williams has seen his songs recorded by Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, The Carpenters, and of course, Kermit the Frog. During his

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Jeff Barry, Mentor Williams, Paul Williams

Perfect Sense: Legacy to Revisit Roger Waters’ "Amused to Death" with New Stereo and 5.1 Remixes

April 16, 2015 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Roger Waters Amused

While there has been no Pink Floyd reissue news for nearly a year now since the release of a deluxe edition of The Division Bell, fans can look forward to revisiting one of Rogers Waters’ solo projects with the newly announced reissue of Amused to Death. Death was released in 1992 and was Waters’ third solo outing after 1984’s The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking and 1987’s Radio K.A.O.S.  As is common for Waters’ LPs, it is a concept album.  The songwriter based it upon ideas from Neil

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd, Roger Waters

Turn Them Loose On Broadway: Masterworks Reissues Bette Davis Musical and More

April 15, 2015 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Dames at Sea London

Sony’s Masterworks Broadway division is once again opening the vaults to rescue more vintage recordings from obscurity.  Over the next three months, the label will release in its made-on-demand CD-R and digital programs three Broadway related recordings: the 1969 London Cast of Off-Broadway’s Dames at Sea (making its CD premiere), 1952’s Broadway revue Two’s Company starring Bette Davis (making its U.S. CD debut) and the original recording of Sir John Gielgud’s 1958 Broadway solo Shakespeare

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Bette Davis, John Gielgud, Sammy Cahn, Vernon Duke

Soul Serenades: RPM Expands Mod Music of "The Mike Cotton Sound"

April 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Mike Cotton Sound

The name of The Mike Cotton Sound might be most familiar from the group’s role backing Mary Hopkin on her debut album Post Card, or for supporting The Kinks on Muswell Hillbillies.  But the band, led by trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Mike Cotton, actually traveled a diverse musical road throughout the 1960s, a trajectory chronicled on RPM Records’ expanded edition of the band’s 1964 long-player, The Mike Cotton Sound. Leader Cotton had scored his first hit in 1963 with “Swing That

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: The Mike Cotton Sound

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