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The Studio Albums 2009-2018

October 5, 2022 By

Mark Knopfler The Studio Albums 2009 2018

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picking up from where 2021's The Studio Albums 1996-2007 left off, this new box collects Mark Knopfler's four most recent studio albums as well as Back in the Day, a disc of bonus material.  While the CD version of Back in the Day has 18 bonus tracks and the LP only has eight, the remaining ten tracks are included on the album presentations within the vinyl box.  Two previously unreleased songs,

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

Mark Knopfler's Late-Period Solo Albums Get Their Time in the Sun on New Box Set

October 5, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Mark Knopfler The Studio Albums 2009 2018

Mark Knopfler released his first full-length solo album in 1996.  Golden Heart began a new chapter for the singer-songwriter-guitarist who had already carved out two distinct paths as leader of Dire Straits and as a film score composer.  The 2021 box set The Studio Albums 1996-2007 collected Knopfler's first five studio albums, from Golden Heart through 2007's Kill to Get Crimson, along with a bonus disc of B-sides.  Now, a follow-up box is bringing Knopfler's studio discography up to date. 

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Mark Knopfler

Sail On Sailor: 1972

October 4, 2022 By

Beach Boys Sail On Sailor 1972

6CD Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD Highlights (Remastered Albums plus bonus tracks): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP+7" Super Deluxe Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP+7" Super Deluxe Vinyl Edition (Limited Edition): Beach Boys Store 2LP+7" Remastered Albums Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP+7" Remastered Albums Vinyl (Limited Edition): Beach Boys Store Sail On Sailor - 1972 continues the story of The

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

In Memoriam: Loretta Lynn (1932-2022)

October 4, 2022 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Still Woman Enough

On her 2016 album Full Circle, Loretta Lynn openly pondered, "Who's gonna miss me when I'm gone?"  Today, upon the pioneering singer-songwriter's death at the age of 90, that answer was abundantly clear. Tributes poured in from Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Kacey Musgraves, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, and LeAnn Rimes, as well as from The Grand Ole Opry, The Country Music Association, and The Country Music Hall of Fame.  Carole King, one of many artists outside of the country genre to

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Categories: Features, News Genre: Country Tags: Loretta Lynn

Just For A Thrill: Peggy Lee's "Norma Deloris Egstrom" Returns to CD for 50th Anniversary

October 3, 2022 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom

The words I have to say may well be simple, but they're true/Until you give your love, there's nothing more that we can do... Those lyrics from Lesley Duncan's "Love Song" opened Peggy Lee's 40th original album and her final one for Capitol Records, the label with whom she had been associated since 1944.  (She left Capitol for Decca in 1952 and re-signed with the label five years later.)  With Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota, both the title (Lee's birth name) and the stark

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Peggy Lee

Summer Storms: Cherry Red, Righteous Collect "Dark Exotica" from Stan Kenton, Others

October 3, 2022 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dark Exotica

The word "exotica" typically conjures up breezy, mid-20th century imagery of tikis, palm trees, and tropical drinks.  Indeed, many musicians were all too happy to contribute to the genre named after Martin Denny's 1957 album, the title of which was coined by Liberty Records executive Si Waronker.  Denny's musical island fantasies indeed proved transporting for Americans, as did releases from the likes of Les Baxter, Esquivel, and Arthur Lyman.  Back in 2018, the Numero Group curated an

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Jazz, Latin Tags: Bill Russo, Buddy Collette, John Leslie McFarland, Stan Kenton

From L.A. to Bakersfield: Omnivore Celebrates California Music Heroes Dean Torrence and Buck Owens on New Collections

September 30, 2022 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Dean Torrence The Teammates

This fall, Omnivore will be revisiting the back pages of two California artists with whom the label has become associated: Dean Torrence and Buck Owens. Back in 2017, Omnivore issued Filet of Soul Redux: The Rejected Master Recordings from Jan Berry and Dean Torrence, the innovative surf-rock duo and Beach Boys pals who transformed the sound of SoCal pop. But Dean was always much more than "just" one-half of that pioneering musical pair.  As a graphic designer, Torrence won the Grammy Award

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Bruce Johnston, Buck Owens, Dean Torrence, Flo and Eddie, Jan and Dean, Mike Love, Terry Melcher

Release Round-Up: Week of September 30

September 30, 2022 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

George Michael Older SDE

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available in stores today! George Michael, Older: Deluxe Edition (Legacy) 5CD/3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada George Michael's third solo album - and the one he believed to be his finest - returns from Legacy Recordings in a new 5CD/3LP edition and a 2LP set.  This expansion of 1996's Older features both the remastered album and the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, Brandi Carlile, Burt Bacharach, Daryl Hall and John Oates, George Michael, Glenn Gould, Herb Alpert, Johnny Burke, Richard Marx, Rory Gallagher, The Cowsills, Wilco

Seal: Deluxe Edition

September 29, 2022 By

Seal deluxe cover

The Deluxe Edition of Seal will include the British singer's first album, remastered for the first time on CD, and three sides of vinyl in one package. A further three bonus discs collect rare B-sides and remixes (including the original "premix" versions of key songs from early pressings) plus an unreleased concert recorded in Ireland in the wake of the album. The 12" x 12" package contains rare photos and new liner notes from journalist Jim Farber. Original album producer Trevor Horn has also

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

Live at The Fillmore 1997

September 29, 2022 By

Tom Petty Fillmore 1997

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP Uber Deluxe Edition (identical audio content to 6LPStandard Edition): Tom Petty Store 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Live at the Fillmore 1997 captures highlights from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' blazing 20-show run at San Francisco's venerable Fillmore between January 10 and February 7, 1997.  Six full shows

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

That Holiday Feeling! Expanded Edition

September 29, 2022 By

Steve and Eydie That Holiday Feeling

Real Gone Music presents a newly-remastered and expanded edition of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme's 1964 Christmas classic That Holiday Feeling!  This new edition adds eight bonus tracks including all three of Steve and Eydie's songs from the 1969 RCA album Christmastime in Carol and Song on which they were supported by the orchestra and chorus of renowned conductor Arthur Fiedler (Steve's "Go Tell It on the Mountain," Eydie's "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," and Steve and Eydie's "Hurry Home

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Formats: CD Genre: Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal

Use Your Illusion I & II: Super Deluxe Edition

September 29, 2022 By

Use Your Illusion box

7CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Use Your Illusion I (Deluxe Edition): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Use Your Illusion II (Deluxe Edition): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP colored vinyl with slipmat: Official Store UYI I 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UYI I 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UYI II 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UYI

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Cast Your Fate to the Wind: Vince Guaraldi's Breakthrough 'Black Orpheus' to Be Expanded

September 29, 2022 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Vince Guaraldi Black Orpheus 2CD

Though he might be best known for the irresistible score to A Charlie Brown Christmas - the music of which is coming back in a big way this holiday season, jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi was first known for an unusual crossover jazz hit, the instrumental "Cast Your Fate to the Wind." The album that featured that unforgettable song (and put Guaraldi on the road to Peanuts perfection) will also get the deluxe treatment this year, in honor of its 60th anniversary. Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Vince Guaraldi

Legacy Puts Prince's Original 'Hits' Albums on Vinyl

September 29, 2022 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Prince Hits banner

As more of Prince's recorded catalogue consolidates under a deal with Sony Music's Legacy Recordings, a big question is when a new career-spanning compilation will eventually hit the market. While fans might keep waiting, Legacy will issue two classic collections for the first time on vinyl: the two volumes that made up The Hits in 1993. The Hits capped 15 years of breakneck recording and massive commercial success from The Artist, who earlier that year announced he would change his name to

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Prince

UMC to Spice Up 'Spiceworld' with New Reissues

September 29, 2022 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Spiceworld 25 packshot

England's pop exports are some of the biggest the world has ever known - and in the '90s, none were bigger than the Spice Girls. This fall, UMC will reissue Spiceworld, the group's second album and the one where they were metaphorically on top of the world, in a variety of formats with rare and unreleased material. Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm and Victoria Adams were irresistible to worldwide pop audiences not long after the release of debut Spice in 1996. With

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Spice Girls

Lightning Frightening: New Bowie Box Offers 'Hunky Dory'-Era Rarities

September 28, 2022 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

David Bowie Divine Symmetry

Hot on the heels of the success of the documentary Moonage Daydream (and its recently released soundtrack, currently streaming and coming soon to physical media), Parlophone has announced a major audio excavation from the David Bowie vault.  On November 25, 2022, the label will release Divine Symmetry (An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory), a 4CD/1BD box set chronicling the twelve months leading up to the December 1971 release of Bowie's fourth studio album.  Highlighted by 48 previously

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie

California Saga: The Beach Boys' "Sail On Sailor: 1972" Explores "Carl and the Passions," "Holland"

September 27, 2022 By Joe Marchese 19 Comments

Beach Boys Sail On Sailor 1972

The cover of The Beach Boys' eighteenth studio album didn't look so different than what fans might have expected, with its shot of the beach, blue sky, and palm trees through a car window.  But once listeners placed the needle on the first track, it was clear this was no ordinary Beach Boys record.  Only one song - the opening "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone," a twangy rocker with little of the lushness once associated with their sound - bore a production credit for Brian Wilson; only

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Beach Boys

Rockin' Around in NYC (and Beyond): Yep Roc to Celebrate 40 Years of Marshall Crenshaw's Debut

September 26, 2022 By Mike Duquette 14 Comments

Marshall Crenshaw 40

Tonight, Marshall Crenshaw takes his 40 Years in Showbiz! Tour to Manhattan's City Winery. (It's a show you can watch from the comfort of your home - hopefully my head won't be in the way!) Just as exciting as seeing this living power-pop legend celebrate his fourth decade of performing: some of his long-out-of-print classic albums are coming back into circulation courtesy of a new label home. Earlier this month, Yep Roc announced a double LP expanded edition of Crenshaw's hook-filled debut

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Marshall Crenshaw, Record Store Day

The Weekend Stream: September 24, 2022

September 24, 2022 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Stream

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover - from quarter-century old R&B classics, a Fleetwood Mac heroine covering Buffalo Springfield, and an actor who sang enough to make you go a little mad. Stevie Nicks, For What It's Worth (Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) The celebrated singer has recently been covering this Buffalo Springfield classic on her

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Comedy, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Anthony Perkins, Mariah Carey, Queens of the Stone Age, Sam the Sham and The Pharoahs, Stevie Nicks, Tears for Fears, Usher

Right as the Rain: Barbra Streisand's "Live at the Bon Soir" Arrives in November

September 23, 2022 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

Barbra Streisand Live at the Bon Soir

Barbra Streisand first took the stage of New York's tiny Bon Soir on September 9, 1960.  The eighteen-year-old singer appeared third on a bill after house band The Three Flames and comic duo Tony and Eddie, and before closing act Phyllis Diller.  The groundbreaking comedienne later recalled her first encounter with Streisand: "We shared a dressing room at the Bon Soir...It was the size of a peapod and usually you could smell fear in there. But she wasn't a bit nervous - at least not that I

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Categories: News Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Barbra Streisand

Seal's Debut Gets a "Killer" of a Box

September 23, 2022 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Seal deluxe cover

Rhino Records adds to its holiday/year-end box set season a new entry in the form of a deluxe edition of Seal's classic 1991 debut. Available November 4, the reissued Seal will include the British singer's first album, remastered for the first time on CD and three sides of vinyl in one package. A further three bonus discs collect rare B-sides and remixes (including the original "premix" versions of key songs from early pressings) plus an unreleased concert recorded in Ireland in the wake of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Seal

Release Round-Up: Week of September 23

September 23, 2022 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Joni Mitchell Asylum Albums

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Joni Mitchell, The Asylum Albums (1972-1975) (Elektra/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Joni Mitchell's Archives campaign rolls on with this new 4-CD or 5-LP box collecting four of the inspirational singer-songwriter's most acclaimed and beloved studio albums, all recorded for David Geffen's then-new Asylum Records label: For the Roses (1972), Court and Spark (1974), and The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Chick Corea, Dr. John, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Ray Charles, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Smithereens

That Ol' Christmas Spirit: Real Gone Announces Yuletide Slate with Steve and Eydie, B.J. Thomas, Lea Michele

September 22, 2022 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

Steve and Eydie That Holiday Feeling

Real Gone Music has that holiday feeling with its upcoming slate of three joyful titles for the Christmas season.  The label has just announced two deluxe CD releases along with one beautiful vinyl title that's sure to keep spirits bright.  All three titles are due November 11. First up is a definitive, expanded, and remastered edition of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme's 1964 Columbia Records classic That Holiday Feeling.  After more than a decade of representing Steve and Eydie's GL Music

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Country, Gospel, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: B.J. Thomas, Eydie Gorme, Lea Michele, Steve Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

Heartbreakers Beach Party: Tom Petty's "Fillmore 1997" Features Hits, Deep Cuts, Covers

September 21, 2022 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Tom Petty Fillmore 1997

The Estate of Tom Petty has announced the late rock-and-roller's first live album in more than a decade.  Live at the Fillmore 1997 captures highlights from Petty and the Heartbreakers' blazing 20-show run as recorded at San Francisco's venerable Fillmore between January 10 and February 7, 1997.  Six full shows were captured live, from which 58 songs have been culled for this release.  Making this an even more special affair, 35 of the songs are covers and most unique to the Petty discography. 

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: John Lee Hooker, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

An Orchestral James Bond Collection Finally Gets Its Shot

September 21, 2022 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Bond 25

James Bond has been a suave secret agent on screen for 60 years - so an official musical companion getting delayed several years is nothing, right? Bond 25, an orchestral survey of the pop themes that have accompanied every picture based on Ian Fleming's Agent 007, is finally heading to stores this Friday, September 23, after a delay just slightly longer than the release of the most recent Bond film, 2021's No Time to Die, the fifth and final outing for Daniel Craig in the lead role.

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, Soundtracks Tags: John Barry, Monty Norman, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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