Though Chris Bell's life and career ended far too soon after a car accident days after Christmas of 1978, the Big Star co-founder is getting his due in a series of projects with Omnivore Recordings, the label that's released a veritable treasure trove of Big Star archival material over the years. The first, announced today, is Looking Forward: The Roots of Big Star, a 22-track collection gathering Bell's material from the late '60s and early '70s, before recruiting Alex Chilton, Andy Hummel
Pictures At An Exhibition: Cherry Red Revisits Keith Emerson's "Off the Shelf"
Though Keith Emerson died in March 2016, the influential body of work left behind by the keyboardist, arranger and composer lives on. A decade before his untimely passing, Emerson compiled a disc's worth of previously unreleased tracks. He described 2006's Off the Shelf as "a veritable cornucopia of potpourri within an audio montage!" Now, that collection has been reissued by Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint for those fans of the late artist who missed it the first time. Emerson
"Childhood" Found: Classic Marillion Album Expanded and Remixed for July
Prog rock fans and Steven Wilson remix enthusiasts have another date to mark on their calendars: July 21, the release date for a greatly expanded edition of Marillion's classic Misplaced Childhood. Released in June of 1985, Misplaced Childhood became the most successful release in the neo-prog quintet's ongoing career, topping the U.K. charts and staying in those charts for 41 weeks. Featuring semi-autobiographical lyrics from lead singer Fish that touched on love, loss and acceptance
EXCLUSIVE! I Yam What I Yam: Varese Brings Complete "Popeye" with Harry Nilsson Demos To CD
BREAKING! Well, blow me down! Varese Sarabande has just shared the news with The Second Disc that the label will be bringing the soundtrack to composer-lyricist Harry Nilsson and director Robert Altman's loopy film musical version of Popeye to compact disc for the very first time in July - but that's not all. This 2-CD deluxe edition will not only feature all of Nilsson's memorable songs as performed by the perfectly-cast likes of Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, and Paul Dooley, but will also
Third Eye Blind: 20th Anniversary Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. The 1997 Elektra debut of Third Eye Blind gets the 20th anniversary treatment on 2 CDs or 3 LPs with a host of bonus material. The album is augmented with an extra eight tracks, nearly all of which are unreleased. There are two new tracks ("Alright Caroline" and "Scattered") based on song ideas from the Third Eye Blind sessions; demos of "Semi-Charmed Life" and a cover of The Velvet
Exodus 40: The Movement Continues
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. Vinyl box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. (TBD) Bob Marley's international hit album Exodus gets a fresh treatment for its 40th anniversary. All editions feature the original 1977 album plus a "restatement" of the original classic as overseen by Bob's son, Ziggy Marley. Ziggy has dived deep into the Exodus sessions and constructed new versions of the 10 songs on the album with unused
The Joshua Tree: 30th Anniversary [Various Formats]
1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) 2CD Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 4CD Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 7LP Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. U2's landmark 1987 album The Joshua Tree gets a multitude of reissues in time for its 30th anniversary. The centerpiece is the 4-CD or 7-LP Super Deluxe version containing: A previously unreleased
King of the Mountain: Midnight Oil Detail "Tank" Box Sets
Sony Music Australia is cooking with gas when it comes to the legacy of Midnight Oil. The Australian rock heroes are about to celebrated with not one, not two, but three box sets: The Vinyl Collection (containing all vinyl LPs and EPs), The Full Tank (all CDs and music videos), and The Overflow Tank (over 14 hours of rare and previously unissued material on 4 CDs and 8 DVDs). These massive sets are due in Australasia on May 12 and May 26 in Europe. The U.S. and Canadian release will happen on
Release Round-Up: Week of May 5
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, Cornell 5/8/77 (Grateful Dead/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino teams with the Grateful Dead for the first authorized release of one of the band's most famous concert bootlegs: the Cornell 5/8/77 show. The bootleg recording of this show was so significant that it was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2011. This 3-CD set ties in with a new book about the oft-discussed concert;
Look Around (And You'll Find Me There): Cherry Red Reissues A Pair From Pop Crooner Vince Hill
50 years ago, singer Vince Hill had a most unexpected hit when his rendition of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Edelweiss," from The Sound of Music, rose to the No. 2 slot on the U.K. Singles Chart, remaining on the survey for an impressive seventeen weeks. The success of "Edelweiss" sent the same-titled LP up to a top 25 berth on the Albums chart, establishing the big-voiced vocalist as a top draw on stage and on records. Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment label has begun a series of
Guaranteed to Raise a Smile: The Second Disc Hears The 50th Anniversary "Sgt. Pepper" Remix
NEW YORK (NY) - Could it really be getting better? That was a fair question on the lips of the crowd assembled last Friday, April 28, at New York City's World of McIntosh Townhouse. The Second Disc was privileged to be among those members of the press assembled for a "first listen" to the upcoming 50th anniversary stereo remix of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, due for release on May 26 from Capitol, UMe, and Apple Records. Jeff Jones, the chief executive of Apple Corps,
Groove Is In The Heart: Cherry Red Expands Titles From Deee-Lite, Jermaine Stewart, The Adventures
Today, we're looking at three recent releases from Cherry Red and Cherry Pop! With 1990's World Clique, Deee-Lite proved that "Groove is in the Heart." The lead-off single from the house/club group's debut record became an international hit, reaching the top 5 in the United States and United Kingdom, and topping the U.S. Dance chart. Cherry Pop has expanded World Clique, a top 20 entry on the Billboard 200, into a 2-CD set with a bonus disc of remixes. Vocalist Lady Miss Kier from
Fitter, Happier: Radiohead Revisit "OK Computer"
Radiohead are revisiting their third album OK Computer with a 20th anniversary box set this summer. OKNOTOK 1997-2017 celebrates the Oxfordshire quintet's first U.K. No. 1 album, cited by many as one of the greatest albums of its era, with an all-new remaster from the original analog tapes and a bonus disc compiling eight remastered B-sides and three previously unreleased tracks from the album sessions: "I Promise," "Man of War" and "Lift." The set will be available from XL Recordings,
Masters of Their Craft: Concord Assembles New Reissue Label
Concord Bicycle Music has been an aggressive recent player in catalogue music. The indie giant has succeeded with a variety of jazz, soul and rock titles, controlling such labels as Fantasy, Stax and Wind-Up Records; elsewhere, they've brought the Traveling Wilburys discography back into print and signed a bold deal with R.E.M. to distribute their Warner Bros.-era masters, from 1988 to their final bow in 2011. With all this activity, Concord's latest step was inevitable: they announced last
WIN! WIN! WIN! Varese Reissues Dave Grusin's Soundtrack to "On Golden Pond"
When The Hollywood Reporter asked Jane Fonda in 2011 to identify her proudest moment, the second-generation film star offered, "Certainly producing On Golden Pond and giving the Oscar to my father five months before he died was very special." Indeed, Jane had purchased the rights to Ernest Thompson's stage play in order to give her father a final big-screen hurrah. On Golden Pond, produced by and co-starring Jane, netted three Academy Awards - for Henry Fonda, his equally legendary co-star
Back To The Tallahatchie Bridge: Kritzerland Reissues Bobbie Gentry, Michel Legrand's "Ode to Billy Joe"
Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge and right into the hearts and minds of listeners as the subject of Bobbie Gentry's gothic mystery in song, "Ode to Billie Joe." The 1967 single from the country songstress - recorded far from Chickasaw County, Mississippi, in Hollywood, California - went to No. 1 on the U.S. Hot 100 while also charting on the Easy Listening, Country, and R&B (!) surveys. It topped the charts in Canada, and made an impressive No. 13 showing in the
Purple Rain: Music from the Motion Picture [Various Formats]
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. At long, long last - a deluxe, expanded Purple Rain arrives in various formats, including a 2-CD iteration with 11 previously unreleased outtakes and a 3-CD/1-DVD version adding a third CD of 15 single edits and remixes and a DVD of 1985's Prince and the Revolution Live! film. All versions, including a standalone LP, utilize the 2015 Paisley Park
A 60th Anniversary Celebration "Stax" Up in 2017
From deep within the heart of Memphis to your stereo, the rich legacy of Stax Records will be honored this year as two label partners join forces to commemorate the label's 60th anniversary. Rolling Stone reported yesterday a massive campaign to celebrate Stax artists and albums across physical and digital formats. Notably, this initiative will be carried out by both owners of the Stax catalogue: Rhino/Warner Music Group, which controls much of the label's Atlantic-distributed output from
Review: Van Morrison, "The Authorized Bang Collection"
The first sound that jumps out at you after inserting Van Morrison's The Authorized Bang Collection is that of the familiar "Brown Eyed Girl," but something about it is different. As presented in its original stereo mix as remastered from the original 1967 first-generation tape, it's more vibrant than ever, with pronounced instrumental separation and a crisp sheen - as if that misty morning fog has been lifted, and the green grass smells fresher than ever. It will have you singing sha la la la
Dearly Beloved: Details on "Purple Rain" Reissue Finally Confirmed
"Hey, look me over / Tell me, do U like what U see?" The patience of Prince fans eager to mourn their fallen hero finally bears some catalogue fruit today, as the long-gestating expanded edition of Purple Rain--the first catalogue reissue of any of the late icon's works--is confirmed. Fans have been intently waiting for a reissue of Purple Rain for at least the past three years, when Prince finally acquired his original masters from Warner Bros. Records and promised to reissue the landmark
Release Round-Up: Week of April 28
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Supremes, Supremes A' Go-Go: Expanded Edition (Motown/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Here we A' Go-Go! The Supremes' landmark, chart-topping 1966 album (with "You Can't Hurry Love" and "Love is Like An Itching In My Heart" - and that's just for starters!) gets lavishly expanded on two remastered CDs. This release has got it all: mono and stereo mixes of the original album, a whopping 29 bonus tracks (a full 24 of which
I'm A Believer: Varese Reissues The Golden Gate Strings' Monkees Tribute
Tomorrow, April 28, Varese Vintage will reissue one of the most delightfully unexpected Monkees-related titles in recent memory with the compact disc premiere of Stu Phillips Presents The Monkees Songbook, as played by The Golden Gate Strings. The 1967 Epic Records release featured ten favorites from the height of Monkeemania, all rendered in lushly orchestral "easy listening" style. Veteran composer-arranger Stu Phillips (Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider) spearheaded the project.
Don't Worry About a Thing: Bob Marley's "Exodus" Gets 40th Anniversary Expansion
Bob Marley and The Wailers' ninth album Exodus is receiving a new expanded edition this summer in honor of the album's 40th anniversary. Exodus was the album that found Marley and his messages of love and social activism reaching a larger international audience. Exiled to London after an assassination attempt, he and his band concocted a laid-back album that ruminated on religion, sex and politics while still keeping the infectious reggae rhythms to the fore. Tracks like "Jamming," "Waiting
Ella Fitzgerald at 100: Analog Spark Reissues "The Cole Porter Song Book" On SACD and Vinyl
Today, Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 years old. While the First Lady of Song passed away in 1996 at the age of 79, her rich legacy of music has hardly waned. She recorded over a remarkable seven-decade span, from 1935 through the early 1990s, yet her most significant contribution to the canon of American song just might be her Songbook series. Between 1956 and 1964, Fitzgerald teamed with a variety of arrangers (including Buddy Bregman, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, Nelson
Red Dirt Boogie: The Atco Recordings 1970-1972
Native American Jesse Ed Davis was a well-regarded session musician who was a member of Taj Mahal for their first three albums. After leaving the band he performed session work for such artists as Willie Nelson. He drew the attention of Atco and recorded three solo albums there between 1970 and 1972. These albums featured some notable collaborators including Leon Russell, Eric Clapton, Gram Parsons and Dr. John among others. Red Dirt Boogie - The Atco Recordings 1970-1972 rounds up 19 of the
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