Over the years, Tower of Power's rip-roaring horns have enlivened a host of recordings from artists as diverse as Elton John, Grateful Dead, Poison, Neil Diamond, Santana, and Aerosmith, but the group also has had a long career as one of the most smoking outfits in R&B. Now, Bump City and Tower of Power, the group's first two Warner Bros. Records releases, have been collected as one expanded 2-CD set from SoulMusic Records and Cherry Red. 1972's Bump City marked the Warner debut of the
A(nother) Taste of Honey: Herb Alpert Continues Reissue Series THIS FRIDAY
Last September, Herb Alpert delivered a major catalogue campaign with 25 classic titles on CD (plus a few select vinyl releases) from his solo and Tijuana Brass discographies. Now, that campaign is continuing this Friday, February 24, with another three rare titles coming back to CD in newly-remastered editions from the original analogue tapes! The new titles, all housed in digipaks, are: Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela (1978) - Soul, funk and jazz meet up on this first collaboration and fusion
Odessey and Oracle: 50th Anniversary Edition
It's the time of the season! Varese has a new edition of The Zombies' 1968 classic, freshly remastered at d2 Mastering and with seven bonus tracks as well as new liner notes by co-producer Andrew Sandoval and rare photographs. The bonuses comprise the mono mix of "I'll Call You Mine" and "I Want Her She Wants Me;" alternate takes and mixes of "Care of Cell 44;" a version with cello of "A Rose for Emily;" a non-overdubbed stereo mix of "This Will Be Our Year;" and a remix of the hit single
Care Of Cell 44: Varese Reissues The Zombies' "Odessey and Oracle" For 50th Anniversary
On March 17, Varese Vintage adds a new chapter to the odyssey of The Zombies' landmark Odessey and Oracle. The album - released in April 1968 but recorded in sessions between June and August 1967 - will see the label's new, expanded reissue timed to the 50th anniversary of its recording. Although the band had dissolved by the time of the original release, the surviving members are back together and celebrating Odessey on the road with a 26-date spring tour of North America kicking off on
Not Fade Away: Grateful Dead's Legendary 1977 Cornell Concert To Get Official Release On Its Own and As Part of 11-Disc May 1977 Concert Box
A month ago, Rhino Records released a 50th Anniversary edition of the Grateful Dead's self-titled debut album. When it was announced, Rhino promised that it would kick off a series of anniversary reissues of all of the band's albums. Details of the next Dead project have now emerged and it is not a new edition of an officially released album but rather the first authorized released of one of the band's most famous concert bootlegs: the Cornell 5/8/77 show. It will be released on May 5 to
Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo: Cherry Red Collects Derringer, Hawkwind Albums on New Box Sets
Cherry Red Records has recently continued its series of "complete albums"-style box sets with a set from Derringer on its Hear No Evil Recordings imprint, and a continuation of the Hawkwind story from its Atomhenge imprint. Guitarist/songwriter/producer Rick Derringer has one of the most enviable C.V.s in all of rock and roll - as lead singer of The McCoys' classic oldie "Hang On, Sloopy," as writer of the hit "Rock 'n' Roll Hoochie Koo," as producer of "Weird Al" Yankovic's beloved parodies
Over The Moon: Masterworks Celebrates Steven Spielberg and John Williams On New Box
For over 40 years, the names of director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams have been inextricably linked. Since 1973's The Sugarland Express on which they first worked together, only two Spielberg pictures have not featured a score by Williams (1985's The Color Purple and 2015's Bridge of Spies). On March 17, Sony Masterworks will celebrate the enduring collaboration of these two titanic talents with the release of John Williams and Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection. This
Release Round-Up: Week of February 17
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Evanescence, The Ultimate Collection (Concord Bicycle) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The long-delayed release ofThe Ultimate Collection features, on six vinyl albums, Evanescence's full studio discography on 180-gram vinyl. In addition to Fallen, The Open Door (a double LP) and Evanescence, the box features the first wide release of Origin, a 2000 self-released demo collection; plus Lost Whispers, a rarities disc featuring four
Great Southern Land: Icehouse CD Box, Vinyl Reissue Mark Band's 40th Anniversary
Australian rockers Icehouse are celebrating four decades with two new catalogue pieces on CD and vinyl, out this month. Led by singer Iva Davies, Icehouse racked up 18 Top 40 hits in their native land, including "Love in Motion," "Great Southern Land," "Hey Little Girl" and "Crazy." Their sole chart-topper in Australia was also their only Top 10 hit in the United States: the stellar pop single "Electric Blue," written by Davies with Icehouse fan John Oates. Davies still leads the group on
Kick Out the Jams: New Label, Run Out Groove, Lets You Pick the LPs
With nearly a decade of Record Store Day celebrations and a stunning uptick in sales, there's little question that there's been some sort of vinyl revolution lately Now, a new label is looking to add to that by putting pressing power in the hands of buyers. Run Out Groove, a recently-launched vinyl boutique label, aims to issue new LP-only compilations with a twist: they pitch you the projects, to be determined by a majority vote. Afterward, a 30-day pre-order period ensues, resulting in an
He's Only Just Begun: "Roger Nichols Treasury" Collects Demos, Jingles, Paul Williams Collaborations
If you don't know the name of Roger Nichols, you know the man's songs. His compositions have been sung by the Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Petula Clark, Jackie DeShannon, Bobby Darin, Paul Anka, The Monkees, and Nichols' most frequent lyrical collaborator, Paul Williams - just to name a few. Many of those songs have become bona fide American standards, among them "We've Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays," "I Won't Last a Day Without You," and "Times of Your Life." He and
Faith Evans Plans Notorious B.I.G. Duet Album
Two days before his 25th birthday, and just over 20 years since his heartbreaking and still unsolved murder, The Notorious B.I.G. will live on with his widow Faith Evans' duets album, The King & I. The iconic rapper (born Christopher Wallace) met and married R&B singer and fellow Bad Boy Records label mate Evans in 1994--a turbulent but often loving relationship that ended when Biggie was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1997, 16 days before his second album, Life After Death, hit
BEST+LIVE
A new double-disc offering from Chickenfoot - Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith - arrives, with greatest hits, live tracks, and previously unreleased music. It includes 10 tracks from the group's two studio albums; the newly-recorded "Divine Termination" (praised by Satriani as "bone crunching, hell raising rock, dripping with attitude and vibe" in the official press release); live covers of Deep Purple ("Highway Star"), The Who ("My Generation") and Hagar's former band
Interstellar Overdrive: Six Pink Floyd Box Sets From "The Early Years" Coming In March
Late in 2016, Pink Floyd Records and Sony Music Entertainment unveiled a lavish box set that became one of the year's most acclaimed. Pink Floyd: The Early Years 1965-1972 presented a comprehensive overview of the legendary band's pre-Dark Side of the Moon period via seven book-style CD/DVD/Blu-ray packages, tracing the Floyd's initial journey from the group's founding in 1965 through singles, soundtracks, and seven albums. (You can read all about that set right here.) Now, six of those
...And Then I Wrote The Music Man /The Music from Meredith Willson's The Music Man
In 1957, composer-bandleader Meredith Willson crafted one of the most enduring Broadway musicals of all time when he wrote book, music and lyrics for the nostalgic The Music Man. To mark the sixtieth anniversary of this Tony Award-winning classic which originally starred Robert Preston and Barbara Cook, Stage Door has paired two albums: 1959's audio documentary ...And Then I Wrote The Music Man and the 1958 The Music from Meredith Willson's The Music Man, conducted by Willson himself. Both
No Plan [EP]
Last October, the original New York cast recording of David Bowie and Enda Walsh's musical Lazarus arrived on compact disc, vinyl, and digital download, with each format including a bonus EP of Bowie's four new songs from the musical. "Lazarus" was, of course, already familiar from its inclusion on the artist's highly acclaimed final studio album Blackstar. The cast recording premiered three more tracks penned for the show from the Blackstar sessions: "No Plan," "Killing a Little Time," and
Makes You Blind: Cherry Red Collects The Glitter Band's Glam Heyday
The Glitter Band began its life as the backing group for now-disgraced rocker Gary Glitter, but soon established an identity of its own in the glam rock landscape. Late last year, Cherry Red's 7Ts imprint collected the group's four albums plus bonus tracks for each album as one four-CD set simply titled The Albums. Guitarist/vocalist Gerry Shephard, bassist/vocalist John Springate, drummers Pete Phipps and Tony Leonard, and horn players John Rossall and Harvey Ellison came together in 1972
Get It Up: Chickenfoot to Issue Greatest Hits Collection
Fans of the rock supergroup Chickenfoot are in for a treat with the forthcoming release of a double-disc collection that includes their greatest hits and live cuts, plus a few unreleased surprises. Chickenfoot featured four of the best hard rock musicians anyone could expect to find in one band: from Van Halen, vocalist Sammy Hagar and founding bassist Michael Anthony; guitarist Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. (Hagar, Anthony and Satriani had previously worked
Release Round-Up: Week of February 10
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bon Jovi, The Albums (Island/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bon Jovi's The Albums includes all 14 of the group's studio efforts, from 1984's blistering-glam self-titled debut to the just-released This House is Not for Sale, the first album without longtime guitarist Richie Sambora. Eleven of these albums have hit the Billboard Top 10 since 1986's chart-topping breakthrough Slippery When Wet; of those, six of these albums
Something Special: Cherry Red Collects Lloyd Webber, Rice-Produced Psych-Rockers Tales of Justine
To collectors of rare psychedelia, Tales of Justine is known for one lone single on the HMV label. The band's lone platter of "Albert" b/w "Monday Morning" came and went in October 1967. Its lead singer, David Daltrey (thought to be a distant cousin of The Who's Roger) went on to sing the title role on the original concept album of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - no surprise, as Lloyd Webber orchestrated and Rice produced the band's
How Happy I Can Be: 7a Records Releases Rare Davy Jones On New Live Single
Attention all daydream believers! The diehard Monkeephiles at 7a Records have an upcoming release that's sure to cheer up sleepy Jean. Oh what can it mean? On February 24, the 7a team will unveil the label's latest limited-edition vinyl single, and its first from the late, great Davy Jones. Daydream Believer/I Wanna Be Free captures Jones' performances of the two all-time Monkees classics recorded on his 1981 tour of Japan. This 7-inch single, strictly limited to 500 copies pressed on
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! "THE GREATEST" CD GIVEAWAY!
Congratulations!! The following 10 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new CD reissue of the soundtrack to The Greatest on CD! 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! Watch this space soon for more exciting giveaways! The
Big Break Big Round-Up, Part One: Spotlight on Chameleon and Five Special
Welcome to Part One of our Big Break Records Big Round-Up! Today, we're looking at a pair of releases from 1979 which have newly received the BBR remastered and expanded treatment! Chameleon was the brainchild of Azar Lawrence, the saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist who had played in the bands of Miles Davis, Gene Harris, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, and McCoy Tyner. Like so many of his jazz contemporaries, Lawrence began to explore the connections between the various strains of jazz
UPDATE: Vibe On's Deluxe Reissue of Miami Sound Machine's "Primitive Love" Indefinitely Delayed
We're sorry to report that fans waiting for the eagerly-anticipated deluxe reissue of Miami Sound Machine's Primitive Love, from the fine folks at Vibe On Records, will have to wait a bit longer. The label has confirmed the unfortunate news that the title has been indefinitely delayed, as a result of Gloria and Emilio Estefan wishing to concentrate on the recording of a new Gloria Estefan album. Our friends at Vibe On have written, in part: "Until very recently, the Estefans were working with
This Is My Town: Songs of New York
Barry Manilow returns with his second album for Verve Records. This Is My Town is the showman's brassy salute to New York City and features both original songs (such as the title track) and covers ("On Broadway," "Downtown," "Uptown," Manilow's own "New York City Rhythm") as well as a posthumous duet with Mel Tormé on "The Brooklyn Bridge."
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