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Look Up Here, I'm In Heaven: David Bowie's Final Recordings Reissued on CD and Vinyl EPs

February 6, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

David Bowie No Plan CD

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

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Rock Tags: David Bowie

Three "Mad Max" Scores Head to Vinyl From Varese

February 6, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Mad Max Trilogy

Varese Sarabande is releasing a special limited package collecting the soundtracks to George Miller's original Mad Max trilogy on vinyl. Miller's dystopian sci-fi tales followed the rogue cop Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson, in his first breakout role) as he navigated the scorching Australian outback after an energy crisis and nuclear war has thrown society into chaos. In 1979's Mad Max, Miller's first film, Max fought a gang of motorbiking thugs led by the vicious Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) at

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Brian May, Maurice Jarre

Ace In The Hole: Omnivore Reissues Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer Classic

February 6, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer Two of a Kind

"'Like peas in a pod and birds of a feather,'" sing Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer in the album's title song.  This self-description has a bull's-eye accuracy; Bobby and Johnny are indeed 'two of a kind.'" So began the original liner notes for 1961's Two of a Kind, the Atco LP that paired one of America's all-time greatest vocalists (and one heck of a songwriter!) with one of its all-time greatest songwriters (and one heck of a performer!).  On March 24, Omnivore Recordings will reissue Two of a

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer

Turn The World Around: Legacy Celebrates Harry Belafonte's 90th with New Collection

February 3, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Harry Belafonte When Colors Come Together

On March 1, Harry Belafonte will turn 90 years old.  To mark the occasion, the acclaimed actor, singer, songwriter, activist, humanitarian and American icon has looked back on his storied career to curate a new collection for Legacy Recordings.  When Colors Come Together: The Legacy of Harry Belafonte is a single-disc, 19-track compendium drawing on the venerable entertainer's RCA recordings released between 1956 and 1972, and features one new recording performed by a children's

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Harry Belafonte

Release Round-Up: Week of February 3

February 3, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Lesley Gore Love Me By Name

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring Second Disc Records' first release of the year plus another incredible slate from Real Gone Music, box sets, anthologies, and more! Various Artists, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are tipping off 2017 with the first-ever CD release of Thom Bell's soulful soundtrack to 1979's The Fish

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Black Sabbath, Delaney and Bonnie, Duke Ellington, Jim Kweskin, Judas Priest, Larry Coryell, Lesley Gore, Lynn Anderson, Soft Machine, Thom Bell, Vangelis

Thom Bell! The Spinners! The Four Tops! Loretta Lynn! It's "THE FISH"! Coming TOMORROW!

February 2, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

Here at Second Disc HQ, tomorrow is the biggest day of basketball season - because tomorrow is when we're unveiling Second Disc Records' first release of the year!  Thom Bell's soulful, all-star soundtrack to The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh - featuring The Spinners, The Four Tops, Loretta Lynn, Phyllis Hyman, Doc Severinsen, Eubie Blake, and more - arrives from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music for the very first time in a newly expanded, freshly remastered edition!  Trust us: this is one

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Bell and James, Doc Severinsen, Eubie Blake, Loretta Lynn, Phyllis Hyman, The Four Tops, The Spinners, The Sylvers, Thom Bell, William Hart

50: The 50th Anniversary Collection

February 1, 2017 By

Neil Diamond 50th Anniversary Collection

Capitol Records rounds up 50 tracks for Neil Diamond's 50 years since "Solitary Man" first propelled him to superstardom.  Diamond has handpicked the selections on this 3-CD set, concentrating mostly on the big hits but also finding room for lesser-known tracks such as "Skybird," "Lonely Looking Sky," "Morningside," and "I Believe in Happy Endings."

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Road To Your Dream: T'Pau Box Set Due in March

February 1, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Tpau Virgin Anthology

Following a lavish reissue of their breakthrough album Bridge of Spies, British rock group T'Pau will release The Virgin Anthology, a four-disc companion piece of sorts to that reissue which chronicles the band's hits and rarities. Produced with the approval of frontwoman Carol Decker, the first disc The Virgin Anthology includes, for the first time in one set, all of the group's single A-sides, including "Heart and Soul," "China in Your Hand," "Valentine," "I Will Be with You" and "Whenever

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: T'Pau

Triplicate

February 1, 2017 By

Bob Dylan Triplicate

Bob Dylan returns with his third consecutive collection of standards - times three!   Dylan's first triple album, Triplicate is a 3-CD or 3-LP set, with each 10-song disc based on one theme: 'Til the Sun Goes Down, Devil Dolls, and Comin' Home Late.  Harold Arlen, Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, and Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish are just some of the classic songwriters represented. 

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Message From The Country: Esoteric Collects "Best of The Move" On CD and DVD

February 1, 2017 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

The Move Magnetic Waves of Sound

Can you hear the grass grow?  Continuing its series of reissues dedicated to the Birmingham rockers The Move, Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint has just issued a CD/DVD collection that chronicles the band's many facets and iterations between 1966 and 1972.  Magnetic Waves of Sound: The Best of The Move, featuring 21 tracks on CD and a further 21 live performances and promotional films on DVD, is certainly not the group's first anthology, but it's doubtless among the finest. Over the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Carl Wayne, Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood, The Move

Beyond The Wheel: Soundgarden to Remix, Reissue "Ultramega OK"

January 31, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Soundgarden Ultramega OK

In the past few years--nearly every one that The Second Disc has been around--there's been a flurry of activity around the Soundgarden catalogue. In 2010, shortly after ending a 13-year breakup, the Seattle grunge outfit released Telephantasm, a career-spanning compilation. A year later, Live on I-5 chronicled their last tour from 1996. In 2013 (a year after the release of King Animal, the group's sixth studio album), the band's 1990 compilation Screaming Life/Fopp (comprised of their first

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Soundgarden

Chris To...The Mill

January 31, 2017 By

Chris Difford Chris to the Mill

Chris to...the Mill includes Squeeze partner Chris Difford's three unique, original solo albums: 2002's I Didn't Get Where I Am, 2008's The Last Temptation of Chris (recorded a year after Squeeze's triumphant reunion as a touring act) and 2011's nostalgic Cashmere If You Can. Each has been appended with a series of rare and unreleased bonus tracks (including a separate disc for I Didn't Get Where I Am), featuring B-sides, covers, outtakes and a variety of demos. Standouts for fans include a solo

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop

Stop The World! Cherry Red's él Label Reissues Anthony Newley, Peter Sellers, John Barry, José Feliciano, More

January 31, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

John Barry Plays 007

Cherry Red's él imprint had a busy 2016, most recently with a number of titles from Anita Kerr including We Dig Anita! and box sets dedicated to her recordings with The Anita Kerr Singers and The San Sebastian Strings.  We've already filled you in on most of the imprint's titles from last year, but here are some nice things you might have missed from the él catalogue, many of which have been drawn from the vaults of Ember Records. John Barry Plays 007 and Other '60s Themes for Film,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Annie Ross, Anthony Newley, John Barry, José Feliciano, Lita Roza, Peter Sellers

CONTEST EXTENDED! ENTER NOW to WIN Muhammad Ali's "The Greatest" Featuring George Benson, Michael Masser

January 30, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Muhammad Ali The Greatest

When Muhammad Ali died on June 3, 2016 at the age of 74, his immortality had already been long guaranteed.  President Barack Obama summed up the feelings of many when he proclaimed, "Muhammad Ali was America.  He will always be America.  What a man.  What a spirit.  What a joyous, mighty champion."  It was no accident that history's only three-time lineal heavyweight champion, the man born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., was nicknamed "The Greatest."  That moniker also was used for the title of the

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Categories: Giveaways!, News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: George Benson, Michael Masser, Muhammad Ali

Biff, Bang, Pow: Numero Collects Complete Recordings Of U.K. Psych-Rockers The Creation

January 30, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

The Creation Action Painting

Numero Group is turning back the clock to the days of The British Invasion.  On March 17, the feisty Chicago indie continues its musical archaeology with a 2-CD or 2-LP set dedicated to the studio recordings of The Creation.  Action Painting features 46 original tracks recorded between 1965 and 1968, all newly remastered by producer Shel Talmy (The Who, The Kinks) from the original master tapes, and in new stereo mixes where possible. Over the brief period of 1966-1968, The Creation released

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Creation

Playing with Electric Trains: Squeeze's Chris Difford to Release Solo Box Set

January 27, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Chris Difford Chris to the Mill

Arguably one of the finest British songwriting duos since Lennon and McCartney, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have made perfect, powerful pop as leaders of Squeeze since the release of their first material in 1977--all the way up to an out-of-nowhere triumph with 2015's Cradle to the Grave, the band's first album of new material in more than 15 years. Since that initial dissolution of the duo's partnership after 1998's Domino, both Chris and Glenn sought to found their voices as solo

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Chris Difford, Squeeze

Release Round-Up: Week of January 27

January 27, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Chicago II Steven Wilson Remix

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Chicago, Chicago II: Steven Wilson Remix (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Chicago's second album gets a fully remixed edition from producer Steven Wilson, created from the original 16-track multitrack tapes and sure to highlight previously unheard or overlooked elements of this rock classic!  Available on CD, with an LP edition to follow later in the year.  Read more here! Cream, Fresh Cream: Super Deluxe Edition

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Brewer and Shipley, Carly Simon, Chicago, Cream, Grand Funk Railroad, Joe Cocker, The Move

Raining in Memphis: Analog Spark Unearths Southern Soul Classic From Dan Penn

January 26, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dan Penn Nobodys Fool

2016 proved a very good year for fans of southern soul songwriter (and sometimes singer) extraordinaire Dan Penn.  The U.K.'s Ace Records label released a generous second volume of Penn's rare and previously unreleased recordings for Fame Records as Close to Me: More Fame Recordings, and later in the year, Analog Spark delivered a surprising and very welcome release.  Nobody's Fool was recorded by Penn for Bell Records in 1973, and remained his only solo album for more than two decades. 

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham

RPM Records Round-Up, Part Two: Spotlight on The Boots and "Svenska Shakers"

January 26, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Svenska Shakers

Welcome to Part Two of our RPM Records Round-Up!  Part One put a spotlight on the Cherry Red imprint's recent releases from Welsh-born vocalist Maureen Evans and the New Zealand pop-psych band, The Avengers.  Today, we're looking at Germany's The Boots, and a collection of Sweden's finest rockers circa 1964-1968!  Don't miss out on Part One, either.  You can read it right here! RPM's international tour continues with a complete release from Germany's The Boots.  Beat! The Complete Telefunken

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Boots, The Hep Stars, The Lee Kings, Various Artists

Looking Out For Love: Fleetwood Mac's "Tango in the Night" Due as Deluxe Set

January 25, 2017 By Mike Duquette 10 Comments

tango in the night3

Three decades after it was first released--and following similarly expansive editions for three of the group's earlier albums from this period--Warner Bros. Records and Rhino will expand and reissue Fleetwood Mac's 14th studio album, Tango in the Night. The last studio album from the band's modern classic line-up of Lindsey Buckingham (vocals/guitar), Stevie Nicks (vocals), Christine McVie (vocals/keyboards), John McVie (bass) and Mick Fleetwood (drums), Tango in the Night marked the group's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Fleetwood Mac

Ooh Baby You Move Me: Ace Collects Soulful Sounds of Linda Jones

January 25, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Linda Jones Precious

Linda Jones' life was tragically curtailed at the age of 28 in March 1972, felled by a long battle with diabetes.  Yet the passionately emotive vocalist left behind a catalogue so rich that it's still cherished by soul connoisseurs.  In 2015, Real Gone Music collected Jones' complete sides for Atco, Loma, and Warner Bros. Records, spanning the period of 1964-1969.  Now, Ace's Kent imprint has bookended the Linda Jones story with Precious: The Anthology 1963-72, culled from every one of her label

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The Complete Columbia Recordings

January 24, 2017 By

Artful Dodger Complete Columbia

The power-pop precursor band Artful Dodger hailed from Virginia.  Influenced by The Beatles and Rolling Stones, the group cut three albums on Columbia between 1975 and 1977.  The Complete Columbia Recordings contains these three albums, often compared to The Raspberries' finest work, plus the band's single sides.  It has been remastered by Maria Triana at Battery Studios.  Jeremy Cargill's notes features new quotes from the band.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Either/Or: Expanded Edition

January 24, 2017 By

Elliott Smith Either Or Expanded

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Kill Rock Stars label has a new remastered, expanded reissue of Elliott Smith's 1997 Either/Or on 2 CDs or 2 LPs.  The bonus material includes five live tracks, the unreleased tune "I Figured You Out," a new mix of B-side "I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out," and alternate versions of tracks "New Monkey" and "Bottle Up and Explode!" which first appeared on Smith's DreamWorks debut XO in

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Sound and Vision [7-Inch Picture Disc Vinyl]

January 24, 2017 By

Bowie Sound and Vision Single

David Bowie's Low classic returns to vinyl in this new 7-inch vinyl picture disc single edition featuring the original, newly-remastered track on Side One and a stripped-down 2013 remix on Side Two.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Forever In Blue Jeans: Neil Diamond Preps 3-CD "50th Anniversary Collection" For March

January 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese 16 Comments

Neil Diamond 50th Anniversary Collection

Neil Diamond's debut single for Bang Records, "Solitary Man," hit shelves in April 1966, launching an internationally successful career that continues to this very day.  On March 31, Diamond (who turns 76 years young today) will look back on his 50+-years as a recording artist with the Capitol Records/UMe release of a new 3-CD collection.  Neil Diamond 50: The 50th Anniversary Collection features 50 songs compiled by Diamond, who has overseen this set for release. The set

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Neil Diamond

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