Cherry Red has recently unearthed another pair of seventies pop gems on their Esoteric and RPM imprints, respectively, from Hudson-Ford and Roger James. Both titles will hit stores this Friday, August 24. Daylight was the 1977 CBS Records debut of Hudson-Ford, a.k.a. Richard Hudson (guitar/vocals/sitar) and John Ford (vocals/bass/guitar), formerly of The Strawbs. Their fourth album as a duo, Daylight was produced at the label's behest by Robin Geoffrey Cable, a Trident Studios engineer who
Lay the Music Down: Cilla Black's Expanded Reissue Series Begins Today From Cherry Red
Surprise, surprise...it's Cilla here! Today's the day on which Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment has launched a new series dedicated to remastering and expanding Cilla Black's discography. These deluxe, lavishly expanded reissues go a long way in upgrading the late superstar's catalogue on CD. The first 2-CD set pairs 1969's George Martin-produced Surround Yourself with Cilla with 1976's It Makes Me Feel Good, produced by David Mackay (Cliff Richard, Blue Mink, The New Seekers). The
OUT TOMORROW! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Continue Johnny Mathis Series with Two New Titles
Johnny Mathis kicked off the 1970s with a series of albums that found the Voice of Romance reinventing the day's chart hits in inimitably lush fashion. Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are continuing the journey through the legendary singer's 1970s catalogue with two remastered Expanded Editions due TOMORROW! First up is an expanded two-for-one compact disc release of the classic studio albums Close to You and Love Story. Johnny teamed with longtime producer Jack Gold and top
Surround Yourself with Cilla: Cherry Red, SFE Launch Ambitious Cilla Black Reissue Campaign
Surprise, surprise...it's Cilla here! Cherry Red's Strike Force Entertainment imprint has great news for fans of the late Cilla Black. On July 27, SFE launches a new reissue campaign dedicated to Cilla's discography with a pair of deluxe, generously expanded 2-CD releases. These releases coincide with what would have been Cilla's 75th birthday year. The first set pairs 1969's George Martin-produced Surround Yourself with Cilla with 1976's It Makes Me Feel Good, produced by David Mackay
BREAKING! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Continue Johnny Mathis Series with Two New Titles
Johnny Mathis kicked off the 1970s with a series of albums that found the Voice of Romance reinventing the day's chart hits in inimitably lush fashion. Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are continuing the journey through the legendary singer's 1970s catalogue with two remastered Expanded Editions due on June 8! First up is an expanded two-for-one compact disc release of the classic studio albums Close to You and Love Story. Johnny teamed with longtime producer Jack Gold and top
The Second Disc's 2018 Record Store Day Must-Haves
Welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year's Record Store Day event! Once you're through reading, let us know what you're most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer! Our list features just a sampling of our favorites from our friends at Legacy Recordings, Varese Sarabande, Rhino Records, Real Gone Music, Demon Music Group, Walt Disney Records, Omnivore Recordings, and more! Joe's kicking things off with five essential picks (in
COMING THIS FRIDAY! Second Disc, Real Gone Launch Johnny Mathis Series with "Sings Bacharach and Kaempfert," "Raindrops"
Today, the music of Johnny Mathis is more vibrant than ever. The eternally youthful "voice of romance" gained a whole new generation of fans in 2017 with an album featuring his recordings of future standards by Adele, Bruno Mars, and Pharrell Williams. At the dawn of the 1970s, Mathis was celebrating the great songwriters of that day, too. This Friday, March 2, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to kick off a new series celebrating the legendary artist's classic albums of the
All I Know: Vocalion Reissues Art Garfunkel's "Angel Clare" and "Breakaway" in Surround on SACD
The U.K. Vocalion label has become a reliable source for SACD reissues of classic quadraphonic surround albums from pop, country, and jazz artists as diverse as Chet Atkins, Lynn Anderson, Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Perry Como, Return to Forever, Eumir Deodato, and Henry Mancini. A new addition to Vocalion's quad library is legendary singer Art Garfunkel. His first two solo albums, 1973's Angel Clare and 1975's Breakaway, have just been reissued by Vocalion on hybrid SACD. The discs' stereo
Release Round-Up: Week of January 26
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! ABBA: The Album - 40th Anniversary Edition (Polar/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) ABBA revisits its fifth studio album (released in December 1977 in Scandinavia and January 1978 in the U.K.) - a tie-in to ABBA: The Movie - as a deluxe 2-LP, 45 RPM, half-speed mastered set. Featuring "The Name of the Game," "Take a Chance on Me," and "Thank You for the Music," the chart-topping LP has been a favorite of the band's discography.
BREAKING! Second Disc, Real Gone Celebrate Johnny Mathis with "Raindrops" and "Bacharach and Kaempfert" Expanded Reissues
In a career spanning over 60 years, the music of Johnny Mathis is more vibrant than ever. The eternally youthful "voice of romance" gained a whole new generation of fans in 2017 with a new album featuring his recordings of future standards by Adele, Bruno Mars, and Pharrell Williams. At the dawn of the 1970s, Mathis was celebrating the great songwriters of that day, too. On March 2, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to kick off a new series celebrating the legendary Johnny
The Year In Review - The 2017 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z
Happy New Year, and welcome to The Second Disc's Eighth Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! As with every year's awards, our goals are simple: to recognize as many of the year's most essential reissues and catalogue titles as possible, and to celebrate as many of those labels, producers and artists who make these releases happen in the current retail landscape. The labels you'll read about below have, by and large, bucked the trends to prove that there's still a demand for physical catalogue
In Memoriam: David Cassidy (1950-2017)
Singer, actor and teen idol David Cassidy passed away yesterday at the age of 67. It seems so strange that the eternally youthful presence behind one of the most enduring pop hits of the '70s, The Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You," would not be with us--never mind having recently retired from the road to care for himself following a diagnosis of the dementia that affected his mother and grandfather. In fact, it was only just over a year ago that Cassidy took the stage at the Count Basie
Release Round-Up: Week of September 29
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) (Parlophone) 11CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 13LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. The third release in Parlophone's series of chronological box sets dedicated to the music of David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) closes the book on the legendary artist's RCA career. It follows 2015's Five Years (1969-1973) and 2016's Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976),
Popeye: Deluxe Edition
Varese Sarabande celebrates Harry Nilsson's score to Robert Altman's quirky live-action musical Popeye with a remarkable 2-CD deluxe edition of the original soundtrack. 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 debut Thomas Pierson's instrumental score on CD, and an entire disc of previously unreleased demos performed by Nilsson!
Try To See It Her Way: Ace Spotlights Rare Pop Gems From Peggy March
Trivia time: Who was the youngest female artist ever to top the Billboard Hot 100? If you answered "Little" Peggy March, we will follow you! The Pennsylvania-born singer was just fifteen years old when "I Will Follow Him" resided at the chart's top spot for three weeks in April-May 1963. The teenager's sweet ode of devotion ensured Peggy's place in the annals of popular culture, referenced in films, commercials, and hip-hop samples. But "I Will Follow Him" was just the tip of the iceberg for
Release Round-Up: Week of June 30
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Beach Boys, 1967: Sunshine Tomorrow (Capitol/Brother/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Beach Boys' Sunshine Tomorrow, a new 2-CD and digital collection, not only premieres the first-ever true stereo mix of 1967's Wild Honey, but also premieres a whopping 54 rarities recorded that year including the live album Lei'd in Hawaii, session material from both Wild Honey and Smiley Smile, and further live recordings (spanning
Soul and Inspiration: Ace Collects Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield's Solo Recordings
There's only one word for Ace Records' superlative new collection of the solo recordings of the late Bobby Hatfield: righteous! The Other Brother: A Solo Anthology 1965-1970 brings together 24 sides from the tenor half of The Righteous Brothers including the entirety of his 1970 MGM Records album Messin' at Muscle Shoals, rare singles, all surviving previously unreleased tracks from both MGM and Verve (seven songs in total), and more. The story of The Righteous Brothers' 1964 hit "You've
Ten Years Strong: The Second Disc's 2017 Record Store Day Must-Haves
Welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year's Record Store Day event! Once you're through reading, let us know what you're most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer! Our list features just a sampling of our favorites from our friends at Legacy Recordings, Varese Sarabande, Rhino Records, Walt Disney Records, Real Gone Music, Omnivore Recordings, and many more! Mike's kicking things off... This year's Record Store Day offerings
Shell Shocked: The Turtles Come to Vinyl for Record Store Day U.K.
Demon Music Group is showing a display of Turtle Power for Record Store Day U.K. this Saturday! On that date, the label will unveil the 6-LP box set The Albums Collection, collecting all of The Turtles' original White Whale Records albums originally released between 1965 and 1970. Though The Turtles have long been recognized as top-flight purveyors of classic 45s, a journey through their compact yet potent six-album catalogue unearths numerous riches beyond the big hits. With a gleeful sense
With A "Z": Cherry Red Reissues Two Columbia Albums From Liza Minnelli, Plans "Results" Box
When Columbia Records released Liza Minnelli's The Singer in March 1973, the album's understated title wasn't nearly enough to encapsulate her many facets. The singer-dancer-actress had, in fact, already received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress - the second one of which, for Cabaret, would result in a win that very same month. Just two months later, in May, her television variety special Liza with a Z would win multiple Emmy Awards. The Singer inaugurated the third major-label
Adios, Adios: Glen Campbell To Release Final Studio Album in June
In 2011, Glen Campbell released Ghost On the Canvas and it was revealed that the legendary artist was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Campbell then embarked upon the yearlong Good Times - Final Farewell Tour which took him to cities in Europe and North America. After the conclusion of that tour, he went into the studio to finish the album See You There, which was released in August of 2013. It was billed at the time as his sixty-third and final studio album. However, it has now been
And I Want You For All Time: Three Glen Campbell Classics To Be Reissued On Vinyl
Three classic Capitol Records albums by living legend Glen Campbell are set to return to vinyl from the label on March 24. Gentle on My Mind, Wichita Lineman and Galveston will all be reissued by Capitol Nashville on standard black vinyl, with limited-edition colored vinyl editions to follow at a later date. Gentle on My Mind, the singer-guitarist's sixth album, was produced by Al De Lory, with De Lory arranging and conducting alongside session veteran (and future Master of Space and Time)
RPM Records Round-Up: Spotlight on Maureen Evans and The Avengers
From the United Kingdom to Germany, Sweden and New Zealand: in the final months of 2016, Cherry Red's RPM label continued its international tour of great lost pop and rock with a quartet of new releases. In Part One of this two-part Round-Up, we'll look at two of those titles! Maureen Evans' The Sixties Recordings collects 31 songs from the Welsh-born vocalist's recordings for the Oriole and CBS/Columbia labels between 1960 and 1968. Evans began her career as a teenager in Waldini's Gypsy
The Year In Review - The 2016 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z
Happy New Year, and welcome to The Second Disc's Seventh Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! As with every year's awards, our goals are simple: to recognize as many of the year's most essential reissues and catalogue titles as possible, and to celebrate as many of those labels, producers and artists who make these releases happen in today's unpredictable retail landscape. The labels you'll read about below have, by and large, bucked the trends to prove that there's still a demand for physical
WIN! WIN! WIN! Varese Reissues "City Heat" with Al Jarreau, Irene Cara, Eloise Laws, Joe Williams
In recent months, the fine folks at Varese Vintage have been on a roll with a number of soundtrack releases including Foul Play, Roots, The Champ, The Electric Horseman, and most recently for Record Store Day Black Friday, Harry Nilsson's Popeye and Charles Fox and Bob Crewe's Barbarella. Now, the label has just reissued for the first time on CD the soundtrack to the 1984 crime drama City Heat, featuring music by Lennie Niehaus and performances by Al Jarreau, Eloise Laws, Irene Cara, Joe
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