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Here We Go In The Years: Neil Young Unveils Track Listing for "Archives, Volume 2: 1972-1976"

September 21, 2020 By Sam Stone 24 Comments

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It's been a long time since Neil Young released his last Archives box set.  In the intervening 11 years since Neil released Archives, Volume 1: 1963-1972, fans have endlessly speculated what might be on Volume 2 - or if it might happen at all. Well, it's happening.  And although Neil has yet to unveil all the details, he has now announced the complete track listing for Archives, Volume 2: 1972-1976.  The 10-CD set will be released on November 20 exclusively through his Neil Young Archives

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Crazy Horse, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, The Stills-Young Band

Short Takes: Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen Share Details on Future Box Sets

September 21, 2020 By Mike Duquette 11 Comments

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Over the past few days, two rock legends dished on some upcoming catalogue projects while discussing their latest musical works. On Friday, in a new interview with Billboard, Elvis Costello talked about next month's Hey Clockface, releasing October 30 - but also let slip some details about another series of reissues around his first decade of material: Recently I went to a meeting at a record company for the first time since the '90s [at Universal, which last year renewed its global license

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello

Review: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets "Live At The Roundhouse" Takes Audiences Back In Time

September 18, 2020 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

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It's been said that music is the closest thing we have to time travel. Case in point: the new live album and concert film from Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets. Released today, September 18, Live At The Roundhouse captures the former Pink Floyd drummer and his supergroup of talented friends - guitarists Lee Harris and Gary Kemp, keyboardist Dom Beken, and longtime Floyd associate Guy Pratt on bass - as they tackle some of Pink Floyd's earliest deep cuts in the famed London venue. The 22-song

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Rock Tags: Nick Mason

Release Round-Up: Week of September 18

September 18, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! John Coltrane, Giant Steps: 60th Anniversary Edition (Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada John Coltrane's 1960 Atlantic debut was entitled Giant Steps, and indeed, that's what the saxophonist took on this groundbreaking album.  Intense, dark, probing: the color of his saxophone was all his own.  Rhino is celebrating 60 years of Giant Steps with a multi-format anniversary edition

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Cat Stevens, Fleetwood Mac, Heatwave, John Coltrane, John Prine, Little Richard, Neil Young, Nick Cordero, Nick Mason, Roy Clark, The New Seekers, Thelonious Monk

Burn Down The Mission: Elton John Collects Rarities On New Box Set

September 17, 2020 By Mike Duquette 23 Comments

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Elton John is reaching deep into the vault with Jewel Box, a new, super-sized collection of rare and unreleased material. The British pop legend will release the new eight-disc collection on November 13, providing the deepest dive yet into his expansive, five-decade-plus archive. Approximately 63 of the set's 148 songs are previously unreleased, and three dozen B-sides are being compiled here for the first time. There are four themes across the discs, which will carry over to a trio of

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Elton John

Great Gosh A'Mighty: Two More Little Richard Albums Expanded by Omnivore

September 17, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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This Friday, September 18, Omnivore will release two expanded editions from the one and only Little Richard.  But those reissues of The Rill Thing and The King of Rock and Roll aren't all the label has coming from the piano-pounding pioneer.  On October 23, Omnivore will continue mining Richard's Reprise discography with 1972's The Second Coming and jump ahead to 1986 for the Warner Bros. release Lifetime Friend, both in newly expanded and remastered form. The Second Coming, Little Richard's

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Billy Preston, Little Richard

C'est Magnifique: Ella Fitzgerald's "The Lost Berlin Tapes" Arrive in October

September 16, 2020 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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Over 58 years ago, Ella Fitzgerald took the stage at Berlin's Sportpalast for a swinging set.  The March 25, 1962 date, part of an extensive European tour, found her supported by the trio of pianist Paul Smith, bassist Wilfred Middlebrooks, and drummer Stan Levey.  She was no stranger to Berlin; her February 1960 concert at the city's Deutschlandhalle was released as Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin and won two Grammy Awards.  There had been no audio document of her 1962 show...until now. On

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Ella Fitzgerald

A Miracle Happened: "A Cellarful of Motown" Returns with Gems from The Temptations, Martha and The Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston, Blinky, and More

September 15, 2020 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

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The classic Motown vaults are, once again, open.  This Friday, the U.K.'s Caroline label will release the long-anticipated fifth volume of A Cellarful of Motown, the rarities series which last saw a volume in 2010.  But this 2-CD, 43-song collection promises to have been worth the wait as it features previously unreleased and new-to-CD tracks from such household name artists as Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, Gladys Knight and The Pips, and The (Detroit) Spinners

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Billy Eckstine, Blinky, Brenda Holloway, Chuck Jackson, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Kim Weston, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, The Spinners, The Temptations

A Hundred Million Miracles: Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Flower Drum Song" Reissued on Vinyl, Hi-Rez Digital

September 14, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Flower Drum Song occupies a unique position in the Rodgers and Hammerstein canon.  The 1958 musical wasn't one of the duo's timeless hits (Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, The Sound of Music).  Nor was it one of their three commercial misses (Allegro, Me and Juliet, Pipe Dream).  Instead, when considering the R&H oeuvre, it resides somewhere in between.  It played 600 performances, and yielded a successful London production, a couple of bona fide classic songs, a

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Juanita Hall, Larry Blyden, Miyoshi Umeki, Pat Suzuki, Rodgers and Hammerstein

Dirty Old Town: The Pogues' 'BBC Sessions' RSD Release To Be Expanded On CD

September 14, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Rhino is expanding one of their recent Record Store Day "drop" vinyl sets for CD: a collection of BBC performances by Celtic-punk group The Pogues. The BBC Sessions 1984-86 features six sets recorded over three years by the raucous ensemble, including a 1984 set for John Peel's radio program when they were still going by the full name of Pogue Mahone (a rough approximation of the Gaelic phrase for "kiss my ass"). Two Peel sets, one each for David "Kid" Jensen and Phil Kennedy (released for

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rock Tags: The Pogues

Review: July, "The Complete Recordings" Traces Over 50 Years of the Beloved Psych-Rock Band

September 14, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

They might not be a household name, but July is a band you ought to know.  The U.K. psych-rockers have garnered a cult following since the release of their self-titled 1968 record.  Original mono copies sell for more than three grand online, but its not just the scarcity and desirability of the album that raises eyebrows; it's the high quality of the music.  Though their singles may not have charted back in the day, the five-piece Ealing-based group is still considered by psych-rock enthusiasts

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: July

Mind Blowing Decisions: Crimson Collects Three Discs of Heatwave

September 14, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Autumn's almost here, but Demon's Crimson imprint is planning a Heatwave with the impending release of a 3CD collection in the label's Gold series that covers the U.K. R&B group in detail. Though they were based in England and signed to the country's GTO label (with Epic handling their works in the U.S.), Heatwave showcased the potential of soul, funk and R&B in the disco era to connect with a global audience. At the core of the band were two Americans (singers Johnnie Wilder, Jr. and

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Heatwave

Live At Canterbury House - 1967 [3-LP]

September 11, 2020 By

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Live At Canterbury House - 1967 includes all three of Joni's sets at the famed Ann Arbor venue.  The complete unreleased and uncirculated show will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl and packaged in a triple gatefold sleeve. The cover features a photo taken at the show by Al Blixt. Bob Franke, who was assigned to review the show for The Michigan Daily, provides new liner notes alongside his original review.  Available on black vinyl or on white vinyl exclusively at the new Joni Mitchell Online Store.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Folk, Pop

Shout To The Top: Paul Weller Compiles The Style Council on 'Long Hot Summers'

September 11, 2020 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

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Ahead of a forthcoming documentary on the second famed band of Paul Weller's career, the revered British rocker has co-compiled a new collection devoted to The Style Council. Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council provides an extensive overview of Weller's work through the '80s after the dissolution of The Jam.The 37-track collection, available across 2 CDs or 3 LPs, includes a healthy mix of the group's biggest singles, album cuts, B-sides and two unreleased tracks: an extended

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Paul Weller, The Style Council

All That You Can't Leave Behind: 20th Anniversary Edition

September 11, 2020 By

1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-CD Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5-CD Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 11-LP Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada U2 is revisiting its seven-time-Grammy-winning album with a variety of remastered iterations.  The centerpiece is a 5-CD affair that includes nearly every contemporaneous release from the period, though comparatively

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Pinch Me: Barenaked Ladies' 'Maroon' Celebrates 20 Years with Expanded Vinyl

September 11, 2020 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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After crossing over from Canadian cult act to international hitmakers through the '90s, Barenaked Ladies entered a new decade with their fifth album Maroon in 2000. Next month, Rhino is expanding and reissuing the album, adding five rare tracks into the running order, pressing it on 180-gram, double (what else?) maroon-colored vinyl. The new pressing will be available in early 2021, while a digital version of the same set is now available to stream and download. Maroon followed 1998's Stunt,

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Barenaked Ladies

From The Beginning: Greg Lake's Career Celebrated on New Compilation, "The Anthology: A Musical Journey"

September 11, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Greg Lake left behind a rich musical legacy when he passed away in 2016. As a member of Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson,  pre-Crim bands The Shy Limbs and The Shame - not to mention his talents as a solo artist, producer, and composer - he helped define the landscape of progressive rock. A new career-spanning compilation called The Anthology: A Musical Journey will pay tribute to his contributions through the decades. It will be released on October 23 through BMG. The two-disc set

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop Tags: Emerson Lake and Palmer, Emerson Lake and Powell, Greg Lake, King Crimson, The Shame, The Shy Limbs

Release Round-Up: Week of September 11

September 11, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Reba McEntire, Rumor Has It: 30th Anniversary Edition (MCA Nashville) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Exclusive Orange Vinyl: Wal-Mart Reba McEntire expands her 1990 album in a new anniversary edition with two bonus tracks on CD (an acoustic take of Bobbie Gentry's "Fancy" recorded at the Ryman Auditorium and a dance remix of the song by Dave Audé) and one on vinyl (the acoustic

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Adam Wade, Fritz Reiner, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Maestro, Melissa Manchester, Reba McEntire, Stanley Turrentine, The Crests, The Dillards, The Duprees

Underneath The Stars: Mariah Carey Delivers 'The Rarities' For New Collection

September 10, 2020 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Mariah Carey's continuing her #MC30 campaign in a big way with a new collection of rare and unreleased studio and live material, as well as vinyl reissues of her whole catalogue. The Rarities presents the flipside of the pop idol's incredible blockbuster career (one that's produced an impressive 19 chart-topping singles in the U.S. - just one less than The Beatles) through B-sides and outtakes as well as the premiere audio release of a full live set from 1996. Lead single "Saves The Day," a

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Mariah Carey

Born To Take The Highway: Joni Mitchell's Early Years Celebrated With New Box Set of Unreleased Music, 'Joni Mitchell Archives, Volume 1'

September 10, 2020 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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If you're as big a fan of Joni Mitchell as we are here at The Second Disc, you probably did a double-take at that headline. And with good reason. Joni Mitchell - the artist, songwriter, and singer who has created some of the most influential music of all time - has a reputation for not looking back. Despite her considerable legacy and personal archive full of treasures, it wasn't until recently that she began began really celebrating her past. Films, tribute concerts, and a recent book of art

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Stand Next To Your Fire: Unreleased Jimi Hendrix Recordings Arrive on "Live In Maui" Album and Film

September 10, 2020 By Sam Stone 21 Comments

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Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings have announced a brand-new collection that celebrates The Jimi Hendrix Experience's near-mythic performances on Maui, Hawaii in 1970. Live In Maui brings together audio and video with a new feature-length documentary called Music, Money, Madness: Jimi Hendrix In Maui. The collection will be available in 2-CD/Blu-ray and 3-LP/Blu-ray configurations, all due on November 20. Hendrix's performances on Maui in 1970 caught him at another pivotal point in his

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Elevate Your Soul: U2 Announces 20th Anniversary Editions of "All That You Can't Leave Behind"

September 10, 2020 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

It's a beautiful day, or at least it will be on October 30, when U2 will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their acclaimed album All That You Can't Leave Behind. It was the album that put the band back on the charts and heralded something of a return to form after some experimental excursions in the mid-to-late '90s. The Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno-produced album won seven Grammy Awards including Best Rock Album, Song of the Year ("Beautiful Day") and, for the only time in history, two

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Truckin': Grateful Dead's "American Beauty" 50th Anniversary Release Set for October Release

September 9, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Fifty years ago, the Grateful Dead released two consecutive masterworks: Workingman's Dead in June, and American Beauty in November.  Rhino delivered a 50th anniversary edition of the former earlier this summer, and as promised, the latter will be released in its own golden anniversary set this fall.  On October 30 - almost 50 years to the day after its original release (November 1, 1970) - American Beauty will return as a both a 3-CD set and a 1-LP picture disc. American Beauty: 50th

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Suddenly It's Yesterday: Demon Reissues R&B Classics from Freda Payne, 100 Proof Aged in Soul, More

September 9, 2020 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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Today, we're taking a look at an array of recent R&B/soul vinyl releases from Demon Music Group! Demon has been home to Holland-Dozier-Holland's Invictus catalogue for years now, and after a comprehensive series of CD reissues, the label has turned its attention to vinyl.  Freda Payne's Contact was the Detroit songstress' second album for Invictus and a further showcase for her extraordinary vocal gifts.  Freda had already recorded for labels including ABC-Paramount and MGM when an old

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: 100 Proof Aged in Soul, Freda Payne, Sydney Joe Qualls, Willie Henderson

Review: The Doobie Brothers, "Quadio"

September 8, 2020 By Joe Marchese 22 Comments

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"What the people need is a way to make 'em smile/It ain't so hard to do if you know how," goes The Doobie Brothers' "Listen to the Music," the opening song (and lead single) off the San Jose, California band's sophomore album Toulouse Street.  The Doobies knew how - and so does Quadio, the new, four-Blu-ray box set recently released by Warner Records and Rhino collecting the band's second through fifth albums in their original quadraphonic and stereo mixes.  Quadio follows Chicago's box set of

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Doobie Brothers

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