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Release Round-Up: Week of April 26

April 26, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Tina Turner What's Love Got to Do with It Cover

Welcome to this week's post-Record Store Day Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Tina Turner, What's Love Got to Do with It: 30th Anniversary Edition (Parlophone) 4CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Just months after the career-spanning compilation The Queen of Rock and Roll,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Art Tatum, Billy Idol, Bonnie Tyler, Cannonball Adderley, Chet Baker, Def Leppard, Dr. John, Jack Sheldon, Jeff Larson, Laufey, Little Richard, Neil Young, Pet Shop Boys, Sonny Rollins, Tina Turner

Rolling Stock: "Starlight Express" Returns to Vinyl to Celebrate New London Production

April 25, 2024 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Starlight Express Zoetrope

Andrew Lloyd Webber first became interested in adapting Reverend W. Aubry's Thomas the Tank Engine stories in 1974.  A pilot episode for a proposed television series was produced but ultimately not picked up.  But the Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat composer didn't give up on the idea of musicalizing a story with trains.  He took a step towards that goal with the 1977 single "Engine of Love" for American singer Earl Jordan, and then developed an animated

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Frances Ruffelle, P.P. Arnold, Ray Shell, Stephanie Lawrence

Slow Dancin': Cherry Red, Esoteric Return to Anthony Phillips' "Slow Dance"

April 24, 2024 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Anthony Phillips Slow Dance

If you missed out on the 2017 Esoteric/Cherry Red expanded reissue of founding Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips' 1990 Slow Dance, you're in luck.  The label has just reissued Slow Dance as a 2CD set, dropping the DVD component but otherwise replicating the earlier package at a lower price. Slow Dance, a two-part orchestral suite, was recorded by Phillips in 1988 and 1989.  The follow-up to Tarka, his collaborative album with Harry Williamson, Slow Dance became Phillips' first "proper" solo

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else Tags: Anthony Phillips

For Seiji: John Williams' 2023 Tokyo Concert is Latest Live Album from The Maestro

April 23, 2024 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

John Williams in Tokyo

John Williams' latest overseas trip will form another new album from the celebrated composer. John Williams in Tokyo, recorded in 2023 with the Saito Kinen Orchestra and featuring a very special tribute to one of the country's most beloved conductors, will be released May 10 by Deutsche Grammophon on multiple formats including standard CD and vinyl and a deluxe 2CD/Blu-ray set. An arguable highlight of Williams' continued tenure as film score's elder statesman is his semi-annual trip outside

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Williams, Seiji Ozawa

Feats Don't Fail Me Now: Deluxe Edition

April 23, 2024 By

Little Feat Feats Don't Fail Me Now

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Last year, Rhino reissued Little Feat's seminal second and third albums, Sailin' Shoes (1972) and Dixie Chicken (1973), as deluxe, expanded editions.  Now, the label is following those with a similar presentation of the California group's fourth LP, 1974's Feats Don't Fail Me Now, on 2 CDs or 3 LPs.  Both versions feature a remastered edition of the original album plus rare and previously unreleased

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Bursting Out: The Inflated Edition

April 23, 2024 By

Jethro Tull Bursting Out

Jethro Tull's first released live album, 1978's Bursting Out, hit stores in September 1978.  It was recorded just a few months earlier as Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Glascock, John Evan, Dee Palmer, and Barriemore Barlow toured behind their eleventh studio album, Heavy Horses.  It's now returning from Rhino in a new 3CD/3DVD book-style edition featuring new remixes by Steven Wilson and an array of bonus material. Bursting Out: The Inflated Edition contains: CD 1: Jethro Tull Live:

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock

Africa 80

April 23, 2024 By

Staple Singers Africa 80

In 1980, the legendary Staple Singers were engaged in a tour of Africa sponsored by the U.S. government.  The set opened with Charlie Smalls' rousing "Ease on Down the Road" from his Broadway musical The Wiz (which, as of this writing, is once again packing houses on Broadway) and continued with a clutch of Staples favorites including "Let's Do it Again," "Respect Yourself," and "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend."  The group also brought their singular style to such varied standards as "Will the

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Gospel, R&B/Soul

Seal: Deluxe Edition

April 23, 2024 By

Seal II deluxe

2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Available as a 2CD/Blu-ray or 2LP set, Seal (known colloquially but unofficially as Seal II, to differentiate from his self-titled debut from three years earlier) will include the newly remastered original album plus a bonus disc of unreleased alternate versions of the album's biggest hits and most treasured songs, plus rare non-LP material like the Japan-only single "Love is Powerful" and

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

The Sound of 'One Hand Clapping': Legendary Paul McCartney & Wings Concert Special Gets Debut Standalone Audio Release

April 23, 2024 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

One Hand Clapping

One of Paul McCartney's oft-bootlegged live performances will finally get an official release this summer: the soundtrack to his 1974 "rockumentary" One Hand Clapping. This acclaimed performance with Wings, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in the wake of the release of Band on the Run, will be available June 14 on two CDs or two LPs, featuring the 15 songs used in the special and another disc of 12 songs recorded during the four-day session that birthed the program. A bonus 7", available

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Paul McCartney, Wings

Keep On Keepin' On: The Atlantic Years (Phase Two: 1979-1984)

April 22, 2024 By

Spinners Keep On Keepin' On

Keep on Keepin' On brings together expanded editions of all six of The Spinners' Atlantic albums released after the Thom Bell years, including collaborations with producers Michael Zager, James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, Freddie Perren, and Leon Sylvers III: Dancin' and Lovin' (1979) plus six bonus tracks; Love Trippin' (1980) plus three bonus tracks; Labor of Love (1981) plus two bonus tracks; Can't Shake This Feelin' (1981) plus three bonus tracks; Grand Slam (1982) plus two

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul

When You Touch Me: The West End Recordings

April 22, 2024 By

Taana Gardner When You Touch Me

SoulMusic Records teams with TSD to revisit dance superstar Taana Gardner's classic West End album as a 2CD set.  When You Touch Me: The West End Recordings opens with Taana Gardner in its original form and mix for the very first time on CD including Larry Levan's 1979 mixes.  Producer Kenton Nix's extended mixes of "When You Touch Me," "Just Be a Friend," and "Work That Body" have been appended to Disc One.  The second disc features ten singles and remixes including two promotional versions of

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Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul

Hungry Freaks, Daddy: Zappa and The Mothers of Invention's 1968 Whisky A Go Go Show Arrives in June

April 22, 2024 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Zappa Whisky 1968

Fans of the early days of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention have good reason to, well, freak out!  On June 21, Zappa Records and UMe are heading back to those heady days on the Sunset Strip for Whisky A Go Go, 1968, a new collection available on three CDs or five 180-gram black vinyl LPs as well as in 2LP "highlights" form.  The complete release will also be available digitally in high-resolution. Even in the relatively early days of his recording career, Frank Zappa was thinking

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Frank Zappa

That's The Word: SoulMusic Teams with TSD for Taana Gardner's "When You Touch Me: The West End Recordings"

April 22, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Taana Gardner When You Touch Me

1979 was a landmark year in disco, with Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Anita Ward, and Sister Sledge all conquering the Billboard charts.  But the prominence of the dance genre led to a so-called backlash - and it happened in the blink of an eye.  On July 21, 1979 - nine days following the Disco Demolition Night held by controversial Chicago disk jockey Steve Dahl and others - the genre dominated the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, with six records.  By September 22, there were no disco songs at

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance Tags: Taana Gardner

The Weekend Stream: April 21, 2024

April 21, 2024 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream 2024

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. This week's super-sized post-Record Store Day lineup includes more: more remixes, more covers, more Mancini and yes, more Taylor Swift. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology (Republic) (iTunes / Amazon) Can you really call this a reissue? Pop's most ubiquitous

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Anthony Perkins, Arturo Sandoval, Beck, Chris Stapleton, Dave Matthews, David Byrne, Henry Mancini, Herbie Hancock, INXS, John Williams, Keith Richards, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Madonna, Neil Young, Norah Jones, Paramore, Quincy Jones, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Snoop Dogg, Stephen Stills, Taylor Swift, The Chicks, The Lumineers, Tom Jones, U2, Willie Nelson

The Second Disc's Guide to Record Store Day 2024: Our Essential Picks

April 20, 2024 By The Second Disc 18 Comments

record store day logo

Tomorrow, Record Store Day is once again upon us! It's that time of year where music lovers and vinyl flippers get together at their favorite physical music retailers and wait in line to snag some treasured albums - almost all of which are pressed on vinyl instead of CD (or, you know, sold on secondary marketplaces for above their retail value).  This year, the list tops out at over 350 titles, so there's very nearly something for everybody.  It wasn't easy to narrow our choices down to around

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Average White Band, Bernie Taupin, Bill Evans, Chappell Roan, Dr. John, Elton John, Ennio Morricone, Farm Dogs, Fools Garden, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Joe Pesci, John Barry, John Lennon, Lamont Dozier, Linda Ronstadt, Lowell George, Lulu, Marianne Faithfull, Parliament, Record Store Day, Talking Heads, The Who, Todd Rundgren, Wilco, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of April 19

April 19, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Four Fer

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today.  With Record Store Day events taking place tomorrow, this is one of the biggest weeks in recent memory - so if you hit up your local indie store tomorrow, remember: there's plenty of non-exclusive releases to check out, too.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. TSD also mourns the passing of Dickey Betts, 80.  As a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Chet Atkins, Gene Clark, Glen Campbell, Ian Hunter, King Crimson, Linda Martell, Lou Reed, Luther Vandross, Nancy Sinatra, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Pearl Jam, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, The Flying Burrito Brothers

Shadows and Light: Joni Mitchell's Asylum Albums Go Quadio

April 18, 2024 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Joni Mitchell Quadio

Joni Mitchell has had quite the year, stopping the show at the Grammy Awards (did anybody watching not shed a tear?), reinventing "I'm Still Standing" at the Gershwin Prize celebration of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and preparing for her Los Angeles concert return with sold-out, hotly-anticipated Joni Jams at the Hollywood Bowl in October. Today, Rhino announced one more jewel in Mitchell's crown. Her 2022 box set The Asylum Albums (1972-1975) has been reissued with a twist: all four albums

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Joni Mitchell

Going "Crazay": Jesse Johnson's Solo Albums Back in Print from Robinsongs

April 18, 2024 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Jesse Johnson Robinsongs

Minneapolis guitarist Jesse Johnson, best known as a member of The Time, will be celebrated by Cherry Red's Robinsongs imprint with a 2CD set that combines three of his solo albums for the A&M label and an assortment of extras. The simply titled Jesse Johnson Revue / Shockadelica / Every Shade of Love + Bonus Tracks brings together Johnson's three post-Time solo efforts issued between 1985 and 1988, featuring the Billboard Hot 100 hits "Be Your Man," "I Want My Girl," "Crazay" (featuring

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Jesse Johnson, Prince, Sly Stone, The Time

The Other Side

April 18, 2024 By

T Bone Burnett The Other Side

T Bone Burnett returns with his first proper solo album since 2006's The True False Identity.  The Other Side, a loose concept album about a mysterious couple, features collaborations with Rosanne Cash, indie folk group Lucius, and singer-songwriter Weyes Blood.  Available on CD, LP, and digitally. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Folk, Rock

Defiance: Part 2

April 18, 2024 By

Ian Hunter Defiance Part 2

Ian Hunter follows up his 2023 album Defiance Part 1 with a sequel subtitled Fiction.  He welcomes a host of guest artists including Johnny Depp, the late Jeff Beck, Lucinda Williams, and Brian May on this set of ten songs.  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.  A unique vinyl edition with bonus tracks will be available as a Record Store Day exclusive.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Reimagining The Court of The Crimson King

April 18, 2024 By

Reimagining The Court of the Crimson King

Cleopatra has assembled a group of artists including Todd Rundgren, Steve Hillage, Carmine Appice, Ian Paice, Arthur Brown, and King Crimson's Jakko M. Jakszyk and Mel Collins to recreate Crimson's 1969 classic In the Court of The Crimson King.  Available on CD, LP, and digitally.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Pride of Cucamonga: Grateful Dead's "From The Mars Hotel: The Angel's Share" Offers Outtakes, Alternates

April 17, 2024 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel The Angel's Share

Late last month, Rhino announced the upcoming 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead's From the Mars Hotel, arriving on June 21.  Today, the label surprised with a new volume of The Angel's Share, the Dead's digital-only vault series comprising album session recordings.  From the Mars Hotel: The Angel's Share is available now on all digital services, featuring 16 newly-discovered recordings from San Francisco's Coast Recorders from Spring 1974 as the Dead crafted Mars Hotel over a two-month period.

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead

A Light Hits the Gloom on the Grey: Seal's Second Album Set for Deluxe Release

April 17, 2024 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Seal II deluxe

"There is so much a man can tell you / so much he can say..." Seal will be saying a little more with the help of Rhino, who will issue a new deluxe edition of his second album on June 14. Available as a 2CD/Blu-ray or 2LP set, Seal (known colloquially but unofficially as Seal II, to differentiate from his self-titled debut from three years earlier) will include the newly remastered original album plus a bonus disc of unreleased alternate versions of the album's biggest hits and most treasured

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Jeff Beck, Seal, Trevor Horn

Just Let Love In: SoulMusic, The Second Disc Collect The Spinners' 1979-1984 Atlantic Era on "Keep On Keepin' On" Box Set

April 16, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Spinners Keep On Keepin' On

The Spinners - a.k.a. John Edwards, Henry Fambrough, Bobbie Smith, Billy Henderson, and Pervis Jackson - were at a crossroads when longtime producer-arranger-conductor Thom Bell confirmed that he would no longer be working with the group.  Where would they go next?  On June 28, SoulMusic Records and The Second Disc chronicle the next chapter of The Spinners' illustrious career with a new 7-CD box set.  Keep on Keepin' On: The Atlantic Years (Phase Two: 1979-1984) picks up where last year's Ain't

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: The Spinners

Hempsteader: Live At The Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, New York, June 25, 1976

April 15, 2024 By

New Riders of the Purple Sage Hempsteader

Hempsteader: Live At The Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, New York, June 25, 1976 presents New Riders of the Purple Sage live onstage shortly after the release of the band's MCA Records debut, New Riders.  In addition to vocalist-guitarist John "Marmaduke" Dawson's originals ("Henry," "Portland Woman" and "Glendale Train"), the album features covers of Otis Redding ("Hard to Handle"), The Rolling Stones ("Dead Flowers"), Jack Tempchin ("Fifteen Days Under the Hood"), Chuck Berry ("You Never

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock

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