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Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition

October 11, 2023 By

Salsoul Orchestra Christmas Jollies I and II Extra Jolly Edition

The Second Disc has teamed with SoulMusic Records for the definitive celebration of the Christmas disco/Philly soul classic.  The Salsoul Orchestra's Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition brings together Vincent Montana, Jr.'s original Christmas Jollies plus Tom Moulton's complete 1992 remix and producer Patrick Adams' rare follow-up, Christmas Jollies II.  But that's not all.  The Extra Jolly Edition adds nearly a dozen bonus single versions and remixes (most of which are new to CD)

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

Merry Christmas All: SoulMusic Records, The Second Disc Team Up for The Salsoul Orchestra's Deluxe "Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition"

October 10, 2023 By The Second Disc 8 Comments

Salsoul Orchestra Christmas Jollies I and II Extra Jolly Edition

As a founding member of Philadelphia's MFSB, vibraphonist Vincent Montana, Jr. played on countless hits by The O'Jays, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, The Three Degrees, Billy Paul, and others.  But Montana had a bigger vision: a full-fledged disco orchestra combining the soulful Philly sound with the infectious dance rhythms of Latin America.  The result was The Salsoul Orchestra, formed for the groundbreaking disco/dance label Salsoul Records by Montana and his MFSB bandmates.  Between 1975

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Denise Montana, Jocelyn Brown, Patrick Adams, The Salsoul Orchestra, Vince Montana

Greatest Christmas Hits

October 9, 2023 By

Chicago Greatest Christmas Hits

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Barnes & Noble (Exclusive Green Vinyl) O Christmas Three:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Chicago's new 13-song compilation Greatest Christmas Hits draws on all four of the band's Christmas releases, blending holiday classics with the band's original compositions including Robert Lamm and the late Billy Hinsche's "(Because It's) Christmastime," Neil Donell and Don Breithaupt's "All

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

Christmas

October 9, 2023 By

Cher Christmas

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Red Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Cover CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target-Exclusive Alternate Artwork CD: Target.com Cher releases her first-ever Christmas album including the lead single "DJ Play a Christmas Song" and guest appearances by Darlene Love ("Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"), Michael Buble ("Home"), Cyndi Lauper ("Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart"), Stevie Wonder ("What

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Holiday, Pop

UPDATE 10/9 - Once Upon a Dream: "Disney100" Collection Comes to CD

October 9, 2023 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Disney100

UPDATE 10/9: "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing: that it was all started by a mouse."  Walt Disney was, of course, speaking of his enduring creation, Mickey Mouse.  The character's debut in the 1928 animated short subject Steamboat Willie was indeed the watershed moment from which decades of entertainment in every conceivable medium followed.  But the business that became The Walt Disney Company had been founded five years earlier, in 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy.  That's the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Menken, Angela Lansbury, Dick Van Dyke, Helen Reddy, Idina Menzel, Julie Andrews, Phil Harris, Randy Newman, Roger Miller, The Sherman Brothers, Various Artists

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays: Chicago Collects "Greatest Christmas Hits"

October 6, 2023 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Chicago Greatest Christmas Hits

Does anybody really know what time it is? On November 3, the answer from Chicago will be "Christmas time," as that's the day the band releases a new collection of its happiest holiday tracks.  Greatest Christmas Hits arrives on CD, vinyl, and digital formats from Rhino Records.  On the same date, the label will reissue 2011's O Christmas Three and bundle together all three of Chicago's Christmas albums in one slipcased edition. Chicago - then consisting of founding members Robert Lamm, Lee

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: America, Bebe Winans, Chicago, Dolly Parton, Steve Cropper

Here Goes: Frank Sinatra's "Platinum" Offers Retrospective of His Capitol Recordings

October 5, 2023 By Joe Marchese 18 Comments

Frank Sinatra Platinum

70 years ago, in 1953, Frank Sinatra made the move from Columbia Records to the Capitol label.  Having chafed under the direction of Columbia's pop guru Mitch Miller, the future Chairman of the Board sought - and received - creative freedom at the Tower on Hollywood and Vine.  Co-founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer, Capitol provided an artist-friendly environment in which Sinatra could, and would, thrive.  On October 27, the label will release Frank Sinatra: Platinum, a 2CD, 4LP, or digital

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Frank Sinatra

Bottle Rockets, Meat Puppets, Jesus Lizard, Black Jazz, and More Comprise Real Gone Music's Record Store Day Black Friday Slate

October 5, 2023 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Black Jazz Singles

And the hits just keep on comin'!  Today, we're sharing the Record Store Day Black Friday lineup from our friends at Real Gone Music. RGM's lineup of modern rock titles - many of which are making their vinyl debuts - plus one very special jazz release will arrive at participating independent record stores on Friday, November 24.  You'll find the list of those record stores here. Without further ado, here's the full RGM slate, with descriptions provided by the label. Black Jazz Records: The

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Rock Tags: Buckcherry, Meat Puppets, Record Store Day, Tantric, Taproot, The Bottle Rockets, The Jesus Lizard

Highwire Act: Live in St. Louis 2003

October 3, 2023 By

Little Feat Highwire Act

Mercury Studios brings a 2003 Little Feat concert to a 2CD/BD set as well as digital video.  Previously issued on DVD in 2004, this release marks a significant upgrade for the concert film, as it's being made available on Blu-ray for the first time.  The lineup includes Bill Payne, Paul Barrere (guitars/vocals), Sam Clayton (percussion/vocals), Kenny Gradney (bass), Richie Hayward (drums/vocals), Fred Tackett (guitars/trumpet), and Shaun Murphy (vocal/percussion). (Shaun was one-half of Stoney

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

The Great Songs of Christmas: Masterworks Edition

October 2, 2023 By

Great Songs of Christmas Masterworks Edition

The Great Songs of Christmas: Masterworks Edition brings together 18 lush selections primarily drawn from the original, long out-of-print series of LPs, featuring the most beloved carols of all time as performed by the greatest classical artists of the 20th century.  These legends include Leonard Bernstein and The New York Philharmonic, Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, opera greats Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, and Anna Moffo, cellist-conductor Pablo

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Formats: CD Genre: Classical/Opera, Holiday

The Ultimate Pops Christmas Party!

October 2, 2023 By

Arthur Fiedler Ultimate Pops Christmas Party

Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops' The Ultimate Pops Christmas Party! lives up to its title with 2 CDs and 35 tracks of yuletide cheer in the grand and lavish Boston Pops fashion.  Spanning 1949-1971, The Ultimate Pops Christmas Party! includes two full albums: the original 1959 Pops Christmas Party in RCA's Living Stereo splendor and 1969's new-to-CD Christmastime in Carol and Song.  The latter found Fiedler away from Boston and conducting in New York with some very special guests: legendary

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Formats: CD Genre: Classical/Opera, Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal

The Christmas Festival: Second Disc, Real Gone Celebrate the Season with Arthur Fiedler's "Ultimate Pops Christmas Party," New "Great Songs of Christmas" Volume

October 2, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Arthur Fiedler Ultimate Pops Christmas Party

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? We've already filled you in on the October 13 release of Johnny Mathis' all-new album Christmas Time Is Here, coming on vinyl from Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records.  Now, we're excited to fill your stocking with two seasonal CDs due on November 10 celebrating some of the greatest Christmas music of all time. In his 50-year tenure as conductor of The Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler transformed the Boston Symphony Orchestra offshoot into perhaps the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classical/Opera, Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Anna Moffo, Arthur Fiedler, Erich Leinsdorf, Eugene Ormandy, Eydie Gorme, Leonard Bernstein, Leonytne Price, Pablo Casals, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Steve Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, The Boston Pops, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

The Block Revisited

October 2, 2023 By

New Kids on The Block Revisited

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada NKOTB's 2008 reunion album returns in a 15th anniversary Revisited edition which feature the original album and nine bonus tracks on CD or two LPs, including the unreleased fan favorite "Coming Home" and a new remix of the track "Dirty Dancing" recorded with K-pop outfit SEVENTEEN. Digital editions will include a further eight bonus tracks, including four unheard songs from the album sessions.

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

What's Simple is True: Jewel's 'Spirit' Set for 25th Anniversary Expansion

September 28, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Jewel Spirit 25

Following a generous expansion of debut album Pieces of You, Craft Recordings will offer an expansion of folk-pop singer Jewel's sophomore album Spirit. The 25th anniversary edition, available November 17, features the original album - including the Top 10 hit "Hands" - plus a raft of bonus material appended to the first disc and spilling over into the second. Extras include original single mixes, rare live B-sides and eight unreleased demos and outtakes. The original album will also be

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Jewel

I'm Dreaming of a "Stax Christmas": New Collection Brings Together Holiday Favorites from Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Staple Singers, More

September 25, 2023 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Stax Christmas

'Tis the season to be soulful: This Friday, September 29, Craft Recordings and Stax Records will celebrate the holidays with the CD, LP, and digital release of A Stax Christmas.  This festive 12-track compilation features songs by the label's most beloved artists including two previously unreleased tracks from Carla Thomas and Otis Redding. The venerable Memphis label has had a long association with the music of Christmas.  House band Booker T. and The MG's 1966 album In the Christmas Spirit

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Holiday, R&B/Soul Tags: Albert King, Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, The Emotions, The Rance Allen Group, The Staple Singers, Various Artists

Party of Three: R.E.M. Goes 'Up' with 25th Anniversary Reissue

September 21, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

REM Up 25

A quarter century ago, R.E.M. made some surprising steps in their storied career that will be re-examined in a new 25th anniversary reissue of 1998's Up. The remastered album will be reissued on CD, vinyl and digitally, including a deluxe set that includes a previously unreleased live performance undertaken for the TV drama Party of Five. A Blu-ray includes the album's long-unavailable 5.1 surround and hi-res mixes, plus rare footage and music videos from the period. All the releases will be in

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: R.E.M.

Back to 'The Block': New Kids on the Block Revisit Comeback Album with New Bonus Tracks

September 21, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

New Kids on The Block Revisited

New Kids on the Block are going back to where it all restarted. The Boston boy band, a sensation of the late '80s and early '90s, are reissuing their 2008 reunion album The Block. The Block Revisited, available November 3, will feature the original album and nine bonus tracks on CD or two LPs, including the unreleased fan favorite "Coming Home" and a new remix of the track "Dirty Dancing" recorded with K-pop outfit SEVENTEEN. Digital editions will include a further eight bonus tracks,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: New Kids on the Block

Christmas Collection

September 20, 2023 By

Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Collection

Even as they've announced a farewell tour and a slowing-down of activities, The Oak Ridge Boys have prepared a new title to share the joy of the season.  Christmas Collection, coinciding with the group's annual holiday concerts, features a baker's dozen of classic songs which appear to have been drawn from the Oaks' past Gaither releases including 2012's Christmas Time's A-Coming and 2016's Celebrate Christmas.

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Formats: CD Genre: Country, Gospel, Holiday

Space is Deep: A Classic Hawkwind Live Album Gets a Box Set in September

September 18, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Hawkwind Space Ritual

Cosmic rock doesn't get much more cosmic (or ambitious!) than Hawkwind's live album Space Ritual - and this month, it'll be expanded beyond all imagination in an epic 10CD/Blu-ray box set from Cherry Red and Atomhenge, the label responsible for the group's catalogue. Space Ritual (50th Anniversary Edition) will feature the original, newly remastered 1973 double album as well as new mixes in stereo and surround by Stephen W. Tayler. Additionally, the box will feature Tayler's new mixes of the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: Hawkwind, Lemmy Kilmister, Motörhead

Twisting by the Pool: Dire Straits Offer Expanded, Unreleased Material for Live Box Set

September 18, 2023 By Mike Duquette 7 Comments

Dire Straits Live 1978 1992 vinyl packshot

When Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits reissued their classic catalogue in a box set in 2020, it only covered studio recordings. Now, a companion box will feature their live material, including 29 unreleased tracks. Live 1978-1992 will offer expansions of two classic Dire Straits concert albums (1984's Alchemy: Dire Straits Live and 1993's On the Night, one of the last releases before their dissolution), the 1993 companion EP Encores, 1995's Live At The BBC compilation and, for the first time

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Thin Lizzy

I'm a Believer: Micky Dolenz Opens Up His Archive for "I'm Told I Had a Good Time"

September 14, 2023 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Micky Dolenz I'm Told I Had a Good Time

It's often been said that if you remember the 1960s, you weren't really there.  Well, Micky Dolenz has incontrovertible proof that he was there, and as he says, I'm Told I Had a Good Time.  That's the title of the remarkable new tome from Beatland Books which chronicles the singer-drummer-actor's life from 1945-1978 via previously unpublished photographs, artwork, scripts, lyrics, and assorted miscellany. I'm Told I Had a Good Time, now available for pre-order with a December 6 ship date,

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Categories: News Formats: Books Tags: Micky Dolenz, The Monkees

Reruns All Become Our History: Breakthrough Goo Goo Dolls Concert Gets Standalone Release

September 11, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Goo Goo Dolls Academy 1995

Sometimes fans are lucky enough to receive a document of a band in concert that means something important in the group's history. Rock survivors the Goo Goo Dolls are slated to bring listeners just that, nearly 30 years after that crucial show was first recorded. Live At The Academy, New York, City, 1995 is slated for release from the band through their longtime label Warner Records on October 20. It features two breakthrough sets: a memorable performance for the CMJ Music Conference,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Goo Goo Dolls

Ageless and Evergreen: New Barbra Streisand Compilation, 'Yentl' Deluxe Reissue Due in October

September 11, 2023 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Barbra Streisand Evergreens

On November 7, Barbra Streisand will release her long-awaited memoir. My Name Is Barbra shares its name with the superstar's fifth Columbia Records album, originally released in 1967, and promises to trace her life and career from her Brooklyn roots through her triumphs in Broadway, Hollywood, on the concert stage, and beyond. Before that, though, the EGOT winner and 46-time Grammy nominee (and eight-time winner!) is gifting fans with two new releases. On October 27, Streisand will look back on

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Barbra Streisand, Michel Legrand

Is Your Love in Vain? Bob Dylan Expands Budokan Live Album for New Box Set

September 7, 2023 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

Dylan Budokan packshot

There was something about Midwestern-born rockers on the CBS Records roster making stops at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Japan. In 1979, Columbia issued not one but two live albums from the Tokyo venue, both simply titled At Budokan. While the one by Cheap Trick essentially made them stars in their home country, a double album of rearranged hits from Bob Dylan sharply polarized fans and critics. Now, on November 17, the Dylan camp is re-examining the artist's time in Japan with a brand-new box

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

OUT TOMORROW! Second Disc, Real Gone Collect Al Stewart's "Complete U.S. Singles 1974-1981" on "Songs on the Radio"

September 7, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Al Stewart Songs on the Radio

The Vietnamese Lunar New Year identifies 2023 as The Year of the Cat...and the timing couldn't be better! Tomorrow's the day when Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records unveil a definitive, first-ever singles collection from legendary singer-songwriter Al Stewart. In 1976, Stewart took the beguiling "Year of the Cat" to the top ten of the Pop and AC charts, inaugurating a run of timeless hits still heard on radio today in formats from classic rock to pop and yacht rock.  Now, for the very

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Al Stewart, Alan Parsons

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