Lakeshore Records premieres on CD the soundtrack to director Brent Wilson's acclaimed 2021 documentary about Brian Wilson (no relation). Long Promised Road features 12 previously unreleased tracks including the Carl Wilson-penned title track, the Brian Wilson/Jim James co-write "Right Where I Belong," a rollicking revival of the Bob Merrill classic "Honeycomb," and a number of rare tunes recorded in the 1990s by Brian with Andy Paley.
No Mere Mortal Can Resist? Speculating on the 40th Anniversary Reissue of 'Thriller'
"Darkness falls across the land / the midnight hour is close at hand..." OK, maybe that's pushing it a little, but today Legacy Recordings did announce a forthcoming 2CD expansion of Michael Jackson's landmark Thriller for its 40th anniversary. The world's best-selling album spun off seven of its nine songs as Top 10 singles in America and helped win the King of Pop a record-setting eight Grammy Awards in one night. (Let's not forget that the eighth was for a storybook album based on E.T. the
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: The Animals' Mono Albums Get Individual CD, Vinyl Reissues
Back in 2013, the ABKCO label issued a 5-CD box set from The Animals. Released via Real Gone Music, The Mickie Most Years and More brought together remastered versions of the British band's first four U.S. albums plus a rare private-press EP recorded in 1963. Nearly a decade later, ABKCO is bringing The Mickie Most Years and More back into print as a vinyl set, while the four original mono albums will also be reissued as standalone CDs (with bonus tracks) and vinyl (original albums only) on
This Time It's For Real: Cleveland International Unearths Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes' "Live in Cleveland '77"
Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes' ties with Cleveland ran deep. The New Jersey group, which burst onto the scene with 1976's roof-raising LP I Don't Want to Go Home, was supported early on by Cleveland audiences and radio. The big, brassy band led by Southside Johnny Lyon and championed by "Miami Steve" Van Zandt was signed to Epic by A&R man Steve Popovich, now-legendary record man and founder of Cleveland International Records. In 2017, the frontman remembered Popovich in an
OUT TOMORROW From Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music: Melissa Manchester and Darlene Love
Tomorrow's a big day here at Second Disc HQ as we unveil two new releases on CD. Melissa Manchester's Live '77 is the renowned singer-songwriter's first and only live album, recorded by Arista Records in October 1977 at Gainesville, Florida's Great Southern Music Hall but unreleased until now! The 21 songs on Live '77 include Manchester's hits "Midnight Blue," "Better Days," and the song Bob Dylan admired, "Just You and I," as well as the now-standard "Come in from the Rain," fan favorites
A Day In Rio: This Friday, May 6, Real Gone Reissues Les Baxter's "Soul of the Drum" and Expands Savage Republic's "Tragic Figures"
This coming Friday, May 6, sees two releases on Second Disc Records through Real Gone Music: The Complete Reprise Recordings Plus! from Darlene Love and Live 1977 from Melissa Manchester. But joining those two on Real Gone's slate are another two reissues: a new vinyl version of Les Baxter's Soul of the Drums and, on CD and LP, an expanded version of Savage Republic's 1982 debut album: Tragic Figures. First up is 1963's Soul of the Drums by Les Baxter and his Orchestra. Along with Martin
The Minneapolis Sound: Sony Classical Boxes Eugene Ormandy's Early Recordings with Minneapolis Symphony
Eugene Ormandy's The Columbia Legacy, released last year, was the second-biggest box set in Sony Classical history. At a remarkable 120 discs, the box chronicled the early years of Ormandy's affiliation with The Philadelphia Orchestra - one that, all told, would span 44 years and become the longest-ever relationship between conductor and orchestra. Ormandy first led the Orchestra in 1931 at just 32 years of age, filling in for his inspiration, Arturo Toscanini. He joined full-time in 1936,
Love Makes the World Go 'Round: Stage Door Reissues, Expands Broadway Cast Recording of "Carnival!"
The Grand Imperial Cirque de Paris is coming back to town! Stage Door Records has announced the latest in its series of Deluxe Edition cast recordings with a 2-CD expanded edition of the original 1961 Broadway Cast Recording of Michael Stewart and Bob Merrill's Carnival! due on May 27. The David Merrick production opened at Broadway's Imperial Theatre in April 1961, playing for 719 performances including a transfer to the Winter Garden. Carnival! was based on the 1953 MGM film Lili which
Right Where He Belongs: Brian Wilson's "Long Promised Road" Soundtrack Comes to CD in June
Long Promised Road, director Brent Wilson's 2021 documentary film about Beach Boys visionary Brian Wilson (no relation) was described by Variety as "affectionate and satisfying...sentimental at times but often stirringly insightful." The Hollywood Reporter called it "a portrait of friendship and love as much as it's about music." American Songwriter noted that it was "flush with pathos and poignancy...a remarkable documentary that is, at once, both heartbreaking and heartwarming." By
The Second Disc's Guide to Record Store Day 2022: Our Essential Picks and More!
After a series of smaller "Drops" over the past two years, Record Store Day is (mostly) back to a one-day event, and the big day is tomorrow: Saturday, April 23. Over 250 titles will be available at independent stores everywhere - including some CD releases, too! That's plenty of albums in almost every genre imaginable, so visit RecordStoreDay.com in the U.S., RecordStoreDay.co.uk in the U.K., and RecordStoreDayCanada.ca in Canada for the complete list, and sound off below as to which titles
New Collection 'Songbird' Shows the Solo Side of Christine McVie
Christine McVie's association with Fleetwood Mac began in 1970 when the singer-songwriter born Anne Christine Perfect played and sang on the group's record Kiln House (and even provided its cover artwork). Though uncredited on Kiln House, McVie joined the band shortly thereafter, penning two songs and contributing to a third on 1971's Future Games. Her place in the group assured, she went on to write and sing many of the Mac's most cherished hits including "Don't Stop," "Everywhere," and
I Am Trying to Break Your Bank: Wilco Detail Deluxe 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot' Reissues
One of the most beloved albums of the 2000s is getting a lavish series of reissues - with configurations as head-turning as the album itself. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco's fourth album, will get the box set treatment on September 16 in several different formats. The original album will come with up to three CDs worth of alternate takes and mixes, a collection of demos and rough sketches, and two live performances: a live-in-studio, five-song appearance and interview on Chicago's WXRT-FM in
Strange Animals: BMG Reissues Five Albums from Sparks in New 21st Century Collection
Director Edgar Wright's 2021 documentary The Sparks Brothers brought much-deserved attention to cult rock heroes Ron and Russell Mael and their prodigious, singular output as Sparks. Now, BMG has announced the 21st Century Sparks collection: a series of deluxe CD and vinyl reissues encompassing Balls (2000), Lil' Beethoven (2002), and Hello Young Lovers (2006) arriving on Friday, April 29; and Exotic Creatures of the Deep (2008) and The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009) following on Friday, May
Licked Again: The Rolling Stones Bring 2003 Madison Square Garden Show to CD, LP, DVD, Blu-ray
The Rolling Stones may be off the road for now, but until they return to European stages this summer, the World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band is serving up more live fare for audiences everywhere. The Stones will follow up the May 13 release of 1977's Live at the El Mocambo with a live set of more recent vintage. On June 10, Mercury Studios delivers Licked Live in NYC, presenting the band's January 2003 Madison Square Garden show from the 40th anniversary Licked tour, in multiple formats:
I Don't Do Gentle: Cherry Red's 7T's Imprint Reissues Two Albums from Suzi Quatro on New Collection
Since bursting onto the scene in the mid-1960s as a member of Detroit band The Pleasure Seekers, Suzi Quatro has enjoyed one of the most versatile careers in rock and roll. In addition to selling over 55 million LPs and singles, Quatro has starred on stage and screen and influenced an entire generation of artists including Joan Jett and The Go-Go's. Suzi's most recent studio LP, The Devil in Me, arrived in early 2021. Now, Cherry Red's 7T's imprint is looking back to her first two albums of
Some Velvet Morning: Light in the Attic Reissues, Expands Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood's "Nancy and Lee"
The next installment in Light in the Attic's ongoing Nancy Sinatra Archival Series is set for release on May 20: an expanded edition of 1968's Nancy and Lee, the singer's first full-length duet album with maverick singer-songwriter-producer Lee Hazlewood. Nancy and Lee will be reissued on CD as well as digitally, vinyl (with various color exclusives), cassette, and eight-track. 1965's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'," produced and written by Hazlewood, launched Sinatra's musical career
You're My Everything: Craft Recordings Reissues "Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet" On Small Batch Audiophile Vinyl
Craft Recordings is continuing its Small Batch audiophile series with a 180-gram vinyl reissue of 1958's Prestige release Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, recorded in 1956 by the legendary trumpeter with John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums. The release - which becomes available tomorrow, Friday, April 15 at 2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST through CraftRecordings.com - is limited to 5,000 copies worldwide. It follows prior
You Are My One: 7a Records Reissues Michael Nesmith's "Tantamount to Treason Volume One" in June
Even before the May 13 reissue of Michael Nesmith's And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' arrives from 7a Records, the Monkees-focused label has announced a second 50th anniversary reissue from the late singer-songwriter. On June 3, 7a will reissue 1972's Tantamount to Treason Volume One on vinyl and in an expanded edition on CD. Tantamount to Treason Volume One was actually Nesmith's first album of 1972, preceding Hits by roughly six months. The LP was the first and only one credited to Michael
So Much Excitement to Be Found: UMe Reissues Frank Sinatra's Concept Album "Watertown"
Old Watertown/Nothing much happening down on Main, 'cept a little rain... Something's happening in Watertown - on June 3, to be precise. That's the date when UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE) will release a remixed and expanded edition of Frank Sinatra's 1970 masterwork Watertown on CD and digital/streaming platforms. In addition, the remixed album only will be reissued on vinyl. Watertown remains an album unlike any other in the Sinatra discography. The seeds of the two-part
We Will Meet Again: Craft Recordings Reissues, Expands Bill Evans' "You Must Believe in Spring"
Last year, Craft Recordings delivered an impressive career-spanning salute to late pianist-composer Bill Evans. The title of that box set, Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans, rings true today as the label has announced a remastered reissue of one of Evans' finest studio albums, the posthumous release You Must Believe in Spring. It's due on June 3 in 180-gram vinyl, CD, hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players), and digital formats. Produced by Tommy LiPuma and Evans' longtime manager
One More Saturday Night: Grateful Dead's 'Europe '72' Gets a Host of 50th Anniversary Reissues
50 years ago today, Grateful Dead took the stage at London's Wembley Empire Pool (today known as the OVO Arena Wembley). The concert inaugurated the Dead's thrilling run of European shows which were immortalized on the triple-album release Europe '72 and then in 2011 on the expansive 73-CD box set Europe '72: The Complete Recordings. Now, Rhino has announced a host of releases from the final stand of the European tour. Lyceum 1972: The Complete Recordings, due on July 29, will be the Dead's
One Step Ahead: Cherry Pop Reissues, Expands Debbie Gibson's "Anything Is Possible"
Cherry Pop has continued its series of reissues from Debbie Gibson's Atlantic catalogue with a deluxe 2-CD expanded edition of the singer's 1990 album Anything Is Possible. The original 16-song album has gained 17 bonus tracks in its most comprehensive presentation yet. The singer-songwriter burst onto the scene with 1987's Out of the Blue, yielding a number of worldwide hits including Billboard top 10 entries "Foolish Beat" (No. 1), "Only in My Dreams" (No. 4), "Out of the Blue" (No. 3),
The Doris Day Centennial: Celebration of the Late Superstar Begins This Weekend!
Tomorrow, April 3, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of Doris Day's birth. Yesterday, Real Gone Music kicked off the festivities with two releases celebrating the singer-actress-activist's extraordinary musical legacy. Early Day: Rare Songs from the Radio 1939-1950 features two dozen rarities from the dawn of Day's career (as well as a booklet with period photographs and a new essay by TSD's Joe Marchese) on one CD, while Day's final album, 2011's My Heart, premieres on vinyl. (Read more
Dance a Little Closer: Stage Door Reissues "Rainbows: The Lorna Dallas Album"
Over the course of seven decades, Lorna Dallas has forged a remarkable career path all her own. The Illinois-born vocalist and Indiana University graduate toured with the national company of the Metropolitan Opera and appeared on the WCBS-TV talent program Callback (its musical director: a young Barry Manilow) before making a splash in London as Magnolia in the acclaimed 1971 company of Show Boat starring Cleo Laine, Kenneth Nelson, and Andre Jobin. Dallas made London her home and soon was
Holidays in the Sun: New Sex Pistols Collection to Precede Miniseries
A new Sex Pistols collection is hitting shops in May - much to the chagrin of the band's former frontman. The Original Recordings is a simple 20-track summary of the short-lived punk icons, culled mostly from their sole album Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols (1977) and odds-and-ends soundtrack The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (1979), plus a few non-LP B-sides. The ostensible hook for the disc: the impending airing of Pistol, a fictionalized miniseries about the group (based on
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