This week's Release Round-Up brings the year's most eagerly-anticipated box set, a stunning new collection from the Fab Four, a Christmas feast including two titles from Second Disc Records, and more! Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series: Volume 12 - The Cutting Edge (Columbia/Legacy) The Best of the Cutting Edge 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Best of the Cutting Edge 3-LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Cutting Edge 6-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Cutting Edge: Collector's
California Dreamin': Real Gone Collects The Mamas and the Papas' "Complete Singles" In January
From our vantage point here in Second Disc HQ, all the leaves really are brown and the sky is gray...making it the perfect day for some California dreamin'. Happily, we won't have to dream for too long, as on January 8, Real Gone Music has its first release of the year - and the label is making a complete singles collection for the Mamas and the Papas a reality. The Complete Singles--50th Anniversary Collection boasts 53 tracks and over 150 minutes of pop perfection on two CDs, including for
Love's Got A Hold On Him: "The Alan Jackson Story" Box Set Arrives From Legacy
In 1989, Alan Jackson became the first artist signed to the fledgling Arista Nashville label. By the time of his departure from its roster in 2010, Jackson had recorded sixteen albums and accumulated such honors as a Grammy Award, two American Music Awards, fifteen trophies from the Country Music Association, and fourteen recognitions from the Academy of Country Music. Known for blending traditional honky-tonk songwriting with contemporary country production, the superstar is marking his 25
Buck Owens, Bobby Rush Highlight Omnivore's November Slate
Releases from two legends of country and blues highlight Omnivore Recordings' November slate. On November 13, the label will drop the second 2-CD retrospective dedicated to the music of Bakersfield's favorite son Buck Owens, while two weeks later on the 27th, it will unveil a 4-CD box set spotlighting the singular career of Bobby Rush. Buck 'Em! Volume 2: The Music of Buck Owens (1967-1975) picks up where the first volume of the series, issued in 2013, left off. Its 50 tracks trace the many
Back In The Water: Intrada Premieres John Williams' Complete "JAWS 2" Score
Mere weeks after Intrada took us Back to the Future for two very special soundtrack reissues, the label is exploring another one of Universal's hit franchises with unforgettable soundtracks: JAWS. Having expanded Alan Parker and Michael Small's scores to JAWS 3-D (1983) and JAWS: The Revenge (1987) earlier this year, Intrada now enters John Williams territory with a double-disc presentation of 1978's JAWS 2. Though John Williams was a composer of some acclaim before JAWS hit theaters in
Release Calendar
Please note: release dates are tentative and subject to change. Upcoming Releases
Songs From The Trees: A Musical Memoir Collection
Carly Simon has curated a 2-CD companion volume to her new autobiography. Focusing on her Elektra and Warner Bros. years, this collection also features two previously unreleased tracks including Boys in the Trees outtake "Showdown" and the newly-recorded "I Can't Thank You Enough" with her son Ben Taylor.
One of the Lonely Ones
UMe and Roy's Boys premiere an album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records in 1969 but never before released. One of the Lonely Ones will be available on CD, LP and DD.
The MGM Years
UMe and Roy's Boys, LLC have joined forces for this new box set chronicling Roy Orbison's eight-year tenure at MGM Records beginning in 1965. The MGM Years is available in 13-CD, 14-LP and DD editions. The MGM Years boasts Roy's 11 original studio albums, the long out-of-print soundtrack to The Fastest Guitar Alive and a newly-created compilation album calledMGM B-Sides & Singles that contains all 12 non-album singles and B-sides that otherwise weren't included in any album; the box
Tusk: Deluxe Edition
Rhino expands Fleetwood Mac's 1979 magnum opus as a 5-CD/1-DVD-A/2-LP Deluxe Edition box set or a 3-CD Expanded Edition, while also offering a single-CD remastered edition of the original album only. Full details can be found here! Deluxe Edition box set: Amazon U.S. /Amazon U.K. Expanded Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album Remastered Edition: Amazon U.S. /Amazon U.K.
Did You Happen To See: Varese Collects Charlie Rich's "25 Greatest Hits" - AND YOU CAN WIN!
Charles Allan Rich - better known as Charlie Rich - came to country stardom late. Though he scored his first hit single in 1960, the favorite son of Colt, Arkansas had trouble following it up with any consistency. But once the big hits started coming in 1972 with a pair of Kenny O'Dell songs - "I Take It On Home" and "Behind Closed Doors" - Rich established himself as one of C&W's most versatile and beloved entertainers. Varese Vintage has recently celebrated the legacy of Rich (1932-1995)
Our Big Record Store Day Black Friday Round-Up Featuring McCartney, Bowie, Wilson, Queen, Ronstadt, More
Over the past couple of weeks, we've told you about the 2015 Black Friday Record Store Day offerings from Legacy, Omnivore and Real Gone Music. Well, the full list of releases which are coming out on November 27 has been announced and we've got the details below including new titles from Rhino, Varese Sarabande, Hear Music and more! The entire list is over 125 items long, so we've just highlighted some entries below in which you might be interested. The full listing can be seen at
Honey Hi: Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" Deluxe Box Set Due In December
Those aren't just rumo(u)rs! After one week of premature reporting all around the 'net, Rhino has confirmed the long-awaited news this morning: Fleetwood Mac's 1979 magnum opus Tusk is coming in a 5-CD/1-DVD/2-LP Deluxe Edition, a 3-CD Expanded Edition and a 1-CD remaster on December 4! Reportedly the most expensive rock album ever made, the sprawling, 20-track double album followed up the record-shattering success of Rumours and confounded observers expecting another collection of
Release Round-Up: Week of October 30
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Packed with over 30 titles including highly-anticipated reissues, a slew of box sets, collections and more, it just may be the mightiest of the year! The Velvet Underground, Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Velvet Underground's 1970 album - and Lou Reed's swansong with the band - gets the deluxe expanded treatment from Rhino in this new box set featuring the original stereo and mono
Roger McGuinn and Pete Seeger, Tony Orlando, Doc Watson Join Bottom Line Archive Series
The Bottom Line Archive Series, preserving performances from the late, renowned New York club, will roll out a new trio of releases on October 30. Joining previous entries from artists including The Brecker Brothers, Harry Chapin and Janis Ian are new titles from Tony Orlando, Doc Watson, and the duo of Pete Seeger and Roger McGuinn. One 1994 evening at The Bottom Line, famed disk jockey Vin Scelsa joined folk legend Pete Seeger and The Byrds' Roger McGuinn for one-of-a-kind exchange of
Dawn Of Creation: New Box Collects Early Years of Creation Label, with Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and More
"Our master plan was destroy manufactured bands," writes Alan McGee in the foreword to Cherry Red Records' recent box set, Artifact: The Dawn of Creation Records '83-'85. "We lost," he adds. "But maybe we won for a while!" Surely the Creation label founded by McGee could be considered a winner, having given a platform in the 1980s and 1990s to bands including The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine and Oasis. Only the first two of those are represented on this impressive
No Secrets: Carly Simon Gets Personal On "Songs From The Trees: A Musical Memoir Collection"
Carly Simon is finally telling her own story. On November 24, the singer-songwriter will release Boys in the Trees: A Memoir via Macmillan imprint Flatiron Books. The eagerly-anticipated book promises to chronicle her life onstage and off. Just days earlier, on November 20, Rhino Records will release a companion 2-CD set, Songs from the Trees: A Musical Memoir Collection. Like Elvis Costello's Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink and its own companion audio release, the CDs' selections will
Step Inside Love: Varese Compiles Hits of Cilla Black and Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas
The Varese Vintage label is heading back to the days of Merseybeat and the British Invasion for a pair of new releases due on Friday, October 30. Cilla Black's The Hit Singles and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas' All-Time Greatest Hits both draw on the Parlophone Records catalogue, featuring the Fab songbook of Lennon and McCartney and the production of George Martin. Liverpool coat check girl-turned-pop superstar Cilla Black OBE had one of Britain's most enduring and diverse entertainment
Call Him The Space Cowboy: Steve Miller Band's Live "Joker" Gets Wide Release From Edsel
The Edsel label has recently continued its association with the catalogue of the Steve Miller Band with the first wide release of 2014's The Joker - Live in Concert. Miller commented in 2014 of the release, "When several friends and colleagues reminded me that it was the 40th birthday of the Joker album, I smiled--and started playing the whole album's songs live again. And at the end of the last tour realized we had a great new record that we wanted to share with our fans. We hope you like
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! "AT LONG LAST LOVE" SOUNDTRACK GIVEAWAY!
CONGRATULATIONS! The following 15 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new reissue of the original soundtrack to At Long Last Love on CD! If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address! If you entered via email, you don't have to do anything - your CD will be in the mail soon! Watch this space soon for more exciting
Don't Fear the Reaper: "Now!" Series Releases a Halloween Volume
We've reported on several Christmas reissues being released in the lead-up the yuletide season. And when it comes to holidays throughout the year, Christmas certainly reigns supreme in terms of the quantity of music devoted to it. However, some other holidays and occasions throughout the year have music devoted to them. One of the more popular ones is Halloween which is coming up this weekend. To provide a soundtrack to your Halloween parties or trick-or-treating, Legacy Recordings, in
All Aboard! Ace Collects "London American Label: 1966" and "25 Train Tracks"
Ace is saying "All Aboard!" with a pair of recent releases spotlighting the label's pursuit of the diverse sounds of music. The London American Label Year by Year: 1966 continues Ace's long-running survey of the American sides issued on London Records in the U.K. between the 1950s and the 1970s while All Aboard! 25 Train Tracks Calling at All Musical Stations spotlights (you guessed it!) "train songs." The eleventh volume of Ace's The London American Label series is here, with 28 selections
Fragile (CD/Blu-ray)
Fragile is the fourth in a series of remixed and expanded Yes Classics. The classic original album has been remixed for 5. 1 Surround Sound from the original multi-track masters by Steven Wilson and is fully approved by Yes. The CD features a completely new stereo album mix by Wilson plus bonus tracks. The all-region Blu-ray has 5.1 PCM Surround Sound and High Resolution Stereo mixes in 96/24 and in DTS-HD MA 5. 1. The Blu-ray also features the original album mix in a high resolution flat
Oranges and Lemons (CD/Blu-ray Audio)
Oranges & Lemons is the third in a series of remixed & expanded XTC Classics. The album has been mixed for 5.1 surround from the original multi-tracks by Steven Wilson with input from Andy Partridge & is fully approved by XTC. The CD in this CD/BD set features a new stereo album mix by Wilson. The Blu-ray premieres Wilson's 5.1 surround mix in 96/24 resolution available in LPCM and DTS HD-MA as well as the new stereo mix in 96/24 LPCM Stereo, a flat transfer of the original stereo
Octopus (CD/Blu-ray Audio)
Originally released in 1972, Octopus is Gentle Giant's fourth album, and features Gary Green (guitars, percussion), Kerry Minnear (keyboards, vibraphone, percussion, cello, vocals), Derek Shulman (vocals, alto saxophone), Phil Shulman (saxophones, trumpet, mellophone, vocals), Ray Shulman (bass violin, guitar, percussion, vocals) and John Weathers (drums, percussion, xylophone). Remix engineer extraordinaire Steven Wilson has remixed the original album as well as a bonus mix of 15-minute concert
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