The Record Store Day round-up marches on! After covering in detail the vinyl offerings from Universal Music Group, Legacy Recordings, Rhino Records, BMG, Craft Recordings, Real Gone Music, Omnivore and U.K. labels Cooking Vinyl and Demon Music Group, we've still got a few things to highlight...notably, the work of labels who are serving one of Record Store Day's least-served fans. There are plenty of business and financial reasons why some Record Store Day titles are limited solely to vinyl,
Gems
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Josh Groban looks back on his still-thriving career with Gems, a new collection boasting 16 favorites from his discography alongside two new songs, "Be Alright" and "Open Hands." Not long after the May 2 CD and digital release, a double-vinyl edition will appear on June 13 with two exclusive bonus tracks: "Broken Vow" and "Remember When It Rained," both from 2003's Closer. As an Amazon affiliate,
Falling in Love with My Girl
Though Airrion Love and Herb Murrell of The Stylistics parted ways long ago with original lead singer Russell Thompkins, Jr., the duo have continued to make music under the Stylistics moniker. Now, Love and Murrell have released their most high-profile release since the split with Thompkins. Falling in Love with My Girl welcomes a host of special guests including Shania Twain, Ronnie Wood, Gene Simmons, Bill Champlin, Billy F. Gibbons, Ray Parker Jr., Davey Johnstone, Nigel Olsson, Steve
Blood on the Bricks
Following last year's releases of Houserocker: A Joe Grushecky Anthology and the singer-songwriter's newest album, Can't Outrun a Memory, Omnivore Recordings returns to the Grushecky discography with the worldwide CD premiere of The Iron City Houserockers' 1981 album, Blood on the Bricks. The band's third album, it was produced by Steve Cropper and features "Friday Night," "Saints and Sinners," and more. It's been newly remastered by Michael Graves and expanded with 11 previously unreleased
The Weekend Stream: March 15, 2025
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. We've got some early classics in Atmos from England's not-so-newest hitmakers, a soundtrack to a classic Tom Petty streaming feature, and new tracks from some of our favorite women in pop and rock! The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones EP / The Rolling Stones (U.K.) / England's Newest Hit Makers / Five by Five EP / 12 X 5 / The Rolling Stones
Hand of Doom: Rhino Hi-Fi Reissues Black Sabbath's "Paranoid," Alice Cooper's "Love It to Death"
This morning, Rhino announced the latest two titles in its Rhino High-Fidelity series, and both titles are available now for shipping directly from Rhino.com. With Black Sabbath's Paranoid and Alice Cooper's Love It to Death both newly remastered with lacquers cut by Kevin Gray for the audiophile-standard series, hard rock is the order of the day. Both titles are pressed on 180-gram vinyl and limited to 5,000 units each. Black Sabbath's 1970 LP Paranoid remains a watershed release, auguring
Release Round-Up: Week of March 14
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes, Live at the Greek (Silver Arrow) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A rare concert team-up between one of the great blues-rock bands of the last four decades and one of the greatest
You Raise Me Up: Reprise Collects Josh Groban's "Gems" on New Collection
On May 9, Josh Groban will kick off Gems, a five-night run in Las Vegas at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. One week earlier, the superstar actor-singer will commemorate the concert stand with a companion album of the same name. Arriving on Reprise Records, Gems features 16 classics from Groban's discography alongside two new songs, "Be Alright" and "Open Hands." The Los Angeles native was just sixteen years old when he was introduced by his vocal coach to David Foster. Foster enlisted him
Attics of My Life: Grateful Dead Mark 60 Years with Massive Box of Unreleased Live Performances
It's little surprise that Rhino is going all-out for the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. The label today announced a 60CD box set due this spring that will premiere material from some 20 shows across a quarter-century of the band's tenure. Enjoying the Ride, available May 30 exclusively from Dead.net, is a comprehensive 450-track set (nearly entirely unreleased, though a full track list has not been made available) limited to 6000 individually numbered copies. Sourced from recordings
Bright New Way: Cherry Red's Grapefruit Label Collects Complete Recordings of Noel Redding's Fat Mattress
Compilation producer David Wells' liner notes to Fat Mattress' How Can I Live? Complete Recordings on Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint kick off with two provocative quotes. Guitarist/singer Noel Redding, best known as bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience: "We had to play his songs, and he'd never consider listening to any of mine." Fat Mattress' manager and Jimi Hendrix producer/mentor Chas Chandler: "It was one of the most confusing times of my life. The first Mattress album knocked me out
What the World Needs Now
Smokey Robinson's newest studio album finds him singing such warm favorites as "Lean on Me," "What a Wonderful World," "Be Thankful for What You Got," and "What the World Needs Now Is Love." Available on CD, LP, and digital/streaming.
Watch Out! Joe Grushecky's Iron City Houserockers' "Blood on the Bricks" Gets Expanded by Omnivore
Following last year's releases of Houserocker: A Joe Grushecky Anthology and the singer-songwriter's newest album, Can't Outrun a Memory, Omnivore Recordings is returning to the Grushecky discography on March 28 with the worldwide CD premiere of The Iron City Houserockers' 1981 album, Blood on the Bricks. The band's third album, it's been newly remastered and expanded with 11 previously unreleased bonus tracks. The expanded edition will also be available digitally. Blood on the Bricks
Review: Yes, "Close to the Edge: Super Deluxe Edition"
The cover of Yes' Close to the Edge was a relatively simple one, with Roger Dean's freshly-minted "bubble type" logo atop a color gradient from black to green. But the contents within the jacket - Yes' fifth album overall, and final LP of the decade to feature drummer Bill Bruford - were anything but simple. Building on the sound and style of 1971's Fragile, Close to the Edge was an even more ambitious suite crafted by lead vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Bruford,
The Weekend Stream: March 8, 2025
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 offerings are particularly reflective, packed with tributes and goodbyes (both editorial and musical) and a little dust of new Disney magic. Dolly Parton, "If You Hadn't Been There" (Butterfly) (iTunes / Amazon) On her first day in Nashville at the age of 18, a rising country musician named Dolly Parton had a chance encounter
Release Round-Up: Week of March 7
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Yes, Close to the Edge: Super Deluxe Edition (Rhino/Atlantic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com (with signed lithograph) Yes' fifth album, Close to the Edge, returns as a 5CD/LP/Blu-ray set anchored by new surround (Dolby Atmos and 5.1) and stereo remixes by Steven Wilson. This Super Deluxe box follows in the
Baby, You Give Me a Feeling: Robinsongs Collects Five Albums from Roy Ayers' Ubiquity
Last evening, TSD learned that jazz legend Roy Ayers had passed away at the age of 84. Prior to the sad news, we had completed and scheduled this news item on Cherry Red and Robinsongs' recent collection of five albums he recorded with the loose collective he called Ubiquity. We dedicate this piece to Roy Ayers and celebrate his enormous legacy. When vibraphonist-composer Roy Ayers moved to the Polydor label in 1970, he titled his debut album Ubiquity. In an interview quoted in the new
Last Flash of Rock 'n Roll: Rhino Remasters, Expands Robert Hunter's "Tiger Rose"
Following last year's expanded reissue of Grateful Dead collaborator Robert Hunter's Tales of the Great Rum Runners, the late lyricist is once again being celebrated by Rhino with a new deluxe edition. On March 28, the label will revisit 1975's Tiger Rose for its 50th anniversary. The album has been remastered for all formats by David Glasser using the Plangent Processes for tape restoration and speed correction. It will be available as an expanded 2CD set, a 1LP remaster of the original
Live at the Greek
3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A rare concert team-up between one of the great blues-rock bands of the last four decades and one of the greatest guitarists of all time is getting revisited in a new 3CD or 6LP set (with 2LP highlights also available). Originally released in 2000, less than a year after it was recorded, Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes' Live At The Greek was a double
On View at the Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A celebrated jazz guitarist, cornerstone of the Blue Note roster in the late '50s and early '60s and still-standing link to a thriving era in American jazz, Kenny Burrell will be celebrated this spring with a deluxe revisitation of his first live release. On View at the Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters collects the original 1960 album, recorded in New York City with a killer quintet line-up,
Looking Back: Living the Years
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Looking Back - Living the Years is a new 16-track collection culling from nearly every one of Genesis co-founder Mike Rutherford's albums with side project Mike + The Mechanics, for which he is the sole consistent member. (Every one of the band's many vocalists will be represented on the set.) Marking 40 years since the group's self-titled debut in 1985 - the same year Genesis bandmate Phil Collins'
A New 'View': Celebrated Kenny Burrell Live Set Gets Expanded
A celebrated jazz guitarist, cornerstone of the Blue Note roster in the late '50s and early '60s and still-standing link to a thriving era in American jazz, Kenny Burrell will be celebrated this spring with a deluxe revisitation of his first live release. On View At the Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters collects the original 1960 album, recorded in New York City with a killer quintet line-up, along with nine additional tracks from the same club dates - six of which are being released for
Sentient
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada More than 25 years after a collaboration-heavy album rocketed Carlos Santana back into the spotlight, the guitar legend is releasing another - albeit one assembled from an assortment of solo tracks and guest spots spanning his last five decades of work. Sentient brings together joint tracks with Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Smokey Robinson, and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run-DMC, along with select
Millennium 2.0
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The pop quintet's 1999 blockbuster Millennium will be celebrated for its belated 25th anniversary with a new 2CD, 2LP and digital set that pairs the original album with a baker's dozen rare and unreleased tracks, including B-sides, demos, live cuts, and the new track "Hey." The album will be out July 11 (yes, roughly five months from its Valentine's Day announcement), to time with the group's summer
Hungry for Heaven: Dio's First Seven Albums Get U.K. Vinyl Box Set Release
One of heavy metal's major icons will be celebrated with a new U.K. vinyl collection. UMR will release Dio's The Complete Albums 1983-1993, chronicling the seven original studio and live releases from the legendary heavy metal vocalist and his band. (Vertigo/Mercury distributed all the albums overseas, while Warner Music continues to handle this portion of the catalogue today.) The box, available March 28, offers new pressings of Holy Diver (1983), The Last in Line (1984), Sacred Heart
Frantic Four x 4: Edsel Remixes Shows That Made Status Quo's 'Live!'
A deluxe edition of Status Quo's first concert album will pair the original album - never a favorite of the band's leader - with the full, newly-remixed shows that it was assembled from. 1977's Live! found the Quo's "Frantic Four" - vocalists/guitarists Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt, bassist Alan Lancaster and drummer John Coghlan (plus longtime touring keyboardist (and future full-time member) Andy Bown and tour manager Bob Young on harmonica) - wowing crowds over three nights at the Apollo
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