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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

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

I'm Doin' Fine Now: "Groove Machine: The Earl Young Drum Sessions" Spotlights Philly Legend

April 15, 2024 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Earl Young Groove Machine

Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell might have been The Mighty Three, but dozens of musicians joined them in shaping The Sound of Philadelphia.  That triumvirate's lush, lithe productions were brought to life by the loose aggregation of players known as MFSB, or the house band at Sigma Sound Studios.  These are the same musicians who went on to form The Salsoul Orchestra under the baton of Vincent Montana, Jr., including Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker, Bobby Eli, Ron Kersey, Lenny Pakula,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Archie Bell and the Drells, B.B. King, Double Exposure, Dusty Springfield, Earl Young, Eddie Holman, Gamble and Huff, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Loleatta Holloway, New York City, The Delfonics, The O'Jays, The Spinners, Thom Bell, William DeVaughn

The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed

April 12, 2024 By

Lou Reed The Power of the Heart

LITA has lined up an A-team of artists to celebrate the late Lou Reed.  The Power of the Heart is available in wide release on CD and as a Record Store Day exclusive on vinyl, and features Rosanne Cash, Keith Richards, Lucinda Williams, Rufus Wainwright, Rickie Lee Jones, Joan Jett, and others on a host of classic Reed songs.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

We Still Can't Say Goodbye: A Musicians' Tribute to Chet Atkins

April 12, 2024 By

Chet Atkins We Still Can't Say Goodbye

Legendary guitar hero and "Nashville Sound" progenitor Chet Atkins (1924-2001) is celebrated on this new release featuring contributions from James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Eric Clapton, Ashley Campbell, Brad Paisley, Ricky Skaggs, Charlie McCoy, Atkins pals Tommy Emmanuel CGP and John Knowles CGP, and others.  Carl Jackson has produced.  A vinyl edition follows on May 3.

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

I Can't Wait: The Stereo Sonic Reissues, Expands Nu Shooz's "Poolside"

April 12, 2024 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Nu Shooz Poolside

Following last year's expanded reissue of Company B's debut album, The Stereo Sonic is back with a new expansion: this time, of Nu Shooz's breakthrough album, Poolside. The 1986 Atlantic Records release of Poolside marked the culmination of years during which the group climbed the showbiz ladder.  The husband-and-wife duo of John Smith (guitarist) and Valerie Day (vocalist/percussionist) were mainstays of a lineup that experienced many permutations, from a soul quartet to a big band

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Nu Shooz

Release Round-Up: Week of April 12

April 12, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Eagles To the Limit

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. Eagles, To the Limit: The Essential Collection (Rhino) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 3CD with replica tour pass: Target.com 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 2LP Highlights: Target.com To the Limit: The Essential Collection celebrates Eagles' current Long Goodbye

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alice Randall, Beyoncé, Blue Oyster Cult, Eagles, Emerson Lake and Powell, Glad, Manic Street Preachers, Mark Knopfler, Torn Boys, Willie Nile, Woo

Sweet Dream: Jethro Tull Expands Live "Bursting Out" In New "Inflated Edition" Remixed by Steven Wilson

April 11, 2024 By Joe Marchese 18 Comments

Jethro Tull Bursting Out

Jethro Tull's first 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.  On June 21, it will return 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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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Jethro Tull, Steven Wilson

No Small 'Feats': Rhino Announces New Little Feat Reissue with Rarities and Unreleased Live Material

April 10, 2024 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Little Feat Feats Don't Fail Me Now

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.  Due on June 14, both versions feature a remastered edition of the original album plus rare and previously unreleased outtakes and alternate versions, with all audio sourced from the original

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Little Feat, Lowell George

Let's Do It Again: The Staple Singers' "Africa '80" Coming from Omnivore

April 8, 2024 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Staple Singers Africa 80

Fans of The Staple Singers are in for a treat.  On May 10, Omnivore Recordings will reissue Africa 80, the live album from the legendary gospel-soul group documenting their first-ever tour of the continent. Roebuck "Pops" Staples, daughters Cleotha, Mavis, and Yvonne, and son Pervis raised their voices in song to celebrate the Lord, but also to crusade for civil rights and share musical messages of power and positivity around the world.  In the 1960s, the group transitioned from pure gospel

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Gospel, R&B/Soul Tags: The Staple Singers

The Weekend Stream: April 6, 2024

April 6, 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 lineup includes a rare Prince B-side, classic remixes by U2, a country icon taking on a rock legend and much more!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Prince, "United States of Division" (NPG/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Late March marked the 20th anniversary of 2004's Musicology, Prince's first Top 10 album

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Dolly Parton, Henry Mancini, Jim Weatherly, Modest Mouse, Phoebe Snow, Prince, Tom Petty, U2

Release Round-Up: Week of April 5

April 5, 2024 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Garbage Bleed Like Me

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. Garbage, Bleed Like Me: Deluxe Edition (Interscope/UMe (U.S.)/BMG (U.K.)) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Garbage closed a chapter of their career in 2005 with the release of their fourth album, Bleed Like Me, in 2005.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Garbage, Mike Post, Niall Horan, Ohio Players, Sheila E, Yes

Stayin' With It: Edsel Continues Kiki Dee Box Set Series, Premieres "Two Sides to Every Story" Album

April 4, 2024 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Kiki Dee Ariola and EMI Years

When Elton John played the final stop of his final U.S. tour at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium on November 20, 2022, Kiki Dee was right there by his side to sing their 1976 smash "Don't Go Breaking My Heart."  While that duet remains a major part of the Kiki Dee story, there's plenty more to the Yorkshire-born singer-songwriter's discography.  Thankfully, Edsel has chronicled that discography in depth on 2020's The Fontana and Motown Years (spanning 1963-1970) and 2019's The Rocket Years (spanning

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Elton John, Kiki Dee

UPDATE: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Albums Coming from SoulMusic and The Second Disc

April 3, 2024 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Four Fer

UPDATED 4/2: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles became Motown Records' first superstars when the group's 1960 single "Shop Around" ascended to No. 1 on both the Billboard R&B and Cash Box Pop charts and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Motown's first million-selling song, "Shop Around" set the stage for a remarkable string of hits for William "Smokey" Robinson, his wife Claudette, her cousin Bobby, and friends Ronnie White, Pete Moore, and guitarist/honorary Miracle Marv Tarplin. Their

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Smokey Robinson, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

The Weekend Stream: March 30, 2024

March 30, 2024 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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 lineup includes features a country-pop legend, film soundtrack royalty, and more!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Brenda Lee, The International Brenda Lee (Brenda Lee Sings in German, French and Italian) (UMG Nashville/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) Bear Family's 1992 collection featuring Brenda's songs in

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Parsons, Brenda Lee, Henry Mancini, Madonna, Michael R. Jackson, The Alan Parsons Project

Release Round-Up: Week of March 29

March 29, 2024 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Deep Purple Machine Head

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. Deep Purple, Machine Head: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com) Deep Purple's 1972 album Machine Head remains the venerable hard rock band's most commercially successful album.  The third LP from the Mk. II lineup of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Deep Purple, Gentle Giant, Michael Schenker, Nico, Nina Simone, Sheryl Crow, Silver Convention, Todd Rundgren, Utopia

Fly, Robin, Fly! Omnivore Serves Up Soul and Disco from Silver Convention, Ohio Players

March 28, 2024 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Silver Convention Save Me

Omnivore Recordings continues its packed slate of R&B, soul, and disco releases with an expanded edition of Silver Convention's 1975 debut album, Save Me, due tomorrow, March 29.  Next week will then see a comprehensive collection from the early days of funk outfit Ohio Players. Silver Convention - originally Silver Bird in the U.S. and Silver Bird Convention in Europe - was the brainchild of composer/arranger Sylvester Levay and lyricist/producer Michael Kunze. Formed by Levay and Kunze

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Ohio Players, Silver Convention

From the Mars Hotel: 50th Anniversary Edition

March 27, 2024 By

Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada All formats (including "Ugly Rumors" vinyl): Dead.net Grateful Dead's seventh studio album, 1974's From the Mars Hotel, is the latest to see an expansion in the band's ongoing 50th anniversary series.  The remastered 3CD and digital set includes two bonus demos and a live show from May 12, 1974 in Reno, Nevada.  The stadium show, presented on 2 CDs, includes Mars Hotel tracks ("U.S.

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

Anno Domini 1989-1995

March 27, 2024 By

Black Sabbath Anno Domini

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Black Sabbath's Anno Domini 1989-1995, available on four CDs or four LPs, will offer a closer look at albums that essentially featured founding guitarist Tony Iommi restarting the band from scratch, recruiting vocalist Tony Martin and a cast of new and old talent to re-establish Sabbath's place in the metal canon. The albums Headless Cross (1989), Tyr (1990), Cross Purposes (1994)

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