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Keep On Loving You: Real Gone's May Slate Incudes The Donnas, Henry Franklin, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Reverend Horton Heat, and More

May 4, 2023 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

The Donnas Early Singles

For its May lineup, Real Gone is releasing titles from the 1970s, 1990s, and 2000s from jazz, rockabilly, heavy metal, and rock artists.  All of these titles are hitting store shelves this Friday, May 5 and we've got all the details below. The Donnas formed in California in 1993.  Brett Anderson (lead vocals), Allison Robertson (guitar, backing vocals), Maya Ford (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Torry Castellano (drums, percussion, backing vocals) met when they were in the eighth grade. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Rock Tags: Henry Franklin, Medeski Martin and Wood, The Donnas, The Reverend Horton Heat, Unruly Child

In the Moonlight: La-La Land Returns with New Williams Expansion, Unused Score Releases

May 3, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Sabrina LLL

Not long after La-La Land Records issued one of their best archival soundtrack batches for Black Friday 2022, they made a stunning proclamation: after one release in January, the label would take a long break. Any third-party music licensing post-COVID has been a challenge, and the label sought to take a breather, offer some great sales, restock some old favorites and let the rights and clearance pipelines unclog with time. And unclog they have! The label's first batch of titles in nearly five

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Parker, Elmer Bernstein, John Williams, Sting

Wave That Flag: Grateful Dead Mega-Box "Here Comes Sunshine" Features 1973 Shows, Trucks and Betts Encore

May 3, 2023 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Grateful Dead Here Comes Sunshine

A new Grateful Dead mega-box is on the way - and it's rewinding the years all the way back to 1973.  50 years ago, the band's tour culminated in a pair of performances at Washington, DC's Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium as co-headliners with The Allman Brothers Band.  The June 10 show, in particular, remains one of the Dead's best ever: an almost five-hour mega-concert with an encore featuring Dickey Betts and Butch Trucks of the ABB sitting in.  On June 30, both of the Washington, DC shows

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

In Memoriam: Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023)

May 2, 2023 By The Second Disc 12 Comments

Gordon Lightfoot Complete Singles

We mourn the loss of troubadour Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023). Lightfoot's songs pierced the heart, springing from the folk tradition but with one foot in the pop realm as they pondered love, loneliness, nature, and history. His warm, burnished baritone was like that of an old friend, reassuring and wise.  The Ontario native was a Canadian national treasure but his music belonged to the world; part of the secret to his success was his richly diverse musical background.  By his teenaged years,

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Categories: News Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop Tags: Gordon Lightfoot

People Need Love: ABBA's "Ring Ring" Celebrates 50 with Singles Box Set, More

May 1, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

ABBA Ring Ring Box Set

When the single "People Need Love" was released in 1972, it was intended as a one-off collaboration between three successful Swedish pop entities: female singers Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and songwriting/producing duo Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. The single was credited simply to "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid," with no intentions of further capitalizing on the partnership. But the success of the song - a Top 20 hit in their native Sweden - led to an album's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: ABBA

The Weekend Stream: April 29, 2022

April 29, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. A short round-up this week, featuring expanded albums from the Godfather of Soul and a late '90s R&B star, another ZTT rarity, a classic rock remix and an LP from a screen legend. James Brown, Gravity (Expanded Edition) (Volcano/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The success of "Living in

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Heaven 17, James Brown, Mae West, Mya, Propaganda, Steppenwolf, The Lennon Sisters

Willin': Little Feat's "Sailin' Shoes" and "Dixie Chicken" Get Remastered, Expanded

April 28, 2023 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Little Feat Dixie Chicken

"When Lowell [George] and I first got together," Little Feat co-founder Bill Payne remembered to author Bob Mehr in 2022, "our philosophical discussions became about what kind of band we want to be in.  We're not going to be a blues band...but we'll play some blues. We're not going to be a country band...but we'll play some country.  The idea was that it was supposed to be eclectic and not just one thing."  That ethos guided Little Feat for seven studio albums on Warner Bros. Records through

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

Release Round-Up: Week of April 28

April 28, 2023 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Stephen Stills Live in Berkeley 1971

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Stephen Stills, Live at Berkeley 1971 (Omnivore/Iconic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Box: Stephen Stills Webstore Omnivore and Iconic Artists are serving up a previously unreleased 14-song live album drawn from Stephen Stills' concerts at the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, CA, on August 20 and 21, 1971. 

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Ace of Base, Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Rickie Lee Jones, Rush, Smokey Robinson, Sonny Stitt, Stephen Stills

On His Own: Bobby Brown's Breakthrough 'Don't Be Cruel' Set for Deluxe Edition at Iconoclassic

April 27, 2023 By Mike Duquette 15 Comments

Don't Be Cruel

Leaving a pop group can be a tricky thing. Will the work you do on your own connect with audiences the same way it did with your bandmates? Ultimately, there's only one way to find out: strike hard and make the music your own. Bobby Brown of New Edition delivered a master class in how to go solo with his second LP Don't Be Cruel (1988) - and now, thanks to Iconoclassic Records, it's getting its due on disc with a deluxe 2CD edition packed with remixes and rarities. As one fifth of Boston

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Babyface, Bobby Brown, L.A. Reid, New Edition, Teddy Riley

Going for It: New Wham! Compilations Offer Singles, New to CD Mixes and More

April 27, 2023 By Mike Duquette 7 Comments

Wham singles box

More than 40 years after they took the U.K. - and then the world - by storm, the story of pop duo WHAM! will be told in a multi-format compilation, issued just after a new documentary set for release this summer. The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven is arguably the most comprehensive look at the work of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley as they combined their glossy good looks with an almost unsuspecting penchant for pop brilliance. In just five short years, the pair notched nearly a

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Andrew Ridgeley, George Michael, Wham!

Pieces of Treasure

April 26, 2023 By

Rickie Lee Jones Pieces of Treasure

Rickie Lee Jones' fifteenth studio album, Pieces of Treasure features the singer's renditions of such classic standards as "Just in Time," "There Will Never Be Another You," "September Song," and "On the Sunny Side of the Street."  The album, available on CD, digital/streaming, and vinyl, reunites Jones with producer Russ Titelman.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Sessions in Holland

April 26, 2023 By

Chet Baker Blue Room

This new 2-CD set (available on vinyl for Record Store Day) features two recordings of trumpet titan Chet Baker at the VARA Studio 2 in Hilversum, the Netherlands, recorded for the KRO Radio program Nine O'Clock Jazz. The April 10 session has Baker supported by Phil Markowitz (piano), Jean-Louis Rassinfosse (bass) and Charles Rice (drums). The November 9 session showcases sidemen Frans Elsen (piano), Victor Kaihatu (bass), and Eric Ineke (drums).

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz

Gasms

April 26, 2023 By

Smokey Robinson Gasms

Smokey Robinson returns with his first full album of original material in almost 15 years, featuring such suggestively-titled songs as "I Wanna Know Your Body," "Roll Around," and "I Fit in There."  Available on CD and digital/streaming.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: R&B/Soul

Sea Breeze: "Lush Exotica" Collects Four Early Albums from Arthur Lyman

April 26, 2023 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Arthur Lyman Lush Exotica

The title of the new collection from Cherry Red's Righteous imprint, Lush Exotica, conjures up images of tropical islands, palm trees swaying in the breeze, sun-drenched beaches, and Polynesian paradise.  Perhaps no artist provided a more vivid soundtrack to those images than Arthur Lyman.  The late vibraphonist and marimba player (1932-2002), born in Oahu, Hawaii, recorded dozens of albums applying his breezy, alluring style to genres such as folk, jazz, showtunes, and pop.  Lush Exotica

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop Tags: Arthur Lyman

In Memoriam: Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)

April 25, 2023 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Belafonte MLK

Can a song truly make change? In an increasingly complex, divided and uncertain world, it's a fair question that has no easy answers. As a child, though, I can tell you I believe the answer was yes. After all, there was Harry Belafonte's "Turn the World Around." It's funny to think that a song from one of Belafonte's final studio albums - far removed from the unprecedented success of 1956's Calypso, the first LP claimed to sell a million copies - and one that didn't even get a considerable

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Harry Belafonte

Straight Into Love: Kenny Rogers' Posthumous "Life Is Like a Song" Coming in June

April 25, 2023 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Kenny Rogers Life Is Like a Song

Kenny Rogers released the 28th and final studio album of his lifetime with 2015's Once Again It's Christmas.  On June 2, UMe will celebrate the late superstar's musical legacy with a posthumous release featuring eight previously unreleased tracks and two rarities.  Life Is Like a Song, coming on CD, vinyl, and digital formats, has been curated and executive produced by his widow Wanda Rogers.  It's also Rogers' first studio album to debut on vinyl in the U.S. since 1991. Life Is Like a Song

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, Lionel Richie

Mind Go Wild: Zappa's 1970 "Hot Rats" Sequel "Funky Nothingness" Gets First Release

April 24, 2023 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Frank Zappa Funky Nothingness

In the pantheon of jazz-rock, Frank Zappa's 1969 LP Hot Rats is surely near the pinnacle.  The primarily instrumental album recorded by Zappa, multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood, and the top tier of L.A.'s session musicians melded the compositional and improvisational sophistication of jazz with Zappa's gritty, searing, and blues-drenched electric rock style.  Recorded to 16 tracks at a time when the technology was still in its infancy, Hot Rats pushed the boundaries of production.  Elements of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz Tags: Frank Zappa

Seven Psalms

April 23, 2023 By

Paul Simon Seven Psalms

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Colored Vinyl: Amazon U.S. Paul Simon is ready to unveil Seven Psalms, his fifteenth studio album: a 33-minute suite of music consisting of seven compositions which are meant to be played as one continuous piece.  The album has been produced by Simon and Kyle Crusham, and was recorded by the artist entirely on acoustic instruments.  Focused on the intimacy of Simon as vocalist and

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

Shadow Kingdom

April 23, 2023 By

Bob Dylan Shadow Kingdom

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Those of you who missed out on Bob Dylan's pandemic-era Shadow Kingdom: you're in luck.  The troubadour's concert film event, which was first streamed in stark black-and-white in July 2021, is now coming to CD, 2LP, and digital formats for its audio-only premiere.  Shadow Kingdom will arrive from Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings on June 2, and the film will be available for digital download and

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

Live Evil: 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

April 23, 2023 By

Live Evil Super Deluxe

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Live Evil, Black Sabbath's 1983 double album that followed new lead singer Ronnie James Dio, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Vinny Appice as they toured in support of Mob Rules and Heaven and Hell the year before, gets the super deluxe treatment. The 4CD or 4LP sets include the original album newly remastered by Andy Pearce, plus a remix of the same program by longtime band

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

The Weekend Stream: April 22, 2023

April 22, 2023 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stream 2023

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. Follow up your Record Store Day with a few digital versions of the latest exclusive vinyl releases, plus rare live material from Bruce Springsteen, rare studio material from Little Richard, one of Billy Joel's first bands, a new way to hear an old favorite by The Police and even more! Billy Joel,

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: All Saints, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Gil Scott-Heron, Jay-Z, Little Richard, Madonna, Miles Davis, Nas, Sting, The Neighbourhood, The Police

The Second Disc's Record Store Day 2023 Shopping Guide

April 21, 2023 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

RSD 2023

Record Store Day! It's that time again where music lovers and vinyl flippers get together at their favorite physical music retailers and wait in line to snag some treasured albums - almost all of which are pressed on vinyl instead of CD (or, you know, sold on secondary marketplaces for above their retail value). It's certainly easy to be cynical about this stuff, but the crux of the idea still lives: find some music that moves you, something from an old favorite you've maybe never heard

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Joel, Crispin Glover, Duran Duran, Prefab Sprout, Stewart Copeland, The Police

Take Me Home Tonight: Liberation Hall Preps Eddie Money, Muddy Waters, Charlie Parker, More for Record Store Day

April 21, 2023 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Eddie Money The Covers

When it comes to Record Store Day, Liberation Hall sure isn't kidding around.  The label has seven titles from a host of rock, jazz, blues, and folk superstars, all set for release on vinyl at independent record stores everywhere tomorrow, April 22 - but that's not all.  All seven albums have also arrived on CD. Eddie Money's The Covers (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) brings the late rock-and-roller's two 2009 EPs together on one album.  The eight songs on The Covers encompass the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Charlie Parker, Eddie Money, Joao Gilberto, Luis Bonfá, Muddy Waters, Phil Ochs, Record Store Day, Romeo Void, The Sir Douglas Quintet

Release Round-Up: Week of April 21

April 21, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Philip Bailey State of the Heart

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Philip Bailey, State of the Heart: The Columbia Recordings (1983-1988) (SoulMusic/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) State of the Heart celebrates the timeless voice of Earth, Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey with expanded editions of his three solo LPs for Columbia Records in the '80s: 1983's Continuation, 1984's Chinese Wall (including the mega-hit Phil Collins duet

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Blood Sweat and Tears, Everything But the Girl, Ian Hunter, Jethro Tull, Phil Collins, Philip Bailey

Marshall Crenshaw to Have a 'Field Day' with Another Expanded Reissue

April 19, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

MarshallCrenshaw FieldDay COVER

Yep Roc Records thrilled fans of great power-pop when they expanded and reissued Marshall Crenshaw's long out-of-print 1982 debut album last year, hitting vinyl for Record Store Day and following up soon after on CD and digital. This summer, the magic continues with a similar reissue for Crenshaw's second LP Field Day. After the delirious magic of Crenshaw's first LP - including the Top 40 hit "Someday, Someway" and a host of other great tunes - even the best of predictions wouldn't have had

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Marshall Crenshaw

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