Big Break Records has dug into the vaults of De-Lite Records for a heady brew. The 1980 album Slippin' and Dippin' from the trio known as Coffee ("hot, black and sweet," per group founder Elaine Sims!) has newly arrived on CD in an expanded edition boasting five bonus tracks. Elaine Sims, Gwen Hester and Dee Dee Bryant got their start on the streets of Chicago. Though they initially comprised a line-up of the quartet Portraits of Black, the departure of Portraits member Betty Caldwell left
Review: David Bowie, "Who Can I Be Now? 1974-1976"
Who Can I Be Now? asks the title of Parlophone's second in a series of elegant, chronologically-assembled box sets dedicated to the late David Bowie's oeuvre. Indeed, Bowie might have made that query as he reinvented himself in fashion and music from album to album. The twelve discs comprising Who Can I Be Now? span the brief period of 1974-1976 during which time Bowie was riding high on both sides of the Atlantic with his genre- and gender-bending brand of theatrical rock. This set, every
Introducing Playback Records: "The Songs of Mann and Weil" Join Steve and the Board, Garage Nuggets
There's a new reissue label in town! We're happy to share the news of a brand-new, top-notch label. Based in Australia, Playback Records has recently issued its first three deluxe releases - all of which we know will be of interest to readers of The Second Disc! Longtime fans of The Bee Gees will doubtless recognize the names of Colin Petersen and Geoff Bridgeford. Before Messrs. Petersen and Bridgeford began to make music with Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, however, they were bandmates
He's No Ordinary Guy: Ace Celebrates Songs of Jerry Ross on "Some Kinda Magic"
Before Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell created The Sound of Philadelphia, Jerry Ross created the sound of Philadelphia. The Philly-born producer-songwriter-entrepreneur penned hits for Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Temptations and produced chart-toppers by Bobby Hebb and Shocking Blue, but only now has his remarkable legacy in pop, rock-and-roll and soul been celebrated on disc. Ace has recently issued Some Kinda Magic: The Songs of Jerry Ross, a 24-track compendium of Ross'
Life Is A Carnival: The Band Celebrates 40 Years of "The Last Waltz" With New Reissues
Forty years ago on Thanksgiving Day 1976, The Band took the stage at San Francisco's Winterland for their final performance. Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Muddy Waters and others joined Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel for the concert event known as The Last Waltz. Director Martin Scorsese's film of the evening was released in April 1978, setting a high bar for concert movies. On November 11, Rhino
Intervention Records Brings "Stealers Wheel" To Hybrid SACD/CD
Clowns to the left of me...jokers to the right...It must be Stealers Wheel! Earlier this year, Intervention Records released exquisite vinyl reissues of the first two albums from the Scottish folk-rock band. Now, the label has revisited the group's 1972 self-titled debut album (originally released on A&M Records) in the hybrid SACD format, playable on all CD players. Stealers Wheel - featuring lead guitarist Paul Pilnick, bassist Tony Williams and drummer Rod Coombes - boasts some
Disco Nights: Big Break Gives GQ a "Standing Ovation" on New Anthology
"The feeling's right, and the music's tight, on the disco nights..." With the irresistible rhythms of 1979's "Disco Nights (Rock Freak)," the members of GQ established themselves as premier artists at Arista Records and indeed of the disco generation. Between 1979 and 1981, the band notched seven successes on the U.S. R&B chart, with three crossing over to the Pop survey. All of those hits, and more, are collected on Big Break Records' definitive new anthology Standing Ovation: The Story
Varese Plans Killer "B"s in September CD Club
We're continuing our Movie Monday with a look at the most recent soundtrack releases from Varese Sarabande's CD Club! It's all "B"s in Varese Sarabande's newest CD Club batch, but these are all A-list scores! The label is expanding two great sci-fi/action scores--Basil Poledouris' RoboCop 3 (1993) and Marco Beltrami's Hellboy (2004)--and releasing a special reissue of John Barry's Jagged Edge (1985). There's no superhero quite like Hellboy. As depicted in the Dark Horse Comic of the same
For Now, For Always: A Second Disc Interview! Bruce Kimmel Announces "Unsung Sherman Brothers"
"In every job that must be done/There is an element of fun/You find the fun and snap!/The job's a game!" For more than fifty years, the tuneful team of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman found the fun in their own job: songwriting. Together, "The Boys" penned memorable hits by Annette Funicello and Ringo Starr, defined the sound of Disneyland with unforgettable songs like "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" and "It's a Small World," and made timeless movie magic with Mary Poppins,
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: "FOUL PLAY" GIVEAWAY!
Congratulations!! The following 10 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new edition of Charles Fox's Foul Play soundtrack, featuring Barry Manilow, 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
This Could Be The Night: Shout! Factory To Release "T.A.M.I. Show" and "The Big T.N.T. Show" on Blu-ray
While we normally concentrate on CD reissues here at The Second Disc, we do occasionally like to highlight other titles which we think may be of interest to our readers. One such project, just announced from Shout! Factory, certainly qualifies: a 2-disc Blu-ray set entitled the T.A.M.I. Show/The Big T.N.T. Show Collector's Edition due out on December 2. Directed by Steve Binder, T.A.M.I. Show (meaning either "Teenage Awards Music International" or "Teen Age Music International") was filmed
Here We Come A-Caroling: Real Gone's November Christmas Slate Features Ray Conniff, The Ventures, Robert Shaw and Norman Luboff
As we are still over a month away from Halloween, it may seem a bit early to be thinking about Christmas. But stores have already bringing out small bits of Christmas merchandise and the merriest season seems to start a little earlier each year. Real Gone Music is ready to get in the holiday mood with the announcement of their Christmas-related November 4 line-up, which has become a yearly tradition for the label! We've already told you about the three Second Disc Records releases: Jack
Hey Now: Crowded House's Catalogue Expanded for 30th Anniversary
Ahead of their induction to the Australia Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame this fall--and 30 years after the release of their first of many stellar albums--Crowded House have unveiled a spectacular and thorough reissue campaign that sees the reissue of all of their albums as expanded CDs and heavyweight vinyl titles. The project, which covers every one of their studio albums release between 1986 and 2010 (plus 2000's rarities album Afterglow), sees each album digitally
WIN! WIN! WIN! Ready To Take A Chance: Varese Reissues Charles Fox Soundtrack, Solo LP
If, by chance, you don't know the name of Charles Fox, you undoubtedly know his songbook: "Ready to Take a Chance Again." "Killing Me Softly with His Song." "I Got a Name." The themes to The Love Boat, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Love American Style, The Bugaloos, Angie, Wonder Woman, and more. Varese Vintage has recently celebrated the Emmy and Grammy-winning composer's enormous legacy with two reissues. The soundtrack to Foul Play returns to CD (having been previously issued as a
Review: The Beatles, "Live at The Hollywood Bowl"
And now...here they are...The Beatles! The summers of 1964 and 1965 are now more than fifty years in the rearview mirror, yet the music made by four lads from Liverpool over three evenings at Los Angeles' famous Hollywood Bowl now sounds so fresh and so immediate, you could believe it was recorded yesterday. Such is the work of the sonic wizards on Capitol/Apple/UMe's first-time-on-CD, retitled, remixed and expanded reissue of The Beatles' Live at the Hollywood Bowl (B0025451-02,
Do You Want To Dance: Bette Midler's Debut "The Divine Miss M" to Be Reissued and Expanded
Bette Midler has been keeping busy recently. Last year, she put on her Divine Intervention Tour for 32 shows across several countries. This year she is scheduled to be a mentor on The Voice and next year she takes on the title role in a revival of Hello, Dolly! on Broadway. On the CD front, she is going to back to look at her debut album with a 2-disc reissue of 1972's The Divine Miss M, due from Rhino Records on October 21. Back in June 2011, Joe wrote a lengthy history here of The Divine
Remember Love: Yoko Ono's Catalogue to Be Reissued
Since shortly before The Second Disc began in 2010, we've seen a swath of major reissues, overhauls and catalog deliveries of the works of both The Beatles, together and separately, too. This fall, it's time to take a look at the catalogue of one of The Beatles' most intriguing associates: Yoko Ono. John Lennon's second wife is not "the woman who broke up The Beatles," as has been famously charged. But John's devotion to her as expressed in much of his solo music, as well as her own
Rock My Soul: Cherry Red, Grapefruit Collect Early British Hard Rock On "I'm a Freak, Baby"
What do Deep Purple, The Move, Hawkwind, Fleetwood Mac and The Yardbirds all have in common? Though each of those five bands carved out distinct musical identities, all incorporated elements of psychedelia in their early hard-rock explorations. A new 3-CD box set from Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint offers an in-depth chronicle of the music that planted the seeds of progressive rock and metal. I'm a Freak, Baby is, as per its subtitle, A Journey Through the British Heavy Psych and Hard Rock
Knock On Wood: Cherry Pop Collects Amii Stewart's "The Hits: Remixed"
Cherry Pop is knocking on wood with the new reissue of Amii Stewart's 1985 remix collection The Hits: Remixed. Though often characterized as a one-hit wonder for her storming 1979 disco cover of Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood," there was much more to the talented disco chanteuse's career, as this vibrant set so aptly proves. Washington, DC-born Amy Paulette Stewart was performing in a London company of the musical Bubbling Brown Sugar when she was spotted by Hansa Records' Barry Leng. The
Come Fly with Me: "The World on a String" Box Set Premieres Live Sinatra On CD and DVD
This fall, the Chairman of the Board will be globetrotting once again. World on a String is the appropriate name of a new 4-CD/1-DVD box set celebrating Frank Sinatra's live performances on the world's stages. This box, due on October 21 from UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, follows previous live collections dedicated to Sinatra's performances in London, New York and Vegas. Upping the ante, the new set has concerts from eight countries: Monaco, Australia, Egypt, Dominican Republic,
May the Road Rise with You: PiL Plan Super Deluxe Versions of "Metal Box," "Album"
John Lydon's first, best known band, The Sex Pistols, were recently the subject of a four-disc live box set. But Lydon's most lasting ensemble, Public Image Ltd., will celebrate two of their most beloved albums as newly expanded deluxe editions this fall. On October 28, PiL and Universal will release expanded editions of 1979's Metal Box and 1986's Album. Each will be presented as 4CD or 4LP boxes, featuring the remastered albums, B-sides, rare live tracks, alternate mixes and
With Their New Face On: RPM Collects Spencer Davis Group's "Complete Recordings 1967-1969"
Cherry Red's RPM Records has just celebrated the legacy of The Spencer Davis Group with a new 3-CD box set. Taking Out Time: Complete Recordings 1967-1979 brings together two complete albums with a host of singles, soundtrack performances, BBC sessions and rarities to paint a full portrait of the group's "Mk. II" years in which Eddie Hardin, Phil Sawyer, Ray Fenwick, Nigel Olsson and Dee Murray all passed through its ranks. This release can be considered an expansion of RPM's 2000 release of
Warm Ride: HNE Collects Graham Bonnet's Pre-Rainbow Albums Including Lost LP
Cherry Red's Hear No Evil Recordings imprint has returned to the catalogue of Graham Bonnet with a pair of recent releases. Before stepping into the role vacated by Ronnie James Dio in Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, the big-voiced Bonnet had cut a number of records in a pop/R&B, rather than a hard rock, vein. HNE has reissued and expanded the vocalist's never-before-released 1974 DJM album Back Row in the Stalls on one CD, as well as Graham Bonnet (1977) and No Bad Habits (1978) on a
Review: The Beach Boys, "Becoming The Beach Boys: The Complete Hite and Dorinda Morgan Sessions"
Just shy of fifty years after the release of the single of the same name, the good vibrations of The Beach Boys continue to resonate far outside of the band's native Southern California - in fact, they can be felt around the world. Mike Love, currently leading the group for another endless summer of touring with Bruce Johnston and longtime sideman Jeffrey Foskett, is about to release his autobiography on September 13. One month later, on October 11, I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir arrives in
Steppin' Out: Intervention Records Reissues Two From Joe Jackson
Look Sharp! Joe Jackson certainly did as nattily attired on his debut release of that name. Joined by Graham Maby on bass, Gary Sanford on guitar and Dave Houghton on drums, pianist-singer Jackson delivered a record for the ages. Both Look Sharp! and Night and Day, Jackson's fifth album for A&M Records, have recently been reissued as deluxe audiophile vinyl editions by the team at Intervention Records. Happily, they're sonically every bit the equal of the label's stellar reissue earlier
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