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
Going "Crazay": Jesse Johnson's Solo Albums Back in Print from 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
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.
Pride of Cucamonga: Grateful Dead's "From The Mars Hotel: The Angel's Share" Offers Outtakes, Alternates
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.
A Light Hits the Gloom on the Grey: Seal's Second Album Set for Deluxe Release
"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
Just Let Love In: SoulMusic, The Second Disc Collect The Spinners' 1979-1984 Atlantic Era on "Keep On Keepin' On" Box Set
The Spinners - a.k.a. John Edwards, Henry Fambrough, Bobbie Smith, Billy Henderson, and Pervis Jackson - were at a crossroads when longtime producer-arranger-conductor Thom Bell confirmed that he would no longer be working with the group. Where would they go next? On June 28, SoulMusic Records and The Second Disc chronicle the next chapter of The Spinners' illustrious career with a new 7-CD box set. Keep on Keepin' On: The Atlantic Years (Phase Two: 1979-1984) picks up where last year's Ain't
I'm Doin' Fine Now: "Groove Machine: The Earl Young Drum Sessions" Spotlights Philly Legend
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,
It's Good for the Soul: The Vince Montana Years (1975-1978)
It's Good for the Soul: The Vince Montana Years (1975-1978) is the definitive, first-ever box set collecting The Salsoul Orchestra's groundbreaking albums produced, arranged, and conducted by Vincent Montana, Jr.! The vibraphonist came into his own when he moved from Philadelphia International Records to the upstart Salsoul label and founded The Salsoul Orchestra. The oft-emulated, never-duplicated 40+-piece "disco orchestra" featuring MFSB veterans and a host of renowned Latin percussionists
The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed
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.
I Can't Wait: The Stereo Sonic Reissues, Expands Nu Shooz's "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
Release Round-Up: Week of April 12
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
Sweet Dream: Jethro Tull Expands Live "Bursting Out" In New "Inflated Edition" Remixed by Steven Wilson
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:
No Small 'Feats': Rhino Announces New Little Feat Reissue with Rarities and Unreleased Live Material
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
Let's Do It Again: The Staple Singers' "Africa '80" Coming from Omnivore
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
The Weekend Stream: April 6, 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
Release Round-Up: Week of April 5
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.
Stayin' With It: Edsel Continues Kiki Dee Box Set Series, Premieres "Two Sides to Every Story" Album
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
UPDATE: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Albums Coming from SoulMusic and The Second Disc
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
Break On Through: Rhino Launches Dolby Atmos Series on Blu-ray with The Doors, Alanis, Hootie, Fleetwood Mac
In recent months, Rhino has reestablished itself as a preeminent player in the world of immersive audio. Three waves of Quadio releases have seen classic quadraphonic mixes of albums by Randy Newman, Spinners, Gordon Lightfoot, America, and Black Sabbath - among others - reissued on Blu-ray. Now, the label is launching a new series of Dolby Atmos mixes in physical Blu-ray format. The first four titles in the series comprise quite a marquee bunch: Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, Hootie
Born to Get Down: Robinsongs Reissues Three Albums from The Muscle Shoals Horns
3614 Jackson Highway: Cher immortalized the Sheffield, Alabama address of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio as the title of her 1969 album. The superstar was just one of the many legends who passed through the Studio's doors in hopes of capturing some of that southern swamp magic; others include The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Wilson Pickett, Rod Stewart, and Bob Dylan. Much of that earthy sound was conjured by The Muscle Shoals Horns, the brassy complement to the studio's famed
The Weekend Stream: March 30, 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
Release Round-Up: Week of March 29
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
Fly, Robin, Fly! Omnivore Serves Up Soul and Disco from Silver Convention, Ohio Players
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
Unbroken Chain: Grateful Dead Set "From The Mars Hotel" For 50th Anniversary Reissue
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 3CD and digital set premieres a live show from May 12, 1974. It arrives on June 21 from Rhino, along with various vinyl variants of the original album. From the Mars Hotel, originally released on June 27, 1974, was the second release on the group's own Grateful Dead Records following 1973's Wake of the Flood. This busy period also saw the
Ooh, I Love It: SoulMusic, The Second Disc Team For The Salsoul Orchestra's "It's Good for the Soul: The Vince Montana Years (1975-1978)" Box Set
Last Christmas, The Second Disc teamed with SoulMusic Records and Cherry Red for The Salsoul Orchestra's Christmas Jollies: The Extra Jolly Edition, celebrating the best-selling album in the entire Salsoul catalogue. Now, we're thrilled to announce the May 31 release of It's Good for the Soul: The Vince Montana Years (1975-1978), the definitive, first-ever box set collecting The Salsoul Orchestra's groundbreaking albums produced, arranged, and conducted by Vincent Montana, Jr.! The late
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