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Attics of My Life: Grateful Dead Mark 60 Years with Massive Box of Unreleased Live Performances

March 12, 2025 By Mike Duquette 16 Comments

Grateful Dead Enjoying the Ride

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

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

Last Flash of Rock 'n Roll: Rhino Remasters, Expands Robert Hunter's "Tiger Rose"

March 5, 2025 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Robert Hunter 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

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter

Soundtrack Watch: 'Hook,' 'Goofy' and 'Lost' Make Vinyl Appearances in April

March 4, 2025 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Hook MOV LP

Fans of soundtrack reissues on vinyl have three very different titles to potentially look forward to in April: a mid-'90s Disney animated flick, a crown jewel in John Williams' discography, an a beloved television work from one of today's most prolific film composers. Walt Disney's major motion picture event of 1995 was Pocahontas, a fairly dramatized tale of Native Americans in the early colonial days - but it was neither their only animated feature of the year nor, retrospectively, the most

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Carter Burwell, John Williams, Michael Giacchino, Tevin Campbell

The Singer

February 28, 2025 By

Shirley Bassey The Singer

Cherry Red is getting the party started with Dame Shirley Bassey.  The label's Strawberry imprint is releasing The Singer, a 3-CD collection filled with previously unreleased tracks, hits, and rarities primarily drawn from the "Goldfinger" chanteuse's period with United Artists Records (1966-1980).  It's been fully authorized by Dame Shirley herself, and audio has been restored and remastered by Richard Moore.  All told, 28 tracks premiere on this set, including Dame Shirley's 1973 Royal Albert

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII

February 28, 2025 By

Pink Floyd Pompeii

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada More than half a century after its release, Pink Floyd's arresting 1972 concert film - recorded in the ancient amphitheater of Pompeii - will be revisited as an audio and video product from Legacy Recordings. Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII restores Adrian Maben's original film in 4K quality from

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Soundtracks

Echoes Through the Ruins: Pink Floyd's Pompeii Gig to Be Remixed and Reissued

February 27, 2025 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Pink Floyd Pompeii

More than half a century after its release, Pink Floyd's arresting 1972 concert film - recorded in the ancient amphitheater of Pompeii - will be revisited as an audio and video product from Legacy Recordings. Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII restores Adrian Maben's original film in 4K quality from recently located original footage, with new audio mixes by Steven Wilson. All versions - a 2CD, a 2LP, a DVD and a Blu-ray - will be released May 2, shortly after public screenings of the film on April

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Pink Floyd

Only You Can Free My Mind: Real Gone Music and Omnivore's RSD Lineups Include Better Than Ezra, Francoise Hardy, Jackie DeShannon, Doc Pomus, More

February 18, 2025 By Randy Fairman 6 Comments

Jackie DeShannon Love Forever

Continuing our look through this year's Record Store Day offerings, here's the lineups for Real Gone Music and Omnivore.  You'll find music from the 1960s and the 1990s, and each company has a collection of rare demo recordings by a famed songwriter (Jackie DeShannon and Doc Pomus).  All descriptions are taken directly from Real Gone Music and Omnivore Recordings.  Visit RecordStoreDay.com for the full list of participating retailers you can visit on Saturday, April 12, to join in the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Better Than Ezra, Dada, Deicide, Doc Pomus, Francoise Hardy, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Jackie DeShannon, Record Store Day, The Rembrandts

Private Dancer: 40th Anniversary Edition

February 3, 2025 By

Version 1.0.0

5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Pearl LP with art card: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Tina Turner's smash 1984 "comeback"album Private Dancer - featuring the hits "What's Love Got to Do with It," "Better Be Good to Me," the scintillating title track and more - will be reissued as a 5CD/Blu-ray deluxe box packed with rare B-sides, remixes, additional studio

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Takin' on a New Direction: Tina Turner's 'Private Dancer' Set for 40th Anniversary Box Set

January 23, 2025 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

Version 1.0.0

The album that unquestionably coronated Tina Turner as the Queen of Rock and Roll will be celebrated with a new deluxe box set this spring: 1984's blockbuster Private Dancer. Available March 21, the album - featuring the hits "What's Love Got to Do with It," "Better Be Good to Me," the scintillating title track and more - will be reissued as a 5CD/Blu-ray deluxe box packed with rare B-sides, remixes, additional studio material from the Private Dancer era (including the unreleased "Hot for You

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bryan Adams, David Bowie, Tina Turner

The Weekend Stream: January 18, 2025

January 18, 2025 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Stream 2025

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts!   This week, we're heavy on the classic rock plus a vintage soundtrack, a dash of modern classical, and more!  Fleetwood Mac, Live from the Record Plant (December 15, 1974) (Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) Coinciding with its standalone vinyl debut as part of Rhino's Start Your Ear Off Right, this vintage pre-Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac concert hit digital

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Barbara Mason, Fleetwood Mac, INXS, Monk Higgins, Neil Young, Phil Collins, Rufus Wainwright, The Doors

Release Round-Up: Week of January 17

January 17, 2025 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown

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. Vince Guaraldi, Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown: Original Soundtrack Recording (Lee Mendelson Productions) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Lee Mendelson family continues its series of debut releases from the Peanuts animation library with this premiere audio release of the score for 1975's Be My Valentine, Charlie

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Ari Axelrod, Gracie Abrams, Various Artists, Vince Guaraldi

Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown: Original Soundtrack Recording

January 8, 2025 By

Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown

The Lee Mendelson family continues its series of debut releases from the Peanuts animation library with this premiere audio release of the score for 1975's Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown.  The 50th anniversary release includes Vince Guaraldi's complete 22-cue score plus eight never-before-heard bonus tracks.  Guaraldi was joined on the sessions by Seward McCain on electric bass and Vince Lateano on drums for such treats as "Heartburn Blues" and an updated version of "Linus and Lucy."  The album

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Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Soundtracks

Rhino's 2025 Start Your Ear Off Right Campaign Features Fleetwood Mac, Ramones, Rush, More

January 6, 2025 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Rhino Start Your Ear 2025

We've already filled you in on details of Rhino's upcoming live release from WAR, but that's not all coming from the label.  Rhino's annual Start Your Ear Off Right vinyl campaign has already commenced at independent retailers and select Barnes and Noble locations.  This year's slate encompasses releases from Dream Theater, Ramones, Fleetwood Mac, ZZ Top, Grateful Dead, Rush, and others. Below, you'll find the complete list of SYEOR titles due this month, including those which arrived last

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Allen Toussaint, Dream Theater, Eddie Hazel, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Lindsey Buckingham, Ramones, Rush, The Cult, The English Beat, Yes, ZZ Top

It Had Better Be Tonight: Quartet Records Celebrates Henry Mancini with "Pink Panther" Premiere Plus "Darling Lili" and More

December 16, 2024 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Pink Panther 2024

April 16, 2024 marked what would have been the 100th birthday of Henry Mancini (1924-1994).  With over 125 films and 90 albums to his credit (not to mention television shows, stage productions, and more!), the late composer's richly melodic music is still very much a part of the American cultural tapestry.  Spain's soundtrack specialist label Quartet Records wasn't about to let the Mancini centennial go unnoticed.  The label has delivered four new Mancini releases just in time for the holidays,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer, Julie Andrews

Holiday Gift Guide Review: 'Mary Poppins: 60th Anniversary Collection'

December 10, 2024 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Poppins packshot

I. In Every Job That Must Be Done, There is An Element of Fun When you're a child - no matter where you're from, or how perceptive you may be about such things - it's easy to get a sixth sense about something you watch or read and just feel is different from the rest of what you've watched or seen. The Wizard of Oz is that way for many people. So too is Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers' series of books about a magical nanny that was adapted into a colorful musical film by Walt Disney Studios in 1964.

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Dick Van Dyke, Irwin Kostal, Julie Andrews, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, The Sherman Brothers

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: Super Deluxe Edition

December 4, 2024 By

Genesis Lamb Box

4CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A new deluxe version of Genesis' prog classic The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway will be a multi-disc celebration - four CDs or five LPs, a Blu-ray Audio disc and a download card - of the group's acclaimed work. Inside the box will be a new remaster of the original mix of the album, done by Miles Showell with assistance from Nick Davis (who remixed the band's catalogue for stereo and

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Holiday Gift Guide Review: The Beatles, "1964 U.S. Albums in Mono"

December 3, 2024 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Beatles US Albums in Mono Cover

Any Time at All Did The Beatles save rock and roll? If John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr didn't save the still-young form, they certainly gifted it with a reinvigorating, exhilarating jolt of musical euphoria the likes of which hadn't been seen before - and hasn't been duplicated since.  The scene was early 1964.  Buddy Holly was long gone, and the big hits had dried up - at the moment, at least - for Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.  Elvis had served his

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Beatles

A Celebration

December 2, 2024 By

Judy Garland A Celebration

The full 3CD version of Judy Garland: A Celebration - Classic & Collectable Performances (also available as a 1LP "highlights" release) contains 73 tracks or more than 3 hours of music, including a dozen new-to-CD tracks, many from private collectors' archives, from the late superstar.  These previously unreleased recordings include seven Capitol overdubs from her 1956 album Judy arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle, all freshly restored from acetates; rare television performances

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The Alternate "Judy" Album: Unreleased Session Takes and More

December 2, 2024 By

Judy Garland Alternate Judy Album

The folks at High Definition Tape Transfers have unearthed a clutch of alternate takes from Judy Garland's 1956 Capitol album, Judy.  These takes from those March 1956 sessions arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle form the basis of this new digital release (also available on CD-R).  Judy remains one of Garland's master classes in vocal interpretation - aided, in no small part, by Riddle's sympathetic charts - and so it's fascinating to gain a glimpse into her process with early versions of

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The Man with the Golden Gun / Moonraker

December 2, 2024 By

Moonraker LLL

La-La Land is closing out 2024 with an amazing pair of expanded releases: lovingly-restored John Barry scores to James Bond films The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and Moonraker (1979), both reissued for their 50th and 45th anniversaries. Golden Gun, Roger Moore's second go-round as Ian Fleming's Agent 007, featured a Barry score with its now-standard pop song heard in the film's opening title sequence: a melodramatic number with lyrics by Don Black sung by "To Sir, with Love" singer Lulu.

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Soundtrack Watch: Varese and La-La Land Bow Their Final Score Surprises, from Blade to Bond

December 2, 2024 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

The Man with the Golden Gun LLL

When La-La Land Records announced a bunch of big archival score titles for the beginning of November instead of their usual calendar-closing Black Friday announcement, it was safe to assume there were no more surprises coming from the label this year. Once again, that turned out to be quite untrue: in a reprise of last year's Christmas Day shocker and a follow-up to their reissue of Goldfinger in October, the label has announced two more titles for 2024: a pair of lovingly-restored John Barry

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Soundtracks Tags: John Barry, Lulu, Marco Beltrami, Mark Isham, Paul Williams, Shirley Bassey

Mellow as a Shower on a Summer's Day: SoulMusic Celebrates Nancy Wilson on "You're as Right as Rain: The Capitol Albums 1970-1980"

November 26, 2024 By The Second Disc 12 Comments

Nancy Wilson SoulMusic

For over 20 years, Nancy Wilson was a mainstay of the Capitol Records label.  Deftly blending jazz, pop, soul, and rhythm and blues, the late chanteuse's distinctive tone anchored collaborations with the illustrious likes of Billy May, George Shearing, Cannonball Adderley, Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, Thom Bell, Eugene McDaniels, and numerous others.  A sprawling new box set from Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records in association with The Second Disc brings her second decade with Capitol into sharp

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Nancy Wilson

Gotta Get In to Get Out: Genesis' 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' Set for Deluxe Edition Next Year

November 20, 2024 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Genesis Lamb Box

Genesis will revisit one of their most beloved albums - and their final bow with original vocalist Peter Gabriel - in a new box set next year. Announced almost 50 years to the day of its original release in 1974, a new deluxe version of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway will be a multi-disc celebration - four CDs or five LPs, a Blu-ray Audio disc and a download card - of the group's acclaimed work. Inside the box will be a new remaster of the original mix of the album, done by Miles Showell with

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Genesis, Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks

Release Round-Up: Week of November 8

November 8, 2024 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Whitney South Africa

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. Whitney Houston, The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) (Arista/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy Recordings, in collaboration with Whitney Houston's estate, will release the late artist's The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban).  The CD and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Al Jarreau, Albert Hammond, Art Garfunkel, Art Garfunkel Jr, Judy Collins, Melanie, Miles Davis, Paul Carrack, Pete Townshend, Rachel Fuller, Steve Perry, Talking Heads, The Cowsills, Whitney Houston

Super Sequel Soundtracks Are La-La Land's Black Friday Focus for 2024

November 4, 2024 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

The Godfather Part II LLL

Before announcing their typically grandiose year-end slate of archival soundtrack titles, there were rumblings in the film score fan community that La-La Land - whose release schedule offered everything from Star Trek to James Bond to the first Steven Spielberg-John Williams collaboration in 2024 - might do things a little differently. It turns out those rumors were correct: ahead of their usual Black Friday blowout, the label has instead announced three titles approved for license from major

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Danny Elfman, Don Davis, John Debney, John Williams, Nino Rota, Randy Newman

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