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Dylan, Hendrix, Run-D.M.C. Lead Off Legacy's Record Store Day Black Friday Slate

October 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Bob Dylan Real Royal Albert Hall

The official list is here for this year's Black Friday Record Store Day event - that's Friday, November 25! - and as usual, an eclectic array of titles will be on offer to kick off the holiday shopping season.  Legacy Recordings has tapped some of its heaviest hitters for this year's limited edition vinyl releases including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Run-D.M.C. and Alice in Chains...plus a disparate pair of animation favorites! Here's the full list of Legacy's Black Friday RSD releases, with

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alice in Chains, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Record Store Day, Run-D.M.C.

Strange Days: Early Doors Show Arrives In December On "London Fog 1966"

October 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

The Doors London Fog 1966

Rhino Records and Bright Midnight Archives are opening new doors onto the early days of The Doors with a CD/LP box set due on December 9.  London Fog 1966 captures Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore at The London Fog, a Sunset Strip bar located steps away from the Whisky a Go Go.  This live gig, only recently discovered, marks the earliest known live recordings of the band, and kicks off The Doors' 50th anniversary celebration of 2017 - the year of their

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: The Doors

Feeling This: Classic Blink-182 Albums Collected In Vinyl Box

October 25, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Blink 182 Box

Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the pop-punk fan in your life? UMe has you covered with a 10LP box set devoted to one of the genre's best bands: Blink-182. The simply titled Blink-182 Box Set features all seven of the group's albums released between 1995 and 2011. This includes the long out-of-print live set The Mark, Tom & Travis Show (which featured the studio single "Man Overboard" and a whole lot of bathroom humor in its onstage banter) and the deluxe edition of Neighborhoods,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Blink-182

Quark, Strangeness and Charm: Cherry Red Collects Hawkwind Albums On Two New Box Sets

October 24, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Hawkwind Charisma Years

Earlier this year, Cherry Red Records released The Machine Stops, the new studio album from prog-rockers Hawkwind.  The Machine Stops continued the label's long association with the band which has also encompassed deluxe remastered editions of albums such as Palace Springs and Warrior on the Edge of Time and expanded live releases like Coded Languages - Live at Hammersmith Odeon November 1982.  Now, Cherry Red's Stonehenge imprint (itself an offshoot of Esoteric Recordings) has collected

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Hawkwind

Let's Go Crazy: NPG/Warner Bros. Announce "Prince 4Ever" Compilation

October 21, 2016 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Prince 4Ever

Readers of The Second Disc have had to cope with some powerful losses in the pantheon of music greats, and few losses were bigger than that of Prince this past spring. His death propelled multiple albums and compilations into the Billboard charts, including the single-disc overview The Very Best of Prince, which topped the charts 15 years after it was released. In time for the holidays, the first posthumous Prince collection, Prince 4Ever, was announced today by NPG Records and Warner Bros.

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

Release Round-Up: Week of October 21

October 21, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Lazarus OCR

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up - one of the year's biggest! Frank Sinatra, World on a String (Capitol/UMe)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K./ Amazon Canada) Featuring performances spanning 1953 to 1982, this new live collection boasts more than four hours' worth of rare audio and video from the legendary Chairman of the Board - over 90 tracks on CD alone including such Sinatra favorites as "I Get a Kick Out of You," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "The Lady is a Tramp," "Witchcraft"

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bette Midler, David Bowie, David Crosby, Donna Fargo, Dr. John, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis, The Pretenders, Tony Hadley

Ace Collects Classic Beatles Covers On "Let It Be: Black America Sings Lennon, McCartney and Harrison"

October 18, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Let It Be Black America Sings

If there was ever any doubt as to the versatility, adaptability and endurance of the songs of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, it would certainly be dispelled by Ace’s new release of Let It Be: Black America Sings Lennon, McCartney and Harrison.  The latest volume in the label’s Black America Sings series (also encompassing volumes dedicated to Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, Otis Redding, and the team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David) and the second dedicated to the music of The Beatles,

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Dionne Warwick, Mary Wells, Nina Simone, The Beatles, The Four Tops, The Supremes, The Temptations, Various Artists

Review: Big Star, "Complete Third"

October 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Big Star Complete Third

Will the real Big Star’s Third please stand up?  That’s a loaded question, for it’s possible that there never, in fact, was a “real” version of the album recorded at Memphis’ Ardent Studios in 1974 by Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens with producer-engineer Jim Dickinson, studio owner John Fry and engineer Richard Rosebrough.  Chilton even asserted numerous times that the sessions were never intended to yield a Big Star album at all.  (One potential name for the duo of Chilton and Stephens was

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Alex Chilton, Big Star

Boys For Pele: 20th Anniversary Edition

October 15, 2016 By

Tori Amos Boys for Pele

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. This expanded edition of Tori Amos' third album, Boys for Pele, will feature new liner notes penned by Amos and a 21-track bonus disc of demos, B-sides and alternate versions, four of which ("To the Fair Motormaids of Japan," "Sucker," a remix of "Talula" and an alternate take of "In the Springtime of His Voodoo") are previously unreleased. A double vinyl reissue of the original album will also be available.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Badmotorfinger [Various Editions]

October 15, 2016 By

Soundgarden Badmotorfinger Cover

Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. This seven disc set - four CDs, two DVDs and a Blu-ray - expanded the rockers' third album to staggering proportions.  Astoundingly, much of Badmotorfinger's deluxe content has never been released before. You get the remastered album, a disc of studio outtakes (with just one released track, a version of "New Damage" with Queen guitarist Brian May), a

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

My Generation: Super Deluxe Edition

October 15, 2016 By

The Who My Generation Cover

This 5-CD, 79-track box set celebrating The Who's debut includes the original mono album (newly remastered), a disc of mono bonus tracks (newly remastered) and a disc of stereo bonus tracks.  It also includes a new stereo remix of the album originally released on iTunes in 2014 featuring new overdubs by Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey using the same guitars and amps and the same type of microphones used on the original album. (Generation was first mixed to stereo for the 2002 reissue, but

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Acoustic Christmas

October 14, 2016 By

Neil Diamond Acoustic Christmas

Neil Diamond reunites with producers Don Was and Jacknife Lee (from his 2014 Capitol album Melody Road) for this all-new Christmas collection featuring intimate, stripped-down versions of classic carols including "O Holy Night," "Do You Hear What I Hear," "Go Tell It on the Mountain," and "Silent Night."  A vinyl release follows on November 18.  Target has an exclusive edition with two extra songs: "We Three Kings" and Diamond's original "# 1 Christmas Record."

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Holiday

Lighthouse

October 14, 2016 By

David Crosby Lighthouse

David Crosby returns for a new, intimate 9-song solo set highlighted by "Things We Do for Love," "Somebody Other Than You," and "Paint You a Picture," the latter co-written with Marc Cohn.  Available on CD and vinyl.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

A Thousand Years Wide: Soundgarden Expand "Badmotorfinger" in a Big Way

October 14, 2016 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Soundgarden Badmotorfinger Cover

When news first broke that Soundgarden were planning a 25th anniversary edition of their third album, 1991’s Badmotorfinger, it was almost hard to imagine what extra content would be included. After all, 2014’s Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Along the Path had compiled just about all of the group’s B-sides across three discs. Well, with the grunge explosion celebrated heavily in the Soundgarden-adjacent camp (box sets devoted to Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog are among 2016’s bigger

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Rock Tags: Soundgarden

Release Round-Up: Week of October 14

October 14, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Big Star Complete Third

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Big Star, Complete Third (Omnivore Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Omnivore does an in-depth vault dive into the creation of Big Star's Third for a new 3-CD box set.  Complete Third includes every demo, rough mix, outtake, alternate take and final master from the Third sessions known to exist. The 69 tracks on this set represent the culmination of a decade-long search to assemble all extant recordings for the album

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Big Star, Bobby Darin, Keely Smith, Phil Collins

Complete Third

October 12, 2016 By

Big Star Complete Third

Omnivore does an in-depth vault dive into the creation of Big Star's Third for a new 3-CD box set.  Complete Third includes every demo, rough mix, outtake, alternate take and final master from the Third sessions known to exist. The 69 tracks on this set represent the culmination of a decade-long search to assemble all extant recordings for the album originally released in 1978.  Some alternates and demos have appeared on various compilations over the years, but this first-of-its-kind collection

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

It's Gotta Be Big: Tori Amos to Expand "Boys for Pele," 20 Years Later

October 10, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Tori Amos Boys for Pele

In honor of its 20th anniversary, Rhino Records is expanding and reissuing Tori Amos' third album, Boys for Pele, with a host of rare and unreleased bonus tracks. Her first self-produced album after splitting with producer and partner Eric Rosse, Boys for Pele (named for the Hawaiian fire goddess) found Amos taking the power back from the male figures in her life. "I was at the point I could not answer to anybody," she said of her bid for independence. "I'd been answering my whole life to

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Tori Amos

Friday's Child: Lee Hazlewood Meets Indie Rock On Ace's New "Son-of-a-Gun"

October 7, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lee Hazlewood Son of a Gun

Ace has previously surveyed the singular oeuvre of musical iconoclast Lee Hazlewood on a number of releases including Califia: The Songs of Lee Hazlewood and, more recently, Shazam! and Other Instrumentals Written by Lee Hazlewood.  Now, on Son-of-a-Gun and More from the Lee Hazlewood Songbook, the label has returned to the territory of Califia with a twist.  Whereas that compilation focused on Lee’s vivid, quirky songs as performed by Nancy Sinatra, Dusty Springfield, Ann-Margret, Dino, Desi

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Lee Hazlewood, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of October 7

October 7, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Lou Reed RCA and Arista Album Collection 1

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up which just might be the biggest slate of the year to date! Lou Reed, The RCA and Arista Album Collection (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy brings together 16 Lou Reed albums from his RCA and Arista years on 17 CDs, all remastered directly under Reed's supervision before his untimely passing in 2013.  An 80-page hardbound booklet with detailed liner notes, five art prints and a poster round out this limited edition package.  Read

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Gospel, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: ABBA, B.J. Thomas, Barry Gibb, Cher, Eddie Money, Eden Atwood, Evelyn "Champagne" King, John Hammond, Loretta Lynn, Lou Reed, Mahalia Jackson, Micky Dolenz, Otis Redding, Percy Faith, Perry Como, Prince, Sandy Bull, Yes

Morning Glory: Omnivore Collects Tim Buckley's Complete Singles

October 6, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Tim Buckley Wings

The music of the late Tim Buckley is about to take flight again on Wings - The Complete Singles 1966-1974 from Omnivore Recordings.  Due for release on November 18, Wings presents the A- and B-sides of all ten singles issued from his nine albums, plus one previously unreleased track originally slated for an unissued 45.  In short, this 21-track anthology promises to provide a powerful introduction to the genre-bending, envelope-pushing artist. Hailing from bucolic Orange County, California by

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Folk Tags: Tim Buckley

Never Say Die: Black Sabbath's "Ultimate Collection" Chronicles Classic Era

October 5, 2016 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Black Sabbath Ultimate

As Black Sabbath reach the end of their final world tour--prepping a brief trek of North and South America in November and December and a final European trek in January and February--BMG in Europe will chronicle the group's classic lineup with a new compilation. The Ultimate Collection gathers 31 tracks from the eight studio albums Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward released from 1970 to 1978. Hits and fan favorites include "Iron Man," "Changes," "War Pigs," "Paranoid,"

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Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll: Queen Prep "Complete BBC Sessions" Release

October 4, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Queen On Air

Queen are going back into the archives for the holidays, unearthing their complete radio sessions for the BBC and beyond. Queen On Air: The Complete BBC Sessions will be available in a variety of formats collecting just about every note by the band ever transmitted over the airwaves in their native country. Only a small handful of these performances have ever been released, and their place in the band's history is hard to dispute, predating their first studio album. Freddie Mercury, Brian

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Savvy Show Stoppers: Shadowy Men Release Shadowy Reissues

October 4, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Shadowy Men Savvy Show Stoppers

Your weekend will be above average should you pick up the new expanded editions of all three albums by Canadian instrumental rock band Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. The Toronto-based trio--drummer Don Pyle, guitarist Brian Connelly and bassist Reid Diamond--formed out of punk outfit Crash Kills Five in 1984. Their catchy instrumentals and unique DIY-style releases (one EP was sold on a package of Jiffy Pop) guaranteed them cult favorite status, but it was "Having An Average Weekend," the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

Let's Dance: "Legacy" Collects David Bowie's Best Singles and More

October 3, 2016 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

David Bowie Legacy

Roughly two years ago, David Bowie announced the release of Nothing Has Changed, a career-spanning retrospective available in 2-CD, 3-CD and 2-LP configurations from Columbia/Legacy in the United States and Parlophone in the United Kingdom.  Since then, much has changed.  Most tragically, Bowie passed away earlier this year at the age of 69, just two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar.  Now, a new compilation follows in the footsteps of Nothing Has Changed, bringing the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie

One Way Ticket: BBR Reissues Disco Hits From Coffee, Eruption

October 3, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Eruption Featuring Precious Wilson

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

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: Coffee, Eruption

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