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Oughta Know By Now: Second Wave of Phil Collins Reissues Due in February

January 7, 2016 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Phil Collins Hello I Must Be Going Reissue

The first entries in Phil Collins' long-awaited "Take a Look At Me Now" reissue campaign were delayed from November to the end of this January, but there's even more excitement on the horizon: Rhino Records today announced the second wave of the eight-album reissue plan will hit stores February 26. The next titles are Phil's second album, Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) and sixth studio effort, Dance Into the Light (1996). On Hello, Collins modified the formula that made solo debut Face Value

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Phil Collins

Master of Reality: Deluxe Edition

January 7, 2016 By

Black Sabbath Master of Reality

The 1971 Master of Reality goes deluxe in a 2-CD or 2-LP edition uniting the 2012 remaster of the original album with the bonus disc first included on a 2009 U.K.-only reissue.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Paranoid: Deluxe Edition

January 7, 2016 By

Black Sabbath Paranoid

Paranoid (1970) arrives as a 2CD or 2LP set featuring the original album as remastered by Rhino in 2012 plus a bonus disc of rare material previously available only on a 2009 U.K. release.

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Black Sabbath: Deluxe Edition

January 7, 2016 By

Black Sabbath DE

Black Sabbath (1970) arrives in a new Deluxe Edition on CD or LP as remastered by Rhino in 2012, alongside a bonus disc of rare material previously only released in the U.K.-exclusive deluxe set issued by Sanctuary Records in 2009. (The track list for the band's self-titled debut has been rearranged to reflect the original U.S. pressing on Warner Bros., swapping out "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games with Me)" for its original non-LP B-side, "Wicked World"; "Evil Woman" thus features on the

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Savaloy Dip

January 7, 2016 By

Alan Price Savaloy Dip

Alan Price's 1974 Warner Bros. album Savaloy Dip came and went in the blink of an eye (on a recalled eight-track!) before disappearing for what might have been forever...but Omnivore Recordings has come to the rescue with the first-ever reissue of this 11-song lost record from the Animals founder/keyboardist!

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Rhino Charges Into January with New Colored Vinyl Titles, CD Box Sets

January 7, 2016 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Monkees Cereal Box Singles

Rhino Records has quite the cure for the usual January doldrums that hit the release calendar, announcing more than a dozen new and reissued titles available exclusively through participating physical stores. The "Start Your Ear Off Right" initiative, featuring titles available January 19, encompass some of the best-known names in Rhino's back catalogue, including The Grateful Dead, The Monkees, Devo, The Cars and The Replacements. From colored vinyl variants to CD box sets, there's virtually

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bad Company, Devo, Grateful Dead, The Cars, The Monkees, The Replacements, The Velvet Underground

Cherry Red's él Label Offers Rod McKuen, Wally Stott, Bobby Scott Rarities

January 5, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Rod McKuen In the Beginning

Cherry Red's él imprint has a trio of recent releases continuing its commitment to truly eclectic sounds of the pre-1964 era.  Two of these are musical odes to the big city life of London and New York, from arrangers Wally Stott and Bobby Scott, respectively; the third reissues and expands a compilation from the late Rod McKuen. Singer-songwriter-poet-author-renaissance man McKuen, who died earlier this year, was recently the subject of Varese Vintage's Reflections: The Greatest Songs of Rod

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Jazz, Pop Tags: Bobby Scott, Rod McKuen, Wally Stott

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: SECOND DISCMAS PRIZE PACKS!

January 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Second Disc Christmas

CONGRATULATIONS! The following entrants have been randomly selected to win one of our Second Discmas surprise CD grab bags!  If you see your name on the list below, sit back and relax - your prize pack will shortly be on the way to the address you provided!  Please let us know when your package arrives - and ENJOY! We were completely overwhelmed by the amount of responses to Second Discmas 2015.  Thanks to all of you who entered - and to all of you reading this - for making The Second Disc

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

Reads His Poetry

December 31, 2015 By

Charles Bukowski Reads His Poetry

Charles Bukowski: Reads His Poetry captures the notorious author and libertine at a 1972 reading at which the topics included perversion, poverty, drunkenness, gambling and bodily functions. The ultimate non-PC record, Real Gone returns it to vinyl in this re-pressing: a "vomit"-colored edition limited to 1,000 copies.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else

Vehicle (Expanded Slipcase Edition)

December 29, 2015 By

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Real Gone reissues its own Expanded Edition of The Ides of March's classic debut Warner Bros. LP in a new, slipcased (and lower-priced) edition.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Doug Sahm and Band (Gold Vinyl Edition)

December 29, 2015 By

Doug Sahm and Band

Doug Sahm was of course a part of the Sir Douglas Quintet in the 1960s and Jerry Wexler brought him to Atlantic in 1973.  Sahm's first album there, Doug Sahm and Band, was a star-studded affair featuring guests like Dr. John, David Bromberg, Flaco Jimenez and, most notably, Bob Dylan.   This new gold vinyl edition of Sahm's only charting album is limited to ,000 copies.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Dick's Picks Vol. 2: Columbus, OH - 10/31/71

December 29, 2015 By

DIcks Picks 2

The only single-disc release in Grateful Dead's Dick's Picks series is reissued by Real Gone.  This crackling concert features a transcendent "Dark Star" as well as a spirited "Sugar Magnolia," a rare, early-'70s performance of "St. Stephen" (the final live version until 1976) and a great "Not Fade Away"/"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" closer to round out the 59-minute program.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

VI

December 29, 2015 By

Circle Jerks VI

Real Gone has one from hardcore punk band The Circle Jerks: their 1987 albumVI, which was actually the Jerks' fifth effort.  This album includes a song that was featured in the film Sid and Nancy.  The Circle Jerks, founded in 1979, had a rather tumultuous history and disbanded in 1990.  They got back together in 1994 and released one more album in 1995, which is their final release to date.  Liner notes, lyrics and memorabilia images round out RGM's newly-remastered reissue.

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You and I

December 29, 2015 By

Jeff Buckley You and I

Legacy releases ten previously unreleased tracks by the late Jeff Buckley on this new collection including covers of favorite songs by Bob Dylan ("Just Like a Woman"), Sly and the Family Stone ("Everyday People") and Led Zeppelin ("Night Flight") and never-before-heard versions of "Grace" and "You and I."

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

Santa Claus is Comin' To Town: Bruce Springsteen Gifts Free Unreleased Concert Tracks from 1980 Tempe, Arizona Show to Fans as Addition to Box Set

December 24, 2015 By Randy Fairman 14 Comments

Bruce Tempe Concert

Bruce Springsteen is giving a Christmas gift to his fans.  Earlier this month, Springsteen released The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box set which contained The River, an alternate version of the album and disc of outtakes.  Also included in the box set was a filmed concert from Tempe, Arizona, recorded on November 5, 1980.  However, not all of the concert was filmed, so the complete show was not in the box set. Fortunately, the entire audio from the concert was preserved.  Now,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen

YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A CD PRIZE PACK! IT'S TIME FOR SECOND DISCMAS!

December 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Second Disc Christmas

Christmas is almost upon us!  And here at The Second Disc, Mike, Randy, Ted and I would all like to thank you, our readers, for making our fifth year our most spectacular yet!  In 2015, we redesigned our website, welcomed new writers and new readers, and launched Second Disc Records.  And our plans for 2016 are even bigger! We believe that the holiday season is the perfect time to do what we love to do best: share the gift of music. We call our annual tradition - what else? - Second

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

Three Cheers and Dammit, C'est La Vie: Elaine Paige Celebrates 50 Years on "I'm Still Here"

December 22, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elaine Paige Im Still Here

Each evening from the first preview on August 7, 2011 to the closing performance on January 22, 2012, audiences at Broadway's Marquis Theatre were treated to the sight of one of the First Ladies of the London stage making a rare appearance across the Atlantic belting one of Stephen Sondheim's most famous songs.  The show was Follies, the star was Elaine Paige, and the song was "I'm Still Here."  Now, that anthem of showbiz survival provides the title for the superstar actress-singer's new live

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Elaine Paige

Sister Golden Hair Surprise: America Opens Its "Archives" On New Release

December 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

America Archives

The vaults are open!  The legacy of the enduring band America has received a long-overdue celebration with the recent release on compact disc and digital download of Archives Vol. 1.  Featuring the versatile, original trio of Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and the late Dan Peek (as well as the talented musicians and producers who contributed mightily to the band's earliest albums), Archives is a 15-track, non-chronological collection of previously unreleased alternate versions, early mixes, demos,

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: America

Release Round-Up: Week of December 18

December 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Star Wars The Force Awakens

Well, Christmas is almost upon us, and the onslaught of new releases has turned into a trickle as we head right into last-minute shopping territory!  Still, selections are choice!  Enjoy, and remember - you'll see our next Release Round-Up in the New Year! John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Walt Disney Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada) Today is all about Star Wars...and we're just as thrilled as could be about a brand-new score by the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Electric Light Orchestra, John Williams, Maynard Ferguson, Pantera

Review: "International Pop Overthrow: Volume 18"

December 18, 2015 By Ted Frank 2 Comments

IPO 18

We're welcoming back Ted Frank to The Second Disc for a look at the latest offering - Volume 18 - from the fine folks at International Pop Overthrow!  Producer/curator David Bash, graphic designer Steve Stanley and their team have created another instant classic with their latest and greatest collection of the best, most diverse and most delicious pop music circa 2015! In the year that saw the Numero Group's superb Ork Records Collection, Omnivore Recordings' immediately indispensible Power

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Various Artists

International Pop Overthrow Vol. 18

December 18, 2015 By

IPO 18

This new entry in the annual series features 68 songs over 3 CDs showcasing the diversity of modern independent pop artists - what's not to love?

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

It Happened Today: Concord Acquires R.E.M.'s Warner Bros. Albums for Future Reissues

December 16, 2015 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

REM Automatic

That's Concord Bicycle Music in the spotlight: Billboard exclusively reports that the indie label will handle distribution for R.E.M.'s bestselling Warner Bros. Records catalogue, spanning from 1988 to their 2011 dissolution. Beginning in 2016, Concord will be the home for the band's Green (1988), Out of Time (1991), Automatic for the People (1992), Monster(1994), New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996), and Up (1998).  Reveal (2001), Around the Sun (2004), Accelerate (2008) and Collapse Into

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Rock Tags: R.E.M.

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! ROD McKUEN "REFLECTIONS" SECOND DISCMAS GIVEAWAY!

December 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Rod Reflections

CONGRATULATIONS! The following 15 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new Rod McKuen anthology, Reflections: The Greatest Songs of Rod McKuen, 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

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Rod McKuen

Lose That Long Face: "Judy Garland Sings Harold Arlen" Premieres New-to-CD Tracks, Unearths Lost Recording

December 15, 2015 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Judy Garland Sings Harold Arlen

Whether imploring those around her to "Get Happy" or dreaming of a place "Over the Rainbow," Judy Garland gave some of the most immortal performances of her career (and indeed, of the whole of popular music as well as film) with the songs of Harold Arlen.  In Arlen's sophisticated yet blues-based melodies, Garland found the perfect expressions in which to bare her soul, alternately with vulnerability, tenderness, desperation and joy.  Now, JSP Records, the label which has recently released such

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Harold Arlen, Judy Garland

Review: Fleetwood Mac, "Tusk: Deluxe Edition"

December 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Fleetwood Mac Tusk

Can an album that sold four million copies be fairly called a cult classic?  If the answer is yes, that album would certainly be Fleetwood Mac's Tusk.  One of the most willfully unconventional albums ever made, the follow-up to Rumours nonetheless went multi-platinum.  Nobody expected the band that had already morphed from blues-rock to the epitome of California pop-rock (and everything in between) to defiantly go the "art-rock" route, yet that's precisely what Mick Fleetwood, John McVie,

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Fleetwood Mac

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