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Second Disc Records Makes Spirits Bright This November With Jim Nabors and Lynn Anderson

September 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Jim Nabors Complete Columbia Christmas

Autumn is just days away, but here at The Second Disc, our thoughts have already turned to winter - and more specifically, to the music of the holiday season!  We're thrilled to announce the first-ever Christmas titles to be released on our own Second Disc Records label - and we promise that they'll get you in the spirit of the season!  On November 6, as part of Real Gone Music's mega-Christmas slate (more news on that VERY soon!), we'll be releasing Jim Nabors' Complete Columbia Christmas

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Jim Nabors, Lynn Anderson

Dick's Picks Vol. 4

September 15, 2015 By

Grateful Dead Dicks Picks 4

The fourth volume of Grateful Dead's Dick's Picks series presents the most famous stand of shows in the band's long history of touring, the 2/13/70-2/14/70 shows at the Fillmore East in New York. This 3-CD release is highlighted by a now-legendary rendition of "Dark Star" and a rare performance of "Mason's Children."

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Christmas Joy

September 15, 2015 By

Melachrino Christmas Joy

Conductor George Melachrino's 1959 Christmas Joy, a release in RCA's Living Stereo series, makes its worldwide CD debut from Real Gone Music. This symphonic seasonal classic from one of the greatest maestros of all time includes such tracks as "Christmas Alphabet," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," "Jingle Bells" and "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town." It's been newly remastered by Maria Triana at Battery Studios in New York, and TSD's Joe Marchese tells the Melachrino story in his new liner

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Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas

September 15, 2015 By

Three Suns Ding Dong Dandy Christmas

Real Gone serves up one of the zaniest Christmas albums of all time with The Three Suns' 1959 A Ding Dong Dandy Christmas!  Inspired by the new-fangled recording technology in RCA's Studio A, the instrumental trio turned in one of the most wacky and entertaining Christmas albums of the era, adding rock and roll guitar and instrumentation as varied as chimes, bells, oboes and two (!) tubas to create a Space Age stereophonic spectacular suitable for the Jetsons' next holiday party. Real Gone's

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Formats: CD Genre: Jazz

Come On In Love (Expanded Edition)

September 14, 2015 By

Jay Dee Come On In Love

Barry White produced and Gene Page arranged this 1977 lost classic from Jay Dee, a.k.a. Earl Nelson of Bob and Earl ("Harlem Shuffle"), a.k.a. Jackie Lee ("The Duck")!  Real Gone Music's Expanded Edition includes two bonus tracks, both sides of the "Strange Funky Games and Things" single featuring the single edit and a long instrumental version under the name "Games and Funky Things."  Gene Sculatti provides the new liner notes.

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Love and Affection: More Motown Girls

September 14, 2015 By

Love and Affection More Motown Girls

Ace follows up its Finders Keepers - Motown Girls CD with a second volume dedicated to the ladies of Hitsville, USA.  This time, the Ace team has excavated a full 25 previously unreleased tracks from artists including Brenda Holloway, Barbara McNair, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the Lewis Sisters and LaBrenda Ben!

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Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul

Review: Pugwash, "Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)"

September 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Pugwash Play This Intimately

One of the happiest pop-rock discoveries of 2014 was undoubtedly Pugwash's A Rose in a Garden of Weeds, compiling the Irish band's best music from 1999-2011.  Now, the four-piece consisting of Thomas Walsh, Tosh Flood, Shawn McGee and Joe Fitzgerald is back with an all-new set recorded at Konk Studios and released on Omnivore Recordings. Produced by Walsh and Flood,  Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) features the same bright, vibrant spirit and unabashedly melodic sensibility that

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Pugwash

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror: Elvis Costello Compiles "Unfaithful Music and Soundtrack Album"

September 14, 2015 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Elvis Costello Unfaithful Music

"Every day I write the book," sang Elvis Costello on his first U.S. Top 40 hit, and this year he is indeed writing one. The iconoclastic British rocker, who's chased his muse through the most diverse of places, from punk to bluegrass, will let it all out in prose on the hotly anticipated memoir Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. And now, Universal Music Enterprises, the home base for Elvis' catalogue for nearly a decade (following stints at Rykodisc/Demon in the 1990s and Warner

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Allen Toussaint, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Kris Kristofferson, Rosanne Cash, The Roots

Release Round-Up: Week of September 11

September 11, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Four Seasons Sherry

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  Second Disc Records is going back to the beach with Ricci Martin, but that's far from all this week! We're also taking off with ELO, singing street-corner symphonies with The Four Seasons, and much more!  Plus: new titles from classic artists! Ricci Martin, Beached: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) What if key members of The Beach Boys, Chicago, America, and Wings had teamed up to create one of the greatest

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, Ben Folds, ELO, Iain Matthews, Jeff Lynne, John Pizzarelli, Marvin Gaye, Paul McCartney, Ricci Martin, The Buckinghams, The Four Seasons, The Texas Tornados, The Who

Do You Hear What I Hear?: Legacy Adds Four New Entries to "Classic Christmas Album" Series

September 10, 2015 By Randy Fairman 7 Comments

Earth Wind and Fire Classic Christmas

Legacy Recordings is getting into the Christmas spirit this year by continuing its Classic Christmas Album series.  On October 2, four new entries will be released featuring artists who had their biggest successes in the '70s (Earth, Wind & Fire), '80s (a various artists compilation), '90s (Sarah McLachlan) and 2000s (Celtic Thunder). The majority of the material on these compilations is of a relatively recent vintage.  The exception is The Classic Christmas '80s Album which obviously

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Celtic Thunder, Earth Wind and Fire, Sarah McLachlan, Various Artists

Loggins and Messina (Quadraphonic SACD)

September 9, 2015 By

Loggins and Messina SACD

Loggins and Messina's 1972 debut, featuring the hit "Your Mama Don't Dance," comes to SACD in its original quadraphonic (4.0 surround) mix. The hybrid SACD also features the stereo version of the album in high resolution and in standard CD resolution, playable on all CD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock

Greatest Hits (Quadraphonic SACD)

September 9, 2015 By

Sly Greatest Hits SACD

Audio Fidelity brings the original quadraphonic (4.0 surround) version of Sly and the Family Stone's Greatest Hits to SACD, featuring numerous variations from the songs' familiar stereo versions.  The album will play in stereo on the standard CD layer (playable on all CD players) on this hybrid SACD.

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Formats: SACD Genre: R&B/Soul

Thrak [CD/DVD Edition]

September 9, 2015 By

King Crimson Thrak

1995's Thrak arrives as the tenth release in the King Crimson 40th Anniversary series.  The first full album to feature the 'Double Trio' incarnation of the group, Thrak will feature a new "21st century stereo reimagining" of the album by Jakko Jakszyk and Robert Fripp, while the DVD-Audio disc has high-resolution 5.1 Surround Sound and stereo mixes by Jakszyk and Fripp, alongside a high-resolution presentation of the original album stereo mix.   Like all release in this series, the CD and DVD

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Formats: CD, DVD-Audio Genre: Rock

Rocket Man: Cherry Red Reissues Colin Blunstone Albums on Elton's Label

September 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Colin Blunstone Planes and Never Even Thought

This fall, the surviving members of The Zombies' classic line-up - a.k.a. Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent, Chris White and Hugh Grundy - will reunite for a tour centered on their landmark 1968 album Odessey and Oracle.  Then, on October 9, Cherry Red and End Records will release Still Got That Hunger, an all-new album from the current line-up of Blunstone, Argent, Jim Rodford, Tom Toomey and Steve Rodford, fresh off acclaimed festival appearances.  With so much renewed interest in the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Colin Blunstone, Elton John, Rod Argent, The Zombies

I Love Being Here With You: Peggy Lee's "Live in London" Box Set Coming In December

September 8, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Peggy Lee Live in London

A pair of rare albums by the legendary Miss Peggy Lee are getting the deluxe, expanded treatment this fall from Universal Music.  Peggy Lee: Live in London is the title of the new 4-CD box set due on December 4 containing the soulful songstress' 1977 studio album Peggy; the concert album Live in London recorded at the famous Palladium on March 13, 1977; an entire disc of previously unreleased material including studio outtakes, rehearsal takes and the March 20 Palladium show; and a DVD of the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Peggy Lee

Everything Is Roses: 1985-1989

September 4, 2015 By

Raging Fire Everything is Roses

This ain't your typical Nashville Sound!  Everything is Roses anthologizes the career of Music City's groundbreaking alt-rockers Raging Fire with 22 tracks on one CD recorded between 1985 and 1989.  (An 11-track vinyl highlights version will also be available as well as a 26-track lossless digital edition.)  Raging Fire opened for such bands as The Replacements, The Cramps and Gun Club with their singular sound incorporating punk, rock, folk, country, and more.  With almost all tracks reissued

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of September 4

September 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Doors Full Circle and Other Voices

The fall is almost upon us - which means some of the most exciting release weeks of the year are just around the corner!  We hope you've checked out Ted's farewell to the sounds of summer, because we're kicking off September right here with a new release from Second Disc Records - as well as goodies from The Doors, Eydie Gorme, Micky Dolenz, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, and many more!  To our U.S. readers, we wish you a safe and happy Labor Day weekend filled with great new (and old)

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Kooper, Dean Martin, Eydie Gorme, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, Spooner Oldham, The Doors, The Monkees, Wilson Pickett

Carl Wilson

September 3, 2015 By

Carl Wilson Carl Wilson

At long last, Carl Wilson's 1981 solo debut (featuring the exquisite "Heaven") arrives on U.S. CD.  Iconoclassic's reissue features new remastering from Vic Anesini and new liner notes by Carl's longtime friend, collaborator and onetime brother-in-law Billy Hinsche.  This title is currently listed for Tuesday, September 29 release.

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Formats: CD Genre: Pop

Hollywood Vampires

September 3, 2015 By

Hollywood Vampires

Alice Cooper and a host of his famous friends - among them Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Dave Grohl, Slash, Zak Starkey, Joe Walsh, Sir Paul McCartney and the late Sir Christopher Lee - pay tribute to friends and fallen comrades with Hollywood Vampires celebrating the rock scene, seventies Hollywood-style.  Songs include Harry Nilsson's "One/Jump Into the Fire," The Who's "My Generation," T Rex's "Jeepster," Macca's Badfinger hit "Come and Get It," John Lennon's "Cold Turkey," Spirit's "I Got a Line

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Strangers Again

September 3, 2015 By

Judy Collins Strangers Again

Judy Collins returns for a new set of ballads performed as duets with artists including Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Buffett, Glen Hansard and Don McLean! 1. Strangers Again feat. Ari Hest 2. Miracle River feat. Michael McDonald 3. Belfast To Boston feat. Marc Cohn 4. When I Go feat. Willie Nelson 5. Make Our Garden Grow feat. Jeff Bridges 6. Feels Like Home feat. Jackson Browne 7. From Grace feat. Thomas Dybdahl 8. Hallelujah feat. Bhi Bhiman 9. Someday Soon

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

Cass County

September 3, 2015 By

Don Henley Cass County

Don Henley returns with his fifth studio album - and first in 15 years.  Cass County was produced by Henley and Stan Lynch, who also co- wrote 11 of the songs on the album, and primarily recorded in Nashville and Texas.  Guests include Martina McBride, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Miranda Lambert, Vince Gill, Mick Jagger and Alison Krauss.  Cass County will be available as a 12- song standard CD and digital album, as well as a 16-track deluxe version, which will be available on CD, digitally,

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop, Rock

Crosseyed Heart

September 3, 2015 By

Keith Richards Crosseyed Heart

One-half of The Glimmer Twins returns with his first solo album in 23 years.  Keith Richards fuses blues, soul, reggae and rock on Crosseyed Heart, which features guest appearances by artists including Norah Jones, Ivan Neville and the late Bobby Keys!

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

A Stroke Of Luck: Garbage Celebrates 20 Years With Deluxe, Expanded Reissues

September 3, 2015 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Garbage Deluxe

Alt-rock heroes Garbage are going "20 Years Queer" with a multi-tiered reissue of their 1995 debut album and an accompanying tour. Formed by Scottish vocalist Shirley Manson, guitarists Steve Marker and Duke Erikson and drummer Butch Vig (the latter also a producer best known for Nirvana's Nevermind), Garbage fused grunge, industrial and electronic influences for a sound that stood out on mid-'90s radio. Manson's distinctive vocals propelled "Only Happy When It Rains," "Queer" and "Stupid

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Garbage, Shirley Manson

Archive Collection: Pipes of Peace

September 3, 2015 By

Pipes of Peace Deluxe

Paul McCartney's 1983 Pipes of Peace, featuring the smash hit duet "Say Say Say" with Michael Jackson, joins his Archive Collection in a variety of formats: 2-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Read more about all versions in our full feature!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Archive Collection: Tug of War

September 3, 2015 By

Tug of War Deluxe

The Paul McCartney Archive Collection continues with 1982's Tug of War, featuring "Ebony and Ivory" and "Here Today."  The release is available in various formats: 3-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Check out our full feature for information on what you'll find in each version!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

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