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Songs of "Aloha"

April 24, 2015 By

Songs of Aloha

The soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's upcoming film Aloha is here, featuring songs from David Crosby, Fleetwood Mac, Beck, Josh Ritter, Hall and Oates, and others.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Soundtracks

Live+

April 24, 2015 By

Jeff Beck Live Plus

Guitar hero Jeff Beck returns with a new live album culled from his 2014 tour.  Two new studio tracks round out the set.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Ace Super Soul Round-Up Part One: Put a Little Love in Your Heart With Jimmy Holiday

April 24, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jimmy Holiday Spread Your Love

Readers around these parts know that Ace Records can be counted on for the finest in rare soul music - and three recent releases prove to be no exception.  We'll cover one of those titles today in our new Super Soul Round-Up, with more to come next week! Spread Your Love collects the complete Minit Records singles recorded between 1966 and 1970 by singer-songwriter Jimmy Holiday, best-known for his co-writing credit with the incomparable Jackie DeShannon and her brother Randy Myers on the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Clydie King, Jimmy Holiday

Rip It Up! New Box Set Spotlights Little Richard at Specialty and Vee-Jay

April 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Little Richard Directly

On June 2, 2015, Specialty Records, a unit of Concord Music Group, celebrates one of the founders of rock-and-roll with the release of a new box set from the inimitable Little Richard.  Directly from My Heart: The Best of the Specialty & Vee-Jay Years brings together 64 tracks on three CDs from the piano-pounding legend, including all of Richard's early classics as well as B-sides and rarities.  This deluxe package puts the music in context with a 30+-page booklet containing new liner notes

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Little Richard

Say "Aloha": Fleetwood Mac, David Crosby, Beck Featured On New Cameron Crowe Soundtrack

April 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Songs of Aloha

Since making his big-screen debut as a writer with the 1982 comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High, onetime teenaged Rolling Stone scribe Cameron Crowe has made music an integral part of his films - and we're not just talking about Almost Famous!  Every one of his movies as writer-director, from 1989's Say Anything... to 2011's We Bought a Zoo, has had its share of musical highlights.   His next film, Aloha, should prove to be no exception.  On May 26, Legacy Recordings and Madison Gate Records

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Beck, David Crosby, Fleetwood Mac, Hall and Oates

A MusiCares Tribute to Carole King

April 21, 2015 By

MusiCares Carole King

A host of artists - including Sara Bareilles, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, Steven Tyler and James Taylor - are on hand for this tribute to the one and only Carole King.  Available on DVD and BD.

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Formats: Blu-Ray, DVD Genre: Pop

Songwriter Showcase Series: You Fascinate Me So

April 21, 2015 By

Cy Coleman You Fascinate Me So

Harbinger Records and The Musical Theatre Project celebrate one of the most legendary voices in Broadway and jazz: Cy Coleman.  You Fascinate Me So, a companion to Andy Propst's Coleman biography of the same name, features 28 rare and previously unreleased tracks played and sung by the composer from musicals including Wildcat, Little Me, Sweet Charity, Seesaw and more.  The set also includes rarities like "The Laarge Daark Aardvark Song" co-written with late comedy hero Allan Sherman, and

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal

Sticky Fingers

April 21, 2015 By

rolling stones sticky fingers2

The Rolling Stones revisit their 1971 classic featuring "Wild Horses," "Brown Sugar," "Bitch," "Sister Morphine" and "Moonlight Mile" in a multitude of deluxe editions: 3-CD/1-DVD Super Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition Box Set: Amazon U.S. TBD / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock

Best of Songs

April 21, 2015 By

Drivin n Cryin Best of Songs

Indie southern rockers Drivin' N' Cryin' return with a 10-track, 180-gram vinyl LP culled from the 32 songs on their four acclaimed EPs originally released between 2012 and 2014.  The band touches on hard n' heavy rock, psychedelia, pop, blues and punk on this tight, diverse collection, packaged in the style of a 1970s K-tel compilation!

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of April 21

April 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Ultimate Sinatra

Today's Release Round-Up features an array of titles including a box set from the one and only Chairman of the Board, a number of vintage albums in surround sound, a classic reissue from a new Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and more! Frank Sinatra, Ultimate Sinatra (Capitol/UMe) 4-CD Box:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1-CD Highlights:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Target Exclusive: Target.com 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Standard Edition DD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The 100th

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: America, Dick Hyman, Earth Wind and Fire, Frank Sinatra, Jim Peterik, Joan Jett, Labelle, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Rush

With a Little Help From My Friends (SACD)

April 21, 2015 By

Joe Cocker With a Little Help SACD

The late, great Joe Cocker's 1969 album comes to hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players).  Features the epic title track plus "I Shall Be Released," "Feeling Alright" and more.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock

Streetlife Serenade (Quadraphonic)

April 20, 2015 By

Streetlife Serenade SACD

Billy Joel's third studio album, from 1974, gets a hybrid SACD reissue featuring both the original stereo and 4.0 quad surround mixes.  Features "The Entertainer," "Root Beer Rag" and "Souvenir."  The stereo mix is playable on all CD players.

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Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

Blue Train (Blu-ray Audio)

April 20, 2015 By

Coltrane Blue Train

John Coltrane's sophomore album, from 1957, gets the high-resolution Blu-ray Audio treatment.  Includes the epic title track, "I'm Old Fashioned," "Moment's Notice" and more.

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio Genre: Jazz

When Buck Came Back: Live San Francisco 1989

April 20, 2015 By

When Buck Came Back

This 2-CD set features the Country Music Hall of Famer and his Buckaroos in a previously unreleased complete live concert recorded at the Victoria Theater in San Francisco on January 15, 1989.  The set features Owens backed by Doyle Curtsinger on bass/vocals, Jim McCarty on drums, Jim Shaw on keyboards/accordion and Terry Kristofferson on steel guitar.

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Formats: CD Genre: Country

Review: Perry Como, "Live on Tour"

April 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Perry Como Live on Tour

"I was a barber.  Since then, I've been a singer.  That's it." So reflected Perry Como on an astounding career in which the onetime haircutter from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania sold more than 100 million records, charted 131 singles in the United States, fourteen No. 1s, and seventeen Gold records - including the very first single to receive that certification, 1958's "Catch a Falling Star."  He hosted more than 1,000 television programs, earned five Emmys, a Grammy, and a Kennedy Center Honor. 

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Perry Como

Ball: Expanded Edition

April 19, 2015 By

Iron Butterfly Ball

Iron Butterfly's Top 5 sophomore album spawned hit singles "Soul Experience" and "In the Time of Our Lives." Real Gone expands it with two bonus tracks previously included on a long out-of-print 1999 reissue ("I Can't Help But Deceive You Little Girl" and "To Be Alone") but gives the whole set a fresh remastering and new liner notes.

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Dames at Sea: Original London Cast Recording

April 19, 2015 By

Dames at Sea London

The 1969 London Cast Recording of George Haimsohn, Robin Miller and Jim Wise's 1968 musical features an all-British cast performing the musical comedy with orchestrations that vary considerably for those created for the original off-Broadway album.  Available since April 14 on CD-R from Masterworks Broadway's website, it will be made available as a digital download through all service providers and a CD-R exclusively through Arkiv Music on May 4.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Cast Recordings

Amused to Death (Remixed Editions)

April 19, 2015 By

Roger Waters Amused

Roger Waters revisits his 1992 album Amused to Death, featuring contributions from Don Henley, Rita Coolidge, P.P. Arnold, Andy Fairweather Low and Michael Kamen, in a variety of formats featuring new stereo and 5.1 surround mixes. CD CD / Blu-ray SACD Hi-res digital download 2LP 200 gram vinyl (pressed at Quality Record Pressings) Limited edition, numbered 2LP picture disc vinyl

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Iron Butterfly, Black Oak Arkansas Join Paul Williams On Real Gone's June Slate

April 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Iron Butterfly Ball

Well, April 15 has come and gone.  Did the taxman get you down?  If so, Real Gone Music is ready to brighten your day with news of its June 2 slate of releases!  This line-up is headlined by none other than legendary songwriter Paul Williams with his only album for Portrait Records, newly expanded by Real Gone and our very own Second Disc Records imprint with never-before-heard bonus tracks! And Real Gone has only just begun.  The line-up also features heavy rock from Black Oak Arkansas and Iron

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Black Oak Arkansas, Iron Butterfly, Paul Williams, The Grateful Dead

A Lost Paul Williams Classic Coming Soon From Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music

April 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Paul Williams Windy Side

Come June 2, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are living life a little on the windy side.  That's the date for our remastered and expanded reissue of Paul Williams' 1979 album for Portrait Records, A Little on the Windy Side! In a Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe-winning career that's taken him from Tiny Tim to Daft Punk, Paul Williams has seen his songs recorded by Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, The Carpenters, and of course, Kermit the Frog. During his

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Jeff Barry, Mentor Williams, Paul Williams

Perfect Sense: Legacy to Revisit Roger Waters’ "Amused to Death" with New Stereo and 5.1 Remixes

April 16, 2015 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Roger Waters Amused

While there has been no Pink Floyd reissue news for nearly a year now since the release of a deluxe edition of The Division Bell, fans can look forward to revisiting one of Rogers Waters’ solo projects with the newly announced reissue of Amused to Death. Death was released in 1992 and was Waters’ third solo outing after 1984’s The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking and 1987’s Radio K.A.O.S.  As is common for Waters’ LPs, it is a concept album.  The songwriter based it upon ideas from Neil

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd, Roger Waters

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: "CHUCK" SOUNDTRACK CONTEST!

April 16, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Chuck Soundtrack

CONGRATULATIONS! The following 10 entrants have won an autographed edition of the CHUCK television soundtrack!  If you entered our contest 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: Marshall Brownstein Scott Crawford Michael Duffy Jason Fiske Peter Gladue John Knight Ron Lavery Mitch Moskal Mike Perciaccante Jeffrey Rosen

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Tim Jones

Give Me a Smile: Reprise to Release Long-Lost Robin Gibb Recordings

April 15, 2015 By Randy Fairman 8 Comments

Saved by the Bell

A few weeks ago, Rhino released Bee Gees: 1974-1979 which followed from last year’s Bee Gees: The Warner Bros. Years 1987-1991.  Both boxes contained the complete studio albums from those periods plus some bonus material.  Now, fans of the Bee Gees and the Gibb brothers should have more to look forward to as Rhino’s sister label Reprise has just announced a new set chronicling the recordings of one of the band’s members during a two year period: Saved By the Bell: The Collected Works of Robin

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Robin Gibb, The Bee Gees

Release Round-Up: Week of April 14

April 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Replacements Complete Studio Albums

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up featuring box sets, deluxe editions, rare albums and more! The Replacements, The Complete Studio Albums 1981-1990 (Sire/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Rhino boxes up the Minnesota rockers’ complete studio output in one tidy package, utilizing the 2008 remasters but sans all bonus material.   Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink: Deluxe Editions (Rhino) Little Earthquakes: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Under the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Andy Williams, Kitty Wells, Phil Harris, Randy Bachman, Sammy Davis Jr., The Replacements, Tori Amos

New "Playlist" Wave Features Ben Folds Five, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince, Santana and More

April 13, 2015 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Playlist Ben Folds Five

Legacy’s long-running Playlist series rolls on with another batch of titles to be released tomorrow, April 14.  This wave of titles in the budget line range from rock to R&B to rap, and span from the late 1960s right up to the 2000s.  As per the standard with this series, each entry is fourteen tracks and generally has some harder-to-find edits and track choices than are generally found on budget compilations.  Following a description of each title kindly provided by our friend and founder

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Ben Folds Five, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Jagged Edge, James Brown, Santana

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