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Sensitive Chaos: Rhino To Release Anthology From Steve Howe of Yes

March 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Steve Howe Anthology

Get ready to say “Yes” to a new retrospective from progressive-rock great Steve Howe.  The English guitarist has curated a new 33-track retrospective, simply titled Anthology, for release on March 10 via Rhino.  The 2-CD set, also available as a digital download, is primarily drawn from the studio albums he’s recorded between 1975 and 2011.  It arrives just weeks before the May 19 release of Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two, the 14-CD box set preserving Howe and Yes' performances on their

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Steve Howe, Yes

Shake Your Pants! Robinsongs Goes "Insane" With New Cameo Reissues

March 5, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Cameo Ugly Ego Two Fer

In 2010, Cherry Red’s Superbird imprint combined Cameo’s first two albums, Cardiac Arrest and We All Know Who We Are, in one package.  Now, five years later, Cherry Red’s Robinsongs has just reissued the funk supergroup’s third and fourth outings, 1978’s Ugly Ego and 1979’s Secret Omen. Originally founded as The New York City Players, Larry Blackmon and his big band soon changed the group name to Cameo, to avoid confusion with the Ohio Players.  Prior to this, Blackmon (the band’s

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk Tags: Cameo

Deluxe (Tokyo Dome Live in Concert + Remasters)

March 4, 2015 By

VH Deluxe

Van Halen boxes up its new concert release featuring David Lee Roth with remastered editions of the band's debut and his (first) farewell, 1984.  Available on 4 CDs or 6 LPs.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Tokyo Dome Live in Concert

March 4, 2015 By

VH Tokyo

The first-ever live album from Van Halen to feature David Lee Roth, Tokyo Dome Live in Concert was recorded on June 21, 2013 in Japan with Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen, Tokyo Dome Live in Concert boasts 25 songs representing all seven of the band's albums with Roth, right up through 2012's A Different Kind of Truth. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Chris Bellman, it will be released in 2-CD, 4-LP and DD configurations.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Rock

Progeny: Highlights from Seventy-Two

March 4, 2015 By

Progeny Highlights

If the 14-CD Progeny box is too much for you to say "Yes," how about this 2-CD or 3-LP distillation of highlights from the box chronicling Yes' 1972 tour?

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two

March 4, 2015 By

Yes Progeny

This 14-CD box captures seven complete concerts from Yes circa 1972 - the same tour leading up to the performances preserved on Yessongs.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Still Here: 1967-1973

March 4, 2015 By

Notations

Numero collects the best of the Chicago R&B vocal group, produced by Syl Johnson and Curtis Mayfield, illustrating the group's musical transition from smooth ballads to socially-conscious soul.

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul

Short Takes: Yes' Massive Box Set, Metallica's Original Demo and Van Halen Remasters

March 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Yes Progeny

There soon will be many more Yessongs. Progressive rockers Yes released the triple-LP live album Yessongs in 1973. It captured the band at the height of its powers, riding a wave of success thanks to the 1972 album Close to the Edge. In the weeks leading up to the recording of Yessongs, however, the band recorded a number of shows that are now being collected in Rhino's massive 14-CD box set Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two. The May 19 release contains seven complete shows recorded in

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Metallica, Record Store Day, Van Halen, Yes

Ultimate Sinatra

March 4, 2015 By

Ultimate Sinatra

The 100th birthday of The Chairman of the Board is celebrated with a variety of releases under the Ultimate Sinatra umbrella, including a 4-CD box set drawing on the RCA, Columbia, Capitol and Reprise eras, highlights on 2 LPs or 1 CD, and a digital download.  Full track listings and details on bonus material can be found in our full article!

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal

Perfectly Frank: Sinatra Celebrated With Career-Spanning Box Set "Ultimate Sinatra"

March 3, 2015 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

Ultimate Sinatra

2015 is getting a lot more ring-a-ding-ding come April thanks to the release of Ultimate Sinatra.  On April 21, Capitol/UMe will continue the Frank Sinatra centennial celebration in style with new career-spanning collections drawing on the Chairman of the Board’s historic tenures with the RCA Victor, Columbia, Capitol and Reprise labels.  Available as a 25-track single CD, a 26-track digital album, a 24-track 180-gram double-vinyl set, and a deluxe, 101-track 4-CD or digital box set, Ultimate

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Frank Sinatra

Release Round-Up: Week of March 3

March 3, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

staple singers freedom

Welcome to the Release Round-Up for the week of March 3! The Staple Singers, Freedom Highway Complete: Recorded Live at Chicago's New Nazareth Church (Epic/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Staple Singers' 1965 LP celebrating that year’s historic civil rights marches from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama is generously expanded to complete form on Legacy's new reissue available on both CD and vinyl.  Watch for a review here soon! The J. Geils

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Booker T. and the MG's, Boz Scaggs, Carole King, Foghat, Jerry Lee Lewis, Les McCann, The J. Geils Band, The Staple Singers

Walking in Memphis: Omnivore Revisits "Beale Street Saturday Night"

March 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Beale Street

Omnivore Recordings is going back to Memphis. The label has already preserved a number of classic records drawing on the city’s rich musical landscape by artists including Big Star, Alex Chilton, Sandra Rhodes, and Sid Selvidge. On April 14, Omnivore will add to that collection with the reissue of Beale Street Saturday Night, produced and curated in 1979 by the late Jim Dickinson in celebration of the city’s blues mecca Beale Street. Produced for The Memphis Development Foundation (and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, R&B/Soul Tags: Jim Dickinson, Sid Selvidge, Various Artists

A Winter's Tale: 7Ts Reissues Two From David Essex

March 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

David Essex Two Fer

The music of David Essex has long had a home at Cherry Red’s 7Ts label. Late in 2014, 7Ts revisited the catalogue of the British singer/actor for a two-for-one, double-disc reissue of 1983’s The Whisper and 1984’s This One’s for You. David Essex, OBE, was born David Albert Cook in 1947. Since making his record debut on the Fontana label in 1965, he has scored nineteen Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom (including two No. 1s), and sixteen Top 40 albums. Following a stage appearance in the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: David Essex

Portrait of His Love: New Mint Audio Records Label Launches With Unreleased Matt Monro Concert

February 27, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Matt Monro Hong Kong

We’ve written often here in the past about the splendid restoration work of Richard Moore on projects for vocalist Matt Monro and composer Roy Budd, among others. Now, we’re happy to spread the word that Moore has launched a new label. U.K.-based Mint Audio Records has kicked off with three releases (and counting!) from a trio of bona fide music legends: Rosemary Clooney, Jim Reeves, and Matt Monro. All three of these titles premiere never-before-released music, and we’ll be taking an in-depth

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Matt Monro

Creole Moon: Edsel Heads to "N'awlinz" With Dr. John Reissues

February 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Dr. John Creole Two Fer

With a new pair of reissues, Demon Music Group’s Edsel label is the in the right place, for the label has turned its attention to the catalogue of one of the funkiest men alive: Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr. John, the Night Tripper. An A&R man, arranger, producer, artist, and session musician since the early days of New Orleans rock and roll, the good doctor came into his own as a solo headliner with 1968’s Gris-Gris. Since that psychedelic exploration of N’awlins-style R&B, Dr. John has

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: B.B. King, Dr. John, Duke Ellington, Randy Newman, Willie Nelson

"Mathis Is..." Coming In TWO WEEKS From Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music!

February 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Mathis Cover

Mathis Is… It’s a difficult statement to complete.  How to describe one of the most remarkable voices in popular music?  Johnny Mathis continues to enjoy a singularly wonderful, wonderful career - one spanning seven decades, over 350 million records sold, more than eighty albums, and a host of million-selling singles including “Misty,” “Chances Are” and “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late.”  Longtime readers of The Second Disc can no doubt imagine how privileged we feel to be able to inaugurate

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Johnny Mathis

Review: Ron Nagle, "Bad Rice"

February 25, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

bad rice

Rare is the "cult album" that actually lives up to its mystique. But rare is Ron Nagle's Bad Rice. This artifact from the Mystery Trend leader and acclaimed ceramic sculptor, originally released on Warner Bros. Records circa 1970, has recently been given new life by Omnivore Recordings in a deluxe 2-CD edition that's an early candidate for Reissue of the Year. One part David Ackles, one part Randy Newman and the rest pure Nagle, Bad Rice likely wasn't helped all those decades ago by its

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Jack Nitzsche, Ron Nagle

Straight Shooter: Deluxe Edition

February 24, 2015 By

Bad Company Straight Shooter

The sophomore album from supergroup Bad Company gains a second disc of rarities on CD - 13 previously unreleased session tracks and one non-LP single!  A 2-LP vinyl edition features the remastered original album plus selected rarities.

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Bad Company: Deluxe Edition

February 24, 2015 By

Bad Company

The debut album from supergroup Bad Company is expanded with an entire second disc of rarities on CD - 10 previously unreleased session tracks and two non-LP singles!  A 2-LP vinyl edition features the remastered original album plus selected rarities.

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

Stillness in Motion: Vai Live in L.A.

February 24, 2015 By

Steve Vai Stillness

Stillness in Motion - Vai Live in L.A. is drawn from the guitar great's October 12, 2012 at Los Angeles' Club Nokia. Available in 2-CD and 2-DVD configurations, Stillness in Motion chronicles the 49th concert of Vai's acclaimed Story of Light World Tour.

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Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of February 24

February 24, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti various editions (Atlantic/Swan Song) 2-CD Original Album: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Original Album: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3-LP Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Super Deluxe Edition (3-CD/3-LP): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Digital Download: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Led Zeppelin's classic album turns 40 and gets the remastered treatment with never-before-heard content available in a plethora

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Camper Van Beethoven, Chicago, Lead Belly, Led Zeppelin, The Animals, The Manhattans

Liquid Spirit: Raising A Coffee Cup to Starbucks' Final CD "Blue Note Blend"

February 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Blue Note Blend

On April 1, 1995, Starbucks launched its line of CDs with Blue Note Blend, a selection of thirteen tracks from the catalogue of the venerable jazz label and its sister labels. Available as a standalone release or bundled with a pound of Starbucks’ same-named coffee, the album was an unqualified success, selling over 75,000 copies and spawning sequel volumes. Twenty years later, the coffee house is returning to its roots for a new edition of Blue Note Blend which features many of the same

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz Tags: Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Norah Jones, Various Artists

From Belmont Ave. To Bleecker St.: Never-Before-Heard Dion Concert Arrives On CD In April

February 23, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dion Bitter End

In a career spanning an astounding seven decades, Dion DiMucci has transitioned from doo wop to rock and roll to pop to folk to blues to contemporary Christian and back again, always bringing his stamp of originality and attitude to each endeavor. In August 1971, The King of the New York Streets took to one street in particular – Bleecker – to perform at the legendary Bitter End, today New York’s oldest rock club. Omnivore Recordings in the U.S. (and Ace Records in the U.K.) has captured Dion at

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Pop Tags: Dion, Dion and the Belmonts

Winds of Change (Mono Edition)

February 21, 2015 By

Animals Winds of Change

Sundazed has Eric Burdon and The Animals' 1967 rock classic on CD and 180-gram vinyl in mono.  Includes "San Franciscan Nights," the title track and the band's take on "Paint It Black."

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Reviews: Two From Real Gone - John Hall and Ray Kennedy

February 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

john hall power

It’s telling that John Hall’s Wikipedia page identifies him as “John Hall (New York politician).” For despite a career that saw him found Orleans, pen such instantly identifiable pop hits as “Dance with Me” and “Still the One,” and organize the 1979 No Nukes concerts alongside such heavy hitters as Jackson Browne, Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt, Hall may be best known today as a member of the House of Representatives for New York between 2007 and 2011 and as a longtime environmental activist. Real

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: John Hall, Ray Kennedy

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