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The Motown Anthology

October 12, 2021 By

Mary Wilson The Motown Anthology

The Motown Anthology is the ultimate retrospective of Mary Wilson, multi-hyphenate talent: singer, activist, author, fashion icon, actress, mother, grandmother, friend, trailblazer, legend, Supreme.  This first-ever comprehensive overview of Wilson's Motown discography presents 38 songs, including a whopping 33 tracks only available physically on this collection including stunning new mixes of Supremes favorites, four Supremes outtakes produced by Deke Richards, the complete 1979 Mary Wilson

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

It's Red Hot Just For You: Mary Wilson's "The Motown Anthology" Coming Soon from Real Gone Music, Second Disc Records

October 11, 2021 By The Second Disc 15 Comments

Mary Wilson The Motown Anthology

In her final message to fans shared on YouTube, Mary Wilson shared some very special news.  "I finally decided how to work with Universal," the legendary Supreme confided to her fans, "and they are going to release new Mary Wilson recordings.  Yes! At last! At last."  That day is finally upon us.  On December 3, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records will premiere The Motown Anthology, a brand-new 2-CD, 38-song collection of the best of Mary Wilson. Before her unexpected passing on February

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Mary Wilson, The Supremes

Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971)

October 9, 2021 By

Joni Mitchell Archives Vol 2

5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: JoniMitchell.com Store Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 2 follows the format of last year's acclaimed first volume.  (See TSD's interview with Archives co-producer Patrick Milligan here.)  Over 5 CDs or 10 LPs and nearly six hours of previously unreleased studio, live, and home recordings, it chronologically traces Mitchell's musical journey in the period that yielded her first four albums: Song to a Seagull (1968), Clouds (1969), Ladies of the

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

The Weekend Stream: October 9, 2021

October 9, 2021 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Madonna, Madame X - Music from the

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classical/Opera, Country, Disco/Dance, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billy Preston, Curtis Mayfield, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Indigo Girls, Itzhak Perlman, Kool and the Gang, Lou Reed, Madonna, Otis Redding, Paula Abdul, Tears for Fears, The Sweet Inspirations, War

Do the Dance Now: Cherry Red, Esoteric Reissue Cult Favorites from Colin Scot, "English" Gypsy

October 8, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Gypsy Comes a Time

Today, we're looking at two recent sets from the vaults of United Artists Records courtesy of Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint. Singer-songwriter Colin Scot (1941-1999) only recorded three albums in his too-short lifetime.  While none of them dented the charts, all three revealed a talented singer-songwriter in the folk-rock vein. Esoteric has reissued Scot's first LP, from 1971, in an expanded edition that's actually a repress of the 2006 release on the Eclectic Discs label. In

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Colin Scot, Gypsy

The World is (Still) a Ghetto: War Preps 'Greatest Hits 2.0'

October 7, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

War Greatest Hits 2.0

Late last year, Warner Music Group's Rhino label confirmed that, after a ten-year break, it would once again be home to the Avenue Records catalogue.  The first release under the new deal celebrated the career of Avenue's marquee band, WAR.  That limited edition Record Store Day Black Friday reissue of the band's 1976 Greatest Hits was followed this year by another Record Store Day release, WAR: The Vinyl 1971-1975.  That box collected WAR (1971); All Day Music (1971); The World Is a Ghetto

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Funk, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: War

Benefit: The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition

October 6, 2021 By

Jethro Tull Benefit 50th

Parlophone reissues Jethro Tull's 1971 classic Benefit as a 4CD/2DVD set, The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition, featuring all of the material from the 2013 expanded 2CD/DVD edition plus: Two previously released Steven Wilson remixes from Aqualung reissue in 2011 ("My God (Early Version)" and "Just Trying to Be"); Five original 1971 stereo remixes not included on the 2013 bonus disc; Two unreleased live concerts - one newly mixed by Wilson (Fillmore at Tanglewood 1970), one in mono

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

The Last Domino?

October 6, 2021 By

Genesis The Last Domino

Four days after Genesis launches a North American farewell (?) tour, Rhino in the U.S. and Virgin/UMC in the U.K. will release a companion collection.  The Last Domino?, the album, offers 27 tracks, including hits and deep cuts, on 2 CDs or 4 LPs.  The Last Domino? has been curated in conjunction with the band and the majority of its songs will be heard on North American tour stages this year.  It's sequenced non-chronologically - rather like a concert setlist - blending tracks from Genesis'

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

Howard Jones at The BBC

October 6, 2021 By

Howard Jones At The BBC

Howard Jones At The BBC is a 5CD treasure trove of rare and unreleased recordings from the artist taped by the national radio between 1983 and 1987. Aside from appearances on a handful of B-sides and as bonus material - including a long out-of-print box set of Howard's first two albums that came with a live bonus disc in 2010 - all of these tracks are being heard for the first time since they were broadcast.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop

Hold On My Heart: Genesis Looks Back On Tour Companion Collection "The Last Domino?"

October 4, 2021 By Joe Marchese 16 Comments

Genesis The Last Domino

On November 15, Phil Collins, Tony Banks, and Mike Rutherford are planning to take the stage at Chicago's United Center as Genesis to launch the band's first North American tour since 2007.  (The European leg kicked off in September.)  The tour is entitled The Last Domino? (note the question mark), and four days after its debut, Rhino in the U.S. and Virgin/UMC in the U.K. will release a companion collection.  The Last Domino?, the album, is due on November 19 and will offer 27 tracks, including

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Genesis, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Tony Banks

The Weekend Stream: October 2, 2021

October 2, 2021 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Public Enemy, Apocalypse 91: The

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Benny Goodman, Claudine Longet, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Indigo Girls, Lesley Gore, Mark Mulcahy, Material Issue, Public Enemy, Toni Braxton

Sweets for My Sweet: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Collect The Sweet Inspirations' Atlantic Recordings on "Let It Be Me"

September 30, 2021 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Sweet Inspirations Let It Be Me

In its 1960s heyday, Atlantic Records was the destination for deeply-felt soul.  Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Solomon Burke, and Wilson Pickett were just a handful of the artists there who defined the sound of soul music.  Lesser-known but no less significant were The Sweet Inspirations.  Today, the vocal quartet might be best-remembered as Elvis Presley's preferred onstage backup group, but The King was just one of a staggering number of artists they supported - including the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Gospel, R&B/Soul Tags: Cissy Houston, The Sweet Inspirations

The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts

September 27, 2021 By

Springsteen No Nukes

2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, a multi-format set coming October 22, features newly remixed and restored audio and video footage from Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band's sets at Madison Square Garden in New York City in late September 1979. The star-studded "No Nukes" concerts were put on by MUSE (Musicians United for Safe

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

Teaser and the Firecat: 50th Anniversary Edition

September 27, 2021 By

Cat Stevens Teaser and the Firecat 2021

4CD/1BD/2LP/7″ Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4CD/1BD Super Deluxe Edition (identical contents sans vinyl LPs and single): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  1CD (Original Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Original Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD 2CD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cat Stevens' 1971 Teaser and the Firecat, his third LP for Island Records in the

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Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop

The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film By Todd Haynes - Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack

September 27, 2021 By

Velvet Underground OST

On October 15, The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film by Todd Haynes will be released in theaters and to the Apple TV+ streaming service.  The same day, Republic Records/UMe will issue the film's soundtrack on 2-CD and digital formats.  The movie secured the participation of surviving bandmates John Cale and Maureen "Mo" Tucker in chronicling the story of the groundbreaking group formed by Cale, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, and Angus MacLise (replaced in 1965 by Tucker).  Upon its July

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock

Waiting for the Man: Soundtrack for Todd Haynes' Velvet Underground Film Due in October

September 27, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Velvet Underground OST

Director Todd Haynes has long emphasized music in his filmography.  One of his first works to garner significant attention was 1987's controversial and unauthorized Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story; four years later, his evocation of the glam rock era in Velvet Goldmine made more commercial waves.  More recently, he's been attached to direct Michelle Williams in the forthcoming Peggy Lee biopic Fever.  But before Haynes tackles Peggy, he's returning to a different Velvet: The Velvet

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Soundtracks Tags: John Cale, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground

The Weekend Stream: September 25, 2021

September 25, 2021 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! A Tribe Called Quest, Check the

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Ashley Parker Angel, Basil Poledouris, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Indigo Girls, JoJo, Lou Rawls, Nancy Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Sammy Davis Jr., The O'Jays, Whitney Houston

Morning Has Broken: Cat Stevens' "Teaser and the Firecat" Goes Super Deluxe in November

September 23, 2021 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Cat Stevens Teaser and the Firecat 2021

In 1971, Cat Stevens, a.k.a. Yusuf Islam, built upon the success of his first two albums for Island Records (U.K.) and A&M Records (U.S.) with Teaser and the Firecat.  Featuring three of the singer-songwriter's most beloved songs - "Peace Train," "Moonshadow," and an adaptation of the hymn "Morning Has Broken" - Teaser became his first U.K. and U.S. top five chart entry, reaching No. 2 on both charts.  Following last year's 50th anniversary deluxe reissues of Mona Bone Jakon and Tea for the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Cat Stevens

The Willie Nelson Family

September 23, 2021 By

Willie Nelson Family

Willie Nelson is back with his newest studio album and 16th overall for Legacy Recordings.  The Willie Nelson Family features Willie joined by sister Bobbie, sons Lukas and Micah, and daughters Amy and Paula as well as band members Mickey Raphael, Kevin Smith, and Billy and Paul English for a set of 12 songs.  Willie's own compositions are present alongside poignant covers of the Carter Family ("Keep on the Sunnyside," the traditional hymn "In the Garden"), Kris Kristofferson ("Why Me"), Hank

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country

The Show Time Series EP Collection: Volume Three

September 22, 2021 By

Show Time Series Volume Three

Stage Door Records concludes The Show Time Series EP Collection, collecting RCA Victor's 1953 series dedicated to highlights from classic musicals, with this volume featuring 20 tracks from five musicals.  The shows heard in this volume are: Anything Goes (Cole Porter); Kiss Me, Kate (Cole Porter); Porgy and Bess (George and Ira Gershwin/DuBose Heyward); Girl Crazy (George and Ira Gershwin); and The Little Shows (various songwriters).  Helen Gallagher, Lisa Kirk, Jack Cassidy, and Edie Adams are

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Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings

Grapefruit Records Spotlight: Complete Collections Arrive from The Sorrows, Fire, and Tintern Abbey

September 22, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

The Sorrows Complete

Today, we're spotlighting three recent "Complete" collections from Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint. "We played punk before punk was invented!"  That quote by vocalist Don Fardon of The Sorrows opens up Grapefruit's new 4-CD set Pink Purple Yellow and Red: The Complete Sorrows.  The R&B band formed in Coventry in 1963 and became a fixture on the mod scene; later, they were retroactively branded "freakbeat" for their aggressive and edgy style of R&B and rock and roll.  Fardon, lead

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Fire, Strawbs, The Sorrows, Tintern Abbey

In This Together: Simply Red Collect Remixes on New 2CD Set

September 21, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Simply Red Remixed Volume 1

Rhino U.K. is painting the town Red with the October 22 release of Simply Red Remixed Vol. 1 (1985-2000) collecting 22 remixes (including seven previously unreleased) on 2 CDs or digital platforms from the Manchester pop-soul band. Simply Red's debut album, 1985's Picture Book, introduced the band that then featured Mick Hucknall (vocals), Fritz McIntyre (keyboards/vocals), Chris Joyce (drums/percussion), Tony Bowers (bass), Sylvan Richardson (guitar), and Tim Kellett (trumpet).  The album

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop Tags: Simply Red

The Lady in the Balcony: The Lockdown Sessions

September 21, 2021 By

Eric Clapton Lady in the Balcony

DVD/CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD BD/CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4K UHD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD DVD/BD/CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD CD: Target.com (U.S.) / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Given his outspoken anti-vaccine and anti-COVID lockdown statements (and songs), it's surprising that Eric Clapton has announced his own

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

The Weekend Stream: September 18, 2021

September 18, 2021 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! The Beatles, Get Back (Take 8) EP

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Billy Preston, Cy Coleman, George Harrison, Jack Jones, Jimmy Eat World, John Lennon, Les Paul, Mary Ford, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tank, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Righteous Brothers

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

September 17, 2021 By

RealGoneXmas OST Grinch

Real Gone has a vinyl repressing of the soundtrack to 2018's Dr. Seuss' The Grinch.  This was first released in 2020 by Real Gone as an exclusive at Urban Outfitters.  It is now hitting general retail for the first time.  Last year, The Second Disc said this about the album: "The 2018 reboot of the classic Christmas tale is full of great music - from Danny Elfman's original score to musical selections by Jackie Wilson, Nat King Cole, The Supremes, Brian Setzer, Run-D.M.C., Tyler The Creator, and

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Soundtracks

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