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Better Than All the Rest: Tina Turner's 'Foreign Affair' Set for Box Set Release

June 3, 2021 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Tina Turner Foreign Affair

Tina Turner's Foreign Affair is about to get a lot bigger.  The stature certainly befits the artist who was recently voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo performer; her Broadway musical Tina is scheduled to resume performances on October 8 and the HBO documentary of the same name is currently streaming.  On July 16, Rhino and Parlophone will revisit Turner's 1989 album in a variety of formats including a 4CD/DVD Super Deluxe Edition and 2CD and 2LP Deluxe Editions. Tina's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Tina Turner

Oh What a Night for Love: Mint Audio Continues Peter Skellern Anthology Series with "The Complete Island and Mercury Recordings"

June 2, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Peter Skellern Complete Island and Mercury

When Mint Audio Records left Peter Skellern on The Complete Decca Recordings, the British singer-songwriter-pianist had completed his 1972-1975 tenure at Decca Records after three studio albums and one odds-and-ends collection.  Now, Mint has continued the Skellern story with the release of a new 3-CD set, The Complete Island and Mercury Recordings, covering 1975-1982 via six full albums and a handful of bonus tracks.  This beautiful anthology chronicles his path from singer-songwriter to

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Peter Skellern

Dance Tunes for The Underdog: Omnivore Remembers Mumps, "American Family" Icon Lance Loud with New Anthology

June 1, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Mumps Rock and Roll This Rock and Roll That

Before The Real Housewives, The Osbournes, and The Real World, there was An American Family.  The twelve-part 1973 PBS documentary series chronicled the day-to-day life of the Loud family of Santa Barbara, California.  It's now considered a prototype for modern-day reality television: its 300-plus hours of filming yielded footage of Pat Loud breaking up with her husband Bill after 21 years of marriage and of their son Lance's coming out as gay.  Lance was the breakout star of the program, and

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Kristian Hoffman, Lance Loud, Mumps

The CBS Tapes

June 1, 2021 By

The Rubinoos The CBS Tapes

Yep Roc Records has unearthed a piece of history from Berkeley, California's power-pop heroes The Rubinoos.  On November 3, 1976, co-founders Jon Rubin (vocals) and Tommy Dunbar (guitar) entered CBS Studios in San Francisco with drummer Donn Spindt and bassist Royse Ader to get a feel for the studio prior to the recording of their first album.  Now, that session is being released as The CBS Tapes with 11 tracks encompassing both covers and originals in energetic Rubinoos style.

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

Off the Soundboard: Tokyo 2001

June 1, 2021 By

Kiss Off the Soundboard Tokyo 2001

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Off the Soundboard: Tokyo 2001, available in 2-CD or 3-LP formats, presents KISS' performance at the Tokyo Dome on March 13, 2001 with the line-up of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Eric Singer.  The 21 songs on the release don't hint at the backstage drama that was then consuming the band on their farewell tour.  Long story short: it wasn't farewell after all, but did prove to be a

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock

Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998

June 1, 2021 By

Phyllis Hyman Old Friend

The 9-CD box set Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998 traces the late Phyllis Hyman's musical journey by bringing together her studio albums as originally released on the Buddah, Arista, and Philadelphia International labels plus select bonus tracks including collaborations with Barry Manilow, Norman Connors, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Grover Washington Jr., and Michael Henderson.  It's very much in the mold of Cherry Red/SoulMusic's 2020 box for Phyllis' onetime Arista labelmate

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: R&B/Soul

The Weekend Stream: May 29, 2021

May 29, 2021 By The Second Disc 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 Saturday 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, Beautiful

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soundtracks Tags: Madonna, Run-DMC, Stacey Q

Paul McCartney, John Lennon, The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and More Feature on "1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything" Soundtrack

May 25, 2021 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

1971 OST

David Hepworth's 2017 book Never a Dull Moment: The Year That Rock Exploded set forth the author's belief that the year crystallized the "rock era," producing more enduring recordings than any other year in the genre's history.  It's difficult to argue with any year that yielded John Lennon's Imagine, The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers, Carole King's Tapestry, Joni Mitchell's Blue, Elton John's Madman Across the Water, Carly Simon's Anticipation, Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin'

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Diana Ross, Elton John, George Harrison, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, Paul McCartney, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Various Artists

Fawlty Towers: For the Record

May 24, 2021 By

Fawlty Towers for the Record

Demon Music Group celebrates the legacy of Fawlty Towers with Fawlty Towers: For The Record.  This limited edition box set features six 140-gram white LPs containing the original TV soundtracks of all 12 episodes as narrated by Andrew Sachs.  The first four LPs are replicas of those originally issued by the BBC - Fawlty Towers, Second Sitting, At Your Service, and A La Carte - while the newly-created Plat du Jour and Enjoy Your Stay complete the set.  In addition to stars John Cleese, Prunella

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Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks

Summer of Sorcery: Live at the Beacon Theatre

May 24, 2021 By

Little Steven Summer of Sorcery Live

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: uDiscoverMusic.com / Little Steven's Webstore Link TBD Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul's Summer of Sorcery: Live at the Beacon Theatre, in support of the 2019 release of the Summer of Sorcery studio album, was recorded at the storied New York venue on November 6 of that year.  It will arrive in multiple audio and video formats: 3CD, 5LP, and Blu-ray.  The

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Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Rock

Party Mambo! Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul Bring "Summer of Sorcery Live" to CD, LP, BD

May 24, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Little Steven Summer of Sorcery Live

Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul are once again conjuring a Summer of Sorcery.  On July 9, Wicked Cool Records and UMe will release Summer of Sorcery: Live at the Beacon Theatre from Van Zandt and his big band of musical wizards.  The concert, in support of the 2019 release of the Summer of Sorcery studio album, was recorded at the storied New York venue on November 6 of that year.  It will arrive in multiple audio and video formats: 3CD, 5LP, and Blu-ray. The band's entire 25-song

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven, Nils Lofgren, Peter Wolf, Steven Van Zandt

Short Takes: Acoustic Sounds Continues Verve, Impulse! Reissue Series; UMe Breaks Out Individual Traffic LPs from Box Set; Omnivore Collects Emitt Rhodes' The Palace Guard

May 20, 2021 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

The Palace Guard All Night Long

Impulse! Records' 60th anniversary celebration continues all year with Verve/UMe and Acoustic Sounds' ongoing series of deluxe audiophile reissues drawn from the label's storied catalogue.  The full 2021 slate of releases - 2-3 per month through December - has been announced.  It features some of the heaviest hitters from the Impulse! discography including Ray Charles, Gil Evans, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, and John Coltrane.  A number of titles from the Verve catalogue will also be reissued

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz Tags: Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Emitt Rhodes, John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Sonny Rollins, The Palace Guard, Traffic

All Excited: The Rubinoos Premiere 1976 Session on "The CBS Tapes"

May 19, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

The Rubinoos The CBS Tapes

Yep Roc Records has unearthed a piece of history from Berkeley, California's power-pop heroes The Rubinoos.  On November 3, 1976, co-founders Jon Rubin (vocals) and Tommy Dunbar (guitar) entered CBS Studios in San Francisco with drummer Donn Spindt and bassist Royse Ader to get a feel for the studio prior to the recording of their first album.  Now, that session is being released on June 25 as The CBS Tapes. Although they hadn't yet recorded their debut record for Berkeley indie label

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Rubinoos

Invitation to Jamaica: Landmark Anthology "The Trojan Story" Sees 50th Anniversary Reissue

May 18, 2021 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

The Trojan Story CD

Since 1968, Trojan Records has been synonymous with the reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska genres.  The U.K. label founded by Lee Gopthal and Island Records' Chris Blackwell was instrumental in spreading those Jamaican sounds throughout the world and popularizing such key artists as Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and The Maytals.  By 1971, Trojan - with its focus on 45 RPM singles - had amassed enough hit records to release a label anthology.  On June 18, that seminal release,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Reggae Tags: Desmond Dekker, Duke Reid, Jimmy Cliff, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Phyllis Dillon, Various Artists

State Theater, New Jersey, 2005

May 17, 2021 By

Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren Live

Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson's 2005 international tour featuring post-classical string quartet Ethel is brought to a 2CD/DVD set from Purple Pyramid collecting all three artists' sets plus the encore which brought them together.  Both Jackson and Rundgren performed solo for sets blending fan favorites with deeper cuts.  The show was recorded at New Brunswick, New Jersey's State Theatre on April 29, 2005.

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Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, Rock

Singles (The UA Years +)

May 17, 2021 By

Dr Feelgood Singles

2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Recycled Vinyl: Rhino.com Dr. Feelgood's 1989 compendium Singles (The U.A. Years +), originally issued on United Artists' parent EMI label, is reissued on vinyl for the first time.  Rhino revisits the 26-song, 2-LP anthology (collecting the group's A-sides only) on standard black vinyl and limited-edition recycled vinyl made from the scraps of unused colored vinyl.  The latter format will be available exclusively through Rhino's

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Genre: Classic Rock

The Weekend Stream: May 15, 2021

May 15, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Various Artists,

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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: Billy Paul, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Lionel Richie, Lou Rawls, MFSB, The Intruders, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees, They Might Be Giants

Lookin' Back: Capitol, UMe Reissue, Remaster Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band's "Live Bullet"

May 14, 2021 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

bob seger live bullet

Bob Seger catapulted to national stardom in October 1976 with the multi-platinum LP Night Moves, after a string of regional hits in the Detroit area and throughout the Midwest.  Just before that commercial breakthrough, Seger and his Silver Bullet Band were captured in their live prime at Detroit's Cobo Hall for the 2-LP set Live Bullet. Now, the album is returning to its original vinyl format to mark its 45th anniversary.  The new reissue, remastered by Robert Vosgien, will arrive on June 11

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Bob Seger

Rhythm of the New-Born Day: Cherry Red Revisits, Expands Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat"

May 13, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Al Stewart Year of the Cat

Surely one of the most unlikely hits of 1976-77 was Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat."  An atmospheric tale of romance in a faraway place with Casablanca name-checks of Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre, the song propelled the British singer-songwriter to the top of the pops: No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and even higher, No. 4, in Cash Box) and No. 8 AC as well as No. 31 in the U.K., his only chart appearance there.  Following its expanded reissue late last year of Stewart's 24 Carrots, Cherry

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Al Stewart

There's More Where That Came From

May 12, 2021 By

Osmond Chapman Orchestra Theres More Where That Came From

Vocalist David Osmond, son of Alan and nephew of Donny and Marie, teams with bandleader, producer, and saxophonist Caleb Chapman for this new "contemporary big band" project.  There's More Where That Came From reimagines a host of pop and country classics ("Ring of Fire," "You Don't Know Me," "The Way You Look Tonight," "Fly Me to the Moon," "For Once in My Life") along with original tunes ("We Might as Well Fall in Love," "I Need a Real Good Thing") and even a modern-day cover (Bruno Mars'

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

Give It Up! Rhino, Run Out Groove Celebrate Black Music Month in June with Charles Mingus, Roberta Flack, Curtis Mayfield, The Time, More

May 11, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Black Music Month Banner

On June 7, 1979, President Jimmy Carter recognized June as Black Music Month.  Thirty years later, President Barack Obama, the first African-American to hold the nation's highest office, commemorated the designation.  He noted that the rich legacy of black music had encouraged citizens "to dance, to express our faith through song, to march against injustice, and to defend our country's enduring promise of freedom and opportunity for all."  This June and into July, Rhino and sister imprint Run

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Charles Mingus, Curtis Mayfield, Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Ray Charles, Roberta Flack, The Drifters, The Time, Zapp and Roger

The Weekend Stream: May 8, 2021

May 8, 2021 By The Second Disc 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 Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Pearl Jam, Deep

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Lou Rawls, Madonna, Pearl Jam, Terry Jacks

Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show

May 7, 2021 By

Frank Zappa Zappa 88

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Zappa Records has announced a new archival title - and it's a landmark, if bittersweet, addition to the library.  Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show preserves the March 25, 1988 show at Uniondale, New York's Nassau Coliseum that turned out to be the musician and bandleader's final show on American soil.  Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show, featuring the first release of Zappa's "Beatles Medley" with lyrics

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Rock

The CD/Vinyl Box Set, Volume 3

May 7, 2021 By

Def Leppard Volume 3

6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 9LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada After a 2+-year wait since the last volume, Def Leppard will continue its chronological box set series with the June 11 release of Volume Three from Virgin/UMe.  This set, available on six CDs or nine 180-gram vinyl LPs, collects all three of the band's studio albums from the first decade of the 2000s (2002's X, 2006's Yeah!, 2008's Songs from the Sparkle Lounge) plus three newly curated collections

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

It Sure Looked Good on Paper: The Steve Goodman Demos

May 7, 2021 By

Steve Goodman It Sure Looked Good on Paper

It Sure Looked Good on Paper: The Steve Goodman Demos, due in 1CD and 2LP formats, offers the most close-up look yet at the late singer-songwriter's legacy.  The collection presents 20 intimate demo recordings from the artist and storyteller who died of leukemia in 1984 at the too-young age of 36, including renditions of "City of New Orleans" and "You Never Even Call Me by My Name."​

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Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Folk, Pop

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