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Another Chance: Morello Collects Four Tammy Wynette Albums From The Early 1980s on New 2-CD Set

May 6, 2021 By Randy Fairman 9 Comments

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Since 2015, Cherry Red imprint Morello Records has been exploring the Epic catalog of country legend Tammy Wynette, releasing nine collections spanning 19 albums for the label.  They have just released a new entry in the series, a 2-CD set featuring the albums Only Lonely Sometimes, Soft Touch, Good Love & Heartbreak and Even the Strong Get Lonely which saw Wynette enter the 1980s. The latter half of the 1970s were a turbulent time personally for Tammy Wynette.  She divorced George Jones

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country Tags: Tammy Wynette

The Groovy Life I Lead: Frank Zappa's Final U.S. Concert Released on "Zappa '88" In June

May 4, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Frank Zappa Zappa 88

Following recent releases including the soundtrack to director Alex Winter's documentary Zappa (already out on CD/digital and coming to vinyl this Friday) and Halloween 81, 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 will arrive in CD, LP, and digital formats on June 18, preserving the March 25, 1988 show at Uniondale, New York's Nassau Coliseum that turned out to be the musician and bandleader's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Frank Zappa

Etta James: The Montreux Years

May 3, 2021 By

Etta James Montreux Years

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Etta James was a frequent visitor to the Montreux Jazz Festival stage.  Her volume of The Montreux Years culls performances from her concerts in 1975, 1977, 1978, 1989, 1990 and 1993.  Like Nina Simone (also represented in this series of releases), there was no song that James couldn't make her own with grit and guts.  Among the songs featured are her Muscle Shoals hit "Tell Mama" (James'

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

Nina Simone: The Montreux Years

May 3, 2021 By

Nina Simone Montreux Years

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Nina Simone first took the Montreux Jazz Festival stage on June 16, 1968 at the second edition.  Nina Simone: The Montreux Years spotlights all five of her performances at Montreux (1968, 1976, 1981, 1987, and 1990).  While the first disc presents a composite show drawn from the various years, the second presents her landmark 1968 concert in full for the very first time.  The material is typically

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

Amy Winehouse at the BBC

May 3, 2021 By

Amy Winehouse at the BBC

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amy Winehouse's posthumous live release Amy Winehouse at the BBC, first issued in 2012, returns as a 3-CD or 3-LP expanded edition.  This presentation brings together her earliest BBC Radio sessions, music from her first television appearances, and more.  It features the original album on one disc plus A Tribute to Amy Winehouse by Jools Holland on Disc Two and BBC One Sessions Live at Porchester

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

Lost in the Stars: Abbey Lincoln's "Abbey Is Blue" To Receive 180-Gram Vinyl Reissue

May 3, 2021 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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Craft Recordings has announced another anticipated reissue from their rich catalogue of jazz's most celebrated labels.  Due May 28, it's Abbey Is Blue by renowned vocalist, songwriter, and activist Abbey Lincoln (1930-2010).  Originally released on Riverside in 1959 as her fourth overall album and final release on the label, the album saw Lincoln team up with Max Roach, Stanley Turrentine, Philly Joe Jones, and other great sidemen for a selection of tracks hand-picked by Lincoln. From the

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Abbey Lincoln

The Weekend Stream: May 1, 2021

May 1, 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! The Jacksons, Triumph /

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: George Benson, Harpers Bizarre, Robert Palmer, Squeeze, The Jacksons

The Spell: Jon Anderson's "Animation" Returns from Cherry Red, Esoteric

April 30, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jon Anderson Animation

The early 1980s marked a time of constant change for Jon Anderson.  He departed the band he co-founded in March after sessions with Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, Dusty Springfield) failed to click and tensions rose with his bandmates Chris Squire, Steve Howe, and Alan White.  (Rick Wakeman left Yes at the same time.)  He was finding more creative freedom when he joined the electronic music pioneer Vangelis as "Jon and Vangelis."  Their debut Short Stories, released in January 1980, was a top five

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Jon Anderson, Yes

OUT TOMORROW: Michael Nesmith's "Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings" from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music

April 29, 2021 By The Second Disc 10 Comments

Michael Nesmith Different Drum The Lost RCA Victor Recordings

Tomorrow - Friday, April 30 - is the date for the first Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music release of 2021 - and it's one that's been years in the making! Michael Nesmith has always travelled to the beat of a "Different Drum" - whether as the writer of that classic hit for Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys, the wool hat-clad member of The Monkees, or one of the earliest progenitors of the country-rock genre.  In recent years, Nesmith has penned the critically acclaimed

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop Tags: Michael Nesmith

Tell Him: Cherry Red, 7Ts Collect The "Complete Singles" of Glam Band Hello

April 28, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Hello Complete Singles Collection

With its pounding piano, loud guitars, and bubblegum-sticky melody, Hello's 1972 debut single "You Move Me" epitomized the glam side of pop.  Written and produced by Russ Ballard (Argent, America), the Bell label 45 inaugurated a roughly seven-year run for the Tottenham band.  All of Hello's A- and B-sides for Bell, Arista, and Polydor have recently been collected by Cherry Red's 7Ts imprint on The Complete Singles Collection.  This set is a companion to 7Ts' 2016 box set Hello: The

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Hello

Trouble No More: Allman Brothers Band Reissues Deluxe Edition of "Bear's Sonic Journals: Fillmore East, February 1970"

April 27, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Allman Brothers Bears Sonic Journals Fillmore Deluxe

Following the recent release of Down in Texas '71, the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company has turned its attention to another archival release - in this case, a reissue of a past title.  On June 18, the label will team with The Owsley Stanley Foundation for a wide release of the 3-CD Deluxe Edition of Bear's Sonic Journals: Fillmore East , February 1970. This run of concerts from Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson a.k.a. Jaimoe, and Butch Trucks

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Allman Brothers Band

I Guess I'll Be: Sly Stone's "Baby Pictures" Collected on Sly and The Viscaynes' "Yellow Moon"

April 26, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Sly and the Viscaynes Yellow Moon

Sylvester Stewart, a.k.a. Sly Stone, thrillingly fused R&B with funk, rock, pop, and jazz as leader of the psychedelic outfit Sly and The Family Stone.  But the visionary artist didn't emerge from nowhere with his most famous band; he'd paid his dues in the early part of the 1960s at the Bay Area's Autumn Records label as a producer and artist.  Many of these recordings have been chronicled on collections from Ace (Precious Stone: In the Studio with Sly Stone 1963-1965, Listen to the Voices:

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, The Viscaynes

The Weekend Stream: April 24, 2021

April 24, 2021 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

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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! Mark Morrison, Return of

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Categories: Features, News, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Bay City Rollers, Mark Morrison, Poco, Rodney Dangerfield, Squeeze

To Know Her Is To Love Her: Amy Winehouse's "At The BBC" Is Expanded with Two Additional Discs

April 23, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Amy Winehouse at the BBC

Late last year, Island and Universal released a pair of box sets celebrating the life and legacy of the late Amy Winehouse (1983-2011).  12 x 7: The Singles Collection and The Collection respectively compiled all of the late British singer's A- and B-sides on 12 pieces of vinyl and her three studio albums on CD alongside a live concert and remix collection previously unreleased in the format.  Now, on May 7, her posthumous live release Amy Winehouse at the BBC, first issued in 2012, will return

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Amy Winehouse, Jools Holland, Paul Weller

You Better You Bet: The Who Expand "Face Dances" For Record Store Day

April 22, 2021 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

The Who Face Dances RSD

For Record Store Day 2020, The Who expanded their 1974 rarities collection Odds and Sods for a 2-LP, 25-song deluxe presentation.  This year, the band celebrates 40 years of 1981's Face Dances with another double-disc, expanded presentation.  It's due on Drop 1, June 12, from Geffen Records in a limited edition of 6,500 copies. Face Dances was the first of two Who studio albums recorded with drummer Kenney Jones following the 1978 death of Keith Moon.  While many missed Moon's explosive and

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Record Store Day, The Who

I'm So Glad: Cream's "The Goodbye Tour: Live at the Forum 1968" Arrives as 2-LP Set

April 20, 2021 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

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"Cream was a shambling circus of diverse personalities who happened to find that catalyst together...any one of us could have played unaccompanied for a good length of time. So you put the three of us together in front of an audience willing to dig it limitlessly, we could have gone on forever...And we did...just going for the moon every time we played." That's how Eric Clapton described his time in one of rock's first supergroups. And while Cream released four fine albums during their four

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Cream

Is This A Dream: André Previn's HMV and Teldec Albums Collected on Massive Box Set "The Warner Edition"

April 19, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Andre Previn The Warner Edition

André Previn (1929-2019) was a true renaissance man, making his mark in the worlds of jazz, classical, film, and stage.  A composer, pianist, and conductor, the German-born Previn won four Academy Awards as well as ten competitive Grammys; he led orchestras including the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, and the Oslo Philharmonic.  He scored classic Hollywood films, co-wrote the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classical/Opera, Jazz Tags: Andre Previn

The Weekend Stream: April 17, 2021

April 17, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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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're introducing 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! Lionel Richie, Louder

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Busta Rhymes, Lionel Richie, Madonna

Back 'In the Running': Next Howard Jones Reissue Coming from Cherry Red in April

April 16, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

In the Running

Cherry Red's ongoing Howard Jones reissue campaign hits its next marker on April 30, with an expanded CD/DVD and vinyl reissue planned for In the Running, Jones' fifth album and final release for a major label. In the Running continued the artistic and commercial trends that had been a part of Jones' career since 1989's Cross That Line sold modestly outside of the U.S. Top 20 hit "Everlasting Love." With a new decade in full bloom, Jones consciously moved away from the densest electronics of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Howard Jones

Happiness Is: Craft Readies Baseball-Themed Reissue of "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" and RSD Tie-In Single

April 14, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Vince Guaraldi A Boy Named Charlie Brown

The 1964 Fantasy Records release of The Vince Guaraldi Trio's A Boy Named Charlie Brown has been regularly reissued around the world in what seems like every format imaginable: LP, CD, SACD, cassette, FLAC, and so on.  The latest iteration of this classic album for kids of all ages hits stores July 16 from Craft Recordings, followed by a Record Store Day tie-in single the following day for RSD's second Drop.  This version, unlike the 50th anniversary reissue which restored the original 1964

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Soundtracks Tags: Record Store Day, Vince Guaraldi

The Man Who Sold The World [Picture Disc]

April 14, 2021 By

David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World Picture Disc

Parlophone reissues David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World (released 1970 in the U.S. and 1971 in the U.K.) as a 12-inch picture disc with its 1972 reissue artwork and a bonus poster.

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Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock

The Width of a Circle

April 14, 2021 By

David Bowie The Width of a Circle

Rhino continues the celebration of the 50th anniversary of David Bowie's 1970 classic The Man Who Sold the World with The Width of a Circle, a new 2-CD "companion" collection of related live tracks and singles (many previously unreleased) including the complete premiere of Bowie's music for the television drama The Looking Glass Murders (Pierrot in Turquoise) and two BBC sets.

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac

April 14, 2021 By

Mick Fleetwood and Friends Celebrate Peter Green

2CD/BD/4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada On February 25, 2020 - just before COVID-19 forced the world into lockdown - Mick Fleetwood assembled a starry roster of his famous friends (including Pete Townshend, Christine McVie, John Mayall, Steven Tyler, David Gilmour, Billy Gibbons, Bill Wyman, Noel Gallagher, Neil Finn, and Jeremy

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

Symptom of the Universe: Black Sabbath Announce 'Sabotage' Box Set

April 14, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Black Sabbath Sabotage

It's been a big year for fans of Black Sabbath.  In the first few months of 2021, Rhino has already released a box set of the band's 1972 album Vol. 4, followed by 2CD expanded editions of the first two Dio-era albums.  Now, the label has announced another super deluxe box set - this time of 1975's Sabotage.  Due on June 11, it will be available in both 4CD and 4LP/7" editions. While the album's title was inspired by the legal battle raging between Sabbath and its former manager, the album

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne

God Knows I'm Good: Live Rarities, Singles Collected on Bowie's 'The Width of a Circle'

April 14, 2021 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

David Bowie The Width of a Circle Items

David Bowie's third album The Man Who Sold the World opened with the blistering "The Width of a Circle," an eight-minute blast of rock adrenaline culminating in the narrator's illicit encounter with a supernatural being in the burning pits of Hell.  Bowie had quickly come a long way from the music hall theatricality of his first eponymous LP and the psychedelic folk-rock of his second.  The 1970 LP welcomed guitarist Mick Ronson and drummer Woody Woodmansey, the first appearance on a Bowie album

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: David Bowie, John Peel

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