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Release Round-Up: Week of August 7

August 7, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Diamond, Live Reissues 1972-2018 (Capitol/UMe) Hot August Night (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / uDiscoverMusic.com) Love at the Greek (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com) Hot August Night II (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com) Hot August Night/NYC (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscovermusic.com) Hot August Night III (Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Collective Soul, Deep Purple, Grateful Dead, Joe Bonamassa, Joel McNeely, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Neil Diamond, Split Enz, The Stooges

How Does It Feel? New Order Give 'Power, Corruption & Lies' The Box Set Treatment

August 6, 2020 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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One of New Order's most celebrated albums is getting expanded in October. Rhino will issue a "Definitive Edition" of the band's sophomore release, 1983's Power, Corruption & Lies. The box will feature the album on CD and LP with the first-ever mastering from the original analog tapes; a bonus disc of unreleased session outtakes and the band's 1982 live set for John Peel's BBC radio program; and two DVDs offering three complete live shows, a host of additional concert clips and television

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: New Order

Nobody Else: Cherry Red Revisits Nick Kamen Discography on "The Complete Collection"

August 6, 2020 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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"Wow, he's got a great face!"  That was Madonna's first reaction to then-model, future pop star Nick Kamen.  She recollected, "I never knew he could sing.  And the next thing I know, Seymour Stein calls me up and says, 'would you be interested in writing a song for his album?'  So he sent me a tape and the Levi's commercial and a demo video that he had done, and I said, 'Wow, this guy's got everything.'"  Now, fans of Kamen can have everything, too, as Cherry Red has just released The Complete

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Madonna, Nick Kamen

Live at Goose Lake: August 8, 1970

August 5, 2020 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop Clear LP: Your Local Record Shop Purple LP: Rough Trade [Pre-orders sold out online, but copies may be available at Rough Trade's NY and London retail stores] Third Man has unearthed Live at Goose Lake, August 8th, 1970, the only known soundboard-sourced live recording of the original Stooges.  Here, the band play through all of Fun House, with Dave

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

Rumor Has It: 30th Anniversary Edition

August 5, 2020 By

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CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD & Vinyl Merchandise Bundles (Including Autographed Bundles): Reba McEntire Store Exclusive Orange Vinyl: Wal-Mart Reba McEntire expands her 1990 album in a new anniversary edition with two bonus tracks on CD (an acoustic take of Bobbie Gentry's "Fancy" recorded at the Ryman Auditorium and a dance remix of the song by Dave Audé) and one on vinyl (the acoustic recording).

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

Don't Rain on Their Parade: Diana Ross and The Supremes' "Funny Girl" Comes to Deluxe CD from Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music

August 5, 2020 By The Second Disc 28 Comments

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Nobody - no, nobody was gonna rain on Diana Ross and The Supremes' parade. With new member Cindy Birdsong joining Miss Ross and Mary Wilson, the group released no fewer than five albums in 1968, all of which showcased their extraordinary versatility.  One of those LPs was to be their only full-length tribute to a classic Broadway score - and what a tribute it was from three of Motown's "greatest stars."  Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" featured the group's dynamic

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Bob Merrill, Diana Ross, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Jule Styne, The Supremes

Feel The Noize: New Slade Collection Due In September

August 5, 2020 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

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One of England's most successful rock bands is compiling their hits for a new collection this fall. Cum On Feel The Hitz: The Best Of Slade collects more than 40 tracks across two discs from the Wolverhampton band, including 16 Top 10 hits released between 1970 and 1984. Six of them - the uniquely-spelled "Coz I Luv You," "Take Me Bak 'Ome," "Mama Weer All Crazee Now," "Cum On Feel The Noize," "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" and the holiday perennial "Merry Xmas Everybody" - all topped the chart,

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

Phone Rings, Door Chimes, In Comes Company: Vocalion Releases Quad Mixes of "Company" and "A Chorus Line" on SACD

August 4, 2020 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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The U.K.'s Dutton Vocalion label is continuing its ongoing campaign reissuing quadraphonic albums on hybrid SACD (with a stereo layer playable on all CD players) with two classic Broadway cast recordings from the Columbia vaults.  Both were choreographed by Michael Bennett, feature the talents of Donna McKechnie, and have orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.  Moreover, both merged classic Broadway with a powerful and contemporary sensibility. Much as Rodgers and Hammerstein had done before him,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Dean Jones, Donna McKechnie, Ed Kleban, Elaine Stritch, Marvin Hamlisch, Priscilla Lopez, Stephen Sondheim

Fancy: Reba McEntire's "Rumor Has It" Gets 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition

August 3, 2020 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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Late last year, Reba McEntire celebrated 25 years of her Read My Mind album with an anniversary expanded edition.  Now, she's following that up by revisiting her 3x platinum 1990 smash Rumor Has It in similar fashion.  On September 11, Rumor Has It will return from MCA Nashville in a new edition with two bonus versions of its top ten hit "Fancy": a live acoustic take recorded at Music City's famed Ryman Auditorium and a dance remix by Dave Audé (who recently remixed Barbara Mandrell's "Sleeping

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Bobbie Gentry, Reba McEntire

What Was It You Wanted? MoFi Announces Deluxe Vinyl Reissues of Bob Dylan's "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid," "Oh Mercy," "'Love and Theft'"

August 3, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

The long-awaited next volumes in Mobile Fidelity's successful series of Bob Dylan albums have been announced: a 2-LP 45rpm edition of Oh Mercy is available now, and a further 2-LP 45rpm configuration of Love and Theft is due later this month.  This follows a 33rpm remaster of Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid, already available.  (All three titles are also available on hybrid stereo SACDs from MoFi.) 1989's Oh Mercy represented something of a return-to-form for Bob Dylan, who, after a few

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

Review: Paul McCartney, "Archive Collection: Flaming Pie" 2-CD and 5-CD/2-DVD Box Set Editions

July 31, 2020 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Today sees the release of the latest in Paul McCartney's acclaimed Archive Collection series, Flaming Pie. Originally released in 1997, the album marked something of a comeback for McCartney, who was inspired by the spontaneous, more immediate recording techniques of The Beatles.  Many heralded it as a sort of return to form upon its release, and now fans can judge for themselves with this illuminating deep dive into the Macca vaults.  Like previous Archive Collection entries, Flaming Pie is

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Paul McCartney

Sweet, Sweet Fantasy: Mariah Carey Kicks Off 30th Anniversary Campaign

July 31, 2020 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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She famously doesn't count birthdays, but Mariah Carey is taking 2020 to commemorate the birth of her music career with some rare and unreleased material. Earlier this month, the pop icon announced #MC30, a celebration throwing all the way back to her self-titled debut, issued three decades ago this past June. The campaign promises weekly "digital EPs, remixes, bonus cuts, rare tracks, acapella moments and mind-blowing live performances" - and five releases have occurred so far. The first,

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Categories: News Formats: Books, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Mariah Carey

The Rill Thing: Omnivore Returns Little Richard's Reprise Albums to CD in New Expanded Editions

July 31, 2020 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

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Rock and roll lost a founding father this year with the passing of Richard Penniman, a.k.a. Little Richard.  Now, the outrageous, charismatic, and ahead-of-his-time piano-pounder is being celebrated by Omnivore Recordings with the reissue of his first two Reprise albums originally released in 1970 and 1971.  Both titles are due in expanded editions on September 18. The 1960s saw the peripatetic Richard moving from label to label (and genre to genre) including Mercury, Atlantic, Specialty, Vee

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

Lawdy Miss Clawdy: Craft Recordings Celebrates New Orleans Music Royalty With New Vinyl Reissues

July 31, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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Today, Craft Recordings releases a pair of vinyl reissues from two of the most enduring New Orleans musicians of the modern era:  James Booker's Classified and Irma Thomas' After The Rain.  Both are part of Craft's ongoing celebration of Rounder Records' golden anniversary. Piano virtuoso James Booker proved himself to be one of the most unique, trail-blazing pianists to come out of New Orleans.  Over the course of his career, he released a No. 3 R&B single "Gonzo," performed alongside

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Irma Thomas, James Booker

Release Round-Up: Week of July 31

July 31, 2020 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Flaming Pie [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol/UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 5CD/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Super Deluxe 5CD/2DVD/4LP: Paul McCartney Online Shop 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Paul McCartney Archive Collection returns with a new volume dedicated to Macca's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Airto, Alanis Morissette, Bobbie Gentry, Burt Bacharach, Cat Stevens, Daniel Tashian, Errol Dunkley, Irma Thomas, James Booker, Jon Anderson, Little Steven, Man, Paul McCartney, Pete Rodriguez, Soul Asylum, The Zombies

In Your Head: Cranberries Expand 'No Need To Argue' With B-Sides and Outtakes

July 30, 2020 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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No Need To Argue, the album that gave Irish rockers The Cranberries their biggest hit around the world, is getting expanded  this fall. As a tribute to frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan, who passed away unexpectedly in 2018, the surviving members of The Cranberries have remained active despite the band's formal dissolution, expanding their debut Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? later that year and wrapping up final album In The End in 2019. No Need To Argue continues that reissue

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

Cross That Line: Expanded Deluxe Edition

July 30, 2020 By

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3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cherry Red's ongoing Howard Jones reissue campaign continues with his fourth album.  The 3CD/1DVD set features the original album alongside a whopping 34 bonus tracks - nearly two dozen of which are being released for the first time - along with a region-free DVD offering three original music videos (including a rare alternate version of "Everlasting Love") and a newly-recorded interview with

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Formats: CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Pop

Everlasting Love: Cherry Red Expands Howard Jones' 'Cross That Line'

July 29, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Cherry Red's latest reissue in their ongoing Howard Jones campaign is one of the series' most expansive yet, offering a deeper look at the singer/songwriter/synthsmith's fourth LP, Cross That Line. Released in 1989, Cross That Line found Jones in an introspective, experimental mood. His first mostly self-produced album, it featured meditations on lost relationships ("Last Supper") and extended polemics on power ("Guardians Of The Breath") nestled within its tracks. There were also classic

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Howard Jones

We're Not In Kansas: Big Country's Early '90s Anthologized In New Cherry Red Box

July 29, 2020 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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Cherry Red's longtime association with Scottish rockers Big Country - which manifested in a release of the group's last album The Journey in 2013 and continued with deluxe reissues of latter-day and live bootleg material in 2017 and 2018 - continues with another multi-disc anthology project due this September. Out Beyond The River - The Compulsion Years Anthology showcases the group's journey through the mid-'90s as they released The Buffalo Skinners, their sixth album, in 1993. After seeing

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Big Country

Back to Dirty Blvd.: Lou Reed's "New York" Gets Deluxe Box Set Treatment in September

July 29, 2020 By Joe Marchese 9 Comments

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Lou Reed went back to basics for his fifteenth solo studio album and Sire Records debut, 1989's New York.  In contrast to the prevailing high-gloss, sleek, and electronic sound of the day, Reed opted for a primal sound with two guitars, bass, and drums that recalled his groundbreaking work two decades earlier with The Velvet Underground.  (In fact, the VU's Moe Tucker even played percussion on a couple of tracks.)  On September 25, Rhino will revisit the dark, visceral LP in a sprawling

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Lou Reed

Happy Together: Demon Reissues Three Turtles Collections on Vinyl

July 29, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Three years after the U.K.'s Demon Records released The Turtles' The Albums Collection - a six-LP vinyl set presenting the band's complete studio album discography - the label has added three more vinyl titles to their Turtles library: the period anthologies Golden Hits (1967) and More Golden Hits (1970) plus the 2017 compilation The Turtles '66.  All three reflect the changing sound of the eternal group which both epitomized AM pop and gently sent it up. Golden Hits arrived at the midpoint

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That Old Feeling: UMe and Acoustic Sounds Team Up For New Audiophile Reissues From Verve's Vast Jazz Catalog

July 28, 2020 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

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Verve Label Group and UMe have announced a new collaboration with the audiophile reissue label Acoustic Sounds that finds the team offering up what's said to be "definitive audiophile grade versions of some of the most historic and best jazz records ever recorded."  It's set to launch this Friday, July 31, on August 28 with two classic duets albums: Stan Getz and João Gilberto's landmark Getz/Gilberto (featuring Astrud Gilberto) and the singular Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Joao Gilberto, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz

Great Spirit: New Robert Plant Anthology Due in October

July 27, 2020 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

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Today, Robert Plant begins the third season of his podcast Digging Deep with Robert Plant on which he reflects on his storied career and shares the stories behind the music.  To coincide with the season premiere, Plant has announced a new career-spanning 2-CD set.  Due on October 2 from his own Es Paranza label, Digging Deep: Subterranea compiles 30 tracks on two CDs (or streaming/digital) from his solo body of work. Digging Deep: Subterranea will be the first 2-CD collection of the Led

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Folk, Rock Tags: Patty Griffin, Robert Plant

Must Be The Money: Nelly's 'Country Grammar' Gets 20th Anniversary Digital Expansion

July 27, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Two decades after Nelly put St. Louis' hip-hop scene on the map, his breakthrough debut album has been digitally expanded by UMe. A new 20th anniversary expansion of Nelly's Country Grammar is now available to stream and download, featuring the original album alongside four bonus tracks available digitally for the first time, including the soundtrack rarity "Icey"; "Come Over," a collaboration with Funkmaster Flex; and instrumental versions of the album's biggest hits, "Country Grammar" and

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Nelly

In Memoriam: Peter Green (1946-2020)

July 25, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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Earlier today, it was confirmed that Peter Green - the wunderkind guitarist who played with john Mayall's Bluesbreakers and co-founded Fleetwood Mac as well as his own Splinter Group - died at the age of 73.  As a singer, songwriter, and electrifying guitar-slinger, Green pushed the boundaries of blues-rock and forged a thrilling, all-encompassing new sound reflected on such classic songs as "Black Magic Woman,"  "Albatross," "Oh Well," and "Man of the World."  Artists the caliber of B.B. King

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock Tags: Peter Green

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