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Release Round-Up: Week of April 1

April 1, 2022 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Doris Day Early Day Rare Songs from the Radio

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles arriving in stores today! Daryl Hall, BeforeAfter (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Daryl Hall is looking back with his first-ever solo anthology.  BeforeAfter, curated by the artist, draws on all five of his acclaimed solo albums: the Robert Fripp-produced cult classic Sacred Songs (1980), Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986, including the top five hit "Dreamtime" and top

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Daryl Hall, Doris Day, Graham Parker, Kenny Rogers, Lorna Dallas, Lynn Ahrens, Marvin Gaye, Scott McCarl, Stephen Flaherty, The Raspberries, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones

And Then I Don't Feel So Bad: Coltrane's 'Favorite Things' Reissued in Stereo and Mono

March 31, 2022 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Coltrane Favorite Things packshot

One of John Coltrane's most popular albums is getting reissued for its 60th anniversary. My Favorite Things was the jazz legend's fourth record for the Atlantic label, and one of the bestselling works of the genre. Its title track, a dazzling cover of Rodgers and Hammerstein's song from The Sound of Music, became a jazz radio staple and helped the album sell more than a half-million copies in the ensuing decades.The other three songs on the album come from the rich tradition of Great American

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner

How Does It Feel to Be Back: An Interview with Jeremy Holiday of Iconoclassic Records

March 31, 2022 By Mike Duquette 7 Comments

JH Banner

Jeremy Holiday remembers it well: at four years old, he got his first "pop" record, Daryl Hall & John Oates' 1980 blockbuster Voices. That record set him on an incredible path that readers of The Second Disc will no doubt recognize: the journey to a fruitful career in catalogue music. For nearly 25 years, Holiday maintained an incredible tenure in the major label reissue business, working at BMG's Buddha and Heritage imprints, surviving a 2005 merger with Sony Music (and BMG's divestment

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Categories: Features, Interviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: B.T. Express, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Graham Parker, The Fall

Let Your Love Shine: Darlene Love's RSD Release "The Many Sides of Love" Coming to CD in May

March 30, 2022 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Darlene Love TSD RSD

From the moment she stepped out of the background to sing the commanding leads on such classic songs as "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" and "He's a Rebel," Darlene Love's voice has been recognized as one of the most powerful in rock and R&B.  On Record Store Day, April 23, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music will celebrate Love's extraordinary legacy of song with a new retrospective featuring fifteen of her most criminally overlooked recordings.  The Many Sides of Love: The Complete

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Bette Midler, Darlene Love, The Blossoms

Sky's the Limit: The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Life After Death' Gets Hypnotizing Deluxe Vinyl Reissue

March 30, 2022 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Notorious BIG Life After Death

The Notorious B.I.G. - born Christopher Wallace on May 21, 1972 - would have celebrated his 50th birthday this year.  Though the groundbreaking rapper was murdered at the age of 24 in March 1997, his estate is teaming with Bad Boy, Rhino, and Atlantic Records to remember him with a yearlong campaign known as Sky's The Limit: A Year Celebrating the Legacy of the Notorious B.I.G. launching on March 25.  While the campaign will encompass digital releases, 4K upgrades of his music videos on YouTube,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Puff Daddy, The Notorious B.I.G.

Take Me with U: 'Prince and The Revolution Live' Gets Remixed, Physical Release

March 30, 2022 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Prince and The Revolution Live packshot

It looks like a physical reissue of The Gold Experience isn't the only Prince release due from Legacy Recordings in June: the label will also premiere a physical audio release of Prince and The Revolution Live, a 1985 concert feature that offered one of the first glimmers of posthumous archival material from the legendary artist. As the first official release of a Prince show some 35 years ago, this set, recorded at The Carrier Dome in Syracuse, NY on March 30, 1985 - toward the end of the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Prince

Official Bootleg Series Vols. 3-5

March 29, 2022 By

Neil Young Royce Hall 1971

OBS 3: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles: February 1, 1971) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada OBS 4: Royce Hall (Los Angeles: January 30, 1971) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada OBS 5: Citizen Kane Jr. Blues (Live at The Bottom Line) (NYC: May 16, 1974) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Neil Young

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

Live at the El Mocambo

March 29, 2022 By

Rolling Stones El Mocambo

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP Neon Vinyl: Rolling Stones Online Shop The Rolling Stones are bringing their March, 1977 secret shows at Toronto's tiny El Mocambo club to 2-CD, 4-LP black vinyl, 4-LP neon vinyl, and digital formats. Live at the El Mocambo features the Stones' full set from March 5 (the second and final show), plus three bonus tracks from March 4, all newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain. Four of the

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

Bob Marley and The Chineke! Orchestra

March 29, 2022 By

Bob Marley and Chineke Orchestra

This 10-song set, recorded at Abbey Road Studios under the aegis of producer Nick Patrick, merges Bob Marley's original vocal tracks with new orchestrations played by The Chineke! Orchestra, an adventurous ensemble dedicated to increasing diversity in music.  The album features many of the reggae pioneer's most beloved compositions including "Get Up, Stand Up," "Is This Love," "One Love," and "I Shot the Sheriff."  Available on CD, LP, and digital formats. as well as in a Target-exclusive 2-CD

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Reggae

Satisfy My Soul: Bob Marley Goes Orchestral on Upcoming Release

March 29, 2022 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Bob Marley and Chineke Orchestra

Following in the footsteps of other late legends including Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, Bob Marley will be next to receive the orchestral treatment.  Bob Marley & The Chineke! Orchestra is due on May 27 from Island Records/UMe.  The 10-song set, recorded at Abbey Road Studios under the aegis of producer Nick Patrick, merges Marley's original vocal tracks with new orchestrations.  The album features many of the reggae pioneer's most beloved compositions including "Get Up, Stand Up," "Is

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Reggae Tags: Bob Marley, The Chineke! Orchestra

Always on My Mind: Vinyl Me, Please Announces "VMP Anthology: The Story of Willie Nelson"

March 28, 2022 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

VMP The Story of Willie Nelson

On April 29, Willie Nelson will turn 89 years old.  The rare artist for whom "legend" isn't just mere hyperbole, Nelson's extraordinary career has spanned eight decades, over 70 studio albums, dozens of singles, film soundtracks, live releases, and more. The Vinyl Me, Please record club has just announced VMP Anthology: The Story of Willie Nelson to mark 60 years since his first studio LP, 1962's ...And Then I Wrote.  Its title reflected the fact that the album would feature a number of hits

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Country Tags: Willie Nelson

Rip This Joint: The Rolling Stones' 1977 Secret Show Released on "Live at the El Mocambo"

March 28, 2022 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Rolling Stones El Mocambo

A surprise gig for The Rolling Stones is now yielding a surprise release.  Back in March, 1977, two concerts were announced to take place at the small, roughly 300-capacity Toronto club El Mocambo.  Canadian rock band April Wine was confirmed as the headliner; the support act was an unknown band called The Cockroaches.  Tickets were distributed via a radio contest on CHUM-FM.  It wasn't until the contest winners were being transported to the club on a chartered bus that radio station officials

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: The Rolling Stones

The Weekend Stream: March 26, 2022

March 26, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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En Vogue, Funky Divas (Expanded Edition) (Elektra/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) The R&B quartet's sophomore album, released in 1992, was their biggest, featuring the Top 10 pop hits "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)," "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" (a cover of Aretha Franklin's Curtis Mayfield-penned classic from the film Sparkle) and the rock-oriented "Free Your Mind." This digital expansion offers an additional eight vintage

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Depeche Mode, Ella Fitzgerald, En Vogue, Pantera, Sting

Official Release Series Volume 4

March 25, 2022 By

Neil Young Official Release 4

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Greedy Hand Store A new box set brings together three of Neil Young's '80s albums, along with a rare EP making its widest release yet.  Official Release Series Volume 4 runs the gamut of Young's eclectic output in the '80s - likely because it only covers his releases on his longtime home base of Reprise Records. (From 1982 to 1987, Young signed instead to Geffen Records.) The '80s were a time of transition and experimentation for Young - much

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Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock

B-Sides and Rarities Vol. 2

March 25, 2022 By

Rumer B Sides and Rarities Vol 2

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Singer-songwriter Rumer has collected another clutch of rare and previously unreleased recordings - 11 on LP, 13 on CD and digital - for B-Sides and Rarities Vol. 2.  Highlights include two previously-unheard original songs, "Roses" and "Old Fashioned Girl" (the latter penned by Rumer and her husband, Rob Shirakbari) plus tunes from Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, The Bee

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

Mingus Three: Deluxe Edition

March 25, 2022 By

Charles Mingus Mingus Three

2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino reissues the bassist-composer's 1957 album for Jubilee Records, Mingus Three, on CD and LP with eight previously unreleased performances.  A rare trio record for Mingus, it welcomed pianist Hampton Hawes and drummer Dannie Richmond and featured renditions of four familiar American Songbook standards ("Yesterdays," "I Can't Get Started," "Summertime," and "Laura") as well as two originals

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

Roll Another Number (For The Road): Neil Young Announces Three New "Bootleg Series" Volumes

March 25, 2022 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Neil Young Royce Hall 1971

Hot on the heels of the announcement of the fourth volume of Neil Young's Official Release Series, the singer-songwriter has announced three more live additions to his Official Bootleg Series which kicked off last fall with the release of Carnegie Hall 1970.  On May 6, Young will deliver two more shows from 1971 and one from 1974, and each of the three releases will be available on CD and digital platforms.  Vinyl versions will follow on June 3, and purchases made directly via Young's Greedy

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Neil Young

Release Round-Up: Week of March 25

March 25, 2022 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Hall and Oates Marigold Sky CD Reissue

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of new titles out today! Daryl Hall and John Oates, Marigold Sky: Expanded Edition (BMG) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BMG's reissue of Daryl Hall and John Oates' 1997 album Marigold Sky - their first away from the major label system - adds three bonus tracks: the radio edit of "Romeo Is Bleeding," the remix of "Hold on to Yourself," and the Hot Mix of "The

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Everything Else, Folk, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Beatrice Arthur, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Dorothy Loudon, Karen Dalton, Kraftwerk, Michael Bublé, Ornette Coleman, Reba McEntire, Rodgers and Hart

'Mingus Three' and More: Deluxe Edition of Jazz Bassist's Album Includes Eight Unreleased Tracks

March 24, 2022 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Charles Mingus Mingus Three

Composer/bassist/pianist/leader Charles Mingus would have turned 100 on April 22, 2022.  While the influential artist passed away in 1979 at the age of 56, his music has continued to inspire and influence countless musicians since.  On April 22, Mingus' actual birthday, Rhino will release a deluxe 2CD or 2LP edition of his 1957 album for Jubilee Records, Mingus Three, featuring eight previously unreleased performances.  The release also commemorates Jazz Appreciation Month, held every April in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Charles Mingus

How Deep Is Your Love: Rumer's Second Volume of "B-Sides and Rarities" Arrives in April

March 23, 2022 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Rumer B Sides and Rarities Vol 2

Anyone who's heard Rumer's 2015 collection B-Sides and Rarities knows that the artist's leftovers bear the same hallmarks of quality, beauty, emotion, and elegance as her core releases.  Now, seven years later, a second volume is on the way from Cooking Vinyl.  B-Sides and Rarities Vol. 2 arrives April 22 on CD and digitally with a vinyl LP edition to follow from the label on October 21. Since that initial collection, the Pakistani-born British artist has released two studio albums, one EP,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Rory More, Rumer

Totally Kool: First Dozen Kool & The Gang Albums Boxed by Edsel

March 22, 2022 By Mike Duquette 8 Comments

Kool Albums V1

For more than a half century, Kool & The Gang have been synonymous with a special, ever-changing kind of soul music - blending rhythm and blues, disco, jazz and funk, with a few decades of hits as a result. Edsel will celebrate Kool's legacy with a series of box sets starting with The Albums Vol. 1, a 13CD set including the group's studio and live output from the majority of their time together during the '70s. Formed by a troupe of high school friends in Jersey City, NJ (including

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Kool and the Gang

Train Leaves Here This Morning: Intervention Brings Dillard and Clark's "Fantastic Expedition" to Hybrid SACD, Vinyl

March 22, 2022 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Dillard and Clark Fantastic Expedition

Following its previous hybrid SACD and deluxe vinyl reissue of Gene Clark's 1971 A&M Records solo classic White Light, Intervention Records is turning back the clock to 1968 to the Byrds co-founder's collaboration with banjo legend Doug Dillard.  In May, Intervention will reissue The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark on hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players), while a 180-gram vinyl reissue will follow in late 2022. The singer-songwriter inaugurated his solo career in 1967

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Dillard and Clark, Doug Dillard, Gene Clark

Out of the Blue: BMG Reissues Daryl Hall and John Oates' "Marigold Sky" on CD, Vinyl, Digital

March 21, 2022 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Hall and Oates Marigold Sky CD Reissue

Daryl Hall and John Oates' 1997 album Marigold Sky marked the duo's first album away from the major label machine.  Following tenures on Atlantic, RCA, and Arista, the phenomenally successful pair aligned with BMG-distributed Push Records for their first "indie" release.  Seven years had passed since the release of their final Arista album, Change of Season, and the passage of time was reflected on the cover.  The reflective image adorning Marigold Sky was a far cry from the bolder, more

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The Weekend Stream: March 19, 2022

March 19, 2022 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Stream

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! From hard-rockin' brothers to non-stop dance vibes, you've got quite a selection this week. Nelson, Imaginator / Silence is Broken / Brother Harmony / Life / Like Father, Like Sons / Before the Rain / Perfect Storm (After the Rain World Tour 1991) / Lightning Strikes Twice (Stone Canyon/UMe) Imaginator: iTunes

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Depeche Mode, Ice Cube, Nat King Cole, Nelson

This Note's for You: Neil Young's Latest Albums Box Includes Rare 'Eldorado' EP

March 18, 2022 By The Second Disc 8 Comments

Neil Young Official Release 4

A new box set will bring together three of Neil Young's '80s albums, along with a rare EP making its widest release yet. Official Release Series Volume 4, available April 29, runs the gamut of Young's eclectic output in the '80s - likely because it only covers his releases on his longtime home base of Reprise Records. (From 1982 to 1987, Young signed instead to Geffen Records.) The '80s were a time of transition and experimentation for Young - much of it done on Geffen, though sparks of that

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Crazy Horse, Neil Young

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