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
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
Lost in the Stars: Abbey Lincoln's "Abbey Is Blue" To Receive 180-Gram Vinyl Reissue
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
The Weekend Stream: May 1, 2021
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 /
The Spell: Jon Anderson's "Animation" Returns from Cherry Red, Esoteric
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
Release Round-Up: Week of April 30
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Michael Nesmith, Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) For our first release of 2021, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music take a deep dive into the archives for Michael Nesmith's Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings. This compendium features 22 tracks on CD drawn from the RCA Victor vaults, every one of which is previously
OUT TOMORROW: Michael Nesmith's "Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings" from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music
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
Tell Him: Cherry Red, 7Ts Collect The "Complete Singles" of Glam Band Hello
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
Yes I'm Ready: Laura Nyro's First Seven Studio Albums Collected on New Madfish Box Set
We've long championed the extraordinary legacy of Laura Nyro here at The Second Disc, including with our own releases with Real Gone Music of A Little Magic, A Little Kindness: The Complete Mono Albums Collection and the first mono vinyl reissue of the singer-songwriter's debut More Than a New Discovery. Now, the U.K.'s Madfish label is returning her 1967-1978 catalogue for Verve and Columbia to vinyl in a new box set. The 8-LP box set American Dreamer is due on July 30. The slipcased
Trouble No More: Allman Brothers Band Reissues Deluxe Edition of "Bear's Sonic Journals: Fillmore East, February 1970"
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
I Guess I'll Be: Sly Stone's "Baby Pictures" Collected on 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:
The Weekend Stream: April 24, 2021
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
To Know Her Is To Love Her: Amy Winehouse's "At The BBC" Is Expanded with Two Additional Discs
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
Release Round-Up: Week of April 23
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band (Capitol/UMe) 6CD/2BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 6-CD/2-BD John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: The Ultimate Collection contains everything recorded by John and Yoko during the sessions for John's 1970 Plastic Ono Band LP, totaling 159 tracks on CD and 131 on
You Better You Bet: The Who Expand "Face Dances" For Record Store Day
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
Among My Souvenirs: Stage Door Preps "Petula Clark In Copenhagen: 1958-1960" with Previously Unreleased Recordings
Following the 2020 releases of Petula Clark's Christmas in London and On Air: 1951-1961, the Stage Door label is continuing its series exploring the early days of the superstar's extraordinary and still-thriving career. On May 21, Stage Door will release In Copenhagen 1958-1960, premiering a disc's worth of previously unreleased recordings from this largely unexplored period of Petula's career. The nearly two dozen recordings here have been sourced from master tapes housed in the archives of
Is This A Dream: André Previn's HMV and Teldec Albums Collected on Massive Box Set "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
The Weekend Stream: April 17, 2021
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
Back 'In the Running': Next Howard Jones Reissue Coming from Cherry Red in April
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
What a Little Moonlight Can Do: BMG Launches Montreux Jazz Live Series with Nina Simone, Etta James
Since 1967, the annual Montreux Jazz Festival has brought fans to Switzerland to enjoy world-class music from top-tier artists. Over the years, the festival's purview has expanded beyond pure jazz; Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Elton John have all played there as well as Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and Herb Alpert. Numerous concert albums have been recorded at Montreux, among them sets from Alice Cooper, Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter, Ella Fitzgerald, and Chick Corea. Now, BMG is adding to that
Release Round-Up: Week of April 16
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Mary Wilson, Mary Wilson: Expanded Edition (Motown/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Just days before her sudden passing, Mary Wilson promised that her 1979 Motown solo debut would finally see reissue. Universal Music and Wilson's estate have made good on that promise with this new digital release. Mary Wilson: Expanded Edition will include the original Mary Wilson album produced by Motown great Hal Davis; three single versions of the album's
Sabotage: Super Deluxe Edition
4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / Rhino.com 4LP/7": Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD / Rhino.com Rhino is expanding Black Sabbath's 1975 album Sabotage to 4CD and 4LP/7" proportions. The upcoming Super Deluxe Edition boasts a remastered version of the original album plus a complete live show from Sabbath's 1975 tour. The vinyl version only includes a bonus 7-inch single of the single edit of "Am I Going Insane (Radio)" b/w "Hole in the Sky,"
Blondes Have More Fun: Rod Stewart's Early American Years Chronicled in Vinyl Box
Some guys have all the luck: Rod Stewart is about to see his first four Warner Bros. Records albums collected on a new vinyl box set. Stewart moved to the Burbank label with 1975's Atlantic Crossing, inaugurating his most commercially successful period. Atlantic Crossing, A Night on the Town (1976), Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977), and Blondes Have More Fun (1978) took the Faces co-founder to new heights of superstardom, with each album earning platinum (or multi-platinum) certifications on
Happiness Is: Craft Readies Baseball-Themed Reissue of "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" and RSD Tie-In Single
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
Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac
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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