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May 4, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Arthur Baker CD box

Demon Music Group scored a real coup in 2021 with the release of Dance Masters: Shep Pettibone (The Classic Master Mixes), a box set devoted to the stellar late '80s and early '90s remixer. The branding on the set indicated that Dance Masters was to be a series, presented by another remixing great: American DJ/producer Arthur Baker. Now, two years later, another Dance Masters set is forthcoming, focused on the work of Baker himself. Dance Masters: Arthur Baker (The Classic Dance Remixes), due

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Afrika Bambaataa, Al Green, Al Jarreau, Arthur Baker, Atlantic Starr, Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, Cyndi Lauper, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Fine Young Cannibals, Fleetwood Mac, General Public, Jeffrey Osborne, Jennifer Holliday, Jermaine Stewart, Junie Morrison, Living in a Box, Neneh Cherry, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Robbie Nevil, Roberta Flack, Talking Heads, The Cars, Various Artists

September 24, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Steely Dan Northeast Corridor

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Steely Dan, Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live (UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The first Steely Dan live album since 1995's Alive in America, Northeast Corridor was recorded on the group's last tour at venues including New York's Beacon Theater, The Met Philadelphia, and others.  (The band's nine-show Beacon residency in 2018 featured themed shows including performances of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Al Green, Anthony Perkins, Blossom Dearie, Cab Calloway, Carrie Underwood, Chick Corea, Donald Fagen, Dorothy Loudon, Edie Adams, Jack Cassidy, Joan Rivers, John Sebastian, Ringo Starr, Sex Pistols, Steely Dan, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Velvet Underground, Vernon Duke, Vincent Youmans

June 14, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Queen A Night at the Opera VMP

In April, record club Vinyl Me Please announced that it would be restoring some previously out-of-print titles to the catalogue to celebrate 100 releases in the club's Essentials series.  (See the list of all ten titles here.) We've given a spin to the re-presses of Queen's A Night at the Opera and Al Green's Call Me. For Queen, too much was never enough.  That attitude is perhaps best embodied by the band's fourth album, 1975's A Night at the Opera.  While the title was derived from the Marx

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul Tags: Al Green, Queen

April 12, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

VMP 100

Today, the Vinyl Me Please record club celebrates its 100th Essential Record of the Month.  The club's flagship line, the monthly Essentials program has encompassed titles from a wide variety of artists including John Prine, Aretha Franklin, Jorge Ben, Van Morrison, Mavis Staples, Miles Davis, Fiona Apple, Billie Holiday, The Notorious B.I.G., and Loretta Lynn.  While VMP also offers Classics (Soul, Blues, and Jazz), Hip-Hop, and Country tracks (the latter a new addition for 2021), the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Al Green, Gorillaz, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Outkast, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Saba, Spiritualized

August 28, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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With the nation still fighting COVID-19, Record Store Day here in the U.S. looks a little - make that a lot - different this year.  The usual offerings have been split among three dates with Drop 1 taking place tomorrow, August 29, at your local independent record retailer.  Drop 2 is September 26, and Drop 3 is October 24.  Every retailer is handling the Drop a bit differently thanks to the necessary accommodations for social distancing, smaller crowds, and better safety precautions.  So please

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Green, America, Andrew Gold, Billie Eilish, Bob James, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Charlie Parker, David Bowie, Elton John, John Lennon, Marc Bolan, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Ravi Shankar, Record Store Day, Steve Earle, T Rex, The Valentines, The Who, Thelonious Monk

July 6, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

RSD Drops 2020

As the COVID 19 outbreak continues to impact our lives, it's heartening to know that some things are returning to some semblance of "normal," or as close as we can get to it during this unpredictable impasse.  As we previously reported, Record Store Day has been split into three standalone "RSD Drop" days, occurring on August 29, September 26, and October 24.  That's not the only thing changing this time around.  It's been reported by Georgia-based shop Comeback Vinyl that the organization is

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Al Green, Alfredo Linares, America, Andra Day, Andrew Gold, Bert Jansch, Billie Eilish, Bob James, Bob Marley, Brian Eno, Cat Stevens, Charlie Parker, David Bowie, Elton John, Gary Clark Jr., Gene Russell, Glass Animals, Jethro Tull, John Lennon, John Prine, Nat Turner Rebellion, Nick Mason, Paul McCartney, Philip Glass, Pink Floyd, Ravi Shankar, Record Store Day, Ron Carter, Steve Earle, The Black Crowes, The Black Keys, The Who, Thelonious Monk, Yoko Ono, Yusuf

May 12, 2017 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

To Love Somebody Songs of the Bee Gees

With a recent Grammy Awards salute, a new catalogue deal, and the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Fever, the music of the Bee Gees has been front and center in 2017.  Ace Records has joined the celebration of the brothers Gibb with a new entry in the label's long-running Songwriters Series.  To Love Somebody: The Songs of The Bee Gees 1966-1970 pulls into focus the early professional years of Barry, Robin, and Maurice, with 24 choice cover versions of songs both familiar and lesser-known. 

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Al Green, James Carr, Lulu, Nina Simone, Percy Sledge, The Bee Gees, The Staple Singers, Various Artists

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