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February 17, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Bobby Hatfield Stay with Me

During rehearsals for their landmark single "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield reportedly asked producer/co-writer Phil Spector just what he was supposed to do while Bill Medley took the lead on the powerful song. Spector's reply? "Go to the bank!" The producer wasn't kidding, as the anthemic ballad became a No. 1 on both sides of the Atlantic, the fifth best-selling song of the U.S. in 1965, and the most-played song on radio and television of the entire 20th

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Al Kooper, Bobby Hatfield, Ringo Starr, The Righteous Brothers

August 15, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Horn Rock

The new collection on Ace Records' BGP imprint packs a mighty punch. That's because it's dedicated to Horn Rock (with the equally-important subtitle And Funky Guitar Grooves), that boldest and brassiest of rock subgenres. The phrase "horn rock" immediately brings to mind the sound popularized by Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears (only one of which is represented here) but the added colors afforded by horns were applied to recordings in the baroque-rock, art-rock, psych-rock, and jazz-rock

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Al Kooper, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chase, Delaney and Bonnie, The Electric Flag, The Flock, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Sons of Champlin, Tower of Power, Various Artists

August 11, 2017 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Harry Nilsson Gotta Get Up

Randy Newman once observed of his friend Harry Nilsson, "The records Harry made, and the first records I made, it was like The Rolling Stones never existed."  Indeed, before his famously chronicled lifestyle as a Hollywood hellraiser threatened to overshadow his reputation as a talent nonpareil (and left his once-angelic voice in tatters), Nilsson had carved out an artful niche of wit and whimsy.  He expressed his musical muse in gentle psychedelia, baroque pop, folk rock, vaudeville

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Al Kooper, Andy Williams, Blood Sweat and Tears, Harry Nilsson, Sandie Shaw, The 5th Dimension, The Monkees, The Yardbirds, Various Artists

September 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Anton Fig Figments

Between 1986 and spring 2015, Anton Fig could be found on a nightly basis behind the drum kit of The World's Most Dangerous Band and, then, The CBS Orchestra.  Part of Paul Shaffer's band for David Letterman's NBC and CBS late-night talk shows, Fig would be glowingly acknowledged by the host as "Buddy Rich, Jr." for his ferocity and prowess with his instrument.  In 2002, the South Africa-born music great ventured out on his own to record his first solo album, appropriately entitled Figments. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Rock Tags: Ace Frehley, Al Kooper, Anton Fig, Blondie Chaplin, Brian Wilson, Chip Taylor, Richie Havens

September 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Doors Full Circle and Other Voices

The fall is almost upon us - which means some of the most exciting release weeks of the year are just around the corner!  We hope you've checked out Ted's farewell to the sounds of summer, because we're kicking off September right here with a new release from Second Disc Records - as well as goodies from The Doors, Eydie Gorme, Micky Dolenz, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, and many more!  To our U.S. readers, we wish you a safe and happy Labor Day weekend filled with great new (and old)

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Kooper, Dean Martin, Eydie Gorme, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, Spooner Oldham, The Doors, The Monkees, Wilson Pickett

December 30, 2014 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

gold cd

Welcome to The Second Disc’s Fifth Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! As with every year’s awards, our goals are simple: to recognize as many of the year’s most essential reissues and catalogue titles as possible, and to celebrate as many of those labels, producers and artists who make these releases happen in an increasingly-challenging retail landscape.  The labels you’ll read about below have, by and large, bucked the trends to prove that there’s still a demand for physical catalogue music

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Kooper, Billy Joel, Blood Sweat & Tears, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Dimitri Tiomkin, Donna Loren, Frank Sinatra, Pugwash, Salsoul Orchestra, Tony Hatch

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