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September 8, 2023 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Rumours Live

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Al Stewart, Songs on the Radio: The Complete U.S. Singles 1974-1981 (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) This definitive, first-ever singles collection from singer-songwriter Al Stewart brings together the A- and B-side of every single during the period in which Stewart catapulted from folk clubs to the mainstream.  Stewart bridged the gap

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Stewart, Alice Cooper, Art Pepper, Black Sabbath, Christopher Guest, Fleetwood Mac, Graham Parker, Harry Shearer, J. Geils Band, Jeff Harnar, Jefferson Starship, Marvelous 3, Michael McKean, Nanci Griffith, Paradox, Pat Boone, Rain Parade, Rooney, The Doors

April 22, 2022 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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After a series of smaller "Drops" over the past two years, Record Store Day is (mostly) back to a one-day event, and the big day is tomorrow: Saturday, April 23.  Over 250 titles will be available at independent stores everywhere - including some CD releases, too!  That's plenty of albums in almost every genre imaginable, so visit RecordStoreDay.com in the U.S., RecordStoreDay.co.uk in the U.K., and RecordStoreDayCanada.ca in Canada for the complete list, and sound off below as to which titles

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: America, Art Pepper, Belinda Carlisle, Blondie, Darlene Love, David Bowie, Del Shannon, Donna Summer, Elton John, Esther Marrow, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Laura Nyro, Lou Reed, Madonna, Nick Lowe, Patti Smith, Ramones, Record Store Day, Santana, Scott Walker, Simple Minds

February 18, 2022 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section

Craft Recordings has announced its slate for Record Store Day 2022 taking place on Saturday, April 23 at independent record stores everywhere.  The Concord catalogue arm will deliver a generous ten titles encompassing jazz (Vince Guaraldi, Art Pepper, a new volume of Jazz Dispensary), rock (Collective Soul, Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers), Latin psychedelia (Flash and The Dynamics), soul (Esther Marrow), hip-hop (Heavy Rhyme Experience Vol. 1), punk (Go Ahead Punk...Make My Day), and

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Latin, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Art Pepper, Collective Soul, Commander Venus, Esther Marrow, Flash and the Dynamics, Jonathan Richman, Record Store Day, The Brand New Heavies, Vince Guaraldi

September 27, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

beatles abbey road

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Beatles, Abbey Road: Anniversary Edition [Various Formats] (Apple/UMe) Super Deluxe 3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Abbey Road celebrates 50 with a variety of editions built around a new 2019 stereo mix by Giles Martin

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: 'Til Tuesday, Art Pepper, David Cassidy, Elmore James, Grateful Dead, John Coltrane, Paul Simon, Ramones, Sutherland Brothers and Quiver, Teddy Randazzo, The Beatles, The Replacements

September 13, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Johnny Mathis, Different Kinda Different: Expanded Edition (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Johnny Mathis' first album of the 1980s, Different Kinda Different, arrives today in an expanded edition from TSD & Real Gone Music.  Mathis ushered in the decade with one of the most romantic and sensual albums in his extensive discography. Different Kinda Different teamed him once more with Jack Gold

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Funk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Art Pepper, Cher, Chicago, Christina Aguilera, Johnny Mathis, Keely Smith, Lee Hazlewood, Prince, Rod Stewart, The Archies

July 17, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Art Pepper Promise Kept

Omnivore Recordings is continuing its association with the late saxophone great Art Pepper with a new box set.  On September 13, the label will issue Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings on 5 CDs and digital platforms, collecting all four of Pepper's albums for John Snyder's Artists House label with bonus material. Producer Snyder had long wished to record Pepper, and to that end, booked him into a week at the Village Vanguard in New York.  But the sax man was under contract to

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Jazz Tags: Art Pepper

September 29, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

David Bowie A New Career Cover Only

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) (Parlophone) 11CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 13LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. The third release in Parlophone's series of chronological box sets dedicated to the music of David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) closes the book on the legendary artist's RCA career.  It follows 2015's Five Years (1969-1973) and 2016's Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976),

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Anne Murray, Art Pepper, Belinda Carlisle, David Bowie, David Crosby, David Gilmour, Debbie Gibson, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Nilsson, Herb Alpert, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Mathis, Michael Jackson, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Pink Floyd, Stone Temple Pilots, The Association, The Golliwogs, The Rolling Stones, Tommy Steele

June 30, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Beach Boys Sunshine Tomorrow

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Beach Boys, 1967: Sunshine Tomorrow (Capitol/Brother/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Beach Boys' Sunshine Tomorrow, a new 2-CD and digital collection, not only premieres the first-ever true stereo mix of 1967's Wild Honey, but also premieres a whopping 54 rarities recorded that year including the live album Lei'd in Hawaii, session material from both Wild Honey and Smiley Smile, and further live recordings (spanning

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Art Pepper, Beach House, Harry Nilsson, Peggy March, The Beach Boys, The Beau Brummels, Various Artists

March 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Complete Third Vinyl

This morning, Omnivore Recordings announced its Record Store Day slate, boasting a trio of limited edition vinyl editions from Big Star, NRBQ and the Art Pepper Quartet.   These will be available at your favorite local independent record store on Saturday, April 22 as part of this year's RSD festivities. The 1957 album The Art Pepper Quartet, featuring alto saxophonist Pepper, bassist Ben Tucker, pianist Russ Freeman and drummer Gary Frommer, marks its 60th anniversary this year.  Omnivore

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop Tags: Art Pepper, Big Star, NRBQ, Record Store Day

December 1, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Art Pepper Fat Tuesdays

Art Pepper would have turned 90 on September 1 of this year.  Though the great alto saxophonist passed away in 1982, aged just 56, his legacy lives on.  Elemental Music has most recently celebrated Pepper's enduring influence on jazz with the new release of Live at Fat Tuesday's by The Art Pepper Quartet. This new five-song set preserves the performances of Pepper (alto sax), Milcho Leviev (piano), George Mraz (bass) and Al Foster (drums) at the New York nightspot on the evening of April 15,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Jazz Tags: Art Pepper

April 7, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Brian Wilson No Pier Pressure

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Who, The Brunswick Singles 1965-1966 (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Who box up replicas of seven early 7-inch singles plus an eighth with The High Numbers’ “Zoot Suit” b/w “I’m the Face” on this deluxe vinyl box set.  Read more here. Herman's Hermits, The 50th Anniversary Anthology (Bear Family) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Bear Family gives the “I’m Into Something Good” and “There’s a Kind of Hush” pop stars the deluxe

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Art Pepper, Bad Company, Brian Wilson, Cannonball Adderley, Dion, Eddie Bo, Garnet Mimms, Grace Slick, Herman's Hermits, Jackie Wilson, Jesse Winchester, Steve Vai, The Who, Todd Rundgren

March 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Mathis Cover

This week brings a particularly impressive slate by any standard, but we're particularly proud to introduce the world to Second Disc Records with our first two releases, from Johnny Mathis and the late Bob Crewe! Johnny Mathis, Life is a Song Worth Singing: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Here, on two CDs, we proudly present both of Johnny Mathis' album collaborations - including the never-on-CD Mathis Is... - with songwriter-producer

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Art Pepper, Bettye LaVette, Bob Crewe, Bread, Grace Slick, Grover Washington Jr., Jackie DeShannon, Johnny Mathis, Judas Priest, Julie Andrews, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, The Guess Who

February 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

pretenders box

  The Pretenders, 1979-1999 (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This mega-box features all of Edsel's expanded Pretenders reissues, totaling the band's eight Sire/Warner Bros. albums across 14 CDs and 8 DVDs (with six of the titles as 2-CD/1-DVD sets and two as 1-CD/1-DVD sets).  Wow!  All of the box set's albums are also available individually (see below)!  All track listings and discography can be found here. The Pretenders, 1979-1999 individual CD/DVD reissues

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Funk, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Art Pepper, Bob Marley, Chicago, Glen Campbell, Kiki Dee, Pretenders, The Alan Parsons Project, The Box Tops

August 15, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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The term "record store" (two rather hallowed words in these parts!) has long been used to describe those stores that sell music, even well into the age of the CD, and now, the digital download.  But lately, record store walls have been lined with more and more actual vinyl records.  In 2011, more records were purchased than in any other year in the past two decades, with sales up 36 percent over 2010, to a not-too-shabby 3.9 million. Sales for 2012 are likely to best that number.  Since its

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Art Pepper, Spain

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