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May 3, 2019 By Joe Marchese 14 Comments

Live Through The Years

Billy Joel turns 70 on Thursday, May 9, and is celebrating with a birthday concert at Madison Square Garden, where he's currently headlining an unprecedented years-long residency of monthly concerts.  While the piano man hasn't released an album of original songs since 1993's River of Dreams, he's hardly been idle these past 26 years and remains a top concert draw.  Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings are commemorating Joel the live performer with a new streaming playlist available

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Joel

April 12, 2019 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

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Looking for our usual Release Round-Up?  Alas, there's not much new in the way of catalogue music this Friday (and we've already filled you in on Billy Paul and Leon Russell!), but for a very good reason: tomorrow sees releases a-plenty as part of Record Store Day!  Without further ado, welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year's RSD event!  Once you're through reading, let us know what you're most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Badfinger, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Brian May, Burt Bacharach, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Dennis Wilson, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Louis Armstrong, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Prince, Roger Taylor, Stu Phillips, The Beatles, The Sherman Brothers, Todd Rundgren, Woody Guthrie

March 4, 2019 By Sam Stone 9 Comments

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Sony's Legacy Recordings has announced its offerings for this year's Record Store Day festivities, to be held on Saturday, April 13 at your local brick-and-mortar retailer!  As usual, it's an eclectic line-up with pop, rock, and R&B superstars all represented.  So without further ado, here's the label's full list! Jeff Buckley, In Transition - 1 LP - 3,000 copies In Transition is a compilation of seven previously unreleased studio performances from 1993 during the making of Jeff Buckley's

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Brian May, Dennis Wilson, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley, Pink Floyd, Prince, Record Store Day, Roger Taylor, Sly and the Family Stone, Taylor Hawkins

September 27, 2017 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Clive Davis Soundtrack of Our Lives

This past April, New York's Radio City Music Hall hosted a prestigious premiere.  The film was Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, and the screening was accompanied by an all-star concert featuring Barry Manilow, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, and others celebrating the life of the music legend.  Beginning on October 3, Apple Music will exclusively stream the Chris Perkel-directed documentary, and today, September 27, Legacy Recordings has digitally released an exclusive

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ace of Base, Alan Jackson, Alicia Keys, Annie Lennox, Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow, Billy Joel, Blood Sweat & Tears, Brooks & Dunn, Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, Chicago, Dionne Warwick, Earth Wind and Fire, Elton John, Eric Carmen, Gladys Knight, Grateful Dead, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Janis Joplin, Kelly Clarkson, Kenny G, Luther Vandross, Melissa Manchester, Natalie Cole, Patti Smith, Rod Stewart, Santana, Simon and Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Dayne, Teddy Pendergrass, The Alan Parsons Project, The Kinks, Whitney Houston

November 11, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Tony Bennett 90

This past August 3, Tony Bennett celebrated his milestone 90th birthday...and made it clear that he had no intentions of slowing down.  Indeed, the legendary vocalist has dates booked well into 2017, but first, he's looking back with a new 3-CD set including rare and previously unreleased material.  Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 premieres the recording of the all-star concert tribute held at Radio City Music Hall on September 15 of this year, but the Amazon-exclusive Deluxe Edition will

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Billy Joel, Diana Krall, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Rufus Wainwright, Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett

May 26, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Yes Progeny

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up!  We hope all of our U.S. readers enjoyed a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.  And now, without further ado, onto the music! Yes, Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Finally, after a brief delay, Progeny is here! This whopping 14-CD box captures seven complete concerts from Yes circa 1972 - the same tour leading up to the performances preserved on Yessongs.  For those who don't need 14 discs, 2-CD and 3-LP

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, SACD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Billy Joel, Bruce Hornsby, Cy Coleman, Donna Summer, Labelle, Patti Labelle, The 5th Dimension, The Textones, Yes

March 24, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Streetlife Serenade SACD

Audio Fidelity is continuing its well-received series of surround-sound releases on hybrid SACD with a trio of quadraphonic (4.0) titles from 1974 and one classic rock favorite from 1972 in 5.1.  All of these titles feature the surround mix on the high resolution SACD layer with a newly-remastered version of the original stereo mix on both the SACD and standard CD layers. The '72 classic is America's Homecoming.  The second album by the trio of Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley and Dan Peek,

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Categories: News Formats: SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: America, Billy Joel, Earth Wind and Fire, Labelle

December 30, 2014 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

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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

May 30, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Billy Joel has been famously prickly in recent years about many of the archival releases bearing his name. But one hopes that the troubadour, currently in the midst of his tenure as a “franchise” at New York’s Madison Square Garden, is beaming with pride at A Matter of Trust – The Bridge to Russia. This set, available in a variety of audio and video formats from Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, not only splendidly chronicles Joel’s historic 1987 trek to the Soviet Union but vividly

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets Tags: Billy Joel

May 28, 2014 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONTEST WINNER, FABIO TURSI! He's won a copy of Billy Joel's A Matter of Trust: The Bridge to Russia 2CD/1DVD set from Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings!

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: Box Sets, DVD Tags: Billy Joel

May 19, 2014 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

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Oasis, Definitely Maybe: Chasing The Sun Edition (Big Brother/Ngrooves) Oasis' debut album is remastered and expanded; the first in a planned series of multi-format reissues from the legendary Britpop band. 1CD remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.2LP remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.3CD deluxe edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.3CD/2LP/1 x 7″ box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Billy Joel, A Matter of Trust: The Bridge to Russia (Columbia/Legacy) The Piano Man's 1987 sojourn to the USSR is

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, DVD Tags: Aaron Neville, Allen Toussaint, Billy Joel, Miles Davis, Oasis, R. Kelly, R.E.M., Roy Orbison, The Doors, Vinyl

February 25, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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With Billy Joel in the midst of his unprecedented concert run as a “franchise” at New York’s Madison Square Garden, the time has never been better to revisit one of the most significant concert appearances of the Long Island troubadour’s long musical career.  On May 20, 2014, Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will definitively chronicle Joel’s historic 1987 Russian concert tour on A Matter of Trust – The Bridge to Russia. A Matter of Trust will be available in a Deluxe Edition box set

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Categories: News Formats: DVD Tags: Billy Joel

January 23, 2014 By Mike Duquette 9 Comments

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When not releasing intriguing physical products, sometimes labels like to do neat things to spice up their digital offerings, making complete discographies available or taking advantage of Apple's "Mastered for iTunes" initiative. Here's a few notable digital-oriented stories we've caught wind of in recent days! He's a living legend, a multiplatinum bestseller, a Kennedy Center honoree and - in 2014 - the first musical franchise at New York's Madison Square Garden. This week, Legacy

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Billy Joel, Los Lobos, The Romantics

July 2, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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CHIC and Various Artists, Nile Rodgers Presents The CHIC Organization: Up All Night - The Greatest Hits (Rhino U.K.) This new double-disc compilation, featuring hits from CHIC, Sister Sledge, Debbie Harry and more, might be the best Nile Rodgers-centric compilation in its price range. (Amazon U.K. / Amazon U.S.) Blood Sweat & Tears, Rare, Rarer & Rarest / Joe Farrell Quartet, Joe Farrell Quartet / Herbie Hancock, Treasure Chest / Sha Na Na, The Night is Still Young (Wounded Bird) A

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Herbie Hancock, Sister Sledge, The Allman Brothers Band, The Association, The Grateful Dead, Vinyl

May 21, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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The Beach Boys, Live: The 50th Anniversary Tour (Capitol) Brian, Mike, Al, Bruce and David may not be touring again anytime soon, but at least we now have two discs of live memories to play. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Townes Van Zandt, The Late Great Townes Van Zandt / High, Low and In Between (Omnivore) You heard the demos, now rediscover these great country albums, on CD or vinyl! Late Great CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.), LP (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) High, Low CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: News Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Billy Joel, Bob Seger, Linda Ronstadt, Queen, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Steely Dan, The Beach Boys, Townes Van Zandt

April 1, 2013 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Today, The Second Disc remembers Phil Ramone. The multiple Grammy-winning producer, 79, died on Saturday, leaving behind a legacy of song from artists ranging from Barbra Streisand to Paul McCartney, Barry Manilow to The Band.  Yet unlike so many of his contemporaries, Phil Ramone didn’t have a signature style.  Instead of molding a band or singer to a preferred sonic specialty, he was a true architect of sound, tailoring each production to the individual artist.  Ramone was equally comfortable

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Paul Simon, Phoebe Snow, Stan Getz, Tony Bennett

February 26, 2013 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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WE HAVE A WINNER! Click the banner above to find out who won Billy Joel's She's Got a Way: Love Songs!

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January 23, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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“She’s got a way about her…I don’t know what it is,” Billy Joel sings on his very first album.  But it isn’t long before the song’s narrator explicates many of those ways about her, like a “smile that heals me” or “a light around her.”  Even if he can’t put his finger on it, he’s confident that “a million dreams of love surround her ev’rywhere.”    Yet rarely (in life or in art) has love been so simple for Billy Joel.  “She’s Got a Way” lends its title to a new compilation subtitled Love Songs

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Categories: News, Reviews Tags: Billy Joel

January 22, 2013 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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Billy Joel, She's Got a Way: Love Songs (Columbia/Legacy) The romantic side of the Piano Man is featured on this new compilation. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Rodriguez, Searching for Sugar Man (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) One of the most captivating catalogue music documentaries of 2012 is now available on DVD  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) and Blu-Ray (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)! The Blue Nile, A Walk Across the Rooftops / Hats: Deluxe Editions (Virgin/EMI) Slated for release in the

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Tags: Billy Joel, Buck Owens, Rodriguez, Say Anything, The Blue Nile, The Pogues

December 3, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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2013 will mark the 20th anniversary of Billy Joel's final studio album to date, 1993's River of Dreams. Since then, the semi-retired Piano Man has busied himself with sold-out concerts, live recordings, a foray into classical music and a Broadway musical based around his storied songbook. More recently, Joel has signed on as one of the artists performing at 12 12 12, a concert to benefit the victims of the East Coast's crippling Hurricane Sandy. But with the dearth of new music from Joel,

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March 30, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Though Billy Joel retired from the business of writing and recording new pop music in 1993 following his River of Dreams, and has largely kept his word in the ensuing almost-twenty years, the music legend has hardly lowered his profile.  Since River of Dreams, Joel, now 62, has written an album’s worth of classical compositions, overseen a hit Broadway musical, staged lucrative tours and issued numerous live albums and career-overview collections.  As recently as last week, Joel’s catalogue was

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Categories: News Tags: Billy Joel

December 19, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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And the winners are… With our second week of exciting giveaways about to kick off later today, it’s about time to reveal the winners from our first week of Second Discmas! Without further ado, here we go! Congratulations to… Charles K. of Cleveland, OH, and Jose M., winners of Ben Folds’ The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective! Jeffrey R. of Los Angeles, California, Rich D., Jake H., Kenneth R., and Anthony "Anth", winners of Billy Joel’s Piano Man: Legacy Edition! Edward O., Richard

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Categories: Giveaways!, News Tags: Billy Joel, Miles Davis, Phil Spector, Second Discmas

December 15, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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It's the third day of Second Discmas, and what could be better than two copies of some Ben Folds rarities or three Spector compilations? How about five, count 'em, five Piano Men? Well, it's only one Piano Man; specifically, it's Piano Man by Billy Joel. But we're giving away five copies of Joel's legendary debut for Columbia Records, featuring the hits "Piano Man" and "Captain Jack." This remastered Legacy Edition also features, for the first time anywhere, Joel's 1972 performance at Sigma

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Categories: Giveaways! Tags: Billy Joel, Second Discmas

December 6, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Our look at the many reissues of the 100 greatest albums of all time, as selected by Rolling Stone in 2003, soldiers on! We look at the masterings and expansions of these classic albums on disc, letting you know which audio treasures can be found on which releases. Today's a full house of rock royalty, with a Piano Man, a King of Pop, a soul legend and two albums by Led Zeppelin! 70. Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti (Swan Song, 1975) Led Zeppelin's sixth album could've easily not happened had

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Billy Joel, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, SACD, TSD Buyers Guide

November 7, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Since the dawn of the new millennium, most of the archival material that catalogue enthusiasts want come to us in the form of the dreaded deluxe edition: a bonus disc of rarities or outtakes appended to a long-released, newly-remastered album. With the record industry at a crossroads unlike anything it's ever had to deal with, it's astounding that most treats for die-hard music aficionados come at a higher price tag, filled sometimes in large part with material one already owns in at least one

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