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Release Round-Up: Week of November 14

November 14, 2025 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Nicolette Larson, Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings (Cherry Red/Lemon/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings from Cherry Red’s Lemon imprint and TSD presents all of the late Nicolette Larson’s original studio and live albums for Warner Bros. Records on 4 CDs, produced by Ted Templeman (The Doobie Brothers, Van Halen) and singer-songwriter Andrew Gold (“Thank You for Being…

A Second Disc Interview: Timothy J. Smith Forges a New Path with SuperVisible

June 13, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 9 Comments

If you’ve been reading The Second Disc for some time, you know that one of our highlights is The Weekend Stream, our spotlight of catalogue material that makes its way – either first or primarily – to streaming and download services. The TSD team has the shelves to prove our love of CDs or vinyl, but the joy of discovering a lost classic or future favorite from the past is what really drives us, and The Weekend Stream is run in that spirit. And it might not run at all if not…

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Found All the Parts: Music on Vinyl Reissues Cheap Trick Albums Box

February 10, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Elo, kiddies! An out-of-print Cheap Trick box set is coming back to CD as well as a first-time LP adaptation for Music on Vinyl. The Complete Epic Albums Collection, originally released in 2013 as part of a flurry of similar box sets from Legacy Recordings, captured just nearly everything Rockford’s finest put out between 1977 and 1990, including their first 11 studio albums (including the first-time physical release of the “authorized” version of 1983’s Next Position Please), an expanded edition of their breakthrough live release At Budokan and the rare EP Found All…

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The Need for Speed: La-La Land Debuts Harold Faltermeyer’s Score to ‘Top Gun’

March 7, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

La-La Land Records continues its hot streak with an expanded score and soundtrack release of one of the biggest blockbusters of the ’80s: Harold Faltermeyer’s score to the 1986 action classic Top Gun. The 2CD set, limited to 5000 copies, features Faltermeyer’s complete, electronic-infused score to Tony Scott’s film about a squadron of Navy pilots training in an elite program colloquially known as – you guessed it – Top Gun. Tom Cruise stars as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a talented but reckless pilot who must learn honor and responsibility alongside his instructor-turned-love interestCharlie Blackwood (Kelly…

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Berlin, Cheap Trick, Giorgio Moroder, Harold Faltermeyer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kenny Loggins, Loverboy, Miami Sound Machine, Otis Redding, Teena Marie, The Righteous Brothers

A Second Disc Interview: Mixing It Up with John Luongo

January 11, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

John Luongo is a good liar. Well, maybe he’s good at being tongue-in-cheek. “I’m bashful,” he says at the start of our interview back in October. “You’re gonna have to really drag these things outta me, ’cause I’m a little shy!” What follows is about 100 minutes of captivating stories and thoughtful, enthusiastic lessons from one of the most notable names in dance music. The Boston-born DJ and mix engineer made a name for himself transforming dozens of soul and pop tracks for disco 12″ singles in the late ’70s; so creative…

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Barbra Streisand, Blancmange, Cheap Trick, Dan Hartman, Huey Lewis and The News, Jackie Moore, John Luongo, John Waite, Melba Moore, Sly & The Family Stone, The Jacksons

The Year In Review: The 2022 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part Two

January 4, 2023 by The Second Disc | 13 Comments

Happy 2023! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 13th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! A lot has happened in the last twelve months, but as we look to a new year with optimism and a hopeful spirit, we recognize the many roles music has played in our lives. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2022’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets, big and small, that proved to be truly outstanding for music lovers worldwide. Despite the many delays caused by…

Release Round-Up: Week of December 16

December 16, 2022 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the week’s most notable new titles! As next week will see very few releases, this will be our final Release Round-Up of 2022…regular daily coverage will continue, though! See you in the new year! Frank Zappa, Waka/Wazoo (Zappa/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com / Zappa Online Store) UMe and Zappa Records are chronicling Frank Zappa’s 1972 in a new 4CD/1BD box set. The original Waka/Jawaka and Grand Wazoo albums, on which Zappa debuted his “electric orchestra” concept, are presented…

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Cheap Trick, Frank Zappa, Grateful Dead, Oingo Boingo, Spice Girls, The Allman Brothers Band

Release Round-Up: Week of December 9

December 9, 2022 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM Cheap Trick, Live at The Whisky 1977 (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 4CD set compiles a quartet of Cheap Trick’s complete, uncut shows recorded at the Whisky-a-Go-Go in Los Angeles in the summer of 1977. It’s limited to just 2,000 copies and chronicles when Robin Zander, guitarist/songwriter Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson and drummer Bun E. Carlos spontaneously booked some nights at the historic Sunset Strip nightclub. KROQ-FM DJ…

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Hello There! Real Gone Prep Limited CD Box Set of Cheap Trick’s 1977 Whisky Gigs

October 17, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

As the 1970s drew to a close, the world became well aware of the live concert power of Cheap Trick. The Rockford, Illinois quartet broke through in a big way thanks to their seminal At Budokan, recorded in Japan in 1978 and belatedly released stateside a year later, yielding a Top 10 hit in “I Want You to Want Me.” The audience response on the record was undeniable – and still is in many ways – but there were lucky concertgoers who already knew thanks to some seminal American club gigs. As…

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Open My Eyes: Ace Celebrates Todd Rundgren and Gus Dudgeon in Label’s Producers Series

March 17, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

In recent weeks, Ace Records has made two new additions to its ongoing Producers Series, and both titles spotlight the versatility of the respective talents, Todd Rundgren and Gus Dudgeon. The Studio Wizardry of Todd Rundgren is, in many senses, an update of Rhino’s 1992 compilation An Elpee’s Worth of Productions. Like that set, it paints a portrait of the singer-songwriter largely in service of others’ songs, though a handful of his own compositions appear, too. Ace’s collection spans 1970-1990, when the prolific Rundgren worked his studio magic on essential recordings by…

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The Weekend Stream: February 27, 2021

February 27, 2021 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

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! Cheap Trick, Out to Get You! Live 1977 (Epic/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify) Record Store…

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Cheap Trick, Donny Hathaway, Ne-Yo, The Lennon Sisters

In Your Eyes: Mondo Expands ‘Say Anything…’ Soundtrack with Unreleased Material

February 3, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Soundtrack vinyl label Mondo offers a killer new expanded release this week that’ll make even the staunchest opponent to selling, buying or processing anything reconsider their position: the stirring soundtrack to 1989 romantic comedy Say Anything… Already lauded for his teenaged work as a journalist for Rolling Stone (which inspired his 2000 film Almost Famous) and the book-turned-’80s film classic Fast Times At Ridgemont High, screenwriter Cameron Crowe made his directorial debut with this unlikely hit about a high school valedictorian (Ione Skye) who falls for an underachieving misfit classmate (Jon Cusack). The film’s mixture of sweetness…

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Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Dave Brubeck, Fishbone, Joe Satriani, Living Colour, Nancy Wilson, Peter Gabriel, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, The Replacements, The Smithereens

Yeah, Baby, Yeah! The Second Disc Guide to Record Store Day Drop 3, October 24

October 23, 2020 by Sam Stone | 6 Comments

Like most things that have gone on this year, Record Store Day 2020 has been a rollercoaster ride. The result: three days of Record Store Drops. This Saturday, October 24, music fans will be joining the queue – whether in-person if it’s safe to do so or online – for their chance at some limited-edition vinyl. Ahead of the event itself, we thought we’d break down what you can expect and detail some of the releases for which we’re most excited. The main change from years past? Shorter lines and an embrace…

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Lose Your Mind and Play: Legacy Recordings Details Upcoming RSD Drop Releases From Pink Floyd, Judas Priest, Miles Davis, and More

July 16, 2020 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

As the world begins to slowly open up again, one thing that vinyl aficionados can look forward to is Record Store Day’s RSD Drops. As we’ve previously reported, the organization opted to cancel their big day in April, and instead the titles will be released over three “drops” on August 29, September 26, and October 24. Legacy Recordings has announced their full, updated list of RSD Drops contributions from Cheap Trick, Tyler The Creator, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Toto, Manic Street Preachers, Destiny’s Child and more. You can find all the information…

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Britney Spears, Cheap Trick, Destiny’s Child, Judas Priest, Lou Reed, Manic Street Preachers, Miles Davis, Nick Mason, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Soul Asylum, TLC, The Jayhawks, Toto, Tyler The Creator

Legacy’s RSD Lineup Has Something For Everyone

March 6, 2020 by Sam Stone | 5 Comments

Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings division has announced the titles they’ll be releasing for the annual Record Store Day festivities. Hitting shelves April 18 will be a slew of genre- and decade-spanning albums from Miles Davis, Cheap Trick, TLC, Judas Priest, Tyler the Creator, Pink Floyd and more! Here’s the official word from Legacy! Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, today announces another sensational line-up of vinyl for release on Record Store Day (April 18, 2020), the annual music celebration happening exclusively at all participating independent retailers. These dozen titles…

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Britney Spears, Cheap Trick, Destiny’s Child, Judas Priest, Lou Reed, Manic Street Preachers, Miles Davis, Nick Mason, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Record Store Day, Soul Asylum, TLC, The Jayhawks, Toto, Tyler The Creator

Record Store Day Black Friday 2019’s Best Of The Rest

October 11, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

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The major labels aren’t the only ones who’ll be part of Record Store Day Black Friday this year. A number of impressive indies (and other major labels with notable catalog friendly material) have announced exciting additions to the RSDBF slate. What’s more, we’ve got coverage of some exciting new music from artists as diverse as Paul McCartney, Tank and the Bangas, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, and Norah Jones! First up… Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry In London (Elemental) By 1965, the British Invasion had brought Chuck Berry’s name back into the rock and roll…

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Would You Like To Do a Number: Live Sets Dominate Legacy’s Record Store Day Black Friday Slate

October 11, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

And the hits just keep on comin’! Legacy Recordings has announced its extensive slate for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event on November 29, and it’s a doozy, with rock, jazz, country, R&B, and more! The label has brought out many of its heaviest hitters, including Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, and Miles Davis for an impressive array of vinyl releases. You’ll find Legacy’s full list below, with descriptions for each title provided by the label! Look for these at finer independent record retailers everywhere on Friday, November 29! Arcade Fire,…

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Arcade Fire, Cheap Trick, Elvis Presley, J. Cole, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Kings Of Leon, Miles Davis, Pearl Jam, Record Store Day, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of April 26

April 26, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Prince, Ultimate Rave (Legacy/NPG) Ultimate Rave (2-CD/1-DVD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 2-CD/1-DVD collection brings together two of Prince’s albums from the turn of the new millennium: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was only available to…

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Alfred Drake, Baker Gurvitz Army, Bill Evans, Cheap Trick, Dorothy Ashby, Frank Wess, Iain Matthews, J.J. Johnson, Joe Simon, Kurt Weill, Marvin Gaye, Millie Jackson, Nils Lofgren, O.F.R., Prince, Steeleye Span, The Cranberries, Wes Montgomery

You’ll Want It: Real Gone Announces Cheap Trick Rarities Set “Epic Archive Vol. 3” and Reissue of Nitro’s “O.F.R.”

March 26, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

Real Gone Music has announced its latest releases – due on April 26 – which celebrate rock of the ’80s and ’90s. First up is the 1989 album O.F.R. by the late-’80s hair metal group Nitro, which will appear on limited-edition red and yellow explosion vinyl. Real Gone will also release a CD edition of the third and final volume of Cheap Trick’s vault-dive series with The Epic Archive, Vol. 3 (1984-1992). This follows the previously announced red vinyl edition for Record Store Day. Both titles will be available on April 26….

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Real Gone Music’s Record Store Day Slate Includes Badfinger, Cheap Trick, More

March 5, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Real Gone Music has announced its offerings for the 2019 Record Store Day celebration, taking place at your local brick-and-mortar shop Saturday, April 13, and they include a pair of rarities releases from two beloved bands, and a new-to-vinyl soundtrack. Check out all three titles below, with descriptions for each provided by the label! Badfinger, So Fine–The Warner Bros. Rarities (2-LP Red Vinyl Edition) (2,000 copies) Most folks point to Badfinger as the greatest power pop band of all time. But, with four accomplished songwriters in Tom Evans, Mike Gibbins, Pete Ham,…

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Dream A Little Dream: Real Gone’s Black Friday RSD Slate Includes The Mamas and the Papas, Cheap Trick and Roy Buchanan

October 16, 2018 by Randy Fairman | No Comments

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Our continuing look at this year’s Black Friday Record Store Day offering now brings us to Real Gone Music’s three selections which will be available the day after Thanksgiving, November 23. You may purchase these at any participating independent record shop. (See the full list of shops here!) Roy Buchanan – Live at Town Hall 1974 Blues-rock guitarist Buchanan was famous for playing the Fender Telecaster with an effects-free technique and influencing many other musicians despite never having great solo success of his own. (Jeff Beck dedicated “Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers”…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 1

June 1, 2018 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Michelle Phillips, Victim of Romance: Expanded Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) “Mama” Michelle Phillips’ 1977 solo album, produced by Jack Nitzsche, returns to CD in a new expanded edition collecting the artist’s complete sessions with Nitzsche. It adds three outtakes from the album sessions, including a Bee Gees cover (“Had a Lot of Love Last Night”), Dennis Lambert and Fil Spina’s “Practice What You Preach,” and Michelle’s own, tropically-flavored “Guerita.” These three songs were not featured on previous reissues of the album. …

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Alan Silvestri, Cheap Trick, Cowboy, Def Leppard, Emmylou Harris, Jethro Tull, Keely Smith, Living Colour, Michelle Phillips, Paul Simon, Roger Daltrey, The Mamas and The Papas, The Quick, The Temptations, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, ZZ Top

Dancing the Night Away: Real Gone Collects Cheap Trick Rarities on “The Epic Archive Vol. 2”

April 12, 2018 by Randy Fairman | No Comments

Yesterday, we told you about Real Gone’s upcoming reissue of The Quick’s Mondo Deco. Today, we’ve got the news of another Real Gone project featuring a group with power-pop roots. This time it’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Cheap Trick with The Epic Archive Vol. 2 (1980-1983), due June 1. The Epic Archive is a 3-part series which debuted digitally in 2015, collecting rarities from across the band’s Epic tenure from 1979 to 1992. Last year, Real Gone debuted the first volume on CD (and LP for Record Store Day)…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 20

October 20, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! George Michael, Listen Without Prejudice 25 (Columbia/Legacy) 2-CD (Disc 1 & 2 Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-CD/1-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy is delivering a deluxe edition of George Michael’s classic 1990 album. Listen Without Prejudice 25 sees release in several formats. The biggest is a 3-CD/1 DVD box set. The first CD contains a remastered version of the original album. The second disc is the CD premiere of…

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