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May 16, 2025 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Status Quo Live deluxe

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. Status Quo, Live! Deluxe Edition (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) A deluxe edition of Status Quo's first concert album will pair the original album - never a favorite of the band's leader Francis Rossi - with the full, newly-remixed shows that it was assembled from, all under the supervision of the band. 

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Chet Baker, David Sancious, Dire Straits, Hozier, Status Quo

April 26, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Tina Turner What's Love Got to Do with It Cover

Welcome to this week's post-Record Store Day Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Tina Turner, What's Love Got to Do with It: 30th Anniversary Edition (Parlophone) 4CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Just months after the career-spanning compilation The Queen of Rock and Roll,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Art Tatum, Billy Idol, Bonnie Tyler, Cannonball Adderley, Chet Baker, Def Leppard, Dr. John, Jack Sheldon, Jeff Larson, Laufey, Little Richard, Neil Young, Pet Shop Boys, Sonny Rollins, Tina Turner

February 27, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Nancy Sinatra How Does That Grab You

Our look at this year's Record Store Day releases continues with a look at the lineups from Omnivore Recordings, Iconoclassic Records, Friday Music, Light in the Attic, and more of our favorite labels!  All titles here are due on April 20, and all descriptions are taken directly from the labels.  If you are interested in any of these titles, they will be available at your local record store on April 20.  Head over to recordstoreday.com for a list of participating retailers.  U.K. readers, please

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: 10000 Maniacs, Astrud Gilberto, Carol Douglas, Chet Baker, Dio, Dixie Dregs, Dr. John, Elmer Bernstein, Emerson Lake and Palmer, George Harrison, Jack Sheldon, Jim Croce, Joe Strummer, Little Richard, Nancy Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Record Store Day, The Alan Parsons Project, The Byrds, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren, Vince Guaraldi

May 18, 2023 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Charlie Parker Bird in LA

Following its sold-out release for Record Store Day Black Friday in 2021, Charlie Parker's Bird in LA is returning to vinyl in a general release from Verve/UMe tomorrow, May 19.  On the same day, it will be released to streaming and digital services.  This collection of the legendary saxophonist's historic first three trips to Los Angeles remains available in the CD format, as well. Kansas City, Missouri native Parker (1920-1955) was a key player in the development of bop, and while he's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Buddy Rich, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole

April 28, 2023 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Stephen Stills Live in Berkeley 1971

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Stephen Stills, Live at Berkeley 1971 (Omnivore/Iconic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Box: Stephen Stills Webstore Omnivore and Iconic Artists are serving up a previously unreleased 14-song live album drawn from Stephen Stills' concerts at the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, CA, on August 20 and 21, 1971. 

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Ace of Base, Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Rickie Lee Jones, Rush, Smokey Robinson, Sonny Stitt, Stephen Stills

December 6, 2019 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

TheWho WHODeluxe TargetCD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Who, WHO [Various Formats] (Polydor) Standard CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Who Online Store Deluxe CD: Target U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Who Online Store Standard LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Who Online Store Indie record shop 2LP edition: Bull Moose / HMV Deluxe 45rpm 2LP/EP: The Who Online Store Cassette: The Who Online Store Format Bundles: The Who Online Store Japan

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Chet Baker, Cole Porter, Country Joe and The Fish, Dollar, Klaus Nomi, Mary J. Blige, Mary Martin, Miles Davis, Modern English, Randy Newman, Reba McEntire, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Babys, The Mamas and The Papas, The Who, Tony Joe White

November 29, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

RSDBF19 logo

​From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you've enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of beloved family and friends. Record Store Day Black Friday is now almost upon us, so we thought we'd spotlight a few particularly exciting releases arriving to your local brick-and-mortar record shop! Here's our round up of RSD BF must-haves!  We're kicking off with Sam's list, and then we'll follow with Randy and Joe's! Aretha Franklin, The Atlantic Singles Collection 1968

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Alex Chilton, Aretha Franklin, Bill Conti, Bruce Springsteen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cannibal and The Headhunters, Chet Baker, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed, Patsy Cline, Squeeze, The Monkees, The Pretenders, Todd Rundgren, Tony Joe White, William Shatner

October 8, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Chet Baker It Could Happen to You

It's that time of year again! On Friday, November 29, independent retailers everywhere will celebrate Record Store Day's annual Black Friday event, featuring a wide array of exclusive, limited edition releases. Craft Recordings has announced its eclectic slate, encompassing classic folk, jazz, salsa, pop, shoegaze, and more. Without further ado, here's Craft's lineup, with descriptions and track listings provided by the label! Look for all of these fine titles at your favorite independent

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Buffy Sainte-Marie, Chet Baker, Fania All-Stars, Record Store Day, They Might Be Giants

July 2, 2015 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Rod McKuen Charlie Brown

When Charles Schulz, director-producer Lee Mendelson and co-producer Bill Melendez announced they were bringing Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang to the big screen for the very first time, anticipation was naturally high.  A Boy Named Charlie Brown was well-received upon its December 1969 theatrical debut, going on to do good business and receiving credit for breaking the Disney monopoly on feature-length animation.  Today, it's still remembered as the best of the four Peanuts animated

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Chet Baker, Henry Mancini, Rod McKuen

March 12, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

any which way you can

Varese Vintage is going any which way they can with an exciting trio of soundtrack releases from the library of Snuff Garrett’s Viva Records label.  Garrett, of course, was the producer behind major hits from Gary Lewis and the Playboys (“This Diamond Ring”), Cher (“Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves”) and future “Mama” Vicki Lawrence (“The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia”).  At Viva, he oversaw an eclectic array of releases from artists like the Midnight String Quartet, Alan O’Day, Ray Price and

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Chet Baker, Glen Campbell, Peggy Lee, Porter Wagoner, Ray Charles, Ray Price

June 29, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

miles davis very best

If you've ever felt it might be a daunting task to "get into" jazz, Concord Music Group just might have the perfect releases for you.  Concord is home to many of the genre's greatest labels, including Prestige, Contemporary, Riverside, Milestone, Fantasy and Pablo.  With the new series simply titled The Very Best Of, the Concord team has offered an affordable, entry-level look into five of the most influential musicians of all time: Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Sonny

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz Tags: Chet Baker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery

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