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Feel the Heat: Supergroup The Power Station Goes Deluxe on New Box Set

November 7, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 13 Comments

Fans of Duran Duran and supergroups will multiply for this one: Rhino is expanding the self-titled debut from The Power Station into a 4CD box set next year. The Power Station DLX includes the remastered album (featuring the hits “Some Like It Hot” and a cover of T. Rex’s “Get It On (Bang a Gong)”) alongside three discs of bonus material, including unreleased “raw instrumental” versions, single mixes and live material, including the band’s performances from the charity concert Live Aid and an unissued full set from nearly a month later at…

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock

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CHIC, Duran Duran, Robert Palmer, The Power Station

Bandcamp Friday Picks, March 2021: Say Hello to Tenant from Zero

March 5, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

Since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, indie music retailer Bandcamp has waived their share of revenue for indie artists and labels using their platform to give “the little guys” a leg up in the absence of touring and other moneymaking activities for musicians. The result was more music bought by more fans than any day on the site, a record broken on the first Friday of May. The Second Disc has proudly covered Bandcamp Fridays in June, July, August, September, Octoberand November – plus the first of an annual occurrence when…

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Bryan Ferry, CHIC, J Dilla, Nile Rodgers, Roxy Music, Tenant from Zero, The Blue Nile

Back In The Old School: Rhino Releases New Digital CHIC Rarities Compilation

June 11, 2019 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Looking for something to make you dance this summer? Rhino’s rolling out individual vinyl editions of three classic CHIC albums, and has also brought more than a dozen mixes and bonus tracks from the legendary disco band to digital channels for the first time. CHIC co-founder, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and legendary producer Nile Rodgers oversaw remasters of CHIC’s early classic work on CD and vinyl last year for a handsome box set. On June 21, the three main albums in that box – 1977’s CHIC, 1978’s C’est Chic and…

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

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CHIC, Nile Rodgers

Hunting High And Low: Rhino Announces Record Store Day 2019 Lineup

March 4, 2019 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

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Today, Rhino announced its offerings for the 2019 Record Store Day celebration, taking place at your local brick-and-mortar shop Saturday, April 13. Rhino’s 33 releases highlight several genres of music – soul, rock, rap, comedy, disco, pop, jam bands, prog, and more – on an array of formats including LPs, CDs, picture discs, colored vinyl, and even cassette tapes. Here’s the run-down on all their RSD titles! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: The Early Alternate Mixes – 1 LP – 6,000 copies Hunting High and Low: The Early Alternate Mixes brings together…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

OUT TOMORROW! Johnny Mathis and CHIC’s “I Love My Lady” Arrives From Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music

January 31, 2019 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Johnny Mathis was billed on his very first album as “A New Sound in Popular Song.” In the decades since that 1956 debut, the vocalist has always explored new avenues in pop from Latin music to Philly soul. But the most adventurous of Mathis’ 60-plus albums may be the one that got away…until now. Tomorrow, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music will proudly present the first-ever standalone compact disc release of I Love My Lady, the remarkable 1981 album by two American treasures: Johnny Mathis and CHIC. Beginning in December 1980…

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Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

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CHIC, Johnny Mathis, Nile Rodgers

Something to Sing About: Johnny Mathis and CHIC’s “I Love My Lady” Coming to CD from Second Disc, Real Gone

December 6, 2018 by The Second Disc | 22 Comments

Johnny Mathis was billed on his very first album as “A New Sound in Popular Song.” In the decades since that 1956 debut, the vocalist has always explored new avenues in pop from Latin music to Philly soul. But the most adventurous of Mathis’ 60-plus albums may be the one that got away…until now. On February 1, 2019, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music will proudly present the first-ever standalone compact disc release of I Love My Lady, the remarkable 1981 album by two American treasures: Johnny Mathis and CHIC. Beginning…

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R&B/Soul

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CHIC, Johnny Mathis, Nile Rodgers

Release Round-Up: Week of November 23

November 23, 2018 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! CHIC, The CHIC Organization 1977-1979 (Atlantic/Rhino) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new box set, available in 5-CD and 6-LP formats, brings together new Nile Rodgers Signature Edition remasters of CHIC’s first three albums plus Sister Sledge’s CHIC-produced We Are Family and a bonus disc of period single edits and 12-inch mixes. The vinyl edition includes additional text in the booklet as well as a bonus 12-inch replica single of the original Buddah…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

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CHIC, Chicago, David Bowie, Diana Krall, Lone Justice, Sonny and Cher, The Cars, Tina Turner, a-ha

Release Round-Up: Week of October 19

October 19, 2018 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Frank Sinatra, Sings for Only the Lonely: 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Capitol/FSE/UMe) 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada On Frank Sinatra’s 1958 Capitol concept album masterwork, he sang for Only the Lonely. But now, 60 years on, that classic is being revisited for everyone in a new 2-CD anniversary edition. Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely: 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition features the original 1958…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Barenaked Ladies, Bruce Springsteen, CHIC, Donovan, Eubie Blake, Frank Sinatra, Herb Alpert, Queen, R.E.M., The Cranberries, Whitesnake

Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah! Nile Rodgers Remasters CHIC Albums for New Box Set

September 19, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Good times are on the way from the tight-knit musical unit that made everybody dance. On November 23, Atlantic Records and Rhino will celebrate the 40th anniversary of CHIC’s chart-topping, record-breaking “Le Freak” with a new box set. The CHIC Organization 1977-1979 will arrive in 5-CD and 6-LP formats, bringing together new Nile Rodgers Signature Edition remasters of CHIC’s first three albums plus Sister Sledge’s CHIC-produced We Are Family and a bonus disc of period single edits and 12-inch mixes. Both versions of the box include CHIC’s first three albums – CHIC…

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News

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CD, Vinyl

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Disco/Dance, Pop

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CHIC, Nile Rodgers, Sister Sledge

Freak Out! Vintage-Style CHIC Mixes Shine On New Dimitri From Paris Set

August 20, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

In 2010, Dimitri from Paris was invited to remix a number of tracks from the venerable CHIC catalogue for The CHIC Organization Box Set. Vol. 1: Savoir Faire. The Turkish-born, French music producer and DJ’s remixed takes on classics like “I Want Your Love,” “I Feel Your Love Comin’ On,” Sister Sledge’s “Thinking of You” and “Lost in Music,” and Norma Jean Wright’s “Saturday” were all released as digital singles. Now, those remixes and more have just been collected on a new set available on 2 CDs, download or streaming (with a…

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

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CHIC, Nile Rodgers, Sister Sledge

The Boss: Diana Ross Celebrated with New Digital Compilation

November 6, 2017 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Usually it takes 60 years to get to a diamond anniversary, but what’s a few years early to celebrate Diana Ross! The R&B legend will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the American Music Awards on November 19, and a new digital compilation will be released that weekend (Friday, November 17) to get the celebration started. Diamond Diana: The Legacy Collection is a breezy 15-track non-chronological trip through Miss Ross’ unprecedented career. Focusing primarily on her solo years, the set does feature one track with The Supremes (“You Can’t Hurry…

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Pop, R&B/Soul

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CHIC, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Nile Rodgers, The Supremes

Good Times! The Second Disc’s Essential RSD Black Friday 2016 Release Guide

November 24, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you’re enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of family and friends. Of course, from this day which conjures nostalgic and warm feelings comes a celebration of a different kind with this year’s annual Black Friday – the day for consumers to start off the holiday shopping season on a mad, frenetic note. But 2016 is just in the latest year in which numerous retailers in the U.S. have made headlines by blackening Thursday, or Thanksgiving Day…

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CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, Bob Crewe, Bob Dylan, CHIC, Charles Fox, Erykah Badu, Frank Sinatra, Geto Boys, Isaac Hayes, Record Store Day, The Bangles, The Monkees, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Sugarhill Gang, The Turtles

Rhino, Omnivore Plan Black Friday Gold For Record Store Day

October 31, 2016 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

That chill in the air and the buzz in your favorite record store can only mean one thing: Record Store Day Black Friday is nearly upon us! On November 25, indie record retailers and labels great and small will partner together to issue dozens of exclusive packages you can’t get anywhere else (except maybe eBay, after the fact, though we’re not happy about that.) The vinyl boom refuses to end, but owing to the lesser size of the event in general, there don’t seem to be as many titles as usual. That…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Big Star, CHIC, Foreigner, Jaco Pastorius, Jethro Tull, Ramones, Record Store Day, The Bangles, The Beach Boys, The Cars, The Monkees