David Bowie 7 - The Second Disc

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Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Garth Brooks, John Lennon, NRBQ, Pink Floyd, Robbie Robertson, Sting, The Band, Yoko Ono

David Bowie, Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Move Featured On “Let’s Go Down and Blow Our Minds” Box

November 9, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Cherry Red’s Grapefruit imprint has continued its series of box sets – including Love, Poetry and Revolution and I’m a Freak Baby – with another musical journey through the world of British psych and rock. Let’s Go Down and Blow Our Minds is a more focused collection than either of those past two releases, concentrating solely on the U.K.’s psychedelic sounds of 1967. Of course, you won’t find selections from two of that year’s landmark psych-rock releases, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band or Their Satanic Majesties’ Request, here, but you will…

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David Bowie, Procol Harum, The Moody Blues, The Move, The Searchers, The Spencer Davis Group, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of October 21

October 21, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up – one of the year’s biggest! Frank Sinatra, World on a String (Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K./ Amazon Canada) Featuring performances spanning 1953 to 1982, this new live collection boasts more than four hours’ worth of rare audio and video from the legendary Chairman of the Board – over 90 tracks on CD alone including such Sinatra favorites as “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “Witchcraft” and “Bewitched” right up through “Strangers in…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bette Midler, David Bowie, David Crosby, Donna Fargo, Dr. John, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis, The Pretenders, Tony Hadley

Let’s Dance: “Legacy” Collects David Bowie’s Best Singles and More

October 3, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Roughly two years ago, David Bowie announced the release of Nothing Has Changed, a career-spanning retrospective available in 2-CD, 3-CD and 2-LP configurations from Columbia/Legacy in the United States and Parlophone in the United Kingdom. Since then, much has changed. Most tragically, Bowie passed away earlier this year at the age of 69, just two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar. Now, a new compilation follows in the footsteps of Nothing Has Changed, bringing the artist’s history up through his final recordings. Legacy arrives on CD from Parlophone (on…

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Review: David Bowie, “Who Can I Be Now? 1974-1976”

September 30, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Who Can I Be Now? asks the title of Parlophone’s second in a series of elegant, chronologically-assembled box sets dedicated to the late David Bowie’s oeuvre. Indeed, Bowie might have made that query as he reinvented himself in fashion and music from album to album. The twelve discs comprising Who Can I Be Now? span the brief period of 1974-1976 during which time Bowie was riding high on both sides of the Atlantic with his genre- and gender-bending brand of theatrical rock. This set, every bit as lavishly packaged as its predecessor…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 23

September 23, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, packed with heavy hitters! David Bowie, Who Can I Be Now (1974-1976) (Parlophone) 12-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 13-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada David Bowie – Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976), the second in the late artist’s series of deluxe albums box sets, will contain the following albums plus a 128-page booklet in the CD edition (or 84 pages in the vinyl edition. You’ll find more details here, and watch for Joe’s review soon! Diamond Dogs (Remastered) 1-CD…

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Classic Rock, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Zappa, My Chemical Romance, Pink Floyd, Randy Newman, Ray Charles, The Beach Boys, The Searchers, The Verve, Various Artists

Sound and Vision: “Lazarus” Cast Recording Premieres David Bowie’s Final Recordings

September 12, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Thanks to Columbia and ISO Records, there will be a next day for David Bowie’s Lazarus. On October 20, the labels will release the original cast album of the off-Broadway musical, starring Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Cabaret) and Cristin Milioti (How I Met Your Mother, Once). The deluxe release, showcasing an array of Bowie reinterpretations, will feature a bonus disc with Bowie’s own recordings of the musical’s four new songs including the previously released “Lazarus” (from his final studio LP, Blackstar) as well as the never-before-released “No Plan,” “Killing a Little Time”…

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Space Oddity: “The Man Who Fell To Earth” Soundtrack Premieres On CD

August 17, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

2016 marks the 40th anniversary of The Man Who Fell to Earth, director Nicolas Roeg’s trippy cult classic starring the late David Bowie as the stranded alien Newton. Prior to his untimely death earlier this year, Bowie revisited Newton and the milieu of the film in his only musical theatre piece, Lazarus. With the musical about to open in London, StudioCanal is revisiting the original film in a new four-disc Blu-ray box set due in the United Kingdom on October 24. (No U.S. plans for the set have been revealed yet.) Prior…

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David Bowie, John Phillips

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 29

July 29, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Archies, Sugar, Sugar: The Complete Albums Collection (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) At long last! The complete albums of The Archies are being assembled in one 5-CD box set by Cleopatra Records. You’ll find The Archies, Everything’s Archie, Jingle Jangle, Sunshine and This Is Love each in a mini-LP replica sleeve, along with a booklet containing new liner notes. Bubblegum never tasted so good as in these top-notch AM radio productions by Jeff Barry and co., featuring Ron Dante, Toni Wine…

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Blood Sweat and Tears, David Bowie, Gary Wright, Loggins and Messina, The Archies, The Isley Brothers

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Let’s Go Out Tonight: David Bowie’s “Who Can I Be Now” Box Set Arrives In September

July 25, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 4 Comments

Hot on the heels of last Friday’s announcement that the next David Bowie box would include the unreleased album The Gouster, the details of what will be in the box have been released from Parolphone. Coming on September 23 in CD, vinyl and digital download editions, David Bowie – Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) will contain the following albums: Diamond Dogs (Remastered) 1-CD David Live (Original Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD David Live (2005 Mix) (Remastered) 2-CD The Gouster (Previously Unreleased as an album) 1-CD Young Americans (Remastered) 1-CD Station to Station (Remastered) 1-CD…

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Can You Hear Me: Upcoming David Bowie Box To Premiere Unreleased Album “The Gouster”

July 22, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

What is The Gouster? Parlophone Records has the answer with the upcoming release of the second in the series of David Bowie’s complete albums box sets, Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976). The label promises a full announcement next week of the set which will follow last year’s Five Years (1969-1973), but in the meantime, a special addition to the box has been confirmed: the unreleased album The Gouster, an embryonic version of 1975’s “plastic soul” classic Young Americans which found Bowie embracing R&B at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios. The late…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 8

July 8, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! John Coltrane, The Atlantic Years in Mono (Atlantic/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino’s new box set, available on both CD and LP, includes original mono mixes of Trane’s Giant Steps; Bags & Trane (with Milt Jackson); Ole Coltrane; Coltrane Plays The Blues and The Avant Garde (with Don Cherry) plus one disc of outtakes. All of these remastered albums are housed in replica jackets and a 32-page booklet is also included with new liner notes by Ashley Kahn and photos by Lee Friedlander. The CD version has…

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Carly Simon, Charlie Parker, David Bowie, John Coltrane, Sid and Marty Krofft, The Beach Boys, The Monkees, The Rave-Ups

Release Round-Up: Week of June 3

June 3, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up…it’s one of the year’s most eclectic yet, with heavy hitters from Pink Floyd to Petula Clark…including releases from The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Paul Simon, Edgar Winter and more! Petula Clark, Natural Love: The Scotti Brothers Recordings (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In the early years of the 1980s, Petula Clark was signed to the Scotti Brothers label in the U.S. and starring in a revival of The Sound of Music in the West End. During this busy period, she released several singles for Scotti…

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10000 Maniacs, Air Supply, David Bowie, Edgar Winter, Fairport Convention, Gary Burton, Loudon Wainwright III, Paul Simon, Petula Clark, Pink Floyd, The D.O.C., The Happenings, The Kinks, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Traveling Wilburys

Release Round-Up: Week of May 20

May 20, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s packed Release Round-Up! David Bowie, ChangesOneBowie (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) ChangesOneBowie returns from Parlophone in a 40th anniversary edition available on vinyl, CD and digital formats. Originally issued on RCA in May 20, 1976, ChangesOneBowie was the first key compilation album from superstar David Bowie. Collecting songs dating back to 1969, the 11-track album introduced the single “John, I’m Only Dancing” on LP alongside highlights from his remarkable string of releases: David Bowie(“Space Oddity”), Hunky Dory (“Changes”), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and…

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Adam & The Ants, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Dave Grusin, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt, Marvin Hamlisch, Mudcrutch, The Highwaymen, Willie Nelson

The Second Disc’s 2016 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 15, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 16, music fans and collectors will flock to their local independent record stores worldwide to celebrate both the sounds on those familiar round black platters and the cherished opportunity to shop for music in a physical retail environment. To many of us, both are a way of life. Each year around this time, we here at Second Disc HQ take a few moments to count down the titles to which we’re most looking forward to picking up! Our very own Mike Duquette kicks things off with his list of five,…

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Big Star, David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, James Brown, Madonna, Record Store Day, The Easybeats, The Moody Blues

Hang On To Yourself: David Bowie’s “A Reality Tour” Comes To Vinyl

March 15, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

On October 7, 2003, David Bowie launched A Reality Tour in support of his 23rd studio album, Reality. The tour took the legendary artist to North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and The Bahamas for 112 electrifying shows before it was curtailed due to Bowie’s health. In October 2004, A Reality Tour was issued on DVD, capturing the Point Theatre, Dublin performances of November 2003. In 2010, the audio to the concerts was released on CD. On June 3 of this year, Friday Music will issue A Reality Tour on vinyl…

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Rebel Rebel: David Bowie Celebrated With Record Store Day Releases, “ChangesOneBowie” Reissue

March 8, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

There’s more on the way from the late David Bowie and Parlophone Records, beginning with two releases slated for release on Record Store Day, April 16, 2016 and continuing with a new reissue of 1976’s ChangesOneBowie set for May 20. Record Store Day 2016 brings two picture disc releases: a 40th anniversary edition of the single “TVC15” and a reissue of The Man Who Sold the World with its original German artwork. Originally released in 1976, “TVC15” was the second single to be taken from Station To Station. “TVC15” will be issued as a double…

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 26

February 26, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up filled with deluxe reissues on vinyl and CD, box sets, new releases from veteran artists, and more! Michael Jackson, Off the Wall (Epic/Legacy) CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The King of Pop’s 1979 Epic solo debut Off the Wall is revived for 2016 with an additional DVD or BD of Spike Lee’s acclaimed new documentary about the making of the album, Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall. No additional audio tracks…

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Billy Cobham, Bonnie Raitt, Burt Bacharach, David Bowie, Emmit Rhodes, Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Stephen Sondheim, Todd Rundgren, Willie Nelson

Special Shout-Out to This Year’s Reissue Grammy Winners; Legacy Leads Catalogue Pack

February 23, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 3 Comments

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The 58th Annual Grammy awards were held a little over a week ago and there were numerous winners. The Grammys have so many categories that the majority are not given out on the actual television broadcast. Even though we’re a little late, we’d like to give acknowledgment to the winners from reissue and catalogue labels who picked up an award, some for categories that aren’t always exclusively associated with reissues. The biggest winner of the night for reissue labels was Sony’s Legacy Recordings. The label, whose upcoming slate of releases includes a stunning,…

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Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, The Band

In Memoriam: David Bowie (1947-2016)

January 11, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

Ziggy Stardust, The Thin White Duke, Aladdin Sane, The Goblin King – David Bowie was a man of many faces. Yet ultimately his most haunting performance may have been as himself. Late 2015 was a period of remarkable and ever-innovative artistry for a man who released his first single in 1964. He revisited his film performance in The Man Who Fell to Earth by writing an off-Broadway musical, depicting its central character, the alien Newton (portrayed onstage by Michael C. Hall), as trapped in his life and hoping for the final escape of…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 8

January 8, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

The Mamas and the Papas Complete Singles

Welcome to our first Release Round-Up of 2016! The Mamas and the Papas, The Complete Singles: The 50th Anniversary Collection (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has 53 tracks on 2 CDs of pure pop pleasure from The Mamas and the Papas – as a group and solo – with this first-ever collection of their complete singles, just in time for their 50th anniversary! Full details here. J.D. Souther, John David Souther (Expanded Edition) (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) J.D….

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Along Comes “1966”: Ace Anthology Features The Supremes, The Who, Velvet Underground, Bowie, More

December 16, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Was 1966 the greatest year ever in popular music? The case could certainly be made for its significance – and Jon Savage has done just that in his new book 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded. Savage’s book looks at the events and culture of the year in twelve essays, each one built around one 45 RPM record. Naturally, such a book deserves a soundtrack, and Ace Records has seen to it that it receives one with the companion volume of the same name. Jon Savage’s 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded…

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David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, The Association, The Supremes, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of September 25

September 25, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up – maybe the biggest and most diverse yet of 2015! David Bowie, Five Years (Parlophone) 12 CD Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 13 LP Box Set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. New remasters of David Bowie (a.k.a. Space Oddity), The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory and Pin Ups are collected in a new box set along with existing versions of Ziggy Stardust (in both the original and 2003 mixes), Aladdin Sane, Live Santa Monica ’72, the Ziggy Stardust motion picture soundtrack and a 2-CD bonus set entitled…

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Ashford and Simpson, Billy Cobham, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Diana Krall, Don Henley, Herb Alpert, Johnny Mathis, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Loggins and Messina, Micky Dolenz, Queen, Sneakers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tony Bennett

Hang On To Yourself: David Bowie’s “Five Years 1969-1973” Box Collects Albums, Bonus Discs

June 23, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

Forty-four years to the day after David Bowie first performed at Glastonbury (then known as the Glastonbury Fair rather than today’s Festival), Parlophone Records has announced the first in a new series of box sets which will eventually span his entire career. Five Years: 1969-1973, named of course after the opening track of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, will be available on September 25 in 12-CD or 13-LP configurations, containing all of the core material (ten albums’ worth!) officially released by Bowie during the first…

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(Don’t) Walk On By: Rhino’s Record Store Day Lineup Boasts a-ha, Bee Gees, Bowie, Doors, Dionne, More

March 12, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

Rhino isn’t resting on its laurels for Record Store Day! The label has announced its biggest slate ever for Record Store Day, with 30 limited edition 12-inch, 10-inch, and 7-inch vinyl releases due on Saturday, April 18. Full details as provided by the label for all titles can be found below. As always with RSD, these releases will be available exclusively at select independent music retailers on April 18, and you can find the list of participating shops here! a-ha – Take On Me 7-inch picture disc. Limited edition of 6,500 copies, $14.98 Air – Playground Love…

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