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March 17, 2023 By Mike Duquette 11 Comments

Talking Heads Stop Making Sense Deluxe 2LP

Why Stop Making Sense? Why a movie? Why tour? Why do the musicians come out gradually? What will the band do next? Whe do the odd instruments come from? Are live concerts better or worse than records? Why no "special effects" in the movie? Why a big suit? Why was a digital system used for the sound? Talking Heads' now-legendary live project Stop Making Sense asked a lot of questions of the listener when it was released in 1984. Here's another one: why reissue the album? That one's easy to

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club

February 21, 2023 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Ramones Pleasant Dreams The NY Mixes

Rhino has announced one of the most expansive lineups for this year's Record Store Day event at participating independent record stores on Saturday, April 22.  Rhino's slate includes two dozen titles from the label's heaviest hitters including Madonna, Grateful Dead, Stevie Nicks, Dio, Duran Duran, Ramones, Todd Rundgren, and more - plus a 50th anniversary celebration of the original Nuggets. You'll find the complete list below, with descriptions provided by the label.  Visit

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Blur, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, David Byrne, Dio, Duran Duran, Grateful Dead, Jerry Harrison, Madonna, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Ramones, Rich Kids, Scott Weiland, Sisters of Mercy, Stevie Nicks, The Cure, The Pogues, Todd Rundgren, Tom Tom Club, Tori Amos, Van Halen, Yes

December 4, 2020 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Red Hot and Blue

Since 1989, the Red Hot Organization (RHO) has been combatting the scourge of HIV/AIDS.  Red Hot has primarily raised money through the creation of music compilations beginning with the 1990 release Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter.  Now, that star-studded release and numerous others have come to digital and streaming services to continue raising money for the charity. RHO co-founder John Carlin, an entertainment lawyer spurred into action by the devastating losses suffered by the New

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Annie Lennox, Aztec Camera, David Byrne, Deborah Harry, Erasure, Iggy Pop, Jimmy Somerville, k.d. lang, Kirsty MacColl, Laurie Anderson, Los Lobos, Melissa Etheridge, Moby, Neneh Cherry, Sepultura, Sinead O'Connor, The Neville Brothers, The Pogues, Thompson Twins, Tom Waits, U2

October 25, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

kinks arthur1

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Kinks, Arthur, or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire [Various Formats] (BMG) 4CD/4-seven-inch single box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Kinks Official 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Kinks Official 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Kinks Official The Kinks' 1969 concept album continued in the quintessentially British vein of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Big Star, Bruce Springsteen, Curt Boettcher, David Byrne, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Zappa, Harry Connick Jr., Howard Keel, Jackson 5, James Brown, Jim Sullivan, Mandy Patinkin, Neil Young, Rick Astley, Ringo Starr, The Kinks, The Oak Ridge Boys, Van Morrison, XTC

November 20, 2018 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

TrueStories

It's been 32 years since David Byrne's directorial debut True Stories first arrived in theaters, and this November the film will be revisited to the tune of brand-new audio and visual restorations.  Master film restorers The Criterion Collection are slated to release True Stories on Blu-ray and DVD on November 27.  On the music front, Todomundo Records and Nonesuch have announced an expanded soundtrack album, True Stories, A Film By David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack, due on CD, 2-LP, and

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: David Byrne, Steve Jordan, Talking Heads, Terry Allen, The Kronos Quartet, The Staple Singers

March 9, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Both Sides of the Sky

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Jimi Hendrix, Both Sides of the Sky (Legacy/Experience Hendrix) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The latest collection of posthumously-released material from Jimi Hendrix arrives in CD, vinyl, and digital formats, featuring 13 songs recorded between January 1968 and February 1970 - ten of which are previously unreleased, including performances with Stephen Stills of Joni Mitchell's

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: David Byrne, Eva Cassidy, Jimi Hendrix, John Cage, Justin Hinds, Leonard Bernstein, Marillion, Tania Chen, Uncle Walt's Band

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