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Rock of Ages: Def Leppard Celebrate 40 Years of ‘Pyromania’ with New Box Set

March 5, 2024 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Def Leppard’s third studio album, 1983’s commercial breakthrough Pyromania, is returning from Bludgeon Riffola/UMe (U.S.)/UMR (U.K.) on April 26 in a variety of formats including a 4CD/1Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition, 2LP and 2CD expanded remasters, and a 1LP half-speed master of the original album. Produced by Mutt Lange, Pyromania broadened the British band’s metal sound by embracing a radio-friendly sheen and big, anthemic choruses. Guitarist Pete Willis had already completed recording rhythm tracks when he was let go by the band before sessions concluded; new recruit Phil Collen was brought in as…

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Mind Games: Universal’s Record Store Day Lineup Includes Beatles, Elton, The Who, John Lennon, Charlie Parker, U2, Ringo Starr, “Wicked”, Frank Zappa, More

February 16, 2024 by Randy Fairman | 1 Comment

Continuing our look through this year’s Record Store Day list, here is a glance at twenty-one releases from the Universal family of labels. All descriptions are taken 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 visit recordstoreday.co.uk and Canadian readers, please visit recordstoredaycanada.ca. The Beatles, “I Saw Her Standing There”/”I Want To Hold Your Hand”/”She Loves You”/”Til There Was You” (4 Individual 3″…

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Charlie Parker, Def Leppard, Elton John, Everything But the Girl, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, Marianne Faithfull, Pearl Jam, Record Store Day, Ringo Starr, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Soft Cell, Sonic Youth, The Beatles, The Cranberries, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Thin Lizzy, U2

Release Round-Up: Week of May 19

May 19, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Paul Simon, Seven Psalms (Owl/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Colored Vinyl: Amazon U.S. Paul Simon is ready to unveil Seven Psalms, his fifteenth studio album: a 33-minute suite of music consisting of seven dreamlike, meditative compositions which are meant to be played as one continuous piece (and tracked as such, at least on the digital version). The album has been produced by Simon and Kyle Crusham, and was recorded by the artist entirely on…

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Alan Menken, Def Leppard, Galen Paul, Graham Nash, Howard Ashman, Jeanine Tesori, Marty Stuart, Paul Simon, Paul Simonon

Release Round-Up: Week of May 27

May 27, 2022 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of new titles available in stores and online today! ABBA, Album Box Set (Polar/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc Bundle: Official Store To coincide with the arena show ABBA Voyage setting sail in London on May 27, the band’s 2021 studio album Voyage will be canonized in a new career-spanning box set featuring every one of the quartet’s nine studio LPs plus a specially-curated collection of singles and B-sides. The new box clones the previously released The Vinyl Collection, offering all the original international track…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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ABBA, Anna Maria Alberghetti, B.T. Express, Bob Merrill, Def Leppard, Jerry Orbach, Sex Pistols, Sparks, Steve Ellis, Suzi Quatro, Taking Back Sunday

Release Round-Up: Week of June 11

June 11, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Black Sabbath, Sabotage: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 4LP/7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com Rhino is expanding Black Sabbath’s 1975 album Sabotage to 4CD and 4LP/7″ proportions. The upcoming Super Deluxe Edition boasts a remastered version of the original album plus a complete live show from Sabbath’s 1975 tour. The vinyl version only includes a bonus 7-inch single of the single edit of “Am I Going Insane (Radio)” b/w “Hole in the Sky,” replicating…

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Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Yeah! Def Leppard Plans Third Volume of Career Box Sets for June

May 5, 2021 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

After a 2+-year wait since the last volume, Def Leppard will continue its chronological box set series with the June 11 release of Volume Three from Virgin/UMe. This set, available on six CDs or nine 180-gram vinyl LPs, collects all three of the band’s studio albums from the first decade of the 2000s (2002’s X, 2006’s Yeah!, 2008’s Songs from the Sparkle Lounge) plus three newly curated collections of rarities. X, Def Leppard’s first album of the millennium, was the band’s eighth studio LP and tenth overall album counting the compilations Retro…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 29

May 29, 2020 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Ronnie Milsap, The Best of Ronnie Milsap (Craft Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Best of Ronnie Milsap gathers up 12 of the artist’s biggest hits from his first tenure at RCA, including “It Was Almost Like a Song,” “Any Day Now,” and “What a Difference You’ve Made in My Life.” Craft’s parent company, Concord Music, acquired the rights to 16 of Milsap’s RCA albums from between 1977-2006 last year, and this is the first physical product to come from the acquisition…

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David Bowie, Def Leppard, Diana Ross, Iggy Pop, Jimmy Buffett, John Lee Hooker, Lady Gaga, Petula Clark, Prince, Ronnie Milsap, Rush

Release Round-Up: Week of March 20

March 20, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Def Leppard, The Early Years 1979-1981 (Bludgeon Riffola) Box Set (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) On Through the Night: CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada High N’ Dry: CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Def Leppard revisits their first years with a new box set covering the group’s first three years together. The Early Years 79-81 covers the Sheffield…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Carla Olson, David Bowie, David Clayton-Thomas, Def Leppard, Dolly Parton, Game Theory, Gordon Lightfoot, Morrissey, Renaissance, The Village People

Message to Love: Universal Prepares a Wealth of Rarities for RSD 2020

March 10, 2020 by Sam Stone | 6 Comments

Here at Second Disc HQ, we’ve been thrilled by the news of amazing releases coming from all the labels this Record Store Day 2020, and UMe’s slate of 20+ titles is no exception. With a new definitive vinyl edition of Paul McCartney’s debut, a tenth-anniversary celebration of Ellie Goulding’s Lights, a Cat Stevens rarity making its vinyl debut, an expanded Elton John, a reissue of an impossible-to-find CTI Jazz album, and many more, fans will want to line up bright and early to secure their copies this April 18! Here’s the official word…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 21

June 21, 2019 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Prince, Originals (Warner/NPG) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Originals brings together 15 demos of songs Prince gave away to other artists including The Time, Sheila E., Kenny Rogers, Martika, Vanity 6, and The Bangles. Tidal will exclusively offered the album for high-resolution streaming on June 7, with the CD and wide digital release out today, and vinyl configurations to follow in July. A Target exclusive CD edition adds one bonus track, “Nothing Compares 2 U (Cinematic Remix).” Read more here! Glen Campbell, The…

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Bill Evans, Def Leppard, Glen Campbell, James Brown, John Miller, LaToya Jackson, Philip Bailey, Prince, Sha Na Na, The Hollywood Vampires, The Rolling Stones, Travis, Wes Montgomery, Willie Nelson

Let’s Get Rocked: More Def Leppard Studio Albums and Rarities Collected on “Def Leppard: Volume 2” Box Set

May 15, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

On June 21, UMC will continue their celebration of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Def Leppard with Def Leppard: Volume 2, a new limited-edition set that includes their studio albums Adrenalize (1992), Slang (1996), and Euphoria (1999), as well as the 1993 compilation Retro Active and three volumes of rarities recently compiled by Joe Elliott. The rarities sets collect hard-to-find B-sides and live recordings and feature newly commissioned artwork. Def Leppard: Volume 2 will be available as a 10LP, 180-gram box set, as well as a limited-edition 7CD collection. All…

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Take Me To The Pilot: Elton, Lennon, Queen Among Universal’s Record Store Day 2019 Offerings

March 13, 2019 by Sam Stone | 7 Comments

Record Store Day 2019 is just under five weeks away. In anticipation of the April 13th celebration of vinyl, The Second Disc presents a round-up of Universal Music Group’s RSD selections! The Charlatans, Us and Us Only – LP, clear vinyl – 1,000 copies Originally released in 1999, Us and Us Only was the British alt-rock group’s sixth album. It will be reissued for the first time ever for Record Store Day, pressed on limited-edition transparent vinyl. Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker With Strings: The Alternate Takes – LP, blue vinyl – 2,500 copies Previously…

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Charlie Parker, Def Leppard, Elton John, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, Monty Python, Queen, Record Store Day, Roxy Music, Rush, Stereophonics, Sublime, The Charlatans, The Police, The Rolling Stones, U2, Weezer

Release Round-Up: Week of November 30

November 30, 2018 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Neil Diamond, 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Neil Diamond revisits a 50+-year career with a new 6-CD, 115-song retrospective box set featuring hits, rarities, and 15 previously unreleased tracks including the original demos of “America” and “I Am…I Said.” Everything is packaged within a deluxe hardcover book-style format. 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition expands upon 2017’s 3-CD 50th Anniversary set and is the first comprehensive Diamond career overview in more than 20 years. Read the track listing here, and…

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Badfinger, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Elvis Presley, Howard Jones, Janis Joplin, John Barry, Kalapana, Kate Bush, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Procol Harum, The Bobby Fuller Four, Toby Keith, Tower of Power

Let’s Get Rocked: Def Leppard Plan New Compilation, ‘Hysteria’ Vinyl Singles Box

November 27, 2018 by Sam Stone | 2 Comments

Def Leppard as been in the headlines a lot lately. The legendary rockers just wraped up a U.S. tour co-headlined by Journey, they’re set to tour across Ireland and the U.K. next month, and were recently announced as nominees for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2019. On November 30, Bludgeon Riffola and UMe will release two new collections that look back on Def Leppard’s illustrious career: a best-of compilation entitled The Story So Far: The Best Of, and a new 10-disc 7″ single box set called Hysteria: The Singles, celebrating…

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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

On Through The Night: Def Leppard Collect Remastered ’80s Works In New Box

May 21, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

As Def Leppard gears up for its summer tour with Journey, the hard rock heroes have announced a new series of career-spanning box sets. Volume One of the series will arrive on June 1 from Bludgeon Riffola, Mercury, and UMe. This first installment of the band’s complete recorded output will arrive in both limited edition 180-gram heavyweight vinyl and CD box sets, each featuring Def Leppard’s first four studio albums — along with bonus live and studio tracks –spread across 8 LPs and 7 CDs, respectively. The Volume One box presents the albums On Through the Night (1980), High ‘n’…

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Record Store Day 2018: The Best of the Rest

March 12, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

We’ve already filled you in on the upcoming Record Store Day releases from Legacy Recordings, Rhino, and Real Gone Music, but there’s still much more on offer from many of our other favorite labels! Here’s a selection of “the best of the rest” to be released in brick-and-mortar independent record stores on Saturday, April 21! ABBA, Summer Night City (Polydor) (2000 copies) (Record Store Day UK) (Quantity TBA) Clear/yellow-splatter 7-inch release of ABBA’s 1978 non-LP single Baby Huey, The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (Run Out Groove) (3,350 copies) Run Out…

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Pure Hysteria: Def Leppard Allow Download, Streaming of Classic Catalogue for the First Time

January 19, 2018 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Step inside, walk this way: British rockers Def Leppard have finally allowed their most popular albums to stream or download for the first time. Ahead of a major co-headlining tour with Journey, fans old and new can finally take the hits of Def Leppard along with them wherever digital music is found, thanks to the band’s label, Bludgeon Riffola, and Universal Music Enterprises, who distributes much of the group’s catalogue. “Given a bit of time to sit down and think about it and read and do the research and listen to the…

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Release Round-Up: Week of August 4

August 4, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Legacy Collection: Robin Hood (Walt Disney Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.) Disney’s Legacy Collection returns with a first-ever complete soundtrack release for the 1973 animated classic Robin Hood. Disc 1 of this 2-CD set includes the original songs and score from the film (28 tracks overall), penned by writers including Roger Miller, George Bruns, Floyd Huddleston, and Johnny Mercer. Disc 2 spotlights 13 tracks of bonus material including previously unreleased demos and the entirety of Louis Prima’s Let’s Hear It for Robin Hood…

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Def Leppard, Henry Mancini, Jaguar, Jimmy Reed, Randy Newman, Roger Miller, Samson, The Rain Parade

Step Inside, Walk This Way: Def Leppard Expand “Hysteria” to Seven Discs

June 7, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 8 Comments

In very many ways, Def Leppard’s fourth studio album Hysteria was their biggest–and a new box set due this year looks to prove that en masse. On August 4–exactly 30 years since it was first released–Bludgeon Riffola and UMC will release multiple expanded editions of Hysteria, including a new 3CD deluxe edition, a 5CD/2DVD box set (both boasting material not on the 20th anniversary deluxe edition released in 2007) and vinyl formats. Hysteria was the culmination of more than three years of work and triumph over incredible odds following the release of…

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Got Love If You Want It: More Record Store Day 2017 Essentials

March 28, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Record Store Day’s 10th anniversary couldn’t be anything less than big. And with articles devoted to April 22’s RSD releases from David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Omnivore Recordings, Legacy Recordings, Prince, Warner Music Group and Real Gone Music, you might wonder what there’s left to say before the big day. But you’d be wrong! We’ve scoured the list to find another 23 must-have titles hitting the vinyl racks at fine independent music stores next month. Which of these favorites are on your list? The Art of Noise, Moments in Love/Beat Box…

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