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July 1, 2022 By Joe Marchese 19 Comments

Beach Boys Sounds of Summer 2022

We'll be havin' fun all summer long... For nearly sixty years, the sun-drenched harmonies of The Beach Boys have provided the soundtrack for summer - from those welcome first days and first rays through the season's bittersweet final moments as autumn's chill approaches.  They're the rare band whose compilations, beginning with 1974's chart-topping Endless Summer, have become nearly as key to their legacy as the core studio albums.  2003's Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, The Beach Boys

April 28, 2022 By Joe Marchese 16 Comments

Beach Boys Sounds of Summer 2022

On October 1, 1962, The Beach Boys released their album debut Surfin' Safari on Capitol Records, beginning an extraordinary musical odyssey that continues to this day.  Since then, brothers Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Carl Wilson; cousin Mike Love; and friend Al Jardine - along with fellow travelers including Bruce Johnston, David Marks, Blondie Chaplin, and Ricky Fataar, and dozens of key collaborators including Gary Usher, Roger Christian, Tony Asher, Van Dyke Parks, Billy Hinsche,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, The Beach Boys

April 12, 2019 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

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Looking for our usual Release Round-Up?  Alas, there's not much new in the way of catalogue music this Friday (and we've already filled you in on Billy Paul and Leon Russell!), but for a very good reason: tomorrow sees releases a-plenty as part of Record Store Day!  Without further ado, welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year's RSD event!  Once you're through reading, let us know what you're most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Badfinger, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Brian May, Burt Bacharach, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Dennis Wilson, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Louis Armstrong, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Prince, Roger Taylor, Stu Phillips, The Beatles, The Sherman Brothers, Todd Rundgren, Woody Guthrie

March 4, 2019 By Sam Stone 9 Comments

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Sony's Legacy Recordings has announced its offerings for this year's Record Store Day festivities, to be held on Saturday, April 13 at your local brick-and-mortar retailer!  As usual, it's an eclectic line-up with pop, rock, and R&B superstars all represented.  So without further ado, here's the label's full list! Jeff Buckley, In Transition - 1 LP - 3,000 copies In Transition is a compilation of seven previously unreleased studio performances from 1993 during the making of Jeff Buckley's

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Brian May, Dennis Wilson, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley, Pink Floyd, Prince, Record Store Day, Roger Taylor, Sly and the Family Stone, Taylor Hawkins

April 21, 2017 By Mike Duquette 9 Comments

Dennis Wilson Bambu RSD

Welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year's Record Store Day event!  Once you're through reading, let us know what you're most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer!  Our list features just a sampling of our favorites from our friends at Legacy Recordings, Varese Sarabande, Rhino Records, Walt Disney Records, Real Gone Music, Omnivore Recordings, and many more! Mike's kicking things off... This year's Record Store Day offerings

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Categories: Features Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ben Folds, Big Star, Cheap Trick, David Bowie, Dennis Wilson, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Goo Goo Dolls, Harry Nilsson, John Williams, Johnny Cash, Johnny Mathis, Mark Mulcahy, Prince, Procol Harum, Randy Newman, The Cars, The Easybeats, The Zombies, Toto

March 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Record Store Day is turning 10 years old on Saturday, April 22, and Legacy Recordings isn't one to miss out on the fun!  The Legacy team has unveiled more than 20 exclusive releases on 7- and 12-inch vinyl that will be available at your local independent record retailer.  Many of the label's heaviest hitters and longtime favorites are represented here - including Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Mathis, Ben Folds, Santana, and The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson.  Legacy is also

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ben Folds, Bruce Springsteen, Dennis Wilson, Harry Nilsson, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Johnny Mathis, Pink Floyd, Santana, Toto

September 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Ricci Martin Beached

"I was living up the street from Carl Wilson and his wife Annie," Ricci Martin told me in July of this year. "I was over his house, playing his piano. And Carl said, 'God, I really like that! Did you write that?' And I said, 'Yeah, I wrote that!' And he said, 'How would you like to record that?' And I said, 'Of course, absolutely!'"  The song Ricci was playing was "Stop, Look Around," a shimmering slice of Southern California pop that would open his 1977 Epic Records album Beached.  Carl Wilson

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: America, Carl Wilson, Chicago, Dennis Wilson, Ricci Martin, The Beach Boys, Van Dyke Parks

July 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Ricci Martin Beached

What if key members of The Beach Boys, Chicago, America, and Wings had teamed up to create one of the greatest California rock albums you've never heard?  Well, they actually did!  And on September 11, Second Disc Records, in association with Real Gone Music, will be bringing it to CD in the U.S. for the very first time in a newly-remastered and expanded edition! Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, author and director Ricci Martin, the sixth child of legendary "King of Cool" Dean Martin

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: America, Billy Hinsche, Carl Wilson, Chicago, Dennis Wilson, Ricci Martin, The Beach Boys

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