COMING TOMORROW! The Supremes Kick Off Our Christmas Slate with The Ames Brothers, Connie Smith

TOMORROW, Friday, November 3, is the day we’ve been waiting for here at Second Disc HQ – when we can finally unveil our new, and biggest ever, Second Disc Records slate of Christmas releases to you!  Tomorrow, we’re joining Real Gone Music for a trio of titles beginning with The Supremes’ The Ultimate Merry Christmas, a deluxe 2-CD, 50-track celebration of Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard’s 1965 Merry Christmas.  This is one ultimate collection we’re confident will live up to its name!  We’re also proud to reissue The Ames Brothers’ nostalgic…

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Among His Souvenirs: Bing Crosby Celebrated with Deluxe Reissue and New Rarities Anthology, Supremes Duet Included

Saturday, October 14, marked 40 years since the passing of one of America’s legendary vocalists, Bing Crosby.  The famed crooner could fairly be recognized as the father of pop singing, treating the microphone and the studio of essential components of his art, and bringing intimacy to the form.  On December 8, Bing Crosby Enterprises will team with UMe for new two titles in the Bing Crosby Archive Collection.  New Tricks: 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition and Among My Souvenirs: More Treasures from the Crosby Archive are both being released with the cooperation of…

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BREAKING! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Unwrap The Supremes’ “Ultimate Merry Christmas”!

Longtime readers know that Christmas is our favorite time of the year here at Second Disc HQ, and this year, we’re celebrating with our most lavish release yet: The Supremes’ The Ultimate Merry Christmas!  Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are counting down the days until November 3, when we proudly present one of the greatest Christmas albums of all time – from the world’s number-one girl group – in an edition that’s years in the making! Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard ushered in 1965 with the electrifying, era-defining…

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Here They “A’ Go-Go”! Classic Supremes Album To Be Expanded in April

Get ready! A new, rarities-packed edition of The Supremes’ chart-topping The Supremes A’ Go-Go is headed to stores this spring! Released late in the summer of 1966, the ninth album by Motown’s powerhouse vocal trio (Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson) reads like a who’s-who of pop and Detroit soul, with a slew of covers (mostly from the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team) given that Supremes treatment. Here, you’ll find versions of The Isley Brothers’ “This Old Heart of Mine (is Weak for You),” The Four Tops’ “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 15

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up!   Little Richard, Mono Box: The Complete Specialty and Vee-Jay Albums (Concord/Specialty) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new, 5-LP vinyl box set collects all of the studio albums that Little Richard recorded for both the Specialty and Vee-Jay labels between 1957 and 1965. The mono albums, each replicating the original label and jacket art, have been remastered from analog tapes. A 16-page booklet featuring new liner notes by Bill Dahl, plus era-specific photos, rounds out the collection.  Read more here! Diana Ross, Diana Ross…

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Dreaming of a Supremes Christmas: Expanded “Merry Christmas” Available NOW!

Christmas came early in 1965 for fans of The Supremes.  In November of that year, Motown released not one, but two albums from the beloved trio of Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard: The Supremes at the Copa and Merry Christmas.  Both of these LPs would not only score on the Billboard charts but become truly sparkling additions to the Supremes’ discography.  Still perennial favorites, both Copa and Merry Christmas showcase the group’s tremendous versatility, vibrancy and dynamism.  Now, 50 years later, Motown once again is bringing Christmas early!  Last Friday saw the first-ever…

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Ease On Down! Motown Unveils Lost Diana Ross Album For Digital Release

On the eve of NBC’s new production of The Wiz next week, Motown/UMe have dug into the vaults to release a lost album of songs from the Broadway musical by Diana Ross. The pairing, of course, is no mistake: the 1975 Tony Award-winning “super soul musical” was adapted into a film in 1978, with Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell and original cast member Ted Ross as Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion, respectively. Produced by Motown and directed by Sidney Lumet, with a young Joel Schumacher adapting the show…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 14

Diana Ross, Why Do Fools Fall in Love / Silk Electric / Ross / Swept Away / Eaten Alive / Red Hot Rhythm and Blues (Expanded Editions) (Funky Town Grooves) Why Do Fools Fall in Love: Expanded Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Silk Electric: Expanded Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Ross: Expanded Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Swept Away: Deluxe Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Eaten Alive: Deluxe Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Red Hot Rhythm and Blues: Deluxe Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Funky Town…

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We Want “Muscles” and Other Diana Ross Albums for RCA, Expanded by Funkytown Grooves

Diana Ross is well-known as the Queen of Motown, but for real record geeks and catalogue enthusiasts, it’s her post-Motown works – released in the U.S. on RCA Records and on Capitol/EMI worldwide – that deserves a revisitation, thanks to its high energy dance grooves supplied by several very famous collaborators. This fall, Funkytowngrooves is doing what Diana’s fans have wanted for years: remastering and expanding her six albums from 1981 to 1987 for the first time ever. After two decades with the famed Detroit label, as a member of The Supremes…

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