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July 25, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Ernie Kovacs Album Centennial Edition

Some 57 years after his tragic death in an automobile accident at the age of 42, Ernie Kovacs remains one of America's most influential comedians.  The pride of Trenton, New Jersey, Kovacs pioneered an experimental, largely improvised, zany style of comedy on television, the ripple effect of which has been felt on programs from Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In through Saturday Night Live.  While far too much of Kovacs' oeuvre hasn't survived, a remarkable amount has, thanks to the herculean efforts

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Comedy Tags: Ernie Kovacs

July 5, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

JacksonBrowne RunningOnEmptyRemaster pl

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Jackson Browne, Running on Empty [Remaster] (Asylum/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Jackson Browne's legendary, seven-times-platinum 1977 album - featuring such classics as "Running On Empty" and "The Load-Out / Stay" - returns to CD, vinyl, and digital formats from Asylum/Rhino, featuring a fresh remaster by Gavin Lurssen of Lurssen Mastering on CD/digital.  The vinyl

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ernie Kovacs, Everything But the Girl, Jackson Browne, Sigur Ros, Valerie Carter

May 21, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Ernie Kovacs Album Centennial Edition

January 23, 2019 would have marked the 100th birthday of comedy legend Ernie Kovacs.  While the pioneering comedian, actor, television personality, and writer tragically died at age 42 in 1962, his influential, off-the-wall brand of comedy endures to this day.  The Kovacs centennial is hitting record stores this summer with the July 5 reissue on Omnivore Recordings of the Grammy-nominated The Ernie Kovacs Album, originally released in 1976 on Columbia Records. The Ernie Kovacs Album:

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Comedy Tags: Ernie Kovacs

October 29, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

omnivore black friday 20131

Here at Second Disc HQ, we know that we can count on Omnivore Recordings for some of the most colorful and fun releases for Record Store Day's Back to Black Friday shopping event!  On the day after Thanksgiving, you might find yourself at your local indie record store to pick up one of Omnivore's three Black Friday collectibles.  As usual, it's a diverse trio, with releases from two late troubadours - Townes Van Zandt and Gene Clark - and one legendary late comedian, Ernie Kovacs. This past

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Everything Else, Folk Tags: Ernie Kovacs, Record Store Day, Townes Van Zandt, Vinyl

November 9, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

edie adams christmas album

Welcome to 2012's Second Disc Holiday Gift Guide!  We'll use these special reviews to highlight not only seasonally-themed releases, but box sets, deluxe reissues and other special titles that might make the perfect gifts under your tree this holiday season! Groucho Marx once observed that "marriage is a wonderful institution," before adding, "but who wants to live in an institution?"  A few lucky couples have not only thrived in that institution, however, but also in the world of comedy:

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Comedy, Holiday Tags: Edie Adams, Ernie Kovacs

June 20, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

buck owens live

In the pantheon of American comedy legends, you’d likely find Ernie Kovacs, the gifted, gone-too-soon (1919-1962) personality who carved out a niche in the early days of American television.  Joining Ernie in that esteemed company might well also be Buck Owens (1929-2006), the influential guitarist and songwriter who made a second career out of joking, a-pickin’ and a-grinnin’ on the cornpone television variety show Hee Haw.  However different these two gentlemen are, however, Omnivore

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Country, Everything Else Tags: Buck Owens, Ernie Kovacs

May 2, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Nobody could accuse the fine folks at Omnivore Recordings of not living up to the label's name!  After all, "omnivore" is derived from the Latin for "all" and "everything."   And Omnivore's recently announced slate of upcoming releases certainly qualifies as encompassing music from an incredibly wide variety of genres and eras.  The label's packed line-up for May, June and July takes in legends from the world of comedy and country-and-western plus new wave and power pop pioneers! Two releases

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Pop, Rock Tags: Buck Owens, Ernie Kovacs, Jellyfish, The Knack

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