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Release Round-Up: Week of April 25

April 25, 2025 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Neil Young, Oceanside/Countryside (Reprise/NYA) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Neil Young is unveiling another once-lost album with the release of Oceanside Countryside which arrives on CD today following its vinyl release.The LP was recorded from May to December 1977; the first side comprised solo Young performances, while most of the second featured a full band. It never saw release, though. Instead, Comes a Time hit store shelves in October 1978. Both albums…

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Art Blakey, Billy Idol, Eugene Ormandy, Henry Mancini, Ian North, Jeff Goldblum, Kenny Burrell, Luciano Pavarotti, Melanie, Neil Young, Prince, Rilo Kiley, Sex Pistols, Sting, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of February 28

February 28, 2025 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet: Deluxe Edition (Mercury/UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc: Official Store Liquid-Filled LP: Official Store Cassette: Official Store After celebrating their debut album with a deluxe edition last year, Bon Jovi will offer similar treatment to their biggest album: 1986’s Slippery When Wet. The New Jersey rockers’ third LP (featuring “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “You Give Love a Bad Name”) will be reissued in a variety of…

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Blues, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

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Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, Carla Olson, Ella Fitzgerald, Eugene Ormandy, Gene Clark, Godley and Creme, John Lee Hooker, Sex Pistols, Supertramp, The Beckies

The Year In Review: The 2023 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part One

January 15, 2024 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Happy 2024! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 14th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! As we yet again look to a new year with optimism and a hopeful spirit, we recognize the many roles music has played in our lives. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2023’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets, big and small, that proved to be truly outstanding for music lovers worldwide. After much deliberation, we’re excited to unveil our favorites. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill Top…

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Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, Blossom Dearie, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello, Eugene Ormandy, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Green Day, Howard Jones, John Williams, Matt Monro, Rose Marie, The Beatles, The Darkness

Release Round-Up: Week of November 17

November 17, 2023 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles available today in the final “big week” of the holiday release season. We are an Amazon affiliate and earn on qualifying purchases. We’re kicking things off with our two Christmas releases from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! While Amazon’s orders are unfortunately delayed, both of these titles are shipping now from Real Gone’s webstore! Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops, The Ultimate Pops Christmas Party! (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Arthur Fiedler…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

Hurry Home for Christmas: Arthur Fiedler with Steve and Eydie, “Great Songs of Christmas” Now Shipping from Real Gone Music

November 16, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Great Songs of Christmas Masterworks Edition

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? Here at Second Disc HQ, we’ve been in the Christmas spirit with the release of Johnny Mathis’ all-new album Christmas Time Is Here (available on LP from Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records, and on CD from Legacy Recordings) and Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme’s That Holiday Feeling (out on CD and LP from Real Gone). Now, we’re proud to announce that our two newest titles celebrating some of the greatest Christmas music of all time are now shipping, directly from Real Gone, In his 50-year tenure…

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Al Hirt, Anna Moffo, Arthur Fiedler, Erich Leinsdorf, Eugene Ormandy, Eydie Gorme, Leonard Bernstein, Leontyne Price, Pablo Casals, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Steve Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, The Boston Pops, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

The Christmas Festival: Second Disc, Real Gone Celebrate the Season with Arthur Fiedler’s “Ultimate Pops Christmas Party,” New “Great Songs of Christmas” Volume

October 2, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Arthur Fiedler Ultimate Pops Christmas Party

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? We’ve already filled you in on the October 13 release of Johnny Mathis’ all-new album Christmas Time Is Here, coming on vinyl from Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records. Now, we’re excited to fill your stocking with two seasonal CDs due on November 10 celebrating some of the greatest Christmas music of all time. In his 50-year tenure as conductor of The Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler transformed the Boston Symphony Orchestra offshoot into perhaps the most renowned pops orchestra in the world. A natural showman,…

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Anna Moffo, Arthur Fiedler, Erich Leinsdorf, Eugene Ormandy, Eydie Gorme, Leonard Bernstein, Leonytne Price, Pablo Casals, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Steve Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, The Boston Pops, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

The Year In Review: The 2022 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part One

January 3, 2023 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Happy 2023! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 13th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! A lot has happened in the last twelve months, but as we look to a new year with optimism and a hopeful spirit, we recognize the many roles music has played in our lives. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2022’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets, big and small, that proved to be truly outstanding for music lovers worldwide. Despite the many delays caused by…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Disco/Dance, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Al Stewart, Blondie, Culture Club, David Bowie, Elton John, Eugene Ormandy, Freddie Hubbard, Gold Bonus Disc Awards, Henry Mancini, Jimi Jamison, John Barry, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Hamlisch, The Monkees, Vince Guaraldi

Release Round-Up: Week of August 5

August 5, 2022 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Michael Nesmith, Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are bringing Michael Nesmith’s Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings to vinyl for the first time today! This 2-LP compendium features 22 tracks on CD drawn from the RCA Victor vaults, most of which are new to vinyl. These songs were originally released to digital platforms in 2018 as bonus tracks…

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Alan Silvestri, Andy Bey, Bobbie Gentry, Eugene Ormandy, James Horner, Jerry Lee Lewis, Judy Garland, Mario Lanza, Michael Nesmith, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Promise of the Real, Sha Na Na, Tintern Abbey

The Minneapolis Sound: Sony Classical Boxes Eugene Ormandy’s Early Recordings with Minneapolis Symphony

May 2, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Eugene Ormandy’s The Columbia Legacy, released last year, was the second-biggest box set in Sony Classical history. At a remarkable 120 discs, the box chronicled the early years of Ormandy’s affiliation with The Philadelphia Orchestra – one that, all told, would span 44 years and become the longest-ever relationship between conductor and orchestra. Ormandy first led the Orchestra in 1931 at just 32 years of age, filling in for his inspiration, Arturo Toscanini. He joined full-time in 1936, spending two years as joint conductor with Leopold Stokowski before being appointed sole Music…

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Eugene Ormandy, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

The Year In Review: The 2021 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part Two

January 4, 2022 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Happy 2022! Welcome, friends, to Part Two of The Second Disc’s 12th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! Once again, we’ve all faced unprecedented challenges over the past twelve months. A year that began with hope and promise has ended with further uncertainty for many of us. But music continues to fill a significant role in our lives, providing solace, comfort, and escape in a time unlike any other. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2021’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box…

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Barbra Streisand, Bill Evans, Bob Dylan, Bob Wills, David Bowie, Eugene Ormandy, Frank Zappa, Henry Mancini, Kim Wilde, Olivia Newton-John, Shep Pettibone, The Beau Brummels, Trini Lopez, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of April 9

April 9, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Fleetwood Mac, Live: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) (Rhino.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino reissues Fleetwood Mac’s 1980 Live – the first live album from the line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood – as a deluxe 3CD/2LP/7″ box set. The two CDs and two LPs will both have the remastered original double album. The third CD will offer 14 previously unreleased performances plus the unique single remix of “Fireflies,” while the 7-inch single offers the never-before-heard demos of “Fireflies” and “One More Night.” David Wild has penned the liner…

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Eugene Ormandy, Fleetwood Mac, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Merry Clayton, Peggy Lee, Taylor Swift, Willie Nelson

The Original Philadelphia Sound: Sony Classical Collects 120 Discs of Eugene Ormandy’s “Columbia Legacy”

April 5, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 21 Comments

Eugene Ormandy’s 44-year tenure as music director of the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra remains the single longest affiliation between conductor and orchestra. Though Ormandy passed away in 1985 at 85 years of age, the enormous body of work he left behind continues to resonate. Though he also recorded for RCA Victor, EMI, Telarc, and Delos, his most long-lasting label association was with Columbia Records. Between 1944 and 1968, Ormandy surveyed a broad swath of the classical repertoire for Columbia, setting down many definitive renditions with the Philadelphia Orchestra. (Appropriately, his final recording –…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 3

July 3, 2020 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Willie Nelson, First Rose of Spring (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Willie Nelson’s latest studio album emphasizes love and positivity at a time when we all need it most. First Rose of Spring features new Nelson originals co-written with producer and longtime associate Buddy Cannon, as well as new songs from Toby Keith and Chris Stapleton and covers such as “Yesterday When I Was Young.” Available on CD, LP, and digital. David Bowie, Ouvrez Le Chien: Live Dallas 95 (Parlophone) This previously…

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Alice Cooper, Andre Previn, David Bowie, Eugene Ormandy, Isaac Stern, Leonard Bernstein, Rare Earth, Various Artists, Willie Nelson

OUT NOW! Second Disc, Real Gone Kick Off Christmas Season with Chet Atkins, Eugene Ormandy

November 8, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Chet Atkins Complete RCA and Columbia Christmas

The most wonderful time of the year is officially underway at Second Disc HQ as we’ve just released our first two holiday collections of 2019 with Real Gone Music: Chet Atkins’ The Complete RCA Victor and Columbia Christmas Recordings and Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra’s The Complete Columbia Christmas Albums. It’s for good reason that Chet Atkins remains one of the most revered names not only in country music but in American music itself. A producer, A&R man, songwriter, sometimes-vocalist, and above all, a guitarist who influenced generations that followed him,…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 8

November 8, 2019 by The Second Disc | 13 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Chet Atkins, The Complete RCA Victor and Columbia Christmas Recordings (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to present The Complete RCA Victor and Columbia Christmas Recordings from legendary guitarist-producer Chet Atkins on a deluxe 2-CD, 46-song anthology remastered by Vic Anesini at Sony’s Battery Studios and featuring new liner notes by the set’s compiler-producer, TSD’s Joe Marchese. These joyous and virtuosic recordings encompass rare singles, the complete albums Christmas with Chet Atkins…

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Billy Vera, Chet Atkins, Dino Desi and Billy, Eugene Ormandy, Gene Clark, George Michael, Humble Pie, Jim Reeves, John Fogerty, John Legend, Margaret Whiting, Natalie Cole, Suede, The Nazz, The Police, The Rolling Stones, Wham!

COMING SOON! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Revisit “The Great Songs of Christmas,” Eugene Ormandy Classics

October 10, 2019 by The Second Disc | 11 Comments

Last week, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music announced our first release of the Christmas season: Chet Atkins’ The Complete RCA Victor and Columbia Christmas Recordings, due on November 8. Today, we’re excited to announce two more titles coming your way this holiday season! Between 1961 and 1970, households across America delighted in an annual series of Christmas releases available exclusively through Goodyear locations. 900,000 copies of the first volume of The Great Songs of Christmas were pressed – and proved so successful that, by December 1, 1961, Goodyear ordered all…

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Andre Kostelanetz, Andre Previn, Eugene Ormandy, Gary Puckett, Johnny Mathis, Mahalia Jackson, Mark Lindsay, Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Robert Goulet, Various Artists