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Andy Partridge, Foreigner, George Michael, Jim Reeves, John Williams, Madonna, Reba Rambo, Taylor Swift, The Who, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, XTC

Let Him Run Wild: Rhino’s Record Store Day Slate Includes Brian Wilson, David Bowie, The Doors, Talking Heads, Black Sabbath, Joni Mitchell, More

February 4, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

Today’s the day! The Record Store Day list is here, ramping up anticipation for the annual event which takes place at brick-and-mortar stores on Saturday, April 18. As expected, Rhino is leading the RSD pack with a whopping slate of over 50 titles scheduled to arrive in independent shops everywhere. The label has brought out many of its heaviest hitters, including David Bowie, The Doors, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Grateful Dead, Rod Stewart, Talking Heads, and Brian Wilson, among others. Head over to RecordStoreDay.com for the complete list of participating stores (and…

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

The Weekend Stream: November 22, 2025

November 22, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. A real grab bag for you before the Thanksgiving holiday: cut songs from Broadway comedies, rarities from a ’60s soul/rock legend, an inexplicably remastered charity single, rare 12″ mixes and remastered jazz. Have a listen, won’t you?? Various Artists, Monty Python’s Spamalot (Original Broadway Cast Recording/20th Anniversary Edition) (Decca Broadway) (Apple / Amazon) Something to (always) look on the bright side of life over: a new reissue of the music…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of September 12

September 12, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

David Bowie I Can't Give Everything Away

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. With nearly 25 titles, it also just might be the year’s biggest to date! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. David Bowie, I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016) (Parlophone) 18LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 13CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada After a period of nearly four years, David Bowie’s series of “Eras” box sets is returning with a new, final volume. I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016) concludes the career-spanning chronicle of the shape-shifting superstar. The new 13-CD or 18-LP box…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

Make It Fast, Make It Urgent: Foreigner Add More to ‘4’

July 2, 2025 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Foreigner is bringing 4 to the fore with a new deluxe box set devoted to their blockbuster fourth album. Available September 12, this new edition of 4 will include a new remix of the original 1981 album and three discs of unreleased material, including studio outtakes, unheard songs from the recording sessions, instrumental mixes and selections from the band’s world tour of 1981-1982. A Blu-ray Audio will include the album remix (plus the newly-released “Fool If You Love Him,” available as the new single from the set below) in high-resolution stereo, as well as…

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The Weekend Stream: May 17, 2025

May 17, 2025 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. A positively packed volume offers legends of pop, rock and country revisiting and interpreting some classic tracks; catalogue favorites from Britney to Sheena and Connie to Katrina; intriguing film scores and show tunes; and remembrances of a few legends we lost this week. Steve Perry & Willie Nelson, “Faithfully” (Dark Horse) (Apple / Amazon) One of rock’s most recognizable voices joins forces with country’s most enduring living icon! Former Journey…

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Blues, CCM, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

The Weekend Stream: May 3, 2025

May 3, 2025 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. We’ve got a real party mix for you this week: alt-rock, soft rock, classic rock (in Spanish!), post-hardcore, funk, Barbra Streisand – you name it, we’re spinning it! R.E.M., Radio Free Europe 2025 EP (Craft) (Apple / Amazon / Bandcamp) The legendary Athens, Georgia rockers have a special, timely treat for fans this weekend. With the real and nonpartisan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s grants under fire from the current presidential…

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Barbra Streisand, Christopher Cross, Foreigner, Fugazi, Hozier, Joe Jackson, Los Straitjackets, Marvin Gaye, Nick Lowe, R.E.M., Tammi Terrell, The S.O.S. Band

The Weekend Stream: April 25, 2025

April 26, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. Strap in for a killer line-up of titles this week: two more Record Store Day debuts, an incredible posthumous collaboration between two ’80s icons, the return of one of glam’s most beloved bands, new music by some of our favorite pop girls, a hotly anticipated new take on a Broadway favorite, exciting moments in gospel/soul, an exciting new song from a forthcoming West End musical by one of…

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Listen to the Music: Rhino’s Rocktober Slate Features Doobie Brothers, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Monkees, More

October 10, 2024 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Rhino’s annual Rocktober campaign – this year encompassing 43 limited edition colored vinyl reissues of rockers both classic and contemporary – kicked off on October 4 with titles from Black Sabbath, Bush, Deep Purple, Devo, The Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, The Monkees, Stone Temple Pilots, and more. Next, on October 18, the collection will grow to include releases from Ramones and The Velvet Underground. The slate concludes on October 25 with The Cars, Foghat, Iron Butterfly, and more, including a second volume of Yes’ Yessingles. As usual, Rocktober titles will only be…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 4

October 4, 2024 by The Second Disc | 3 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. Joni Mitchell, Archives Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) (Rhino) 6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) features six CDs (also available as a “highlights” set on four LPs) chronicling the Canadian icon’s trek through the latter half of the ’70s, peeling away from her always-eclectic folk-pop sound, venturing into territory inspired by jazz and fusion. Sourced from variously…

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Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Everything Else, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

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Afterimage, Barbra Streisand, Bob McFadden, Bobby Helms, Foreigner, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Lady Gaga, Pete Townshend, Rod McKuen, Rod Stewart

Like the Very First Time: Foreigner Celebrate Rock Hall Induction with New Compilation and Single

August 21, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 10 Comments

To celebrate their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame later this year, Foreigner will release a new greatest hits collection, including a new track that reunites the group’s two most notable members. Turning Back the Time, in stores October 4 from Rhino, brings together 18 of the group’s most notable radio staples, including “Feels Like the First Time,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Urgent,” “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” “Juke Box Hero,” “I Want to Know What Love Is,” “Say You Will” and others. The set will also…

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Baby Let’s Swing: Rhino Celebrates 45 Years with Limited Edition Reissues from Doors, Aretha, Otis, Todd, Chicago, Ramones, More

August 7, 2023 by The Second Disc | 12 Comments

Since its founding 45 years ago by Richard Foos and Harold Bronson, Rhino Records has established itself as the gold standard in catalogue music. Though much has changed over the decades, the label still maintains a prodigious schedule of releases which has lately encompassed such top-tier titles as Joni Mitchell’s Archives series, the Quadio line of reissues, deluxe editions from Little Feat, and a host of Record Store Day releases. Now, to celebrate its anniversary, Rhino has announced the launch of “Rhino Reds,” a series of limited-edition LP reissues all pressed on…

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Aretha Franklin, Chicago, Foreigner, Love, Otis Redding, Ramones, Starship, The B-52's, The Doobie Brothers, The Doors, Todd Rundgren, Zapp

Just Between You and Me: Cherry Red’s HNE Imprint Collects Lou Gramm’s Atlantic Solo Albums

August 4, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

As original lead vocalist of Foreigner, Lou Gramm was the memorable, full-throated voice on such indelible hits as “Cold as Ice,” “Feels Like the First Time,” “Hot Blooded,” “Urgent,” “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” and “I Want to Know What Love Is.” But tensions with his main creative partner in the band, Mick Jones, had percolated throughout the 1980s, and in 1987 Gramm struck out on his own with the solo LP appropriately entitled Ready or Not. Gramm was indeed ready; he left Foreigner in 1990 for two years before rejoining…

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Foreigner, Lou Gramm, Nils Lofgren, Peter Wolf

Release Round-Up: Week of July 12

July 12, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! America, 50th Anniversary: The Collection (Warner/Rhino) 50th Anniversary: The Collection (3-CD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 50th Anniversary: The Collection [2-LP] (Barnes & Noble Exclusive) 50th Anniversary: Golden Hits (Single CD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Almost fifty years ago in London, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and the late Dan Peek first joined their voices together in song – beginning a musical journey as the band America that continues to this day. In anticipation of America’s golden anniversary in 2020,…

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America, Bobby Darin, Bread, Foreigner, Little Steven, Paul McCartney

Release Round-Up: Week of March 15

March 15, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Nat King Cole, Ultimate Nat King Cole (Capitol/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada To celebrate Nat King Cole’s centennial and his legacy of enduring music, Capitol/UMe has partnered with the Nat King Cole Estate for a number of exciting projects. Among them are two new collections that showcase Cole’s remarkable talents — both available today Ultimate Nat King Cole arrives on CD and digital, with a 2-LP configuration to follow on June 14. It features 21 tracks, including all those aforementioned classics, and…

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Cassandra Wilson, Foreigner, James Brown, Jerry Garcia Band, Nat King Cole, New Order, Sam Rivers

Release Round-Up: Week of May 26

May 26, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band various editions (Apple/Capitol/UMe) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 4CD/DVD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. The Beatles’ seminal 1967 celebrates its 50th anniversary in style with a multitude of new editions featuring Giles Martin’s brand-new – and quite frankly, mind-blowing – new stereo mix! Look for our full review of the 4CD/DVD/BD box later…

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Bad Company, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Foreigner, Grateful Dead, Jaco Pastorius, Midnight Oil, The Beatles, The Beau Brummels, The Rolling Stones, Tim Rice

Hot Blooded: Foreigner Celebrate Four Decades with New Compilation

April 6, 2017 by Randy Fairman | 4 Comments

Just a little over four decades ago, on March 8, 1977, Foreigner hit record shelves. The album was the self-titled Atlantic Records debut of the band consisting of Mick Jones, Lou Gramm, Dennis Elliot, Al Greenwood, Ian McDonald and Ed Gagliardi. The record would become a smash-hit, eventually going 5X platinum and launching Foreigner into superstardom right out of the gate. To celebrate this anniversary, Rhino is releasing a new 2-CD and 2-LP compilation entitled 40 on May 19. Foreigner recorded nine studio albums between 1977 and 2009 and this set features…

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Rhino, Omnivore Plan Black Friday Gold For Record Store Day

October 31, 2016 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

That chill in the air and the buzz in your favorite record store can only mean one thing: Record Store Day Black Friday is nearly upon us! On November 25, indie record retailers and labels great and small will partner together to issue dozens of exclusive packages you can’t get anywhere else (except maybe eBay, after the fact, though we’re not happy about that.) The vinyl boom refuses to end, but owing to the lesser size of the event in general, there don’t seem to be as many titles as usual. That…

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