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February 3, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Weird The Al Yankovic Story

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Carole Bayer Sager, Sometimes Late at Night: Expanded Edition (Iconoclassic)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Iconoclassic Records is bringing Carole Bayer Sager's star-studded 1981 album Sometimes Late at Night back to CD, for the very first time from the original Boardwalk Records master tapes.  Featuring Burt Bacharach, Michael Jackson, Marvin Hamlisch, Neil Diamond, Melissa

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Comedy, Country, Jazz, Soundtracks Tags: "Weird Al" Yankovic, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Dorothy Ashby, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Frank Wess, Grateful Dead, Kenny Loggins, Shania Twain, Shirley Scott, The Soul Searchers

April 26, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Prince Ultimate Rave

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Ultimate Rave (Legacy/NPG) Ultimate Rave (2-CD/1-DVD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 2-CD/1-DVD collection brings together two of Prince's albums from the turn of the new millennium:  Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alfred Drake, Baker Gurvitz Army, Bill Evans, Cheap Trick, Dorothy Ashby, Frank Wess, Iain Matthews, J.J. Johnson, Joe Simon, Kurt Weill, Marvin Gaye, Millie Jackson, Nils Lofgren, O.F.R., Prince, Steeleye Span, The Cranberries, Wes Montgomery

March 19, 2019 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Cleopatra Jones OST

Real Gone has announced a pair of vinyl reissues due on April 26, and we've got the detail for you right here. First up is a new edition of Dorothy Ashby and Frank Wess' Minor Groove album from 1958.  Ashby was a jazz harpist who made her first headlining album the year before on the Regent label.  For her third album (now on the New Jazz label), she was joined by flautist Wess who was a member of Count Basie's band and who had made several solo recordings himself.  Here is how Real Gone

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Dorothy Ashby, Frank Wess, Joe Simon, Millie Jackson

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