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August 2, 2024 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Randy Newman Best of

Over the past month, Rhino has been releasing numerous titles as part of its Sounds of the Summer initiative, for a total of over two dozen vinyl releases hitting brick-and-mortar stores.  These titles encompass various reissues as well as new entries in the label's ongoing Now Playing series of compilations.  As of now, these LPs are all exclusive to independent record stores and Barnes & Noble locations.  We've given a spin to a few of these titles! How to distill the discography of one

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Al Stewart, Chicago, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Frankie Valli, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Randy Newman, Todd Rundgren, Utopia

July 1, 2024 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Rhino Sounds of the Summer

Today, Rhino announced its new Sounds of the Summer initiative, which will see a total of over two dozen vinyl releases hitting brick-and-mortar stores beginning this Friday, July 5, and continuing throughout the month of July.  These titles encompass various reissues as well as new entries in the label's ongoing Now Playing series of compilations.  As of now, these LPs are all exclusive to independent record stores and Barnes & Noble locations.  You'll find the full list of releases below

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Al Stewart, Chicago, Crosby Stills and Nash, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Fleetwood Mac, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, George Benson, Grateful Dead, Jimmy Cliff, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Randy Newman, Rod Stewart, Sonny and Cher, The Doobie Brothers, Utopia, Van Morrison, War, Yes

April 20, 2024 By The Second Disc 18 Comments

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Tomorrow, Record Store Day is once again upon us! It's that time of year where music lovers and vinyl flippers get together at their favorite physical music retailers and wait in line to snag some treasured albums - almost all of which are pressed on vinyl instead of CD (or, you know, sold on secondary marketplaces for above their retail value).  This year, the list tops out at over 350 titles, so there's very nearly something for everybody.  It wasn't easy to narrow our choices down to around

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Average White Band, Bernie Taupin, Bill Evans, Chappell Roan, Dr. John, Elton John, Ennio Morricone, Farm Dogs, Fools Garden, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Joe Pesci, John Barry, John Lennon, Lamont Dozier, Linda Ronstadt, Lowell George, Lulu, Marianne Faithfull, Parliament, Record Store Day, Talking Heads, The Who, Todd Rundgren, Wilco, Willie Nelson

February 15, 2024 By The Second Disc 10 Comments

Linda Ronstadt Asylum Years

It's that time of year again!  Record Store Day announcements are coming fast and furious in anticipation of the big day, Saturday, April 20.  As usual, Rhino's slate is a packed one, with a whopping 39 titles including releases from The Doors and Dwight Yoakam on CD as well as vinyl.  Click here for a list of participating independent record stores.  All descriptions below are provided by the label.  (*) denotes worldwide units. AIR - Kelly Watch the Stars Limited Edition of 5,500* copies;

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, David Bowie, Dio, Dwight Yoakam, Faces, Fleetwood Mac, Foghat, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Grateful Dead, Jimmy Cliff, Linda Ronstadt, Lowell George, Ramones, Record Store Day, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Doors, The English Beat, The Notorious B.I.G., The Replacements, Todd Rundgren, Willie Nelson, Yes

January 15, 2024 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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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

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Categories: Features Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: 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

July 10, 2023 By Joe Marchese 21 Comments

Four Seasons Working Our Way Cover

I Can't Give You Anything But Love On Monday, June 26, Frankie Valli walked down the aisle in Las Vegas with his longtime girlfriend Jackie Jacobs.  This October, he'll take the stage at the city's Westgate Resort and Casino to begin a yearlong residency at the hotel, during which time he'll turn 90 years young.  For more than 60 of those years, the artist born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio in Newark, New Jersey has been the lead vocalist of The Four Seasons, the group he co-founded on a

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

June 2, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Four Seasons box

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Sylvester, Disco Heat: The Fantasy Years 1977-1981 (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Disco Heat: The Fantasy Years 1977-1981 celebrates the late disco/dance music pioneer with 26 tracks on two CDs drawn from all six of his albums for the label, as well as the rare 12-inch Disco Versions that kept the dancefloors burning.  In addition to

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Ben Folds, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Foo Fighters, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Kenny Rogers, Norah Jones, Roger Waters, Rufus Wainwright, Sylvester, Tanya Tucker, The Hollywood Vampires

April 17, 2023 By Mike Duquette 21 Comments

Four Seasons box

The Four Seasons are one of America's most resonant and enduring pop/rock outfits. Between the group and its distinctive frontman Frankie Valli, they've scored around a dozen Top 10 hits - seven of which went to No. 1. Their early output in the '60s held its own against the British Invasion. They maintained hits into the disco era, and a cover of one of their songs hit the upper reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021. The original quartet was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Four Seasons

June 28, 2022 By Mike Duquette 32 Comments

Four Seasons box

The Four Seasons are one of America's most resonant and enduring pop/rock outfits. Between the group and its distinctive frontman Frankie Valli, they've scored around a dozen Top 10 hits - seven of which went to No. 1. Their early output in the '60s held its own against the British Invasion. They maintained hits into the disco era, and a cover of one of their songs hit the upper reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 last year. The original quartet was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Bob Gaudio, Frankie Valli, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Four Seasons

October 2, 2021 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Public Enemy, Apocalypse 91: The

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Benny Goodman, Claudine Longet, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Indigo Girls, Lesley Gore, Mark Mulcahy, Material Issue, Public Enemy, Toni Braxton

March 20, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Soul on Fire

Cherry Red's Soul Time imprint is on fire!  The crate-digging team there unearthed two box sets' worth of R&B rarities in the final months of 2017 that we're happy to spotlight now! Mr. M's Northern Soul 1974-1981 is a 3-CD set celebrating the "oldies room" at the Wigan Casino, the late, fondly-remembered club in Wigan, England famous for its northern soul all-nighters held each Saturday from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m. Sunday morning.  Mr. M's was born out of necessity in 1974, a "club within a

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Bunny Sigler, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Marv Johnson, Ronnie Milsap, The Contours, The Falcons, Tony Joe White, Various Artists

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