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Release Round-Up: Week of November 15

November 15, 2024 by The Second Disc | 8 Comments

George Harrison Living in the Material World 50th SDE Cover

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today…and, with the holidays approaching, it just might be the biggest release week of the year! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. George Harrison, Living in the Material World: 50th Anniversary (Dark Horse) 2CD/2LP/1BD/1-7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada As the studio follow-up to his landmark triple album All Things Must Pass, George Harrison further explored his spiritual and physical selves on…

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A Song for You: Recent Ace Collections Spotlight Songs of Leon Russell, Kris Kristofferson

April 1, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Ace Records’ two most recent entries in its Songwriter Series of collections both spotlight artists who bucked tradition to forge their own paths at the end of the 1960s and the dawn of the 1970s: Leon Russell and Kris Kristofferson. As we wrote upon his passing in 2016 at the age of 74, Leon Russell was an extraordinary talent unlike any other: A true renaissance man and an extraordinary talent as composer, musician, arranger, producer, and artist, The Master of Space and Time led many lives. With each one, his music touched a new…

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Dean Martin, Elton John, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, George Jones, Isaac Hayes, Kris Kristofferson, Leon Russell, Roger Miller, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Willie Nelson

It’s Magic: Crimson Collects “Gold” from Doris Day, Neil Sedaka, Tammy Wynette, The Foundations

August 18, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Today, we’re rounding up a quartet of recent additions to Crimson Productions’ ever-growing library of 3-CD Gold collections! The Foundations occupy a place in history as the first multi-racial band to score a U.K. No. 1 single in the 1960s. While the pop-soul group’s run of hits was relatively short-lived, their classics “Build Me Up, Buttercup” and “Baby, Now That I’ve Found You” still remain in the rotation on oldies stations everywhere. Crimson’s Gold volume proves that The Foundations’ legacy extends beyond just those two songs with 46 catchy selections on three…

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Doris Day, George Jones, Johnnie Ray, Neil Sedaka, Tammy Wynette, The Foundations

Wonderful! Wonderful! Crimson Collects “Gold” Volumes for Johnny Mathis, George Jones

April 29, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

The ongoing series of budget-priced 3-CD Gold compilations from Demon Music Group’s Crimson Productions continues with a pair of releases from artists for whom “legendary” is no understatement: Johnny Mathis and the late George Jones. Curating a representative sampling of Johnny Mathis’ singular career in under 50 tracks is no small task, and this set is indeed decades-spanning from his first commercially released single (1956’s pairing of “Wonderful! Wonderful!” and “When Sunny Gets Blue”) right up through his last studio album to date (2017’s Sings the Great New American Songbook) encompassing both…

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Review: “Country Music – A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack”

September 17, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Can the circle be unbroken? asks The Carter Family on the opening track of Legacy Recordings’ new 5-CD, 105-song soundtrack to Ken Burns’ epic documentary Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns. The 1935 funeral hymn is a most appropriate way to begin this collection exploring the manifold branches of country music, but the tone on the box set is far from funereal as it gallops from “hillbilly music” to blues, folk, western swing, rockabilly, countrypolitan, outlaw country, and beyond. Country Music is currently airing on PBS stations nationwide, and this set…

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Buck Owens, Dolly Parton, Eddy Arnold, George Jones, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Marty Robbins, Rosanne Cash, Various Artists, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of August 29

August 30, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Here’s your Release Round Up for the week ahead. Various Artists, Country Music — A Film By Ken Burns: The Soundtrack (Legacy Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Walmart.com Filmmaker Ken Burns has tackled many subjects over the years, from the Civil War to baseball. His documentaries have garnered numerous awards over the years. In 2001, he took an in-depth look at the genre…

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The Circle is Unbroken: Legacy To Release The Soundtrack to Ken Burns’ “Country Music” in Box Set, Other Editions

June 14, 2019 by Randy Fairman | 1 Comment

Filmmaker Ken Burns has tackled many subjects over the years, from the Civil War to baseball. His documentaries have garnered numerous awards over the years. In 2001, he took an in-depth look at the genre of jazz. Now, he is aiming to explore a different genre with Country Music, an eight-part, 16-1/2-hour documentary premiering September 15 on PBS. And as with Jazz, there will be an accompanying soundtrack. The most expansive of these is a 5-disc box set debuting on August 30 from Legacy Recordings. Other configurations of the set including a…

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Charley Pride, Dolly Parton, George Jones, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Rosanne Cash, Various Artists, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

Morello Country Round-Up Part 1: Marty Robbins, Dottie West, George Jones and Tammy Wynette

December 22, 2016 by Randy Fairman | No Comments

Dottie West Here Comes My Baby and Sings

Cherry Red’s imprint Morello has been releasing twofers from some of country’s biggest artists for several years now. They’ve had a lot of great recent releases in 2016 and we’d thought we’d highlight some of them for you. All of the following twofers feature eight-page color booklets with two pages of liner notes and reproductions of sleeve notes and/or back covers. They each have notes written by journalist Tony Byworth with the exception of Dottie West CD. All of the reissues are produced by Lee Simmonds and feature remastering from Alan Wilson…

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Dottie West, George Jones, Marty Robbins, Tammy Wynette

Cash, Robbins, Jones, Arnold Feature On Ace’s “More Country Hits”

July 1, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Ace Records has recently continued its Golden Age of American Popular Music Series with another volume dedicated to the sounds of country-and-western. More Country Hits follows The Country Hits, released in 2008, and like that volume, presents a collection of country classics that crossed over to the pop side on the Billboard Hot 100. Many familiar names from the first collection show up here, too, including Johnny Horton, Johnny Cash, Faron Young, Ray Price, George Jones, Skeeter Davis, Marty Robbins and an artist close to our hearts here at Second Disc HQ,…

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Carl Perkins, Eddy Arnold, George Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Dean, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Various Artists

A Hard Act To Follow: Raven Collects George Jones’ Epic Years

May 16, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

George Jones (1931-2013) joined Epic Records in 1972, announcing his artistic rebirth with a self-titled album also sometimes known as We Can Make It after the top 10 hit song. Make it he did, as Jones stayed with Epic and producer Billy Sherrill for nearly 20 years. Raven Records has recently collected five of The Possum’s prime Epic endeavors on one 2-CD set as The Tour de Force 1972-1980. This new collection features the following complete albums: A Picture of Me (Without You) (1972) Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as…

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Man, We Had a Party: Ace Collects Sequel Songs On “Second Helpings”

September 30, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Numerous collections have compiled famous “answer songs.” Ace Records’ 2007 anthology The Answer to Everything had many of the best, like Jody Miller’s “Queen of the House,” Esther Phillips’ “When a Woman Loves a Man” and Marilyn Michaels’ “Tell Tommy I Miss Him.” Early in the summer, Ace took a look not at answer songs, per se, but at sequel songs, on the compilation of Second Helpings: Sequels to the Songs That Left ‘Em Hungry for More! The 24 tracks on this collection all hail from the 1960s, encompassing pop, rock, country and…

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Buddy Holly, George Jones, Jay and the Americans, Jimmy Dean, Marty Robbins, The Marvelettes, The Shirelles, Various Artists, Wanda Jackson

Release Round-Up: Week of June 2

June 2, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

This week’s Release Round-Up is headlined by a legendary singer-songwriter’s first appearance on Second Disc Records, plus an array of box sets, reissues and beyond from across the musical spectrum! Paul Williams, A Little on the Windy Side: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The newest release from our very own Second Disc Records imprint of Real Gone Music is here! The first-ever American reissue of Paul Williams’ 1979 Portrait Records album has been newly remastered and features four bonus tracks – three previously unreleased outtakes and one…

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Black Oak Arkansas, Charley Pride, David Shire, George Jones, Heatwave, Iron Butterfly, Lesley Gore, Little Richard, Merle Haggard, Paul Williams, Robin Gibb, Silver Convention, Tammy Wynette, The Bee Gees, Willie Nelson

Review: George Jones and Tammy Wynette, “Songs of Inspiration”

March 6, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

When George Jones met Tammy Wynette, sparks flew. So, apparently, did dishes, utensils and glasses, when Jones interceded in an argument between the younger country starlet and her then-husband. It wasn’t long before Jones and Wynette were married, and dubbed “Mr. and Mrs. Country Music” by their adoring public. While maintaining separate recording careers, they also scored hits as a duo, joining the ranks of other famous country pairs – both married and platonic – like Porter and Dolly, Conway and Loretta, and Johnny and June. But George and Tammy’s union between…

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 3

February 3, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Tony Joe White: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (2-CD Set) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / George Jones & Tammy Wynette: Songs of Inspiration (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Bobby Lance: First Peace/Rollin’ Man (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) / Jerry Williams: Gone (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Various Artists: Apollo Saturday Night/Saturday Night at the Uptown (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / John Hall: Power (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Ray Kennedy: Ray Kennedy (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Grateful Dead: Dick’s Picks Vol. 12—Providence Civic Center 6/26/74 &…

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Bob Dylan, Diana Krall, George Jones, Grateful Dead, Tammy Wynette, Tony Joe White

Tony Joe White, George Jones and Tammy Wynette, Ray Kennedy Highlight Real Gone’s February

December 10, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 11 Comments

From The Apollo to the swamps of Louisiana, Real Gone Music has a whirlwind musical tour planned for its February 3, 2015 slate! The centerpiece of the February batch just might be the first-ever complete collection of Louisiana man Tony Joe White’s Warner Bros. recordings! Singer-songwriter White (“Willie and Laura Mae Jones,” “Polk Salad Annie”) has one of the most distinctive voices in southern soul, and Real Gone’s new collection celebrates a major period his career with a new 2-CD set collecting three albums and six non-LP singles! The label then has…

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George Jones, John Hall, Ray Kennedy, Tammy Wynette, The Grateful Dead, Tony Joe White

Review: “Classic Singles” of Merle Haggard, George Jones and Wanda Jackson

February 12, 2013 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

What makes a (living) legend most? Based on the label’s three most recent releases, Omnivore Recordings certainly has some ideas. Omnivore has just issued singles anthologies from three tried-and-true country titans: Merle Haggard’s The Complete ‘60s Capitol Singles, George Jones’ The Complete United Artists Solo Singles, and Wanda Jackson’s The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles. All three titles reiterate the eclectic label’s commitment to reissuing some of the most significant C&W music of all time. Like another Omnivore favorite, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard epitomized the “Bakersfield sound” of country music, a…

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Reviews: Buck Owens, “Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics” and Don Rich, “Sings George Jones”

January 22, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

With its two latest releases, Omnivore Recordings continues its great Bakersfield rescue mission. Texas-born and Arizona-raised, Buck Owens made his mark in that California city, answering the prevailing “countrypolitan” style with a return to a pure and unadorned honky-tonk sound. But that “natural” sound had roots that ran deep in Bakersfield. Yet Owens’ parallel career as the avuncular, perpetually joking co-host of television’s cornpone Hee Haw may have caused audiences to take his once-adventurous brand of music less seriously, a fact that reportedly wasn’t lost on Buck. Owens eventually was recognized for his towering…

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