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January 9, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Rhino Start Your Ear Off Right 2023

We're into the second week of January, and it wouldn't be a new year without Rhino's annual Start Your Ear Off Right campaign.  This year's slate encompasses eighteen vinyl reissues across the rock, soul, and jazz spectrum, the majority of which were released on Friday at independent record stores and most Barnes and Noble locations (and online). The following titles are in stores now: Billy Cobham, Spectrum [Clear Vinyl, remastered by Kevin Gray] John Coltrane, Ole Coltrane [Clear

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Billy Cobham, Chicago, Curtis Mayfield, Dire Straits, Genesis, Gerry Rafferty, Hot Tuna, John Coltrane, Johnny Thunders, Otis Redding, Ramones, The B-52's, The Cure, The Velvet Underground, Warren Zevon, Yes, ZZ Top

September 3, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Bob Marley Capitol Session

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Marley and The Wailers, The Capitol Session '73 (Tuff Gong/Mercury Studios) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Green Marble Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Five days after Bob Marley and The Wailers' landmark Burnin' hit stores in October 1973, producer Denny Cordell (Leon Russell, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) took the band into Hollywood's Capitol

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Booker T. and the MG's, Gerry Rafferty, Rory Gallagher

September 20, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Gerry Rafferty Who Knows What the Day Will Bring

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Judy Collins, The Elektra Albums: Volume Two (1970-1984) (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Demon Music Group's Edsel label is following up its July release of Judy Collins' The Elektra Albums Volume One (1961-1968) with a second volume out today. The Elektra Albums Volume Two (1970-1984) finishes up the artist's Elektra Records tenure, comprising these nine releases on CD in their original sequences: Whales and Nightingales

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Alfred Drake, Allan Clarke, Anthony Perkins, Gerry Beckley, Gerry Rafferty, Herb Alpert, Judy Collins, Kaye Ballard, Margaret Whiting, Robbie Robertson, T.G. Sheppard, The Band, The Hollies

January 13, 2017 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Gerry Rafferty Best Of

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up - our first of the New Year! Gerry Rafferty, The Very Best of Gerry Rafferty: United Artistry (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Varese Vintage goes right down the line with Gerry Rafferty's greatest hits, including "Stuck in the Middle with You" from Stealers Wheel, and the solo "Baker Street," "Get It Right Next Time," "Right Down the Line" and more!  This newly-remastered 16-track compilation has seven U.S. and U.K.

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Dennis Coffey, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Gerry Rafferty, Lee Hazlewood, The Delfonics

September 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Stealers Wheel Debut LP

Clowns to the left of me...jokers to the right...It must be Stealers Wheel!  Earlier this year, Intervention Records released exquisite vinyl reissues of the first two albums from the Scottish folk-rock band.  Now, the label has revisited the group's 1972 self-titled debut album (originally released on A&M Records) in the hybrid SACD format, playable on all CD players. Stealers Wheel - featuring lead guitarist Paul Pilnick, bassist Tony Williams and drummer Rod Coombes - boasts some

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Gerry Rafferty, Stealers Wheel

April 4, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Stealers Wheel LP

Intervention Records launched in 2015 with a simple mission statement: "To provide archive-quality LPs of music we love," with the goal that "each record we do must be the single definitive, final version of that album, the one real music lovers will seek out."  Happily, the label's early releases have all more than lived up to those lofty goals!  The first two albums from Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan's Stealers Wheel might not have been the most expected titles for vinyl reissue in 2016, but

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Gerry Rafferty, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Stealers Wheel

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