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It’s Only a Paper Moon: Cherry Red’s El Imprint Celebrates Director Peter Bogdanovich on New Anthology

November 7, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Writer-director Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022) rose to fame as part of the “New Hollywood” movement of cinematic auteurs. While these maverick filmmakers shattered conventions and reshaped film to modern sensibilities, many had a deep and abiding love of the medium – and perhaps none more so than Bogdanovich. The onetime film critic and Museum of Modern Art programmer wrote extensively about Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, and Howard Hawks; shot The Last Picture Show in black-and-white; and almost singlehandedly resuscitated the screwball comedy genre. One constant in his filmmaking was his inventive use of…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 11

March 11, 2022 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles arriving in stores today! Grateful Dead, Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 4: From Egypt with Love (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) A little over a month after playing a concert on the desert grounds surrounding the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Grateful Dead returned home to San Francisco for a five-show stint at Winterland. The band brought along a slide show of their Egyptian stand and introduced the audience to the masterful…

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Alison Krauss, Amy Grant, Bryan Adams, Carole King, Celine Dion, Dolly Parton, Grateful Dead, Hank Williams, Harry Connick Jr., Irma Thomas, KISS, Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Ronnie Milsap, Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill

I Saw the Light: BMG Collects Hank Williams’ Radio Gospel Performances on “I’m Gonna Sing”

March 9, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin/Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night/Praise the Lord, I saw the light… Though Hank Williams is often remembered today as much for his hellraising ways as for his venerable songbook – a remarkable one that crossed genre lines via such stone-cold standards as “Hey, Good Lookin’,” “Cold, Cold Heart,” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” and “I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You”) – he was brought up in the church and its music stayed with him for…

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The Weekend Stream: February 12, 2022

February 12, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to discover! Michael Giacchino, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Expanded Edition) (Walt Disney Records) (iTunes / Amazon) A genuine, out-of-nowhere surprise: a generous expansion of Oscar-winner Giacchino’s score to the first Disney-era Star Wars spin-off in 2016, about the ragtag group of Rebels who stole the plans for the Death Star right before the original movie. The composer subtly mixes…

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Barry White, , David Lasley, Doc Severinsen, Dr. John, Hank Williams, John Williams, Lobo, Meat Loaf, Meco, Michael Giacchino, Otis Redding, Richard Thompson, Roberta Flack, Shaun Murphy, Sting, Stoney and Meatloaf, Suzanne Vega

The Weekend Stream: November 6, 2021

November 6, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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! Hank Williams, Sings / Moanin’ the Blues (Expanded Edition) / Memorial Album (Expanded…

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Barry Mann, Billy Joel, Billy Preston, Blackstreet, Burt Bacharach, Dan Hill, Ed Ames, Hal David, Hank Williams, Lorde, Ozzy Osbourne, Sia, Sonic Youth, Syreeta

Release Round-Up: Week of June 4

June 4, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Rod Stewart, 1975-1978 (Warner/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) A new vinyl box set collects remastered versions of Rod Stewart’s breakthrough first four Warner Bros. albums – Atlantic Crossing (1975), A Night on the Town (1976), Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977), and Blondes Have More Fun (1978) – and adds the bonus LP Encores 1975-1978 featuring ten outtakes, five of which have never been released in any format. Read more here. Mumps, Rock & Roll This, Rock & Roll That: Best Case Scenario, You’ve Got Mumps (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Omnivore celebrates late American…

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Billy F. Gibbons, Crowded House, Gary Louris, Hank Williams, Harry Nilsson, Liz Phair, Mumps, Osmond Chapman Orchestra, Rod Stewart

The Best of The Rest: Even More RSD Black Friday Releases Confirmed!

October 15, 2020 by Sam Stone | 6 Comments

November 27 is always a special day for vinyl enthusiasts. Still filled up on last night’s Thanksgiving meal, music fans line up at their local shop for a chance at limited-edition vinyl. While the celebrations may look a little different this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic (RSD has announced they’ll be less stringent about online sales) one thing remains the same: There are some excellent releases on offer, available exclusively from your local participating record shop! Here are some more releases from labels big and small that have us adding…

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The Second Disc’s Guide To Record Store Day Drop 2, September 26!

September 25, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

2020 has been a bit of a rollercoaster and Record Store Day 2020 is no exception: once scheduled in April, it moved forward a few months, and is now spread out across three Saturdays in the summer and fall. The Record Store Day Drop in August proved a success and round two, set for tomorrow, September 26, is sure to please fans of all genres and eras. It’s a diverse list full of exciting releases that you can only find through your local brick-and-mortar record store (or through their online storefronts as…

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ELP, Keith Richards, Kinks, and Ravi Shankar Rarities Feature on BMG RSD Slate

March 11, 2020 by Sam Stone | 7 Comments

And the Record Store Day news keeps coming! BMG has announced their list of releases to be found in shops April 18 and it’s a great lineup. If you’re looking for live Emerson, Lake and Palmer; a very cool Motorhead shaped picture disc; the beautiful sounds of Ravi Shankar in collaboration with George Harrison; or classics from The Kinks – BMG has you covered! Let’s take a closer look at all their offerings… Ravi Shankar, Chants of India For the first time on vinyl, Ravi Shankar’s 1997 collaboration with George Harrison, Chants…

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Dio, Emerson Lake and Palmer, George Harrison, Greg Dulli, Hank Williams, Jeff Tweedy, Keith Richards, Motörhead, Ravi Shankar, Record Store Day, The Kinks, Wilco

Review: Hank Williams, “Pictures from Life’s Other Side”

February 24, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Hank Williams’ Pictures from Life’s Other Side isn’t your ordinary box set. The collection from BMG is essentially a big, handsome coffee table book with six CDs as musical accompaniment. But when the subject is Hank Williams, the music can’t be an afterthought – and it certainly isn’t here. The discs in this lavish tome present all 144 tracks recorded by Williams for his 1951 radio show sponsored by the Mother’s Best flour company. After gaining a considerable audience as part of the popular Louisiana Hayride radio show, Alabama native Williams began…

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 21

February 21, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Hank Williams, Pictures from Life’s Other Side – The Man and His Music in Rare Photos and Recordings (BMG) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) BMG salutes late singer-songwriter-legend Hank Williams with the release of Pictures from Life’s Other Side – The Man and His Music in Rare Photos and Recordings. This lavish 6-CD collection presents all 144 tracks recorded by Williams for his 1951 radio show sponsored by Mother’s Best Flour Company. The Mother’s Best radio shows have been chronicled on various sets…

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Bob Crewe, Erasure, Eric Burdon, Fred Rogers, Hank Williams, Harry Nilsson, Miles Davis, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Nancy Priddy, Neneh Cherry, Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Green, Ringo Starr, The Animals, The Staple Singers

Hey Good Lookin’: BMG Collects Hank Williams’ Complete Mother’s Best Recordings on New 6-CD Box Set

November 25, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

With such all-time classics as “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Hey Good Lookin’,” “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” and “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” in his songbook, Hank Williams remains one of the cornerstones of country music – and indeed, American popular song – 66 years after his untimely death. On February 7, BMG will salute the late singer-songwriter with the release of Pictures from Life’s Other Side – The Man and His Music in Rare Photos and Recordings. This lavish 6-CD collection presents all 144 tracks recorded by Williams for his 1951 radio…

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Record Store Day Black Friday 2019’s Best Of The Rest

October 11, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

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The major labels aren’t the only ones who’ll be part of Record Store Day Black Friday this year. A number of impressive indies (and other major labels with notable catalog friendly material) have announced exciting additions to the RSDBF slate. What’s more, we’ve got coverage of some exciting new music from artists as diverse as Paul McCartney, Tank and the Bangas, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, and Norah Jones! First up… Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry In London (Elemental) By 1965, the British Invasion had brought Chuck Berry’s name back into the rock and roll…

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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

Release Round-Up: Week of June 14

June 14, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Johnny Mathis, Killing Me Softly with Her Song/When Will I See You Again (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music continue celebrating Johnny Mathis’ discography with two albums on one CD. 1973’s Killing Me Softly with Her Song and 1975’s When Will I See You Again both spotlight Mathis’ silky interpretations of the day’s greatest hits. Killing Me Softly with Her Song was Johnny’s final full-length album collaboration with songwriter-producer Jerry Fuller and…

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ABBA, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, Carole King, Grateful Dead, Hank Williams, Isaac Hayes, Johnny Mathis, R.E.M., Roger Daltrey, Stan Getz, Tangerine Dream, ZZ Top

Happy Rovin’ Cowboy: BMG Presents Archival Hank Williams Radio Sessions on “The Complete Health and Happiness Recordings”

May 20, 2019 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

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Few have made such a profound impact on the country music landscape as Hank Williams, whose singular talents, enduring songs, and inimitable vocal style continue to influence scores of up-and-coming talents. In 1949, though, Hank wasn’t quite the star he wanted to be, nor the star we remember him as. He’d had some popular songs and scored a headlining gig on The Louisiana Hayride , but it wasn’t until he performed on The Health & Happiness radio program that his meteoric rise to fame began in earnest. On June 14, BMG is…

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The Bad Seeds: “Nick Cave Heard Them Here First” Features Dylan, Cash, Pitney, More

June 5, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Ace Records has an unusual name on its roster: that of Australian musical iconoclast Nick Cave. An artist who’s lived up to his description as rock’s “Prince of Darkness,” Cave has nonetheless drawn on a wide array of influences in crafting his own intense, personal and powerful songbook. Ace has rounded up the original versions of 25 songs recorded over the years by the artist on the collection entitled Nick Cave Heard Them Here First. This anthology follows the label’s similar sets for The Ramones, The New York Dolls, David Bowie, Elvis…

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Bob Dylan, Gene Pitney, Hank Williams, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, The Stooges

Review: Hank Williams, “The Garden Spot Programs 1950”

June 30, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Hello everybody, Garden Spot is on the air/So just relax and listen in your easy rocking chair/Music for the family in the good old-fashioned way/I hope that we can please you, bring you sunshine every day! That bucolic, peppy introduction opened Naughton Farms’ Garden Spot radio program, “the show that brings you all your favorite folk music singers.” One such “folk music singer” in 1950 was Hank Williams. Omnivore Recordings’ new The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 (OVCD-87, 2014) preserves 24 tracks from four of these programs which haven’t been heard since their…

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Folk Heroes: Omnivore Celebrates Hank Williams and Dave Van Ronk

May 6, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

This month, Omnivore Recordings turns its attention to two singer-songwriters who could be said to embody the spirit of American music, Hank Williams and Dave Van Ronk. Though he died just aged 29 in 1953, Hank Williams remains a towering figure in country-and-western music. The likes of “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” “Cold, Cold Heart,” “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” and “Hey Good Lookin’” have been recorded countless times in country, pop, R&B and rock renditions by artists young and old. Naturally the appetite for unheard Williams music has…

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Hank Williams, Jaco Pastorius Lead Off Omnivore’s RSD Slate

February 24, 2014 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUKPRPWCDHg] That change in the air pressure you’re probably feeling around your favorite indie record store can only mean one thing: Record Store Day 2014 is coming your way. April 19 will see a host of beloved major and independent labels celebrating the good old resilient brick-and-mortar store with various titles sold exclusively at participating stores. And the beloved cratediggers at Omnivore Recordings have four exciting titles prepared for the big day – nearly all of which feature artists making their debut appearances on the label. In a fitfully-brief career that ended…

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Box Set Round-Up: Hank Williams and Level 42

June 9, 2010 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

There’s a pair you’d never expect to see in the same title. A few bits of news around the way regarding a few box sets coming up. First up, Time-Life has got a really large box set of Hank Williams material coming out. The Complete Mother’s Best Recordings…Plus! is a 16-disc box set (including a DVD) of all Williams legendary, surviving recordings for Nashville radio station WSM (where he had his own show sponsored by Mother’s Best Flour). These 72 acetates were recorded through 1951, two years before Williams died at just…

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