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July 30, 2021 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Aretha 4CD Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Toomorrow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) Purple Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music Clear with Copper and Red Swirl Vinyl: Real Gone Music [SOLD OUT] Clear with Red, Blue, and Green "Freak" Swirl Vinyl: Rough Trade [PRE-ORDERS SOLD OUT, MAY BE AVAILABLE AT ROUGH TRADE RETAIL LOCATIONS] Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to present the first-ever vinyl

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Aretha Franklin, Henry Franklin, Olivia Newton-John, Phyllis Hyman, Prince, The Awakening, Yola

July 29, 2021 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

The Awakening Mirage

Real Gone Music is continuing its series of reissues of the Black Jazz label, founded by Gene Russell and Dick Schory in 1969.  The company released twenty albums between 1971 and 1975 and two of them will see new reissues on Real Gone, tomorrow, July 30: 1973's Mirage by The Awakening and Henry Franklin's  The Skipper At Home from 1974. The Awakening was the lone group on Black Jazz.  They only recorded two albums together and both were for the label.  The band consisted of Richard "Ari

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Henry Franklin, The Awakening

February 26, 2021 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

BobDylan 1970Collection

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bob Dylan, 1970 (Columbia/Legacy)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In recent years, Bob Dylan's annual copyright-extension collections have become highly sought-after collectors' items and fodder for bootleggers everywhere.  Happily, Legacy Recordings has opted to give a wide release to Dylan's 1970 set, largely drawn from the Self Portrait sessions and featuring his loose jams with George Harrison.  This 3-CD set features 74

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Tyler, Gene Russell, Henry Franklin, Joseph Williams, Josh Groban, Neil Young, Nicolas King, Richard Pryor, Sivuca, Steve Lukather, Strawbs, The Black Crowes, Toe Fat, Willie Nelson

January 28, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Gene Russell Talk to My Lady

Real Gone Music has announced a trio of new releases for February 26 including two more additions to its growing Black Jazz library and one from an unsung hero of Brazilian music. Bassist Henry Franklin has an enviable musical resume, from playing with Hugh Masekela at Monterey Pop and on the chart-topping "Grazing in the Grass" to recording and performing with such luminaries as Stevie Wonder, The Three Sounds, Woody Shaw, O.C. Smith, and Al Jarreau.  Franklin made his debut as a leader with

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Gene Russell, Henry Franklin, Sivuca

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