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Release Round-Up: Week of December 5

December 5, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles out today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Judy Collins, The ’60s Singles (Second Disc/Real Gone) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music Judy Blue Eyes Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music Judy Collins’ The ’60s Singles brings together, for the first time, the remarkable array of 45s on which the singer’s discography was built. With songs by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Sandy Denny, Eric Andersen, and Joni Mitchell – including the international smash “Both…

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Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

Smile Happy: Rhino Unveils New Quadio Batch with America, WAR, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship

October 17, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Earlier today, Rhino unveiled a new batch of Quadio reissues, reissuing vintage quadraphonic mixes on Blu-ray Audio. This time, it’s all classic rock, with three titles celebrating their 50th anniversaries and one just shy of that milestone: America’s Hearts (1975), Hot Tuna’s America’s Choice (1975), WAR’s Why Can’t We Be Friends? (1975), and Jefferson Starship’s Spitfire (1976). The WAR mix is previously unreleased in any format. All Blu-rays also include a high-resolution stereo mix, with both presentations sourced from the original analog tapes. America’s Hearts was reissued earlier this year in an…

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Blu-Ray Audio

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Classic Rock, Funk, Pop

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America, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, War

Makes Me Feel Fine: Rhino’s New Quadio Batch Includes Seals and Crofts, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Hot Tuna

May 3, 2024 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Not long after the release of Joni Mitchell’s Quadio box set – making her the third artist to have an entire Quadio box dedicated to her, after Chicago and The Doobie Brothers – Rhino has just announced the fourth round of Blu-ray titles in the four-channel surround format Donny Hathaway’s Extension Of A Man, Hot Tuna’s Burgers, Roberta Flack’s Killing Me Softly, and Seals & Crofts’ Summer Breeze are all available now, as newly remastered from the original four-channel quadraphonic master tapes. Every title contains the four-channel mix as well as the…

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News

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Blu-Ray Audio

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Blues, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Donny Hathaway, Hot Tuna, Roberta Flack, Seals and Crofts

Give It Up: Rhino Announces This Year’s “Start Your Ear Off Right” Releases

January 9, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

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 Vinyl] [breakout from The Atlantic Years in Mono] Dire Straits, Money for Nothing [Green…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rock

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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

Believe in Miracles: Rhino Acquires Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, Grace Slick, Starship, and Jefferson Airplane Titles

February 1, 2019 by Sam Stone | 19 Comments

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Rhino Entertainment announced a new acquisition deal that includes the rights to the legendary Jefferson Starship and Starship catalog, as well as Grace Slick’s solo albums, selected Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna releases, Paul Kantner and David Freiberg solo recordings, and other gems from Grunt Records’ vault. Rhino promises “a plethora of physical and digital titles” on the way. The agreement includes music that spans more than 20 years: from Jefferson Airplane’s Long John Silver (1972) to Starship’s 1991 compilation Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change, 1979-1991). In those twenty years, the Jefferson Airplane…

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Pop

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David Frieberg, Grace Slick, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Paul Kantner, Starship

Release Round-Up: Week of January 18

January 18, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Rush, In Rio [4-LP Vinyl] (Atlantic/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Recorded live during their 2002 “comeback” tour, Rush’s In Rio was originally released on CD and DVD in 2003. Now, the 28-song set featuring hits and deep cuts from across their career arrives on vinyl for the first time, across four 180-gram discs. The collection includes all 29 songs from the Rio gig, plus two bonus tracks recorded at other stops during the Vapor Trails Tour. “Between Sun & Moon” was recorded…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock

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Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Jackson, John Lennon, Ronnie Milsap, Rush

Release Round-Up: Week of November 27

November 27, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

To our U.S. readers, today is the day of shopping known as Black Friday – but happily, the diverse slate of releases due in stores today should lift your spirits – no matter where you’re located! Love, Reel to Real: Expanded Edition (High Moon Records) (Amazon U.S.) High Moon Records has the premiere reissue of Arthur Lee and Love’s 1974 album Reel to Real as a newly-expanded Deluxe Edition boasting a color, 32-page booklet. A vinyl edition will follow early next year. Read more here! America, Archives Volume One (America Records) (Amazon…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, DVD-Audio, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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