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Release Round-Up: Week of June 11

June 11, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Black Sabbath, Sabotage: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 4LP/7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com Rhino is expanding Black Sabbath’s 1975 album Sabotage to 4CD and 4LP/7″ proportions. The upcoming Super Deluxe Edition boasts a remastered version of the original album plus a complete live show from Sabbath’s 1975 tour. The vinyl version only includes a bonus 7-inch single of the single edit of “Am I Going Insane (Radio)” b/w “Hole in the Sky,” replicating…

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Moon Child: Real Gone Continues Black Jazz Reissues with More from Doug Carn Featuring Jean Carn

May 27, 2021 by Randy Fairman | No Comments

Real Gone is continuing its exploration of the Black Jazz Records label with two reissues from Doug Carn. The multi-instrumentalist/composer was the label’s most prolific artist, recording four albums from 1971-1974. The two most recently addressed by Real Gone are 1973’s Revelation, which was released last Friday (May 21), and 1971’s Infant Eyes, due on June 11. He was joined on both albums by his then-wife Jean Carn (later Carne) who provided vocals. Doug Carn, born in Florida in 1948, studied oboe and composition at college, but he soon became skilled on…

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CD, Vinyl

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Jazz, R&B/Soul

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Doug Carn, Jean Carn, Jean Carne

Release Round-Up: Week of May 21

May 21, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Micky Dolenz, Dolenz Sings Nesmith (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount) Micky Dolenz tackles more than a dozen compositions by his friend and longtime bandmate Michael Nesmith on this exciting new album available on CD and LP. Micky is in top vocal form bringing his own energetic stamp to Nesmith’s beguiling tunes. Tracks include “Different Drum,” “Circle Sky,” “Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun to Care),” “Tapioca Tundra,” and “You Are My One.” Michael’s son Christian Nesmith has produced and arranged the album. If you’d like to…

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock

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Bob Dylan, Chrissie Hynde, Doug Carn, Emmit Rhodes, Jean Carne, John Hiatt, Jon Allen, Lefty Frizzell, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Sara Bareilles, The Palace Guard, Violent Femmes

Release Round-Up: Week of August 28

August 28, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! America, Half Century (America Records/Gonzo) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 50th anniversary celebration of America rolls on with a massive new box set. Half Century is an expansive 7-CD/1-DVD box packed with rare and previously unreleased material from the beloved band featuring Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and the late Dan Peek. There’s a slew of unreleased demos circa 1970; a remastered full-length radio session in Bremen from 1973; rehearsals and demos for the Hideaway album; 11 unheard session recordings from 1981; a disc full of rarities…

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Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl

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

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America, Bettye LaVette, Bobby Rush, Dan Penn, Doug Carn, Elliott Smith, Jean Carn, Jean Carne, Joao Gilberto, Louis Armstrong, Metallica, Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, The Allman Betts Band, The Awakening, Unicorn, Walter Bishop Jr.

Bet Your Lucky Star: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Anthologize the Best of Jean Carne

July 6, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Cherry Red’s SoulMusic imprint has recently continued its series of artist anthologies with a pair of double-disc sets from two great ladies of soul-jazz: Jean Carne and Marlena Shaw. Today, we’re taking a look at Jean Carne’s collection! Jean Carne (also known as Jean Carn, though we’ll continue to use her preferred spelling with an “e”) has recorded for a variety of labels in a 45-plus year career: first, as part of a soul-jazz duo with her then-husband Doug Carn at his Black Jazz Records, and then solo at Philadelphia International, Motown,…

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Dexter Wansel, Glenn Jones, Grover Washington Jr., Jean Carne, Michael Henderson, Norman Connors

Shining Stars: SoulMusic Anthologizes The Manhattans, Mother’s Finest, Norman Connors

April 25, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Cherry Red’s SoulMusic Records imprint has continued its collection of artist-focused anthologies with another batch of releases drawn from the Sony Music family of labels. This group includes 2-CD sets for the smooth vocal group The Manhattans, jazz/R&B soul man Norman Connors, and funk band Mother’s Finest. Though they were named The Manhattans, their story is actually a tri-state one. The group came together in Jersey City, New Jersey, took their name from the city across the Hudson in New York, and found their greatest successes with a producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. …

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Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul

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Jean Carne, Michael Henderson, Mother's Finest, Norman Connors, Phyllis Hyman, The Manhattans