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October 30, 2021 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Stream

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! The Temptations, Emperors of Soul:

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Categories: Features, News, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: CHVRCHES, Connie Francis, Ghostface Killah, Ice Cube, Ike Turner, Indigo Girls, Jermaine Jackson, John Mayer, Kim Carnes, Lionel Richie, New Radicals, Old 97's, Stevie Wonder, Syreeta, The Temptations, Tina Turner

March 19, 2021 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Jacksons Triumph

Last month, Legacy Recordings brought remastered and expanded versions of The Jacksons' first three studio albums to digital platforms.  Next Friday, March 26, sees a physical 2-LP reissue of 1981's The Jacksons Live!, and today, Legacy announced that the group's final three studio albums - Triumph (1980), Victory (1984), and 2300 Jackson Street (1989) - will receive the remastered and expanded treatment on April 30.  A generous 39 bonus tracks are spread across the three digital

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson, The Jacksons

July 2, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

whitney 1984

Whitney Houston wasn't yet 22 years old when Arista Records released her self-titled debut album on Valentine's Day, 1985. Overseen by executive producer Clive Davis, Whitney Houston anticipated every style the singer would explore in her subsequent discography. 35 years later, nearly every song is a recognized classic and a cornerstone of the late singer's career. Vinyl Me, Please, in association with Legacy Recordings and Arista, has just revisited Whitney Houston in a beautiful new 2-LP box

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Jermaine Jackson, Kashif, Teddy Pendergrass, Whitney Houston

February 14, 2020 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Thirty-five years ago today -- on Valentine's Day, 1985 -- Whitney Houston's self-titled debut was released. With three consecutive No. 1 singles, "You Give Good Love," "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love Of All," the album was a smash hit that introduced listeners to one of the most talented vocalists of all time. Now, to celebrate that anniversary, Vinyl Me, Please will partner with Legacy Recordings to press a special 2LP, peaches-and-cream-colored 180-gram vinyl pressing. The first disc

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Jermaine Jackson, Kashif, Teddy Pendergrass, Whitney Houston

September 9, 2019 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Jackson 5 GH

A half century after The Jackson 5 became a blockbuster R&B/pop act, UMe is reissuing their first greatest hits album on vinyl - with a special twist. The quintet's Greatest Hits is back on LP October 25, utilizing a stereo fold-down of a rare quadraphonic mix issued only in Japan in 1975. That mix featured alternate vocals and instrumentation on some tracks, making this release a true new way to hear some of the group's biggest hit songs. And what an incredible run of hits it was! The

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5

April 19, 2019 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

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For its 60th anniversary year, Universal Music Enterprises has begun reminding fans that "Motown Did It First"; now, the label that launched The Sound Of Young America is revisiting a box set that was released in celebration of its 50th anniversary a decade ago. Motown: The Complete No. 1s is being reissued and expanded on June 28. Motown: The Complete No. 1s featured more than 200 international chart-toppers, plus a handful of bonus masters that went to No. 1 through cover versions or

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Funk, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Boyz II Men, Brenda Holloway, Charlene, Dazz Band, DeBarge, Dennis Edwards, Diana Ross, Eddie Kendricks, Edwin Starr, El DeBarge, Erykah Badu, Four Tops, Giorgio, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jermaine Jackson, Jimmy Ruffin, Johnny Gill, Jr. Walker, Lionel Richie, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Mary Jane Girls, Mary Wells, Michael Jackson, Profyle, Rare Earth, Rick James, Rockwell, Shanice, Siedah Garrett, Smokey Robinson, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stacey Lattislaw, Stevie Wonder, T.G. Shepard, Tammi Terrell, The Boys, The Commodores, The Contours, The Guinn Family, The Isley Brothers, The Jackson 5, The Marvelettes, The Miracles, The Originals, The Supremes, The Temptations, The Undisputed Truth, Thelma Houston, Today, Val Young

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