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Release Round-Up: Week of January 10

January 10, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Rosanne Cash, The Essential Rosanne Cash (Rumble Strip) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) After a website-exclusive release, The Essential Rosanne Cash hits retail today. This newly-curated set brings together 40 of Cash’s most treasured recordings – half from her tenure on Columbia Records and the other from mostly 21st century work on the Capitol, Manhattan, and Blue Note labels. The non-chronological anthology, overseen by…

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Auli'i Cravalho, Joan Armatrading, Little Richard, Ringo Starr, Rosanne Cash, T Bone Burnett

Open My Eyes: Ace Celebrates Todd Rundgren and Gus Dudgeon in Label’s Producers Series

March 17, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

In recent weeks, Ace Records has made two new additions to its ongoing Producers Series, and both titles spotlight the versatility of the respective talents, Todd Rundgren and Gus Dudgeon. The Studio Wizardry of Todd Rundgren is, in many senses, an update of Rhino’s 1992 compilation An Elpee’s Worth of Productions. Like that set, it paints a portrait of the singer-songwriter largely in service of others’ songs, though a handful of his own compositions appear, too. Ace’s collection spans 1970-1990, when the prolific Rundgren worked his studio magic on essential recordings by…

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Cheap Trick, Daryl Hall and John Oates, David Bowie, Elton John, Gus Dudgeon, Joan Armatrading, Patti Smith, Sparks, Strawbs, The Zombies, Todd Rundgren, Utopia, Various Artists, XTC

Release Round-Up: Week of August 13

August 13, 2021 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records (Craft Recordings) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings’ 75th anniversary campaign for groundbreaking R&B label Specialty Records kicks off with Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records on CD, LP, and digital platforms. The 18 tracks on Rip It Up spotlight the incendiary R&B and, later, rock-and-roll that put Specialty on the map. (Perhaps Specialty’s gospel offerings will be recognized on a future release.) Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Lloyd Price, Larry Williams,…

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Cast Recordings, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Aretha Franklin, Cruzados, Explorer Tapes, Jennifer Hudson, Joan Armatrading, Little Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Paul Anka, Randy Edelman, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nile

Review: Joan Armatrading’s Self-Titled Album Shines on Intervention’s Vinyl Reissue

November 12, 2020 by Sam Stone | 2 Comments

Back in 2018, we wrote about an upcoming vinyl reissue of Joan Armatrading’s self-titled album on Intervention Records. (It was actually your author’s very first post on The Second Disc!) Intervention had been making a name for themselves as the new kid on the block of audiophile labels. This imprint has since become known for its attention to detail, commitment to superior audio, and deluxe presentations. We were no doubt thrilled to hear what was to come. Well, after a slight pause, Intervention is back and has pressed up this long-awaited remaster…

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Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul

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UPDATE: I’m Open to Persuasion: Intervention Celebrates Joan Armatrading’s Self-Titled Album With LP Reissue

February 17, 2020 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

Intervention Records – the label well-known for its audiophile-quality releases – has announced its latest title: Joan Armatrading’s 1976 self-titled classic. It’s been highly anticipated since we first reported about it, and we’re thrilled that the time is finally right for its reappraisal. Armatrading’s breakthrough album will be reissued on 180-gram vinyl on April 5. With classic tracks like “Love and Affection” and “Down to Zero,” the Glyn Johns-produced Joan Armatrading was the British singer-songwriter’s breakout album, and it introduced American audiences to her singular talents. Soulful vocals, shimmering guitar work, and…

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I’m Open to Persuasion: Intervention Celebrates Joan Armatrading’s Self-Titled Album With LP, Hybrid SACD Reissue

October 15, 2018 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

Today, The Second Disc welcomes a new voice! Please give a warm welcome to our newest contributor, Sam Stone. Sam brings deep knowledge and tremendous passion for the world of catalogue music, and we’re confident that his fresh perspective will put his news and reviews for The Second Disc on the top of your must-read list. You can read a little more about Sam at the end of this post. We couldn’t be more thrilled to have him on board. Without further ado…take it away, Sam! Intervention Records–the label well-known for…

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Fairport Convention, Vashti Bunyan, Bill Fay Featured On New Underground Folk Box “Dust on the Nettles”

July 15, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

In the spirit of past box sets such as Love, Poetry and Revolution which spotlighted the British underground psychedelic scene circa 1966-1972, Cherry Red’s Grapefruit label has just released Dust on the Nettles, a new 3-CD compendium of British underground folk in roughly the same time period (1967-1972). This new mini-box set, subtitled A Journey Through the British Underground Folk Scene, boasts 63 tracks and a running time of nearly four hours. The emphasis is on the genre sometimes referred to as “acid folk,” or contemporary folk music inspired by the psychedelic…

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Bill Fay, Fairport Convention, Joan Armatrading, The Incredible String Band, Vashti Bunyan

Mister Remember Me: Esoteric Reissues Joan Armatrading’s Debut

May 19, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading first burst onto the scene in 1972 with the Cube Records release of Whatever’s for Us. In the 40+ years since, the Caribbean-born British artist has released eighteen studio albums, scored three U.K. and two U.S. Top 40 singles, and netted three Grammy nominations in an enduring and rich career. Cherry Red’s Esoteric Recordings imprint has just returned to Whatever’s for Us for a newly remastered reissue. An early break came for Joan Armatrading when she was cast in a touring company of the musical Hair; the original production…

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