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March 2, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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For years, the El imprint of Cherry Red has been collecting all the strangest and most fascinating avant-garde classical pieces, electronic experiments, and oddball rarities for a fervent group of admirers.  Though their releases can be a little esoteric, El's collections have always been able to welcome in new listeners.  And now, they offer what might be the essential introduction to twentieth-century avant-garde and classical (at least for listeners tuned to popular music).  It's called I'd

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classical/Opera, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz Tags: Bernard Herrmann, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Davy Graham, John Cage, John Coltrane, Ravi Shankar, Sun Ra, Thelonious Monk, Yusef Lateef

November 25, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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The holidays are almost upon us, and The Second Disc will soon be launching our annual Holiday Gift Guide! As part of the festivities, we will also be offering long-form reviews over the next month about certain titles deserving of an extra spotlight. Today, Sam's taking a look at a handful of recent releases from Cherry Red! Few labels can claim as diverse a roster as the Cherry Red group. Between their wealth of sub-divisions, there's bound to be something special in store for everyone. As

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Reggae, Soundtracks Tags: Count Albert, Count Lasher, Delia Derbyshire, Edgard Varese, George Martin, Joe Meek, John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Soft Machine, The Residents, Tommy McCook

March 9, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Both Sides of the Sky

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Jimi Hendrix, Both Sides of the Sky (Legacy/Experience Hendrix) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The latest collection of posthumously-released material from Jimi Hendrix arrives in CD, vinyl, and digital formats, featuring 13 songs recorded between January 1968 and February 1970 - ten of which are previously unreleased, including performances with Stephen Stills of Joni Mitchell's

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: David Byrne, Eva Cassidy, Jimi Hendrix, John Cage, Justin Hinds, Leonard Bernstein, Marillion, Tania Chen, Uncle Walt's Band

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