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The Year In Review: The 2022 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part One

January 3, 2023 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Happy 2023! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 13th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! A lot has happened in the last twelve months, but as we look to a new year with optimism and a hopeful spirit, we recognize the many roles music has played in our lives. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2022’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets, big and small, that proved to be truly outstanding for music lovers worldwide. Despite the many delays caused by…

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Al Stewart, Blondie, Culture Club, David Bowie, Elton John, Eugene Ormandy, Freddie Hubbard, Gold Bonus Disc Awards, Henry Mancini, Jimi Jamison, John Barry, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Hamlisch, The Monkees, Vince Guaraldi

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Joni Mitchell, “The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)”

December 2, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

2022 has been Joni Mitchell’s year. Following a triumphant surprise appearance in July at the Newport Folk Festival, the singer-songwriter announced a return to the stage for a full-length Joni Jam in June 2023 at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre; tickets were quickly snapped up by ardent fans who had waited roughly two decades to see Mitchell in concert once again. More recently, she attended her first-ever Broadway musical, Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt’s Almost Famous – and made her Broadway debut with the same show, which features her “Both Sides Now” in a…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 23

September 23, 2022 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Joni Mitchell, The Asylum Albums (1972-1975) (Elektra/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Joni Mitchell’s Archives campaign rolls on with this new 4-CD or 5-LP box collecting four of the inspirational singer-songwriter’s most acclaimed and beloved studio albums, all recorded for David Geffen’s then-new Asylum Records label: For the Roses (1972), Court and Spark (1974), and The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975), as well as Joni’s first live album, Miles of Aisles (1974). All four albums have been newly remastered by Bernie Grundman, and Mitchell’s friend Neil Young has contributed an essay to…

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Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Chick Corea, Dr. John, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Ray Charles, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Smithereens

Release Round-Up: Week of September 9

September 9, 2022 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! The Kinks, Muswell Hillbillies / Everybody’s in Show-Biz – Everybody’s a Star (BMG) 6LP/4CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Muswell Hillbillies 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Muswell Hillbillies 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Everybody’s in Show-Biz 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Everybody’s in Show-Biz 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Kinks are going super deluxe (again!) with a joint reissue of two of the band’s most significant albums featuring remastered audio and a host of bonus tracks. BMG’s box set celebrates The…

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Fanny, Grateful Dead, Imagine Dragons, Jackie Evancho, Jesse Ed Davis, Joni Mitchell, Julian Lennon, KISS, Kate Bush, Olivia Newton-John, Ozzy Osbourne, Powerman 5000, Spacehog, The Kinks

You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio: Joni Mitchell’s “The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)” Coming from Rhino

July 28, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 11 Comments

On Sunday, happy tears flowed at the Newport Folk Festival when Joni Mitchell took the Rhode Island stage for a surprise set – her first full-length concert in roughly two decades, performed alongside her longtime champion Brandi Carlile and a host of illustrious friends. Soon, those tears were flowing everywhere when audio and video from the thirteen-song show was shared worldwide. Joni Mitchell was back, tapping into a deep well of vivid emotion on her beloved standards such as “Both Sides Now” and “A Case of You,” and commanding her guitar for…

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America, Chicago, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Doors, Ramones, More Featured on Rhino’s Record Store Day Lineup

February 17, 2022 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Rhino is bringing out the heavy hitters for its Record Store Day lineup of releases, all of which are due on Saturday, April 23 at independent record stores everywhere. We’ve already filled you in on the pair of David Bowie titles coming to both CD and LP, but Rhino also has vinyl offerings from music legends including Joni Mitchell, Madonna, Willie Nelson, Stevie Nicks, and The Everly Brothers as well as such beloved bands as America, Bad Company, Blur, Chicago, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Ramones, and The Replacements. Below you’ll find Rhino’s…

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Reggae, Rock

The Weekend Stream: January 29, 2022

January 29, 2022 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to discover! A few interesting titles coming your way this week, but first, some thoughts on streaming and catalogue inspired by this week’s headlines… Usually, doing The Weekend Stream is pretty simple: check which catalogue titles have been added to digital music services, write some blurbs and drop in some links. This week, it took on some slight gravity thanks to one of the…

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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Buddy Holly, Burl Ives, Chet Atkins, Jackie Gleason, Joni Mitchell, Matt Monro, Neil Young

The Year In Review: The 2021 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part One

January 3, 2022 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Happy 2022! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 12th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! Once again, we’ve all faced unprecedented challenges over the past twelve months. A year that began with hope and promise has ended with further uncertainty for many of us. But music continues to fill a significant role in our lives, providing solace, comfort, and escape in a time unlike any other. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2021’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets big and…

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Joni Mitchell, “Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971)”

December 6, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Last evening in Washington, DC, Joni Mitchell joined the 44th class of Kennedy Center Honorees alongside Bette Midler, Berry Gordy, Lorne Michaels, and Justino Diaz. The singer-songwriter who has blurred the lines of folk, pop, rock, and jazz was celebrated by friends and admirers including Brandi Carlile, Herbie Hancock, Ellie Goulding, Norah Jones, Brittany Howard, Dan Levy, and Cameron Crowe. President Joe Biden, also in attendance, had earlier summed up the thoughts of many when he proclaimed, “Your words and melodies touch the deepest parts of our soul.” Mitchell has been probing…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 12

November 12, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Elvis Presley, Back in Nashville (RCA/Legacy) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Colored Vinyl: Graceland Official Store Elvis: Back in Nashville boasts 82 recordings on 4 CDs (or digitally) from The King’s final Nashville sessions in 1971. With country, folk, holiday and gospel songs, pop, and rock and roll, these seminal tracks represent some of the most richly diverse in Elvis’ storied catalogue. Like its predecessor From Elvis in Nashville, this collection features all new, stripped-down remixes by Matt Ross-Spang. A 2-LP highlights release is available…

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Blossom Dearie, Dolores Gray, Eagles, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Jake Shimabukuro, Joni Mitchell, Kylie Minogue, NRBQ, Nirvana, Rod Stewart, She and Him, Taylor Swift, War

Music Is Love: Rhino Expands David Crosby’s Solo Debut “If I Could Only Remember My Name”

September 2, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

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The phenomenal success of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s 1971 LP Déjà Vu came at a time when all four members of the supergroup were brimming with musical creativity. In the wake of its release, each released a solo album that’s since attained classic status. In February 1971 came David Crosby’s solo debut, If I Could Only Remember My Name. Crosby’s dreamy, impressionistic, darkly beautiful, and decidedly unconventional masterwork is now receiving a deluxe edition from Rhino due on October 15. This release follows the 2006 expanded edition which added the bonus…

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Review: Joni Mitchell, “The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)”

July 19, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Joni Mitchell fiercely announced her independence with “I Had a King,” the haunting soliloquy which opens her 1968 debut album, Song to a Seagull. “I can’t go back there anymore,” she proclaimed. “You know my keys won’t fit the door/You know my thoughts don’t fit the man. They never can…they never can…” The song is bold, wise, and flecked with a graceful equanimity as the singer declares her freedom both from a husband who “lives in another time” and the societal constraints of the day. That freedom would be forcefully expressed on…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 2

July 2, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! It’s a much smaller one than usual, owing to the U.S. Fourth of July holiday, but we’ll have more new releases in the Weekend Stream! In the meantime, may those celebrating have a safe and happy holiday weekend! Joni Mitchell, The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) (Reprise/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Joni Mitchell’s first four albums, all recorded for the Reprise label, are collected in a new box set available on CD and LP. The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) is…

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Joni Mitchell, Richard Marx, Tom Petty

All I Want: Joni Mitchell Releases “Blue 50” EP with Unreleased Tracks, “Archives Vol. 2” Arrives in October

June 21, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 12 Comments

Fifty years ago tomorrow -June 22, 1971 – Joni Mitchell released Blue. The singer-songwriter’s fourth studio album, Blue was raw, intense, emotional, beautiful, moving, and hugely influential. In short, it was the kind of album that only comes along once a generation – if that. Mitchell recently discussed its legacy with filmmaker-journalist Cameron Crowe for The Los Angeles Times. She observed, “The most feedback that I got was that I had gone too far and was exposing too much of myself. I couldn’t tell what I had created, really. The initial response…

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Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer: Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous” Soundtrack Gets Mega-Expansion

May 21, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 19 Comments

Cameron Crowe, in association with Universal Music, has done the (near-) impossible. On July 9, the writer-director will revisit the soundtrack to his 2000 instant classic Almost Famous in greatly expanded, near-complete form, including five – yes, five! – Led Zeppelin songs plus tracks by other typically difficult-to-license artists including Simon and Garfunkel, The Who, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, and Stevie Wonder. That’s not to mention new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Todd Rundgren, The Beach Boys, Cat Stevens, Deep Purple, The Raspberries, and…

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Cameron Crowe, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Steely Dan, Stillwater, The Allman Brothers Band, The Beach Boys, The Who, Todd Rundgren, Yes

A Case of You: Joni Mitchell’s First Four Albums Remastered, “The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)” Due June 25

April 8, 2021 by Sam Stone | 21 Comments

Last year Joni Mitchell and Rhino stunned fans with the announcement of the Joni Mitchell Archives, an ongoing series of releases that look back at the career of the multifaceted songwriter, singer, producer, and visual artist. (Check out our interview with series co-producer, Patrick Milligan, here!) Today, Joni Mitchell and Rhino announced the next volume in the series: The Reprise Albums (1968-1971), to be released June 25, just fifty years and three days after she released Blue on June 22, 1971. The 4-CD or 4-LP set collects her first four albums, which…

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Rhino’s Record Store Day Slate Features John Prine, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, CSNY, Donny Hathaway, Lou Reed, More

April 7, 2021 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

At 1:00 pm EST/10:00 am PST today, the list of Record Store Day’s annual offerings was made public. As was the case in 2020, this year’s RSD festivities will take place over more than one day. The two RSD Drops are scheduled for Saturday, June 12, and Saturday, July 17. We’ll be sharing periodic announcements of various labels’ releases, including this look at Rhino’s whopping array of over 30 titles from heavy hitters including Black Sabbath, Donny Hathaway, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Tom Petty, CSNY, Lou Reed, John Prine, and…

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Back to the Garden: Rhino Expands Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s “Déjà Vu” In New Box Set

March 17, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 29 Comments

Crosby, Stills, and Nash’s eponymous debut was one of the most auspicious and omnipresent records of 1969, a remarkable and harmony-rich affair featuring such era-defining material as “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,” “Marrakesh Express,” “Guinnevere,” “Wooden Ships,” “Long Time Gone,” and “Helplessly Hoping.” CSN blended folk, country, jazz, rock, and a dash of pop into an often-imitated but never-duplicated sound. In the U.S. alone, the album reached No. 6 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and the top 20 of the year’s best-selling records. Both “Marrakesh Express” and “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” reached…

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UPDATE: General Retail Edition, Repressed Deluxe Edition of “Neil Young Archives, Volume 2: 1972-1976” Confirmed for March 5

November 13, 2020 by Sam Stone | 9 Comments

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UPDATE 11/12/2020: It’s been a long time since Neil Young released his last Archives box set. In the intervening 11 years since Neil released Archives, Volume 1: 1963-1972, fans have endlessly speculated what might be on Volume 2 – or if it might happen at all. As our readers probably know by now, Neil Young Archives, Volume 2: 1972-1976 is a go, with a limited-edition box set arriving next Friday, November 20. A digital edition will also be available on Neil Young Archives and all major digital services. Following the swift sell-out…

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A SECOND DISC EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Joni Mitchell’s Co-Producer Patrick Milligan Discusses New “Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1” Box Set

October 30, 2020 by Sam Stone | 5 Comments

“I was born to take the highway / I was born to chase a dream / Any road at all is my way / Any place is where I’ve been.” So sings a young Joni Mitchell on “Born to Take the Highway,” one of her earliest compositions. The 1965 road song is one of a staggering 29 previously unreleased tracks unearthed for a once-unthinkable project: a deep-dive into her archives. The first installment in the series, Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967), sees her chasing that dream. Out today…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 30

October 30, 2020 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) (Rhino) 5-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5-CD + Lithograph bundle: Joni Mitchell Online Store The first in a series of box sets, Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) features nearly 6 hours of unreleased material – 119 tracks across 5 CDs – all from the period prior to the commencement of the legendary singer-songwriter’s recording career. You’ll hear her first-ever recorded performance, intimate and newly unearthed coffeehouse concerts, home demos, and much more. There’s a total…

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Elton John, Elvis Costello, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Lady A, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Ron Dante, Stevie Nicks, Suzzy Roche, The Archies, The Style Council, The Who, Thin Lizzy, U2, Van Duren, Yes

UPDATED 10/23: Here We Go In The Years: “Neil Young Archives, Volume 2: 1972-1976” Due November 20, Standard Releases to Follow

October 23, 2020 by Sam Stone | 13 Comments

UPDATE 10/23/2020: It’s been a long time since Neil Young released his last Archives box set. In the intervening 11 years since Neil released Archives, Volume 1: 1963-1972, fans have endlessly speculated what might be on Volume 2 – or if it might happen at all. Well, it’s happening. The 10-CD Neil Young Archives, Volume 2: 1972-1976 box set will be released on November 20. The links to pre-order are live for the limited, deluxe edition set of 3,000 units which is available exclusively through Neil Young’s Greedy Hand Online Store. A digital…

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Crazy Horse, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, The Stills-Young Band

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An Illusion to Me Now: “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story” Gets DVD, Blu-ray Release from Criterion

October 19, 2020 by Sam Stone | 3 Comments

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“I cut off my hair and I rode straight away, for that wild unknown country where I could not go wrong.” So sings Bob Dylan in “Isis.” It’s a line fitting for the mercurial Dylan, especially in 1975 as he and his merry cohorts – both friends and musicians – embarked on a tour of North American cities large and small on the circus-like Rolling Thunder Revue. Back in 2019, we told you about Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese. Part concert document and part mockumentary, the controversial film…

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