Legacy Recordings is only spotlighting eight artists for Record Store Day 2026, but they’re making it count. Sony Music’s catalogue arm will showcase mostly live recordings – classics, out-of-print favorites and even some recent ones – on their vinyl selections for the annual retail holiday. And best of all, three of them will also be available on CD! Incredibly, only one of these titles has been on vinyl before: 1978’s Nite Flights, the striking final album by The Walker Brothers. Indeed, from pop (Tony Bennett and Jeff Buckley) to classic rock (Judas Priest,…
The Weekend Stream: June 28, 2025
Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. There’s new music from Sarah McLachlan, Public Enemy and Liam Finn, plus a new video to a one-hit wonder, a Record Store Day single gone digital, and tributes to musicians we lost this week. Peter Gabriel, In the Big Room (Real World) (Apple / Amazon) The legendary pop/rock voice has loosed a recording from his vault for larger public consumption: highlights from an intimate 2003 performance at his Real World…
They Will Have Their Way: Legacy Plans Packed Record Store Day Slate
Is it just us, or has Record Store Day felt a little muted in recent years? Obviously the annual Black Friday celebration boasts less titles than the festivities held every April, but it’s sometimes been a struggle to identify great archival titles or worthy re-pressed discs. Well, that certainly isn’t the case this year: labels seem to have gone into overdrive stockpiling interesting LPs and singles worth a second (or first!) look – and one of the strongest showings might be Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings, who are bowing no less than 16…
Release Round-Up: Week of November 22
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today including a Christmas classic from Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music and a whole bunch of massive box sets! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Sings Christmas Carols (Expanded Edition) (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Over the past decade, we here at TSD have happily partnered with Real Gone Music on an array of Christmas releases from such evergreen artists as Johnny Mathis, The Supremes, Chet Atkins,…
Dying to Meet You: Judas Priest’s Debut Revisited with Definitive Remix
It took 50 years, but Judas Priest have finally perfected the way they want their debut to sound. The British metal icons will reissue 1974’s Rocka Rolla on November 22 – one of the first truly sanctioned releases of the first album by the group – with a brand-new remix from the original multi-track tapes by producer Tom Allom. “I’m just thrilled,” frontman Rob Halford said in a statement. “Tom Allom is giving us a second chance here with the way that a lot of the elements were lost in Rocka Rolla. And it’s…
Release Round-Up: Week of March 8
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Rolling Stones, Live at The Wiltern (Mercury Studios) 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP (Amazon Exclusive Black and Bronze Swirl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones’ 2002-2003 Licks World Tour was one of The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band’s most innovative. To celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary (and the release of the career-spanning…
The Weekend Stream: February 25, 2023
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 usher you into the weekend. A veritable bonanza of titles feature an expanded album by Sting, two classic Madonna 12″s, a George Michael-produced rarity, a first-time duet by a country legend and a soul icon, a new recording of a late-period classic from Hollywood’s most famed composer, and so much more! Sting, Ten Summoner’s Tales (Expanded Edition) (A&M/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) Sting’s camp…
Hell Bent: Judas Priest Preps 42-CD Career-Spanning Box Set “Reflections: 50 Years of Heavy Metal Music”
Back in March, we reported on the news that a massive 42-CD box set was on the way from pioneering metal band Judas Priest. Now, the metal titans have confirmed those initial reports. On October 15, Sony Music will release Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music including every one of the band’s official live and studio albums to date plus 13 discs of previously unreleased live material. It’s all been mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios, with the additional material restored and mixed by Tom Allom at La Cucina…
Short Takes: “Fawlty Towers” Comes to Vinyl with Cleese Autograph; Judas Priest Plans Massive Box Set for Summer
Although only 12 episodes were made between 1975 and 1979, Fawlty Towers remains one of television’s most beloved comedies. As recently as 2019, it was named the greatest ever British sitcom by Radio Times, and its magic has never been successfully duplicated. Three American remakes – starring Harvey Korman and Betty White (the pilot-only Chateau Snavely, 1978), Bea Arthur (Amanda’s, 1983), and John Larroquette and JoBeth Williams (Payne, 1999) – all failed to recapture the spirit of the original in which co-creator/writer John Cleese starred as the misanthropic Basil Fawlty, owner of…
Lose Your Mind and Play: Legacy Recordings Details Upcoming RSD Drop Releases From Pink Floyd, Judas Priest, Miles Davis, and More
As the world begins to slowly open up again, one thing that vinyl aficionados can look forward to is Record Store Day’s RSD Drops. As we’ve previously reported, the organization opted to cancel their big day in April, and instead the titles will be released over three “drops” on August 29, September 26, and October 24. Legacy Recordings has announced their full, updated list of RSD Drops contributions from Cheap Trick, Tyler The Creator, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Toto, Manic Street Preachers, Destiny’s Child and more. You can find all the information…
Legacy’s RSD Lineup Has Something For Everyone
Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings division has announced the titles they’ll be releasing for the annual Record Store Day festivities. Hitting shelves April 18 will be a slew of genre- and decade-spanning albums from Miles Davis, Cheap Trick, TLC, Judas Priest, Tyler the Creator, Pink Floyd and more! Here’s the official word from Legacy! Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, today announces another sensational line-up of vinyl for release on Record Store Day (April 18, 2020), the annual music celebration happening exclusively at all participating independent retailers. These dozen titles…
More Black Friday Treats Coming From Omnivore, Real Gone Music
It’s that time of year — the temperatures are falling, the leaves about to change color. And that can only mean one thing: Record Store Day Black Friday announcements! You’ve seen Rhino, Universal and Craft’s line-ups; now, take a look at what Omnivore Recordings and Real Gone Music have each unveiled for this year’s celebrations. Let’s take a look! Alex Chilton, My Rival (Omnivore) Omnivore Recordings invites listeners into an “alternate universe” with their 10″ EP of previously unissued Alex Chilton tracks, engineered by Chris Bell. The pair had worked together in…
Release Round-Up: Week of February 3
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring Second Disc Records’ first release of the year plus another incredible slate from Real Gone Music, box sets, anthologies, and more! Various Artists, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are tipping off 2017 with the first-ever CD release of Thom Bell’s soulful soundtrack to 1979’s The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, featuring an all-star line-up including The Four Tops, The Spinners, Bell and James,…
Rock You All Around the World: Judas Priest Expands “Turbo” With Previously Unreleased Concert
Judas Priest is revisiting its tenth album, 1986’s Turbo, in a turbo-charged 30th anniversary edition coming on February 3, 2017 from Legacy Recordings. The original, remastered album will be expanded with two additional discs of bonus material on this upcoming reissue, and the album will also be available sans bonus tracks in a new 150-gram vinyl pressing. Turbo marked a crucial step in the evolution of the band. It began life as one-half of a planned double album entitled Twin Turbos, before the band realized that this set of songs was strong enough…
Release Round-Up: Week of March 10
This week brings a particularly impressive slate by any standard, but we’re particularly proud to introduce the world to Second Disc Records with our first two releases, from Johnny Mathis and the late Bob Crewe! Johnny Mathis, Life is a Song Worth Singing: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Here, on two CDs, we proudly present both of Johnny Mathis’ album collaborations – including the never-on-CD Mathis Is… – with songwriter-producer Thom Bell, plus ten bonus tracks! Read more here! Bob Crewe, The Complete Elektra Recordings…

















