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Let Him Run Wild: Rhino’s Record Store Day Slate Includes Brian Wilson, David Bowie, The Doors, Talking Heads, Black Sabbath, Joni Mitchell, More

February 4, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

Today’s the day! The Record Store Day list is here, ramping up anticipation for the annual event which takes place at brick-and-mortar stores on Saturday, April 18. As expected, Rhino is leading the RSD pack with a whopping slate of over 50 titles scheduled to arrive in independent shops everywhere. The label has brought out many of its heaviest hitters, including David Bowie, The Doors, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Grateful Dead, Rod Stewart, Talking Heads, and Brian Wilson, among others. Head over to RecordStoreDay.com for the complete list of participating stores (and…

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Holiday Gift Guide Special: Our Favorite Stocking Stuffers

December 23, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Christopher Cross All Right The Worldwide Singles

Most of our Holiday Gift Guide features this year have concentrated on large-scale releases, but today, we’re looking at three titles small enough to be last-minute stocking stuffers (get to your local indie record store now!) – and big enough to be favorites you’ll play all year long. It’s more than All Right: Omnivore Recordings has revisited Christopher Cross’ early years for a first-ever collection of his original single releases from the U.S. and beyond. The Worldwide Singles 1980-1988 offers 31 cuts on 2 CDs – many in new-to-CD single edit or…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 24

October 24, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles out today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska ’82 (Columbia/Legacy) 4CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada It’s no surprise that, as Hollywood recounts the story of Bruce Springsteen’s most striking solo release with the film Deliver Me from Nowhere (out today), a box set tells the tale of the (literal) tape. Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings are releasing Nebraska ’82, a new box set showcasing the start-to-finish journey of Bruce’s most…

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America, Bon Jovi, Brandi Carlile, Bruce Springsteen, Carl Perkins, Dion, Elton John, Frank Zappa, Hazell Dean, Horace Silver, Jackdawg, KISS, Little Feat, Neil Young, Pulp, Ray Charles, The Blasters, The Pogues

It’s Gonna Take a Lotta Love: The Second Disc, Lemon Collect Nicolette Larson’s Warner Bros. Albums on “Look In My Direction”

September 17, 2025 by The Second Disc | 16 Comments

On the evenings of February 21 and 22, 1998, a host of musicians took the stage of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to pay tribute to one of their own. Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Buffett, Bonnie Raitt, and Crosby, Stills and Nash were just a few of the artists who paid their respects in song to the late Nicolette Larson. The luminous singer with the honeyed voice had unexpectedly died just a couple of months earlier at the far too young age of 45. In the decades since her…

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Andrew Gold, Christopher Cross, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Michael McDonald, Nicolette Larson, Steve Goodman, Ted Templeman, The Doobie Brothers

All That You Dream: Rhino Sets Expansion of Little Feat’s ‘Last Record Album’

September 3, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

Little Feat The Last Record Album Deluxe

Another Little Feat deluxe album is making the rounds from Rhino. 1975’s The Last Record Album, the group’s fifth LP, will be expanded by the label in multiple formats, all available October 24. The 4CD set will pair the remastered album with a bonus disc of studio rarities (half of which are previously unreleased) along with an unissued live set at Boston’s Orpheum Theater recorded on Halloween of 1975. A 2LP set includes all the studio material in the CD box, and an exclusive bundle, available only at Rhino.com, will add a fifth…

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Little Feat, Lowell George

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Rhino Ushers In Summer with Frankie Valli, Van Morrison, Linda Ronstadt, Randy Newman, Chicago, Grateful Dead, and More

July 1, 2024 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Today, Rhino announced its new Sounds of the Summer initiative, which will see a total of over two dozen vinyl releases hitting brick-and-mortar stores beginning this Friday, July 5, and continuing throughout the month of July. These titles encompass various reissues as well as new entries in the label’s ongoing Now Playing series of compilations. As of now, these LPs are all exclusive to independent record stores and Barnes & Noble locations. You’ll find the full list of releases below including descriptions courtesy of TSD. July 5 Genesis, And Then There Were…

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Al Stewart, Chicago, Crosby Stills and Nash, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Fleetwood Mac, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, George Benson, Grateful Dead, Jimmy Cliff, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Randy Newman, Rod Stewart, Sonny and Cher, The Doobie Brothers, Utopia, Van Morrison, War, Yes

Release Round-Up: Week of June 14

June 14, 2024 by The Second Disc | 5 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. David Bowie, Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (Parlophone/Rhino) 5CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 5CD/1Blu-ray collection from the late David Bowie follows 2019’s Conversation Piece (which shed light on the 1968-1969 David Bowie/Space Oddity era) and 2022’s Divine Symmetry (which chronicled the twelve months leading up to December 1971’s release of Hunky Dory). Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! takes an in-depth look at Bowie’s path to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, George Benson, Jack Tempchin, Janis Siegel, Little Feat, Melanie, Mike Campbell, Paul McCartney, Seal, The Hollywood Stars, Truth, Will Butler, Wings

No Small ‘Feats’: Rhino Announces New Little Feat Reissue with Rarities and Unreleased Live Material

April 10, 2024 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Last year, Rhino reissued Little Feat’s seminal second and third albums, Sailin’ Shoes (1972) and Dixie Chicken (1973), as deluxe, expanded editions. Now, the label is following those with a similar presentation of the California group’s fourth LP, 1974’s Feats Don’t Fail Me Now, on 2 CDs or 3 LPs. Due on June 14, both versions feature a remastered edition of the original album plus rare and previously unreleased outtakes and alternate versions, with all audio sourced from the original two-track stereo and multitrack tapes. The CD set additionally premieres a previously…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 3

November 3, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to another packed Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Beatles, Now and Then (Apple/Capitol/UMe) Various Formats including CD single: The Beatles Online Store 7-inch clear single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7-inch blue single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12-inch black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target-exclusive red 12-inch single: Target.com “Now and Then.” No matter who’s listening, the title conjures the ghosts of the past that we all confront. The voice of John Lennon – not far-removed, but viscerally present –…

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Rhino’s Record Store Day Black Friday Lineup Includes The Doors on CD and LP Plus Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell, War, and More

October 4, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

TSD is continuing its look at this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday releases, due at participating independent record stores on November 24, with the packed slate coming from Rhino. With sixteen titles – including one on both vinyl and CD! – Rhino has brought out the heavy hitters including The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, and War. Visit here for a list of Record Store Day retailers. The English Beat, I Just Can’t Stop (Expanded) Limited Edition of 8,000 copies on 2LP 140-gram Crystal Clear vinyl Captain Beefheart and…

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Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Faces, Grateful Dead, INXS, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, Linkin Park, Little Feat, Los Lobos, Record Store Day, Rilo Kiley, Sia, The Doors, The English Beat, The Flaming Lips, War

Review: Little Feat, “Sailin’ Shoes” and “Dixie Chicken” Deluxe Editions

June 30, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Little Feat was no ordinary rock-and-roll band. The seeds of the California group were planted when singer-songwriter Lowell George, then playing in Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention, met keyboardist Bill Payne, who had unsuccessfully auditioned for the famously tough Zappa. The pair hit it off and teamed with former Mothers bassist Roy Estrada and drummer Richard Hayward, late of George’s old band The Factory, to form Little Feat. The story remains unclear as to exactly what prompted George to depart from the Mothers; one version has Zappa assuring him that he was…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 23

June 23, 2023 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Little Feat, Sailin’ Shoes: Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1972’s Sailin’ Shoes was the second album from the original Little Feat lineup of singer-guitarist Lowell George, drummer Richard Hayward, keyboard player Bill Payne, and bassist Roy Estrada. The LP spawned numerous signature songs which would later be covered by the band’s many fans, including “Sailin’ Shoes” (Van Dyke Parks, Robert Palmer), “Easy to Slip” (Bob Weir, Black Crowes), “A Apolitical Blues” (Van Halen),…

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

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Charles Mingus, Eric Clapton, Little Feat, Matt Monro, Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane, Sonny Rollins, Stewart Copeland, Straight No Chaser, The Lloyds, The Police

Willin’: Little Feat’s “Sailin’ Shoes” and “Dixie Chicken” Get Remastered, Expanded

April 28, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

“When Lowell [George] and I first got together,” Little Feat co-founder Bill Payne remembered to author Bob Mehr in 2022, “our philosophical discussions became about what kind of band we want to be in. We’re not going to be a blues band…but we’ll play some blues. We’re not going to be a country band…but we’ll play some country. The idea was that it was supposed to be eclectic and not just one thing.” That ethos guided Little Feat for seven studio albums on Warner Bros. Records through 1979 including one released shortly…

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

January 4, 2023 by The Second Disc | 13 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…

Release Round-Up: Week of July 29

July 29, 2022 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Grateful Dead, Europe ’72 [50th Anniversary Editions] (Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP (black): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP (“Bozo or Bolo” rainbow): Dead.net Lyceum ’72 (24LP): Dead.net Lyceum ’72 (4CD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Grateful Dead’s thrilling run of European shows which were immortalized on the triple-album release Europe ’72 and then in 2011 on the expansive 73-CD box set Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings. Now, Rhino has announced a host of releases from the final stand of the…

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Dwight Twilley, Elvis Presley, Grateful Dead, Little Feat, Ohio Players, The Finn Brothers, The Sons of Adam

Mercenary Territory: Rhino Turn Little Feat’s ‘Waiting for Columbus’ Into Multi-Show Box Set

May 26, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Last year for Black Friday’s Record Store Day event, Rhino premiered Little Feat’s Electrif Lycanthrope: Live at Ultra-Sonic Studios 1974, a concert album recorded in front of an intimate studio audience in Hempstead, New York. The band originally fronted by Lowell George always blossomed in a live setting, with that particular brand of electricity best captured on 1978’s Waiting for Columbus. The double album recorded in 1977 at London’s Rainbow Theatre and Washington, DC’s Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University showcased Little Feat’s improvisatory nature in concert in which the band would…

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The Second Disc’s Picks for Record Store Day Black Friday 2021

November 26, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of beloved family and friends. (And with plenty of delicious food, too!) Now, Record Store Day’s annual Black Friday event is upon us, so we’re spotlighting a dozen of the most eagerly anticipated releases arriving to your local independent brick-and-mortar record shop! Here are our personal picks for RSD BF must-haves; visit Record Store Day’s official website for a list of participating retailers. Happy Listening, and have a great…

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"Weird Al" Yankovic, Aerosmith, Carole King, Dusty Springfield, John Legend, Leonard Cohen, Little Feat, Merle Haggard, Michael Kamen, Osaka Popstar, Ray Price, Record Store Day, The Munsters, The Shangri-Las, The Staple Singers, Willie Nelson

Review: Little Feat, “Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990”

March 21, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

“Well they say that time loves a hero/But only time will tell/If he`s real he`s a legend from heaven/If he ain`t he was sent here from hell…” Though Little Feat’s singer-songwriter-guitarist Lowell George wasn’t among the writers of the song “Time Loves a Hero” from the band’s 1977 album of the same name, the lyric might well describe him. Time has, indeed, told: almost 35 years after George’s death in June 1979, his legacy still resonates as does that of the band which he founded. Yet during its first lifetime, Little Feat…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 4

March 4, 2014 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Little Feat, Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990 (Warner Bros./Rhino) The eclectic rock band’s near two-decade run on Warner Bros. is celebrated in this new box set, featuring all the band’s original studio albums, an expanded edition of the live Waiting for Columbus and a bonus disc of recordings sourced from the band’s 2000 box set Hotcakes & Outtakes. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Grass Roots, The Complete Original Dunhill/ABC Hit Singles / Irma Thomas, Full Time Woman — The Lost Cotillion Album / Professor Longhair, The Last Mardi Gras / Dr. John, The Night Tripper, Gris Gris / David Ruffin, My Whole World Ended/Feelin’ Good /…

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Bob Dylan, Charley Pride, Little Feat, Rufus Wainwright, SACD, T Rex, The Grass Roots, Vinyl

Feats Won’t Fail You Now on New Rhino Box Set

January 16, 2014 by Mike Duquette | 8 Comments

Rhino is giving the complete albums treatment to another classic rock artist on the Warner Bros. label: the eclectic combo Little Feat. Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990 will feature all 11 studio and live albums the band cut for the label, as well as two additional bonus discs of rare material. Formed by ex-Mothers of Invention guitarist Lowell George, Little Feat first rose to prominence for their killer rock-blues style, particularly both versions of the song “Willin’” from the band’s first two albums. (Each version featured a distinctive slide guitar part,…

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Still Willin’: Edsel Reissues A Pair From Little Feat

April 10, 2012 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Though the band formed in 1970 and found a home on Burbank’s famed Warner Bros. label with a debut album produced by L.A. stalwart Russ Titelman, Little Feat always stood apart from its California rock brethren. Still, the blues/rock/funk outfit attracted the attention of some important members of the Laurel Canyon crowd. “Willin’,” written by Feat’s de facto leader and chief songwriter Lowell George, found a home on Linda Ronstadt’s Heart Like a Wheel album. The song was reportedly despised by the notoriously anti-drug Frank Zappa, George’s former employer, for its celebration…

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Sit Down I Think It’s Van Dyke Parks: Music Man’s “Arrangements” Arrive on CD

August 3, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Forgive the hyperbole, but there’s nobody quite like Van Dyke Parks. Composer, arranger, producer, singer, musician, actor, author, raconteur, Parks is one-of-a-kind. Known for his dazzling, sometimes oblique wordplay, and sheer musical invention, Parks has contributed production, arrangements and songs to an incredible number of renowned artists over the years, often blazing new trails while harnessing his vast knowledge of popular music. For the first time, the renaissance man’s work as a multi-hyphenate is being collected. Fifteen tracks are being compiled for September 20 release by the artist’s own label, Bananastan, as Arrangements, Volume…

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