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Release Round-Up: Week of June 4

June 4, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Rod Stewart, 1975-1978 (Warner/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) A new vinyl box set collects remastered versions of Rod Stewart’s breakthrough first four Warner Bros. albums – Atlantic Crossing (1975), A Night on the Town (1976), Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977), and Blondes Have More Fun (1978) – and adds the bonus LP Encores 1975-1978 featuring ten outtakes, five of which have never been released in any format. Read more here. Mumps, Rock & Roll This, Rock & Roll That: Best Case Scenario, You’ve Got Mumps (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Omnivore celebrates late American…

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Release Round-Up

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Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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Billy F. Gibbons, Crowded House, Gary Louris, Hank Williams, Harry Nilsson, Liz Phair, Mumps, Osmond Chapman Orchestra, Rod Stewart

Let’s Have a Party: Motown, James Brown, U2, Sinatra Part of UMe’s RSD Black Friday Festivities

October 9, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

With the lead-up to Record Store Day Black Friday in full swing, it’s time to take a look at what Universal Music Group has prepped for the semi-annual vinyl bonanza. The label’s eight major catalog vinyl releases are familiar to longtime RSD consumers. Some celebrate an iconic anniversary (as is the case for titles by U2, Frank Sinatra and Frank Zappa), one complements a general catalog title (an unreleased live James Brown album), and some just feature great music in rare presentations. Learn all about UMG’s Black Friday titles below. All will…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Charlie Parker, Four Tops, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, James Brown, Liz Phair, Marvin Gaye, Ramones, Sublime, The Jackson 5, The Supremes, U2

Release Round-Up: Week of May 4

May 4, 2018 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Frank Sinatra, Standing Room Only (Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new 3-CD, book-style box set from Capitol/UMe features three spectacular live concerts from three decades of Frank Sinatra’s storied career, including the January 28. 1966 second show with The Count Basie Orchestra and conductor Quincy Jones at The Sands in Las Vegas, making its CD debut; and two previously unreleased shows: October 7, 1974 at Philadelphia’s Spectrum, and October 24, 1987 at Dallas’ Reunion Arena. Read more here, and watch this space for Joe’s…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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

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Barry McGuire, Frank Sinatra, Hoyt Axton, Jan Berry, Liz Phair, Rita Coolidge, Roy Buchanan, The Human League, The Temptations, Tom Verlaine

Return To ‘Guyville’: Liz Phair Packs Unreleased Demos Into New Box Set

March 18, 2018 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Singer-songwriter Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville is about to turn 25, and Matador Records is making sure that anniversary doesn’t go unnoticed. On May 4, the label will issue Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Boxset, a 7-LP or 3-CD (or digital) collection tracing her artistic evolution from her three pre-Matador demo cassettes (originally released under the name of Girly-Sound) to her acclaimed debut album. Girly-Sound to Guyville kicks off with each of the three privately-pressed cassettes remastered and restored on vinyl, and now titled Yo Yo Buddy Yup Yup Word to…

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Box Sets, CD, Cassette, Vinyl

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Rock

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Liz Phair