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The Weekend Stream: April 25, 2026

April 25, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. Some of our favorites lead this pack: an archival Prince single, a new Duran Duran song, a vintage George Michael EP, outtakes from The Beach Boys, demos from Andy Partridge – and plenty more where that came from. Prince, “With This Tear” (NPG/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon) Last Tuesday, the 10th anniversary of Prince’s death, The Artist’s estate released the latest posthumous…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

“Sea.Hear.Now” What Legacy’s Planning for Record Store Day 2026

February 5, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 9 Comments

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,…

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News

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CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Buckley, Judas Priest, Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Scott Walker, The Walker Brothers, Tony Bennett

Who Loves The Sun: Rhino High Fidelity Reissues Velvet Underground, Stooges Classics

January 30, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Stooges and Velvet Underground Rhino High Fidelity

Rhino High Fidelity, the label’s audiophile-standard line of vinyl reissues, has announced its first releases of 2026: two classic rock milestones from the dawn of the 1970s. Limited to 5,000 units each, The Velvet Underground’s Loaded and The Stooges’ Fun House are both available now exclusively from Rhino.com. Each album has been cut from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl at Optimal in Germany. Both titles are housed in sturdy, glossy “tip-on” jackets and contain newly-penned liner notes. Despite the tumultuous period surrounding the birth…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock

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Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground

Power to Consume: Legacy Unveils Record Store Day Black Friday Slate with Prince, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, More

October 7, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

We’re continuing our look at this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday releases with a rundown of the nine titles coming your way on Friday, November 28 from Legacy Recordings. These include classics from Miles Davis, Prince, and Billy Joel, a rarity from Bob Dylan, a spirited Danny Elfman soundtrack, and more! Click here for a list of participating Record Store Day shops, and stay tuned for more RSD Black Friday news here at The Second Disc! Cage the Elephant, Live from The Vic in Chicago (RCA/Legacy) (2LP – Yellow and Black Splatter vinyl;…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Cage the Elephant, Daniel Johnston, Danny Elfman, Jeff Tweedy, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Morgan Wade, Prince, Record Store Day, Thurston Moore, Wilco

The Weekend Stream: July 19, 2025

July 19, 2025 by The Second Disc

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. We’ve got a gem from Linda Ronstadt’s vault, a new update of a Disney classic and a fascinating sit-down with one of folk’s most important matriarchs – plus tributes to artists we lost this week and a potential hint at a very exciting reissue from one of the pivotal duos in ’70s rock. Linda Ronstadt, “How Do I Make You” / “Rambler Gambler” (Asylum/Rhino) (Apple / Amazon) This week, song…

They Will Have Their Way: Legacy Plans Packed Record Store Day Slate

February 10, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 8 Comments

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…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Cypress Hill, David Gilmour, Jeff Buckley, John Legend, Judas Priest, Lou Reed, Neil Finn, Nick Mason, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Prince, Rage Against the Machine, Record Store Day, Soul Asylum, Thelonious Monk, Toad the Wet Sprocket

Release Round-Up: Week of October 18

October 18, 2024 by The Second Disc | No 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. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Long After Dark: Deluxe Edition (Geffen/UMe) 2CD/Blu-ray Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/Blu-ray Audio (with Amazon-exclusive stickers): Amazon U.S. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Tom Petty Store (Exclusive) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ fifth studio album has gotten a deluxe makeover. Geffen/UMe have revisited 1982’s oft-overlooked Long After Dark, originally released on Backstreet Records, in various formats including 2LP and 2CD+Blu-ray. The bonus disc, featuring outtakes…

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News

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

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Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop

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Albert King, Ella Fitzgerald, Jake Shimabukuro, Jane Monheit, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lou Reed, Mick Fleetwood, NRBQ, Ray Charles, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Kinks, The Pogues, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Light in the Attic Compiles Lou Reed’s Earliest Work for Pickwick Records

August 28, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

For most people – let’s say the 30,000 or so people who started a band after buying their debut – The Velvet Underground was the band that introduced the world to the uncompromising rock energy of Lou Reed. As the latest archival title of his released by Light in the Attic Records will illustrate, Reed’s talents were first put on record in a possibly more unusual place than with The VU. Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed At Pickwick Records 1964-1965 will serve as the first official anthology (blessed by both…

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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John Cale, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground

Release Round-Up: Week of April 19

April 19, 2024 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. With Record Store Day events taking place tomorrow, this is one of the biggest weeks in recent memory – so if you hit up your local indie store tomorrow, remember: there’s plenty of non-exclusive releases to check out, too. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. TSD also mourns the passing of Dickey Betts, 80. As a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, Betts left behind an extraordinary legacy of…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bruce Springsteen, Chet Atkins, Gene Clark, Glen Campbell, Ian Hunter, King Crimson, Linda Martell, Lou Reed, Luther Vandross, Nancy Sinatra, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Pearl Jam, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, The Flying Burrito Brothers

Release Round-Up: Week of January 12

January 12, 2024 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Happy New Year, and welcome to our first Release Round-Up of 2024, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Lou Reed, Hudson River Wind Meditations (Light in the Attic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Lou Reed’s twentieth solo album (and penultimate studio record) returns from Light in the Attic in CD and LP editions. Featuring meditative music drawing on Reed’s lifelong interest in drone and ambient sounds, Hudson River was co-produced with longtime collaborator Hal Willner. It’s…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Everything Else

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Grateful Dead, Lou Reed, Mark Eric, Stephen Sondheim, The Allman Brothers Band, Trevor Horn

Find Your Note: Light in the Attic Reissues Lou Reed’s Penultimate Studio Album

January 5, 2024 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Following the 2022 debut of The Lou Reed Archive Series with Words and Music – 1965, a collection of the late singer-songwriter-legend’s earliest recordings, the Light in the Attic label is looking to one of his final works. On Friday, January 17, LITA will reissue 2007’s Hudson River Wind Meditations, Reed’s twentieth and final solo record. (The Metallica collaboration Songs for Lulu followed in 2011 and became Reed’s last-ever full-length studio set.) An album of meditative music, Hudson River was co-produced with longtime collaborator Hal Willner. “I first composed this music for…

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Everything Else

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Lou Reed

The Weekend Stream: March 18, 2023

March 18, 2023 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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. We’ve got new remixes from David Bowie, old remixes from Madonna, an unheard Lou Reed song and much more – including another music writer who could use your help. David Bowie, Let’s Dance (40th Anniversary Remix E.P.) / Let’s Dance (Club Bolly Mixes) / China Girl (Riff & Vox Mixes) (Parlophone) 40th Anniversary Remix: iTunes / Amazon Club Bolly: iTunes / Amazon China Girl:…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

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David Bowie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lou Reed, Louis Armstrong, Madonna, Nat King Cole, Nazareth, The Chipmunks

Fully ‘Loaded’: Velvet Underground Classic Gets a Deluxe Vinyl Box from Rhino

February 27, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Rhino has a Loaded slate for March. On the 24th, the label will revisit and reconfigure The Velvet Underground’s fourth studio album for a deluxe 9-LP vinyl presentation. Loaded: Fully Re-Loaded Edition is based on the 6CD/1DVD box from 2015. This new vinyl iteration will include: The original 1970 album in both its stereo and promotional mono mixes; The “Full-Length” version of the album with extended versions of “Sweet Jane,” “Rock and Roll,” and “New Age,” all debuting on vinyl; 2 LPs (four sides) of outtakes, demos, early versions, and alternate takes…

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News

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Box Sets, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Rock

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Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground

Release Round-Up: Week of October 21

October 21, 2022 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Lou Reed, Words and Music – May 1965 (Light in the Attic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Black Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Yellow Vinyl LP: Light in the Attic Store Cassette: Light in the Attic Store CD/2LP/7″ Vinyl Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Light in the Attic Store Light in the Attic launches The Lou Reed Archive Series with Words & Music, May 1965. Available on CD, cassette, and multiple vinyl formats, Words…

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

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

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Debbie Gibson, Howard Jones, Jonathan Richman, Lou Reed, Madonna, Norah Jones, Olivia Newton-John, Ray Charles, Simple Minds, Taylor Swift, The Manhattan Transfer, The Modern Lovers

The Weekend Stream: September 10, 2022

September 10, 2022 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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 short but sweet week offers remixes of a disco legend, demos from a rock icon and more. Lou Reed, I’m So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos (RCA/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Released for Record Store Day this past spring – and ahead of an earlier set of demos coming from Light in the Attic next month – this collection of material from…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Donna Summer, Lou Reed, Roger Miller, Teddy Riley

Not Too Late: LITA Debuts Lou Reed Archive Series with “Words and Music – May 1965”

June 8, 2022 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

“I was working for a record company as a songwriter,” Lou Reed remembered in 1972, “where they’d lock me in a room and they’d say, ‘Write ten surfing songs,’ ya know, and I wrote ‘Heroin’ and I said, ‘Hey, I’ve got something for ya.’ They said, ‘Never gonna happen, never gonna happen.’” Reed wasn’t able to introduce “Heroin” to the world until March 1967 when the Verve label released The Velvet Underground & Nico. The VU’s debut album disappointed commercially but became greatly influential; Brian Eno once quipped that while the LP…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Cassette, Vinyl

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Classic Rock

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John Cale, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground

The Second Disc’s Guide to Record Store Day 2022: Our Essential Picks and More!

April 22, 2022 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

After a series of smaller “Drops” over the past two years, Record Store Day is (mostly) back to a one-day event, and the big day is tomorrow: Saturday, April 23. Over 250 titles will be available at independent stores everywhere – including some CD releases, too! That’s plenty of albums in almost every genre imaginable, so visit RecordStoreDay.com in the U.S., RecordStoreDay.co.uk in the U.K., and RecordStoreDayCanada.ca in Canada for the complete list, and sound off below as to which titles you’re most anticipating! Below you’ll find our staff picks for The…

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News

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CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Prince, Miles Davis, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Mariah Carey, More Featured on Legacy’s Record Store Day Slate

February 22, 2022 by The Second Disc | 10 Comments

Legacy Recordings has announced its release slate for Record Store Day 2022, with titles both coming for the primary RSD event on Saturday, April 23 and the additional RSD Drop scheduled for Saturday, June 18. Legacy’s lineup draws on an array of heavy hitters, some of whom have featured in previous RSD releases, including Miles Davis, Lou Reed, Prince, Santana, Mariah Carey, Pearl Jam, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Patti Smith, and more. Below, you’ll find Legacy’s full list of releases, with descriptions provided by the label. Visit RecordStoreDay.com to find your…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Alice in Chains, Cypress Hill, Future, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Lou Reed, Mariah Carey, Miles Davis, Patti Smith, Pearl Jam, Prince, Record Store Day, Santana, Sara Bareilles

The Weekend Stream: October 9, 2021

October 9, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it’s no secret that listening audiences are also digital – catalogue music lovers, too – and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we’ve introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Madonna, Madame X – Music from the Theater Xperience (Boy Toy/Warner) (iTunes /…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classical/Opera, Country, Disco/Dance, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Billy Preston, Curtis Mayfield, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Indigo Girls, Itzhak Perlman, Kool and the Gang, Lou Reed, Madonna, Otis Redding, Paula Abdul, Tears for Fears, The Sweet Inspirations, War

Waiting for the Man: Soundtrack for Todd Haynes’ Velvet Underground Film Due in October

September 27, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Director Todd Haynes has long emphasized music in his filmography. One of his first works to garner significant attention was 1987’s controversial and unauthorized Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story; four years later, his evocation of the glam rock era in Velvet Goldmine made more commercial waves. More recently, he’s been attached to direct Michelle Williams in the forthcoming Peggy Lee biopic Fever. But before Haynes tackles Peggy, he’s returning to a different Velvet: The Velvet Underground. On October 15, The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film by Todd Haynes will be released in…

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Soundtracks

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John Cale, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground

Ace Round-Up, Part One: Spotlight on “The Chips Moman Songbook” and “Jon Savage’s 1972-1976”

August 31, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Ace Records has had quite a 2021, from collections spotlighting the songs of Lou Reed and Donovan through this past week’s releases from Petula Clark, late producer Norman Whitfield, and the ladies of Motown. Today, we’re taking a look at a pair of recent releases from the venerable label. Lincoln Wayne “Chips” Moman (1937-2016) may never have become a household name, but the music he helped create certainly did. A guitarist, producer, songwriter, and engineer, Moman pioneered the sound of Stax Records before forming his own American Sound Studio in Memphis. Ace…

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Alice Cooper, B.J. Thomas, Cher, Chips Moman, Dana Gillespie, David Bowie, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Lou Reed, New York Dolls, Various Artists, Willie Nelson, Yoko Ono

Wake Up You Sleepy Head: “Oh! You Pretty Things” Collects 66 Glam Rock Nuggets

April 12, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Oh! You Pretty Things: David Bowie’s 1971 song became an anthem for the glam era: “Don’t you know you’re driving your mothers and fathers insane? Let me make it plain, you gotta make way for the homo superior…” Bowie’s alien persona – androgynous, dangerous, sexy, and flamboyant – connected with youth and caused a stir among their parents. The song’s title has now been adopted by a new 3-CD box set from Cherry Red’s Grapefruit imprint. Alas, “Oh! You Pretty Things” doesn’t appear anywhere on the collection. If Bowie’s recording couldn’t be…

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News, Reviews

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Box Sets, CD

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Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

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Dana Gillespie, David Bowie, Electric Light Orchestra, Hawkwind, Lou Reed, Mick Ronson, New York Dolls, Roxy Music, Sparks, The Kinks

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Lou Reed, “New York” [Deluxe Edition]

December 1, 2020 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

“I’ll take Manhattan in a garbage bag with Latin written on it that says “It’s hard to give a shit these days…” Indeed, Lou Reed always gave off the vibe of someone who didn’t give a shit – and moreover, someone who didn’t take any shit. But beneath that hip veneer was an artist who cared deeply, and had the talents to express himself and his keenly-felt beliefs in song. He was ready for a new start in 1988 when he began recording his first album for Sire Records after his second…

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Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews

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

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Rock

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Lou Reed

The Second Disc’s Guide To Record Store Day Black Friday 2020

November 27, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Today’s Black Friday shopping will likely look a little different thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. But one thing will remain the same: Record Store Day’s yearly event. It’s been a packed year with RSD Drops in the months of August, September, and October. Now, they’re going out with a bang. Labels big and small will release limited-edition vinyl with the collector in mind. Whether you’re after new music from legends, reissues of sought-after recordings, or unreleased rarities from the vault, you’ll be covered. These releases are available only from independent, brick-and-mortar record…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Comedy, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

Yes, I Have Ghosts: Legacy Recordings Announces Record Store Day Black Friday Lineup featuring David Gilmour, Alice In Chains, Lou Reed, and More

October 8, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

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Preparations for Record Store Day Black Friday, taking place this year on November 27, are in full swing. As shops begin to place their orders and fans everywhere write out want lists, we wanted to let you know about Legacy Recordings’ offerings this year. Rock rarities, sought-after live sets, color vinyl reissues, prehistoric Hendrix, and brand-new David Gilmour – it’s all on the lineup. So read up on the releases, get in touch with your local record shop, and add these to your collection on Black Friday! Alice In Chains, SAP (12″…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Rock

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Alice in Chains, Curtis Knight and the Squires, David Gilmour, Jefferson Starship, Jimi Hendrix, Lou Reed, Record Store Day, Willie Nelson