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One Step Closer to the Danger Zone: Foreigner Sets Expanded Remix of ‘Head Games’

August 31, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Following last year’s deluxe expanded edition of Foreigner’s 1981 album 4(opens in new tab) – the band’s fourth overall album – Rhino is turning back the clock to another multi-platinum album, 1979’s Head Games. On October 30, Head Games will return in a 3CD/1Blu-ray edition as well as a standalone 1LP vinyl edition of the new album remix at the centerpiece of the full box set. Head Games marked a time of transition for Foreigner. Co-produced by Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, Dusty Springfield), Mick Jones, and Ian McDonald, it featured Lou Gramm…

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Foreigner, Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, Peter Frampton

The Weekend Stream: May 24, 2025

May 24, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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. This week offers a trio of classic rockers advancing a cause through new tracks, rare covers and live material, plus a new take on Peggy Lee’s “Fever” and a pair of dance albums getting greatly, unexpectedly expanded. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Land of Hope & Dreams EP (Columbia) (Apple / Amazon) The Boss has been touring Europe this week. Perhaps you’ve heard about it: he had a…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Folk, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Bruce Springsteen, Common, John Prine, Kanye West, Mick Jones, Peggy Lee

It Will Be Double: The Clash Detail Expanded Edition of ‘Combat Rock’

April 7, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

This is a public service announcement…with bonus tracks! Legacy Recordings will release a 2CD or 3LP expansion of The Clash’s Combat Rock for its 40th anniversary. The album comes with a bonus disc of 12 rare and unreleased tracks curated by the band’s surviving members. As the follow-up to the sprawling triple album Sandinista! (1980), the fifth album from “The Only Band That Matters” found the group at a creative crossroads. Guitarist Mick Jones found himself feeling estranged from his bandmates, including Joe Strummer (who convinced the group to rehire manager Bernie…

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Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, The Beat, The Clash, The English Beat

Love Kills: Joe Strummer’s Solo Material Highlighted In New Collection

July 30, 2018 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

When it comes to Joe Strummer, 001 is the number to watch. That’s the name of the upcoming box set that shines a deserved light on the late Clash frontman’s work outside of his famous band – solo, with former bandmate Mick Jones, and with his 101ers and The Mescaleros. 001 arrives on September 28 from Ignition Records in an array of formats, including 2CD, 2CD Deluxe, 4LP, and a 2CD/4LP/7″/Cassette Super Deluxe edition. The first CD of 001 compiles 20 eclectic, previously released sides showcasing Strummer’s many musical endeavors including deep…

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Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, The Clash

Holiday Gift Guide Review: “This Is Big Audio Dynamite” From Intervention Records

December 16, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 1 Comment

In 1982, The Clash has the biggest success of their career with the album Combat Rock featuring the songs “Rock The Casbah” and “Should I Stay or Should I Go.” Of course, that’s when things began to go wrong. It’s one of the oldest story in rock: a band whose members are split in two directions between being “safe” and “commercial” or being “artistic” and “daring.” The two sides of that argument for The Clash were being represented in the early 1980s by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones. Strummer liked the direction…

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Holiday Gift Guide, News, Reviews

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Vinyl

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Rock

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Big Audio Dynamite, Mick Jones

Dream Weaving: Gary Wright’s Lost “Ring of Changes” Premieres, Features George Harrison and Mick Jones

July 26, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Gary Wright and Wonderwheel Ring of Changes

In a career spanning seven decades, there’s little Gary Wright hasn’t accomplished. Having earned a role on Broadway before hitting his teenage years, the musically-talented New Jersey native moved to London, formed Spooky Tooth, befriended George Harrison, played on hit records from Harrison, Ringo Starr and Harry Nilsson, and launched his own successful career with smashes like “Dreamweaver” and “Love is Alive.” But one chapter of the Gary Wright story has been long lost: his 1972 album Ring of Changes, recorded with his band Wonderwheel for A&M Records. Though singles were released…

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Gary Wright, George Harrison, Mick Jones