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February 21, 2024 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Carl Palmer Fanfare for the Common Man

Fans of ELP - whether that stands for Emerson, Lake & Palmer or Emerson, Lake & Powell - have some new compilations to look forward to this spring. Cherry Red, in partnership with Spirit of Unicorn Music, will issue Emerson, Lake & Powell's studio and live material as Complete Collection, a 3CD set due April 12. It will include the prog trio's self-titled 1986 album (including two CD-only bonus tracks and a single edit of "The Score") and two self-released titles on ELP's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Asia, Carl Palmer, Cozy Powell, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Emerson Lake and Powell, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson, Mike Oldfield

May 26, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Carole King Home Again CD

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Carole King, Home Again: Live in Central Park (Ode/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Coinciding with the documentary/concert film of the same name, Carole King's Home Again: Live in Central Park captures her concert - the first-ever free concert at New York City's Great

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Barry Manilow, Carole King, John Coltrane, Mike Oldfield, Richard Hawley, Robert Craft, Sparks, Steely Dan, Thelonious Monk

April 4, 2023 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells 50th

Mike Oldfield was just 19 years old when he recorded Tubular Bells, the 1973 album consisting of just two long, primarily instrumental tracks for which he played almost all of the instruments himself.  The debut album on Richard Branson's fledgling Virgin Records label, Tubular found its audience gradually.  When its opening theme was used in director William Friedkin's horror film The Exorcist, sales skyrocketed.  Beginning in March 1974, the LP remained in the top ten of the U.K. Albums Chart

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Mike Oldfield

February 17, 2022 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

America Alternates and Rarities

Rhino is bringing out the heavy hitters for its Record Store Day lineup of releases, all of which are due on Saturday, April 23 at independent record stores everywhere.  We've already filled you in on the pair of David Bowie titles coming to both CD and LP, but Rhino also has vinyl offerings from music legends including Joni Mitchell, Madonna, Willie Nelson, Stevie Nicks, and The Everly Brothers as well as such beloved bands as America, Bad Company, Blur, Chicago, The Doors, Grateful Dead,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Reggae, Rock Tags: America, Bad Company, Blur, Chicago, Christy Moore, David Bowie, Devo, Electronic, Gojira, Golden Smog, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Madonna, Mike Oldfield, Peter Tosh, Ramones, Record Store Day, Stevie Nicks, Stiff Little Fingers, The Cure, The Doors, The Everly Brothers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Proclaimers, The Replacements, Willie Nelson

October 26, 2015 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Now Halloween

We've reported on several Christmas reissues being released in the lead-up the yuletide season.  And when it comes to holidays throughout the year, Christmas certainly reigns supreme in terms of the quantity of music devoted to it.  However, some other holidays and occasions throughout the year have music devoted to them.  One of the more popular ones is Halloween which is coming up this weekend.  To provide a soundtrack to your Halloween parties or trick-or-treating, Legacy Recordings, in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Blue Oyster Cult, Donovan, Mike Oldfield, Various Artists, Warren Zevon

October 21, 2014 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

ghostbusters stay puft

Ray Parker Jr. & Run-DMC, Ghostbusters: Stay Puft Edition Super Deluxe Vinyl (Legacy) The Marshmallow Man is back!  The Stay Puft Super Deluxe Edition Vinyl is a limited edition collectible that every Ghostbusters fan will want to take home!  Co-produced by The Second Disc's Mike Duquette, this set contains the No. 1 hit single “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr. and the “Ghostbusters” rap by Run-DMC for the film’s hit sequel, with both tracks on a white 12” single in a deluxe, puffy,

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Mike Oldfield, Neil Diamond, Ray Parker Jr., Run-D.M.C., Scott Walker, Spandau Ballet, Suzi Quatro, The Hollies

October 21, 2013 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

virgin 40

Virgin Records, one of England's most iconic labels, turns 40 this year - and they're celebrating with a new compilation full of hits from their storied existence. The Virgin label was largely the brainchild of one young businessman named Richard Branson. The London-born Branson began his career selling records by mail order and later opening a shop on Oxford Street. The Virgin label was blessed with early success thanks to a willingness to sign acts that major U.K. labels were keen to dismiss.

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September 3, 2013 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

breeders lsxx vinyl

Rod Stewart, Rarities (Mercury/UMe) It's Rod at his rarest: two discs of outtakes, non-LP singles and other good stuff, including two unreleased BBC session tracks. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Jefferson Starship, Live in Central Park NYC May 12, 1975 / Claudia Lennear, Phew! / Ponderosa Twins Plus One, 2+2+1=Ponderosa Twins Plus One / Jo Ann Campbell, All the Hits--Her Complete Cameo Recordings / Joanie Sommers, Come Alive!--The Complete Columbia Recordings / Stonewall Jackson, Original

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Mike Oldfield, Poco, Rod Stewart, Rush, Stonewall Jackson, The Breeders, The Paley Brothers, Vinyl

July 15, 2013 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

five miles out deluxe

Universal's Mike Oldfield expanded remaster campaign begins with reissues of two of his more pop-friendly records: 1982's Five Miles Out and 1983's Crises, both of which will come packed with extras in September. While both albums featured their share of ambitious and complex pieces like "Taurus II" and Crises' title track, there was an increasing presence of keyboards on both albums, notably the Fairlight CMI and Oberheim OBX synthesizers. On Five Miles Out, Oldfield made rare vocal

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Mike Oldfield, Vinyl

August 14, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

gilbert off centre1

Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Mobile Fidelity) Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab is issuing newly-remastered stereo hybrid SACDs of classic Bob Dylan albums, and today's release is the 1963 Freewheelin', Dylan's second long-player.  Read more here. Incubus, HQ Live (Legacy) Incubus' Summer 2011 live concert performances are preserved on this deluxe set, available in single-CD + DVD, double-CD + DVD and exclusive Best Buy editions.  Read more here. Kinks, At the BBC (Universal

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Bob Dylan, Mike Oldfield, The Kinks

July 31, 2012 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

oldfield two sides

Mike Oldfield was always more than "Tubular Bells." The 59-year-old multi-instrumentalist has continued to put out diverse, challenging music long after his signature tune was released nearly 40 years ago. In recent years, Universal Music Enterprises has done a great job of anthologizing Oldfield's work with expanded editions of his early works for Virgin Records; on August 14, not only will two new deluxe editions be released, but a brand-new career spanning compilation will hit stores as

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June 2, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

incantations exclusive signed deluxe vinyl edition

We have another Mike Oldfield record getting the deluxe treatment from Universal in the U.K. this summer. Following expansive CD/DVD editions of Oldfield's prog-instrumental masterpiece Tubular Bells and follow-ups Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn in 2009 and 2010, Oldfield's Incantations, originally released on Virgin in 1979, will get the expanded treatment. The four-movement piece, each of which took up a side of vinyl in its original release, will feature a bonus CD of single material and newly

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