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Release Round-Up: Week of July 24

July 24, 2026 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Four Tops, Live! (Deluxe Edition) (Elemental Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Recorded over two separate engagements at the Roostertail club in Detroit, this 60th anniversary edition of one of Motown’s first and best live LPs has been completely rebuilt, newly mixed and mastered from the original multitrack tapes and offering not only songs from the concerts not heard on the original album, but alternate performances of the ones…

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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, Comedy, Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Jazz, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Barnes and Barnes, Carly Simon, Foreigner, Goo Goo Dolls, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Lulu, Mongo Santamaria, Randy Newman, Seals and Crofts

Review: Carly Simon, Randy Newman, Seals and Crofts, and Mongo Santamaria in “Quadio”

June 18, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Last month, Rhino announced its newest batch of Quadio titles, re-presenting vintage quadraphonic surround mixes on Blu-ray Audio Discs. This time out, the label has turned its attention to four ‘70s classics from three artists returning to the series (Carly Simon, Randy Newman, Seals & Crofts) and one making his Quadio Blu-ray debut (Mongo Santamaria). All four titles, also containing high-resolution stereo mixes of the original album, are shipping now exclusively from Rhino.com. Carly Simon’s self-titled debut album arrived on Elektra Records in the spring of 1971, nestled in the label’s discography between…

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Reviews

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Blu-Ray Audio

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Classic Rock, Jazz, Latin, Pop

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Carly Simon, Mongo Santamaria, Randy Newman, Seals and Crofts

The Way I Always Heard It Should Be: Rhino’s Quadio Line Reissues Carly Simon, Randy Newman, Mongo Santamaria, Seals and Crofts

May 14, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Earlier today, Rhino announced its newest batch of Quadio titles, re-presenting vintage quadraphonic surround mixes on Blu-ray Audio Discs. This time out, the label has turned its attention to four ‘70s classics from three artists returning to the series (Carly Simon, Randy Newman, Seals & Crofts) and one making his Quadio Blu-ray debut (Mongo Santamaria). All four titles, also containing high-resolution stereo mixes of the original album, are shipping now exclusively from Rhino.com. Carly Simon’s self-titled debut album arrived on Elektra Records in the spring of 1971, nestled in the label’s discography…

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News

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Blu-Ray Audio

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Classic Rock, Jazz, Latin, Pop

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Carly Simon, Mongo Santamaria, Randy Newman, Seals and Crofts

The Weekend Stream: November 29, 2025

November 29, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 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. Our Black Friday bonanza offers the return of Let’s Active, a new Stranger Things mini-mixtape, an unlikely team-up between two recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, and one Record Store Day title that dropped yesterday. Plus, a tribute to a Minneapolis legend who was always on Time. Let’s Active, Afoot / Cypress / Big Plans for Everybody / Every Dog Has His Day (I.R.S./Capitol) Afoot: Apple / Amazon Cypress: Apple / Amazon Big Plans: Apple…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Bill Quateman, Carrie Underwood, Dizzy Gillespie, Eminem, Isaac Hayes, Jack White, Kyle Mooney, Let's Active, Michael Jackson, Mitch Easter, Mongo Santamaria, The Psychedelic Furs, The Time, The xx, Tiffany, Yello

You Must Ask the Heart: Craft Recordings’ Record Store Day Black Friday Slate Includes Jonathan Richman, Vince Guaraldi, Alan Silvestri, More

October 8, 2025 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Today, we’re turning the spotlight onto Craft Recordings’ slate for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event which takes place on Friday, November 28. Click here for a list of participating retailers! All of the below descriptions and track listings have been provided directly by the label. Ray Barretto, Together (Fania) (180-gram LP; 1,800 copies U.S./2,000 copies worldwide) Ray Barretto’s 1969 Fania landmark roared out of New York with an irresistible blend of Latin jazz, boogaloo, Afro-Cuban, and hard salsa–an era-defining snapshot of the city’s pan-Latin sound. With Adalberto Santiago (vocals), Orestes Vilató (timbales), Louis…

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News

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Vinyl

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Holiday, Jazz, Latin, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alan Silvestri, Creed, Dizzy Gillespie, John Debney, Jonathan Richman, Merl Saunders, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Record Store Day, Taking Back Sunday, Various Artists, Vince Guaraldi

Sign of the Times: Cherry Red Collects “The Very Best of Tappan Zee Records”

April 6, 2018 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The story of Tappan Zee Records is very much the story of Bob James. The versatile keyboardist, arranger and producer established the Tappan Zee label in 1977 to maximize the crossover success he had already experienced at Creed Taylor’s CTI label. Cherry Red and Robinsongs’ new 2-CD, non-chronologically arranged collection The Very Best of Tappan Zee Records presents an appealing cross-section of Tappan Zee’s finest work from artists like James, Richard Tee, Earl Klugh, and Steve Khan. The title of Missouri-born, Berklee-trained Bob James’ first outing as a leader, 1963’s Bold Conceptions,…

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Jazz

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Bob James, Mongo Santamaria, Richard Tee, Steve Khan