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Release Round-Up: Week of February 19

February 19, 2021 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Zappa: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Zappa Records/UMe) 3CD/Digital: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP/Digital Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada UMe and Zappa Records offer a soundtrack release for director Alex Winter’s documentary film about the iconoclastic artist. The 68-track collection is out today on CD and has been available digitally, while the 5-LP and 2-LP versions will be released May 7. The deluxe physical and digital editions of Zappa include nearly every song heard in the film including 12 previously unreleased tracks. These include performances from…

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David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Harry Nilsson, Kris Kristofferson, Morrissey, Whitesnake

Release Round-Up: Week of March 20

March 20, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Def Leppard, The Early Years 1979-1981 (Bludgeon Riffola) Box Set (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) On Through the Night: CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada High N’ Dry: CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Def Leppard revisits their first years with a new box set covering the group’s first three years together. The Early Years 79-81 covers the Sheffield…

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Carla Olson, David Bowie, David Clayton-Thomas, Def Leppard, Dolly Parton, Game Theory, Gordon Lightfoot, Morrissey, Renaissance, The Village People

Release Round-Up: Week of August 29

August 30, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Here’s your Release Round Up for the week ahead. Various Artists, Country Music — A Film By Ken Burns: The Soundtrack (Legacy Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Walmart.com Filmmaker Ken Burns has tackled many subjects over the years, from the Civil War to baseball. His documentaries have garnered numerous awards over the years. In 2001, he took an in-depth look at the genre…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 24

May 24, 2019 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! America, Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years (Capitol/Caroline) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) All six of America’s Capitol albums are collected in one newly remastered box set. Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years presents newly remastered versions of 1979’s Silent Letter, 1980’s Alibi, 1982’s View from the Ground, 1983’s Your Move, 1984’s Perspective, and 1985’s In Concert in one deluxe, affordable package complete with a booklet. It’s been compiled by America archivist Jeff Larson and remastered by Andy Pearce. Read all about it…

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America, Elton John, Jr. Walker and the All-Stars, Kiki Dee, Lee Moses, Mavis Staples, Morrissey, Phil Seymour, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Steve Miller Band, Sting, The Trotter Trio, Todd Rundgren, Toto

Release Round-Up: Week of December 7

December 7, 2018 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Paul McCartney and Wings Red Rose Speedway

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Wings, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Wild Life [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol) 3CD/DVD Box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD [Remastered Album + Bonus Audio]: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Wild Life was the first Wings album but third overall by McCartney outside the shadow of his famous band. Paul and his wife Linda teamed up with drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Denny Laine to create a relaxed, pastoral album that was intentionally as light as a feather. …

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Allan Holdsworth, Angela Lansbury, Aretha Franklin, Carpenters, Cher, Dave Grusin, Dick Van Dyke, John Mellencamp, Marc Shaiman, Morrissey, Paul McCartney, Scott Wittman, Sylvester, Van Morrison, Vanessa Daou, Wings

Don’t Say You Don’t, Please Say You Do: Morrissey Releases New Compilation

July 16, 2018 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

While Morrissey has recently cancelled another round of live shows originally scheduled for the U.K. and Europe, the English singer has released This is Morrissey, a new, budget-priced 12-track collection of studio and live tracks. The compilation will arrive on August 31 on vinyl with one additional bonus track. This is Morrissey, sporting a retro-style jacket, goes back to the artist’s 1988 solo debut Viva Hate for “Everyday is Like Sunday” and continues with selections from 1991’s Kill Uncle (“The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye”), 1992’s Your Arsenal (“You’re the One…

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For Your Love: Herman’s Hermits, Yardbirds, Hollies Featured on “The Graham Gouldman Songbook”

January 15, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Ace’s latest addition to its Songwriter Series, Listen People: The Graham Gouldman Songbook 1964-2005, appropriately enough begins with a track written by Gouldman, “That’s How (It’s Gonna Stay).” But the track is also significant in that it was performed by Gouldman, as well – as part of his early group The Mockingbirds. Throughout his career, he’s worn many hats – as a songwriter, as a band member, as a solo artist – and all of them are touched upon on this fine celebration of a largely underrated talent. “That’s How (It’s Gonna…

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Cher, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Graham Gouldman, Herman's Hermits, Jeff Beck, Morrissey, Rush, The Hollies, The Yardbirds, Various Artists

Keats and Yeats Are On Your Side: The Smiths’ ‘The Queen is Dead’ to Be Expanded

July 20, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

The Smiths’ The Queen is Dead–a towering album of ’80s British rock and arguably the definitive statement by the Manchester band–will be reissued and expanded October 20. Produced by frontman Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr with assistance from engineer Stephen Street, The Queen is Dead has become quintessential Smiths: packed with biting, witty lyrics and catchy, densely layered instrumental hooks (thanks not only to Marr but bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce). While Morrissey and Marr have both proclaimed Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) to be their favorite of their albums,…

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Look Into My Eyes: Morrissey Announces Smiths Single with Unreleased Material

December 2, 2016 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

The Smiths The Boy with the Thorn In His Side

Every announcement of archival material by The Smiths is met (whether or not it deserves it) with those famous lyrics from “Paint a Vulgar Picture” as a reaction: “Re-issue, re-package, re-package / Re-evaluate the songs / Double-pack with a photograph / Extra track and a tacky badge…” Well, get those lyric cards ready, because Morrissey has recently announced a 45 RPM single from Warner Music U.K. featuring previously unissued versions of “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side” and “Rubber Ring.” Both songs were released on a single in 1985, with…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 3

June 3, 2014 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin I / Led Zeppelin II / Led Zeppelin III: Deluxe Editions (Swan Song/Atlantic) Anyone ever heard these albums? Interesting stuff. I don’t know about you, but I’d predict big things for these guys. Led Zeppelin 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2CD/3LP Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Led Zeppelin II 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2CD/2LP Super Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Led Zeppelin III 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2CD/2LP Super Deluxe: Amazon…

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Hold On to Your Friends: Morrissey’s “Vauxhall and I” to Be Expanded

April 24, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

On June 3, Morrissey is picking up where he left off. Parlophone Records will follow the February CD/DVD reissue of 1992’s Your Arsenal with the next album in his considerable catalogue, 1994’s Vauxhall and I. Like Your Arsenal, the remastered CD of Vauxhall will be packaged with a previously unreleased live concert performance, this time also on CD. Vauxhall and I was a very different animal than its predecessor. Since the release of Arsenal, the artist had suffered the loss of that album’s producer, Mick Ronson. He paired with producer Steve Lillywhite…

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 25

February 25, 2014 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Morrissey, Your Arsenal: Definitive Master (Parlophone) We don’t hate it when Moz becomes successful, as was the case with his third non-compilation album from 1992, which now comes with an unreleased live show on DVD. CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Johnny Winter, True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter Story (Columbia/Legacy) A four-disc tribute to the influential blues guitarist, who turned 70 on Sunday. (Amazon U.S./ Amazon U.K.) Bob Mould, Workbook: 25th Anniversary Edition (Omnivore) After the disbandment of Hüsker Dü, singer/guitarist Mould was on the solo beat with this album, now expanded with an unreleased 1989 concert at…

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Morrissey Reloads “Arsenal” for February Reissue

December 9, 2013 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Maybe it’s his catalogue in the hands of a new owner, with Parlophone now being managed by Rhino/Warner Music Group. Maybe it’s the rushing wave of acidic nostalgia that came with publishing his hit Autobiography. Or maybe it’s just been too long since the last reissue. Whatever the reason, Morrissey’s 1992 album Your Arsenal is getting remastered and expanded for a February release. Featuring a new band anchored by guitarists Boz Boorer and Alain Whyte – still Moz’s chief collaborators to this day – and a rockabilly-inspired production by the late Mick Ronson, Your Arsenal…

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Best Laid “Van”s: Do Artists’ Opinions on Their Catalogue Titles Influence Your Purchases?

July 23, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 10 Comments

Not long after Joe had posted about Rhino’s upcoming expansion of Van Morrison’s Moondance, I vocalized my pleasant surprise at the news. Morrison’s history with reissues has been spotty at best; a late-2000s reissue campaign was quickly halted and almost instantly commanded top dollar on the secondary market. The next day, however, Morrison issued a statement denouncing the project, taking particular issue with the wording of the press release suggesting he was involved. “It is important that people realise that this is factually incorrect,” the statement read in part. “I did not endorse this,…

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Sandie Shaw Reissues Are At Your Feet from Salvo (UPDATED 6/3)

June 4, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

UPDATE (6/3): Available today, Salvo has expanded and reissued three more Sandie Shaw LPs. They are 1968’s The Sandie Shaw Supplement, featuring covers of The Rolling Stones (“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”) and Simon & Garfunkel (“Scarborough Fair”); the self-produced cult hit Reviewing the Situation (1969) and 1988’s Hello Angel, her first LP for Rough Trade and featuring a heap of single-only material with labelmates and fans The Smiths. ORIGINAL POST (4/8/2013): British pop chanteuse Sandie Shaw is at the center of a new reissue campaign in 2013 from U.K. label Salvo Records, with three expanded albums and…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 9

April 9, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Brainstorm / S.O.S. Band / Cherrelle / Alexander O’Neal, “Tabu Reborn” Expanded CD Editions (Wave 1) (Tabu/Edsel) After a fresh batch of vinyl last week, the Tabu Records reissue campaign (going strong through next year) kicks off with expanded editions of Brainstorm’s Stormin’, The S.O.S. Band’s III, Cherrelle’s Fragile and Alexander O’Neal’s self-titled debut. All feature bonus tracks (Alexander O’Neal has a bonus disc) and fresh deluxe packaging. Stormin‘: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. III: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Fragile: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Alexander O’Neal: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Morrissey, Kill Uncle: Expanded Edition / The Last of the Famous…

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Such Things I Do to Make Myself More Attractive to You: Morrissey Re-Tools “Kill Uncle” for Reissue (UPDATED 3/6)

March 6, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

last of the famous international playboys 2013

UPDATE (3/6): Morrissey has released the artwork for these new titles. The single cover for “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” was slated to feature an unreleased pic of Moz and David Bowie until the latter denied use of the image. Instead, the singer has cheekily used a picture of himself with pop Rick Astley backstage at Top of the Pops in 1988. No word as to whether or not the single will be intentionally mis-pressed to feature “Never Gonna Give You Up.” ORIGINAL POST (2/5/2013): Dear hero imprisoned: iconoclastic crooner Morrissey is continuing his…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 3

April 3, 2012 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Johnny Cash, Bootleg IV: The Soul of Truth (Columbia/Legacy) Three complete gospel albums – one of which was never released – and a heap of unreleased material make this one to look out for if you like The Man in Black at his sacred best. Morrissey, Viva Hate: Deluxe Edition (Liberty/EMI) If you can call it that, an expanded edition of Moz’s debut album, remastered with one bonus track, one edited track and one excised track. Elvis Costello & The Imposters, The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook!!! (Hip-O/UMe) The standalone CD and DVD contents of…

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Viva Morrissey! U.K. Singer’s First Album and Single Gets Reissued

February 15, 2012 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Inifintely brilliant, often fickle rock icon Morrissey is reissuing one of his most beloved albums this spring – but it’s another one of those situations where fans are going to want to hold on to their old copies, too. Semi-official fansite True to You posted a news release today for a reissue of Viva Hate, Morrissey’s debut solo album from 1988. Released just six months after the breakup of The Smiths and featuring longtime Smiths engineer/producer Stephen Street, Viva Hate was a always-verbose, often-cutting burst of creativity from the singer, featuring two of his…

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Another Morrissey Compilation is Coming

February 22, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

If you thought you already had the best of Morrissey on CD – even if you probably do – Moz is going to prove you wrong with The Very Best of Morrissey, a new CD/DVD compilation due in April. If our count is correct, this is Morrissey’s seventh or eighth compilation, but it’s good to see he’s still active. The track list collects pretty much all the hits you’d expect from the HMV/Parlophone era of 1988 to 1995, including a few choice B-sides and single material (U.S. mixes of “Tomorrow” and “My Love…

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Back Tracks: Morrissey

October 4, 2010 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

When discussing the increasing amount of catalogue projects and compilations surrounding one Steven Patrick Morrissey, it’s easy to turn his words against him. “Reissue! Repackage!” he sings with derision on The Smiths’ “Paint a Vulgar Picture.” “Re-evaluate the songs/Double-pack with a photograph/Extra Track (and a tacky badge).” Would the man who wrote and sang that song in 1987 have contempt for the man who, on this day, has reissued his first solo compilation, Bona Drag, 20 years on, with tracks long stored in a vault? Perhaps not; since the days of The Smiths,…

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News Round-Up: Release Date Changes, Hip-o Select Releases and More

August 14, 2010 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

A quick note that both Queensryche’s 20th anniversary reissue of Empire and Morrissey’s 20th anniversary reissue of Bona Drag – both from EMI – have been moved on the calendar. The latter will now street October 5 (the reissue of the “Everyday is Like Sunday” single will still street September 28) and the former will be released on September 28. MusicTAP tweeted this intriguing article from Billboard and Reuters: the Pink Floyd catalogue is now digitally out of print. There was talk for awhile of them moving the catalogue from longtime home EMI;…

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News Round-Up: More Morrissey, Live Dio, A Change at Disney and More

August 9, 2010 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Our inimitable alt-rock flame-keeper friends at Slicing Up Eyeballs point us toward a trail of additional Morrissey rarities leading up to the 20th anniversary reissue of his excellent compilation Bona Drag. It seems that early single “Everyday is Like Sunday” is going to be reissued on CD and 7-inch vinyl, and will include some interesting bonus tracks. Both vinyl singles include live renditions of “Sunday” from the Hollywood Bowl in 2007 and The New York Dolls’ “Trash” from 1991, while the CD single will include Moz’s version of “Sunday” from Top of…

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September Spawns a Monster

July 12, 2010 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

From beloved, semi-official Morrissey Web site True to You comes the news that Morrissey’s singles compilation Bona Drag (1990) is getting a deluxe reissue for its 20th anniversary with six unreleased vault tracks. Released between Moz’s solo debut in 1988 and Kill Uncle in 1991, Bona Drag included some of the ex-Smiths frontman’s best early work, including “Suedehead,” “Everyday is Like Sunday,” “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” and “Disappointed.” Six bonus tracks from the the Viva Hate sessions and beyond will be added to the EMI-reissued, Morrissey-approved package, as well…

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