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The Second Disc’s Guide to Black Friday Record Store Day 2023: Our Essential Picks

November 24, 2023 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of beloved family and friends. Of course, from this day which conjures nostalgic and warm feelings comes a celebration of a different kind with this year’s annual Black Friday Record Store Day event. In keeping with tradition, Mike, Randy, and Joe have once again selected some essential picks of the roughly 200 titles being released tomorrow at independent record stores everywhere. With so many shoppers at the mall and…

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

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Bo Diddley, Chico Hamilton, Dr. Dre, INXS, Isaac Hayes, John Murphy, Joni Mitchell, Leon Russell, Melvin Van Peebles, Old 97's, Prince, Record Store Day, Splinter, The Doors, The English Beat, The Mamas and The Papas, War

The Weekend Stream: October 30, 2021

October 30, 2021 by The Second Disc | 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! The Temptations, Emperors of Soul: The Rarities (Motown/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify)…

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Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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CHVRCHES, Connie Francis, Ghostface Killah, Ice Cube, Ike Turner, Indigo Girls, Jermaine Jackson, John Mayer, Kim Carnes, Lionel Richie, New Radicals, Old 97's, Stevie Wonder, Syreeta, The Temptations, Tina Turner

What We Talk About: Run Out Groove Delivers Expanded Reissue of Old 97’s “Fight Songs” With Remix, Demos

February 25, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Run Out Groove is going alt-country for its next limited edition, fan-voted vinyl release. The Old 97’s, formed in Dallas, Texas in 1993, were at the vanguard of the movement that saw the spirit of traditional country merged with an alternative rock sensibility. The onetime bar band was championed by indie labels Idol and Bloodshot before moving to the majors with 1997’s Too Far to Care on Elektra Records. ROG is revisiting Old 97’s next and fourth album, 1999’s Fight Songs, in a lavishly expanded 3-LP edition. Fight Songs was recorded at…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 17

November 17, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Henry Mancini, The Classic Soundtrack Collection (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Classic Soundtrack Collection features 18 of Mancini’s most memorable soundtrack albums for RCA, Columbia and Epic Records on nine CDs, spanning the period between 1960’s High Time and 1978’s Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, and adds bonus material from vocalists including Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams and, on a previously unreleased track, Julie Andrews. Johnny Mathis, The Global Albums Collection (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) A Columbia artist since 1956, Johnny Mathis departed his label home just once –…

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Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, David Bowie, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mathis, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Old 97's, Paul McCartney, Peter Paul and Mary, The Rolling Stones, Wilco

Hank Williams, Jaco Pastorius Lead Off Omnivore’s RSD Slate

February 24, 2014 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUKPRPWCDHg] That change in the air pressure you’re probably feeling around your favorite indie record store can only mean one thing: Record Store Day 2014 is coming your way. April 19 will see a host of beloved major and independent labels celebrating the good old resilient brick-and-mortar store with various titles sold exclusively at participating stores. And the beloved cratediggers at Omnivore Recordings have four exciting titles prepared for the big day – nearly all of which feature artists making their debut appearances on the label. In a fitfully-brief career that ended…

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Hank Williams, Jaco Pastorius, Old 97's, Record Store Day, Sam Phillips, Spain, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Week of September 30/October 1

October 1, 2013 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Most titles this week are already out in the States, on account of Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 hitting stores on Monday. So without further ado… Rush, The Studio Albums 1989-2007 / Vapor Trails Remixed (Atlantic/Rhino) All of the Canadian rock gods’ albums for Atlantic in one box, with 2002’s Vapor Trails newly remixed (and available separately). The Studio Albums: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vapor Trails Remixed: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Bongos, Phantom Train / Richard Barone, Cool Blue Halo: 25th Anniversary Edition / Cool Blue Halo: 25th Anniversary Concert (Jem Recordings) The Hoboken power-pop group releases a lost classic…

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Old 97's, Patrice Rushen, Patti Page, Perry Como, Poco, Richard Barone, Rush, Sarah McLachlan, The Bongos, The Grateful Dead, The Lords of the New Church, Waylon Jennings

WE HAVE A WINNER! Record Store Day 2nd Chance: A Complete Set of Limited Edition Colored Vinyl From Omnivore Recordings!

April 23, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER, PETE BILDERBACK!

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Big Star, Old 97's, Three Hits, Vinyl, Waylon Jennings

The Second Disc’s Record Store Day 2013 Essential Releases

April 19, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Raise your hand if you’ll be joining 2013 Ambassador Jack White tomorrow to celebrate Record Store Day 2013! Yes, on Saturday, April 20, independent record stores everywhere will offer an eclectic roster of limited edition releases of all kinds – most on vinyl, but some on CD, too. As usual, the labels participating in RSD ’13 have a number of surprises on the way, previewing future releases, revisiting past titles and even curating completely new packages. As is our tradition here, we’re taking the occasion to count down the titles to which…

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Big Star, Miles Davis, Old 97's, Paul McCartney, R.E.M., Record Store Day, Ringo Starr, Shuggie Otis, Sly & The Family Stone, The Grateful Dead, Van Dyke Parks, Vinyl, Waylon Jennings

Omnivore Reveals Record Store Day Exclusives from Big Star, Waylon, Old 97’s, Three Hits

March 28, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

With Record Store Day just a little over three weeks away, Omnivore Recordings has unveiled an eclectic slate of three vinyl platters suiting the label’s deliciously omnivorous tastes. Two artists are familiar to fans of the label, while the third makes an Omnivore debut. All of the titles, of course, will be offered via your local brick-and-mortar independent music retailer on Saturday, April 20 to mark the sixth annual event. Without further ado…hit the jump to dive into tasty treats from Big Star, The Old 97’s with special guest Waylon Jennings, and…

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On The Third Day of Second Discmas…

December 19, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Here at The Second Disc, the holiday season is the perfect time to do what we love to do best: share the gift of music. For the second year in a row, we have we reached out to some of our favorite reissue labels and we’ve teamed with them to play Santa Claus to our awesome and faithful readers. It’s called – what else? – Second Discmas, and it’s going on now through Christmas! Today, we have a gift set from our friends at Omnivore Recordings which we think is pretty damn…

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Review: Old 97’s, “Too Far to Care: Expanded Edition”

October 12, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Was it rock and roll? Was it country and western? By 1997, Rhett Miller and his Old 97’s were, well, Too Far to Care. As Miller recalls in his liner notes to Omnivore Recordings’ new 2-CD expanded edition of the band’s seminal third album (OVCD-45, 2012), his “little band from Texas…had only recently gotten folks to stop referring to their particular brand of music as ‘rockabilly.’” The Old 97’s were subject to a major label bidding war in which Elektra Records proved victorious, giving the quartet of musicians a chance for the…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 9

October 9, 2012 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

The Beach Boys, 2012 Remasters / Greatest Hits / Greatest Hits: Fifty Big Ones (Capitol/EMI) The summer gets a little more endless with a new compilation (in two formats) and remasters of nearly all of the band’s ’60s albums. (A full breakdown of those albums is here, and a full review is coming up from Joe today!) The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour (Apple/EMI) The Fab Four’s kooky film is making its Blu-Ray debut in standard and deluxe box formats. Deep Purple, Machine Head: 40th Anniversary Edition (EMI) A five-disc box set devoted to this classic rock LP, featuring various…

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Barbra Streisand, Level 42, Old 97's, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Supremes, The Who, Vince Guaraldi

House That Used To Be: Old 97’s “Too Far To Care” Remastered and Expanded by Omnivore

July 26, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Though 1997’s Too Far to Care was actually the third album from Texan band Old 97’s, it was an album of firsts. The major label debut of Rhett Miller and his musical cohorts, Too Far to Care placed the band at the vanguard of alt-country. It combined the muscularity of rock and the songcraft of pop with the traditional country sound on which the band had earned an Elektra Records contract, and led to performances in front of Lollapalooza crowds. In celebration of the album’s 15th anniversary, Omnivore Recordings will reissue Too…

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