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Billy Stritch, Jim Caruso, Klea Blackhurst, Lynn Ahrens, Paul McCartney, Stephen Flaherty, Taylor Swift, The Kinks, Tom Jones

Magical Mystery Tour: Little Steven’s Liverpool Show Captured on “Macca to Mecca!” and Expanded “Soulfire Live!”

December 7, 2020 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

For most of us, 2021 can’t come soon enough. Little Steven Van Zandt is doing his part by injecting some Soulfire into the new year with a pair of releases due January 29. On that date, Wicked Cool Records and UMe will release Macca to Mecca!, a live-in-Liverpool set, as a CD/DVD combo pack. On the same date, Little Steven will also deliver an expanded edition of 2018’s Soulfire Live! CD set which adds the audio of Macca to Mecca! as its fourth disc. In fall of 2017, Van Zandt and his…

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Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven, Paul McCartney, Steven Van Zandt

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 6

November 6, 2020 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Armed Forces: Super Deluxe Edition (UMe) uDiscoverMusic Store: black / color Elvis Costello is revisiting his 1979 album in super-sized format. Armed Forces arrives today as a deluxe, slipcased 9-disc vinyl set with three 12-inch LPs, three 10-inch LPs, and three 7-inch singles including 23 previously unreleased live tracks and the complete contents of the previous Rhino/Edsel deluxe edition (with many tracks making their debut on vinyl). It contains a new remaster by Bob Ludwig and EC of Armed Forces from the original tapes; Sketches for Emotional…

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Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Ennio Morricone, Felix Slatkin, Harvey Schmidt, Kylie Minogue, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Petula Clark, Pylon, SVT, Shirley Bassey, The Uptones, Whitesnake, Wilco

Find My Way: Paul McCartney Announces “McCartney III” Self-Produced Album Recorded in Lockdown, Due December 18

October 21, 2020 by Sam Stone | 11 Comments

UPDATED 12/17 These last few weeks, eagle-eyed fans of Paul McCartney have spotted the number 3 in many places, whether on Spotify canvas videos for McCartney and McCartney II, embedded in the metadata of a blank mccartneyiii.com, or on dice sent at random to fans. The answer is now clear: McCartney III is on the way. Paul McCartney officially announced the release of McCartney III , due on December 11 December 18 (new date!) from Capitol/MPL. Like its predecessors, McCartney III is a homespun affair. According to a statement, Macca hadn’t originally planned…

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Short Takes: Grateful Dead Offer “American Beauty: The Angel’s Share,” Paul McCartney Celebrates Rupert Bear’s 100th with Single Reissue

October 1, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Back in July, the Grateful Dead released a collection of never-before-heard outtakes and session material from the band’s 1970 classic Workingman’s Dead. The digital release was entitled The Angel’s Share, after a whiskey distillation term, and offered the most comprehensive glimpse yet into the Dead’s creative process. Today, Rhino announced that there’s more of The Angel’s Share – this time, a digital release with over two hours of never-before-heard outtakes, demos, and alternate takes from the follow-up to Workingman’s Dead, American Beauty. American Beauty: The Angel’s Share is streaming now with 56…

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Grateful Dead, Paul McCartney

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Nobody Does It Better: ‘The Best of Bond…James Bond’ Gets Update and Vinyl Release

September 28, 2020 by The Second Disc | 15 Comments

With a new James Bond film set to shake (not stir) audiences in November, a longtime compilation of the super-spy’s famed film themes is getting a new iteration on November 20. The Best of Bond…James Bond offers a stellar 25-track overview of the pop themes that scored nearly all of the films based on Ian Fleming’s famed British secret agent. There are 14 U.K. Top 10 hits and two Academy Award winners herein – altogether, a formidable, half-century-plus musical portrait of one of cinema’s most popular characters. First released under this title…

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The Second Disc’s Guide To Record Store Day Drop 2, September 26!

September 25, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

2020 has been a bit of a rollercoaster and Record Store Day 2020 is no exception: once scheduled in April, it moved forward a few months, and is now spread out across three Saturdays in the summer and fall. The Record Store Day Drop in August proved a success and round two, set for tomorrow, September 26, is sure to please fans of all genres and eras. It’s a diverse list full of exciting releases that you can only find through your local brick-and-mortar record store (or through their online storefronts as…

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Blues, Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

The Second Disc Guide to Record Store Day Drop 1 TOMORROW!

August 28, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

With the nation still fighting COVID-19, Record Store Day here in the U.S. looks a little – make that a lot – different this year. The usual offerings have been split among three dates with Drop 1 taking place tomorrow, August 29, at your local independent record retailer. Drop 2 is September 26, and Drop 3 is October 24. Every retailer is handling the Drop a bit differently thanks to the necessary accommodations for social distancing, smaller crowds, and better safety precautions. So please check in with your favorite store to find…

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Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

Review: Paul McCartney, “Archive Collection: Flaming Pie” 2-CD and 5-CD/2-DVD Box Set Editions

July 31, 2020 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Today sees the release of the latest in Paul McCartney’s acclaimed Archive Collection series, Flaming Pie. Originally released in 1997, the album marked something of a comeback for McCartney, who was inspired by the spontaneous, more immediate recording techniques of The Beatles. Many heralded it as a sort of return to form upon its release, and now fans can judge for themselves with this illuminating deep dive into the Macca vaults. Like previous Archive Collection entries, Flaming Pie is available in a number of configurations, including a 2-CD set, a 5-CD/2-DVD box,…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 31

July 31, 2020 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Flaming Pie [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol/UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 5CD/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Super Deluxe 5CD/2DVD/4LP: Paul McCartney Online Shop 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Paul McCartney Archive Collection returns with a new volume dedicated to Macca’s 1997 back-to-basics album Flaming Pie, produced by Jeff Lynne. Inspired by the simpler, more immediate recording style that The Beatles used decades before, he returned to Abbey Road with some of his favorite collaborators, including Ringo Starr, George Martin,…

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock

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Airto, Alanis Morissette, Bobbie Gentry, Burt Bacharach, Cat Stevens, Daniel Tashian, Errol Dunkley, Irma Thomas, James Booker, Jon Anderson, Little Steven, Man, Paul McCartney, Pete Rodriguez, Soul Asylum, The Zombies

Paul McCartney Releases “Beautiful Night” EP, Offers Free Exclusive Download of Rare 1986 Version

July 17, 2020 by Sam Stone | 3 Comments

Ahead of the exciting Flaming Pie Archive set that’s due to arrive on July 31, Paul McCartney has released a trio of digital EPs starting with Young Boy, then The World Tonight. Today, he’s released another digital EP, Beautiful Night. This one isn’t too different from the last two in that it offers highlights from the box set. Among its four tracks are the remastered version of the song, a 1995 demo, a studio run-through, and the radio show mix “Oobu Joobu, Pt. 5.” But, as a surprise to fans everywhere, McCartney…

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Dancing Again: What To Expect for Record Store Day’s RSD Drops Day 1, August 29

July 6, 2020 by Sam Stone | 2 Comments

As the COVID 19 outbreak continues to impact our lives, it’s heartening to know that some things are returning to some semblance of “normal,” or as close as we can get to it during this unpredictable impasse. As we previously reported, Record Store Day has been split into three standalone “RSD Drop” days, occurring on August 29, September 26, and October 24. That’s not the only thing changing this time around. It’s been reported by Georgia-based shop Comeback Vinyl that the organization is open to “the possibility of selling the releases online…

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Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock

Go Ahead, Have A Vision: Paul McCartney Prepares “Flaming Pie” Archive Edition Sets for July

June 12, 2020 by Sam Stone | 17 Comments

Today, Paul McCartney fans everywhere have much to celebrate as the inimitable musician has announced the July 31st release of the latest volume in his ongoing Archives series – this one’s a look back on Flaming Pie, an album that marked a sort of return to form upon its release in 1997. Inspired by the simpler, more immediate recording style that The Beatles used decades before, Paul McCartney returned to Abbey Road with some of his favorite collaborators, including Ringo Starr, George Martin, Jeff Lynne, and Steve Miller. Nearly 25 years later,…

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Allen Ginsberg, Jeff Lynne, Lenny Kaye, Paul McCartney, Philip Glass, Ringo Starr, Steve Miller

Message to Love: Universal Prepares a Wealth of Rarities for RSD 2020

March 10, 2020 by Sam Stone | 6 Comments

Here at Second Disc HQ, we’ve been thrilled by the news of amazing releases coming from all the labels this Record Store Day 2020, and UMe’s slate of 20+ titles is no exception. With a new definitive vinyl edition of Paul McCartney’s debut, a tenth-anniversary celebration of Ellie Goulding’s Lights, a Cat Stevens rarity making its vinyl debut, an expanded Elton John, a reissue of an impossible-to-find CTI Jazz album, and many more, fans will want to line up bright and early to secure their copies this April 18! Here’s the official word…

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The Big Light: Johnny Cash’s Complete Mercury Albums Reissued in New Box Set and Individual LPs

March 10, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Johnny Cash is coming to town (again)! When the legendary Man in Black was unceremoniously dropped by his longtime home of Columbia Records in mid-1986 – “the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make in my life,” opined then-label chief Rick Blackburn – he wasn’t yet finished. Mercury Records stepped up to sign Cash, beginning a relationship that lasted for five years and six albums. Now, that fertile 1986-1991 period of rebirth is being revisited by Mercury and UMe in a multi-platform campaign. On April 24, the labels will issue a new…

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Carl Perkins, Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Paul McCartney, Rosanne Cash, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, U2, Waylon Jennings

From Them To You: The Beatles To Release New Vinyl Singles Box

October 16, 2019 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

It turns out the remixed, expanded Abbey Road isn’t the only piece of The Beatles’ catalogue getting reissued for the holidays. The group just announced the release of a box set gathering the band’s singles on vinyl, to be released November 22. The Singles Collection includes original singles and B-sides on 22 pieces of vinyl, plus a newly created 23rd single featuring “Free As a Bird” and “Real Love,” both single A-sides released to promote the multi-volume Anthology project in 1995 and 1996. The draw for collectors here is clearly the packaging: each…

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George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

Record Store Day Black Friday 2019’s Best Of The Rest

October 11, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

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The major labels aren’t the only ones who’ll be part of Record Store Day Black Friday this year. A number of impressive indies (and other major labels with notable catalog friendly material) have announced exciting additions to the RSDBF slate. What’s more, we’ve got coverage of some exciting new music from artists as diverse as Paul McCartney, Tank and the Bangas, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, and Norah Jones! First up… Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry In London (Elemental) By 1965, the British Invasion had brought Chuck Berry’s name back into the rock and roll…

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A SECOND DISC INTERVIEW! Mike McCartney Talks “McGear” Deluxe Reissue

September 23, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

TSD’s own Sam Stone recently had a chance to speak with the enduring artist behind the U.K.’s Christmas chart-topper of 1968, The Scaffold’s “Lily the Pink,” as well as the top ten smash “Thank U Very Much” and the solo hit “Leave It.” Mike McCartney, a.k.a. Mike McGear just happens to be Paul McCartney’s younger brother, but has a lifetime of his own musical history to share. In this wide-ranging conversation, he offers stories of the making of his classic album McGear, recently reissued by Cherry Red’s Esoteric Recordings on 2CD/DVD and…

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Mike McCartney, Mike McGear, Paul McCartney, Wings

Release Round-Up: Week of August 2

August 2, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Davy Jones, Live in Japan (7a Records) 2CD/DVD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.) / Deep Discount (U.S.) 3LP Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.)/ Deep Discount (U.S.) 7a Records releases a Davy Jones treasure trove on Live in Japan, available in both 2CD/DVD and 3LP formats. The 2CD/DVD set presents both of Jones’ officially released (and long-unavailable) Japanese concert albums in their best sound yet, plus numerous singles and rarities from…

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Bad Company, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Davy Jones, John Lee Hooker, Linda McCartney, Lonnie Liston Smith, My Morning Jacket, Paul McCartney, Richard Thompson, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 12

July 12, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! America, 50th Anniversary: The Collection (Warner/Rhino) 50th Anniversary: The Collection (3-CD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 50th Anniversary: The Collection [2-LP] (Barnes & Noble Exclusive) 50th Anniversary: Golden Hits (Single CD) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Almost fifty years ago in London, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and the late Dan Peek first joined their voices together in song – beginning a musical journey as the band America that continues to this day. In anticipation of America’s golden anniversary in 2020,…

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America, Bobby Darin, Bread, Foreigner, Little Steven, Paul McCartney

Seaside Woman: Linda McCartney’s “Wide Prairie” To Be Reissued This August

July 8, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

On the heels of the news about his live album vinyl and CD reissues, Paul McCartney has announced another reissue project: this one involving the sole album by his wife, Linda, Wide Prairie. Originally released in 1998, the album collected tracks that she sang and played on during her time in Wings, including the non-album single “Seaside Woman” / “B-Side to Seaside.” There’s also solo material from the 1980s and ’90s; covers of such classics as “Poison Ivy” and “Mr. Sandman”; and her final recording, a collaboration with Paul McCartney and son James…

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Paul Is Live: McCartney Premieres “Amoeba Gig,” Reissues Classic Live Sets on CD and LP

May 24, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 12 Comments

Paul McCartney is back on the road again! Last night, he kicked off the North American leg of his Freshen Up tour, with dates currently scheduled through July 13. This morning, the legendary artist announced a look back at his past live performances with four new titles: reissues of Wings Over America, Choba B CCCP, and Paul Is Live, plus the world premiere of the complete Amoeba Gig. All four albums will be released on July 12 from MPL/Capitol/UMe in digital formats, on CD, and on both black and limited edition color…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 17

May 17, 2019 by Sam Stone | 2 Comments

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Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Here’s what’s in stores today! Paul McCartney, Egypt Station: Explorer’s Edition (MPL/Capitol) 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3-LP color vinyl: MusicVaultz / JPC.de Paul McCartney’s Egypt Station: Explorer’s Edition features the same audio content as the Traveller’s Edition box set minus the swag (postcards, baggage tickets, luggage tags, lithographs, cards, a map, and a jigsaw puzzle!) – meaning that this 2-CD or 3-LP version has the original 2018 album plus all…

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A Certain Ratio, Cher, David Bowie, Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Jimmy Webb, King Crimson, Manfred Mann, Nick Lowe, Paul McCartney, Richard Wright, Rodney Franklin, Ronnie Lane, The Seekers, Zee

If You Love Me: Elvis Costello’s “Purse” Reaches Wider Audience With Digital Release

May 13, 2019 by Sam Stone | 2 Comments

Elvis Costello and the Imposters have been in the news a lot lately. They are set to embark on a U.S. tour this summer co-headlining with Blondie and recently released a new EP, Purse. The four-song set features all unreleased tracks, including previously unrecorded lyrics from Johnny Cash (“If You Love Me”) and Bob Dylan (“Down in the Bottom” featuring Rebecca and Megan Lovell). Purse also features co-writes with Paul McCartney (“The Lovers That Never Were”) and Burt Bacharach (“Everyone’s Playing House”). Once again co-produced by Sebastian Krys, it makes for the perfect…

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Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash, Paul McCartney

Hunt It Down: Paul McCartney To Release Music-Only “Egypt Station: Explorer’s Edition”

April 24, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

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Earlier this year, Paul McCartney announced he’d be revisiting his most recent album — 2018’s Egypt Station — with a lavish, limited-edition suitcase box set packed with vinyl, cassette, and CD versions of the album and a handful of bonus tracks, along with postcards, baggage tickets, luggage tags, lithos, playing cards, a map, and a jigsaw puzzle. While that Traveller’s Edition box (due on May 10) is a luxurious, business-class trip, a slimmed-down set called Egypt Station: Explorer’s Edition has been announced today that’s sure to satisfy those who just want the…

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