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September 24, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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UPDATED 9/24/13 [UPDATES IN BOLD TO ORIGINAL POST OF 8/19]: And here’s to you, Mr. Simon. There isn’t much that Paul Simon hasn’t accomplished in his 50+ years as a professional musician, singer, and songwriter.  Born in Newark, New Jersey and raised in Queens, New York, Simon has racked up 12 Grammy Awards, an Emmy, a Kennedy Center Honor, the first-ever Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, and Academy Award, Golden Globe and Tony nominations.  That’s not to mention being one-half of the most

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel

April 1, 2013 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Today, The Second Disc remembers Phil Ramone. The multiple Grammy-winning producer, 79, died on Saturday, leaving behind a legacy of song from artists ranging from Barbra Streisand to Paul McCartney, Barry Manilow to The Band.  Yet unlike so many of his contemporaries, Phil Ramone didn’t have a signature style.  Instead of molding a band or singer to a preferred sonic specialty, he was a true architect of sound, tailoring each production to the individual artist.  Ramone was equally comfortable

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Paul Simon, Phoebe Snow, Stan Getz, Tony Bennett

December 28, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Wow!  Was it just over a year ago when a rather dubious report began circulating (that, shockingly, was picked up by many otherwise-reputable publications) that proclaimed the death of the CD was secretly scheduled by the major labels for 2012?  Well, 2012 has come and (almost) gone, and it might have been the most super-sized year in recent memory for reissues, deluxe and otherwise, from labels new and old.  Here at the Second Disc, we consider our annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards a companion

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Barbra Streisand, Lee Hazlewood, Lionel Bart, Liza Minnelli, Lon and Derrek Van Eaton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mark Lindsay, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Matt Monro, Michael Jackson, Open Forum, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ronnie Dyson, Salsoul Orchestra, Sam Phillips, Stephen Sondheim, The Association, The English Beat, The Jackson 5, The Kinks, The Spinners, The Velvet Underground

August 28, 2012 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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The first-ever 2-CD anthology of the collected works of Arthur Ira Garfunkel is titled The Singer (Columbia/Legacy 88725 45816 2, 2012).  In a life and career that’s also seen Garfunkel as an actor, poet, author, athlete and student, “singer” seems the most apt appellation.  Indeed, he is not just a singer, but The Singer, in longtime service to the art of the song.  Garfunkel was an anomaly in the young world of 1960s rock, leaving the songwriting to his partner Paul Simon while still lending

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Categories: Reviews Tags: Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel

July 5, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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When the singer’s gone, let the song go on… Jimmy Webb wrote those words for the unlikely rock star by the name of Arthur Garfunkel, a former architecture student endowed with a purity of tone and the ability to pierce the heart. And thankfully, both the singer and the song remain very much alive today.  Garfunkel, of course, was the yin to Paul Simon’s yang, the Tom to his Jerry.  It’s most appropriate, then, that he will bookend his old friend with a new anthology coming on August 28 from

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June 18, 2012 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Hey, we've said it a million times, but let's say it again: The Second Disc has some of the best readers out there. The idea that so many of you like catalogue music as much as Joe and I do, and the idea that so many of you come back to read our news and musings, day in and day out...well, it just makes me feel good. And we've done a solid job (we hope!) of reaching out to every fan old and new across the Internet, be it Facebook or Twitter or even in the comments section of the site. As I type

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Paul Simon

June 7, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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When Paul Simon travelled to Graceland, he was aware of the mighty contradictions: “And I may be obliged to defend every love, every ending/Or maybe there’s no obligations now…”  Those days of miracle and wonder took place in 1986, and now some 25 years later, the restless artist is still defending Graceland.  The path to Graceland was a circuitous one, with stops in New York, Los Angeles, London, Louisiana and most crucially, Johannesburg.  Though the multi-platinum record picked up Grammy

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets Tags: Paul Simon

May 2, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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In recent years, the retailer-exclusive bonus track has become an important if controversial part of music sales.  Today’s Short Takes, then, is your public service announcement and guide to the bonus tracks available with three recent and upcoming titles from some of music’s most legendary artists.  Chances are you might want to own these previously-unreleased rarities! Last week saw the release of Carole King’s The Legendary Demos from Rockingale Records and Hear Music.  Its thirteen

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Paul McCartney, Paul Simon

April 20, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Well, Record Store Day is finally upon us!  Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21, music fans and collectors will descend upon their local independent record stores to celebrate both the sounds on those black platters and the cherished physical shopping environments alike.  As Record Store Day 2012 will offer a typically eclectic array of limited edition releases (primarily on vinyl but also some on CD, too!) from many of our favorite artists here at Second Disc HQ, we thought we would take a moment to

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Buck Owens, Miles Davis, Neil Young, Otis Redding, Paul Simon, Record Store Day, Rick James, The Clash, Vinyl

April 4, 2012 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

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Here at Second Disc HQ, we're eagerly anticipating April 21, or Record Store Day, the industry-wide celebration of all things vinyl (and a few CDs, too!).  Record Store Day, now in its fifth year, gives shoppers the chance to interact with big crowds of fellow music enthusiasts in the brick-and-mortar retail environment cherished by so many of us.  Legacy Recordings has announced its impressive line-up of limited edition releases that will line the shelves of your favorite independent music

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Categories: News Tags: Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Ozzy Osbourne, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Record Store Day, The Clash, Vinyl

March 30, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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We're just three weeks away from Record Store Day on April 21, and following individual announcements from fantastic labels like Omnivore Recordings, Concord Records, Sundazed Music and Rhino/Warner Bros., we can finally reveal the full line-up of RSD-related goodies! These limited editions, available at independent music retailers across the U.S. and even internationally, are primarily vinyl releases in various formats (7-inch, 10-inch, 12-inch, etc.) and range from replicas of classic albums

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Categories: News Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Buck Owens, Lee Hazlewood, Little Richard, Otis Redding, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Paul Simon, Record Store Day, Small Faces, T Rex, The Everly Brothers, The Grateful Dead, The Knack, Vinyl

March 28, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Paul Simon was back.  With a vengeance. The sixties wunderkind and one-half of Simon and Garfunkel had greeted the 1980s uneasily.  The film One-Trick Pony, for which he served as writer, star and composer in 1980, was tepidly-received.  An underperforming LP (Hearts and Bones) followed in 1983, his first solo album since 1965 not to hit the Billboard Top 10.  It peaked at No. 35.  Simon’s biggest success of the first half of the decade was a headline-making reunion concert with his old friend

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Paul Simon

February 21, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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UPDATE (2/21): A representative from Legacy has confirmed that this title is currently "on hold." Stay tuned for more information as it develops. When the singer’s gone, let the song go on… How lucky we are that Arthur Garfunkel is still very much with us. Jimmy Webb wrote those words for the unlikely rock star, a former architecture student endowed with a purity of tone and the ability to pierce the heart. Garfunkel, of course, was the yin to Paul Simon’s yang, the Tom to his Jerry. And so,

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Categories: News Tags: Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel

December 1, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Here comes the fourth part of our first-ever official Second Disc Buyers Guide, in which we look at the 100 greatest albums of all time, as selected by Rolling Stone in 2003, through the filter of when and how these classic albums have been reissued, remastered and repackaged. If you've ever wondered to yourself which versions of these albums to buy for certain bonus tracks and the like, we're your one-stop shop. We've got quite a hand here today, with two Queens and a Boss to start, so let's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, TSD Buyers Guide

October 25, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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It's Tuesday, but most of the new music this week has already been out for a day. But assuming you were too busy to get out to the shops, here's a look at what's new. And there's quite a bit! Various Artists, Phil Spector Presents The Philles Album Collection (Phil Spector Records/Legacy) Six of the first seven Philles albums presented in mono, along with a bonus disc of those delightfully out-there instrumental B-sides. Seriously, have you heard any of them? They're crazy. In a good way, that

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Tags: Mumford & Sons, Neil Young, Nirvana, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Phil Spector, The Crystals, The Mamas and The Papas, The Monkees, The Ronettes, The Supremes, The Temptations

October 24, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

It's 1971, and Aretha Franklin has just introduced the world to "Bridge Over Troubled Water," a rousing, spiritual anthem that could have been written decades if not centuries ago.  She takes the song to the top of the charts.  Its notoriety leads to the rise of jobbing songwriter Paul Simon, who no longer needs to kick around the Brill Building in its waning days.  Simon's career kicks off in earnest the following year with the release of his self-titled solo album.  It's a quirky, offbeat

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Categories: News, Reviews Tags: Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel

October 19, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Since Legacy Recordings acquired the rights to Paul Simon's back catalogue from Rhino last year, things have gone pretty much by the book. Other than a new compilation and a planned Graceland box set, things have been pretty simple, with Sony's reissue arm re-releasing the mid-2000s expanded reissues of Simon's solo albums, with the same bonus tracks as before. Next Tuesday, the new Songwriter compilation will hit stores alongside the reissues (re-reissues?) of One Trick Pony (1980), Hearts and

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Categories: News Tags: Paul Simon

October 13, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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How terribly strange to be seventy. Today, October 13, Paul Simon reaches that milestone, over forty-three years after he first mused what it would be like to be sitting on that park bench with his friend, like bookends.  Yet in that time, Simon’s music has remained resonant and timely, a point driven home when the singer paid tribute on September 11, 2011 to the fallen at New York City’s Ground Zero with a poignant performance of “The Sound of Silence.”  His music has been a soundtrack to

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September 27, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Who but Neil Young could have brought The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sonic Youth, Ben Harper, Eddie Vedder, Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett, and Los Lonely Boys together on the same stage?  Though Young is an easy target for what can appear as a capricious attitude towards his back catalogue – announcing, then delaying or cancelling titles with alarming frequency – one aspect of the man’s great legacy cannot be in dispute, and that is his philanthropy.  Since 1986, Young and his wife Pegi have offered

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, DVD Tags: Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Leon Russell, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., The Who, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Tom Waits, Tony Bennett

June 16, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Paul Simon may have titled his latest studio album So Beautiful or So What, but the same name could apply to his catalogue relaunch at Legacy Recordings.  So Beautiful has been hailed as a return to form for Simon, writing with a guitar for the first time in many years.  A timely reminder of that form and of the style Simon both recalls and updates on the new disc can be rediscovered on these four reissued titles.  Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, Live Rhymin’ and Still Crazy After All

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Categories: Reviews Tags: Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel

June 7, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Marvin Gaye, What's Going On: 40th Anniversary Edition (Motown/UMe) Two CDs feature the original album and a host of rarities, single mixes, and all the best outtakes leading up to the making of this R&B classic (almost a dozen of which are unreleased). The deluxe package is rounded out by the great Detroit mix of the album on vinyl. (Check out our interview with Harry Weinger on the set!) (Amazon) Paul Simon, Paul Simon / There Goes Rhymin' Simon / In Concert: Live Rhymin' / Still Crazy

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Marvin Gaye, New Order, Paul Simon, Roger Waters, Suede

May 26, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Legacy has finally set a date for their new batch of Paul Simon reissues. New editions of Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' and Still Crazy After All These Years are coming out surprisingly soon, on June 7, according to a press release issued today. Many have speculated on these reissues ever since Simon's solo catalogue was licensed back to Columbia last year (where they were originally released) after years of existing in Warner Bros.' catalogue. The

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Categories: News Tags: Paul Simon

February 15, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOiVaE-pKqM] A quick heads-up thanks to our friends at Pause & Play: Columbia/Legacy has set April 12 as a release date for the first batch of Paul Simon reissues. Simon's catalogue, it was announced last year, will return to Columbia after Simon left them for Warner Bros. in the 1970s. Simon's newest LP, So Beautiful or So What, is due out on Concord the same day, while a deluxe edition of Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water is out in

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November 12, 2010 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

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Legacy Recordings just announced another big catalogue overhaul planned for 2011: Paul Simon's catalogue is indeed getting a new reissue campaign next year. Our own Joe Marchese reported in June that Simon had planned to move his back catalogue from Warner Bros. back to Columbia, the home of Simon & Garfunkel. And The Essential Paul Simon, a straight reissue of the 2007 Rhino compilation, was released a few weeks ago. But this is the first official confirmation from the label that something

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October 26, 2010 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

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And now, here it is: the catalogue titles coming to your local stores this week. Various Artists including James Taylor, Billy Preston and Badfinger, The Apple Records remasters (Apple/EMI) This year's Beatles remasters are remasters of albums on The Beatles' short-lived Apple label. There's a lot of great, varied stuff to be hand across many genres. There's 14 individual remasters plus a new compilation with some other hard-to-find tunes (Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records), not to

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Miles Davis, Paul Simon, Ray Charles, The Monkees

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