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Release Round-Up: Week of June 18

June 18, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren featuring Ethel, State Theater, New Jersey 2005 (Purple Pyramid) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson’s 2005 international tour featuring post-classical string quartet Ethel is brought to a 2CD/DVD set from Purple Pyramid collecting all three artists’ sets plus the encore which brought them together. Both Jackson and Rundgren performed solo for sets blending fan favorites with deeper cuts. The show was recorded at New Brunswick, New Jersey’s State Theatre on April 29, 2005. Read more here. Frank Zappa,…

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Box Sets, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Reggae, Rock

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Chris Stamey, Frank Zappa, Jaime Laredo, Joe Jackson, Kleeer, Peter Holsapple, The Allman Brothers Band, The Merseybeats, The Whispers, The dB's, Todd Rundgren

Release Round-Up: Week of May 7

May 7, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! New Order, Education Entertainment Recreation (Live at Alexandra Palace) (Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/BD/3LP (Clear Vinyl) Box Set: New Order Store Education Entertainment Recreation (Live at Alexandra Palace) documents New Order’s only U.K. show of 2018. The November 9 gig was played at London’s Alexandra Palace with the current line-up of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham, and Tom Chapman. At 2 hours and 20 minutes in length, the band celebrated its 2015 release Music Complete in addition to…

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Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Alex Chilton, Alphaville, Amy Winehouse, Chris Stamey, Judy Collins, Mandy Barnett, Mel Brooks, Nancy Wilson, New Order, Peter Holsapple, Tom Jones, Tony Joe White, Van Morrison

Short Takes: Triumph Prepares New Box Set as RSD Ambassadors; Omnivore Celebrates “Yesterday’s Tomorrow;” and Evie Sands Releases New LP

March 22, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Canadian hard rock heroes Triumph have been selected as the Canadian Ambassadors for Record Store Day 2021 – and the band isn’t showing up empty-handed! As previously reported, RSD will be held in two “Drops” this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The first of those drops is June 12, with the second to follow on July 17. On June 12, Triumph – Rik Emmett (guitars/vocals), Mike Levine (bass, keyboards) and Gil Moore (drums, vocals) – will release a 40th Anniversary vinyl box set of their 1981 classic Allied Forces. The…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

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Chris Stamey, Evie Sands, Mitch Easter, Peter Holsapple, Record Store Day, Triumph

More Black Friday Treats Coming From Omnivore, Real Gone Music

October 10, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

It’s that time of year — the temperatures are falling, the leaves about to change color. And that can only mean one thing: Record Store Day Black Friday announcements! You’ve seen Rhino, Universal and Craft’s line-ups; now, take a look at what Omnivore Recordings and Real Gone Music have each unveiled for this year’s celebrations. Let’s take a look! Alex Chilton, My Rival (Omnivore) Omnivore Recordings invites listeners into an “alternate universe” with their 10″ EP of previously unissued Alex Chilton tracks, engineered by Chris Bell. The pair had worked together in…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alex Chilton, Big Star, Judas Priest, Los Lobos, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Peter Holsapple, Tony Joe White

Release Round-Up: Week of October 12

October 12, 2018 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Loving the Alien (1983-1988) (Parlophone) 11CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 15LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The fourth annual volume of Parlophone’s ongoing series of box sets dedicated to the late David Bowie, Loving the Alien (1983-1988), arrives on 11 CDs or 15 vinyl LPs. This lavish set is filled with more exclusive material than any of its predecessors, as only three studio albums are included, all in newly remastered editions: Let’s Dance (1983), Tonight (1984), and…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alex Chilton, Burt Bacharach, Dave Davies, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Engelbert Humperdinck, Eric Clapton, Michael McDonald, Peter Holsapple, The Monkees, Vince Guaraldi

Heart and Soul: Omnivore Readies “The Death of Rock: Peter Holsapple vs. Alex Chilton”

August 9, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Peter Holsapple and Alex Chilton The Death of Rock

Two weeks ago, on July 27, Omnivore Recordings released Game Day from Peter Holsapple, the dB’s co-founder and singer-songwriter’s first album in 21 years. It was, of course, filled with all of the melodic hooks and incisive lyrical turns of phrase one would expect from the multi-faceted artist. Now, Omnivore has uncovered a much less expected piece of Holsapple’s history – and one which converges with the label’s ongoing efforts to restore and revisit the catalogue of Big Star’s Alex Chilton. On October 12, Omnivore will release The Death of Rock: Peter…

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Pop, Rock

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Alex Chilton, Peter Holsapple