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The Weekend Stream: December 10, 2022

December 10, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. This week, a Madonna rarity makes a splashy debut, the daughter of a soul legend sings with her dad on his holiday classic, and Roger Waters emerges from lockdown – plus remixes old and new, and a World Cup throwback you might not believe is real. Madonna, Gambler (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) As the first part of Rhino’s ongoing…

The Year In Review: The 2021 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part One

January 3, 2022 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Happy 2022! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 12th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! Once again, we’ve all faced unprecedented challenges over the past twelve months. A year that began with hope and promise has ended with further uncertainty for many of us. But music continues to fill a significant role in our lives, providing solace, comfort, and escape in a time unlike any other. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2021’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets big and…

You Know How to Love Me: A Closer Look at Phyllis Hyman’s “Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998”

August 10, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

UPDATED AUGUST 2021: “Phyllis sat right in my class. I can still see the pigtails.” In a 2016 interview with The Second Disc, Thom Bell shared his earliest memories of the late Phyllis Hyman (1949-1995). The songwriter-arranger-conductor-producer would cross paths numerous times over the years with his childhood friend: first via Phyllis’ hit recordings of his “Betcha By Golly Wow” and “Loving You – Losing You,” and later, his own productions and songs for her. “She was a lonely individual,” observed Thom, “which in turn enhanced the lonely vibes of a melody…

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Barry Manilow, Norman Connors, Phyllis Hyman, Thom Bell

Release Round-Up: Week of July 30

July 30, 2021 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Toomorrow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) Purple Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music Clear with Copper and Red Swirl Vinyl: Real Gone Music [SOLD OUT] Clear with Red, Blue, and Green “Freak” Swirl Vinyl: Rough Trade [PRE-ORDERS SOLD OUT, MAY BE AVAILABLE AT ROUGH TRADE RETAIL LOCATIONS] Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to present the first-ever vinyl reissue of the 1970 soundtrack to Toomorrow, the groovy sci-fi musical starring Olivia Newton-John, Ben Thomas, Karl…

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Aretha Franklin, Henry Franklin, Olivia Newton-John, Phyllis Hyman, Prince, The Awakening, Yola

Betcha by Golly Wow: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Collect Phyllis Hyman’s Albums Discography In New Box Set

May 19, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

“Phyllis sat right in my class. I can still see the pigtails.” In a 2016 interview with The Second Disc, Thom Bell shared his earliest memories of the late Phyllis Hyman (1949-1995). The songwriter-arranger-conductor-producer would cross paths numerous times over the years with his childhood friend: first via Phyllis’ hit recordings of his “Betcha By Golly Wow” and “Loving You – Losing You,” and later, his own productions and songs for her. “She was a lonely individual,” observed Thom, “which in turn enhanced the lonely vibes of a melody – if there…

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R&B/Soul

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Barry Manilow, Grover Washington Jr., McCoy Tyner, Michael Henderson, Norman Connors, Pharoah Sanders, Phyllis Hyman

Living Inside Your Love: SoulMusic Anthologizes Phyllis Hyman, Ruby Turner

January 3, 2018 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Cherry Red’s SoulMusic Records imprint has recently delivered two more titles in its ongoing series of artist anthologies – this time dedicated to two “sophisticated ladies”: Phyllis Hyman and Ruby Turner. When Phyllis Hyman took her own life on June 30, 1995, one of the era’s most potent, poignant voices was silenced. A singer as well as a Tony Award-nominated actress, Hyman left behind a small but significant discography of eight studio albums, which has since been bolstered by posthumous releases. While the native Philadelphian never had a commercial pop breakthrough, notching…

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Shining Stars: SoulMusic Anthologizes The Manhattans, Mother’s Finest, Norman Connors

April 25, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Cherry Red’s SoulMusic Records imprint has continued its collection of artist-focused anthologies with another batch of releases drawn from the Sony Music family of labels. This group includes 2-CD sets for the smooth vocal group The Manhattans, jazz/R&B soul man Norman Connors, and funk band Mother’s Finest. Though they were named The Manhattans, their story is actually a tri-state one. The group came together in Jersey City, New Jersey, took their name from the city across the Hudson in New York, and found their greatest successes with a producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. …

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Jean Carne, Michael Henderson, Mother's Finest, Norman Connors, Phyllis Hyman, The Manhattans

Thom Bell! The Spinners! The Four Tops! Loretta Lynn! It’s “THE FISH”! Coming TOMORROW!

February 2, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Here at Second Disc HQ, tomorrow is the biggest day of basketball season – because tomorrow is when we’re unveiling Second Disc Records’ first release of the year! Thom Bell’s soulful, all-star soundtrack to The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh – featuring The Spinners, The Four Tops, Loretta Lynn, Phyllis Hyman, Doc Severinsen, Eubie Blake, and more – arrives from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music for the very first time in a newly expanded, freshly remastered edition! Trust us: this is one R&B release primed to get you on the basketball court…or…

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Bell and James, Doc Severinsen, Eubie Blake, Loretta Lynn, Phyllis Hyman, The Four Tops, The Spinners, The Sylvers, Thom Bell, William Hart

BREAKING! Second Disc Records Brings All-Star “Fish That Saved Pittsburgh” To CD in February!

December 12, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are tipping off 2017 with a slam dunk release! On February 3, we will be bringing Thom Bell’s soulful, all-star soundtrack to The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh – featuring The Spinners, The Four Tops, Loretta Lynn, Phyllis Hyman and more – to CD for the very first time in a newly expanded, remastered edition! The 1979 cult favorite film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh featured an all-star team from the worlds of basketball and Hollywood – Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Meadowlark Lemon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry…

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Bell and James, Doc Severinsen, Eubie Blake, Loretta Lynn, Phyllis Hyman, The Four Tops, The Spinners, The Sylvers, Thom Bell, William Hart

Release Round-Up: Week of March 23

March 23, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

It’s a Monday release date here in the U.S., so here’s your early Release Round-Up! Bee Gees, 1974-1979 (Reprise/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This box set brings together the band’s Mr. Natural, Main Course, Children of the World and Spirits Having Flown plus a disc of previously issued bonus material. Full track listing and details here. Watch on Record Store Day for a companion vinyl release to this set featuring the 12-inch mixes from Saturday Night Fever! Kansas, Miracles Out of Nowhere (CD/DVD Set) (Epic/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The new…

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Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bee Gees, Dean Martin, Hawkwind, James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Kansas, Kenny Rankin, Paul McCartney, Phyllis Hyman, Roger Taylor, The Brecker Brothers, Toto, Van Morrison, Willie Nile

Too Hot to Stop It: Funky Town Reissues, Expands The Manhattans, Phyllis Hyman, James Brown

February 9, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Funky Town Grooves is planning on a busy February and March with a heaping helping of music from soul royalty including The Manhattans, Phyllis Hyman and Soul Brother No. 1 himself, James Brown. FTG recently reissued four titles from The Manhattans’ long-neglected-on-CD Columbia discography: There’s No Good in Goodbye (1978), After Midnight (1980), Black Tie (1981) and Forever by Your Side (1983). Now, the label has recently announced the addition of three more of the group’s Columbia albums (including two with Philly soul legend Bobby Martin producing) as well as a two-fer…

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James Brown, Phyllis Hyman, The Manhattans

SoulMusic Records Delivers the Love with Phyllis Hyman’s “Buddah Years”

August 22, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

SoulMusic Records, an imprint of the Cherry Red Group, continues its non-chronological tour through the catalogue of the late Phyllis Hyman with the release of The Buddah Years. Despite the compilation title, this 13-track CD is actually a straight reissue of Hyman’s very first solo album, recorded for Buddah Records, plus four bonus tracks. Though she had previously recorded a single for Private Stock Records, the statuesque soul singer’s first major splash came as guest vocalist for producer Norman Connors. Hyman’s deliberate, sensual reinvention of Thom Bell and Linda Creed’s “Betcha by…

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Phyllis Hyman’s “Goddess of Love” Is Revisited By SoulMusic Records

June 19, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Phyllis Hyman sure looked like a Goddess of Love on the cover of her 1983 album of the same name. Now, the striking and statuesque former fashion model’s fourth and final album for Arista Records is back. It’s just been reissued by Cherry Red’s SoulMusic imprint in an expanded edition that boasts two more tracks than Reel Music’s 2010 release. In a quest to find Hyman a degree of commercial success commensurate with her great talent, Clive Davis paired her with different producers for each one of her Arista albums. 1979’s Somewhere…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 30

April 30, 2013 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Shalamar, Friends: Deluxe Edition / The Isley Brothers, Winner Takes All: Expanded Edition / Bootsy Collins Presents Sweat Band: Expanded Edition / The Gap Band, Gap Band VII: Expanded Edition / Billy Paul, Lately: Expanded Edition (Big Break) The Big Break titles we covered yesterday include a double-disc expansion of one of Shalamar’s most enduring LPs, plus Isleys, P-Funk and albums from Total Experience Records. Full coverage/pre-order links here! Blue Oyster Cult, Imaginos / Sea Level, Cats on the Coast/On the Edge / Wilderness Road, Sold for the Prevention of Disease Only / David Allan Coe, Texas Moon / Eddy Arnold, Complete Original #1 Hits / Johnny Lytle, The Soulful Rebel/People & Love / Allspice, Allspice / Larry Williams, That Larry…

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Mott the Hoople, Phyllis Hyman, Shalamar, The Isley Brothers, The Tubes

Sophisticated Lady: Phyllis Hyman’s Arista Debut Is Expanded By SoulMusic Label

April 29, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

When Phyllis Hyman took her own life on June 30, 1995, one of the most potent, poignant voices in soul music was silenced. A singer as well as a Tony Award-nominated actress, Hyman did leave behind a small but important discography of eight studio albums, which has since been bolstered by posthumous releases. Indeed, it’s understandable why “new” recordings from the expressive vocalist are so sought after. While the native Philadelphian never had a commercial pop breakthrough, notching far more successes on the R&B charts, she could inimitably make both pain and…

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Barry Manilow, Phyllis Hyman, Ron Dante