On the Wing: Pink Floyd Plan New ‘8-Tracks’ Compilation, Standalone Audio Release of 1975 L.A. Gig

Pink Floyd are revisiting their latest catalogue title with a standalone issue of a celebrated live bootleg on new formats – and they’re also planning a unique new compilation. The group’s Wish You Were Here 50 was packed with extras, most notably Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th, 1975. This performance, featuring key selections from the 1975 album as well as a full performance of the group’s 1973 masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon, was taped by legendary bootlegger Mike Millard and restored for official release by Steven Wilson of…

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“Sea.Hear.Now” What Legacy’s Planning for Record Store Day 2026

Legacy Recordings is only spotlighting eight artists for Record Store Day 2026, but they’re making it count. Sony Music’s catalogue arm will showcase mostly live recordings – classics, out-of-print favorites and even some recent ones – on their vinyl selections for the annual retail holiday. And best of all, three of them will also be available on CD! Incredibly, only one of these titles has been on vinyl before: 1978’s Nite Flights, the striking final album by The Walker Brothers. Indeed, from pop (Tony Bennett and Jeff Buckley) to classic rock (Judas Priest,…

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Release Round-Up: Week of December 12

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50 (Pink Floyd/Legacy) 2CD/4LP/Blu-ray/7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 50th anniversary edition of the Pink Floyd classic is available in a variety of formats: A 2CD or 3LP set pairs the original album with nine bonus tracks: three from the “Immersion Edition” box set released in 2011 and six previously unreleased outtakes and…

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Have a Cigar: Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ Gets 50th Anniversary Edition

Following some teases changing just about every Pink Floyd album cover on digital music services to mirror original packaging elements of Wish You Were Here, the band has announced a new expanded edition of its 1975 masterpiece, reissued to mark its 50th anniversary. Coming December 12 from Legacy Recordings, the deluxe Wish You Were Here arrives in a frankly dizzying display of formats: A 2CD or 3LP set pairs the original album with nine bonus tracks: three from the “Immersion Edition” box set released in 2011 and six previously unreleased outtakes and alternate mixes. A…

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The Weekend Stream: May 31, 2025

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. We’ve got solo appearances aplenty: Bono, Al Jardine, Grace Potter, John Fogerty, and more new/old music – plus a new subscription service from Crowded House, a Barry Manilow music video, and a tribute to one of the undisputed guitar gods of his generation. Bono, Stories of Surrender EP (Island/Interscope/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) In 2023, U2 frontman Bono embarked on his first ever solo tour, promoting the memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 2

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Pink Floyd, At Pompeii (Pink Floyd/Legacy) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada More than half a century after its release, Pink Floyd’s arresting 1972 concert film – recorded in the ancient amphitheater of Pompeii – has been revisited as an audio and video product from Legacy Recordings. Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII restores Adrian Maben’s original film in…

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Echoes Through the Ruins: Pink Floyd’s Pompeii Gig to Be Remixed and Reissued

More than half a century after its release, Pink Floyd’s arresting 1972 concert film – recorded in the ancient amphitheater of Pompeii – will be revisited as an audio and video product from Legacy Recordings. Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII restores Adrian Maben’s original film in 4K quality from recently located original footage, with new audio mixes by Steven Wilson. All versions – a 2CD, a 2LP, a DVD and a Blu-ray – will be released May 2, shortly after public screenings of the film on April 24, set to run in…

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They Will Have Their Way: Legacy Plans Packed Record Store Day Slate

Is it just us, or has Record Store Day felt a little muted in recent years? Obviously the annual Black Friday celebration boasts less titles than the festivities held every April, but it’s sometimes been a struggle to identify great archival titles or worthy re-pressed discs. Well, that certainly isn’t the case this year: labels seem to have gone into overdrive stockpiling interesting LPs and singles worth a second (or first!) look – and one of the strongest showings might be Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings, who are bowing no less than 16…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 17

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Taana Gardner, When You Touch Me: The West End Recordings (SoulMusic/Cherry Red/The Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) SoulMusic Records teams with TSD to revisit dance superstar Taana Gardner’s classic West End album as a 2CD set.  When You Touch Me: The West End Recordings opens with Taana Gardner in its original form and mix for the very first time on CD including Larry Levan’s 1979 mixes.  Producer Kenton Nix’s extended…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 13

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Johnny Mathis, Christmas Time Is Here (Legacy/Real Gone/Second Disc) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada “Christmas Tree Green” Vinyl LP: RealGoneMusic.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  “Holly Red” Vinyl LP: BarnesandNoble.com Johnny Mathis is back with his first album since 2017 and his first yuletide set in a decade.  Christmas Time Is Here boasts ten newly-recorded tracks including those which premiered last year on the digital-only EP A Merry Little Christmas.  It’s Mathis’ seventh…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 24

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today. Elton John, Honky Château: 50th Anniversary Edition (Rocket/UMC) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Hot on the heels of his final U.S. live performances, Elton John is looking back with a 50th anniversary edition of his 1972 LP Honky Château.  The reissue will feature the original album (boasting such classics as “Rocket Man,” “Honky Cat,” and “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters”) alongside nine session demos covering eight of the album’s tracks (including two versions of “Slave”) and…

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Any Colour You Like: Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” Turns 50, New Box Set Is Coming

Over ten years after Pink Floyd celebrated Dark Side of the Moon in the expansive 3CD/2DVD/1BD Immersion Edition, the 1973 landmark album is returning for its 50th anniversary in a new box set.  The Dark Side of the Moon: 50 Years, from Pink Floyd Records, carries over the original Dark Side (in various mixes) and a 1974 live concert from the previous Immersion box while adding a vinyl component and new Dolby Atmos mix.  Due on March 24, the 2CD/2LP/2BD/1DVD set contains: Remastered original album on CD in gatefold sleeve with 12-page…

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The Weekend Stream: December 18, 2022

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. And we’ve got a lot to cover today, from a massive Pink Floyd copyright dump to a new Whitney Houston soundtrack and some underrated Motown gold. Pink Floyd, Live at Southampton Guildhall, UK, 23 January 1972 / Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 5 Feb 1972 / Live at the Rainbow Theatre, London, 17 Feb 1972 / Live…

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The Weekend Stream: December 10, 2022

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…

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The Weekend Stream: November 19, 2022

Madonna, You Can Dance (Single Edits) / Rain (Warner/Rhino) Dance: iTunes / Amazon Rain: iTunes / Amazon Rhino keeps digitally uploading intriguing stuff from Madonna’s single and remix catalogue, and this month saw two such releases: first, a bundle of mixes surrounding the Erotica favorite “Rain,” then this week, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of remix album You Can Dance, an upload of the rare promo version that found all the tracks unmixed and edited to single-ready lengths. Roger Waters, Comfortably Numb 2022 (Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) A new version of the…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 16

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Miles Davis, That’s What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 (Columbia/Legacy) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Highlights: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 3-CD box set (also available digitally) focuses on Miles Davis’ final years at the Columbia label with which he had been associated since 1955 and on the three albums that closed out his 30-year run: Star People (1983), Decoy (1984), and You’re Under Arrest (1985).  The collection features studio outtakes as well as a complete live performance, What It Is: Montreal…

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Pigs on the Wing: Pink Floyd Reissue “Animals” with Long-Awaited Surround Remix

Pink Floyd’s Animals arrived in January 1977, after 1975’s Wish You Were Here and before 1979’s The Wall.  Coming between those two epochal works, Animals was initially dismissed by some critics.  Consisting of just five tracks (two short bookends and three lengthy compositions), no singles were released and Animals became somewhat of a hidden gem – despite having peaked at No. 2 in the United Kingdom and No. 3 in the United States.  This fall, fans will have a chance to rediscover Animals as its long-awaited 5.1 surround sound mix is released…

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The Weekend Stream: April 9, 2022

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 discover! And after a week away, you better believe we’re coming in hot! Billy Joel, 50 Years of the Piano Man (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple Music / Amazon) On the surface, this 50-track digital compilation-cum-playlist looks like a typical algorithmic survey of Joel’s five-decade career, with all the great radio hits rising to the top. But dig deeper and you’ll discover six tracks making their…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 4

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles arriving in stores today! Mary Wilson, The Motown Anthology (Motown/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Motown Anthology is the ultimate retrospective of Mary Wilson, multi-hyphenate talent: singer, activist, author, fashion icon, actress, mother, grandmother, friend, trailblazer, legend, Supreme.  This first-ever comprehensive overview of Wilson’s Motown discography presents 38 songs, including a whopping 33 tracks only available physically on this collection including stunning new mixes of Supremes favorites, four Supremes outtakes produced by Deke Richards, the complete 1979 Mary…

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 18

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Pink Floyd, PULSE: Restored and Re-Edited (Pink Floyd Records/Sony) 2 Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  2 DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  PULSE, originally released in 1995, chronicled Pink Floyd’s Division Bell Tour of Europe. The video release was taken from a performance at Earls Court in London on October 20, 1994. There, Pink Floyd (then comprised of founding members David Gilmour on vocals and guitar, Richard Wright on keyboards and Nick Mason on drums, alongside touring bassist Guy Pratt and a few other live…

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Pink Floyd Announce ‘Pulse’ Blu-ray, Does Not Announce Unreleased Digital Live Shows

Two exciting Pink Floyd stories have cropped up for fans of all of their eras: a standalone release of their restored Pulse Blu-ray for 2022, and a dozen unheard live shows from 1971 available to hear now. Pulse, originally released in 1995, chronicled the British band’s Division Bell Tour of Europe the previous year. While the album was culled from multiple performances, the accompanying video release was taken from a performance at Earls Court in London on October 20, 1994. There, Pink Floyd (then comprised of founding members David Gilmour on vocals…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 29

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! R.E.M., New Adventures in Hi-Fi: 25th Anniversary Edition (Craft Recordings) 2CD/1BD (now due November 19): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (now due November 12) : Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Original album only; out today): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings is continuing its ongoing R.E.M. reissue series with a 25th anniversary edition of the Georgia band’s tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi.  A 2CD/1BD Deluxe Edition will present the newly remastered original album, a disc of B-sides and rarities, and a Blu-ray with numerous features…

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Signs of Life: Pink Floyd’s “A Momentary Lapse of Reason – Remixed and Updated” Sees October Release

On October 29, Sony and Pink Floyd Records will break out another title from 2019’s mammoth Pink Floyd: The Later Years box set.  A Momentary Lapse of Reason – Remixed and Updated features the David Gilmour-overseen presentation of the band’s 1987 studio album.  Remixed by Andy Jackson with Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins, this version will be released on CD/DVD, CD/BD, double 180-gram, half-speed mastered 45 RPM vinyl, and digitally with stereo and 5.1 mixes.  Additionally, the album will be made available digitally in 360 Reality Audio (described as “a new immersive…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 28

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Get on Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia Vol. 1 (Snapper/United Souls)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Burning Shed) Get On Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Vol. 1 is the first in a series of box sets from the U.K.-based United Souls label, an imprint of Snapper Music, which will ultimately collect the entire Philadelphia International albums discography on CD.  The slipcased, 8-CD/1-12″ single hardcover book-style set will feature the following eight albums, originally released between 1971 and 1973: Billy…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 30

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Michael Nesmith, Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) For our first release of 2021, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music take a deep dive into the archives for Michael Nesmith’s Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings.  This compendium features 22 tracks on CD drawn from the RCA Victor vaults, every one of which is previously unreleased in any physical format.  These songs were originally released to digital platforms in 2018 as bonus tracks to…

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