Supremes Funny Girl Banner Ad Now Available

The Second Disc

Expanded and Remastered Music News

  • Home
  • News
    • Classic Rock
    • Rock
    • Pop
    • Jazz
    • Popular Standards/Vocal
    • R&B/Soul
    • Country
    • Folk
    • Cast Recordings
    • Soundtracks
    • Everything Else
      • Classical/Opera
      • Disco/Dance
      • Funk
      • Gospel
      • Rap/Hip-Hop
  • Features
    • Release Round-Up
    • Giveaways!
    • Interviews
  • Reviews
    • Classic Rock
    • Rock
    • Pop
    • Jazz
    • Popular Standards/Vocal
    • R&B/Soul
    • Country
    • Folk
    • Cast Recordings
    • Soundtracks
    • Everything Else
      • Classical/Opera
      • Disco/Dance
      • Funk
      • Gospel
      • Rap/Hip-Hop
  • Release Calendar
    • Coming Soon
    • Now Available
  • About
  • Second Disc Records
    • Full Catalog
  • Contact

/ Poco

October 1, 2019 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Poco Epic Years 1972 1976

Poco famously rose from the ashes of Buffalo Springfield, with that band's Richie Furay and Jim Messina joined by Rusty Young (who had guested on Furay's "Kind Woman" for the final Springfield LP), George Grantham, and briefly, Randy Meisner. The band's 1969 debut Pickin' Up the Pieces was an influential entry in the West Coast country-rock genre, beginning a career that would see the band score over a dozen U.S. Billboard Hot 100 hits and some AC crossovers including "Crazy Love," "Heart of the

Continue Reading

Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Jim Messina, Poco, Richie Furay, Rusty Young, Timothy B. Schmit

July 15, 2019 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

Now Thats What I Call Yacht Rock

Shimmering guitars, breezy horns, smooth keyboards, and crisp vocals on well-crafted songs with catchy choruses: all of those qualities might have once described "soft rock" or "adult-oriented rock," but more recently the genre has experienced a resurgence as "yacht rock."  Though the term was originally intended in a pejorative way, it's come to be accepted by many of the progenitors of the genre including Michael McDonald and John Oates.  There's an entire book on the yacht rock phenomenon, a

Continue Reading

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: 10cc, Dan Fogelberg, Dave Mason, Kenny Loggins, Peter Frampton, Poco, Rupert Holmes, The Climax Blues Band, Various Artists

December 3, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

beachwood sparks desert skies2

Beachwood Sparks, Desert Skies (Alive Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) We missed this one last week - and didn't want you to miss it, too!  The previously unreleased debut album from California psychedelic country-rockers Beachwood Sparks arrives on CD with bonus material, all circa the late 1990s.  For fans of The Flying Burrito Brothers, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, and the West Coast pop-rock sound. The Jones Girls, Coming Back (Expansion) (Amazon U.K.) The Jones Girls, best-known

Continue Reading

Categories: News, Release Round-Up Tags: Poco, Roy Orbison, The Jones Girls, The Supremes

October 1, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

old 97s waylon jennings

Most titles this week are already out in the States, on account of Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 hitting stores on Monday. So without further ado... Rush, The Studio Albums 1989-2007 / Vapor Trails Remixed (Atlantic/Rhino) All of the Canadian rock gods' albums for Atlantic in one box, with 2002's Vapor Trails newly remixed (and available separately). The Studio Albums: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vapor Trails Remixed: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Bongos, Phantom Train /

Continue Reading

Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Old 97's, Patrice Rushen, Patti Page, Perry Como, Poco, Richard Barone, Rush, Sarah McLachlan, The Bongos, The Grateful Dead, The Lords of the New Church, Waylon Jennings

September 3, 2013 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

breeders lsxx vinyl

Rod Stewart, Rarities (Mercury/UMe) It's Rod at his rarest: two discs of outtakes, non-LP singles and other good stuff, including two unreleased BBC session tracks. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Jefferson Starship, Live in Central Park NYC May 12, 1975 / Claudia Lennear, Phew! / Ponderosa Twins Plus One, 2+2+1=Ponderosa Twins Plus One / Jo Ann Campbell, All the Hits--Her Complete Cameo Recordings / Joanie Sommers, Come Alive!--The Complete Columbia Recordings / Stonewall Jackson, Original

Continue Reading

Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Mike Oldfield, Poco, Rod Stewart, Rush, Stonewall Jackson, The Breeders, The Paley Brothers, Vinyl

Upcoming Releases

  • Tommy James and The Shondells Celebration
    Celebration: The Complete Roulette Recordings 1966-1973
    Tommy James and The Shondells
    January 29, 2021
  • Little Steven Macca to Mecca
    Macca to Mecca!
    Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul
    January 29, 2021
  • Little Steven Soulfire Live Expanded Edition
    Soulfire Live! Expanded Edition
    Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul
    January 29, 2021
See Full Calendar

Connect

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 4,070 other subscribers

Popular

  • Mott the Hoople Vocalion
    Takin’ Care of Business: Dutton Vocalion Reissues Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Burton Cummings, Mott the Hoople, Leonard Bernstein, More in Quadraphonic posted on January 25, 2021 | under News
  • Untitled design29
    In the Meantime: UMe Reconfigures ‘What’s Going On’ Bonuses for 50th Anniversary posted on January 23, 2021 | under News
  • kinks lola
    Release Round-Up: Week of January 22 posted on January 22, 2021 | under Release Round-Up

Comments

  • small faces here come the nice2
    Return To Itchycoo Park: Small Faces’ “Here Come The Nice” Deluxe Box Set Arrives In January [UPDATED 12/3] 79 comments | by Joe Marchese | posted on December 3, 2013 | under News
  • the beatles u s albums box2
    British Invasion! The Beatles Unveil “The U.S. Albums” Box Set in January 69 comments | by Joe Marchese | posted on December 12, 2013 | under News
  • Rolling Stones in Mono
    Out of Their Heads: Stones Plan Mono Box Set 47 comments | by Mike Duquette | posted on August 10, 2016 | under News

Music Resources

  • Addicted to Vinyl
  • Crap from the Past
  • Discogs
  • Film Score Monthly
  • IMWAN Forum – From the Vaults
  • MusicTAP
  • Musoscribe
  • Pause & Play
  • Popblerd
  • Popdose
  • Record Racks
  • Slicing Up Eyeballs
  • Steve Hoffman Music Forums
  • Ultimate Classic Rock
  • Vintage Vinyl News
  • Viva La Mainstream
  • Wolfgang’s Vault

Labels of Note

  • Ace Records
  • Analog Spark
  • Bear Family
  • BGO Records
  • Big Break Records
  • Blixa Sounds
  • Cherry Red Label Group
  • Demon Music Group
  • Friday Music
  • Funky Town Grooves
  • Iconoclassic Records
  • Intervention Records
  • Intrada
  • Kritzerland
  • La La Land Records
  • Legacy Recordings
  • Masterworks Broadway
  • Now Sounds
  • Omnivore Recordings
  • Raven Records
  • Real Gone Music
  • Resonance Records
  • Rhino Entertainment
  • Rock Candy Records
  • Sunset Blvd. Records
  • Supermegabot
  • Varese Sarabande
  • Wounded Bird
Copyright © 2021 The Second Disc. All rights reserved. · Site by Metaglyphics

The Second Disc is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk.

Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy