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Release Round-Up: Week of June 16

June 16, 2023 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles available today. The Weather Girls and Martha Wash, Carry On: The Deluxe Collection 1982-1992 (SoulMusic/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Hallelujah! Carry On: The Deluxe Collection 1982-1992 is a long-overdue assessment of Martha Wash and Izora Armstead’s unlikely journey toward the top of the pop charts, some fascinating music that came before it – and a triumphant second act by Wash following some truly bizarre situations that only could have happened in the music industry. This 4CD box set, compiled and produced…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bettye LaVette, Bobby Brown, Cat Stevens, Drive-By Truckers, John Mellencamp, Martha Wash, Paul Young, Pet Shop Boys, Poco, Steve Lukather, The Weather Girls, Toto, Yusuf

The Weekend Stream: April 30, 2022

April 30, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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! This week’s got live favorites from The Boss, a Record Store Day rarity, a ’90s tribute album to some rock legends and much more. Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs of Location (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple Music / Amazon) The Thrill Hill Archives have occasionally made some themed Bruce Springsteen playlists available to stream, drawn from various live archival releases issued through Nugs.net. The…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Poetry, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Anthrax, Blondie, Bruce Springsteen, Debbie Gibson, Garth Brooks, Hilly Michaels, KISS, Lenny Kravitz, Maria McKee, Marina, Melvin Van Peebles, Nino Rota, Poco, Stevie Wonder

Release Round-Up: Week of January 14

January 14, 2022 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Elvis Costello and The Imposters, The Boy Named If (Capitol/EMI) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Elvis Costello and The Imposters are back with a new, rip-roaring rock album. The band previewed many of the songs on The Boy Named If during its last concert tour; if those tunes (including lead single “Magnificent Hurt”) are any indication, this set returns Costello to his spiky roots. Available on CD, LP, cassette, digital platforms, and an official store-exclusive, autographed CD set with accompanying 88-page illustrated storybook. Richard Carpenter, Richard Carpenter’s…

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Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

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Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy, Jimmy Scott, Poco, Richard Carpenter, Wilco

The Weekend Stream: April 24, 2021

April 24, 2021 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it’s no secret that listening audiences are also digital – catalogue music lovers, too – and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we’ve introduced a new Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Mark Morrison, Return of the Mack (#25ROTM Mixes) (Warner Music/X5) (iTunes / Amazon…

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Features, News, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Comedy, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Bay City Rollers, Mark Morrison, Poco, Rodney Dangerfield, Squeeze

A Good Feelin’ to Know: Cherry Red, Hear No Evil Collect Poco Albums on “The Epic Years 1972-1976”

October 1, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

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 Night,” “Shoot for the Moon,” and “Call It…

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News

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Box Sets, CD

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Classic Rock

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Jim Messina, Poco, Richie Furay, Rusty Young, Timothy B. Schmit

If You Like Piña Coladas: “NOW” Series Celebrates Yacht Rock on New Volume

July 15, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

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 touring group known as The Yacht Rock Revue, and a popular yearly SiriusXM…

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

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10cc, Dan Fogelberg, Dave Mason, Kenny Loggins, Peter Frampton, Poco, Rupert Holmes, The Climax Blues Band, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of December 4

December 3, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

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 for a string of LPs for Philadelphia International, “came back” with this 1992 album for…

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Poco, Roy Orbison, The Jones Girls, The Supremes

Release Round-Up: Week of September 30/October 1

October 1, 2013 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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 / Richard Barone, Cool Blue Halo: 25th Anniversary Edition / Cool Blue Halo: 25th Anniversary Concert (Jem Recordings) The Hoboken power-pop group releases a lost classic…

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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

Release Round-Up: Week of September 3

September 3, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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 Greatest Hits / The Paley Brothers, The Complete Recordings (Real Gone Music) The latest releases from the folks at Real Gone Music, all of which you can read about here. Jefferson Starship: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Claudia…

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News, Release Round-Up

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Box Sets

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Soundtracks

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Mike Oldfield, Poco, Rod Stewart, Rush, Stonewall Jackson, The Breeders, The Paley Brothers, Vinyl