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Bill Evans, Def Leppard, Glen Campbell, James Brown, John Miller, LaToya Jackson, Philip Bailey, Prince, Sha Na Na, The Hollywood Vampires, The Rolling Stones, Travis, Wes Montgomery, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of April 26

April 26, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Prince, Ultimate Rave (Legacy/NPG) Ultimate Rave (2-CD/1-DVD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2-LP Purple Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 2-CD/1-DVD collection brings together two of Prince’s albums from the turn of the new millennium: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was only available to…

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CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alfred Drake, Baker Gurvitz Army, Bill Evans, Cheap Trick, Dorothy Ashby, Frank Wess, Iain Matthews, J.J. Johnson, Joe Simon, Kurt Weill, Marvin Gaye, Millie Jackson, Nils Lofgren, O.F.R., Prince, Steeleye Span, The Cranberries, Wes Montgomery

Nothing Compares: ‘Originals’ Collects Prince’s Demos of Songs Given to Others

April 25, 2019 by Sam Stone | 3 Comments

There are few artists as prolific as Prince. His legendary Vault is said to contain hundreds of albums’ worth of material. On June 7 — what would have been Prince’s 61st birthday — The Prince Estate and Warner Bros. Records will issue Originals, a new album of further treasures from the archives. As first reported by Variety (just one day before the estate welcomes fans to the annual Prince Celebration at Paisley Park, his recording complex-turned-museum), Originals brings together 15 demos of songs Prince gave away to other artists. Tidal will first…

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Kenny Rogers, Martika, Prince, Sheila E, The Bangles, The Time

Release Round-Up: The Second Disc’s 2019 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 12, 2019 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Looking for our usual Release Round-Up? Alas, there’s not much new in the way of catalogue music this Friday (and we’ve already filled you in on Billy Paul and Leon Russell!), but for a very good reason: tomorrow sees releases a-plenty as part of Record Store Day! Without further ado, welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year’s RSD event! Once you’re through reading, let us know what you’re most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer! Our list features just a sampling of our…

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Hunting High And Low: Rhino Announces Record Store Day 2019 Lineup

March 4, 2019 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

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Today, Rhino announced its offerings for the 2019 Record Store Day celebration, taking place at your local brick-and-mortar shop Saturday, April 13. Rhino’s 33 releases highlight several genres of music – soul, rock, rap, comedy, disco, pop, jam bands, prog, and more – on an array of formats including LPs, CDs, picture discs, colored vinyl, and even cassette tapes. Here’s the run-down on all their RSD titles! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: The Early Alternate Mixes – 1 LP – 6,000 copies Hunting High and Low: The Early Alternate Mixes brings together…

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Hey, Music Lover! Legacy Announces Record Store Day 2019 Exclusives

March 4, 2019 by Sam Stone | 9 Comments

Sony’s Legacy Recordings has announced its offerings for this year’s Record Store Day festivities, to be held on Saturday, April 13 at your local brick-and-mortar retailer! As usual, it’s an eclectic line-up with pop, rock, and R&B superstars all represented. So without further ado, here’s the label’s full list! Jeff Buckley, In Transition – 1 LP – 3,000 copies In Transition is a compilation of seven previously unreleased studio performances from 1993 during the making of Jeff Buckley’s only studio album, Grace, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. Aptly titled,…

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Brian May, Dennis Wilson, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley, Pink Floyd, Prince, Record Store Day, Roger Taylor, Sly and the Family Stone, Taylor Hawkins

Beautiful Strange: ‘Ultimate Rave’ Combines Two Prince Albums and One Live Concert

February 22, 2019 by Sam Stone | 2 Comments

Over the last few months, Legacy Recordings has released a number of exciting Prince reissues on purple vinyl and CD as part of the label’s initiative to bring Prince’s post-1995 catalogue back in print. Today, Legacy has announced the April 26 release of a new 2-CD/DVD set called Ultimate Rave. The collection brings together two of Prince’s albums from the turn of the new millennium: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic from 1999 and Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, a hard-to-find 2001 remix album that was only available to members of Prince’s NPG Music Club…

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Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Ani DiFranco, Chuck D, Eve, George Clinton, Gwen Stefani, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, Sheryl Crow, Sly & The Family Stone, The Time

Release Round-Up: Week of February 8

February 8, 2019 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Prince, Musicology [Various Formats] (Legacy) 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP purple vinyl: Prince Official Store Today, three of Prince’s essential 2000s albums arrive on CD and, for the first time ever, LP. Musicology marked Prince’s return to a major label and to the upper heights of the charts. It reached the Top Five on the Billboard Album Chart in 2004. It also resulted in two Grammy Awards: Best Traditional R&B…

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Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Alex Chilton, Mavis Staples, Meat Loaf, Prince, Robin Trower, Stephen Schwartz

Keep That Party Movin’: Legacy Announces CD Reissues, Vinyl Debuts of Three ’00s Prince Titles

December 10, 2018 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

In June, Legacy Recordings inked a historic deal with The Prince Estate that marked a new home for much of Prince’s legendary music. In August, 23 titles from Prince’s catalog were released on streaming platforms, along with a new compilation called Prince Anthology: 1995-2010. Today, The Prince Estate and Legacy Recordings have announced the first in a series of Prince album re-releases on CD and vinyl. It’s all part of Legacy’s ongoing, definitive catalog reissue campaign. The roll-out of Prince reissues begins on February 8, when three of The Purple One’s essential 2000s…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 21

September 21, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 18 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Bobbie Gentry, The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters (UMC U.K.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The career of the enigmatic Bobbie Gentry is celebrated on a remarkable new box set. The hotly-anticipated 8-CD collection The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters collects all seven of Gentry’s 1967-1971 Capitol Records studio albums plus more than 75 previously unreleased recordings. This treasure trove of lost material includes a completed “jazz” album, outtakes, demos, and other rarities including the live performances…

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

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Bobbie Gentry, Electric Light Orchestra, Kenny Rogers, Prince, Ramones, The Chipmunks, The Isley Brothers, The MC5, The Soulful Strings

Release Round-Up: Week of August 17

August 17, 2018 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Neil Diamond, Hot August Night III (Capitol) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Neil Diamond’s August 2012 concerts at Los Angeles’ Greek Theater marking the 40th anniversary of the original Hot August Night are captured on this new live release which also follows 1987’s Hot August Night II and 2009’s Hot August Night/NYC (with honorable mention to 1977’s Love at the Greek). Expect all of Diamond’s greatest…

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Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

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Buck Owens, Donovan, Henry Mancini, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Leonard Bernstein, Neil Diamond, Prince

The Exodus Has Begun: Prince Estate Strikes Catalog Deal With Sony Music

June 27, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

In what’s certainly one of the year’s biggest surprises, Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings has just announced a comprehensive new deal with the Prince estate that will see Legacy assuming the reins for a considerable portion of Prince’s remarkable discography. Sony will hold the worldwide licensing rights to the late superstar’s core catalogue recorded from 1995 onward, covering some 19 major albums recorded by the Purple One during this time, as well as relevant singles, B-sides, live material, videos, and more. Every Prince album from 1995 to 2010 will shortly be available on…

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One Nite Alone: Unreleased Prince Home Recordings to Be Released in September

June 7, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Today would have been Prince’s 60th birthday. Warner Bros. Records and the Prince estate are marking the occasion by swinging the vault doors wide open. Following such posthumous releases as the “Nothing Compares 2 U” single, the expanded Purple Rain, and the Prince 4Ever collection with one unreleased track, Warner Bros. has just announced an archival album to be released on September 21 in CD, LP, and CD/LP Deluxe formats, as well as digitally. Piano & A Microphone 1983 – a nine-track, 35-minute album – features a previously unreleased home studio cassette…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 25

May 25, 2018 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Prince, Nothing Compares 2 U (Warner Bros.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Prince’s original recording of “Nothing Compares 2 U” arrives on vinyl today for wide release. The original Prince studio version was recorded at the Flying Cloud Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota by engineer Susan Rogers and featured background vocals by Susannah Melvoin and Paul “St. Paul” Peterson as well as saxophone by Eric Leeds. Prince composed, arranged, and otherwise performed the track entirely by himself. This 7-inch vinyl single has an…

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Barclay James Harvest, Bow Wow Wow, Jennifer Warnes, Malo, Marvin Hamlisch, Prince, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Smithereens

Nothing Compares 2 Prince: Original Version of “Nothing Compares 2 U” Emerges from the Vault

April 19, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Two days before the second anniversary of Prince’s unexpected passing, his estate has teamed with Warner Bros. Records to release a tantalizing treat from his legendary vaults. Today, Warner Music Group released the Purple One’s original, never-before-released version of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” written and first released by his side project The Family in 1985 but best-known in Sinead O’Connor’s chart-topping 1990 rendition. This is the first previously unreleased music to escape the Prince vault since last year’s deluxe Purple Rain reissue. The original Prince studio version was recorded at the Flying…

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Love…Thy Will Be Done: Cherry Pop Expands Martika, Andrew Ridgeley Titles in January

January 25, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Cherry Pop is returning to the early days of the 1990s with expanded editions from the small discographies of two beloved artists: Andrew Ridgeley of Wham!, and Martika. After breaking up Wham! in 1986, George Michael graduated to bona fide solo superstar, while his musical partner Andrew Ridgeley had largely shunned the spotlight to pursue other interests such as acting and motor racing. By 1990, however, Ridgeley was ready to return to music. The result was Son of Albert, his only solo album to date. Released on Epic Records (asserting its right…

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Review: Prince and The Revolution, ‘Purple Rain: Deluxe Expanded Edition’

June 26, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 13 Comments

Dearly Beloved It exists. It really exists. That may be the most astounding thing about the deluxe expanded edition of Prince’s masterpiece Purple Rain (Warner Bros./NPG Records 547374-2). And believe me, there’s a lot to be astounded by. This set features the first remaster of any Prince album in the compact disc era, a fully-stocked disc of officially unreleased tracks from the vault, a complete offering of sides (edits, remixes and B-sides) from all five singles released from the album, a vintage live concert making its debut in the digital age, and…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 23

June 23, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Prince, Purple Rain: Music from the Motion Picture (various formats) (Warner Bros.) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. At long, long last – a deluxe, expanded Purple Rain arrives in various formats, including a 2-CD iteration with 11 previously unreleased outtakes and a 3-CD/1-DVD version adding a third CD of 15 single edits and remixes and a DVD of 1985’s Prince and the Revolution Live! …

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Allen Ginsberg, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Glenn Morrow, Neil Young, Prince, Radiohead, Willie Nile

Dearly Beloved: Details on “Purple Rain” Reissue Finally Confirmed

April 28, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 10 Comments

“Hey, look me over / Tell me, do U like what U see?” The patience of Prince fans eager to mourn their fallen hero finally bears some catalogue fruit today, as the long-gestating expanded edition of Purple Rain–the first catalogue reissue of any of the late icon’s works–is confirmed. Fans have been intently waiting for a reissue of Purple Rain for at least the past three years, when Prince finally acquired his original masters from Warner Bros. Records and promised to reissue the landmark 1984 album for its 30th anniversary. That never…

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Ten Years Strong: The Second Disc’s 2017 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 21, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 9 Comments

Welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year’s Record Store Day event! Once you’re through reading, let us know what you’re most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer! Our list features just a sampling of our favorites from our friends at Legacy Recordings, Varese Sarabande, Rhino Records, Walt Disney Records, Real Gone Music, Omnivore Recordings, and many more! Mike’s kicking things off… This year’s Record Store Day offerings include some excellent archival live releases and a couple cool looking packages I wouldn’t mind adding…

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Warner Music Plans Record Store Day Bonanza

March 22, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Record Store Day has been an institution for a decade now, so leave it to this year’s 10th anniversary event to be one of the biggest! We’ve already shone the spotlight on releases by David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Prince, Omnivore Recordings and Legacy Recordings; now, it’s time to take a look at Warner Music’s incredibly generous lineup. Over 30 titles will be featured from the label group at independent record stores on Saturday, April 22. There’s really something for everyone: vintage 12″ singles from the likes of Madonna, Jane’s Addiction and Deee-Lite;…

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

Hot Thing: Seven Prince Singles Coming for Record Store Day

March 22, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 7 Comments

As faithful Prince fans await more detail about this summer’s long-anticipated Purple Rain reissue, a group of Prince vinyl titles will arrive in stores for Record Store Day, a year and a day after his passing. Seven singles from The Artist’s near-unstoppable run of hits in the ’80s will be represented. Six are “RSD-First” titles, to be made available to general retail in the future, while one highly-collectible picture disc from Prince’s early chart run is coming back just for the 10th annual event on Saturday, April 22. Exclusive to the RSD…

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Let’s Go Crazy! Prince Comes to Streaming, “Purple Rain” Reissue Due in June

February 12, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

Dearly beloved, we R gathered here 2day to announce that Prince’s classic Warner Bros. Records catalogue is finally back on streaming services. As previously expected, 18 studio albums, six compilations and a handful of digital singles and EPs are available on Spotify, with all platforms expected to feature the offering by the 5 p.m. Pacific start time of the 59th annual Grammy Awards. But that’s not all: in a press release, Warner Bros. announced the first details of the long-awaited deluxe edition of Purple Rain, now due in stores June 9 (two days…

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Prince Estate Inks Catalogue Deal with Universal

February 9, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 11 Comments

In a hotly-anticipated turn of events, Universal Music Group today announced a new multi-year catalogue agreement with the estate of the late, legendary Prince. Under the terms of the deal, Universal will become the immediate licensor of 25 albums released through Prince’s NPG Records label, as well as any future projects drawn from The Artist’s mythic Vault, “including outtakes, demos and live recordings.” An exact list of albums has not yet been detailed, although the bottom of this post has a comprehensive list of what may be the 25 official NPG albums….

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Review: “Prince 4Ever”

November 28, 2016 by Mike Duquette | 7 Comments

Prince 4Ever (NPG Records/Warner Bros. 558509-2) is not the Prince compilation I imagined. I’ve had plenty of time to think about it, from the day Prince and Warner Bros. announced the end of their decades-long war with a new catalogue agreement that honest-to-God made me cry, to the day almost exactly two years later where we cried over Prince for a different reason. But even in my wildest dreams, something about a Prince catalogue campaign seemed ephemeral, not entirely knowable–just like The Artist himself. And Prince 4Ever perfectly (and often frustratingly) encapsulates…

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