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August 28, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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With the nation still fighting COVID-19, Record Store Day here in the U.S. looks a little - make that a lot - different this year.  The usual offerings have been split among three dates with Drop 1 taking place tomorrow, August 29, at your local independent record retailer.  Drop 2 is September 26, and Drop 3 is October 24.  Every retailer is handling the Drop a bit differently thanks to the necessary accommodations for social distancing, smaller crowds, and better safety precautions.  So please

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Green, America, Andrew Gold, Billie Eilish, Bob James, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Charlie Parker, David Bowie, Elton John, John Lennon, Marc Bolan, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Ravi Shankar, Record Store Day, Steve Earle, T Rex, The Valentines, The Who, Thelonious Monk

August 17, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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Fifty-one years ago this past weekend, a crowd of half a million converged at Max Yasgur's Farm in Bethel, New York for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. The four-day event became a cultural touchstone and mythical ideal, strengthened even more by the Woodstock film and soundtracks that proliferated the marketplace during the early '70s and beyond. While performers, fans, and countless supposed attendees participated in even more myth-building, a small group of historians and researchers worked

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July 6, 2020 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

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As the COVID 19 outbreak continues to impact our lives, it's heartening to know that some things are returning to some semblance of "normal," or as close as we can get to it during this unpredictable impasse.  As we previously reported, Record Store Day has been split into three standalone "RSD Drop" days, occurring on August 29, September 26, and October 24.  That's not the only thing changing this time around.  It's been reported by Georgia-based shop Comeback Vinyl that the organization is

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Al Green, Alfredo Linares, America, Andra Day, Andrew Gold, Bert Jansch, Billie Eilish, Bob James, Bob Marley, Brian Eno, Cat Stevens, Charlie Parker, David Bowie, Elton John, Gary Clark Jr., Gene Russell, Glass Animals, Jethro Tull, John Lennon, John Prine, Nat Turner Rebellion, Nick Mason, Paul McCartney, Philip Glass, Pink Floyd, Ravi Shankar, Record Store Day, Ron Carter, Steve Earle, The Black Crowes, The Black Keys, The Who, Thelonious Monk, Yoko Ono, Yusuf

March 11, 2020 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

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And the Record Store Day news keeps coming!  BMG has announced their list of releases to be found in shops April 18 and it's a great lineup.  If you're looking for live Emerson, Lake and Palmer; a very cool Motorhead shaped picture disc; the beautiful sounds of Ravi Shankar in collaboration with George Harrison; or classics from The Kinks - BMG has you covered! Let's take a closer look at all their offerings... Ravi Shankar, Chants of India For the first time on vinyl, Ravi

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Rock Tags: Dio, Emerson Lake and Palmer, George Harrison, Greg Dulli, Hank Williams, Jeff Tweedy, Keith Richards, Motörhead, Ravi Shankar, Record Store Day, The Kinks, Wilco

March 2, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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For years, the El imprint of Cherry Red has been collecting all the strangest and most fascinating avant-garde classical pieces, electronic experiments, and oddball rarities for a fervent group of admirers.  Though their releases can be a little esoteric, El's collections have always been able to welcome in new listeners.  And now, they offer what might be the essential introduction to twentieth-century avant-garde and classical (at least for listeners tuned to popular music).  It's called I'd

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classical/Opera, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz Tags: Bernard Herrmann, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker, Davy Graham, John Cage, John Coltrane, Ravi Shankar, Sun Ra, Thelonious Monk, Yusef Lateef

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