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March 12, 2018 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Nilsson Pussy Cats

As we continue our look through this year's upcoming Record Store Day releases, here is what Real Gone Music will be offering on April 21 at your local record store! Tim Buckley, Live at the Troubadour - 2-LP 12" Clear Vinyl First appearing on CD in 1994, this album is drawn from Tim Buckley's September 3  and September 4, 1969 shows at West Hollywood's famed Troubadour.  Buckley was joined by Lee Underwood on guitar, Carter C.C. Collins on congas, John Balkin on bass, and Art Trip on

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop Tags: Blue Oyster Cult, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Record Store Day, The Rascals, Tim Buckley

March 6, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Johnny Mathis I Love My Lady

Record Store Day is a little over a month away - Saturday, April 21 - and record labels large and small are celebrating in high style.  Legacy Recordings is looking to make this the biggest and best RSD yet, with a line-up of nearly 30 titles in genres including classic rock, pop, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, comedy, and beyond. Many of the label's heavy hitters are represented, including Johnny Cash (an expanded vinyl box set of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition), Jimi Hendrix (a new

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Big Audio Dynamite, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Eurythmics, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Johnny Mathis, Marvin Gaye, Pink Floyd, Record Store Day, The Allman Brothers Band, The Grateful Dead, Van Morrison

March 1, 2018 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Bowie RSD 2018

If you're saving up for any of the exclusive vinyl titles available at the final David Bowie Is exhibition in Brooklyn announced earlier this week, make a little more space in the budget for the trio of Bowie titles announced for this year's Record Store Day (April 21, 2018). A host of rare and unreleased material will be made available on these discs, including an unreleased live show and a different version of the first rarity we heard from the Bowie camp this year. First up is Welcome to

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: David Bowie, Record Store Day

November 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Leonard Nimoy Mr. Spocks Music from Outer Space

From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you've enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of beloved family and friends.  Of course, from this day which conjures nostalgic and warm feelings comes a celebration of a different kind with this year's annual Black Friday - and Record Store Day's miniature cousin to April's yearly event. In keeping with tradition, Mike, Randy and I have once again selected our top picks of the numerous titles being released tomorrow from

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Categories: Features Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Blue Oyster Cult, Chet Atkins, Chris Bell, Chris Cornell, Danny Elfman, Leonard Nimoy, Oingo Boingo, Paul McCartney, Petula Clark, Queen, Record Store Day, Soundgarden, Tangerine Dream, The Turtles, Tori Amos, Toto, Utopia

November 9, 2017 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Utopia Different POV

Real Gone Music just released its full slate of Christmas music, including our very special trio of The Supremes, The Ames Brothers, and Connie Smith.  But the label still has more releases coming for the holiday season, which you can get for yourself or a lucky someone else!  We've told you about most of them before, including the 40th anniversary edition of Debby Boone's You Light Up My Life and the deluxe reissue of Jimmy Webb's Angel Heart, but let's take a look at some more of the label's

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Blue Oyster Cult, Harry Connick Jr., Henry Mancini, Record Store Day, Todd Rundgren, Utopia

October 20, 2017 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Raspberries Pop Art Live

As we continue to make our way through the offerings for this year's Black Friday Record Store Day event coming on November 24, let's now look at what Omnivore Recordings has on tap with its three releases. First up is the 6-LP The Complete Chris Bell.  This set, consisting of the solo output of the Big Star co-founder, reconfigures the material from earlier Omnivore CD releases: July's Looking Forward: The Roots of Big Star and September's I Am The Cosmos: Deluxe Edition.  As a bonus, the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Big Star, Chris Bell, Record Store Day, Roger Taylor, The Raspberries

October 17, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Janis Joplin Greatest Hits

We're now around five weeks away from Black Friday - the unofficial kick-off to the holiday shopping season - and that means another Record Store Day Black Friday event!  On Friday, November 24, independent music retailers will join together to offer a host of exclusive releases as part of the yearly tradition.  Legacy Recordings is one of the first labels out of the gate to announce its Black Friday line-up.  This year's four-title line-up is an eclectic one, touching on classic rock, hip-hop,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Dave Matthews, Janis Joplin, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Prodigy, Record Store Day

May 11, 2017 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

David Bowie Cracked Actor LP

UPDATE (5/11/2017): While Bowie's official site maintains that no additional vinyl will be pressed, Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 1974 will be released as a 2CD set on June 16. The limited edition digipak (to be replaced later by a jewel case edition) includes a 12-page booklet with notes from the original LA Amphitheatre show program and a Rolling Stone article about the shows, written by Richard Cromelin and published October 10, 1974. Neither of these appeared in the vinyl set. This

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: David Bowie, Record Store Day

April 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Turtles Albums Collection

Demon Music Group is showing a display of Turtle Power for Record Store Day U.K. this Saturday!  On that date, the label will unveil the 6-LP box set The Albums Collection, collecting all of The Turtles' original White Whale Records albums originally released between 1965 and 1970.  Though The Turtles have long been recognized as top-flight purveyors of classic 45s, a journey through their compact yet potent six-album catalogue unearths numerous riches beyond the big hits.  With a gleeful sense

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Pop Tags: Record Store Day, The Turtles

April 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

Seger young

A fantastic feature on NPR recently set classic rock fans' hearts aflutter with a serious deep dive on Bob Seger, whose catalogue is famously absent from much of the digital music space. His classic albums were belatedly issued on iTunes several years ago, don't exist on streaming services, and are even disappearing from record stores (other than, perhaps, 1994's Greatest Hits album, the best-selling catalogue title of the 2000s, or the more recent Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Bob Seger, Record Store Day, Vinyl

April 6, 2017 By Mike Duquette 6 Comments

Elton in Tower

Sir Elton John has just been named the first-ever Record Store Day Legend in honor of the vinyl collector's 10th annual event--and he's celebrating with an expansion of one of his beloved early live records. It's no secret that Elton is an enthusiastic vinyl listener, making appearances in local record stores all over the world and an interviewee in the 2015 documentary All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records. So the inaugural position of Record Store Day Legend couldn't fit

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Elton John, Record Store Day

March 28, 2017 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

RSD10

Record Store Day's 10th anniversary couldn't be anything less than big. And with articles devoted to April 22's RSD releases from David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Omnivore Recordings, Legacy Recordings, Prince, Warner Music Group and Real Gone Music, you might wonder what there's left to say before the big day. But you'd be wrong! We've scoured the list to find another 23 must-have titles hitting the vinyl racks at fine independent music stores next month. Which of these favorites are on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bill Evans, Def Leppard, Dolly Parton, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Frank Zappa, George Carlin, Gilbert O'Sullivan, John Williams, Randy Newman, Record Store Day, Rush, Sting, The Art of Noise, The Kinks, The Zombies, U2, Vinyl, Wes Montgomery

March 23, 2017 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Cheap Trick Epic Archive

We've been taking you through many of the releases to come for this year's 10th anniversary Record Store Day on April 22, and now it is time to turn our attention to the offerings from Real Gone Music who will be releasing two titles for the event.  (Just click on the "Record Store Day" tag below to access all of this year's RSD coverage!)  Both of these are limited edition vinyl versions of previous Real Gone CD favorites - and one has a very special "golden ticket" incentive! Cheap Trick -

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Cheap Trick, Record Store Day, The Meters

March 22, 2017 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Space Jam

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"

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABBA, Deee-Lite, Fleetwood Mac, Jane's Addiction, Lou Reed, Madonna, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Prince, Ramones, Record Store Day, Stevie Nicks, Talking Heads, The Cars, The Cure, The Doors, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Grateful Dead, The Notorious B.I.G., The Sex Pistols, The Smiths, The Time, Vangelis, Vinyl, Yes

March 22, 2017 By Mike Duquette 7 Comments

pop life

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

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Prince, Record Store Day, Vinyl

March 21, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Complete Third Vinyl

This morning, Omnivore Recordings announced its Record Store Day slate, boasting a trio of limited edition vinyl editions from Big Star, NRBQ and the Art Pepper Quartet.   These will be available at your favorite local independent record store on Saturday, April 22 as part of this year's RSD festivities. The 1957 album The Art Pepper Quartet, featuring alto saxophonist Pepper, bassist Ben Tucker, pianist Russ Freeman and drummer Gary Frommer, marks its 60th anniversary this year.  Omnivore

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop Tags: Art Pepper, Big Star, NRBQ, Record Store Day

March 20, 2017 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Pink Floyd Interstellar Overdrive

On Record Store Day - Saturday, April 22 - Pink Floyd will unveil a new 12-inch single featuring a previously unreleased 1966 instrumental recording. The mono single of "Interstellar Overdrive" will be a one-sided 12-inch, 180-gram black vinyl release, and will play at 33 1/3 RPM. The single will be packaged with a fold-out poster and an A6 postcard featuring an image of the band taken during the recording of the debut single "Arnold Layne." Written and performed by Syd Barrett, Roger

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Pink Floyd, Record Store Day

March 14, 2017 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

McCartney McManus studio

As controversial as the Paul McCartney Archive Collection's approach to Flowers in the Dirt has been, the official release of demos from McCartney's fruitful writing sessions with Elvis Costello has made for some excitement around Second Disc HQ. Some of those fateful "McCartney/McManus" demos are now slated for an exclusive Record Store Day piece, it was announced yesterday. Three unheard cassette demos, part of the much-maligned download-only portion of the deluxe box set (which will also

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Categories: News Formats: Cassette Genre: Rock Tags: Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Record Store Day

November 24, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Monkees Good Times Plus

From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you're enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of family and friends.  Of course, from this day which conjures nostalgic and warm feelings comes a celebration of a different kind with this year's annual Black Friday - the day for consumers to start off the holiday shopping season on a mad, frenetic note. But 2016 is just in the latest year in which numerous retailers in the U.S. have made headlines by blackening Thursday, or

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, Bob Crewe, Bob Dylan, Charles Fox, CHIC, Erykah Badu, Frank Sinatra, Geto Boys, Isaac Hayes, Record Store Day, The Bangles, The Monkees, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Sugarhill Gang, The Turtles

November 1, 2016 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Popeye OST

Are you making a list and checking it twice? We are! Record Store Day Black Friday is here in less than a month, and this week we're showcasing all of our favorite titles. We've shown you the goods from Legacy, Real Gone, Rhino and Omnivore; now, here are 20 more titles we think you should absolutely check out. There's soundtrack goodies from Varese Sarabande and Light in the Attic; holiday favorites from Bob & Doug McKenzie, Frank Sinatra and "Dolemite" himself; lost gems from Isaac Hayes,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Crewe, Charles Fox, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Harry Nilsson, Isaac Hayes, Jerry Goldsmith, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding, Record Store Day, Soundgarden, The Runaways

October 31, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Monkees Good Times Plus

That chill in the air and the buzz in your favorite record store can only mean one thing: Record Store Day Black Friday is nearly upon us! On November 25, indie record retailers and labels great and small will partner together to issue dozens of exclusive packages you can't get anywhere else (except maybe eBay, after the fact, though we're not happy about that.) The vinyl boom refuses to end, but owing to the lesser size of the event in general, there don't seem to be as many titles as usual.

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Big Star, CHIC, Foreigner, Jaco Pastorius, Jethro Tull, Ramones, Record Store Day, The Bangles, The Beach Boys, The Cars, The Monkees

October 28, 2016 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Paul Butterfield Got a Mind to Give Up Living

With Halloween coming on Monday, that means that the Christmas season is almost upon us.  Stores have already begun to put out Christmas merchandise and Christmas CDs have begun to hit the shelves.  Next week sees the release of Real Gone's mega-Christmas slate, including three Second Disc Records titles featuring Jack Jones, Eddy Arnold and Mitch Miller.  In addition, Real Gone has just announced its exclusives for the Black Friday November 25 Record Store Day event which is part of the kickoff

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Everything Else, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Record Store Day, The Mills Brothers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Timothy Leary, Todd Rundgren

October 27, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Bob Dylan Real Royal Albert Hall

The official list is here for this year's Black Friday Record Store Day event - that's Friday, November 25! - and as usual, an eclectic array of titles will be on offer to kick off the holiday shopping season.  Legacy Recordings has tapped some of its heaviest hitters for this year's limited edition vinyl releases including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Run-D.M.C. and Alice in Chains...plus a disparate pair of animation favorites! Here's the full list of Legacy's Black Friday RSD releases, with

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alice in Chains, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Record Store Day, Run-D.M.C.

April 15, 2016 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Elvis Presley Im Leaving

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 16, music fans and collectors will flock to their local independent record stores worldwide to celebrate both the sounds on those familiar round black platters and the cherished opportunity to shop for music in a physical retail environment. To many of us, both are a way of life.   Each year around this time, we here at Second Disc HQ take a few moments to count down the titles to which we're most looking forward to picking up! Our very own Mike Duquette kicks things

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Big Star, David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, James Brown, Madonna, Record Store Day, The Easybeats, The Moody Blues

April 12, 2016 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Easybeats Good Friday

Vampires! Dragons! Keanu Reeves! Plus two revered pop-rock classics: Varese Sarabande has a little bit of everything on its five-title Record Store Day slate arriving this Saturday, April 16, in finer independent stores everywhere. Record Store Day may take place on a Saturday, but thanks to The Easybeats, it's a Good Friday. Varese has the first-ever U.S. release of the Australian band's debut U.K. album originally issued on United Artists Records.  Good Friday was issued in the U.S. as

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: John Powell, Record Store Day, Robert Cobert, The Easybeats, The Moody Blues

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