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October 23, 2015 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Sony RSD Black Friday 2015

Announcements about this year's Black Friday Record Store Day event have been trickling out.  A couple of days ago we brought you news of Omnivore's titles and before that, of Real Gone's Dictators release!   Now we can tell you about Legacy's slate for the day after Thanksgiving. The titles run the gamut in size from 7" singles to 12" 2-LP sets, and also range in genre from rock to country to hip-hop.  Several soundtracks are being released including a single from the 1960s Batman TV show,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Earth Wind and Fire, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Record Store Day, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Alan Parsons Project, The Isley Brothers

October 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Big Star Jesus Christ

Omnivore Recordings is looking ahead to this year's annual Black Friday Record Store Day event on Friday, November 27, with the announcement of two special vinyl releases. The first continues in the tradition of Omnivore's Big Star releases.  The RSD 10-inch EP of Jesus Christ features the original album version of the song recorded for the band's Third plus the demo version (which first appeared on the acclaimed Keep an Eye on the Sky box set) and five previously unissued tracks, for a total

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Big Star, Neil Finn, Paul Kelly, Record Store Day

April 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese 23 Comments

Sly Fillmore East

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 18, music fans and collectors will flock to their local independent record stores 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 friend and founder, Mike Duquette, returns to

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: a-ha, Billie Holiday, Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, Metallica, Record Store Day, Simon and Garfunkel, The Bee Gees

March 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

FamilyWay Vinyl5

If you’re looking for Zombies on Record Store Day – and we’re not talking about The Walking Dead, either! – Varese Sarabande’s line-up for the April 18 event is just for you!  Besides a treat from the British rockers, the label is also offering up vintage rock-and-roll from The Everly Brothers, girl-group pop courtesy The Dixie Cups, a rare soundtrack from Sir Paul McCartney, and more! Straight from the label’s press release, here’s the lowdown on each release you can expect at your local

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: George Martin, Paul McCartney, Record Store Day, The Dixie Cups, The Everly Brothers, The Zombies

March 13, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Joan Rivers Next to Last Album

When Joan Rivers released The Next to Last Joan Rivers Album in 1969 on Buddah Records, could she have realized that the title would indeed remain accurate?  The first album from the trailblazing comedy legend arrived on Warner Bros. in 1965, while the last Joan Rivers album came via Geffen Records in 1983.  Now, the next to last Joan Rivers album – that just so happens to be called The Next to Last Joan Rivers Album – is making its CD debut on Record Store Day this April 18 on the Stand Up!

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else Tags: Joan Rivers, Record Store Day

March 12, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Bee Gees Extended

Rhino isn't resting on its laurels for Record Store Day!  The label has announced its biggest slate ever for Record Store Day, with 30 limited edition 12-inch, 10-inch, and 7-inch vinyl releases due on Saturday, April 18. Full details as provided by the label for all titles can be found below. As always with RSD, these releases will be available exclusively at select independent music retailers on April 18, and you can find the list of participating shops here! a-ha - Take On Me 7-inch

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: a-ha, Bee Gees, David Bowie, Dionne Warwick, Gram Parsons, Hawkwind, Jaco Pastorius, Otis Redding, Record Store Day, The Doors, The Replacements

March 11, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Sessions 64

  What do Brian Wilson, MC Lyte and Sam Phillips have in common? All three are among the artists and producers represented on Omnivore Recordings’ trio of delicious vinyl offerings for this April 18’s upcoming Record Store Day! Sessions ’64!! is so exciting that no less than two exclamation points will do!! This groovy 10-inch slab of translucent gold vinyl transports listeners back to 1964. It includes nine tracks produced by Brian Wilson and Jimmy Bowen for the Warner Bros. and

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Brian Wilson, Gary Usher, MC Lyte, Pugwash, Record Store Day, Sam Phillips, The Honeys

March 10, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Simon and Garfunkel Homeward

Today was the big announcement day for Record Store Day 2015, scheduled for Saturday, April 15 at the finest independent retailers across the U.S. and beyond! A press conference was held at Brooklyn’s outpost of Rough Trade giving the details on the many titles to expect next month. We’re kicking off our coverage with a look at the releases due from Legacy Recordings; watch this space for more news as it comes! Legacy’s eclectic line-up has some of the label’s heaviest hitters – Bruce

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Manic Street Preachers, Record Store Day, Simon and Garfunkel

March 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Yes Progeny

There soon will be many more Yessongs. Progressive rockers Yes released the triple-LP live album Yessongs in 1973. It captured the band at the height of its powers, riding a wave of success thanks to the 1972 album Close to the Edge. In the weeks leading up to the recording of Yessongs, however, the band recorded a number of shows that are now being collected in Rhino's massive 14-CD box set Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two. The May 19 release contains seven complete shows recorded in

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Metallica, Record Store Day, Van Halen, Yes

November 27, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

rsd black friday

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Thanksgiving is here, and with each Thanksgiving comes another Black Friday, the day for consumers to start off the holiday shopping season on a mad, frenetic note. This year is just in the latest one in which numerous retailers in the U.S. have made headlines by blackening Thursday, or Thanksgiving Day itself, with sales starting on the holiday. So many might give thanks that the folks behind Record Store Day are waiting until the traditional Friday for the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Miles Davis, Record Store Day, Run-D.M.C., Wham!

October 31, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Our Black Friday Record Store Day shopping list has just gotten a little longer! Following our recent announcement of Legacy Recordings’ slate for November 28, we have news of the offerings coming your way from Omnivore Recordings, Rhino and Varese Sarabande! For the gang at Omnivore, it’s all about amazing indie pop! The label recently reissued Game Theory’s debut album Blaze of Glory, and on November 24, the Omnivores will unveil the first U.S. release of the band’s compilation Dead Center.

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: New Order, Record Store Day, Ronnie James Dio, Sneakers, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, The Ramones, The Velvet Underground

October 16, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

rsd black friday

It’s that time of year again! Announcements are finally coming in for Record Store Day’s annual Black Friday event happening on Friday, November 28. Rather than storming malls and big box stores, maybe you’ll want to pay a visit to your favorite local independent record store for an assortment of exclusive vinyl goodies.  Legacy Recordings certainly hopes you will; the label’s roster for Black Friday’s RSD event includes titles from heavy-hitters including David Bowie, Joe Satriani, Miles

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Miles Davis, Record Store Day, The Kinks, Wham!

April 18, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

high fidelity omnivore rsd

If you've been following these pages for the past few weeks, you've likely noticed an awful lot of coverage about Record Store Day!  Well, the day is nearly here!   Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21, music fans and collectors will flock to their local independent record stores to celebrate both the sounds on those round black platters and the very concept of shopping in a physical retail environment. To many of us, both are a way of life.  We're doubly excited this year because one special title was

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Categories: News Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Paramore, Randy Newman, Ray Parker Jr., Record Store Day, Ronnie Spector, Tears for Fears, The Clash, The Muppets, The Pogues, Van Dyke Parks, Vinyl

April 17, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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With Public Enemy’s Chuck D engaged as the Record Store Day Ambassador for 2014, it’s only appropriate that one of his own records is arriving this Saturday as a special limited edition vinyl platter. The new reissue of Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back will be joined on RSD by a host of other vinyl goodies from Universal Music Enterprises (UMe).   Previously unreleased music from Frank Zappa (previewing the upcoming 40th anniversary reissue of Apostrophe) and the

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Categories: News Tags: Nirvana, Public Enemy, Record Store Day, Rick James, Soundgarden, Teena Marie, Vinyl

April 16, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

wes montgomery montgomery johnson

Resonance Records, known for its deluxe archival packages of recently-discovered recordings from jazz greats including Bill Evans and Wes Montgomery, has a busy 2014 ahead. The label has recently announced plans for two Record Store Day releases with more unheard Montgomery music and one RSD exclusive with never-before-released material from Charles Lloyd.  Then, this fall, the label will premiere a live performance from John Coltrane for the first time on commercially released

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz Tags: Charles Lloyd, John Coltrane, Record Store Day, Wes Montgomery

April 15, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

odessey and oracle1

UPDATED 4/15: It’s the time of the season for Varese Sarabande’s Vintage imprint.  The label has recently announced its four limited edition vinyl offerings for this April 19’s Record Store Day, with two LPs from The Zombies plus goodies from The Everly Brothers, and Norman Greenbaum.  We also have details on the label's vinyl Genesis reissue coming later this year. Initially rejected by Clive Davis and then championed by Al Kooper, The Zombies’ 1968 Odessey and Oracle remains the British

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Categories: News Tags: Norman Greenbaum, Record Store Day, The Everly Brothers, The Zombies, Vinyl

April 10, 2014 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

everly brothers roots

With April 19's Record Store Day a little more than a week away, it might be time to start making those checklists! We've already filled you in on exciting releases from Legacy Recordings, Real Gone Music, Sundazed, Omnivore Recordings, Varese Sarabande and many others, but today it's all about Rhino! The Warner Music Group catalogue arm has a bumper crop of more than 25 exclusive offerings from some of the biggest names classic rock, vintage R&B and beyond - including The Doors, Grateful

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Randy Newman, Record Store Day, REM, The Doors, The Everly Brothers, The Grateful Dead, The Pogues, The Ramones, The Velvet Underground, Vinyl

March 17, 2014 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

rem unplugged rsd1

A then-unheard of gap of three years stood between R.E.M.'s first two albums for Warner Bros. Records - 1988's Green and 1991's Out of Time - so there's still time to go before the departed band's ongoing 25th anniversary album remaster campaign enters the 1990s. With that, Warner Bros. is instead releasing, for the first time, two complete live sets the band recorded for the beloved MTV Unplugged series. Both sets will first be available in a single, four-disc vinyl box set to be released on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Record Store Day, REM, Vinyl

March 5, 2014 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Creedence Clearwater Revival are taking it back to the year it all started - sort of - for a new compilation to be released on Record Store Day. To those who were paying attention, Creedence Clearwater Revival were pretty active before 1969. Singer-songwriter-guitarist John Fogerty, older brother/rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford had been performing and recording together in their native San Francisco since 1959, first under the name of The Blue Velvets

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Categories: News Tags: Record Store Day, Vinyl

February 25, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

bob wills back cover

Waylon Jennings might have said it best: "Bob Wills is still the King."  The song of that name closed Jennings' 1975 album Dreaming My Dreams, which was released just one month after the death of the King of Western Swing at age 70.  Waylon's ode to Bob Wills was revived three decades later by The Rolling Stones, and the sentiment still held true.  Now, Real Gone Music is celebrating Record Store Day 2014 - that's Saturday, April 19 - with a slice of ultra-rare, vintage Americana that you've

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Categories: News Tags: Record Store Day, Vinyl

February 24, 2014 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

hank omnivore rsd ep1

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUKPRPWCDHg] That change in the air pressure you're probably feeling around your favorite indie record store can only mean one thing: Record Store Day 2014 is coming your way. April 19 will see a host of beloved major and independent labels celebrating the good old resilient brick-and-mortar store with various titles sold exclusively at participating stores. And the beloved cratediggers at Omnivore Recordings have four exciting titles prepared for the big

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Hank Williams, Jaco Pastorius, Old 97's, Record Store Day, Sam Phillips, Spain, Vinyl

February 19, 2014 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

devo rsd 141

The rock world was stunned yesterday by the announcement of the sudden passing of Bob Casale, guitarist/keyboardist/engineer for quintessential New Wave outfit Devo. "Bob 2," as he was known to scores of fans ("Bob 1" being guitarist/vocalist Bob Mothersbaugh), was an integral part of one of the quirkiest pop bands of the last century, and his sudden death has left a hole in the hearts of fans everywhere. By sheer coincidence, Devo have been one of the first acts to announce a title for Record

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Categories: News Tags: Record Store Day, Vinyl

October 29, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

omnivore black friday 20131

Here at Second Disc HQ, we know that we can count on Omnivore Recordings for some of the most colorful and fun releases for Record Store Day's Back to Black Friday shopping event!  On the day after Thanksgiving, you might find yourself at your local indie record store to pick up one of Omnivore's three Black Friday collectibles.  As usual, it's a diverse trio, with releases from two late troubadours - Townes Van Zandt and Gene Clark - and one legendary late comedian, Ernie Kovacs. This past

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Everything Else, Folk Tags: Ernie Kovacs, Record Store Day, Townes Van Zandt, Vinyl

October 17, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

record store day black friday

It's that time of year again!  Though Black Friday has taken a backseat in recent years to the once-unheard-of Thanksgiving Day sales, the folks at Record Store Day still hold the day after Thanksgiving in high esteem.  News has begun to trickle out about this year's RSD Back to Black Friday exclusives, and the team at Legacy has certainly put together a collection of special vinyl releases - and a handful of CDs, too - that look back to recent releases from the label and forward to future

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Nas, Paul Simon, Record Store Day, Roy Orbison, Sly & The Family Stone, The Clash, Uncle Tupelo, Vinyl

April 19, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

rsd 2013

Raise your hand if you’ll be joining 2013 Ambassador Jack White tomorrow to celebrate Record Store Day 2013!  Yes, on Saturday, April 20, independent record stores everywhere will offer an eclectic roster of limited edition releases of all kinds – most on vinyl, but some on CD, too.  As usual, the labels participating in RSD ’13 have a number of surprises on the way, previewing future releases, revisiting past titles and even curating completely new packages.  As is our tradition here, we’re

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Categories: News Tags: Big Star, Miles Davis, Old 97's, Paul McCartney, R.E.M., Record Store Day, Ringo Starr, Shuggie Otis, Sly & The Family Stone, The Grateful Dead, Van Dyke Parks, Vinyl, Waylon Jennings

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