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Release Round-Up: Week of May 31

May 31, 2024 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Salsoul Orchestra It's Good for the Soul

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Salsoul Orchestra, It’s Good for the Soul: The Vince Montana Years (SoulMusic/Cherry Red/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) It’s Good for the Soul: The Vince Montana Years (1975-1978) is the definitive, first-ever box set collecting The Salsoul Orchestra’s groundbreaking albums produced, arranged, and conducted by Vincent Montana, Jr.! The vibraphonist came into his own when he moved from Philadelphia International Records to the upstart Salsoul label and founded…

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Release Round-Up

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Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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

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Black Sabbath, Crowded House, Cyndi Lauper, Howard Jones, Lowell George, Richard Thompson, Ringo Starr, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Silver Convention, The Rascals, The Rolling Stones, The Salsoul Orchestra, Willie Nelson

The Weekend Stream: October 28, 2023

October 28, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. A beloved Madonna ballad, a new Journey remix and a benefit compilation for Ukranian relief all get center stage today, plus a few unheard gems for country and electronic fans alike. Madonna, You’ll See (The Remixes) (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) This emotional 1995 ballad, a collaboration between the Queen of Pop and David Foster, was the lead single off a terrific…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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Brinsley Schwarz, Crowded House, Dave Stewart, Doris Day, Jackson Browne, Jethro Tull, Journey, Madonna, Marc Almond, Marianne Faithfull, Richard Thompson, Roberta Flack, Steve Perry, Stevie Nicks, The Waterboys

Years of the Cat: Madfish Collects Complete Al Stewart on Massive 50-CD Box Set

February 25, 2022 by The Second Disc | 8 Comments

2022 just might turn out to be the Year of the Cat if Madfish Music has anything to do with it. On June 3, the U.K. label will release a massive, 50-CD box set anthologizing the career of celebrated singer-songwriter Al Stewart. The Admiralty Lights: Complete Studio, Live, and Rare 1964-2009 spans five decades of the artist behind “Year of the Cat,” “Time Passages,” “Midnight Rocks,” “Bedsitter Images,” and “Nostradamus” via his complete released live and studio recordings and over 300 previously unreleased bonus tracks. The set, limited to 2,000 copies (with…

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News

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Box Sets, CD

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Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock

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Al Stewart, Alan Parsons, Richard Thompson

The Weekend Stream: February 12, 2022

February 12, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 4 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! Michael Giacchino, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Expanded Edition) (Walt Disney Records) (iTunes / Amazon) A genuine, out-of-nowhere surprise: a generous expansion of Oscar-winner Giacchino’s score to the first Disney-era Star Wars spin-off in 2016, about the ragtag group of Rebels who stole the plans for the Death Star right before the original movie. The composer subtly mixes…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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

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Barry White, , David Lasley, Doc Severinsen, Dr. John, Hank Williams, John Williams, Lobo, Meat Loaf, Meco, Michael Giacchino, Otis Redding, Richard Thompson, Roberta Flack, Shaun Murphy, Sting, Stoney and Meatloaf, Suzanne Vega

Can’t Hold Back: Real Gone Reissues Out Tomorrow Include Richard Thompson, Cee Lo Green, Junkyard, and Ill Niño

September 2, 2021 by Randy Fairman | No Comments

Due out tomorrow, September 3, is a quartet of new vinyl reissues from our friends at Real Gone Music. The albums are from four different decades and encompass a wide variety of genres with two of the albums making their vinyl debuts. First up, from 1989, is the self-titled debut album from Junkyard. This Los Angeles-based band was founded in 1987, but had a different lineup by the time they gathered to record this first album for Geffen. The group by then consisted of lead singer David Roach, guitarist Chris Gates, bassist…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Cee Lo Green, Ill Niño, Junkyard, Richard Thompson

Pour Down Like Silver: Richard and Linda Thompson Box Out Tomorrow in U.S.

September 17, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 14 Comments

Richard and Linda Thompson Hard Luck Stories

Though they’ve been separated personally and professionally for almost four decades, Richard and Linda Thompson are still recognized as one of the most significant musical duos of their generation. Fairport Convention co-founder Richard first teamed with Linda as a member of folk-rock group The Bunch, releasing one album in 1972; in October of that year, they became husband and wife. From a purely musical standpoint, the marriage of guitarist-songwriter Richard to vocalist Linda was a completely felicitous one. Between 1974 and 1982, the Thompsons released six studio albums on the Island, Chrysalis,…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Rock

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Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Richard and Linda Thompson

Release Round-Up: Week of May 8

May 8, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! John Stewart, Old Forgotten Altars: The 1960s Demos (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Omnivore brings together 19 previously unissued demos from late singer-songwriter and onetime Kingston Trio member John Stewart, perhaps best known for penning The Monkees’ hit “Daydream Believer.” While that song isn’t here in demo form, numerous other bona fide Stewart classics certainly are, including “July, You’re a Woman” (also recorded by performers as diverse as Eddy Arnold and Pat Boone) and other classics from Stewart’s landmark California Bloodlines album. …

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Release Round-Up

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Books, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Folk, Jazz, Pop

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Ben Sidran, Diane Schuur, John Stewart, Richard Thompson, Steve Forbert, Tommy LiPuma

Record Store Day Black Friday 2019’s Best Of The Rest

October 11, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

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The major labels aren’t the only ones who’ll be part of Record Store Day Black Friday this year. A number of impressive indies (and other major labels with notable catalog friendly material) have announced exciting additions to the RSDBF slate. What’s more, we’ve got coverage of some exciting new music from artists as diverse as Paul McCartney, Tank and the Bangas, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, and Norah Jones! First up… Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry In London (Elemental) By 1965, the British Invasion had brought Chuck Berry’s name back into the rock and roll…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Release Round-Up: Week of August 2

August 2, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Davy Jones, Live in Japan (7a Records) 2CD/DVD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.) / Deep Discount (U.S.) 3LP Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.)/ Deep Discount (U.S.) 7a Records releases a Davy Jones treasure trove on Live in Japan, available in both 2CD/DVD and 3LP formats. The 2CD/DVD set presents both of Jones’ officially released (and long-unavailable) Japanese concert albums in their best sound yet, plus numerous singles and rarities from…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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

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Bad Company, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Davy Jones, John Lee Hooker, Linda McCartney, Lonnie Liston Smith, My Morning Jacket, Paul McCartney, Richard Thompson, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Seeds and Stems: Cherry Red Collects Rarities from Iain Matthews on “Orphans and Outcasts”

July 15, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Few artists of the rock generation can boast as diverse a C.V. as Iain (sometimes Ian) Matthews. The Fairport Convention founder went on to front Matthews’ Southern Comfort and Plainsong as well as record under his own name in the pop, folk, country, and rock idioms, often blending those styles together. In his first decade alone, Matthews recorded for the Deram, Polydor, Island, Uni, Vertigo, Elektra, and CBS/Columbia labels – and at virtually every label, material was left behind. Between 1991 and 1999, the artist collected some of those outtakes, demos (of…

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News

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Box Sets, CD

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Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock

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Iain Matthews, Matthews Southern Comfort, Plainsong, Richard Thompson

See The Bright Lights: Real Gone Offers Classic Live Concerts From Richard Thompson, Jefferson Airplane in August

June 26, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

Real Gone Music has announced the release of two classic live performances — one a gig by the multi-faceted guitarist Richard Thompson, and the other the vinyl debut of Jefferson Airplane’s Woodstock set. Richard Thompson is one of the great guitarists of his generation and an accomplished singer-songwriter who has remained vital for over fifty years, starting with his genre-bending work as part of Fairport Convention. Over the course of his solo career, Thompson released several acclaimed studio recordings, but it’s onstage where he’s at his most incendiary. Recorded on a stop…

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News

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CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Folk, Rock

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Jefferson Airplane, Richard Thompson

Take Off Your Thirsty Boots and Stay For Awhile: Real Gone Announces “The Essential Eric Andersen”

February 8, 2018 by Randy Fairman | 4 Comments

Real Gone Music has announced that, in conjunction with Sony’s Legacy Recordings, the label is adding a new title to the long-running Essential series with a volume devoted to singer-songwriter Eric Andersen. The 2-CD The Essential Eric Andersen, due March 30, features 33 songs chosen by Andersen himself which span his entire career and feature recordings from eighteen albums and ten different labels including Vanguard, Warner Bros., Columbia, Arista, Gold Castle, Appleseed, Meyer, Ryko, Smithsonian Folkways and CBS Holland. Eric Andersen moved to New York in the early 1960s and soon became…

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Folk

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Dan Fogelberg, Eric Andersen, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed, Richard Thompson

Release Round-Up: Week of November 29

November 29, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Now begins the drought. A couple of respectable catalogue titles, but it’s going to be shorter round-ups from here through 2011. The Monkees, Instant Replay: Deluxe Edition (Rhino Handmade) Three discs and 87 tracks worth of this underrated entry in The Monkees’ catalogue, featuring stereo and mono mixes and session takes galore. Smashing Pumpkins, Gish / Siamese Dream: Deluxe Editions (Virgin/EMI) The first releases in a planned three-year reissue project for Billy Corgan and his Pumpkins, the first two studio albums are augmented with rare, mostly unreleased material on a bonus CD and vintage…

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Richard Thompson, Smashing Pumpkins, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones