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Release Round-Up: Week of July 3…Plus The Weekend Stream!

July 3, 2026 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Due to the U.S. holiday, there’s less than usual on offer this week, but our usual large gathering of titles will resume soon! In the meantime, here’s a rundown of some highlights from today’s releases plus a truncated version of The Weekend Stream (on hiatus this weekend). As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. From all of us at TSD HQ to all of you, we wish you and your loved ones a very happy Fourth of July weekend! Grateful Dead, Fillmore Audtitorium, San…

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

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Deep Purple, Galt MacDermot, Gary Stewart, Grateful Dead, Imani Coppola, Madonna, Mike Rocket, Ronnie Dyson, Steven Van Zandt

Let the Sunshine In: Music on Vinyl Reissues Expanded Edition of “Hair”

January 13, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Ready to head back to the dawning of the Age of Aquarius? Hair, from composer Galt MacDermot and librettist-lyricists Gerome Ragni and James Rado, made quite a splash Off-Broadway in 1967, but when it moved uptown under the avant garde direction of Tom O’Horgan, it was an immediate, shocking sensation. The original Broadway production of “the American tribal love rock musical” would ultimately run for 1,750 performances and inspire three Broadway returns, but the reach of the pro-peace, anti-war Hair proved to be universal. The New York success quickly led to a…

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Galt MacDermot, Idris Muhammad, Melba Moore, Paul Jabara, Ronnie Dyson

Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely: SoulMusic Reissues, Expands Ronnie Dyson’s Debut

January 6, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

SoulMusic Records has certainly shown a lot of love for Ronnie Dyson (1950-1990) this year. Following its U.S. release in conjunction with Real Gone Music of the late soul man’s two final albums for Cotillion Records, the label is turning back the clock to Dyson’s very first recordings for Columbia Records. Lady In Red: The Columbia Sides Plus, from SoulMusic and the U.K.’s Cherry Red Group, is in actuality an expanded edition of Dyson’s 1970 debut album (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can’t I Touch You? This…

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Better Be Fierce: Real Gone Reissues Two From Ronnie Dyson On “Phase 2/Brand New Day”

November 25, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

In the annals of underrated R&B vocalists, Ronnie Dyson (1950-1990) was among the greatest. A versatile singer equally comfortable with smooth soul, pure pop and showbiz pizzazz, Dyson left behind a small but rich catalogue for the Columbia and Cotillion labels. With the recent release of Phase 2 and Brand New Day from 1982 and 1983, respectively, Real Gone Music and SoulMusic Records have filled in two of the major holes in Dyson’s CD discography (RGM-0294). With the release of this stellar two-on-one disc, 1979’s If the Shoe Fits remains the late…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 30

September 30, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

ABBA, Live at Wembley Arena (Polar/Universal) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) As part of ABBA’s 40th anniversary celebration, the band unveils this 2-CD, hardcover book-style set preserving its 1979 concerts at Wembley Arena. The 25-track set features the first-ever release on record of Agnetha’s “I’m Still Alive” along with perennials like “Dancing Queen,” “Waterloo,” “Knowing Me, Knowing You” and “Fernando.” Live at Wembley is also available on vinyl. Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (Big Brother) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Box…

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Cast Recordings, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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ABBA, Paul Parrish, Prince, Ray Charles, Robin Gibb, Ronnie Dyson, Ry Cooder, Stories, The Gap Band, The Grateful Dead

Real Gone Has Stories In September, Plus Kerry Chater, Grateful Dead, Barbara Lynn, More

September 3, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Real Gone Music has plenty of stories to tell with its September 30 slate of releases – including music from, well, Stories! The eclectic reissue specialists have the first-ever anthology dedicated to Stories (“Brother Louie”) featuring 19 tracks from the band led by Ian Lloyd and Michael Brown, late of legendary baroque-pop band The Left Banke. And that’s not all. Real Gone is digging deep into the Atlantic vaults for the complete recordings of southern soul star Barbara Lynn including an unreleased track, and looking to Atlantic’s Cotillion subsidiary for some sizzling…

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Barbara Lynn, Faith Hope and Charity, Kerry Chater, Ronnie Dyson, Stories, The Grateful Dead

The Year in Reissues: The 2012 Gold Bonus Disc Awards

December 28, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Wow! Was it just over a year ago when a rather dubious report began circulating (that, shockingly, was picked up by many otherwise-reputable publications) that proclaimed the death of the CD was secretly scheduled by the major labels for 2012? Well, 2012 has come and (almost) gone, and it might have been the most super-sized year in recent memory for reissues, deluxe and otherwise, from labels new and old. Here at the Second Disc, we consider our annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards a companion piece to Mike’s own round-up over at Popdose,…

Soul with a Purpose: New Label Opens Up the Music Vaults with Womack, Dyson, Hartman

September 28, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The Purpose Music Vaults are open! Purpose Music Group is introducing a new player in the reissue field, something that always brings us a great deal of excitement here at The Second Disc. But how about we sweeten the pot by telling you that the first three releases from Purpose Music Vaults are all rare soul classics from the Sony Music Entertainment library, all feature new-to-CD material, and all are newly remastered by engineers including Vic Anesini and Sean Brennan? On top of that, all three of Purpose’s first limited-edition releases feature…

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