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February 10, 2025 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Rhino RSD 25

As usual, Rhino is leading the Record Store Day pack with a whopping slate of almost 50 titles scheduled to arrive in independent shops everywhere on Saturday, April 12.  The label has brought out many of its heaviest hitters, including Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Jethro Tull, among others.  Head over to RecordStoreDay.com for the complete list of participating stores, and below you'll find details for all of Rhino's releases!  We've linked to the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: a-ha, Air, Belly, Black Sabbath, Blur, Bobby Charles, Count Basie, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Giorgio Moroder, Gloria Jones, Grateful Dead, Ice-T, James Blunt, Jet, Jethro Tull, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, Mel Brooks, Morphine, Peter Tosh, Ramones, Record Store Day, Ry Cooder, Starship, Stone Temple Pilots, The B-52's, The Cure, The Doors, The Jayhawks, The Replacements, The Veronicas, Todd Rundgren, War, Warren Zevon, Yes

December 10, 2022 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Stream

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 usher you into the weekend. This week, a Madonna rarity makes a splashy debut, the daughter of a soul legend sings with her dad on his holiday classic, and Roger Waters emerges from lockdown - plus remixes old and new, and a World Cup throwback you might not believe is real. Madonna, Gambler (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes /

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Deniece Williams, Donny Hathaway, Earth Wind and Fire, Echo & The Bunnymen, Ella Fitzgerald, Engelbert Humperdinck, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Jimmy Cliff, Lalah Hathaway, Madonna, Marlene Dietrich, Melba Moore, Odyssey, Peggy Lee, Phyllis Hyman, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Ry Cooder, Spice Girls, Teddy Pendergrass, The Jets

June 30, 2022 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Watermelon Man OST

Real Gone Music is kicking off its summer slate with another batch of eclectic titles. Tomorrow, Real Gone and Second Disc Records release Liza Minnelli's Live in New York 1979 on CD and vinyl as well as the soundtrack to Melvin Van Peebles' groundbreaking comedy Watermelon Man.  But that's not all.  Real Gone also has another soundtrack and two hard rock LPs coming your way. First, a refresher on Watermelon Man.  In an extraordinary career spanning seven decades, director and "godfather of

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Burt Bacharach, Diana King, Faster Pussycat, Melvin Van Peebles, Ry Cooder, Three Man Army

June 2, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Watermelon Man OST

In an extraordinary career spanning seven decades, director and "godfather of black cinema" Melvin Van Peebles (1932-2021) only made one studio film.  1970's Watermelon Man shattered conventions with its bitingly satirical story about a white couple, intolerant and obnoxious insurance salesman Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) and his seemingly liberal wife Althea (Estelle Parsons).  One morning, Jeff awakens to discover that his skin color has changed from white to black-and it's not a result of

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Estelle Parsons, Melvin Van Peebles, Ry Cooder

May 11, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Glenn Frey Very Best Of

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Glenn Frey, Above the Clouds: The Collection (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 3-CD/1-DVD Above the Clouds: The Collection celebrates the musical legacy of Eagles' Glenn Frey, presenting key tracks from Frey as a solo artist on 2 CDs as well as the long-awaited, official CD premiere of Longbranch/Pennywhistle as newly remixed by J.D. Souther and Elliot Scheiner, and a live concert DVD, Strange Weather/Live in Dublin,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Andy Williams, Buck Owens, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Jerry Garcia, Leonard Bernstein, Ry Cooder

June 2, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Kris and Rita Full Moon

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson, Full Moon: Expanded Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) 1973's Grammy-winning, chart-topping Full Moon was the first duet album Rita Coolidge made with her then-husband Kris Kristofferson.  Yet, it has never been released on CD outside of Japan - until now!  Real Gone's new reissue has been expanded with six previously unreleased outtakes: one from the album sessions and five more

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Gospel, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Marley, Chicago, Doris Day, Grateful Dead, Jesse Ed Davis, Kris Kristofferson, Larry Coryell, Merry Clayton, Rita Coolidge, Robert Lamm, Ry Cooder, The Who, U2

April 17, 2017 By Randy Fairman 2 Comments

Kris and Rita Full Moon

As we get further into the spring season, we've begun to hear about releases that will be coming out more towards summer.  Among these are the new announcements of titles from Real Gone Music due on June 2.  As always, they are an eclectic group featuring CDs and vinyl reissues. First up are two titles from Rita Coolidge featuring liner notes from our very own Joe Marchese.  1973's Full Moon was the first duet album Coolidge made with her then-husband Kris Kristofferson.  It was the first of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Doris Day, Grateful Dead, Jesse Ed Davis, Kris Kristofferson, Larry Coryell, Merry Clayton, Rita Coolidge, Ry Cooder, Shirley Walker

September 30, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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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

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABBA, Paul Parrish, Prince, Ray Charles, Robin Gibb, Ronnie Dyson, Ry Cooder, Stories, The Gap Band, The Grateful Dead

November 11, 2013 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

ccr box 20131

The Beatles, Live At The BBC / On Air: Live At The BBC Volume 2 (Capitol) What's better than a remaster of The Fab Four's 1994 double-disc set of live BBC sessions? How about another two-disc set of those sessions? Live At The BBC (2CD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Live At The BBC (3LP): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. On Air: Live At The BBC Volume 2 (2CD): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. On Air: Live At The BBC Volume 2 (3LP): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Live At The BBC: The Collection (4CD): Amazon U.S. /

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Ry Cooder, The Beatles, The Killers, The Who, Vinyl

May 3, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

woody at 1001

On July 14, 2012, Woody Guthrie would have turned 100 years old.  The Oklahoma-born “Dust Bowl Troubadour” died in 1967, just 55 years of age, but all these many years later, his compositions such as “This Land is Your Land,” “Grand Coulee Dam” and “The Sinking of the Reuben James” are cornerstones of American song.  The folk hero, whose guitar was famously emblazoned with the slogan “This machine kills fascists,” was celebrated last year with Smithsonian Folkways’ impressive 3-CD/hardcover book

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Categories: News Tags: Rosanne Cash, Ry Cooder

August 3, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

song cycle

Forgive the hyperbole, but there’s nobody quite like Van Dyke Parks.  Composer, arranger, producer, singer, musician, actor, author, raconteur, Parks is one-of-a-kind.  Known for his dazzling, sometimes oblique wordplay, and sheer musical invention, Parks has contributed production, arrangements and songs to an incredible number of renowned artists over the years, often blazing new trails while harnessing his vast knowledge of popular music.  For the first time, the renaissance man's work as a

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Categories: News Tags: Little Feat, Ry Cooder, The Beau Brummels, Van Dyke Parks

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