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What’cha Taking Me For: Sheena Easton Singles Box Set Includes More Unreleased Tracks

May 13, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

“But The Second Disc,” you may have thought, “what more is there to discover after Cherry Red’s thorough re-eleases of Sheena Easton’s beloved discography?” The label, in partnership with her RT Industries, has a new answer for you: a 25CD box set chronicling her singles from the EMI years in the ’80s – and yes, this set has unreleased material as well. The Singles 1980-1987 follows two recent boxes following Easton’s EMI recordings in full (not strictly the original albums, but plenty of unreleased and alternate material in the mix). While this…

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The Second Disc’s Guide to Record Store Day 2026

April 18, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Tomorrow, Record Store Day is once again upon us! And it wouldn’t be a RSD without The Second Disc chiming in with our annual RSD Guide featuring some of our favorite picks. As always, it wasn’t easy for us to narrow ’em down, so we’d like you to sound off on your hoped-for titles, too! Looking for the nearest shop? Visit RecordStoreDay.com in the U.S., RecordStoreDay.co.uk in the U.K., and RecordStoreDayCanada.ca in Canada for the complete list of participating stores. Without further ado, Mike, Joe, and Randy have a handful of the titles upon which…

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Ariana Grande, Brian Wilson, Carly Rae Jepsen, Crosby Stills and Nash, Cynthia Erivo, Doctor Who, Jeff Buckley, John Prine, Joni Mitchell, Leon Russell, Sheena Easton, Steely Dan, Stewart Copeland, T Rex, Todd Rundgren, Tony Bennett, Weezer, XTC

Release Round-Up: Week of October 31

October 31, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Happy Halloween! 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. Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window (Columbia/Legacy) 8CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The beginnings of Bob Dylan’s long and extraordinary career are being revisited by Columbia and Legacy Recordings on the eighteenth installment of the artist’s long-running Bootleg Series. Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 (1956-1963) arrives on 8 CDs as well as…

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Adam and The Ants, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Devo, Eternity's Children, Faces, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Jerry Lee Lewis, KT Tunstall, Kate Bush, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sheena Easton, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Soft Cell, The Cars, The Who, Thompson Twins

Come Spend the Night Inside a Second Sheena Easton Box Set

August 19, 2025 by Mike Duquette

Cherry Red is wasting no time following its first anthology of Sheena Easton’s EMI recordings with its follow-up this fall. Strut – The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. II, due from Cherry Pop on October 31, picks up where its predecessor Modern Girl left off, following the same structure: most of the discs offer expanded and slightly altered programs covering the albums A Private Heaven (1984), Do You (1985) and No Sound But a Heart (1987). The inclusions of alternate versions or mixes in place of or beside some originals makes for even more unreleased tracks on this set:…

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Nile Rodgers, Prince, Sheena Easton

Release Round-Up: Week of May 23

May 23, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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. Sheena Easton, Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings Volume 1 (Cherry Pop) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Sheena Easton’s latest reissue collaboration with Cherry Red covers familiar ground in a slightly new way. Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings, Vol. 1 is a 5CD set that covers the bulk of the Scottish singer’s first five albums – Take My Time (1981), You Could Have Been with Me (1981), Madness, Money and Music (1982), Best Kept Secret (1983), and the…

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Chicago, Don Felder, Green Day, Howard Jones, Melanie, Sheena Easton, Sparks, Suede

The Weekend Stream: May 17, 2025

May 17, 2025 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. A positively packed volume offers legends of pop, rock and country revisiting and interpreting some classic tracks; catalogue favorites from Britney to Sheena and Connie to Katrina; intriguing film scores and show tunes; and remembrances of a few legends we lost this week. Steve Perry & Willie Nelson, “Faithfully” (Dark Horse) (Apple / Amazon) One of rock’s most recognizable voices joins forces with country’s most enduring living icon! Former Journey…

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Oooh, This I Need: Adam Mattera Talks ‘Dearly Beloved: A Prince Songbook’

April 21, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Last year, The Second Disc had nothing but good things to say about Dearly Beloved: A Prince Songbook, Cherry Red’s triple-disc tribute to the music of Prince. The set told a story of The Artist’s massive impact on pop, rock and soul by way of songs he gave others to record and a galaxy of genre-bending covers. In a year of considerable challenges in Prince fandom, it was a veritable oasis in a desert. Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of speaking with Adam Mattera, the curator and producer of Dearly Beloved. For…

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Amanda Palmer, Andre Cymone, Crystal Waters, Dead or Alive, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Rogers, Maceo Parker, Martika, Patti Labelle, Paula Abdul, Prince, Robyn, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Sheena Easton, Stephanie Mills, The Bangles, The Pointer Sisters, Valerie Carter

Long Distance Love Affair: Sheena Easton Box Set Offers 25 Unreleased Tracks

March 20, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Sheena Easton’s latest reissue collaboration with Cherry Red covers familiar ground in a slightly new way. Modern Girl: The Complete EMI Recordings, Vol. 1 is a 5CD set that will cover the bulk of the Scottish singer’s first five albums – Take My Time (1981), You Could Have Been with Me (1981), Madness, Money and Music (1982), Best Kept Secret (1983) and the Spanish-language hits album Todo Me Recuerda a Ti (1984) – while also premiering more than two dozen unreleased tracks. The set, available May 23, is entirely remastered from the original analogue tapes and also features a 48-page…

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Al Jarreau, Kenny Rogers, Sheena Easton

The Weekend Stream: February 1, 2025

February 1, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts! A new charity cover from Def Leppard, reissues of classic albums by Simple Minds and Sheena Easton, and a mess of vintage jazz is on the menu today – plus a heads-up for a forthcoming way to help the ongoing California wildfire relief effort. Def Leppard, Stand by Me (Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) While also a single from the new Netflix film Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger…

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Benny Goodman, Def Leppard, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Sammy Kaye, Sheena Easton, Simple Minds, Tommy Dorsey

Eternity: Cherry Pop Reissues Sheena Easton’s “No Sound But a Heart”

December 18, 2024 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Following the deluxe 2CD expansion of Do You earlier this year, Cherry Pop has continued its upgrade and overhaul of Sheena Easton’s discography with a remastered vinyl edition of her 1987 album No Sound But a Heart. For her eighth album and final set with EMI, Easton turned to the prevailing “multiple producers” approach so prevalent in the 1980s. As those producers included Narada Michael Walden, Phil Ramone, Nick Martinelli, and Keith Diamond, the Scottish singer was in good hands on 1987’s No Sound But a Heart. While the album isn’t one…

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Can’t Wait Till Tomorrow: Cherry Red Expands Sheena Easton’s ‘Do You’

October 1, 2024 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

With 1984’s A Private Heaven, Sheena Easton successfully followed in the footsteps of Olivia Newton-John in shedding her “girl next door” persona – so much so that future U.S. Second Lady Tipper Gore’s Parents Music Resource Center “honored” Sheena’s Prince-penned “Sugar Walls” with a slot on its “Filthy Fifteen” list. No wonder Gore and co. were threatened by the success of “Sugar Walls;” A Private Heaven became the singer’s most successful album to date. How to follow it up? Enter Nile Rodgers. The CHIC co-founder and uber-producer who had helmed albums for…

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Joy in Repetition: Cherry Red’s ‘Dearly Beloved’ Pays Tribute to Prince, the Songwriter

September 10, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Between the muted 40th anniversary celebration of Purple Rain and the bizarre drama over an estate-sanctioned Netflix documentary on his life and career, Prince fans could probably use a win lately. A new compilation from Cherry Red looks like it might finally offer one. Dearly Beloved – A Prince Songbook is an unexpectedly robust-looking 3CD set that will pay tribute to the Minneapolis icon as a songwriter – one whose classic hits have become pop standards, with so much talent overflowing from his person that he penned more than a few massive hits…

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Release Round-Up: Week of August 23

August 23, 2024 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

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. First Choice, Love Having You Around: The Gold Mind Recordings (1977-1980) (SoulMusic/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) SoulMusic Records and The Second Disc celebrate Philadelphia girl group First Choice with Love Having You Around: The Gold Mind Recordings (1977-1980). This 4CD collection features expanded editions of the trio’s three original albums for Salsoul’s Gold Mind imprint, plus a specially-curated bonus disc featuring various remixes and reinventions of their timeless,…

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Charlie Parker, Fanny, First Choice, George Duke, Jim Peterik, Jimi Jamison, Sheena Easton

Hard to Say It’s Over: Sheena Easton’s “A Private Heaven” Returns to Vinyl in Expanded Form

July 2, 2024 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Cherry Red’s Cherry Pop arm began its association with Sheena Easton with the 2021 release of The Definitive Singles 1980-1987. The 3-CD, 51-song collection brought together the Scottish singer’s A-sides including both 7- and 12-inch singles during that period. Since then, Cherry Pop has refreshed much of Easton’s discography including expanded editions on CD of Madness, Money, and Music, Take My Time, and A Private Heaven, and the first-time release of Live at the Palace, Hollywood in audio and video formats. Vinyl-only releases have included remastered editions of 1983’s Best Kept Secret…

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The Weekend Stream: May 17, 2024

May 18, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. This week brings live tracks from The Boss, rarities from Sheena Easton and a new album from one half of rock’s biggest (defunct) duo – plus, as you’d expect, so much more! Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs from Around the World Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) With Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band currently venturing across Europe through this summer, the time is right for another…

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There When I Needed You: Sheena Easton’s “Madness, Money, and Music” Returns from Cherry Pop

October 16, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Sheena Easton’s formidable catalogue has been enjoying an overhaul from Cherry Red’s Cherry Pop imprint which has so far encompassed lavish expanded editions of Take My Time and A Private Heaven, the debut of Live at the Palace, Hollywood; an EMI singles collection; and more. Now, Easton’s third album – 1982’s Madness, Money, and Music – has received the deluxe CD/DVD treatment, shedding some much-needed light on this often-overlooked LP. Madness, Money, and Music, titled for the edgy lament by Barry Black and Brian Chatton, found Easton and her producer, Christopher Neil,…

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Al Jarreau, Kenny Rogers, Sheena Easton

Release Round-Up: Week of September 22

September 22, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! The Replacements, Tim: Let It Bleed Edition (Sire/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Replacements have teamed up with Rhino for their fourth mega-box set edition of a classic album from their catalogue. After heavy-duty expansions of debut Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, Pleased to Meet Me and a reorganized version of Don’t Tell a Soul called Dead Man’s Pop, the Minneapolis punk legends have announced the “Let It Bleed” edition of Tim, their first album for a major label and their last…

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Andy Taylor, Carrie Underwood, Clarence White, Dio, Firefall, Jackson Browne, Jason Mraz, Kylie Minogue, Paul Rodgers, Sheena Easton, Steve Marriott, Susan Tedeschi, The Breeders, The Replacements

Back on the Morning Train: Cherry Pop Reissues, Expands Sheena Easton’s Debut “Take My Time”

March 23, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Sheena Easton’s debut album was called Take My Time, but truth to tell, the Scottish singer didn’t need to take much time to leave international audiences spellbound. Now, the original version of that 1981 album – it had been retitled as Sheena Easton for the North American market, resequenced and sans two tracks – has returned in a splendid CD/DVD Deluxe Edition from Cherry Red’s Cherry Pop imprint. Long before reality television was de rigeur, the teenaged Sheena captivated U.K. audiences via her appearance on the BBC documentary series The Big Time. …

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 3

March 3, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today. Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach, The Songs of Bacharach and Costello (UMe) 4CD/2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / ElvisCostello.com 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP with Lithograph: ElvisCostello.com Elvis Costello is looking back at his 25 years of music with the late Burt Bacharach on this lavish new 4-CD/2-LP box set (also available in smaller formats). The Songs of Bacharach and Costello features four distinctive albums: A newly remastered version of the duo’s acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning 1998…

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Burt Bacharach, Don Cherry, Elvis Costello, Frank Zappa, Genesis, Jay Migliori, John Hartford, Madonna, Saigon Kick, Sheena Easton, The Bottle Rockets, The South Side Movement, Willie Nelson

The Weekend Stream: February 4, 2023

February 4, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 2 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 usher you into the weekend. Today sees digital reissues of Raw Power, The Chronic, rare Motown, unreleased music from a Cash family member and more. The Stooges, Raw Power (50th Anniversary Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Look out honey, ’cause he’s using technology! The Stooges’ seminal proto-punk classic celebrates a half-century with a new digital deluxe edition that bundles up everything from…

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Bill Summers, Dottie West, Dr. Dre, Ginuwine, Groucho Marx, Iggy Pop, Iggy and the Stooges, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, Sheena Easton, Snoop Dogg, The Stooges, Tommy Cash

The Year In Review: The 2022 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part Two

January 4, 2023 by The Second Disc | 13 Comments

Happy 2023! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 13th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! A lot has happened in the last twelve months, but as we look to a new year with optimism and a hopeful spirit, we recognize the many roles music has played in our lives. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2022’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets, big and small, that proved to be truly outstanding for music lovers worldwide. Despite the many delays caused by…

Release Round-Up: Week of August 19

August 19, 2022 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Madonna, Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones (Warner/Rhino) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (silver): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP: Official Store The first in a planned series of catalogue reissues through Warner Music Group, the new compilation Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones tracks every one of Madonna’s record-setting singles to reach the top of Billboard‘s dance charts, from 1982 debut “Everybody” to “I Don’t Search I Find,” one of four tracks off latest album Madame X (2019) to…

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David Paich, Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, Madonna, Neil Young, R.E.M., Sheena Easton

For Your Eyes Only: Cherry Pop Brings Sheena Easton’s “Live at The Palace, Hollywood” to CD and DVD

August 18, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Sheena Easton closed the first chapter of her career with Madness, Money, and Music, recorded in spring and released in autumn 1982. Easton’s third studio album, it was her last to be produced by Christopher Neil who had guided the Scottish superstar’s meteoric ascent with such songs as “Modern Girl,” “9 to 5 (Morning Train),” and “For Your Eyes Only.” The Grammy-winning Best New Artist of 1982 scarcely had any time to rest on her laurels; after recording the album at George Martin’s AIR Studios in Montserrat, she flew back to America…

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 25

February 25, 2022 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the week’s best new titles! The Left Banke, Strangers on a Train (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Omnivore brings The Left Banke’s 1978 reunion album – featuring Steve Martin Caro, Tom Finn, and George Cameron – to CD for the first time, and adds a previously unreleased 2001 session from Michael Brown, Caro, and Finn. Scott Schinder provides the liner notes, and Michael Graves has remastered the audio. The original Strangers on a Train album is a fascinating curio, presented…

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