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A Good Beginning: Sigur Ros Revisits “Agaetis byrjun” With Deluxe Reissue

July 10, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Twenty years ago, Icelandic electronic act Sigur Rós released Ágætis Byrjun (meaning “A Good Beginning”). And so it proved to be, as critics everywhere praised the album. One of the songs, “Svefn-g-englar,” made it onto the Vanilla Sky soundtrack in 2001, and Q Magazine even went as far as to deem it “the last great album of the 20th century.” On July 5, the band revisited the album with an expanded, 4-CD deluxe edition that brings together a remastered version of the album, demos, newly unearthed alternative versions, B-sides, and even a…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 5

July 5, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Jackson Browne, Running on Empty [Remaster] (Asylum/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Jackson Browne’s legendary, seven-times-platinum 1977 album – featuring such classics as “Running On Empty” and “The Load-Out / Stay” – returns to CD, vinyl, and digital formats from Asylum/Rhino, featuring a fresh remaster by Gavin Lurssen of Lurssen Mastering on CD/digital. The vinyl edition, meanwhile, was mastered by Ron McMaster and will be presented on 180-gram vinyl pressed at Pallas. Ernie…

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Classic Rock, Comedy, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Ernie Kovacs, Everything But the Girl, Jackson Browne, Sigur Ros, Valerie Carter

Review: “Music from Vanilla Sky” and “Orange County: The Soundtrack” LPs From Real Gone

February 19, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Real Gone Music has recently given soundtrack lovers and vinyl aficionados something to talk about with two new color vinyl reissues of turn-of-the-millennium soundtracks: Music from Vanilla Sky (on “blue cloud” vinyl) and Orange County: The Soundtrack (on orange vinyl). The plots of both films are tied to the music within. The soundtrack for the far-out Vanilla Sky shifts moods and tones while maintaining some sense of cohesion as it takes listeners from classic rock to folk, trance and hip-hop. Meanwhile, Orange County‘s soundtrack is more of a music time capsule of the late-’90s and early ’00s rock and hip-hop…

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

Sweetness Follows: Real Gone Announces “Music From Vanilla Sky” and “Orange County” on LP

November 14, 2018 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

Last month, Real Gone Music announced the release of seven Christmas-related goodies, including a pair of joint releases with Second Disc Records. But, as temperatures fall, Real Gone plans to bring more than just holiday melodies to keep listeners warm this winter. On December 14, the label will release limited-edition, two-disc colored vinyl sets of two cult film soundtracks: Music From Vanilla Sky and Orange County: The Soundtrack. Vanilla Sky was Cameron Crowe’s seventh film. Based on Alejandro Amenábar’s 1997 psychological thriller, Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes), it follows the reflections of a real estate magnate as he tries…

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks