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April 11, 2025 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Tomorrow, Record Store Day is once again upon us! It's that time of year where music lovers and vinyl flippers get together at their favorite physical music retailers and wait in line to snag some treasured albums - almost all of which are pressed on vinyl instead of CD (or, you know, sold on secondary marketplaces for above their retail value).  This year, the list tops out at over 300 titles, so there's very nearly something for everybody.  It wasn't easy to narrow our choices down to around

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: a-ha, Carla Thomas, David Bowie, Doc Pomus, Duran Duran, Elton John, Jackie DeShannon, John Lennon, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, Marianne Faithfull, Mel Brooks, Neil Finn, Oasis, Prince, Queen, Record Store Day, Stephen Schwartz, Sting, Talking Heads, The Replacements, Todd Rundgren, Vince Guaraldi, Warren Zevon, Yoko Ono

April 2, 2025 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

RSD 2025 best of rest

Next Saturday, April 12, is certainly one of the most packed Record Store Days in recent memory. Since the list was announced, we drilled down on titles from Craft Recordings, Legacy Recordings, Rhino Records, Universal Music Group, Real Gone Music, Omnivore Recordings, BMG, Cooking Vinyl and Demon Music Group, as well as some notable titles that were getting later general releases on CD. Well, if you thought that was it, you're wrong! We pored and pored over the list and are here to share

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Adam and The Ants, Alex Chilton, Annie Lennox, Ariana Grande, Art Blakey, Beck, Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats, Brad Fiedel, Brian Wilson, Bryan Adams, Cannonball Adderley, Cat Stevens, Charles Mingus, CHVRCHES, Cissy Houston, Clarence White, Cockney Rebel, Cynthia Erivo, Dave Stewart, Dead or Alive, Dusty Springfield, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, Eurythmics, Freddie Hubbard, George Harrison, Gloria Jones, Graham Parker, Gram Parsons, Grant Green, Jeff Bridges, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Band, Kenny Dorham, Little Richard, Maurice Jarre, Nick Lowe, Ohio Players, Parliament-Funkadelic, Paul Hardcastle, Pete Townshend, Peter Gabriel, Propaganda, Record Store Day, Roger Daltrey, Roger McGuinn, Scott Weiland, Shane MacGowan, Sinead O'Connor, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Stephen Schwartz, Steve Harley, Suzi Quatro, Terry Hall, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Art of Noise, The Beach Boys, The Blasters, The Byrds, The Colourfield, The Everly Brothers, The Fall, The Hives, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Meters, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tina Turner, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, Vince Guaraldi, Wall of Voodoo, Wang Chung, Wayne Shorter, Wes Montgomery, Wynton Kelly, Yusuf

November 22, 2024 By The Second Disc 8 Comments

Beatles 1964 US Albums in Mono box

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today including a Christmas classic from Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music and a whole bunch of massive box sets!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Sings Christmas Carols (Expanded Edition) (Second Disc/Real Gone)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Over the past decade, we here at TSD have happily partnered with Real

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Gospel, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ariana Grande, Bon Jovi, Chicago, Cynthia Erivo, Don Henley, Jeff Goldblum, Joe Henderson, Judas Priest, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Motley Crue, New Order, Nicole Scherzinger, Olivia Newton-John, Simple Minds, Stephen Schwartz, The Beatles, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Thompson Twins, U2

September 13, 2021 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Hunchback

Like the pealing bells over Paris, Walt Disney Records has heralded the arrival of one of its most beloved recent archival projects with the surprise, impending release of an expanded score to the animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame - the 14th release in the label's Legacy Collection series. It's only the third release in the series since two generous batches of titles in 2014 and 2015; an expansion of the music of animated films Robin Hood (1973) and Beauty and the Beast (1991)

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Menken, Bette Midler, Stephen Schwartz

May 15, 2020 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Frank Sinatra Nice n Easy Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Frank Sinatra, Nice 'n' Easy: 60th Anniversary Expanded Edition (Capitol/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP (Remixed Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, and UMe have a 60th anniversary edition of Frank Sinatra's classic 1960 album arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.  For the occasion, the album has been completely remixed and features three bonus tracks:

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Charles Strouse, David Bowie, Erroll Garner, Frank Sinatra, Marshall Chapman, Miles Davis, Ruthie Foster, Stephen Schwartz, Willie Nile

April 3, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

The Monkees Live The Mike and Micky Show

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Andy Williams, Emperor of Easy: Lost Columbia Masters 1962-72 (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has the first-ever collection of never-before-heard music from Andy Williams' Columbia Records years. Emperor of Easy: Lost Columbia Masters 1962-72 boasts 20 selections direct from the Columbia vault encompassing 16 previously unreleased studio outtakes and four rare singles. Every track on Emperor of Easy

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Andy Williams, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Robbie Basho, Stephen Schwartz, Steve Goodman, The Alan Parsons Project, The Monkees, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt

February 8, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

prince planet earth

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Musicology [Various Formats] (Legacy) 1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP purple vinyl: Prince Official Store Today, three of Prince's essential 2000s albums arrive on CD and, for the first time ever, LP.  Musicology marked Prince's return to a major label and to the upper heights of the charts.  It reached the Top Five on the Billboard Album Chart in

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alex Chilton, Mavis Staples, Meat Loaf, Prince, Robin Trower, Stephen Schwartz

January 28, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Wicked 15th Anniversary

"No one mourns the wicked," goes the opening song of Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz's musical Wicked.  But the musical, which celebrated its 15th anniversary on Broadway in 2018 and was recently crowned the sixth longest-running Broadway musical of all time, won't have any need for mourners any time soon.  "The Untold Tale of the Witches of Oz" is still going strong and shows no signs of slowing down.  Its fresh perspective on The Wizard of Oz and intricate backstory of both The Land of Oz

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Stephen Schwartz

August 10, 2015 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Pocahontas Legacy Collection

This past Friday, Walt Disney Records continued its Legacy Collection series.  Like the most last release, Toy Story, it celebrates a film marking its 20th anniversary:  1995's Pocahontas.  The new 2-CD set features the entire score along with several demos and alternate versions of songs. Pocahontas, Disney's 33rd animated film, was a departure from some of the films in the studio's past repertoire in that is was based on history and not a fairytale.  The movie chronicles the story of Native

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Menken, Judy Kuhn, Stephen Schwartz, Vanessa Williams

July 10, 2015 By Randy Fairman 5 Comments

Cabaret OBC

Are you a vinyl enthusiast?  Do you enjoy the music of Broadway?  If so, then you might be interested in the poll being conducted right now by Sony Masterworks' Broadway division.  The label has just announced that it's seeking suggestions for Broadway cast album to reissue on vinyl.  By going to this link at Masterworks' website, you can vote on which titles you would like to see. The 14 titles on which you currently can vote encompass musicals by some of Broadway's biggest names including

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Jerry Herman, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim

March 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 12 Comments

mary poppins 50

Less than one year ago, Walt Disney Records announced The Legacy Collection, a 12-title series marking various anniversaries of classic Disney films and even a theme park.  In June, the series kicked off with a deluxe expansion of the soundtrack to The Lion King to commemorate that film's 20th year, and since then we've received similarly expanded editions of Mary Poppins (50th), Sleeping Beauty (55th), The Little Mermaid (25th), Fantasia (75th) and Pinocchio (75th).  Future releases were

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Menken, Randy Newman, Stephen Schwartz, The Sherman Brothers

October 31, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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“No one mourns the wicked,” goes the opening song of Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz’s musical Wicked.  But the musical, which last night celebrated its tenth anniversary on Broadway, won’t have any need for mourners any time soon.  “The Untold Tale of the Witches of Oz” is still going strong as it enters its tenth year and shows no signs of slowing down!  Its fresh new perspective on The Wizard of Oz and intricate backstory of both The Land of Oz and the titular Witch has led Wicked to play

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Categories: News Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Stephen Schwartz

June 22, 2012 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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After a brief sabbatical, Masterworks Broadway has taken another dive into its vaults, with its first round of disc-on-demand/digital reissues since February.  The label was hardly idle, however, delivering releases from Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett, and Liza Minnelli as deluxe CDs in the ensuing months, and preparing the new Broadway Cast Recording of Evita.  This summer, however, Masterworks will turn its attention to two classic recordings from the 1950s and one with a more contemporary

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Dinah Shore, Irving Berlin, James Taylor, Stephen Schwartz

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