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November 5, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

ABBA Voyage

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Billy Joel, The Vinyl Collection Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 9LP slipcased box set collects Billy Joel's first six solo studio albums plus his first live album and a box set-exclusive pressing of Live at The Great American Music Hall - 1975, a previously unreleased concert recording on 2 LPs from the famed San Francisco venue.  All of the albums have been sourced from the original master tapes and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABBA, Alan Parsons, Billy Idol, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Deana Carter, Diana Ross, Jethro Tull, Jim Peterik, Pretenders, Radiohead, Ray Charles, Steve Goodman, Steve Perry, Steve Tyrell, The Brief Encounter, Vince Guaraldi

May 14, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

CSNY Deja Vu

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Déjà Vu: Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino) 4CD/1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: CSNY50.com / Rhino.com Rhino revisits Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's landmark 1970 release as a deluxe 4CD/1LP set featuring a remastered version of the original album plus 28 previously unreleased demos, outtakes, and alternate takes.  It's all topped off with an essay from Cameron Crowe.  In addition to the

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop Tags: Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Grateful Dead, Lulu, Paul McCartney, Steve Goodman, Steve Miller Band, The Go-Go's

May 7, 2021 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Alex Chilton Boogie Shoes

Memphis' Beale Street is one of the most famous musical thoroughfares in America, known for the sounds of rhythm and blues, jazz, soul, and rock-and-roll that pulsate through its shops, restaurants, and bars.  On the first weekend every May, The Beale Street Music Festival is staged, celebrating the city's diverse musical legacy.  While COVID-19 sadly has kept the Festival once again from taking place, it's already set for 2022.  And Omnivore Recordings has looked back on a special performance

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Alex Chilton, Steve Goodman

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

January 17, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

Tammy Wynette Womanhood Three Fer

Today, we're spotlighting two new releases from Cherry Red's Morello Records imprint. Tammy Wynette's One of a Kind/Womanhood/Just Tammy set of three albums on two CDs marks Morello's ninth visit to Wynette's extensive discography. This trio comprises her final three solo albums of the 1970s for the Epic Records label, all of which are making their CD debuts. All three LPs were produced by her longtime collaborator Billy Sherrill at CBS' Nashville studios and charted on the Billboard Country

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Folk Tags: Steve Goodman, Tammy Wynette

August 9, 2019 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

ElvisPresley Live1969 pl

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elvis Presley, Live 1969 (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) RCA and Legacy celebrate Elvis Presley's triumphant return to live performing at Las Vegas' International Hotel with a new 11-CD box set.  All of The King's exhilarating performances from August 21 to August 26, 1969 will be presented on Legacy's new box . Some of the concerts have been previously issued in the last decade on various BMG and Follow That Dream

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Anthony Perkins, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Filter, Janie Fricke, Jefferson Airplane, Nina Simone, Rodgers and Hart, Steve Goodman, The Strangeloves

July 19, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

James Taylor The Warner Bros. Albums

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! James Taylor, The Warner Bros. Albums 1970-1976 (Warner/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  Rhino has a newly remastered box, supervised by Peter Asher, of James Taylor's six studio albums for the label including Sweet Baby James (1970), Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971), One Man Dog (1972), Walking Man (1974), Gorilla (1975); and In the Pocket (1976).  Available on CD,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Grover Washington Jr., James Taylor, Judy Collins, Lesley Duncan, Live, Mike Love, Mike McCartney, Shalamar, Steve Goodman

August 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Very Best of Nicolette

Today, Varese Vintage releases Lotta Love: The Very Best of Nicolette Larson, celebrating the life and career of the silken-voiced pop singer who died at the tragically young age of 45 in 1997.  This 16-track anthology, culled from her years with Warner Bros. Records and featuring duets with Emmylou Harris, Steve Goodman and Michael McDonald, is a welcome reminder of Larson's versatile gifts in the genres of pop, country and folk - and we would like to give you a chance to WIN ONE OF TEN COPIES

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Categories: Giveaways!, News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop Tags: Andrew Gold, Emmylou Harris, Michael McDonald, Neil Young, Nicolette Larson, Steve Goodman

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