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August 7, 2020 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Long Neck

On March 20, as the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic was just starting to be understood, indie music retailer Bandcamp made the bold choice of waiving their share of revenue for artists and labels who were cancelling shows and delaying album releases left and right. The result was more music bought by more fans than any day on the site, a record broken on the first Friday of May. Bandcamp Fridays have since taken place in June and July - plus the first of an annual occurrence when the service

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Taj Mahal, The Delfonics, The Isley Brothers, The Psychedelic Furs, Wu-Tang Clan

May 1, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is one of those great time capsules of the rock and roll era. Filmed at the Intertel TV Studio in Wembley on December 11, 1968 and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the movie was part rock show and part sideshow. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus featured the original lineup of The Rolling Stones - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman - who served as the main music draw and the night's hosts. They were joined by a

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Tags: Eric Clapton, Jethro Tull, John Lennon, Marianne Faithfull, Taj Mahal, The Dirty Mac, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Yoko Ono

March 20, 2019 By Sam Stone 5 Comments

RollingStones RockandRollCircus 2019 screening

It's been more than 50 years since The Rolling Stones and a host of friends converged at Intertel TV Studio in Wembley to film The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, the concert film that featured the band alongside friends like The Who, Jethro Tull, The Dirty Mac (a supergroup featuring John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, and Mitch Mitchell).  The once-lost documentary has been newly restored and will be screened in select theaters throughout the United States in early

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Categories: News Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Pop Tags: Eric Clapton, Ivry Gitlis, Jethro Tull, John Lennon, Marianne Faithfull, Taj Mahal, The Dirty Mac, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Yoko Ono

September 7, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Taj Mahal Sounder

Varese Vintage has just reissued a pair of soundtracks on CD from an accomplished master of the film score genre (Nino Rota) and an American blues legend (Taj Mahal). 1979's Hurricane proved to be Nino Rota's final score.  It found the Italian-born composer (The Godfather, La Dolce Vita) adding a lush layer to the romantic "man-against-nature" adventure story.  Producer Dino De Laurentiis (King Kong, Flash Gordon) insisted the movie penned by Lorenzo Semple Jr. (the Batman television show,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Soundtracks Tags: Nino Rota, Taj Mahal

December 20, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Blind Pig 40th

Since 1977, Blind Pig Records has been a leading light for the blues in all its many forms.  The label, originally formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan and named for that city's Blind Pig Café (welcoming musical artists since 1971), has just celebrated its fortieth anniversary with a new 2-CD, 34-track compendium.  Blind Pig Records: 40th Anniversary Collection boasts selections from each decade of the Blind Pig story, featuring many recognizable artists and some lesser-known lights that might just

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Blues Tags: Muddy Waters, Otis Clay, Otis Rush, Taj Mahal, Various Artists

January 14, 2014 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

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Bruce Springsteen, High Hopes (Columbia) It's a new album, but one assembled from songs and outtakes Bruce has been amassing for the last few years: we'll take it (in the hope that this new album means Bruce is in a vault mood for the rest of the year)! (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. - both with exclusive DVD of the entire Born in the U.S.A. album live on the Wrecking Ball tour) Elvis Presley, The Movie Soundtracks (RCA/Sony Music U.K.) Why should the States get all the fun? An import box set

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Lone Justice, Lucinda Williams, Screaming Trees, Sir Douglas Quintet, Taj Mahal, The Blasters, Vinyl

January 13, 2014 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

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Rhino Handmade is back! Sort of. Reissue label Wounded Bird Records will release this week seven titles originally released on Warner Music's boutique label in the early to mid-2000s. These sets were originally handsome vault-clearing exercises for a diverse crop of artists who were on the Warner, Atlantic or Reprise labels at some point in their careers, including works by Doug Sahm of Sir Douglas Quintet, blues legend Taj Mahal, rockabilly-punk outfit The Blasters, singer-songwriter Danny

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Categories: News Tags: Long John Baldry, Sir Douglas Quintet, Taj Mahal, The Blasters

December 19, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

eric clapton crossroads

Eric Clapton is big on giving back.  The guitar god founded Antigua’s Crossroads Centre for the treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction in 1998, and in 2004, spearheaded the creation of the Crossroads Eric Clapton Guitar Festival to benefit the facility of the same name.  Since that first ’04 fest, Crossroads Festivals have taken place every three years, in 2007, 2010 and 2013.  Highlights from the 2013 shows, which took place on April 12 and 13 at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden, are

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, DVD Tags: Booker T. Jones, Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, The Allman Brothers Band

March 22, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

aerosmith toys in the attic

It's not quite the summertime yet, but Legacy Recordings has some hot fun planned for Record Store Day thanks to a diverse slate of releases from A (Aerosmith) to, well, S (Sly and the Family Stone)!  April 20 is the date when Legacy will join 2013 Record Store Day Ambassador Jack White to celebrate not only those beloved black vinyl discs, but also the brick-and-mortar retail record store experience which we hold very dear at The Second Disc. Titles for the sixth annual Record Store Day have

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Categories: News Tags: Mad Season, Miles Davis, Record Store Day, Sly & The Family Stone, Taj Mahal, Vinyl

February 5, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Taj Mahal, The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia/Legacy) Fifteen discs of the blues legend's Columbia output, including last year's The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal compilation of unreleased material. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Townes Van Zandt, Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions and Demos 1971-1972 (Omnivore) A new two-disc set features entirely unreleased outtakes, alternates and demos from the Texan singer-songwriter's early-'70s career. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, DVD Tags: Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams, Taj Mahal, Tony Bennett, Townes Van Zandt

February 4, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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The Complete Columbia Albums of Taj Mahal, by the numbers: 13 albums, 15 CDs, 170 tracks.  This all adds up to a mighty legacy worthy of the man’s namesake!  The former Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, Jr. made his name as a blues renaissance man at Columbia Records with a string of well-received albums released between 1968 and 1976, and the new Complete Albums box set due in stores tomorrow (February 5) collects them all under one roof for the first time, plus two archival compilations. Now 70

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Taj Mahal

August 27, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Perhaps Henry Saint Clair Fredericks Jr. just didn’t have the right ring to it?  Whatever the reason, the former Fredericks took the name of Taj Mahal after the palatial Indian mausoleum, and never looked back.  The singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and all-around renaissance bluesman had his first solo tenure with Columbia Records, from 1968 to 1976, and most of that period is addressed on the new 2-CD anthology The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal 1969-1973 (Columbia/Legacy 82876 82294 2,

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Categories: Reviews Tags: Taj Mahal

August 21, 2012 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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KISS, Destroyer: Resurrected (Mercury/UMe) The 1976 classic gets a new mix from original producer Bob Ezrin for its 35th anniversary. (It's also available on vinyl, too!) Taj Mahal, The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal (Columbia/Legacy) Tomorrow may not be your day, but today certainly is if you're a Taj Mahal fan: two discs of unreleased material - one of studio tracks, one from a 1970 show at the Royal Albert Hall. Los Lobos, Kiko: 20th Anniversary Edition / Kiko Live (Shout!

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Tags: Los Lobos, Madness, Taj Mahal

May 17, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Today, May 17, 2012, Taj Mahal turns 70.  Though the bluesman has reached a venerable age, he’s still some 289 years younger than his namesake structure in Agra, India.  But the man born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks Jr. has packed in at least a couple lifetimes of breaking new musical ground.  A singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Taj Mahal has fused traditional blues with rock, pop, jazz, folk and world music influences drawing on his own West Indian heritage and beyond.  In

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