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Ariana Grande, Clifton Chenier, Cynthia Erivo, Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Mac Davis, Neil Diamond, Redbone, The Alan Parsons Project, The National, The Notorious B.I.G.

Release Round-Up: Week of October 17

October 17, 2025 by The Second Disc | No 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. Randy Newman, Trouble in Paradise: Expanded Edition (Warner/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino Reserves LP: Rhino.com We Love It! Rhino reissues Randy Newman’s seventh studio album, Trouble in Paradise, as a 2CD expanded edition featuring previously unreleased demos and a rare concert performance. With such classics as “I Love LA” and “Real Emotional Girl,” Trouble remains one of Newman’s most beloved LPs. This generous release adds the singer-songwriter’s largely…

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Alison Brown, Boz Scaggs, Chrissie Hynde, Connie Francis, David Gilmour, James Taylor, Kool and the Gang, Randy Newman, Simple Minds, Steve Martin, The Alan Parsons Project, The Meters

Release Round-Up: Week of March 21

March 21, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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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. Tina Turner, Private Dancer: 40th Anniversary Edition (Parlophone/Rhino) 5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Pearl LP with art card: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Tina Turner’s smash 1984 “comeback”album Private Dancer – featuring the hits “What’s Love Got to Do with It,” “Better Be Good to Me,” the scintillating title track and more – will be reissued as a 5CD/Blu-ray deluxe box packed with rare…

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Climie Fisher, Dave Mason, Mike + the Mechanics, Rush, The Alan Parsons Project, The Stylistics, Tina Turner, Vince Guaraldi

Record Store Day the U.K. Way: British Labels Line Up Vinyl Exclusives

March 18, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Our ongoing Record Store Day 2025 guide has covered the exclusive titles coming on April 12 from Universal Music Group, Sony’s Legacy Recordings, Warner Music’s Rhino, BMG and Craft Recordings, as well as titles from favorite indie licensors like Real Gone Music and Omnivore. Next up, we’re taking a look at international releases from two of our favorite U.K. labels! British label and artist services hub Cooking Vinyl has planned a half-dozen titles for RSD, running the gamut from stalwarts of their catalogue (Alison Moyet of Yazoo, alt-rockers Camper Van Beethoven) to…

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Alison Moyet, Camper Van Beethoven, Cowboy Junkies, Dead or Alive, Pixies, Record Store Day, Roger Waters, Status Quo, Suede, T Rex, The Alan Parsons Project, The Mission

The Weekend Stream: November 2, 2024

November 2, 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. We’ve got all the usual stuff you’d expect – reissues from Usher, rarities from The Alan Parsons Project, and another unique Daryl Hall-related EP – and some stuff you might not, like truly unusual Christmas collections and a new app from one of the best places for music in video games! Nintendo Music app One genre the Second Disc team has always wished had a stronger catalog presence:…

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Alan Parsons, Daryl Hall, INXS, The Alan Parsons Project, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Usher, a-ha

The Weekend Stream: September 7, 2024

September 7, 2024 by Mike Duquette | No 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, there’s new tracks from pop royalty (and rock court jesters), plus expansions and rarities from The 5th Dimension, The Alan Parsons Project, and a very exciting treat for fans of The New Christy Minstrels! Stevie Wonder, “Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” (Republic) (iTunes / Amazon) A gentle, unifying acoustic number from the 74-year-old Motown legend might be easy enough to dismiss as pap. But consider…

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Alan Parsons, Blink-182, Daryl Hall, Hank Snow, Stevie Wonder, Sting, The 5th Dimension, The Alan Parsons Project, The New Christy Minstrels

The Weekend Stream: July 7, 2024

July 7, 2024 by The Second Disc | 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 holiday weekend, three long-running digital initiatives by three very different artists had their latest installments release. Let’s check them out! Duran Duran, Notorious / Skin Trade / Meet El Presidente EPs (Parlophone) Notorious: iTunes / Amazon Skin Trade: iTunes / Amazon Meet El Presidente: iTunes / Amazon Duran Duran’s digital EP series continues into the Notorious era. Remixes and B-sides for the album’s singles – the hit title track, “Skin Trade” and “Meet…

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Alan Parsons, Duke Ellington, Duran Duran, The Alan Parsons Project

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The Weekend Stream: May 4, 2024

May 4, 2024 by The Second Disc | No 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. The Alan Parsons Project’s biggest album gets a second look, plus new music from John Williams, Daryl Hall and the unexpected sort-of return of one of country music’s best-known voices. Alan Parsons Project, Eye in the Sky (Sessions) (Arista/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The latest in Legacy’s Alan Parsons Project Sessions series, bringing together era-specific bonus material as discrete titles, is also one of the biggest: beyond blockbuster LP Eye in the Sky…

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Alan Parsons, Daryl Hall, Dave Stewart, Duane Eddy, Garbage, INXS, John Williams, Monk Higgins, Randy Travis, The Alan Parsons Project

The Weekend Stream: March 30, 2024

March 30, 2024 by Mike Duquette | No 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’s lineup includes features a country-pop legend, film soundtrack royalty, and more! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Brenda Lee, The International Brenda Lee (Brenda Lee Sings in German, French and Italian) (UMG Nashville/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) Bear Family’s 1992 collection featuring Brenda’s songs in German, French, and Italian has hit streaming and download; tracks include versions in all three languages of “Anybody But Me” and…

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Alan Parsons, Brenda Lee, Henry Mancini, Madonna, Michael R. Jackson, The Alan Parsons Project

RSD Round-Up: Spotlight on Omnivore, Iconoclassic, Friday Music, Dark Horse, Light in the Attic, and More

February 27, 2024 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Our look at this year’s Record Store Day releases continues with a look at the lineups from Omnivore Recordings, Iconoclassic Records, Friday Music, Light in the Attic, and more of our favorite labels! All titles here are due on April 20, and all descriptions are taken directly from the labels. If you are interested in any of these titles, they will be available at your local record store on April 20. Head over to recordstoreday.com for a list of participating retailers. U.K. readers, please visit recordstoreday.co.uk and Canadian readers, please visit recordstoredaycanada.ca. Watch this space close to…

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The Weekend Stream: February 24, 2024

February 24, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. A lot of exciting stuff this week: a celebration of a classic ’90s pop album, the first in a series of digital archive titles for a British art rock duo, and the streaming debut of one of the biggest hits of the ’80s! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Eddy Grant, Killer on the Rampage (Ice Records) (iTunes / Amazon) Possibly the biggest single of the ’80s missing from digital channels was…

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Average White Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Eddy Grant, TLC, The Alan Parsons Project, The Dells

The Weekend Stream: December 2, 2023

December 2, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. This week’s latest includes anniversary projects from Alicia Keys, live vault material from Bruce Springsteen, an oddity from The Alan Parsons Project and possibly the only article where Taylor Swift shares space with Minor Threat! Alicia Keys, The Diary of Alicia Keys 20 (RCA/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Legacy Recordings celebrates two decades of R&B pianist/singer Alicia Keys’ sophomore album, featuring the hits “You Don’t Know My Name” and “If I Ain’t Got You.” The album…

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Alicia Keys, Britny Fox, Bruce Springsteen, Keane, Michel Legrand, Minor Threat, Plush, Siedah Garrett, Taylor Swift, The Alan Parsons Project, The Bongos

Release Round-Up: Week of April 3

April 3, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

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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 is new to CD including Andy’s renditions of “Two for the Road,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” “Ruby Don’t…

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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

Release Round-Up: Week of August 3

August 3, 2018 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Ben Folds, Brick: The Songs of Ben Folds 1996-2012 (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 13-CD box Brick: The Songs of Ben Folds 1996-2012 brings together nearly all of Folds’ core studio albums together with a live album and various other odds and ends. It traces his career from the first Ben Five Folds record through his solo recordings to the Five’s reunion album in 2012, for a total of 194 tracks! And yes – it’s shaped like a brick, in tribute to what’s arguably Folds’ most famous…

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Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Electric Light Orchestra, Hampton Grease Band, Merry Clayton, Monk Higgins, The Alan Parsons Project, The Doors

The Sun in Your Eyes: Real Gone’s August Slate to Include Alan Parsons Project, Merry Clayton, Monk Higgins, More

June 22, 2018 by Randy Fairman | 1 Comment

Real Gone Music has just announced its slate for August, and the reissues are in a variety of genres and formats, all due on August 3. First up is a standalone release of the Blu-ray Audio edition of The Alan Parsons Project’s 1982 hit album Eye in the Sky. The Project’s sixth album (and fifth on Arista Records) employed a variety of musical styles within a radio-friendly soft-rock framework to address typically lofty themes. This Blu-ray reissue boasts a high-resolution stereo version of the album alongside a new 5.1 surround mix, done…

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Merry Clayton, Monk Higgins, The Alan Parsons Project, The Hampton Grease Band

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Release Round-Up: Week of December 1

December 1, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Alan Parsons Project, Eye in the Sky: 35th Anniversary Edition (Arista/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The eye in the sky is still looking at you…Legacy Recordings has a 35th anniversary box set celebrating The Alan Parsons Project’s 1982 best-seller Eye in the Sky. The album, which yielded the APP’s biggest hit single with its title track as well as the classic instrumental “Sirius,” will be enhanced for this lavish and expansive 3-CD/1-BD/2-LP/1-Flexidisc release boasting high-resolution stereo and surround mixes of the original album, rare single mixes, over…

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Big Country, Ella Fitzgerald, John Williams, Minnie Riperton, Neil Young, Rush, Sex Pistols, The Alan Parsons Project, The Rolling Stones, U2, Van Morrison, Wilco

That’s What Friends Are For: Clive Davis Soundtrack Features Barry, Whitney, Dionne, Aretha, More

September 27, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

This past April, New York’s Radio City Music Hall hosted a prestigious premiere. The film was Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, and the screening was accompanied by an all-star concert featuring Barry Manilow, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, and others celebrating the life of the music legend. Beginning on October 3, Apple Music will exclusively stream the Chris Perkel-directed documentary, and today, September 27, Legacy Recordings has digitally released an exclusive 34-track deluxe soundtrack on Apple Music boasting four previously unreleased performances. (A standard 20-track digital soundtrack will be…

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Sirius-ly Expanded: Legacy Plans ‘Eye in the Sky’ Box from Alan Parsons Project

July 27, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky 35th

The eye in the sky is still looking at you… On November 17, Legacy Recordings will issue a 35th anniversary box set celebrating The Alan Parsons Project’s 1982 Eye in the Sky. The album, which yielded the APP’s biggest hit single with its title track as well as the classic instrumental “Sirius,” will be enhanced for this expansive 3-CD/1-BD/2-LP/1-Flexidisc release with rare and previously unreleased material. Perhaps the pinnacle of the collaboration between Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, the Alan Parsons Project’s sixth album (and fifth on Arista Records) employed a variety…

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Release Round-Up: Week of December 2

December 2, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to December, and this week’s Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, Blue and Lonesome (Interscope) Standard Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones return with their first studio album since 2005’s A Bigger Bang. Recorded over just three days in London, Blue and Lonesome returns the legendary band to its blues roots. Available on CD, LP and DD, as well as in an SHM-CD Deluxe Edition with postcards,…

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Archie Bell and the Drells, Deniece Williams, Kate Bush, Mary Martin, The Alan Parsons Project, The Mills Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 6

November 6, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

This week’s Release Round-Up brings the year’s most eagerly-anticipated box set, a stunning new collection from the Fab Four, a Christmas feast including two titles from Second Disc Records, and more! Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series: Volume 12 – The Cutting Edge (Columbia/Legacy) The Best of the Cutting Edge 2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Best of the Cutting Edge 3-LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Cutting Edge 6-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Cutting Edge: Collector’s Edition 18-CD: BobDylan.com Exclusive Whether you’re in for the 2-CD, 6-CD, or 18-CD edition, you…

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Bob Dylan, Bobby Vinton, Glen Campbell, Jim Nabors, Jimmy Dean, Johnny Mathis, King Crimson, Lynn Anderson, New Order, Ronnie Spector, The Alan Parsons Project, The Beatles, The Four Seasons, The Living Voices, Yes

You’ve Got the Touch: Legacy’s 2015 Black Friday RSD Slate includes Presley, Cash, Hendrix, Isley Brothers and “Transformers” Soundtrack

October 23, 2015 by Randy Fairman | 5 Comments

Announcements about this year’s Black Friday Record Store Day event have been trickling out. A couple of days ago we brought you news of Omnivore’s titles and before that, of Real Gone’s Dictators release! Now we can tell you about Legacy’s slate for the day after Thanksgiving. The titles run the gamut in size from 7″ singles to 12″ 2-LP sets, and also range in genre from rock to country to hip-hop. Several soundtracks are being released including a single from the 1960s Batman TV show, the film Garden State and…

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Earth Wind and Fire, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Record Store Day, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Alan Parsons Project, The Isley Brothers

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 17

February 17, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The Pretenders, 1979-1999 (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This mega-box features all of Edsel’s expanded Pretenders reissues, totaling the band’s eight Sire/Warner Bros. albums across 14 CDs and 8 DVDs (with six of the titles as 2-CD/1-DVD sets and two as 1-CD/1-DVD sets). Wow! All of the box set’s albums are also available individually (see below)! All track listings and discography can be found here. The Pretenders, 1979-1999 individual CD/DVD reissues (Edsel) Pretenders (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Pretenders II (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Learning To Crawl (Amazon U.S. / Amazon…

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Art Pepper, Bob Marley, Chicago, Glen Campbell, Kiki Dee, Pretenders, The Alan Parsons Project, The Box Tops

Release Round-Up: Week of April 1

April 1, 2014 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Cyndi Lauper, She’s So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration (Portrait/Epic/Legacy) One of MTV’s first queens wears the crown anew on this deluxe set featuring new remixes, rarities from the vault, rare photographs and a fun expanded package with a diorama and reusable sticker set. Amazon U.S.: 1CD / 2CD / LP Amazon U.K.: 1CD / 2CD / LP Real Gone slate: Doris Day, Music, Movies & Memories / Doris Day, Sings Her Great Movie Hits / Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, The Complete Atlantic Sides Plus (2-CD Set) / Cowboy, Reach for the Sky / Keith Allison, In Action — The Complete Columbia Sides and More!/ The Ohio Express, Beg, Borrow and Steal — The Complete Cameo Recordings / Eddie Kendricks, Love…

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Bob Dylan, Ohio Express, Patti Labelle, The Alan Parsons Project, The Grateful Dead, Vicki Lawrence, Vinyl

I Can Read Your Mind: The Alan Parsons Project’s “Complete Albums” Box Arrives In March

January 30, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

On March 31, The Alan Parsons Project’s many tales of mystery and imagination will come to life anew on Arista Records and Legacy Recordings’ 11-CD box set The Alan Parsons Project – The Complete Albums Collection. This new set marks the first time that the Project’s complete discography has been assembled in one place, from 1976’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination to 1987’s Gaudi. Sweetening the pot will be the first-ever release of the APP’s fifth album The Sicilian Defence. The Complete Albums Collection follows the 2013 Legacy Edition reissue of I…

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