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Release Round-Up: Week of July 15

July 15, 2022 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Beatles, Get Back (Apple/Disney) DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada After a manufacturing delay scuttled a release earlier this year, The Beatles: Get Back finally made it to DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday. Both presentations offer director Peter Jackson’s three-part, 468-minute Get Back on three discs – one part per disc. No additional bonus features have been included, although the packages do come with four photo cards (one per Beatle). Both Blu-ray and DVD boast numerous audio options. The former has Dolby Atmos, 7.1 PCM…

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Alan Parsons, Boyce and Hart, Chicago, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Dolenz Jones Boyce and Hart, Elizabeth Ward Land, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, The Monkees

UPDATE: “The Beatles: Get Back” Documentary Premieres on Blu-ray and DVD in July

May 24, 2022 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

The Beatles: Get Back is finally coming to Blu-ray and DVD. Fans might remember that director Peter Jackson’s epic 2021 documentary (which premiered on Disney+ where it is still streaming) chronicling John, Paul, George, and Ringo’s exploits in the studio on the road to Let It Be was originally scheduled for home video release on February 8. Just days before the release date, an audio error was discovered. Copies were recalled, although some trickled out and became high-ticket items on auction sites such as eBay. Now, a fully-corrected version has been scheduled…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 28

January 28, 2022 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Summer of Soul (…or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised): Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Legacy Recordings delivers a soundtrack to Questlove’s acclaimed 2021 documentary Summer of Soul, chronicling the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. Live recordings are featured from headliners including The 5th Dimension, Nina Simone, David Ruffin, Sly & The Family Stone, Gladys Knight & The Pips, B.B. King, The Chambers Brothers, and more. Available on CD and digital formats, with the digital edition adding one bonus cut…

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Barbra Streisand, Bob James, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Harold Rome, John Lodge, Leo Sayer, Lucinda Williams, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, The 5th Dimension, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, The Weeknd

Back to Where You Once Belonged: The Beatles Premiere Complete, Official Rooftop Concert Audio Tonight

January 27, 2022 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

The Beatles Get Back The Rooftop Performance

The Beatles’ Get Back on Disney+ was the streaming event of 2021, but the celebration of all things Fab hasn’t slowed down in the new year. The expansive three-part series from director Peter Jackson arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on February 8; then, on March 18, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens a new exhibit, The Beatles: Get Back to Let It Be. This immersive complement to Jackson’s documentary will run at the Cleveland museum until March 2023. But before the home video release and the exhibit, fans will have…

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Review: The Beatles, “Let It Be” [Various Formats]

November 8, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

Everybody had a hard year/Everybody had a good time… The Beatles’ twelfth and final studio LP may have been titled Let It Be, but that particular admonition has been all but ignored over the years. The album – recorded before, but released after, 1969’s Abbey Road – was in some respects a step backward from the band’s previous, experimental LPs as they sought a “back to basics” sound that didn’t involve overdubs and studio wizardry. Ultimately, though, that approach was rejected. The album that began life mixed by engineer Glyn Johns as…

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The Beatles “Get Back” In New Hardcover Book Chronicling the “Let It Be” Sessions

October 27, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

A book about a film about an album? The new coffee table book from Callaway Arts and Entertainment and Apple Corps, The Beatles: Get Back, is essentially that: a hardcover, 240-page tome based on the film footage shot in the buildup to The Beatles’ final album, 1970’s Let It Be. Get Back was, of course, the name of the first version of Let It Be. It’s also the name of director Peter Jackson’s upcoming three-part, six-hour documentary (the first part of which premieres November 25 on the Disney+ streaming service) to which…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 15

October 15, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Beatles, Let It Be: 50th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats] (Apple/Capitol/UMe) 5CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Beatles’ final album, Let It Be, arrives in deluxe editions to coincide with Peter Jackson’s multi-part documentary Get Back. The 5CD/BD edition includes Giles Martin and Sam Okell’s new remix of the album; two discs of rehearsals, jams, and outtakes; one disc of Glyn Johns’ first mix of the abortive Get Back album that became Let It Be;…

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Billy Joe Shaver, Bob Dylan, David Crosby, Kelly Clarkson, Kinky Friedman, Louis Armstrong, Lucinda Williams, Nick Lowe, Norah Jones, Santana, The Beatles, The Bellamy Brothers, The Velvet Underground, Tommy Womack, Tony Bennett

The Weekend Stream: September 18, 2021

September 18, 2021 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it’s no secret that listening audiences are also digital – catalogue music lovers, too – and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we’ve introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! The Beatles, Get Back (Take 8) EP (Apple/Capitol/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify)…

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Billy Preston, Cy Coleman, George Harrison, Jack Jones, Jimmy Eat World, John Lennon, Les Paul, Mary Ford, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tank, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Righteous Brothers

Get Back: The Beatles Remix, Expand ‘Let It Be’

August 26, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 36 Comments

More than 50 years after its May 1970 release, The Beatles’ Let It Be – the Fab Four’s final original studio album – remains anything but the last word on the band. While the LP topped the charts in multiple countries including the U.S. and U.K., and included such beloved now-standards as “The Long and Winding Road,” “Across the Universe,” “Get Back,” and the title track, the road to its release was anything but a smooth one. It was previously announced that the story would be chronicled this fall in director Peter…

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Short Takes: The Beatles Confirm Release Date of “Get Back” Film, Diana Ross Releases First Single from Upcoming Album

June 17, 2021 by The Second Disc | 17 Comments

Director Peter Jackson’s long-awaited documentary The Beatles: Get Back finally has a confirmed home and release date. Today, Walt Disney Studios, Apple Corps, and WingNut Films Productions revealed that Get Back will not be released as a traditional theatrical film but rather will take the form of a three-part series, with each part clocking in at roughly two hours. Part One of the Academy Award-winning filmmaker’s in-depth examination of the Let It Be period will debut on November 25 on Disney+, with Part Two premiering on the 26th and Part Three on…

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The Walrus and Me: “Looking Through a Glass Onion” Collects Pop-Psych Beatles Covers

September 29, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Let me take you down… The Beatles’ songs were so sturdy and well-crafted that artists such as Matt Monro and Ella Fitzgerald became early adopters. But from the start, John, Paul, George, and Ringo’s contemporaries had been just as likely as the older generation to mine their songbook. As the sixties continued and the Beatles ushered in the shift from pop to rock (minus the “and roll”), similarly youthful artists brought their own increasingly adventurous spins to the lads’ material. Countless various-artists collections of Beatlesongs have proliferated over the years – enough…

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I’ve Got a Feeling: The Road to “Let It Be” Chronicled on Upcoming Book, “The Beatles: Get Back”

September 16, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

UPDATED: Fans of the Fab Four now have November 25, 2021 on the calendar for the Disney+ launch of director Peter Jackson’s three-part documentary The Beatles: Get Back. Now, the group’s Apple Corps has joined with Callaway Arts and Entertainment to announce a tie-in project sure to get mouths salivating – The Beatles: Get Back, the book. The 240-page hardcover tome, the band’s first authorized book release since the best-selling The Beatles Anthology, will be released on October 12, 2021. The Beatles: Get Back lavishly chronicles the making of their final album,…

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John Lennon 80 Campaign Kicks Off With New Box Set “Gimme Some Truth”

August 26, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

On October 9, John Lennon would have turned 80 years old. To mark the occasion, Capitol and UMe will be releasing a new multi-format collection entitled Gimme Some Truth: The Ultimate Mixes after his still-relevant 1971 protest single of that name. But this set – out on John’s birthday – won’t resemble the 2010 box of nearly the same title (celebrating his 70th). Instead, the Deluxe Edition release features 36 all-new mixes from the original multi-tracks of solo Lennon classics, remixed in stereo, 5.1 surround, and Dolby Atmos by Grammy Award-winning engineer…

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All I Want Is You…: Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get Back” Documentary Pushed To 2021

June 15, 2020 by Sam Stone | 14 Comments

Back in March, we gave you the news about The Beatles: Get Back and joined Beatles fans everywhere who were excitedly waiting to enjoy the long-awaited Peter Jackson film in movie theaters. Now, only three months later, we’re in a different world. The COVID-19 outbreak has not only forced many movie theaters to shut down indefinitely, but has also left studios scrambling to reschedule releases and reconsider delivery options. Accordingly, we’ll have to wait a bit longer to see the documentary, as Disney has pushed the film’s premiere back to August 27,…

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Dig It: “The Beatles: Get Back” To Arrive in Theaters This September

March 13, 2020 by Sam Stone | 6 Comments

UPDATED 6/12/20 It’s no doubt been a long and winding road for fans, but the wait for the much-anticipated Peter Jackson film on the making of The Beatles’ Let It Be album is almost over. Jackson has combed through more than fifty hours of film and 140 hours of audio recordings to create his reworked documentary. The result will be called The Beatles: Get Back and is set to be released in theaters nationwide on August 27, 2021 September 4, 2020 through a distribution deal with Disney. The feature boasts a wealth of…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 22

November 22, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, The Great Songs of Christmas: Classic Carols and Pop Favorites (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music proudly present the first new volume of The Great Songs of Christmas in nearly 50 years bringing many of the exclusive tracks featured on Goodyear’s original 1961-1970 series together. Expect to hear rarities from Percy Faith, Andre Kostelanetz, Johnny Mathis, Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence, and Ray Conniff, and even more new-to-CD tracks from The Harry Simeone…

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Bing Crosby, Gary Puckett, Grateful Dead, Harry Nilsson, Jeffrey Foskett, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Mathis, Leonard Cohen, Loudon Wainwright III, Mark Lindsay, Rod Stewart, Stanley Black, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Tim Buckley, Tom Waits, a-ha

Oh Yeah, Alright! Kenneth Womack Tells The Complete Story of “Abbey Road” in New Book “Solid State”

October 28, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

When The Beatles began recording Abbey Road over 50 years ago, They weren’t the same Beatles that they’d been before. The stresses of the contentious and seemingly never-ending Get Back project, the appearances of new love interests, the managerial struggles with Apple and Allen Klein, and Dick James’ divestment of their Northern Songs copyrights caused a wedge behind the scenes that threatened The Beatles’ future. And yet, in a few short months, John, Paul, George, and Ringo managed to recapture that magic feeling once again on their swan song LP. In his…

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From Them To You: The Beatles To Release New Vinyl Singles Box

October 16, 2019 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

It turns out the remixed, expanded Abbey Road isn’t the only piece of The Beatles’ catalogue getting reissued for the holidays. The group just announced the release of a box set gathering the band’s singles on vinyl, to be released November 22. The Singles Collection includes original singles and B-sides on 22 pieces of vinyl, plus a newly created 23rd single featuring “Free As a Bird” and “Real Love,” both single A-sides released to promote the multi-volume Anthology project in 1995 and 1996. The draw for collectors here is clearly the packaging: each…

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Review: The Beatles, “Abbey Road: Anniversary Edition”

September 30, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 11 Comments

I. Once There Was a Way to Get Back Home By the opening days of 1969, it was clear that John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr were four very different people, temperamentally and artistically. Their lives were taking them in different directions and threatening to pull them apart from the group that made them internationally famous. The Beatles, a.k.a. The White Album, had made high art out of those very differences and – surprising no one – was another triumph for the world’s biggest band. But still there was…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 27

September 27, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Beatles, Abbey Road: Anniversary Edition [Various Formats] (Apple/UMe) Super Deluxe 3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Abbey Road celebrates 50 with a variety of editions built around a new 2019 stereo mix by Giles Martin and Sam Okell. The centerpiece of the campaign, a 3CD/1BD box,…

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Here Comes the Sun: Beatles’ “Abbey Road” Turns 50 with Multi-Format Reissues

August 8, 2019 by The Second Disc | 10 Comments

Once there was a way to get back home… It was fifty years ago today that The Beatles were photographed on the zebra crossing outside EMI’s Abbey Road studios. Soon, it would become the most identifiable of all crosswalks as it graced the cover of the album named after that storied location: Abbey Road. When it was released on September 26, 1969 in the U.K., Abbey Road shot straight to No. 1 and eventually became the fourth best-selling album of the decade there. Upon its U.S. release one week later, it met…

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Release Round-Up: The Second Disc’s 2019 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 12, 2019 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Looking for our usual Release Round-Up? Alas, there’s not much new in the way of catalogue music this Friday (and we’ve already filled you in on Billy Paul and Leon Russell!), but for a very good reason: tomorrow sees releases a-plenty as part of Record Store Day! Without further ado, welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year’s RSD event! Once you’re through reading, let us know what you’re most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer! Our list features just a sampling of our…

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Record Store Day Spotlight: Craft Recordings Plans Violent Femmes, Stax Classics, Psych Pop Collections

February 28, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Record Store Day announcements are coming fast and furious, and one of the first out of the gate hails from Craft Recordings. The label has a variety of packages coming soon for the RSD festivities at your local independent retailer on Saturday, April 13! Here’s the full list from Craft with descriptions provided by the label. Violent Femmes, Hallowed Ground (LP): Hallowed Ground is the follow up to the Violent Femmes’ legendary self-titled 1983 debut. As with the first album, all of the songs were written by lead singer Gordon Gano while…

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Review: The Beatles, “The Beatles (The White Album): Anniversary Edition”

November 9, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

You Say You Want a Revolution Following the enormous, worldwide success of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles wouldn’t have been faulted had they re-entered Abbey Road Studios and created another album of robustly melodic, lavishly orchestrated songs of whimsy and wonder. But Messrs. Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr weren’t interested in repeating themselves. When The Beatles arrived on November 22, 1968, roughly one and one-half years after Pepper, one didn’t even have to play the record to know that it was something different. Not only was it the Fab…

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