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Release Round-Up: Week of August 21

August 21, 2026 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. The B-52’s, Ancient Culture: Mesopotamia Revisited (Sire/Rhino) (Amazon U.S.(opens in new tab) / Amazon U.K.(opens in new tab) / Amazon Canada(opens in new tab)) The B-52’s are returning to Mesopotamia. The band has revisited their 1982 David Byrne-produced EP on Ancient Culture: Mesopotamia Revisited, a new and generously expanded 3CD/1LP box set premiering outtakes, alternate mixes, and a previously unreleased concert from the era. The new “Full-Length Version” of Mesopotamia featured on CD and LP in Ancient Culture reassembles the…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Comedy, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alex Chilton, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Gustavo Dudamel, Jack Kerouac, John Williams, KISS, The B-52's, The Cramps, Various Artists

Real Gone Music Announces Halloween Lineup, Including First Reissue of Cartoon Cult Classic “Groovie Goolies”

August 27, 2020 by Sam Stone | 2 Comments

Time may feel like it’s at a standstill, but Halloween is just around the corner. To celebrate, Real Gone Music will release a host of spooky-scary releases on October 2, including the first-ever CD and LP reissue of Groovie Goolies. The 1970 power pop album was the soundtrack to the popular CBS-TV music-themed Saturday morning cartoon show produced by Filmation. Each episode included two original songs: one from The Monster Trio (Drac, Frankie, and Wolfie – see the album cover!) and one from a rotating group of “bands” such as The Rolling…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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45 Grave, Charles Bernstein, Coven, Filter, Gravediggaz, Groovie Goolies, John Zacherle, Megadeth, Melvins, Pantera, Roky Erickson, The Cramps, The Damned, The Munsters

It’s Witchcraft – Cherry Red’s Righteous Imprint Compiles 2-CD Set of Halloween Novelties

October 25, 2019 by Randy Fairman | 3 Comments

With Halloween less than a week away, we thought we’d take a look at a new compilation which was recently released from Cherry Red’s Righteous Records imprint: the 2-CD Trick or Treat: Music To Scare Your Neighbours – Vintage 45s from Lux and Ivy’s Haunted Basement. The Lux and Ivy in the title are the husband and wife mainstays of the punk/rockabilly group The Cramps, who debuted in the 1970s and were active until Lux’s death in 2009. Aside from being punk innovators, the pair also championed older music on their own…

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News

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Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bo Diddley, Burt Bacharach, John Zacherle, Rod McKuen, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Coasters, The Cramps