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Let Him Run Wild: Rhino’s Record Store Day Slate Includes Brian Wilson, David Bowie, The Doors, Talking Heads, Black Sabbath, Joni Mitchell, More

February 4, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

Today’s the day! The Record Store Day list is here, ramping up anticipation for the annual event which takes place at brick-and-mortar stores on Saturday, April 18. As expected, Rhino is leading the RSD pack with a whopping slate of over 50 titles scheduled to arrive in independent shops everywhere. The label has brought out many of its heaviest hitters, including David Bowie, The Doors, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Grateful Dead, Rod Stewart, Talking Heads, and Brian Wilson, among others. Head over to RecordStoreDay.com for the complete list of participating stores (and…

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The Year In Review: The 2023 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part One

January 15, 2024 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Happy 2024! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 14th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! As we yet again look to a new year with optimism and a hopeful spirit, we recognize the many roles music has played in our lives. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2023’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets, big and small, that proved to be truly outstanding for music lovers worldwide. After much deliberation, we’re excited to unveil our favorites. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill Top…

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Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, Blossom Dearie, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello, Eugene Ormandy, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Green Day, Howard Jones, John Williams, Matt Monro, Rose Marie, The Beatles, The Darkness

Release Round-Up: Week of October 6

October 6, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) (Asylum/Rhino) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The third volume of Joni Mitchell’s remarkable Archives series continues with an exploration of the period that yielded such groundbreaking albums as For the Roses (1972), Court and Spark (1974), the live Miles of Aisles (1974), and The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975). The new 5CD, 96-track box – also available digitally or in 4LP “highlights” form –…

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Danny Elfman, Duke Jupiter, Frankie Stein and His Ghouls, Heatmiser, Howard Jones, J.J. Cale, Joni Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Olivia Newton-John, Reba McEntire, Roger Waters, Steve Cropper, Sylvester, The Darkness, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Ophelias, The White Stripes, Tom Waits, Van Halen

A Thing Called Love: The Darkness Ask for ‘Permission to Land…Again’ in Deluxe Edition of Debut

July 10, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

It might’ve been the last thing anyone expected to hear on the radio in 2003: a swaggering rock tune with faux-operatic vocals and a guitar tone reminiscent of Queen’s Brian May. Was it some lost outtake from the ’70s? No: it was the seriously fun “I Believe in a Thing Called Love,” which heralded one of the country’s most unique bands: The Darkness. Now, 20 years on, the group is revisiting their first recordings with an all-out box set edition of their debut album Permission to Land. Permission to Land…Again includes the…

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