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Release Round-Up: Week of November 28

November 28, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! With Record Store Day’s Black Friday event taking place today, the slate is usually a small one…not so this year, though, thanks to Rhino’s CD releases of numerous RSD titles. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Neil Young, Tonight’s the Night 50 (Reprise/NYA) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Greedy Hand Store 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Greedy Hand Store Clear Vinyl: Greedy Hand Store Neil Young’s sixth album, released in 1975 but mostly recorded two years earlier, was the closer to his “Ditch Trilogy.”…

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Alice Cooper, Bobby Darin, Dwight Yoakam, Eric Burdon, Fleetwood Mac, Jonathan Groff, Love, Madonna, Neil Young, The Doors, The English Beat, The Flaming Lips, War

Do You Realize?? These Rhino RSD Titles Are Also Coming Soon to CD

November 10, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 10 Comments

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Rhino’s Record Store Day Black Friday schedule is packed with some 35 titles available as limited edition vinyl releases. But CD lovers take heart: six of these titles – most featuring previously unreleased material – will be available the same day on our favorite portable physical format! Here’s a look at each title, alphabetically by artist. Recent years have seen Rhino acquire distribution rights to beloved British ska outfit The Beat (known in America as The English Beat), with expanded editions of the group’s studio albums distributed through the label. You…

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Alice Cooper, Arthur Lee, Christine McVie, Eric Burdon, Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Love, Mick Fleetwood, Record Store Day, Stevie Nicks, The Beat, The Doors, The English Beat, The Flaming Lips, War

Merry Something to You: Rhino Announces Record Store Day Black Friday Slate with Devo, Joni Mitchell, Alice Cooper, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Randy Newman, More

October 6, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

TSD is kicking off our look at this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday releases, due at participating independent record stores on November 28, with a typically packed slate coming from Rhino. With over 30 titles, the label has brought out the heavy hitters (many of which are RSD mainstays) including The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Todd Rundgren, Van Halen, and more. We’ve also included a handful of releases from Rhino sister labels such as Warner (with a Tom Petty live collection) and Elektra (an EP from…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 31

January 31, 2025 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Dwight Twilley Scuba Divers

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. Dwight Twilley, Scuba Divers: Blueprint Edition (Iconoclassic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The road to Dwight Twilley’s second album, 1982’s Scuba Divers, was a long one. Now, Iconoclassic Records is expanding that 10-track album with a whopping 15 bonus tracks (11 of which are previously unreleased) chronicling the arduous journey to Scuba Divers that began as the sessions for an album called Blueprint. Vic Anesini has remastered all audio from the master tapes,…

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Dwight Twilley, Loudon Wainwright III, Rumer, Steely Dan, The Beat, The English Beat

Rhino’s 2025 Start Your Ear Off Right Campaign Features Fleetwood Mac, Ramones, Rush, More

January 6, 2025 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

Rhino Start Your Ear 2025

We’ve already filled you in on details of Rhino’s upcoming live release from WAR, but that’s not all coming from the label. Rhino’s annual Start Your Ear Off Right vinyl campaign has already commenced at independent retailers and select Barnes and Noble locations. This year’s slate encompasses releases from Dream Theater, Ramones, Fleetwood Mac, ZZ Top, Grateful Dead, Rush, and others. Below, you’ll find the complete list of SYEOR titles due this month, including those which arrived last Friday, January 3. All descriptions have been provided by Rhino. January 3 The English…

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Allen Toussaint, Dream Theater, Eddie Hazel, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Lindsey Buckingham, Ramones, Rush, The Cult, The English Beat, Yes, ZZ Top

Rhino’s Record Store Day Black Friday Lineup Includes Phil Collins, Doors, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Steve Martin, Yes, More

October 15, 2024 by The Second Disc | No Comments

TSD kicks off our look at this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday releases, due at participating independent record stores on November 29, with a packed slate coming from Rhino. With over 20 titles, Rhino has brought out the heavy hitters including The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Grateful Dead, Yes, Stevie Nicks, Todd Rundgren, and more. And that’s not all. There are special treats for fans of animation classic (The Carl Stalling Project) and contemporary (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie) and a picture disc from comedy legend Steve Martin. Visit here for a list…

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Listen to the Music: Rhino’s Rocktober Slate Features Doobie Brothers, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Monkees, More

October 10, 2024 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Rhino Rocktober

Rhino’s annual Rocktober campaign – this year encompassing 43 limited edition colored vinyl reissues of rockers both classic and contemporary – kicked off on October 4 with titles from Black Sabbath, Bush, Deep Purple, Devo, The Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, The Monkees, Stone Temple Pilots, and more. Next, on October 18, the collection will grow to include releases from Ramones and The Velvet Underground. The slate concludes on October 25 with The Cars, Foghat, Iron Butterfly, and more, including a second volume of Yes’ Yessingles. As usual, Rocktober titles will only be…

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Rhino’s Record Store Day Lineup Features Doors, Talking Heads, Faces, Todd Rundgren, Linda Ronstadt, Four Seasons, Dio, More

February 15, 2024 by The Second Disc | 10 Comments

Linda Ronstadt Asylum Years

It’s that time of year again! Record Store Day announcements are coming fast and furious in anticipation of the big day, Saturday, April 20. As usual, Rhino’s slate is a packed one, with a whopping 39 titles including releases from The Doors and Dwight Yoakam on CD as well as vinyl. Click here for a list of participating independent record stores. All descriptions below are provided by the label. (*) denotes worldwide units. AIR – Kelly Watch the Stars Limited Edition of 5,500* copies; 12″ picture disc Captain Beefheart & His Magic…

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Dear Little Buttercup: Rhino’s “Start Your Ear Off Right” Features America, The Doors, Grateful Dead, “Three Amigos,” More

January 4, 2024 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Three Amigos OST

Rhino is once again inaugurating the new year with a Start Your Ear Off Right campaign, launching this Friday in brick-and-mortar independent record stores (and if the past is any indication, at Barnes and Noble locations across the United States). The vinyl-only slate, which is spread out over the next four release weeks, concentrates on classic rockers (The Doors, Foghat, America, Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground, Black Sabbath, Stevie Nicks, Yes) with a healthy dose of R&B legends (Ray Charles, Curtis Mayfield, Zapp and Roger) and a late country music great (Eddie Rabbitt)…

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America, Black Sabbath, Curtis Mayfield, Eddie Rabbitt, Foghat, Grateful Dead, Randy Newman, Ray Charles, Stevie Nicks, The Doors, The English Beat, The Velvet Underground, Yes, Zapp and Roger

The Second Disc’s Guide to Black Friday Record Store Day 2023: Our Essential Picks

November 24, 2023 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of beloved family and friends. Of course, from this day which conjures nostalgic and warm feelings comes a celebration of a different kind with this year’s annual Black Friday Record Store Day event. In keeping with tradition, Mike, Randy, and Joe have once again selected some essential picks of the roughly 200 titles being released tomorrow at independent record stores everywhere. With so many shoppers at the mall and…

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Bo Diddley, Chico Hamilton, Dr. Dre, INXS, Isaac Hayes, John Murphy, Joni Mitchell, Leon Russell, Melvin Van Peebles, Old 97's, Prince, Record Store Day, Splinter, The Doors, The English Beat, The Mamas and The Papas, War

Rhino’s Record Store Day Black Friday Lineup Includes The Doors on CD and LP Plus Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell, War, and More

October 4, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

War The World Is a Ghetto

TSD is continuing its look at this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday releases, due at participating independent record stores on November 24, with the packed slate coming from Rhino. With sixteen titles – including one on both vinyl and CD! – Rhino has brought out the heavy hitters including The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, and War. Visit here for a list of Record Store Day retailers. The English Beat, I Just Can’t Stop (Expanded) Limited Edition of 8,000 copies on 2LP 140-gram Crystal Clear vinyl Captain Beefheart and…

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Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Faces, Grateful Dead, INXS, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, Linkin Park, Little Feat, Los Lobos, Record Store Day, Rilo Kiley, Sia, The Doors, The English Beat, The Flaming Lips, War

As You Walk on By: New Box Celebrates the Music of John Hughes Films

August 4, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

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A wise philosopher…or maybe a punk kid…or maybe an astute screenwriter?…once wrote “Life moves pretty fast – if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” A new box set devoted to that iconic filmmaker – the late John Hughes – will help fans enjoy some of that life a little more through a diverse collection of pop songs he helped bring to the masses. Life Moves Pretty Fast. The John Hughes Mixtapes offers four volumes of songs from the writer/director’s popular comedies and teen dramas….

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It Will Be Double: The Clash Detail Expanded Edition of ‘Combat Rock’

April 7, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Combat Rock Peoples Hall

This is a public service announcement…with bonus tracks! Legacy Recordings will release a 2CD or 3LP expansion of The Clash’s Combat Rock for its 40th anniversary. The album comes with a bonus disc of 12 rare and unreleased tracks curated by the band’s surviving members. As the follow-up to the sprawling triple album Sandinista! (1980), the fifth album from “The Only Band That Matters” found the group at a creative crossroads. Guitarist Mick Jones found himself feeling estranged from his bandmates, including Joe Strummer (who convinced the group to rehire manager Bernie…

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A Message To You: Two Tone Classics Collected On New CD Box

August 10, 2020 by Mike Duquette | 9 Comments

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A new box set next month will anthologize most of the output of influential ska/punk label 2 Tone Records. 2 Tone: The Albums will collect eight major long-playing albums issued by the British label between 1979 and 1984: The Specials’ Specials (1979), More Specials (1980) and In The Studio (1984, issued under a revised line-up and new name, The Special AKA); The Selecter’s Too Much Pressure (1980); Cuban-born Rico Rodriguez’s That Man Is Forward (1981) and Jama Rico (1982); and two compilations: Dance Craze, the soundtrack to the 1981 documentary of the same…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 13

May 13, 2014 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Michael Jackson, Xscape (Epic) Where was this three years ago? This collection of eight outtakes, augmented with tasteful future-retro production by Timbaland, Stargate, L.A. Reid and others, is possibly the best project to escape the MJ vaults yet. For the discerning fan, Epic’s done you a solid, offering a deluxe package with the same songs in their untouched demo form. It’s really something. Standard CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Brain Salad Surgery: Deluxe Edition (Sony Music U.K.) One of ELP’s defining albums is now available…

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Box Set Watch: Edsel Collects The Sound, Suede, The (English) Beat

May 12, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

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Demon Music Group’s Edsel Records has a packed release slate this week from a number of artists returning to the label’s roster. From Britpop heroes Suede (a.k.a. The London Suede), the label has Royal Albert Hall, 24 March 2010, a 2-CD/1-DVD set preserving the band’s reunion concert (with Brett Anderson, Neil Codling, Simon Gilbert, Richard Oakes and Mat Osman) benefiting Teenage Cancer Trust; and Sci-Fi Lullabies, a reissue of the original 2-CD anthology of the group’s B-sides released between 1992 and 1997. Edsel’s reissue adds a new booklet with full lyrics. Both…

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The Year in Reissues: The 2012 Gold Bonus Disc Awards

December 28, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

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Wow! Was it just over a year ago when a rather dubious report began circulating (that, shockingly, was picked up by many otherwise-reputable publications) that proclaimed the death of the CD was secretly scheduled by the major labels for 2012? Well, 2012 has come and (almost) gone, and it might have been the most super-sized year in recent memory for reissues, deluxe and otherwise, from labels new and old. Here at the Second Disc, we consider our annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards a companion piece to Mike’s own round-up over at Popdose,…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 11

September 11, 2012 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Emerson, Lake & Palmer / Tarkus: Deluxe Editions (Razor & Tie) Full review coming soon, but you should know that these are 2-CD/1-DVD sets featuring unreleased alternate takes and 5.1 surround mixes for these two classic prog-rock LPs. Dio, Singles Box Set (UMC) A U.K.-made collectible box replicating all of Dio’s Vertigo 12″ singles, plus the Intermission live EP and a DVD of music videos. The English Beat, Live at The US Festival ’82 & ’83 (Shout! Factory) Initially available as a pre-order bonus with Shout! Factory’s Complete Beat box, this CD/DVD set (featuring audio highlights from the group’s two…

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Review: The Beat, “I Just Can’t Stop It,” “Wha’ppen?” and “Special Beat Service” Expanded Editions

July 10, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

the beat i just cant stop it cover1

When the members of The Beat had the opportunity to create their own record label, the six-piece unit (“Ranking” Roger Charlery on vocals and toasting, Dave Wakeling on vocals and guitar, Andy Cox on guitar, Everett Morton on drums, David Steele on bass and Lionel Augustus Martin a.k.a. Saxa on – what else? – saxophone!) chose “Go Feet Records” as its moniker. Now, roughly 32 years after the band’s first album was released, it will still have your feet going in wild and unexpected directions. I Just Can’t Stop It, and follow-ups Wha’ppen?…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 10

July 10, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

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Bananarama, 30 Years of Bananarama (Rhino U.K.) The U.K. division of Rhino compiles the best of the “Venus” hitmakers in this CD/DVD package out today in the U.K. and next week stateside! Read more here. The Beat, I Just Can’t Stop It/Wha’ppen?/Special Beat Service (Demon/Edsel) The complete studio output of The Beat (or The English Beat, if you prefer) gets the deluxe reissue treatment in the U.K. from Edsel as 2-CD/1-DVD sets chock-filled with extra material! Don’t miss our review of all three sets! The Beat, The Complete Beat/Keep the Beat: The…

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Don’t Save It for Later: Shout! Factory’s “The English Beat Live at The US Festival” Detailed

July 6, 2012 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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When we reported on the dueling reissue campaigns by Edsel and Shout! Factory over the catalogue of The (English) Beat, it was pretty clear that each had its own distinct advantages. Shout! Factory’s The Complete Beat box set lacked some of the bonus content and all of the video footage in Edsel’s 2CD/1DVD expansions of each of the ska band’s three albums. On the other hand, they were going to include The Beat in its burgeoning series of live shows from the fabled US Festival. Now, we have some details of that release…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 26

June 26, 2012 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

beat deluxe edsel

The Beat, I Just Can’t Stop It / Wha’ppen? / Special Beat Service: Deluxe Editions (Edsel) The Beat’s discography is expanded in the U.K. by Edsel in fashionable 2 CD/1 DVD editions. (Don’t forget: a similar five-disc box is coming out from Shout! Factory in the U.S. next month.) The Miracles, Renaissance / Do It Baby (Hip-o Select/Motown) The first two post-Smokey LPs by The Miracles on one CD. The Electric Prunes, The Complete Reprise Singles / The New Christy Minstrels, A Retrospective 1962-1970 / The Tokens, It’s a Happening World: Deluxe Edition / Timi Yuro, The Complete Liberty Singles / Rita Pavone, The International…

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Teena Marie, The Beat, The Electric Prunes, The English Beat, The Miracles, The New Christy Minstrels, The Tokens, Timi Yuro

Here’s Wha’ppening with Edsel’s Beat Reissues

April 23, 2012 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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As previously reported, the discography of British ska band The Beat (or as they’re primarily known in the States, The English Beat) is getting the expanded reissue treatment by two separate labels across the globe. Shout! Factory is releasing a five-disc box set featuring all three of the band’s albums, B-sides, remixes and Peel sessions, as well as a new compilation and a CD/DVD of the band’s US Festival performance in 1983. Now, we can share the details of U.K. label Edsel’s forthcoming presentations of these albums. (Special thanks to super-reader John…

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Beat Crazy: Legendary Ska Group to Receive Catalogue Overhaul in Two Countries!

April 16, 2012 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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In what is quite possibly the first such occurrence since The Second Disc opened up shop in 2010, one popular ska band from England is getting two very different sets of catalogue reissues in their native land as well as the United States. The Beat – known as The English Beat in North America – were among the top bands of the late-’70s/early-’80s ska revival in England. With an eclectic lineup (Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger sharing lead vocals, Andy Cox on guitar, bassist David Steele, drummer Roger Morton and Lionel “Saxa”…

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