The Weekend Stream Extra: ‘Play Dead’ Rolls Over Hi-Res Grateful Dead Sets in New App

April 19, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments
Play Dead

Streaming music got a whole lot more live this past week – or is it a whole lot more Dead? On April 16, the live music platform Nugs.net launched Play Dead, a new app devoted to the live archive of The Grateful Dead. Authorized by the band and Rhino Records, the service brings a digital home to longtime series of authorized Dead recordings that have only been available in physical form – and also offers a leap forward in how the band’s concert releases are managed, with 20 previously unreleased shows available exclusively on…

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UPDATED WITH ARTWORK AND TRACK LISTING: Grateful Dead Announce New LP Compilation “Sage and Spirit” For Record Store Day

February 28, 2019 by Sam Stone | 2 Comments
RSD19 GratefulDead SageandSpirit

The official Record Store Day list is set to drop any day now, but Grateful Dead has announced one of their RSD 2019 offerings a bit early:  a limited-edition compilation LP called Sage & Spirit, which will be available in independent record shops Saturday, April 13. Sage & Spirit marks the latest chapter in the Grateful Dead’s partnership with Dogfish Head Brewery, a company that’s been a frequent supporter of Record Store Day.  The album boasts 10 tracks, a mix of live and studio cuts curated by the group’s lead archivist, David…

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Real Gone Prepares ‘Love Actually’ White Vinyl Reissue, Grateful Dead ‘Road Trips Vol. 3, No, 4’ 3-CD Set for January

December 20, 2018 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment
RGM LoveActually

As temperatures continue to drop here in the northeast where The Second Disc HQ is stationed, Real Gone Music have announced two reissues that will be good company on a day spent indoors.  On January 25, the label will release a 2-LP white vinyl edition of the Love Actually soundtrack in its first-ever vinyl pressing, plus a 3-CD reissue of a hard-to-find Grateful Dead concert collection, Road Trips, Vol. 3, No. 4. With an endearing and clever plot featuring ten interlocking stories and star-studded cast of Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson,…

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Keep It Thoro: Legacy Announces Record Store Day Slate with Dylan, Cash, Mathis, Elvis, Pink Floyd, More

March 6, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment
Johnny Mathis I Love My Lady

Record Store Day is a little over a month away – Saturday, April 21 – and record labels large and small are celebrating in high style.  Legacy Recordings is looking to make this the biggest and best RSD yet, with a line-up of nearly 30 titles in genres including classic rock, pop, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, comedy, and beyond. Many of the label’s heavy hitters are represented, including Johnny Cash (an expanded vinyl box set of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition), Jimi Hendrix (a new 7-inch single with an unreleased side),…

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Rhino Collects 25 Years of Trips with Grateful Dead Live Compilation

January 23, 2018 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment
Best of The Grateful Dead Live

The Grateful Dead played more than 2,300 concerts during their lifespan. Of those, it’s estimated that some 2,200 of those shows were taped by the band and their loyal fans. The good-natured California group allowed them to be freely distributed from the beginning, and every Deadhead has a favorite. But where would you start with the live history of such an esteemed band? The Dead and Rhino are offering an answer to that question this spring with The Best of The Grateful Dead Live, a 2CD or 2LP set offering highlights from…

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Tori Amos, Richard Hell Lead Rhino’s Record Store Day Black Friday Slate

October 18, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment
Richard Hell Blank Generation 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 2397526

Rhino Records is planning 11 titles for this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday–and two of them are fairly unexpected catalogue treats from two very different artists. First up, the label has announced an upcoming expanded edition on CD and LP of Richard Hell & The Voidoids’ Blank Generation. Hell, a founding member of Television and one of the key figures of early punk rock in New York and beyond (his personal style of spiked hair and safety pins is said to have influenced Malcolm McLaren’s Sex shop and the look of…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 14

July 14, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
Dusty Springfield Brand New Me Complete

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Dusty Springfield, A Brand New Me: The Complete Philadelphia Sessions (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Dusty Springfield’s 1970 A Brand New Me LP (her follow-up Atlantic effort to the landmark Dusty in Memphis) found Dusty traveling to Sigma Sound in Philadelphia to work with Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell, architects of the orchestrated soul known as “The Philadelphia Sound.”  Springfield would have a #3 AC hit with the album’s title song.  Brand New Me forms the basis of…

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Feelin’ Groovy: Rhino Plans Vinyl Celebrations for Summer of Love Anniversary

May 30, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 7 Comments
Rhino SOL

Five decades ago, in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, a social movement was growing. Young people, with heads full of progressive ideas and evolving attitudes toward sex, drugs and rock and roll, were converging on the area to celebrate their personal freedom–an extension of that January’s “Human Be-In” in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The “Summer of Love,” as it was called, was the birth of the modern counterculture, and music played an integral role in the shaping, influencing and mainstreaming of these daring new ideas. Rhino Records will celebrate that…

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Warner Music Plans Record Store Day Bonanza

March 22, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments
Space Jam

Record Store Day has been an institution for a decade now, so leave it to this year’s 10th anniversary event to be one of the biggest! We’ve already shone the spotlight on releases by David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Prince, Omnivore Recordings and Legacy Recordings; now, it’s time to take a look at Warner Music’s incredibly generous lineup. Over 30 titles will be featured from the label group at independent record stores on Saturday, April 22. There’s really something for everyone: vintage 12″ singles from the likes of Madonna, Jane’s Addiction and Deee-Lite;…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 20

November 20, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments
Beach Boys Party Uncovered and Unplugged

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up which continues this autumn’s tradition of having each week packed with box sets from heavy hitters – in this case, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Queen, Grateful Dead, Frank Sinatra, and they’re still not all!  Plus: CD and vinyl reissues, anthologies, and much more! The Beach Boys, Beach Boys’ Party: Uncovered and Unplugged (Capitol) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The first disc of this 2-CD, 81-track set features the original 1965 Beach Boys Party! album as remixed in original, pre-overdubbed form and then…

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Christmas Joy: Real Gone Kicks off the Holidays with Four Seasons and More in October

August 14, 2015 by Randy Fairman | 2 Comments
Four Seasons Greetings

It may be hard to believe, but the holiday season will be here sooner than we think!  To prove that point, Real Gone Music is getting Christmas started early with its October slate of releases featuring five yuletide gems along with three titles good for year-round enjoyment. This batch of Christmas classics kicks off with the 4 Seasons’ The 4 Seasons Greetings, continuing Real Gone’s series of mono Seasons reissues which began in September.  Next, you’ve got holiday tunes from crooner and actor John Gary with his lone RCA Christmas LP.  Rounding out…

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End of the Long, Strange Trip? Final Grateful Dead Reunion Shows Arrive From Rhino in November

June 30, 2015 by Randy Fairman | 4 Comments
Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well Complete

Over the weekend, the remaining members of the Grateful Dead kicked off their reunion “Fare Thee Well” concerts in Santa Clara, California.  These concerts are billed as the last time that Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart and Bob Weir will perform under the name of the Grateful Dead.  The final three highly-anticipated shows begin on July 3 at Soldier Field in Chicago.  Rhino Records has just announced that these final shows will all be recorded and available in a variety of formats on November 20. The original line-up of the Grateful…

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Not Fade Away: Rhino Celebrates Live Grateful Dead With 4-CD and 80-CD Box Sets

June 2, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments
Grateful Dead Definitive Live

With the ongoing celebration of the band’s 50th anniversary and the upcoming reunion shows at Chicago’s Soldier Field, the Grateful Dead have arguably been more visible in 2015 than in any point since the passing of Jerry Garcia in 1995.  The long strange trip continues this fall with Rhino Records’ release of the band’s most lavish release to date.  30 Trips Around the Sun, due on September 18, is a whopping collection of never-before-released live Dead.  It will be available both as an 80-CD box set and a lightning bolt-shaped USB drive….

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Real Gone’s July Features Complete Ronny and the Daytonas Plus New Riders, Fanny, Grateful Dead, More

May 7, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
Complete Ronny and the Daytonas

Summer is just around the corner, but Real Gone Music isn’t taking a vacation!  The label has just announced its June 30 – July 10 slate of releases! If you just can’t wait to roll down the windows and crank the car stereo up, you’d be hard-pressed to find more appropriate music than the complete recordings of Ronny and the Daytonas (“G.T.O.”) ! And to coincide with the summer’s most in-demand concert ticket, Real Gone has another volume of live rarities from Grateful Dead. The Dead has been a mainstay since Real…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 28

April 28, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
Dusty Springfield Faithful

Dusty Springfield, Faithful (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Faithful assembles for the first time on one CD all of the masters produced by Jeff Barry (“Chapel of Love,” “Leader of the Pack,” “Sugar, Sugar”) for Dusty Springfield in 1971.  From his home base at New York’s Century Sound, Barry produced thirteen songs for Dusty – twelve intended for album release and one for a non-LP single.  Four songs were released on two 45s, but when Dusty departed Atlantic Records, the remaining tracks were left on the shelf, and thought…

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Iron Butterfly, Black Oak Arkansas Join Paul Williams On Real Gone’s June Slate

April 16, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
Iron Butterfly Ball

Well, April 15 has come and gone.  Did the taxman get you down?  If so, Real Gone Music is ready to brighten your day with news of its June 2 slate of releases!  This line-up is headlined by none other than legendary songwriter Paul Williams with his only album for Portrait Records, newly expanded by Real Gone and our very own Second Disc Records imprint with never-before-heard bonus tracks! And Real Gone has only just begun.  The line-up also features heavy rock from Black Oak Arkansas and Iron Butterfly, and two more choice offerings from…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 31

March 31, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy

Today’s Release Round-Up has everything from classic country and rock to vintage jazz! Glen Campbell, Rhinestone Cowboy: 40th Anniversary Edition (Capitol Nashville) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) Capitol Nashville remasters and expands Glen Campbell’s smash 1975 album with five bonus tracks, including the previously unreleased “Quits,” two rare new-to-U.S.-CD single sides and remixes of “Rhinestone Cowboy” and “Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.).”  Read full details here. Van Halen, remasters and Tokyo Dome Live in Concert (Warner Bros./Rhino) Van Halen: Remastered Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1984: Remastered…

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Jackie DeShannon, Perry Como, Nils Lofgren Lead Off Real Gone’s Diverse May Slate

March 12, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments
Jackie

Rarities are the order of the day from Real Gone Music when it comes to the label’s just-announced slate of releases scheduled for late April and early May. The label kicks things off on April 28 with its reissue of one of the most famous Grateful Dead shows of all time.  Dick’s Picks Volume 8 captures the epic May 2, 1970 show at Binghamton, New York’s Harpur College – a show even singled out by Jerry Garcia himself.  Then, on May 5, Real Gone has five more titles, all of which are…

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Real Gone Has “Rhapsodies” In April From Dusty Springfield, Rick Wakeman, Jesse Winchester and More

February 18, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments
Dusty Springfield Faithful

One surefire cure for the winter blues is to think ahead to the warmer climates awaiting us in spring.  And Real Gone Music is seeing to it that April 2015 will shower not only with rain but with a full slate of new releases! This batch includes a sprawling set from Yes’ Rick Wakeman produced the great Tony Visconti, two more visits down memory lane with Grateful Dead, plus some rare music from underrated singer/songwriters Craig Fuller and Eric Kaz, and Jesse Winchester.  And that’s not all.  Real Gone also premieres on…

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Unbroken Chain: Rhino Celebrates 50 Years of Grateful Dead with New 2-CD Anthology

January 21, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment
Best of Grateful Dead

“What a long, strange trip it’s been,” asserted the Grateful Dead on 1970’s American Beauty. It’s doubtful that the band members could have imagined that the long, strange trip would still be continuing in 2015 – 45 years after “Truckin’” and 50 years after Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bill Kreutzmann first came together. 50th anniversary plans have recently been revealed including a documentary from director Amir Bar-Lev and executive producer Martin Scorsese and most excitingly, a reunion of Weir, Lesh, Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart (who joined…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 6

January 6, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Jackie Moore, The Complete Atlantic Recordings (2-CD Release) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain: Original Soundtrack Gatefold Double-LP (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) or CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Dance of Reality: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) or CD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Real Gone Music kicks off the new year right with a slate filled with vintage R&B, classic rock and beyond including The Complete Atlantic Recordings of soul songstress Jackie Moore (“Sweet Charlie Babe”), two haunting soundtracks from…

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Tony Joe White, George Jones and Tammy Wynette, Ray Kennedy Highlight Real Gone’s February

December 10, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 11 Comments

From The Apollo to the swamps of Louisiana, Real Gone Music has a whirlwind musical tour planned for its February 3, 2015 slate! The centerpiece of the February batch just might be the first-ever complete collection of Louisiana man Tony Joe White’s Warner Bros. recordings!  Singer-songwriter White (“Willie and Laura Mae Jones,” “Polk Salad Annie”) has one of the most distinctive voices in southern soul, and Real Gone’s new collection celebrates a major period his career with a new 2-CD set collecting three albums and six non-LP singles!  The label then has…

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It’s A Happy New Year with Real Gone Music’s January Slate

November 18, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Real Gone Music is saying “Happy New Year!” a couple of months early with the announcement of the label’s January 6 slate of releases. This customarily eclectic batch is highlighted by the classic soul of The Main Ingredient and Jackie Moore, blue comedy from Redd Foxx, two otherworldly soundtracks from the films of cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (on both LP and CD!), and more live jam-band greatness from Grateful Dead. Real Gone’s press release, with full details on each title, follows! LOS ANGELES, CA – One of the ironies of the career…

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Omnivore, Rhino, Varese Gear Up For Black Friday 2014

October 31, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Our Black Friday Record Store Day shopping list has just gotten a little longer! Following our recent announcement of Legacy Recordings’ slate for November 28, we have news of the offerings coming your way from Omnivore Recordings, Rhino and Varese Sarabande! For the gang at Omnivore, it’s all about amazing indie pop! The label recently reissued Game Theory’s debut album Blaze of Glory, and on November 24, the Omnivores will unveil the first U.S. release of the band’s compilation Dead Center. That French release (which will gain 11 bonus tracks in Omnivore’s…

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O-o-h Child! Real Gone’s December Line-Up Features Five Stairsteps, Grateful Dead, B.J. Thomas and More

October 20, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
five stairsteps two fer

O-o-h Child! Real Gone Music has announced its December 2 release slate, and following the label’s holiday offerings set for November 4, it’s packed with rare soul, classic rock and folk! The Real Goners have a complete collection of Linda Jones’ recordings for not one, not two, but three labels – Warner Bros., Atco and Loma –marking the most comprehensive collection yet for the “Hypnotized” songstress, including tracks new to CD! Joining the Linda Jones set is a two-for-one release of two Buddah albums from The First Family of Soul, The Five…

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