The Isley Brothers - The Second Disc

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Aerosmith, Arthur Baker, Blur, Boyce and Hart, Greta Van Fleet, Nils Lofgren, Nina Simone, The Isley Brothers

In Memoriam: Lamont Dozier (1941-2022)

August 9, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

We at The Second Disc are not musicians. Well – I don’t want to speak for Joe, but outside of an enthusiastic karaoke night every now and again, I am not a musician. But I obviously think of what it takes to mix brain power and artistic expression so brilliantly in the creation of a song, as well as the struggles that every artist faces when trying to “make it.” Earning a living is one thing, sure, but so is the magic of connecting with a friend or a stranger through a…

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Diana Ross and The Supremes, Freda Payne, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lamont Dozier, Phil Collins, The Chairmen of the Board, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Supremes

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The Weekend Stream: December 4, 2021

December 4, 2021 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to discover! This week we’ve got a U2 digital box set, soulful rarities from The Isley Brothers and Ramsey Lewis, and the return of a cute Christmas favorite. U2, Achtung Baby (30th Anniversary Edition) (Island/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify) Alongside a new vinyl pressing of the album that hurtled U2 into the ’90s and back into superstardom, U2 have digitally premiered a huge…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Earth Wind and Fire, Jimi Hendrix, Lou Monte, Ramsey Lewis, The Isley Brothers, U2

The Weekend Stream: September 11, 2021

September 11, 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! Aaliyah, Aaliyah (Blackground/EMPIRE) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify) The Blackground Records digital rollout…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Aaliyah, Blackstreet, Carla Thomas, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Four Tops, Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Loretta Lynn, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Restless Heart, The Everly Brothers, The Isley Brothers, The Supremes, The Temptations

’60s ROCK, POP AND SOUL: New Treasury Collection DVD Set Offers Over 100 Favorites

November 23, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

Earlier this year, The Second Disc shared news of Rock, Pop and Doo Wop, a 7-DVD collection from Treasury Collection and executive producer-director TJ Lubinsky. Now, with the holidays upon us, a new set featuring dozens of classic hit-makers has just been released: ’60s Rock, Pop and Soul. This 4-DVD package has been culled from two decades of Lubinsky’s historic television concerts, with 130 hit songs from a “Who’s Who” of legendary performers including Frankie Valli (“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”), Jackie DeShannon (“What the World Needs Now Is Love”), John…

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Box Sets, CD, DVD

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Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Aretha Franklin, B.J. Thomas, Ben E. King, Davy Jones, Four Tops, Frankie Valli, Glen Campbell, Jackie DeShannon, Jefferson Starship, Judy Collins, Lulu, Petula Clark, Ron Dante, The 5th Dimension, The Association, The Isley Brothers, The Zombies, Tommy James and The Shondells, Various Artists

Bandcamp Bonanza: Top Picks For Indie Music Makers’ Sixth Monthly Event

August 7, 2020 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

On March 20, as the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic was just starting to be understood, indie music retailer Bandcamp made the bold choice of waiving their share of revenue for artists and labels who were cancelling shows and delaying album releases left and right. The result was more music bought by more fans than any day on the site, a record broken on the first Friday of May. Bandcamp Fridays have since taken place in June and July – plus the first of an annual occurrence when the service will donate…

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A Tribe Called Quest, Taj Mahal, The Delfonics, The Isley Brothers, The Psychedelic Furs, Wu-Tang Clan

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Blues, Classic Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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A Second Disc Interview: TJ Lubinsky Shares Details on New “Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop” DVD Set

July 8, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 23 Comments

“Be My Baby.” “Can’t Take My Eyes off You.” “Stand by Me.” “You Don’t Own Me.” Songs such as these not only defined the era in which they were first written and performed, but continue to resonate today. They’re just four of the classic songs included on an upcoming 7-DVD set from Treasury Collection that serves as a definitive concert anthology of classic American R&B music. Rock, Pop, and Doo Wop has been curated by executive producer and director TJ Lubinsky from his acclaimed onstage reunions of original artists performing their biggest…

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Box Sets, CD, DVD

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Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

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Aretha Franklin, Ben E. King, Four Tops, Frankie Valli, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Maestro, Lesley Gore, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Little Richard, Ronnie Spector, The Isley Brothers, The Miracles, The Righteous Brothers

Return To West Grand Boulevard: ‘Motown: The Complete No. 1s’ Box Gets Expanded Reissue

April 19, 2019 by The Second Disc | 9 Comments

For its 60th anniversary year, Universal Music Enterprises has begun reminding fans that “Motown Did It First“; now, the label that launched The Sound Of Young America is revisiting a box set that was released in celebration of its 50th anniversary a decade ago. Motown: The Complete No. 1s is being reissued and expanded on June 28. Motown: The Complete No. 1s featured more than 200 international chart-toppers, plus a handful of bonus masters that went to No. 1 through cover versions or samples. And the packaging was a delight: the discs…

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Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Funk, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul

Release Round-Up: Week of September 21

September 21, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 18 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Bobbie Gentry, The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters (UMC U.K.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The career of the enigmatic Bobbie Gentry is celebrated on a remarkable new box set. The hotly-anticipated 8-CD collection The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters collects all seven of Gentry’s 1967-1971 Capitol Records studio albums plus more than 75 previously unreleased recordings. This treasure trove of lost material includes a completed “jazz” album, outtakes, demos, and other rarities including the live performances…

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bobbie Gentry, Electric Light Orchestra, Kenny Rogers, Prince, Ramones, The Chipmunks, The Isley Brothers, The MC5, The Soulful Strings

With a Bang! Legacy Recordings Brings “The Bert Berns Story” Soundtrack to Vinyl

November 20, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Even if you don’t know the name of Bert Berns, chances are you know the songs he wrote (“Twist and Shout,” “I Want Candy,” “Hang On, Sloopy,” “Piece of My Heart”), produced (“Under the Boardwalk,” “Baby I’m Yours,” “Brown-Eyed Girl,” “Here Comes the Night”) and oversaw as head of Bang Records (“Cherry, Cherry,” “Solitary Man” and the rest of Neil Diamond’s earliest recordings). Though Berns died in the final days of 1967 at just 38 years of age, a year hasn’t gone by since when his songs haven’t been recorded and played. …

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Santana, The Isley Brothers

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Vinyl

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Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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Bert Berns, Freddie Scott, Janis Joplin, Solomon Burke, The Isley Brothers, The McCoys, The Strangeloves, Van Morrison, Various Artists

Review: Santana and The Isley Brothers, “Power of Peace”

July 31, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

In 1965, Hal David first made the observation, “What the world needs now is love, sweet love…it’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” Over fifty-two years later, there’s still just too little love, and it’s a situation which Carlos Santana has aimed to remedy. The guitar hero was inspired by seeing the velvet-voiced Ron Isley, longtime lead singer of The Isley Brothers, performing with Burt Bacharach in a 2004 television special promoting their collaborative album Here I Am. Santana envisioned working with Isley, and although it’s taken more than…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 28

July 28, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Elvis Presley, A Boy From Tupelo – The Complete 1953-55 Recordings (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.) A Boy From Tupelo: The Complete Recordings 1953-1955 journeys back to the birth of rock-and-roll to feature, on three CDs and digitally, every known Elvis Presley Sun Records master and outtake. In addition, the collection also contains Elvis’ four earliest, privately-pressed sides, and vintage radio and concert performances from the period, for a total of 73 tracks – including one previously unreleased, newly-discovered recording, “I Forgot to Remember to Forget” from the Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport,…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

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10cc, Alice Cooper, Arthur Alexander, Elvis Presley, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Herb Alpert, Jessica Molaskey, John Pizzarelli, Pet Shop Boys, Santana, The Cars, The Delfonics, The Isley Brothers

What the World Needs Now: The Isley Brothers, Santana Team For New Studio Album “Power of Peace”

June 5, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Two legendary musical forces are teaming up this summer to celebrate the eternal Power of Peace during the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. On August 4, The Isley Brothers and Santana will join forces for their first full-length collaboration. Power of Peace arrives on that date from Legacy Recordings, featuring Ronald and Ernie Isley joined by Carlos and Cindy Blackman Santana tackling a number of classic rock and R&B standards which have inspired them over the years. This all-new studio album features Ronald Isley on lead vocals, Ernie Isley on…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 2

September 2, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up highlighted by the latest release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! The Isley Brothers, Groove with You…Live! (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) We’re incredibly excited and proud to bring this sizzling, swooning and immersive double-album document of The Isley Brothers at the peak of their powers to CD for the very first time! Groove with You…Live! features powerful renditions of classic hits like “Take Me to the Next Phase,” “Summer Breeze” and “Livin’ in the Life,” recorded live-in-the-studio at…

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Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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Bobby Darin, Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Freddie Mercury, Porter Wagoner, Robert Goulet, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Isley Brothers, The Meters

The Isley Brothers’ “Groove with You…Live!” Hits Stores TOMORROW From Second Disc Records!

September 1, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Tomorrow, September 2, is the date for the latest – and funkiest! – release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! Groove with You…Live! was the great “lost” Isley Brothers album, a sizzling slab of live-in-the-studio soul…but it’s lost no more! In 1980, Ronald, Rudolph, O’Kelly, Ernie and Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper were riding high with their singular, electrifying fusion of rock, funk and soul. After having transformed in 1973 from a three-man vocal group to a self-contained six-man band, The Isleys cranked out hit after hit. Original powerhouses like…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 29

July 29, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Archies, Sugar, Sugar: The Complete Albums Collection (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) At long last! The complete albums of The Archies are being assembled in one 5-CD box set by Cleopatra Records. You’ll find The Archies, Everything’s Archie, Jingle Jangle, Sunshine and This Is Love each in a mini-LP replica sleeve, along with a booklet containing new liner notes. Bubblegum never tasted so good as in these top-notch AM radio productions by Jeff Barry and co., featuring Ron Dante, Toni Wine…

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Blood Sweat and Tears, David Bowie, Gary Wright, Loggins and Messina, The Archies, The Isley Brothers

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CD, SACD

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

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They Say It’s Wonderful: Real Gone September Slate Includes Robert Goulet, Porter Wagoner and The Meters

July 19, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 3 Comments

Even though summer has just begun, Real Gone Music is already looking toward the end of the season with its September releases. As per the label’s norm, the artists represented span a wide range of styles and genres. We’ve already told you about the Second Disc Records/Real Gone release of The Isley Brothers’ lost Groove With You…Live! album. Joe has also written the liner notes for another of Real Gone’s September offerings: Robert Goulet’s 2-CD The Definitive Collection. Joe put together and wrote the notes for Goulet’s Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings back in 2014. This…

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Country, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Angel Witch, Dionne Warwick, Porter Wagoner, Robert Goulet, The Isley Brothers, The Meters, X-Ray Spex

BREAKING! Isley Brothers’ “Groove with You…Live!” Coming From Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music

July 19, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Are you ready to groove with us? On September 2, “The Great Lost Isley Brothers Album” is coming to CD from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! In 1980, Ronald, Rudolph, O’Kelly, Ernie and Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper were riding high with their singular, electrifying fusion of rock, funk and soul. After having transformed in 1973 from a three-man vocal group to a self-contained six-man band, The Isleys cranked out hit after hit. Original powerhouses like “That Lady,” “Fight the Power” and “For the Love of You” were joined in…

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Release Your Love: Robinsongs Expands Two Isley Brothers Albums

March 16, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Isley Brothers Masterpiece and Smooth Sailin

The Isley Brothers’ first studio album, in 1959, made listeners want to Shout! with its soulful blend of doo-wop, R&B, jazz, rock and roll, and gospel. Ronald, O’Kelly and Rudolph Isley followed up that RCA Victor LP with tenures at labels including Wand, United Artists, Atlantic, and most notably, Motown, before setting up shop at their own T-Neck label. The Isleys’ line-up would expand and alter over the years, but their marriage of soul, funk and rock would keep them at the forefront of popular music for decades. In 1985, following the…

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Say, Say, Say! The Second Disc’s Essential RSD Black Friday 2015 Release Guide

November 26, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you’re enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of 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 – the day for consumers to start off the holiday shopping season on a mad, frenetic note. But 2015 is just in the latest year in which numerous retailers in the U.S. have made headlines by blackening Thursday, or Thanksgiving Day…

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Big Star, Brian Wilson, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Jackson, Neal Hefti, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Record Store Day, The Dictators, The Isley Brothers, The Zombies, Wes Montgomery

You’ve Got the Touch: Legacy’s 2015 Black Friday RSD Slate includes Presley, Cash, Hendrix, Isley Brothers and “Transformers” Soundtrack

October 23, 2015 by Randy Fairman | 5 Comments

Announcements about this year’s Black Friday Record Store Day event have been trickling out. A couple of days ago we brought you news of Omnivore’s titles and before that, of Real Gone’s Dictators release! Now we can tell you about Legacy’s slate for the day after Thanksgiving. The titles run the gamut in size from 7″ singles to 12″ 2-LP sets, and also range in genre from rock to country to hip-hop. Several soundtracks are being released including a single from the 1960s Batman TV show, the film Garden State and…

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Earth Wind and Fire, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Record Store Day, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Alan Parsons Project, The Isley Brothers

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Vinyl

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Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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Release Round-Up: Week of August 21

August 21, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, packed with box sets, reissues, special collections, and more! The Isley Brothers, The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy has boxed up 23 discs of The Isley Brothers – featuring every one of the group’s RCA and T-Neck albums released between 1959 and 1983, including one previously unreleased album and a total of 84 previously unissued or new-to-CD bonus tracks! Every track has been newly-remastered for this collection! Full details can be found here! Belinda Carlisle, The CD Singles 1986-2014…

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Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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Belinda Carlisle, Jeff Beck, Linda Ronstadt, Nicolette Larson, Paul Young, Peggy Lee, Singers and Players, Teddy Pendergrass, The Isley Brothers, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Sherman Brothers, Various Artists

It’s Your Thing: The Isley Brothers’ RCA and T-Neck Albums and More Collected On 23-CD Box Set

May 21, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

Get ready for a release that will make you want to shout! Today marks the 74th birthday of Ronald Isley, one-third of the original founding trio of The Isley Brothers. Since bursting onto the scene with 1959’s Shout! on the RCA Victor label, Ronald, Rudolph and O’Kelly Isley – plus Ernie and Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper – the R&B legends have notched four Top 10 Pop singles, sixteen Top 40 albums, thirteen Gold, Platinum or Multi-Platinum albums, and inductions into the Rock and Roll and Vocal Group Halls of Fame. Now,…

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