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Release Round-Up: Week of November 14

November 14, 2025 by The Second Disc | 3 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. Nicolette Larson, Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings (Cherry Red/Lemon/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings from Cherry Red’s Lemon imprint and TSD presents all of the late Nicolette Larson’s original studio and live albums for Warner Bros. Records on 4 CDs, produced by Ted Templeman (The Doobie Brothers, Van Halen) and singer-songwriter Andrew Gold (“Thank You for Being…

Record Store Day 2025: The Best of the Rest

April 2, 2025 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Next Saturday, April 12, is certainly one of the most packed Record Store Days in recent memory. Since the list was announced, we drilled down on titles from Craft Recordings, Legacy Recordings, Rhino Records, Universal Music Group, Real Gone Music, Omnivore Recordings, BMG, Cooking Vinyl and Demon Music Group, as well as some notable titles that were getting later general releases on CD. Well, if you thought that was it, you’re wrong! We pored and pored over the list and are here to share with you more than four dozen one-offs, archival…

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A Tribe Called Quest, Adam and The Ants, Alex Chilton, Annie Lennox, Ariana Grande, Art Blakey, Beck, Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats, Brad Fiedel, Brian Wilson, Bryan Adams, CHVRCHES, Cannonball Adderley, Cat Stevens, Charles Mingus, Cissy Houston, Clarence White, Cockney Rebel, Cynthia Erivo, Dave Stewart, Dead or Alive, Dusty Springfield, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, Eurythmics, Freddie Hubbard, George Harrison, Gloria Jones, Graham Parker, Gram Parsons, Grant Green, Jeff Bridges, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Band, Kenny Dorham, Little Richard, Maurice Jarre, Nick Lowe, Ohio Players, Parliament-Funkadelic, Paul Hardcastle, Pete Townshend, Peter Gabriel, Propaganda, Record Store Day, Roger Daltrey, Roger McGuinn, Scott Weiland, Shane MacGowan, Sinead O'Connor, Sly Stone, Sly and the Family Stone, Stephen Schwartz, Steve Harley, Suzi Quatro, Terry Hall, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Art of Noise, The Beach Boys, The Blasters, The Byrds, The Colourfield, The Everly Brothers, The Fall, The Hives, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Meters, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tina Turner, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, Vince Guaraldi, Wall of Voodoo, Wang Chung, Wayne Shorter, Wes Montgomery, Wynton Kelly, Yusuf

Release Round-Up: Week of March 22

March 22, 2024 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. Chaka Khan, Chaka (Warner/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Barnes & Noble Chaka Khan announced her solo freedom with “I’m Every Woman,” the euphoric opening track on 1978’s Chaka. At 25 years old, Khan was already a veteran of the funk-rock band Rufus with whom she had recorded landmark hits like “Tell Me Something Good” and “Sweet Thing,” but Chaka took her emotive style in a new, mainstream R&B direction….

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Alice Coltrane, Chaka Khan, Pearl Harbour, Shakin' Street, Status Quo, Tammy Wynette, The Cure, The Jesus and Mary Chain

Release Round-Up: Week of August 4

August 4, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Spinners, The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979 (Real Gone/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) This definitive 2-CD anthology from upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Spinners presents every one of the quintet’s beloved A- and B-sides helmed by the late, great Thom Bell on Atlantic Records, with each and every song in its original single version. It adds up to a total of 43 mighty tracks on 2 CDs,…

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Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

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ABC, Bob Marley, Grateful Dead, Luna, Paul Franklin, Rick Springfield, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Spinners, Vince Gill

The Weekend Stream: May 27, 2023

May 27, 2023 by The Second Disc | 5 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 usher you into the weekend from a Sly and the Family Stone rarity to the latest expanded edition from Taylor Swift! Sly and the Family Stone, Ten Years Too Soon (The Remix Album) (Epic/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Perhaps the most bizarre item in the Sly and the Family Stone catalogue has hit download and streaming services this weekend. Ten Years Too Soon enlisted…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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All Saints, Barbra Streisand, Ed Ames, Edgar Winter, Josh Groban, Miles Davis, Sly and the Family Stone, Stephen Sondheim, Taylor Swift, The Jesus and Mary Chain

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

August 4, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

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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De-Luxe: Cherry Red Chronicles The Sound of Shoegaze On “Still in a Dream” Box Set

March 23, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Noise-rock, dream-pop, post-punk, drone-rock, neo-psychedelia…all of these musical subgenres and more became components of the shoegaze sound. The term itself was rather derisively coined by the press to describe a certain group of musicians’ tendencies to stare down at their feet while performing – partly out of introspection, partly out of necessity to operate guitar effects pedals. But the “shoegaze” term stuck, and so did the music. Still in a Dream: A Story of Shoegaze, a lavish, hardcover book-style 5-CD box set, arrived last month from Cherry Red Records. It celebrates the…

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Cocteau Twins, Lush, Ride, The Flaming Lips, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Various Artists

Dawn Of Creation: New Box Collects Early Years of Creation Label, with Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and More

October 29, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

“Our master plan was destroy manufactured bands,” writes Alan McGee in the foreword to Cherry Red Records’ recent box set, Artifact: The Dawn of Creation Records ’83-’85. “We lost,” he adds. “But maybe we won for a while!” Surely the Creation label founded by McGee could be considered a winner, having given a platform in the 1980s and 1990s to bands including The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine and Oasis. Only the first two of those are represented on this impressive 5-CD box set chronicling Creation’s earliest days…

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Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Various Artists

Short Takes: Jesus and Mary Chain Error Addressed, Meat Loaf Catalogue Could Be in Doubt

October 4, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

A few brief notes from around the catalogue world on this Tuesday afternoon! Slicing Up Eyeballs reports that the deluxe edition of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Darklands has an error on one disc, but Demon Music Group is ready to replace your copies. A mastering error caused eight tracks on the first CD to become improperly indexed, meaning the starts of those tracks will be cut off if you shuffle or skip through the program. Replacement discs are already being pressed and should be ready in two weeks; interested parties should e-mail info@demonmusicgroup.co.uk with…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 4

October 4, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

After a blowout week of catalogue titles last Tuesday, you can almost hear the crickets chirp. There’s some seasonal stuff on the horizon, though, so keep your eyes peeled. John Coltrane, The Impulse! Albums Volume 5 (Hip-o Select/Verve) Five of ‘Trane’s posthumous albums, boxed. (Hip-o Select) Joss Stone, The Best of 2003-2009 (Virgin) A simple overview for the British chanteuse. (Amazon) The Jesus and Mary Chain, Munki / Stoned and Dethroned: Deluxe Editions (Edsel) Another batch of JAMC expansions. Almost to the end! (Official site) Lonnie Smith, Mama Walker / Johnny Hammond, Wild Horses/Rock Steady / Esther Phillips,…

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The Beach Boys, The Jesus and Mary Chain

Release Round-Up: Week of September 27

September 27, 2011 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

‘Tis the season! The big guns for the fourth quarter are starting to be drawn. Elvis Presley, The Young Man with the Big Beat / Elvis Presley: Legacy Edition (RCA/Legacy) The newest Elvis box set is all about 1956: five CDs of complete studio masters, outtakes, vintage audio interviews and live material. For the casual fan, the Elvis Presley Legacy Edition includes the Elvis Presley and Elvis LPs with the hit non-LP singles of that era. (Official site) Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon: Experience and Immersion Editions / Discovery Remasters (EMI) So you have all the basic…

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Buck Owens, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Sting, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Smiths

Release Round-Up: Week of September 20

September 20, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Miles Davis Quintet, Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy) A three-CD/one-DVD collection of live stints from Belgium, Germany, France and Sweden, and the inaugural title in a new series of archival material for Miles. And Joe’s got the review this week! (Official site) DeBarge, Time Will Reveal: The Complete Motown Albums (Hip-o Select/Motown) All four of DeBarge’s classic ’80s R&B LPs on two discs, with a further bonus disc of remixes and rarities. (Hip-o Select) Twisted Sister, Live at the Marquee Club (Rhino Handmade) Go under the blade with this down-and-dirty…

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Madness, Miles Davis, The Grateful Dead, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Twisted Sister

New Links in the Chain: Deluxe 2-CD/1-DVD Sets Coming from The Jesus and Mary Chain (UPDATED)

July 6, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Few album titles have been more apt than the Jesus and Mary Chain’s 1985 LP debut, Psychocandy. The record took deceptively simple pop songs, influenced by the melodies of Phil Spector and Brian Wilson, and cloaked them in a noisy, fuzz-and-feedback-laden haze that took the darkness of The Velvet Underground one step further. If the group didn’t exist, someone would have had to invent it. William and Jim Reid, two Scottish brothers, formed the core of the band, initially joined by bassist Douglas Hart and drummer Murray Dalglish, soon replaced by Bobby…

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Jesus and Mary Chain Compilation Coming Next Week

September 21, 2010 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Add another rock band to the late-in-the-year compilation pile: influential Scottish noise-pop band The Jesus and Mary Chain will release a two-disc compilation of tunes in the U.K. on September 27. The Jesus and Mary Chain, formed around a pair of brothers (Jim and William Reid), took the messy, noisy ethos of The Velvet Underground and The Sex Pistols and made it interesting for the U.K. indie scene. Bands like The Pixies, My Bloody Valentine and Dinosaur Jr. owe them some sort of a sonic debt, and while The JAMC never had much…

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