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February 15, 2024 By The Second Disc 10 Comments

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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;

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, David Bowie, Dio, Dwight Yoakam, Faces, Fleetwood Mac, Foghat, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Grateful Dead, Jimmy Cliff, Linda Ronstadt, Lowell George, Ramones, Record Store Day, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Doors, The English Beat, The Notorious B.I.G., The Replacements, Todd Rundgren, Willie Nelson, Yes

May 21, 2022 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

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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! Some classic compilations, a Who-related soundtrack and a posthumous Notorious B.I.G. appearance are all part of the experience this week. Various Artists, The Sound of the R&B Hits (Motown) Original: iTunes / Amazon Deluxe: iTunes / Amazon As a new wave of British rockers from The Beatles and The

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bing Crosby, Buck Owens, Christina Aguilera, Dave Mason, Grand Funk Railroad, Jody Miller, John Schneider, Kylie Minogue, Lil Kim, Louis Jordan, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Mya, Pink, Roger Daltrey, The Contours, The Marvelettes, The Miracles, The Notorious B.I.G., The Who

March 30, 2022 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Notorious BIG Life After Death

The Notorious B.I.G. - born Christopher Wallace on May 21, 1972 - would have celebrated his 50th birthday this year.  Though the groundbreaking rapper was murdered at the age of 24 in March 1997, his estate is teaming with Bad Boy, Rhino, and Atlantic Records to remember him with a yearlong campaign known as Sky's The Limit: A Year Celebrating the Legacy of the Notorious B.I.G. launching on March 25.  While the campaign will encompass digital releases, 4K upgrades of his music videos on YouTube,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Puff Daddy, The Notorious B.I.G.

September 25, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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2020 has been a bit of a rollercoaster and Record Store Day 2020 is no exception: once scheduled in April, it moved forward a few months, and is now spread out across three Saturdays in the summer and fall. The Record Store Day Drop in August proved a success and round two, set for tomorrow, September 26, is sure to please fans of all genres and eras. It's a diverse list full of exciting releases that you can only find through your local brick-and-mortar record store (or through their online

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Brandi Carlile, Britney Spears, Camille Yarbrough, Charles Mingus, Coolio, Ellie Goulding, Fleetwood Mac, Hank Williams, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Giuffre, Lenny Bruce, Melanie, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Orville Peck, Parish Hall, Paul McCartney, Ramones, Record Store Day, Robbie Basho, Roger Waters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Solomon Burke, Suzanne Ciani, The Allman Brothers Band, The Black Crowes, The Doors, The Feminine Complex, The Notorious B.I.G., The Replacements, The Residents, The Rolling Stones, The Unrighteous Brothers, The Yardbirds, Wilco, Willie Colon

March 6, 2020 By Sam Stone 6 Comments

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Rhino, the label that manages the catalogue of the Warner family of labels, has announced its upcoming Record Store Day releases.  A mouth-watering 29 titles will hit shops on April 18, available exclusively at brick-and-mortar locations.  These include the previously announced David Bowie titles; a rare live set from Alice Cooper; rarities from Jethro Tull; a box of John Prine's early albums; a set of core Notorious BIG records; BBC sessions from The Pogues, New Order, and Hawkwind; a

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alice Cooper, Alphaville, David Bowie, Dexter Gordon, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Hootie and The Blowfish, Jethro Tull, John Cale, John Prine, Lou Reed, New Order, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Pretenders, Ramones, Record Store Day, The Cure, The Doors, The Notorious B.I.G., The Pogues, The Replacements, Warren Zevon

December 23, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

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Many of this year's finest box sets came courtesy of the Rhino label.  Here, Joe and Randy take a look at a few more of our favorites!  First up are Randy's three picks... First up is Rhino's 25th anniversary 3-CD/1-LP Super Deluxe Edition of Stone Temple Pilots' Purple. Initially hitting shelves on June 7, 1994, the band's sophomore album would debut atop the Billboard 200 and stay there for three weeks, eventually becoming the group's second best-selling album after their debut effort,

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Bad Company, Hootie and The Blowfish, Rush, Stone Temple Pilots, The Notorious B.I.G., Van Halen

October 15, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

HERstory box

Long established as one of the premiere female hip-hop/R&B artists of her generation, Mary J. Blige is telling her story - the one that earned her the title of Queen of Hip-Hop Soul - through HERstory, Vol. 1, a new multi-format compilation coming this December. Born in The Bronx and raised in both Savannah, Georgia and the projects of Yonkers, New York, Mary J. Blige's three-decade-plus career has been supported by music that balances street sounds with feminine soul and the pen of a

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G.

March 4, 2019 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

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Today, Rhino announced its offerings for the 2019 Record Store Day celebration, taking place at your local brick-and-mortar shop Saturday, April 13. Rhino's 33 releases highlight several genres of music - soul, rock, rap, comedy, disco, pop, jam bands, prog, and more - on an array of formats including LPs, CDs, picture discs, colored vinyl, and even cassette tapes. Here's the run-down on all their RSD titles! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: The Early Alternate Mixes - 1 LP - 6,000

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: a-ha, Angelo Badalamenti, Aretha Franklin, Cheech and Chong, CHIC, Craig Mack, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Bowie, David Lynch, Devo, Duran Duran, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Jefferson Starship, Jethro Tull, Lou Reed, Madonna, Prince, Ramones, Record Store Day, The Notorious B.I.G., Todd Rundgren, Van Morrison, Woodstock, Yes

January 8, 2018 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Alice Cooper Welcome to My Nightmare

Rhino's "Start Your Ear Off Right" campaign is back for 2018, and this year's crop of titles is a happily eclectic one ranging from classic R&B to rock, metal, hip-hop, and beyond.  These limited edition vinyl reissues will be released every Tuesday beginning tomorrow, January 9, and continuing through the 23rd.  We can't think of a better way to start our year off right than visiting a local record store, and Rhino agrees - so all of these titles will be exclusively available at

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alice Cooper, Aretha Franklin, Dio, Golden Smog, John Prine, Richard and Linda Thompson, The Notorious B.I.G., Vangelis, ZZ Top

October 18, 2017 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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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

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Aretha Franklin, Neil Young, Otis Redding, Pantera, Son Volt, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, The Notorious B.I.G., Tori Amos, Twisted Sister

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"

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: ABBA, Deee-Lite, Fleetwood Mac, Jane's Addiction, Lou Reed, Madonna, Neil Young, Patti Smith, Prince, Ramones, Record Store Day, Stevie Nicks, Talking Heads, The Cars, The Cure, The Doors, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Grateful Dead, The Notorious B.I.G., The Sex Pistols, The Smiths, The Time, Vangelis, Vinyl, Yes

February 15, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Faith Evans and Notorious BIG The King and I

Two days before his 25th birthday, and just over 20 years since his heartbreaking and still unsolved murder, The Notorious B.I.G. will live on with his widow Faith Evans' duets album, The King & I. The iconic rapper (born Christopher Wallace) met and married R&B singer and fellow Bad Boy Records label mate Evans in 1994--a turbulent but often loving relationship that ended when Biggie was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1997, 16 days before his second album, Life After Death, hit

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Faith Evans, The Notorious B.I.G.

July 18, 2016 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Bad Boy Box Set

In the late '90s and early '00s, East Coast rap was dominated by one label: Bad Boy Entertainment. Now, their first 20 years will be celebrated in a five-disc box set later this summer. First reported by Billboard, Bad Boy Presents The 20th Anniversary Box Set features 80 curated tracks spanning from the label's first release, Craig Mack's "Flava in Ya Ear," up to 2014. Longtime Bad Boy associate and current president Harve Pierre produced the set, and journalist Michael A. Gonzalez provides

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop Tags: Janelle Monae, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, The Notorious B.I.G., Various Artists

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