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Release Round-Up: Week of March 21

March 21, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Vince Guaraldi It's the Easter Beagle Charlie Brown

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. Tina Turner, Private Dancer: 40th Anniversary Edition (Parlophone/Rhino) 5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Pearl LP with art card: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Tina Turner’s smash 1984 “comeback”album Private Dancer – featuring the hits “What’s Love Got to Do with It,” “Better Be Good to Me,” the scintillating title track and more – will be reissued as a 5CD/Blu-ray deluxe box packed with rare…

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

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Climie Fisher, Dave Mason, Mike + the Mechanics, Rush, The Alan Parsons Project, The Stylistics, Tina Turner, Vince Guaraldi

The Weekend Stream: February 22, 2025

February 22, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts! A great Carly Simon deep cut gets a fresh mix, plus Phil Collins in concert and new music from The Stylistics. Carly Simon, “Share the End” (2025 Remaster) (Elektra/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) Though merely billed as a remaster in the metadata, this upbeat, heartbreaking side-two opener to Simon’s sophomore album Anticipation has been newly remixed. It’s a dramatic revisit of a song that resonates still, and hopefully a portent of…

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bill Champlin, Billy Gibbons, Carly Simon, Gene Simmons, Larry Coryell, Phil Collins, Ray Parker Jr., Ron Wood, Shania Twain, Steve Lukather, Tatyana Ali, The Stylistics, Tower of Power, Will Smith

Have You Ever Been in Love: Omnivore Reissues Rare Recordings from The Stylistics, Doris Troy

March 13, 2024 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Omnivore Recordings is celebrating legends of soul with a pair of two new releases. In just three albums recorded between 1971 and 1973, The Stylistics – a.k.a. lead singer Russell Thompkins, Jr., Airrion Love, Herb Murrell, James Dunn, and James Smith – positioned themselves at the vanguard of Philadelphia soul, introducing future pop and R&B standards such as “You Are Everything,” “People Make the World Go Round” and “You Make Me Feel Brand New” with multi-hyphenate Thom Bell (serving as producer, arranger, conductor, and composer) and lyricist Linda Creed. Every single release…

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R&B/Soul

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Doris Troy, The Stylistics

Release Round-Up: Week of March 8

March 8, 2024 by The Second Disc | 2 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. The Rolling Stones, Live at The Wiltern (Mercury Studios) 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP (Amazon Exclusive Black and Bronze Swirl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones’ 2002-2003 Licks World Tour was one of The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band’s most innovative. To celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary (and the release of the career-spanning…

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CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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

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Alice Cooper, Bananarama, Carmen McRae, Dion, Ella Fitzgerald, Judas Priest, Norah Jones, The Rolling Stones, The Stylistics

Ready or Not: Ace Sets Release for Thom Bell Anthology featuring Mathis, Warwick, Spinners, Stylistics, More

May 7, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

After having previously celebrated two of his musical inspirations – Burt Bacharach and Teddy Randazzo – with their own volumes, Ace’s Songwriters and Producers series is turning its attention to legendary soul maestro Thom Bell. On June 26, the label’s Kent imprint will release Ready or Not: Philly Soul Arrangements and Productions 1965-1978. As the title indicates, all 23 tracks were either produced or arranged (or both!) by the multi-hyphenate musician-composer-producer-arranger-conductor who brought an unparalleled depth and sophistication to soul music. Ready or Not, curated by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley, begins with…

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Connie Stevens, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Jerry Butler, Johnny Mathis, Lesley Gore, The O'Jays, The Spinners, The Stylistics, Thom Bell, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of July 21

July 21, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Ramones, Leave Home: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Sire/Rhino) 3CD/1LP box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 1CD remaster: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. A new 3CD/1LP edition of Ramones’ 1977 sophomore album boasts the album in original and newly-remixed form, as well as a 33-track disc loaded with previously unreleased session material and a 1977 CBGBs concert recording! In addition to the above material on CD, the new album mix by original engineer Ed Stasium is included on vinyl. Read…

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Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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

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10cc, Billy Ocean, Eric Stewart, Johnny Rivers, Marillion, Ramones, The Beach Boys, The Stylistics

Release Round-Up: Week of October 7

October 7, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault (Reprise) 2-LP Vinyl + Download Card: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Standard Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Fleetwood Mac rock legend dips into her vault for a newly-recorded album of songs composed between 1969 and 1995. The album features co-production by Dave Stewart and guitar great Waddy Wachtel, and is also available in a deluxe edition exclusive to Nicks’ website. Various Artists, The Classic Christmas Albums (Legacy) Legacy has a new batch of Classic Christmas Albums, and the Johnny Mathis…

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Barbra Streisand, Nelson Riddle, Perry Como, Peter Paul and Mary, Shelby Lynne, Stevie Nicks, TV Eyes, The Monkees, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Stylistics

Right As Rain: “Free Soul” Compiles Hits, Deep Cuts For The Stylistics

August 6, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

In just three albums recorded between 1971 and 1973, The Stylistics positioned themselves at the vanguard of Philadelphia soul, introducing future pop and R&B standards such as “You Are Everything,” “People Make the World Go Round” and “You Make Me Feel Brand New” with multi-hyphenate Thom Bell (serving as producer, arranger, conductor, and composer!) and lyricist Linda Creed. Though Bell parted ways with the group to turn his attentions to The Spinners, ending their hit streak, The Stylistics have endured to this very day. The Japanese Victor label has recently celebrated the…

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The Stylistics, Thom Bell

Betcha By Golly Wow: The Stylistics Go “Streetwise” On New Reissue

May 30, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

“You Are Everything.” “You Make Me Feel Brand New.” “Betcha By Golly Wow.” The songs of Philadelphia’s Stylistics are still prominent in the fabric of American music, largely thanks to a three-album run between 1971 and 1973 on the Avco label. With Thom Bell as the producer, arranger and composer, and Linda Creed as lyricist, the group defined the sweetest strains of Philly soul. Every single Bell produced for the group hit the Top 10 R&B chart, and many also went Top 10 pop. When Thom Bell turned his attentions in 1973…

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