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Many States of Independence: Demon Unveils RSD List with Donna Summer, Yardbirds, Lulu, Average White Band, More

February 20, 2024 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

As the week unfolds, we’ll be continuing our ongoing look at this year’s massive Record Store Day list. Here is a glance at all of the releases coming from Demon Music Group. All descriptions are taken directly from the label. If you are interested in any of these titles, they will be available at your local record store on April 20. Head over to recordstoreday.com for a list of participating retailers. U.K. readers, please visit recordstoreday.co.uk and Canadian readers, please visit recordstoredaycanada.ca. All titles on Demon’s list are available in the U.K.; please see notes on…

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Average White Band, Dead or Alive, Donna Summer, Lamont Dozier, Lulu, Parliament, Pixies, Record Store Day, Steps, T Rex, The Yardbirds, Travis Biggs

Favourite Shirts: Demon Introduces Half-Speed Master Edition Series with Yardbirds, Labi Siffre, Haircut One Hundred

March 1, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Demon Music Group has recently launched a new series of Half-Speed Master Editions, all cut from original stereo tapes at AIR Mastering and pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Today, we’re looking at three of these titles. Demon has had a long history with The Yardbirds’ Roger the Engineer (1966) including a 1986 expanded edition on CD, a single-LP vinyl reissue in 2019, a double-LP vinyl reissue in 2020 for Record Store Day, and a generous 2-LP/3-CD/1-7″ single box set in 2021. Appropriately enough, Roger has been selected as one of the first Half-Speed…

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Pop

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Haircut One Hundred, Labi Siffre, The Yardbirds

Release Round-Up: Week of June 25

June 25, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses): 50th Anniversary Edition (Grateful Dead/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Dead.net (B&W Vinyl) Rhino continues its series of 50th anniversary reissues for Grateful Dead with the band’s 1971 self-titled live album with the famous “Skull and Roses” cover. The centerpiece of the reissue is more than hour of previously unreleased music from another famed SF venue, Bill Graham’s Fillmore West, recorded on July 2, 1971 during the Dead’s final show at the Fillmore West. Highlights include…

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

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

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Bill Evans, Deniece Williams, Etta James, Frankie Valli, Goo Goo Dolls, Grateful Dead, Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Jennifer Nettles, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, The Rubinoos, The Yardbirds, Toto, Victor Herbert

Over, Under, Sideways, Down: The Yardbirds’ “Roger the Engineer” Goes Super Deluxe from Demon

April 6, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

Last Record Store Day Black Friday, Demon Music Group reissued The Yardbirds’ Roger the Engineer as a 2-LP Expanded Edition. Now, the 1966 rock classic is getting even more expanded – this time, as a 2-LP/3-CD/1-7″ single deluxe box set. Utilizing the original master tapes, the box (announced this morning) features new remastering by Phil Kinrade at Alchemy Mastering at AIR, overseen by original album producer Paul Samwell-Smith. Despite leaving behind a strong legacy of classic songs, The Yardbirds only recorded one original U.K. studio LP. Originally released in Great Britain as,…

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock

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The Yardbirds

Look at the View: Cherry Red’s New Strawberry Imprint Collects Mod, Pop, Psych, and Freakbeat on “Halcyon Days”

February 3, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Last year, Cherry Red’s RPM imprint closed up shop after almost 30 years and some 600+ releases. But a new imprint was announced to pick up where RPM left off: Strawberry. Its inaugural collection, Halcyon Days: ’60s Mod, R&B, Brit Soul, and Freakbeat Nuggets has proved an auspicious debut for the imprint with big shoes to fill. The 3-CD collection traces the development of ’60s British soul and R&B from the mod period to the first flowering of psychedelia featuring a blend of names both familiar (The Animals, The Kinks, David Bowie,…

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Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

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David Bowie, Katch 22, Laurel Aitken, Phillip Goodhand-Tait, Plastic Penny, Rod Stewart, The Artwoods, The Kinks, The Moody Blues, The Spencer Davis Group, The Yardbirds, Them, Various Artists, Wynder K. Frog

The Second Disc’s Guide To Record Store Day Drop 2, September 26!

September 25, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

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 storefronts as…

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Vinyl

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Blues, Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Almost Hear You Sigh: Record Store Day U.K. Announces New Releases, Spotlight on The Yardbirds’ “Roger the Engineer”

September 25, 2020 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Tomorrow marks Record Store Day Drop 2. Recently, RSD U.K. announced 23 additions to their drop lists for September and October. While we know for sure that The Rolling Stones’ upcoming Steel Wheels Live 10″ picture disc will be a worldwide release, it’s unclear at the time of writing whether all of the other releases will be distributed across the pond. Still, with so many retailers taking their business online given the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s altogether possible that customers in the States can snag copies and support brick and mortar shops. As…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Electronic, Pop, Rock

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Calexico, Daft Punk, Dio, Jethro Tull, Neneh Cherry, Record Store Day, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Thurston Moore

Cherry Red’s “A Slight Disturbance in My Mind” Collects The Psych-Pop Sounds of 1966

June 4, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

By any estimation, 1966 was a pivotal year in rock. On one side of the Atlantic: Pet Sounds, Blonde on Blonde, Sounds of Silence. On the other: Revolver, Fresh Cream, Aftermath. Those albums merely represent the tip of the iceberg, however. 1966 was a year in which psychedelia emerged from the fringes and onto the charts via such artists as The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, and yes, The Beatles with “Tomorrow Never Knows.” The underground scene continued to grow and increasingly attract the attention of major labels. Earlier this year, Cherry Red’s Grapefruit…

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Box Sets, CD

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Classic Rock, Pop

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David Bowie, The Action, The Animals, The Bee Gees, The Creation, The Hollies, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Zombies, Various Artists

Circle of Friends: Demon Announces Record Store Day Releases

March 9, 2020 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

We’re continuing our Record Store Day 2020 spotlights with a look at what Demon Music Group has on offer for RSD in the U.K. (with many titles available worldwide)! The label’s 15 titles encompass classic rock and pop titles plus comedy, spoken-word, a lost Doctor Who series, and much more. Remember: releases are available while supplies last at your preferred brick-and-mortar record store on Saturday, April 18! The descriptions to follow have been provided by Demon. Bob Mould – Circle of Friends (Limited to 2,000 copies worldwide) Pressed on 180g clear heavyweight…

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Bob Mould, Doctor Who, Gene, Kirsty MacColl, Menswear, Record Store Day, Suede, T Rex, The Durutti Column, The Fall, The Hotrats, The Valentines, The Yardbirds

For Your Love: Herman’s Hermits, Yardbirds, Hollies Featured on “The Graham Gouldman Songbook”

January 15, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Ace’s latest addition to its Songwriter Series, Listen People: The Graham Gouldman Songbook 1964-2005, appropriately enough begins with a track written by Gouldman, “That’s How (It’s Gonna Stay).” But the track is also significant in that it was performed by Gouldman, as well – as part of his early group The Mockingbirds. Throughout his career, he’s worn many hats – as a songwriter, as a band member, as a solo artist – and all of them are touched upon on this fine celebration of a largely underrated talent. “That’s How (It’s Gonna…

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Classic Rock, Pop

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Cher, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Graham Gouldman, Herman's Hermits, Jeff Beck, Morrissey, Rush, The Hollies, The Yardbirds, Various Artists

The Monkees, Yardbirds, Andy Williams, 5th Dimension Featured On “Songs of Harry Nilsson”

August 11, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Randy Newman once observed of his friend Harry Nilsson, “The records Harry made, and the first records I made, it was like The Rolling Stones never existed.” Indeed, before his famously chronicled lifestyle as a Hollywood hellraiser threatened to overshadow his reputation as a talent nonpareil (and left his once-angelic voice in tatters), Nilsson had carved out an artful niche of wit and whimsy. He expressed his musical muse in gentle psychedelia, baroque pop, folk rock, vaudeville pastiche, and bossa nova, and paid beautiful homage to his artistic inspirations including Newman and…

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Pop

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Al Kooper, Andy Williams, Blood Sweat and Tears, Harry Nilsson, Sandie Shaw, The 5th Dimension, The Monkees, The Yardbirds, Various Artists

Rock My Soul: Cherry Red, Grapefruit Collect Early British Hard Rock On “I’m a Freak, Baby”

September 7, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

What do Deep Purple, The Move, Hawkwind, Fleetwood Mac and The Yardbirds all have in common? Though each of those five bands carved out distinct musical identities, all incorporated elements of psychedelia in their early hard-rock explorations. A new 3-CD box set from Cherry Red’s Grapefruit imprint offers an in-depth chronicle of the music that planted the seeds of progressive rock and metal. I’m a Freak, Baby is, as per its subtitle, A Journey Through the British Heavy Psych and Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-1972. As with the best journeys, it offers…

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Box Sets, CD

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Classic Rock, Rock

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Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, The Mickey Finn, The Yardbirds, Third World War, Uriah Heep, Various Artists