Late in 2023, Demon Music Group revived its Disco Discharge series on the Edsel label. Two recent 2CD volumes, Disco Ladies and Disco Boogie, continue presenting the series in a deluxe, oversized seven-inch format. These titles, chockablock with disco deep cuts and hits alike, were originally issued on the Harmless label in 2009 and 2010, respectively, and have been tweaked (likely due to licensing restrictions) for this go-round. Disco Ladies offers a cross-section of the many women with varied styles who ruled the dancefloor. As original compiler/annotator Alan Jones notes in his…
Release Round-Up: Week of June 16
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles available today. The Weather Girls and Martha Wash, Carry On: The Deluxe Collection 1982-1992 (SoulMusic/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Hallelujah! Carry On: The Deluxe Collection 1982-1992 is a long-overdue assessment of Martha Wash and Izora Armstead’s unlikely journey toward the top of the pop charts, some fascinating music that came before it – and a triumphant second act by Wash following some truly bizarre situations that only could have happened in the music industry. This 4CD box set, compiled and produced…
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OUT TOMORROW! Iconoclassic Reissues Carole Bayer Sager’s Star-Studded “Sometimes Late at Night,” Featuring Burt Bacharach, Michael Jackson, Neil Diamond, More
Carole Bayer Sager was still a student at New York’s High School of Music and Art when her song “A Groovy Kind of Love,” co-written with Toni Wine, topped the U.S. Cash Box and Record World charts and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. Though some at the time thought it wouldn’t last due to its prescient use of the word “groovy,” Sager and Wine’s youthful tune more than proved its endurance. 22 years later, Phil Collins took it to No. 1 Pop and AC in the U.S. – not to mention No. 1…
Easy To Love Again: Carole Bayer Sager’s “Sometimes Late at Night,” with Burt Bacharach, Michael Jackson, Neil Diamond, Returns from Iconoclassic
Carole Bayer Sager was still a student at New York’s High School of Music and Art when her song “A Groovy Kind of Love,” co-written with Toni Wine, topped the U.S. Cash Box and Record World charts and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. Though some at the time thought it wouldn’t last due to its prescient use of the word “groovy,” Sager and Wine’s youthful tune more than proved its endurance. 22 years later, Phil Collins took it to No. 1 Pop and AC in the U.S….
No Mere Mortal Can Resist? Speculating on the 40th Anniversary Reissue of ‘Thriller’
“Darkness falls across the land / the midnight hour is close at hand…” OK, maybe that’s pushing it a little, but today Legacy Recordings did announce a forthcoming 2CD expansion of Michael Jackson’s landmark Thriller for its 40th anniversary. The world’s best-selling album spun off seven of its nine songs as Top 10 singles in America and helped win the King of Pop a record-setting eight Grammy Awards in one night. (Let’s not forget that the eighth was for a storybook album based on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, also celebrating its 40th anniversary…
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Release Round-Up: Week of June 25
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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Lose Your Mind and Play: Legacy Recordings Details Upcoming RSD Drop Releases From Pink Floyd, Judas Priest, Miles Davis, and More
As the world begins to slowly open up again, one thing that vinyl aficionados can look forward to is Record Store Day’s RSD Drops. As we’ve previously reported, the organization opted to cancel their big day in April, and instead the titles will be released over three “drops” on August 29, September 26, and October 24. Legacy Recordings has announced their full, updated list of RSD Drops contributions from Cheap Trick, Tyler The Creator, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Toto, Manic Street Preachers, Destiny’s Child and more. You can find all the information…
Makes Me Feel Fine: “NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock 2” Sets Sail
It’s time to break out the piña coladas. This Friday, the long-running NOW series will release its second volume of NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock. This collection of classic songs in the “yacht rock” genre – think: seventies and early eighties soft rock with memorable melodies, sparkling productions, and plenty of saxophones – arrives on CD and in digital/streaming formats, with a 2-LP vinyl set arriving on July 3. With eighteen songs, NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock 2 boasts return appearances from many favorite artists featured on the…
Legacy’s RSD Lineup Has Something For Everyone
Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings division has announced the titles they’ll be releasing for the annual Record Store Day festivities. Hitting shelves April 18 will be a slew of genre- and decade-spanning albums from Miles Davis, Cheap Trick, TLC, Judas Priest, Tyler the Creator, Pink Floyd and more! Here’s the official word from Legacy! Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, today announces another sensational line-up of vinyl for release on Record Store Day (April 18, 2020), the annual music celebration happening exclusively at all participating independent retailers. These dozen titles…
Release Round-Up: Week of May 24
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! America, Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years (Capitol/Caroline) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) All six of America’s Capitol albums are collected in one newly remastered box set. Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years presents newly remastered versions of 1979’s Silent Letter, 1980’s Alibi, 1982’s View from the Ground, 1983’s Your Move, 1984’s Perspective, and 1985’s In Concert in one deluxe, affordable package complete with a booklet. It’s been compiled by America archivist Jeff Larson and remastered by Andy Pearce. Read all about it…
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UPDATE: Massive Toto Box Set “All In” to Also Include All Albums on CD
Are you ready to go All In with Toto? The band has just announced a limited edition 17-LP/13-CD/1-BD box set due on October 12 from Legacy Recordings. This one-of-a-kind collection, exclusively available through the band’s website now through April 10 only (for fall delivery), will offer a complete portrait of the band’s Columbia Records years, plus some previously unreleased extras. All In features the following albums on seventeen LPs and thirteen CDs: Toto (1978) Hydra (1979) Turn Back (1981) IV (1982) Isolation (1984) Fahrenheit (1986) The Seventh One (1988) Kingdom Of Desire…
Gonna Take a Lot: Toto Take Pre-Orders for Massive Columbia-Era Box
Are you ready to go All In with Toto? The band has just announced a limited edition 17-LP/1-BD box set due on October 12 from Legacy Recordings. This one-of-a-kind collection, exclusively available through the band’s website now through April 10 only (for fall delivery), will offer a complete portrait of the band’s Columbia Records years, plus some previously unreleased extras. All In features the following albums on seventeen LPs: Toto (1978) Hydra (1979) Turn Back (1981) IV (1982) Isolation (1984) Fahrenheit (1986) The Seventh One (1988) Kingdom Of Desire (2-LP set) (1993)…
Release Round-Up: Week of February 9
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Stax Singles Vol. 4: Rarities and Best of the Rest (Stax/Craft) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Craft Recordings boxes up a fourth volume of rare singles from the Stax vaults. Volume Four lives up to its subtitle, collecting odds and ends from Stax and its various imprints by artists including not just the label’s usual heavy hitters but also Big Star, Billy Eckstine, Delaney and Bonnie, and others. 80 pages of liner notes accompany this 6-CD treasure trove. Watch for our…
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The Second Disc’s Essential RSD Black Friday 2017 Release Guide
From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of beloved 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 – and Record Store Day’s miniature cousin to April’s yearly event. In keeping with tradition, Mike, Randy and I have once again selected our top picks of the numerous titles being released tomorrow from many of our favorite labels, including Legacy…
Hold the Line: Toto’s “40 Trips” Collection Premieres Three Songs, Due in February
Toto is taking 40 Trips Around the Sun on a new greatest-hits album coming from Legacy Recordings on February 9, 2018. Celebrating the Los Angeles band’s 40th anniversary, 40 Trips consists of seventeen recordings, including three previously unreleased tracks: “Spanish Sea,” “Alone,” and “Struck by Lightning.” This trio is joined by fourteen classic songs including “Rosanna,” “Africa,” and “Hold the Line,” all newly remastered for this package by Elliot Scheiner and Gavin Lurssen and his team. Steve Lukather, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, and Joseph Williams all were in the studio this year…
Ten Years Strong: The Second Disc’s 2017 Record Store Day Must-Haves
Welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year’s Record Store Day event! Once you’re through reading, let us know what you’re most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer! Our list features just a sampling of our favorites from our friends at Legacy Recordings, Varese Sarabande, Rhino Records, Walt Disney Records, Real Gone Music, Omnivore Recordings, and many more! Mike’s kicking things off… This year’s Record Store Day offerings include some excellent archival live releases and a couple cool looking packages I wouldn’t mind adding…
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All Together Now: Springsteen, Hendrix, Nilsson, Mathis, Cash Headline Legacy’s Record Store Day Slate
Record Store Day is turning 10 years old on Saturday, April 22, and Legacy Recordings isn’t one to miss out on the fun! The Legacy team has unveiled more than 20 exclusive releases on 7- and 12-inch vinyl that will be available at your local independent record retailer. Many of the label’s heaviest hitters and longtime favorites are represented here – including Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Mathis, Ben Folds, Santana, and The Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson. Legacy is also using RSD to introduce a new brand, Certified Classics, celebrating…
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Release Round-Up: Week of March 23
It’s a Monday release date here in the U.S., so here’s your early Release Round-Up! Bee Gees, 1974-1979 (Reprise/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This box set brings together the band’s Mr. Natural, Main Course, Children of the World and Spirits Having Flown plus a disc of previously issued bonus material. Full track listing and details here. Watch on Record Store Day for a companion vinyl release to this set featuring the 12-inch mixes from Saturday Night Fever! Kansas, Miracles Out of Nowhere (CD/DVD Set) (Epic/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The new…
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Release Round-Up: Week of April 22
Joe Satriani, The Complete Studio Recordings (Epic/Legacy) The guitar whiz’s complete studio output from 1986 to 2013 is collected in a 15-disc box set or chrome-domed USB head! (Amazon U.S. /Amazon U.K.) ABBA, ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits – 40th Anniversary Edition (Polydor/UMe) Two best-selling ABBA compilations, 1992’s ABBA Gold and its 1993 sequel More ABBA Gold, are paired up with a third disc of single B-sides. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Yes, The Yes Album (Panegyric) The prog group’s breakthrough third LP gets expanded and remixed in surround by Steve Wilson, who worked similar magic on Close to the Edge and XTC’s Nonsuch. CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K….
Release Round-Up: Week of March 25
Johnny Cash, Out Among the Stars (Columbia/Legacy) This new album of newly-discovered mid-’80s outtakes is perhaps better than what was released at the time. Gorgeous and, at times, haunting, the way Johnny Cash albums should be. CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: 40th Anniversary Edition (Mercury/Rocket/UMe) Elton’s classic double album comes back to glorious life with several lavish editions, featuring new covers of songs from the set, B-sides, live material and more. 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 4CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1BD:…
Rock Candy Supplies the Love with New Toto Remasters
For years, Rock Candy Records has been doing great work with high-quality remasters of great album-oriented rock records. This year, they will take on one of the undisputed kings of that subgenre, with three reissues from Toto due on March 24. Formed by a talented collection of session players, Toto – David Paich on keyboards, schoolmate Jeff Porcaro on drums, younger brother Steve adding his keyboard prowess, guitarist Steve Lukather, bassist David Hungate and lead singer Bobby Kimball – did a phenomenal job of fusing together pop, rock, R&B, jazz and progressive…
