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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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