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September 14, 2022 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

The Doors Paris Blues

It's that time of year again: Record Store Day's annual Black Friday event is scheduled for Friday, November 25 as the holiday shopping season begins.  Rhino has wasted no time in sharing its list of releases from some of the label's marquee artists including Fleetwood Mac, The Doors, Grateful Dead, and Madonna.  Classic albums from Todd Rundgren, Captain Beefheart, and Eric Burdon & WAR are also among the titles on Rhino's slate.  And one release is even available on CD! Read on for the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock Tags: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Duran Duran, Eric Burdon, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Madonna, Record Store Day, The Cure, The Doors, Todd Rundgren, War

April 23, 2022 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream

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! Return from your Record Store Day binge and kick back with some exciting finds, from charity rarities to new mixes of old favorites and even a surprising soundtrack find or two! Various Artists, EarthPercent Earth Day Initiative (Bandcamp) Though Bandcamp Friday is back in two weeks, the beloved digital service

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Brian Eno, Coldplay, David Arnold, Dramarama, Fergie, Hoyt Axton, John Paesano, Kris Kross, Ludwig Göransson, Michael Giacchino, Michael Stipe, Peter Gabriel, Remy Shand, Roxette, The Five Satins, War, Yo La Tengo

February 26, 2022 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Stream

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! This week's got plenty of remixes, from New Wave to soul - plus some novelty hip-hop that'll offer a much-needed laugh or two. Depeche Mode, A Broken Frame | The 12" Singles (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) Last week, Rhino made the 12" singles set devoted to Depeche Mode's debut digitally available, and

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Buddy Holly, Burt Bacharach, Depeche Mode, Ed Ames, Eric Burdon, Hoyt Axton, Jodeci, Joni James, L.A. Guns, Madonna, Mint Condition, Ronnie Spector, The Ronettes, War

November 12, 2021 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Joni Mitchell Archives Vol 2

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elvis Presley, Back in Nashville (RCA/Legacy) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Colored Vinyl: Graceland Official Store Elvis: Back in Nashville boasts 82 recordings on 4 CDs (or digitally) from The King's final Nashville sessions in 1971.  With country, folk, holiday and gospel songs, pop, and rock and roll, these seminal tracks represent some of the most richly diverse in

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Folk, Holiday, Pop, Rock Tags: Blossom Dearie, Dolores Gray, Eagles, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Jake Shimabukuro, Joni Mitchell, Kylie Minogue, Nirvana, NRBQ, Rod Stewart, She and Him, Taylor Swift, War

October 9, 2021 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Stream

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we've introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Madonna, Madame X - Music from the

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classical/Opera, Country, Disco/Dance, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billy Preston, Curtis Mayfield, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Indigo Girls, Itzhak Perlman, Kool and the Gang, Lou Reed, Madonna, Otis Redding, Paula Abdul, Tears for Fears, The Sweet Inspirations, War

October 7, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

War Greatest Hits 2.0

Late last year, Warner Music Group's Rhino label confirmed that, after a ten-year break, it would once again be home to the Avenue Records catalogue.  The first release under the new deal celebrated the career of Avenue's marquee band, WAR.  That limited edition Record Store Day Black Friday reissue of the band's 1976 Greatest Hits was followed this year by another Record Store Day release, WAR: The Vinyl 1971-1975.  That box collected WAR (1971); All Day Music (1971); The World Is a Ghetto

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Funk, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: War

April 7, 2021 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

CSNY Deja Vu Alternates

At 1:00 pm EST/10:00 am PST today, the list of Record Store Day's annual offerings was made public.  As was the case in 2020, this year's RSD festivities will take place over more than one day.  The two RSD Drops are scheduled for Saturday, June 12, and Saturday, July 17.  We'll be sharing periodic announcements of various labels' releases, including this look at Rhino's whopping array of over 30 titles from heavy hitters including Black Sabbath, Donny Hathaway, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Aretha Franklin, Black Sabbath, Candi Staton, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Donny Hathaway, Dr. John, Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, John Prine, Joni Mitchell, Me'Shell Ndege'Oecello, Ramones, Record Store Day, Steely Dan, The Cure, The Doors, The Replacements, The Sisters of Mercy, Tom Petty, War

November 27, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

RSDBlackFriday 2020

Today's Black Friday shopping will likely look a little different thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.  But one thing will remain the same: Record Store Day's yearly event.  It's been a packed year with RSD Drops in the months of August, September, and October.  Now, they're going out with a bang. Labels big and small will release limited-edition vinyl with the collector in mind. Whether you're after new music from legends, reissues of sought-after recordings, or unreleased rarities from the vault,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Comedy, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bill Evans, Blue Oyster Cult, Brian Wilson, Dave Brubeck, Fountains of Wayne, George Harrison, Herbie Hancock, Jewel, Jimi Hendrix, John Prine, Little Richard, Lou Reed, Nancy Sinatra, Record Store Day, Sonny Rollins, The Bangles, The Rolling Stones, U2, Van Dyke Parks, Vince Guaraldi, War

November 16, 2020 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

WAR GreatestHits

After ten years away, Avenue Records has reunited with Rhino Entertainment, bringing recordings from WAR, Eric Burdon, Jimmy Witherspoon, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Redbone, Circle Jerks, Funkadelics, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, and more back to the imprint of Warner Music. Central to the new worldwide deal are WAR's complete master recordings dating back decades, beginning with the band's first album Eric Burdon Declares "WAR" - which introduced listeners to the band's irresistible blend

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: War

May 9, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

war anthology

You probably knew this already, based on the presence of an ICON title for the legendary funk group WAR, but Universal Music Enterprises has acquired the rights to their back catalogue. And it looks like they may be gearing up to do some stuff with it. The label issued a press release last week in honor of the band's 40th anniversary year, detailing a few notable bits of info about the band's plans to celebrate. While the band will be touring and working on a new album - their first since

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Categories: News Tags: War

March 1, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

troubadors

James Brown, The Singles Vol. 10 1975-1979 (Polydor/Hip-o Select) The Godfather of Soul's penultimate complete singles compilation from Select. One more to follow! (Hip-o Select) Carole King and James Taylor, Troubadours: The Rise of the Singer-Songwriter (Hear Music) A new documentary on the California singer/songwriter scene of the 1970s, coupled with a bonus disc of some of the best songs from that period. (Amazon) Various Artists, Icon (UMe) Budget compilations from artists across the

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: DVD Tags: Metallica, The Four Tops, Vinyl, War

February 9, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

teena marie icon

Universal has another batch of Icon titles coming your way. The next wave kicks off with a tribute to recently-deceased Motown luminary Teena Marie on February 15; the rest of the titles are set for a March 1 release. They run the gamut from country (Loretta Lynn, Billy Ray Cyrus) to soul/funk (The Four Tops, Kool & The Gang, The Gap Band) and some rock-oriented surprises (Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, joke-rockers The Bloodhound Gang). Are there many surprises? Not really, although the

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Categories: News Tags: Loretta Lynn, The Four Tops, War

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