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Alan Silvestri, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Brandi Carlile, Chappell Roan, Dwight Yoakam, Elton John, John Debney, Jonathan Larson, Love, Prince, Randy Newman, Sugar, Talking Heads, Todd Rundgren, Warren Zevon, a-ha

The Weekend Stream: November 1, 2025

November 1, 2025 by The Second Disc | No 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. Rare mixes from David Bowie, late-period repertoire from Squeeze (with a new distributor hinting at their next album) and an actor who plays jazz will start you off… David Bowie, I Can’t Give Everything Away E.P. (ISO/Parlophone) (Apple / Amazon) Released last week in conjunction with the last of Bowie’s era-focused boxes, this EP offers five new-to-digital remixes released between 2002 and 2016. Squeeze, Spot the Difference / Live At The Fillmore / The…

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Buffalo Tom, Cowboy Junkies, David Bowie, Freda Payne, Jeff Goldblum, Jimmy Webb, Kelly Clarkson, Little Big Town, Reba McEntire, Squeeze, The Fall, Warren Zevon

Record Store Day Black Friday Round-Up: BMG, Omnivore, and Real Gone Music

October 9, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

As we gear up for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event on Friday, November 28, we’re sharing the lists from BMG, Omnivore Recordings, and Real Gone Music. Click here for a list of participating retailers! First up is BMG’s slate… George Harrison, Living in the Material World (50th Anniversary Mix) (Dark Horse) (Zoetrope LP; 7,600 copies – reprises mix from the 2024 box set) John Lee Hooker, Chill Out (30th Anniversary) (LP; 1,500 copies – remastered reissue of album featuring Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Booker T. Jones, and Charles Brown) Billy Idol, “77” (Dark Horse) (12″ Picture Disc;…

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Alice Cooper, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Billy Idol, George Harrison, John Lee Hooker, Motörhead, Paul Rodgers, Ratt, Record Store Day, Robbie Robertson, Sugar, The Lemon Twigs, Touche Amore, Warren Zevon

The Second Disc’s Guide to Record Store Day 2025: Our Favorite Picks

April 11, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Tomorrow, Record Store Day is once again upon us! It’s that time of year where music lovers and vinyl flippers get together at their favorite physical music retailers and wait in line to snag some treasured albums – almost all of which are pressed on vinyl instead of CD (or, you know, sold on secondary marketplaces for above their retail value). This year, the list tops out at over 300 titles, so there’s very nearly something for everybody. It wasn’t easy to narrow our choices down to around 20 titles, but here…

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Rhino Readies Nearly 50 Titles for Record Store Day Including Titles from Fleetwood Mac, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, More

February 10, 2025 by The Second Disc | No Comments

As usual, Rhino is leading the Record Store Day pack with a whopping slate of almost 50 titles scheduled to arrive in independent shops everywhere on Saturday, April 12. The label has brought out many of its heaviest hitters, including Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Jethro Tull, among others. Head over to RecordStoreDay.com for the complete list of participating stores, and below you’ll find details for all of Rhino’s releases! We’ve linked to the full descriptions of each title at the official RSD site. a-ha, Hunting High…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 3

November 3, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to another packed Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Beatles, Now and Then (Apple/Capitol/UMe) Various Formats including CD single: The Beatles Online Store 7-inch clear single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7-inch blue single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12-inch black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target-exclusive red 12-inch single: Target.com “Now and Then.” No matter who’s listening, the title conjures the ghosts of the past that we all confront. The voice of John Lennon – not far-removed, but viscerally present –…

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Give It Up: Rhino Announces This Year’s “Start Your Ear Off Right” Releases

January 9, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

We’re into the second week of January, and it wouldn’t be a new year without Rhino’s annual Start Your Ear Off Right campaign. This year’s slate encompasses eighteen vinyl reissues across the rock, soul, and jazz spectrum, the majority of which were released on Friday at independent record stores and most Barnes and Noble locations (and online). The following titles are in stores now: Billy Cobham, Spectrum [Clear Vinyl, remastered by Kevin Gray] John Coltrane, Ole Coltrane [Clear Vinyl] [breakout from The Atlantic Years in Mono] Dire Straits, Money for Nothing [Green…

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Billy Cobham, Chicago, Curtis Mayfield, Dire Straits, Genesis, Gerry Rafferty, Hot Tuna, John Coltrane, Johnny Thunders, Otis Redding, Ramones, The B-52's, The Cure, The Velvet Underground, Warren Zevon, Yes, ZZ Top

Excitable Boy: Warren Zevon’s “Stand in the Fire” Is Expanded by Run Out Groove; The Monkees and Lenny Kravitz Among Next Titles in Fan Vote

August 27, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

Get ready to howl! Run Out Groove has announced its latest fan-voted release, and it’s from the late singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. The label will press a limited and numbered Deluxe Edition of Zevon’s live album Stand in the Fire – Recorded Live at The Roxy in a generously expanded format. The original LP was originally released at the tail end of 1980 and was recorded over a five-night stand in August of that year at the famed West Hollywood venue. It boasted ten tracks – including mordant favorites “Werewolves of London,” “Poor,…

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Lenny Kravitz, Louis XIV, The Monkees, Warren Zevon

Release Round-Up: Week of June 12

June 12, 2020 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Peter Gabriel, Rated PG (Real World) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Last year, Peter Gabriel issued Rated PG, a collection of one-off songs he’d performed for motion pictures across his solo career. This year, that album gets a wider release beyond its picture disc pressing for Record Store Day; it’ll now be available on CD and vinyl on Friday, June 12. The 10-track compendium features PG favorites from WALL-E, Against All Odds, Natural…

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Brian Auger, Burt Bacharach, Daniel Tashian, David Bowie, Erroll Garner, Iggy Pop, Little Steven, Peter Gabriel, Professor Longhair, Steven Van Zandt, The Electric Prunes, Tim Buckley, Warren Zevon

Rhino To Release A Whopping 29 Titles(!) for Record Store Day 2020

March 6, 2020 by Sam Stone | 6 Comments

Rhino, the label that manages the catalogue of the Warner family of labels, has announced its upcoming Record Store Day releases. A mouth-watering 29 titles will hit shops on April 18, available exclusively at brick-and-mortar locations. These include the previously announced David Bowie titles; a rare live set from Alice Cooper; rarities from Jethro Tull; a box of John Prine’s early albums; a set of core Notorious BIG records; BBC sessions from The Pogues, New Order, and Hawkwind; a sought-after live album by The Pretenders; and so much more! Keep scrolling for…

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy: Rhino Kicks Off 2020 With Start Your Ear Off Right Campaign

January 14, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

As has become an annual tradition, Rhino has kicked off the new year with another exciting slate of Start Your Ear Off Right releases. The first few titles have already hit shelves, and more are on the way over the course of the month. Punk, new wave, counterculture rock, singer-songwriter classics, and sleek ’80s pop hits…it’s all part of this year’s campaign. Each week, a batch of these limited edition color vinyl pressings will be released to brick and mortar shops and a select few larger retailers. A press release notes that…

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Angelo Badalamenti, Bad Company, Deep Purple, Devo, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Stevie Nicks, The Replacements, Uncle Tupelo, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon

Rhino “Starts Your Ear Off Right” with New Vinyl Exclusives from CSNY, Joni, Monkees, Buffalo Springfield, More

January 3, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Rhino’s popular “Start Your Ear Off Right” vinyl reissue campaign is returning to local independent record stores and Barnes & Noble locations beginning next Tuesday, January 8, and continuing through Tuesday, January 29, with a new batch of limited (and often colorful) vinyl reissues arriving each week. Each group features an eclectic line-up drawn from the Rhino archives. January 8 will see compilations from Aretha Franklin, Alice Cooper, and The Monkees, as well as a 1978 post-punk classic from Television, while January 15 brings music from ZZ Top, CSNY, The Jimmy Rogers…

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Alice Cooper, Aretha Franklin, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Gram Parsons, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Lupe Fiasco, Ramones, Television, The Monkees, Warren Zevon, ZZ Top

When Will I Be Loved: Morello Reissues Two Phil Everly Solo Albums Featuring Warren Zevon

February 28, 2018 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The Everly Brothers’ contribution to American popular song can hardly be overestimated. With hits like “Bye Bye Love,” “Wake Up, Little Susie” and “When Will I Be Loved,” brothers Don and Phil merged classic country and rock-and-roll into an influential whole, while their longing, ethereal vocal blend on “All I Have to Do is Dream” established them as timeless balladeers. At the beating heart of The Everly Brothers’ sound was their deep respect for the music of the land, the rough-and-tumble, hardscrabble, homespun ballads they had learned as children in the Midwest….

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Don’t Fear the Reaper: “Now!” Series Releases a Halloween Volume

October 26, 2015 by Randy Fairman | 3 Comments

We’ve reported on several Christmas reissues being released in the lead-up the yuletide season. And when it comes to holidays throughout the year, Christmas certainly reigns supreme in terms of the quantity of music devoted to it. However, some other holidays and occasions throughout the year have music devoted to them. One of the more popular ones is Halloween which is coming up this weekend. To provide a soundtrack to your Halloween parties or trick-or-treating, Legacy Recordings, in association with Universal, has recently released Now That’s What I Call Halloween! This 18-track…

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Blue Oyster Cult, Donovan, Mike Oldfield, Various Artists, Warren Zevon

Release Round-Up: Weeks of December 17 and 24

December 17, 2013 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

With the last two weeks of the year so light on catalogue titles, we figured we’d combine it all into one post. Below you’ll find two new titles for this week, and two for the next! The Pogues, 30 Years (Rhino U.K.) Here, in one box, is all of the Irish folk-rockers’ original albums, including new mixes of debut Red Roses for Me and Peace and Love, plus a bonus unreleased live show from 1991 with Joe Strummer of The Clash assuming lead vocal duties. (Amazon U.K. / Amazon U.S.) Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs (Hybrid SACD – DSD) / Warren…

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The Clash, The Pogues, Warren Zevon

Starbucks Serves “Self-Portraits” of Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman and Others

May 1, 2013 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

Some of the music featured on Starbucks Entertainment’s latest compilation album, Self-Portraits, is a bit atypical for a coffeehouse setting: Warren Zevon, Judee Sill, Randy Newman, John Prine, Loudon Wainwright III. The songs on Self-Portraits, by and large, demand attention, as all are drawn from the realm of the singer-songwriter with an emphasis on confessional or first-person songs. The 16-track CD focuses on the 1970s (with just one track from 1969), and although there are a few unquestionably familiar, oft-anthologized songs, there are also a few that might make this disc worth…

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Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Loudon Wainwright III, Randy Newman, Warren Zevon

Release Round-Up: Week of September 25

September 25, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb, In Session (Concord) The legendary songwriter and equally legendary country superstar join forces for two 1988 television broadcasts, joined together on one DVD and accompanied by a CD of the programs’ musical selections! Campbell’s only recording of Webb’s “Sunshower” can be found here, among other gems. For those of you anticipating the arrival of In Session today, it appears that this title has been delayed until October 9! You can read more about it here. Now, onto some titles actually arriving in stores today… Aretha Franklin, Love All…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 21

November 21, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Another Monday release date, ostensibly to get the jump on an abbreviated week with the Thanksgiving/Black Friday holiday! And it’s another big week, to be sure. The Rolling Stones, Some Girls: Deluxe Edition (Rolling Stones/UMe) Whether you think it’s the last truly great Stones album or not, it’s hard to deny that this is the biggest of the deluxe releases this week. (That super-deluxe edition, with a bonus DVD and vinyl, doesn’t disprove the notion, either.) Bob Seger, Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets (Capitol) Seger’s Greatest Hits (1994) was the biggest selling…

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Bob Seger, Michael Jackson, Rush, Styx, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Vinyl, Warren Zevon

TGI Friday Music : Monkees, Zevon, Midler, Rundgren, Beck, Yes, Jefferson Starship On Tap

September 28, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The temperatures might be dropping, but as sure as fall turns to winter, the slate of catalogue reissues heats up each year for the lucrative holiday market. Friday Music, the CD and vinyl reissue label, sure hasn’t wasted any time in preparing an eclectic slate of killer releases slated for the months ahead. The label’s Joe Reagoso, a.k.a. Joe Friday, has taken to Twitter and Facebook announcing a number of exciting projects. And here, without further ado, are just the facts… The first-ever CD release of Davy Jones’ Colpix debut arrives in…

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