Back Tracks: Cheap Trick
In reading about Cheap Trick on Web sites like the All Music Guide, one keeps finding aspects of the band’s work described as “perverse.” That’s a weird way of defining it – not in the sexual sense,...
View ArticleReissue Theory: Cheap Trick, Squeeze Do-Overs
Today’s installment of Reissue Theory is going to tread over familiar ground, in honor of two bands who turned out some great live sets last night at New Jersey’s State Theater: Cheap Trick and...
View ArticleI Want You To Want Me: Cheap Trick “Complete Epic Albums” Box Offers...
“ELO kiddies, ELO kiddies, whatcha gonna do when the lights start shining?” went the musical question in the first song on Cheap Trick’s very first album. But one question, naturally, leads to...
View ArticleBack to Black: Legacy Unveils Record Store Day Black Friday Exclusives From...
It’s that time of year again! Though Black Friday has taken a backseat in recent years to the once-unheard-of Thanksgiving Day sales, the folks at Record Store Day still hold the day after...
View ArticleGive ‘Em a Spin: The Second Disc’s Essential Back to Black Friday 2013...
Another year…another Black Friday. Yes, it’s that time of year again in which consumers start off the holiday shopping season on a mad, frenetic note. This year is another one in which numerous...
View ArticleDon’t Walk On By: Legacy To Release Single-Disc Roy Orbison Career Retrospective
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) This last April marks what would have been Roy Orbison’s 80th birthday had he not sadly died in 1988 at the age of 52. As one of the pioneers of rock ‘n’...
View ArticleHave Some Faith in The Sound: George Michael’s “Listen Without Prejudice Vol....
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) Last year marked the 25th anniversary of George Michael’s second solo album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. While nothing hit the shelves last year to...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of September 16
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Led Zeppelin, The Complete BBC Sessions (Atlantic/Swan Song/Rhino) 3 CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon...
View ArticleReview: Gerry Beckley, “Carousel”
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) Gerry Beckley celebrated his 64th birthday earlier this week, on Monday, September 12. We’re marking the occasion with a look at his new studio album!...
View ArticleHey Now: Crowded House’s Catalogue Expanded for 30th Anniversary
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) Ahead of their induction to the Australia Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame this fall–and 30 years after the release of their first of...
View ArticleBlue Part of Town: Steve Hackett Revisits, Expands “Blues With A Feeling”
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) Steve Hackett, the lead guitarist of Genesis between 1970 and 1977, has recently revisited his 1994 solo album Blues with a Feeling for an expanded...
View ArticleGood to Me: Otis Redding’s “Dictionary,” Complete Whisky A Go Go Recordings...
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) Fans of Otis Redding have twice the reason to celebrate this holiday season with the release of two separate products celebrating The King of Soul’s...
View ArticleDaybreak For Dolenz: Micky’s “MGM Singles” Expanded For CD Premiere
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) Last July, the 7a Records label debuted with a limited edition vinyl release of Micky Dolenz’s The MGM Singles Collection. Since that auspicious release,...
View ArticleOh By Gosh, By Golly: Second Disc Records Celebrates Christmas with Jack...
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) The most wonderful time of the year is upon us once again, and as longtime readers know, The Second Disc is always excited to spread the holiday spirit!...
View ArticleHere We Come A-Caroling: Real Gone’s November Christmas Slate Features Ray...
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) As we are still over a month away from Halloween, it may seem a bit early to be thinking about Christmas. But stores have already bringing out small bits...
View ArticleA Summer Song: RPM Collects Chad and Jeremy’s Complete Early Years On...
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) In the halcyon days of the British Invasion, Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde notched an impressive eleven Hot 100 singles and six Top 100 albums in the...
View ArticleBehind The Wall of Sleep: Rhino Expands Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” To Four Discs
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) Upon its release in September 1970, Black Sabbath’s sophomore album Paranoid helped make clear the transition from “hard rock” to “heavy metal” and...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of September 23
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, packed with heavy hitters! David Bowie, Who Can I Be Now (1974-1976) (Parlophone) 12-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon...
View ArticleThis Could Be The Night: Shout! Factory To Release “T.A.M.I. Show” and “The...
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) While we normally concentrate on CD reissues here at The Second Disc, we do occasionally like to highlight other titles which we think may be of interest...
View ArticleReview: Fleetwood Mac, “Mirage: Deluxe Edition”
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) When Fleetwood Mac entered the Château d’Hérouville studio outside Paris at the dawn of the 1980s, the band had one goal in mind: to create a commercial...
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