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The Second Disc Buyers Guide: The 100 Greatest Reissues of All Time, Part 5...
It’s almost the weekend, and we’ve got the perfect set of tunes to rock your Saturday and Sunday! It’s Part 5 of our first-ever official Second Disc Buyers Guide, in which we look at the 100 greatest...
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Release Round-Up: Week of December 6
Neil Diamond, The Very Best of Neil Diamond (Columbia/Legacy) A new single-disc greatest hits compilation that unites classic Columbia stuff with early works for Bang and Universal and the excellent,...
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The Second Disc Buyers Guide: The 100 Greatest Reissues of All Time, Part 16...
We’re nearing the Top 20 of our 100 Greatest Reissues list, taking Rolling Stone‘s list of the greatest albums of all time and investigating their many pressings and expansions as the catalogue...
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The Need for Back-Up: Rock Hall Finally Inducts Classic Backing Bands
One of the many, many criticisms of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is their occasional neglect of certain bands in favor of other artists. From the first year of induction in 1987, when Smokey...
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Bowie, McCartney, Joplin, Springsteen, Clash, Davis, Small Faces, More Lead...
We’re just three weeks away from Record Store Day on April 21, and following individual announcements from fantastic labels like Omnivore Recordings, Concord Records, Sundazed Music and Rhino/Warner...
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The Second Disc’s Record Store Day 2012 Essential Releases
Well, Record Store Day is finally upon us! Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21, music fans and collectors will descend upon their local independent record stores to celebrate both the sounds on those black...
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Knock You Out! James Brown’s “Gravity” to Be Expanded by BBR
It’d be wrong to say that the fine folks at Universal Music Enterprises are doing it to death when it comes to James Brown; there’s been a solid two decades of box sets, compilations and reissues to...
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Funk Soul Brothers: Ace Collects “Royal Grooves” From King, “Southern Soul”...
If you prefer your soul with a twist of funk, the Ace family of labels has two offerings that should get your fingers clicking and your feet dancing. Both Royal Grooves: Funk and Groovy Soul from the...
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Review: Aretha Franklin and James Brown, Reissued By BBR
In today’s reviews, we’re looking at three albums from two true legends of soul. What do they have in common? Each title has been reissued by Big Break Records, and each found its respective artist...
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There It Is: UMe Celebrates 50 Years of James Brown at The Apollo with New...
“So now, ladies and gentlemen, it is Star Time. Are you ready for Star Time?” With those words by emcee Fats Gondor on the stage of The Apollo Theater in New York City on October 24, 1962, history was...
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Release Round-Up: Week of June 25
The Beatles, Help! (Blu-Ray Disc) (Capitol/Apple) The Fab Four’s second film gets the hi-def disc treatment. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Three O’Clock, The Hidden World Revealed (Omnivore) Early...
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Holiday Tunes Watch: Sony CMG Celebrates The Season with Bing, Buck, B.J.,...
Occasionally the aisles of your local grocery or big-box store turn up releases you won’t find even in your local indie music store. Such is the case with a recent batch of holiday-themed titles from...
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Release Round-Up: Week of February 11
Camper Van Beethoven, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart/Key Lime Pie: Deluxe Editions (Omnivore) Omnivore expands both Virgin Records releases from the winning alt-folk group, released in 1988 and...
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Release Round-Up: Week of July 29
The Allman Brothers Band, The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings (Mercury/UMe) The four shows in March 1971 that made up the band’s legendary breakthrough album are presented in full for the first time,...
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