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First Name Basis: Ozzy, Willie, Janis, Iggy Among Legacy’s Offerings For...
Here at Second Disc HQ, we’re eagerly anticipating April 21, or Record Store Day, the industry-wide celebration of all things vinyl (and a few CDs, too!). Record Store Day, now in its fifth year,...
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Holiday Gift Guide Review: Various Artists, “‘Twas the Night Before Hanukkah”
The story behind The Idelsohn Society for Music Preservation’s fascinating new 2-CD set ‘Twas the Night Before Hanukkah is a simple one. The label, dedicated to telling Jewish history through music,...
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There It Comes Now: Velvet Underground’s “White Light/White Heat” Box Set...
UPDATED 10/4: “No one listened to it. But there it is, forever – the quintessence of articulate punk. And no one goes near it.” So commented the rather articulate Lou Reed in a statement for Rolling...
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In Memoriam: Lou Reed (1942-2013)
Tough, uncompromising and honest – the music of singer, songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed might have been the very quintessence of New York rock and roll. Since first making a splash with 1967’s The...
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Release Round-Up: Week of January 7
Peter Gabriel, Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours (Real World) In 2010, Peter Gabriel released Scratch My Back, a new set of cover songs. The plan was to pair them up with covers of his own work...
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Review: Bob Dylan, “The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration: Deluxe Edition”
Bob Dylan’s 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, held on October 16, 1992 at New York’s Madison Square Garden to mark Dylan’s Columbia Records debut, could have been a valedictory. The 51-year old...
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Release Round-Up: Week of March 25
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...
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Beginning To See The Light: 6-CD Super Deluxe “Velvet Underground” Coming In...
For the third year in a row, a classic album by The Velvet Underground will receive the super deluxe treatment from Polydor and Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). On November 24, 2014, the label will...
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