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…
The Need for Speed: La-La Land Debuts Harold Faltermeyer’s Score to ‘Top Gun’
La-La Land Records continues its hot streak with an expanded score and soundtrack release of one of the biggest blockbusters of the ’80s: Harold Faltermeyer’s score to the 1986 action classic Top Gun. The 2CD set, limited to 5000 copies, features Faltermeyer’s complete, electronic-infused score to Tony Scott’s film about a squadron of Navy pilots training in an elite program colloquially known as – you guessed it – Top Gun. Tom Cruise stars as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a talented but reckless pilot who must learn honor and responsibility alongside his instructor-turned-love interestCharlie Blackwood (Kelly…
Soundtrack Watch: La-La Land, Intrada Deliver Archival Scores Beyond the Stars
With only weeks to go before La-La Land’s typically huge Black Friday announcement, it’s worth noting an incredible clutch of archival score reissues and premieres that have been released over the last two months. Here’s a look at some recent releases – including one on vinyl – coming from La-La Land Records and Intrada. La-La Land Records: Trek, Scarface and Jason Some box set breakouts and a rare foray into vinyl have lit up LLL’s release slate this fall. First up, second and third installments of the label’s Star Trek: The Original Series –…
Get Lucky: Daft Punk Unearth Unheard ‘Memories’ for Reissue of Final Album
Fans of French electronic duo Daft Punk may have been shocked when the group suddenly announced their dissolution at the start of 2021. But the robots haven’t really powered down: a year later, they digitally expanded debut album Homework for its 25th anniversary, compiled an album of remixes from the era, and even showed off some limited, never-before-seen footage from an early concert following Homework‘s release (which shockingly showed members Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo and Thomas Bangalter out of their signature helmets. Now, 10 years after the release of what would become…
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‘Jurassic’ World: La-La Land Revives a Trio of ’90s Scores (and More) on CD
La-La Land Records has three killer early ’90s score expansions on their release schedule this month – and there’s another much-desired title from the ’80s also available to order from the label! First up, La-La Land readies a new remastered and expanded edition of John Williams’ classic score to Jurassic Park. Steven Spielberg’s thrilling adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel – an action-packed sci-fi flick about a theme park full of cloned dinosaurs that invariably goes wrong – is a modern classic. In addition to a dazzling, Oscar-winning blend of animatronic life-size dinosaurs…
The Weekend Stream: January 15, 2022
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 features early works by John Denver, TV works by Jan Hammer and Giorgio Moroder, live stuff from Tegan and Sara and a real throwback of a compilation album. Denver, Boise & Johnson / The Mitchell Trio, Leaving on a Jet Plane: John Denver (Warner Records) (Amazon / Spotify) John Denver’s career took off when his “Leaving on a Jet Plane”…
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The Weekend Stream: November 20, 2021
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 features some new remixes for Marvin Gaye and Teddy Pendergrass, a revisit of Josh Groban’s debut and some great rarities for soul and alt-rock fans. Marvin Gaye + SaLaAM ReMi, Save the World Remix Suite (Motown/UMe) (iTunes / Spotify / Amazon) From remixer SaLaAM ReMi – who helped organize Gaye’s aborted You’re the Man into proper release in 2019 –…
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Review: Donna Summer, “Encore”
I. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It Donna Summer’s first studio album was entitled Lady of the Night, after its retro-styled galloping pop song composed by Giorgio Moroder and the album’s producer Pete Bellotte. Following the release of her next LP, Summer would own the night as an international superstar. But there was much more to the so-called Queen of Disco than just the remarkable string of hits that crossed over from the dancefloor to the mainstream pop consciousness, among them “Love to Love You Baby,” “I Feel Love,” “Last…
It’s For Real: “Encore” Collects Donna Summer’s Complete Studio Albums and More
On March 27, Demon Music Group’s Crimson Productions label will release Encore, the ultimate Donna Summer box set. The Queen of Disco’s reigned over the pop charts for decades with stints on Casablanca, Geffen, Mercury, and Atlantic. Over the years, she released 17 studio albums, two live albums, and a wealth of successful singles. Encore will bring together all those albums across 33 CDs, plus 8 discs of 7″ and 12″ mixes, rare edits, non-album cuts, and other rarities. It totals a staggering 329 tracks, truly the most comprehensive…
Soundtrack Watch: La-La Land’s Super Slate Includes Five DC Comics Releases
La-La Land Records’ current slate is nothing short of super-powered, with six(!) titles streeting this month with a root in comic books – five of which come from DC Comics properties. By far the biggest of the titles in terms of both depth and recognition is the debut standalone release of Ken Thorne’s scores to Superman II and Superman III, the first two sequels to 1978’s blockbuster adaptation of The Man of Steel. Richard Donner’s original film was memorably scored by John Williams; Thorne’s adaptations were one of many changes to the…
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! Varese Victories For Eight Great Years
Congratulations! Our special 8th anniversary giveaway was a sterling success, thanks to our awesome readers who entered! And now, we’ve got the list of prize winners. The following 15 friends have won a bundle of Chuck Berry’s Rockit (1979) and the 40th anniversary soundtrack of Smokey and The Bandit and its sequel, both courtesy of Varese Sarabande: Marty Brandt Gary Dunaier Brian Edmiston Scott Fraley Emile Gardette Marc Hiatt Adrian Hickman Heath Holland Rusty Houston Dan Rushing Tyler Rutt Avner Shemi Cole Smith PoPo Sydow Matt Tauber And these lucky 20 winners…
WIN! WIN! WIN! Celebrate Eight Great Years With a Varese Mega-Giveaway!!
It’s no “Video Killed The Radio Star” on MTV, but it’s still pretty cool! On January 11, 2010, a very simple WordPress version of The Second Disc opened its digital doors. In the eight years since, a lot of stuff about the business has changed – back then, there were still four major music labels, and streaming music wasn’t really a thing in the U.S. – but we think one thing has remained consistent: this has remained a hub for enthusiastic coverage of reissues, compilations, box sets and all sorts of archival…
Better Than A Dream: Varese Expands “Thief of Hearts” Soundtrack Featuring Melissa Manchester
This Friday, January 12, Varese Sarabande is reissuing the long-out-of-print soundtrack album to 1984’s thriller Thief of Hearts. The album’s only prior release on CD was back during its original release and only in Germany, at that. This new edition has been expanded by three bonus tracks and features new liner notes written by our very own Joe Marchese. And we want you to WIN a copy! Read on… The film starred newcomer Steven Bauer as Scott, a burglar who breaks into the home of married couple Mickey (Barbara Williams) and Ray (John…
Reach The Stars and Fly A Fantasy: Cherry Red Expands “The NeverEnding Story” Soundtrack
“A Boy Who Needs a Friend Finds a World That Needs A Hero.” So proclaimed the tagline to the 1984 fantasy film The NeverEnding Story. The film became a hit that year and featured a title song which also climbed the charts. Cherry Red imprint Strike Force Entertainment has recently released an expanded reissue of the film’s soundtrack. The movie, based upon the 1979 German fantasy novel by Michael Ende, tells the tale of ten-year old Bastion Balthazar Bux who begins to read a book chronicling the adventures of Atreyu as he…
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