Today’s the day!  The Record Store Day Black Friday list is here, ramping up anticipation for the annual event which takes place at brick-and-mortar stores this year on Friday, November 27.  We'll be ...

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For the first time, a box set will take a deep dive into the creation of a Billy Joel album - in this case, one of his most pivotal: 1976's Turnstiles, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

“Standards are cruelly high at the top,” George Harrison observed in a May 1965 interview. “Every time we get a record released, it has to go to No. 1. If it doesn’t, we’ll be slipping.” Today, we ...

Sir George Martin would have turned 100 earlier this year, on January 3.  Before the year’s out, Warner Music UK will celebrate the legacy of the producer-arranger-composer-conductor with a trio of ...

Today, September 23, marks the 100th birthday of John Coltrane - and every label is getting in on the celebration. We've already shared news of a career-spanning compilation and vinyl box set due soon ...

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Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated ...

On November 20, Mac Rebennack – a.k.a. Dr. John – would have turned 85 years old.  Though the Good Doctor died in 2019 at the age of 77, his musical legacy remains alive and well in no small part due ...

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, ...

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Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life – The EP (Motown/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) On September 28 – five decades to the day since Motown Records welcomed Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life into the ...