The Second Disc

On January 11, 2010, The Second Disc launched its inaugural post, reflecting on the top reissues of 2009, which included works from artists like Elvis Costello, The Beatles, and Michael Jackson. On that same day, Mike Duquette shared our first genuine news piece regarding Legacy Recordings' purchase of the Jimi Hendrix catalog. By January 31, we published our first review, focusing on Whitney Houston: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition. Then, on March 4, 2010, Joe Marchese joined The Second Disc, contributing two reviews—one of David Bowie's debut on Deram Records and another for The Essential Carole King—as well as a news article about an upcoming reissue campaign for the Cameo-Parkway catalog.

Consumer

English

Online/Digital

Outlet metrics

Domain Authority

Ranking

Global

#474210

United States

#253110

Arts and Entertainment/Music

#3573

Traffic sources

Monthly visitors

Articles

It Was Only Yesterday: Robinsongs Collects Soul-Jazz From Eddie Harris, Larry Carlton

3 weeks ago | theseconddisc.com | Joe Marchese

Cherry Red's Robinsongs imprint has been maintaining a busy 2025 schedule, with two new titles celebrating greats of jazz and soul. A 5 Classic Albums on 4 Discs collection from late saxophone titan Eddie Harris (1934-1996) offers all of Harris' albums for the Atlantic label originally released between 1974 and 1976 (with the exception of his album of off-color, spoken-word routines). Harris enjoyed a versatile career before signing with Atlantic in 1965.
Splash City: Omnivore Celebrates Jeffrey Foskett on "Something There" Featuring Brian Wilson, Mike Love, America, More

3 weeks ago | theseconddisc.com | Joe Marchese

Jeffrey Foskett surely embodied the California Dream. The San Jose native his dues gigging around the Golden State with such early bands as Reverie and The Pranks. A knock on Brian Wilson's door in 1976 led to a long friendship with the Beach Boy, while Wilson's cousin Mike Love became a Foskett fan three years later upon hearing Reverie live in a Santa Barbara bar. Love brought Foskett into the Beach Boys fold - first in The Endless Summer Beach Band, then in the Beach Boys themselves.
In Memoriam: Roger Nichols (1940-2025)

1 month ago | theseconddisc.com | Joe Marchese

If you don't know the name of Roger Nichols, you know the man's songs. His compositions have been sung by Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Petula Clark, Jackie DeShannon, Bobby Darin, Paul Anka, The Monkees, and Nichols' most frequent lyrical collaborator, Paul Williams - just to name a few.
I Get Misty: A Personal Reflection on Johnny Mathis' Final Concert

1 month ago | theseconddisc.com | Joe Marchese

The music of Johnny Mathis has been a constant here at Second Disc HQ. Our very first Second Disc Records release in conjunction with Real Gone Music was Johnny's Life Is a Song Worth Singing: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions back in 2015, which inaugurated a series encompassing nearly two dozen Mathis albums and compilations to date including a multi-disc Christmas music collection and the standalone CD premieres of two "lost" albums, I Love My Lady and The Island.
Dyna-Mite: Cherry Red's 7Ts Label Collects Mud's Glam Oldies on "The Rak Years 1973-75"

1 month ago | theseconddisc.com | Joe Marchese

Rob Davis, Les Gray, Dave Mount, and Ray Stiles formed Mud in 1966 and released their first single, "Flower Power," the very next year on CBS Records. But the band wasn't destined to make their name with psychedelic pop; instead, they persevered until breaking through in 1973 on Mickie Most's Rak label. By that time, they'd morphed into glam rockers with a fifties revivalist sensibility.
Hey There: Stage Door Expands John Raitt's "Songs of the Open Road"

1 month ago | theseconddisc.com | Joe Marchese

Back in May 2020, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Stage Door Records brought some much-needed sunshine with an Original Album Series volume for Broadway baritone John Raitt (1917-2005). The 2CD volume collected Raitt's four LPs originally released between 1955 and 1960 on the Capitol and Warner Bros. labels; now, Stage Door has turned the clock back to 1947 for a first-time-on-CD expanded edition of his 1947 Decca EP Songs of the Open Road.
Thank U Very Much: Cherry Red, Esoteric Release Comprehensive "Box of Scaffold"

1 month ago | theseconddisc.com | Joe Marchese

A poet, a comic, and a musician walk into a room... The Scaffold was hardly an ordinary band. In fact, it wasn't a band at all. Yet Roger McGough, John Gorman, and Mike McGear (a.k.a. McCartney, a.k.a. Paul's younger brother) of Liverpool released singles on Parlophone produced by Sir George Martin, had a chart-topping hit, and sold out such esteemed venues as the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank. Their thirteen-year time together outlasted The Beatles.
Smile Happy: WAR's "Why Can't We Be Friends?" Deluxe Box Comes to CD

1 month ago | theseconddisc.com | Joe Marchese

Following its release last week on vinyl for Record Store Day, the expanded 50th anniversary edition of WAR's seminal 1975 album Why Can't We Be Friends? is coming to CD and digital formats. On June 6, the 3CD box will arrive in stores via Rhino and Avenue Records. WAR's seventh album, Why Can't We Be Friends?
Review: Eric Burdon and WAR, "The Complete CD Collection"

1 month ago | theseconddisc.com | Joe Marchese

With the recent release of WAR's Why Can't We Be Friends? as an expanded edition for Record Store Day (with a CD edition to follow - links still aren't active), TSD has given a spin to Rhino's most recent WAR CD release: The Complete CD Collection from Eric Burdon & WAR. "Peace and love was happening, and we figured that nobody would forget the name of the band if we called them WAR.
Sign In Stranger: Steely Dan's "The Royal Scam" Returns in June

2 months ago | theseconddisc.com | Joe Marchese

Are you gonna do it without the fez on? 1976's The Royal Scam, Steely Dan's fifth album, is returning on June 6 in a variety of formats to conclude the band's reissue campaign which began in November 2022 with Can't Buy a Thrill.