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Good Clean Fun: Rhino Preps New Monkees Singles Collection

January 13, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

Following last year’s deluxe box of The Monkees’ Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones, Ltd., Rhino has announced its first release from the band in 2026. The A’s, The B’s and The Monkees, at long last, brings together on 2 CDs all of the band’s commercial singles originally released between 1966 and 1970, from “Last Train to Clarksville” b/w “Take a Giant Step” through “Oh My My” b/w “I Love You Better.” The set is due from Rhino on January 30. (Some copies ordered directly from Rhino are already shipping.) The A’s, The…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 14

November 14, 2025 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

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. Nicolette Larson, Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings (Cherry Red/Lemon/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings from Cherry Red’s Lemon imprint and TSD presents all of the late Nicolette Larson’s original studio and live albums for Warner Bros. Records on 4 CDs, produced by Ted Templeman (The Doobie Brothers, Van Halen) and singer-songwriter Andrew Gold (“Thank You for Being…

Who Was It? 7a Records Collects Davy Jones Rarities on “Music and Memories: The MGM Recordings”

October 21, 2025 by The Second Disc | 9 Comments

On November 14, 7a Records will fill in a missing chapter of the Davy Jones story. Music and Memories: The MGM Recordings premieres on CD the handful of singles recorded by the Monkees’ resident song-and-dance man for the MGM Records label – including both mono and stereo mixes and a rare Japan-only single side – and, for good measure, adds all of Jones’ tracks recorded for the original London cast recording of Harry Nilsson’s The Point. This release follows the label’s 2015 collection of Micky Dolenz’s MGM output. After Jones and Micky…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 3

November 3, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to another packed Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Beatles, Now and Then (Apple/Capitol/UMe) Various Formats including CD single: The Beatles Online Store 7-inch clear single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7-inch blue single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12-inch black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target-exclusive red 12-inch single: Target.com “Now and Then.” No matter who’s listening, the title conjures the ghosts of the past that we all confront. The voice of John Lennon – not far-removed, but viscerally present –…

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I’m a Believer: Micky Dolenz Opens Up His Archive for “I’m Told I Had a Good Time”

September 14, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

It’s often been said that if you remember the 1960s, you weren’t really there. Well, Micky Dolenz has incontrovertible proof that he was there, and as he says, I’m Told I Had a Good Time. That’s the title of the remarkable new tome from Beatland Books which chronicles the singer-drummer-actor’s life from 1945-1978 via previously unpublished photographs, artwork, scripts, lyrics, and assorted miscellany. I’m Told I Had a Good Time, now available for pre-order with a December 6 ship date, follows Beatland’s 2021 publication of Andrew Sandoval’s definitive The Monkees: The Day-by-Day…

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Release Round-Up: Week of August 12

August 12, 2022 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles arriving in stores today! Jimi Jamison, Rock Hard (Iconoclassic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Iconoclassic Records is now premiering Rock Hard, Survivor lead singer Jimi Jamison’s previously unreleased 1990 album, in a deluxe, expanded CD edition. Intended to be Jamison’s solo debut, Rock Hard features 10 songs including three previously unreleased compositions, three previously unreleased recordings, and a pair of previously unreleased mixes/arrangements. Jimi’s non-LP solo single (issued in Germany, Japan, and promotionally in the U.S.) of his Survivor bandmates Jim Peterik…

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Never Enough: 7a Reissues, Expands Micky Dolenz’s “Demoiselle”

June 22, 2022 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

7a Records’ debut release in 2015 was Micky Dolenz’s The MGM Singles Collection, a lavish package (first on vinyl and then on expanded CD) collecting the singer and forever Monkee’s early ’70s output for the MGM family of labels. 7a has released a number of Dolenz titles over the years including his acclaimed new studio album Dolenz Sings Nesmith; on August 5, the label will return to his discography with an expanded reissue of 1998’s Demoiselle. The private-press CD was offered via mail order but never received wide distribution, making 7a’s release…

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I Remember the Feeling: 7a Records Reissues Studio and Live Albums from Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart

May 18, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

The names of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart have long been inextricably linked with that of The Monkees. The duo penned many of the band’s most familiar songs including “(Theme From) ‘The Monkees,’” “I Wanna Be Free,” “(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone,” “Valleri,” and the chart-topping “Last Train to Clarksville.” So when promoters were seeking a Monkees reunion in the mid-1970s, and with Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork unavailable, it’s unsurprising that Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz turned to Boyce and Hart – hitmakers in their own right with “I Wonder What…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 18

March 18, 2022 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles arriving in stores today! Frank Zappa, The Mothers 1971 / Fillmore East – June 1971: 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition / Rainbow Theatre – December 10, 1971 (Zappa Records/UMe) The Mothers 1971: Official Zappa Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Fillmore East – June 1971: 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition: Official Zappa Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rainbow Theatre – December 10, 1971: Official Zappa Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Zappa Records and UMe have three releases commemorating Frank Zappa and The Mothers’ legendary 1971 shows…

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April March, Flo and Eddie, Frank Zappa, Howard Jones, Jean-Luc Ponty, Keith Richards, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Mountain, Son House, The Flamin' Groovies, Tony Hazzard

Release Round-Up: Week of May 21

May 21, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Micky Dolenz, Dolenz Sings Nesmith (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Deep Discount) Micky Dolenz tackles more than a dozen compositions by his friend and longtime bandmate Michael Nesmith on this exciting new album available on CD and LP. Micky is in top vocal form bringing his own energetic stamp to Nesmith’s beguiling tunes. Tracks include “Different Drum,” “Circle Sky,” “Propinquity (I’ve Just Begun to Care),” “Tapioca Tundra,” and “You Are My One.” Michael’s son Christian Nesmith has produced and arranged the album. If you’d like to…

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Bob Dylan, Chrissie Hynde, Doug Carn, Emmit Rhodes, Jean Carne, John Hiatt, Jon Allen, Lefty Frizzell, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Sara Bareilles, The Palace Guard, Violent Femmes

Listen to the Band: Andrew Sandoval Reveals “The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story” In June

March 11, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Since its publication in 2005, author Andrew Sandoval’s The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story has been an indispensable reference tool for fans of Davy, Micky, Peter, and Michael – not to mention one helluva read. But as the years passed, the guide to all things Monkees went out of print, with secondhand copies fetching in the three-figure range. Happily, Sandoval has returned to the book for a completely new edition due this June. We were thrilled to have the chance to speak with the author about the upcoming 2021 presentation. “It’s been 15…

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Propinquity: 7a Records Announces Micky’s “Dolenz Sings Nesmith” For May Release

March 11, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith have shared a musical journey together since 1966 when The Monkees first hit the NBC airwaves and the group’s chart-topping debut album arrived in stores on the Colgems label. When COVID-19 unexpectedly struck one year ago, Dolenz and Nesmith were preparing to take to the road once again for An Evening with The Monkees; once the virus rendered that impossible, Dolenz got to work on a celebration of his dedicated friend’s classic songs. The result is Dolenz Sings Nesmith, due on May 21 in CD and LP…

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Holiday Gift Guide Review: Peter Tork, “Stranger Things Have Happened”

December 23, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

UPDATED DECEMBER 2020: 7a Records’ announcement earlier this year of a deluxe remastered and expanded edition of Peter Tork’s only solo album, 1994’s Stranger Things Have Happened, marked a major milestone for the label. Over the years, 7a has already delivered a treasure trove of releases from Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Michael Nesmith on CD and vinyl, but with the inclusion of the late Tork, its roster of artists finally seems complete. The path to Stranger Things Have Happened was a long one. Tork was, by and large, musically inactive during the…

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Take a Giant Step: 7a Reissues and Expands Peter Tork’s Solo Album on CD, Vinyl

October 13, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

7a Records has already delivered a treasure trove of releases from Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Michael Nesmith on CD and vinyl. Is anyone missing from that list? Now, 7a has just announced its first release from the late Peter Tork: the first-time reissue of his only solo album, 1994’s Stranger Things Have Happened, in a deluxe, expanded edition. It’s due on December 4 in the U.K. and December 11 in the U.S., and will feature a generous nine bonus tracks on CD – including several seeing their first release in the…

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True to Themselves: Omnivore Announces New Album from Badfinger’s Joey Molland and Wax Cylinder (!) from Dom Flemons

August 19, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

As the only living member of the original Badfinger quartet, it’s fallen to Joey Molland to keep the torch burning brightly for his old band. But in addition to touring as Joey Molland’s Badfinger, the Liverpool-born singer-songwriter-guitarist/rock and roll survivor has recorded a number of solo albums since 1984. Last year, he appeared in the well-received tour of It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: A Tribute to The Beatles’ White Album alongside such talents as Todd Rundgren, Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross, and Chicago’s Jason Scheff. Omnivore Recordings has announced that his latest…

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Review: Micky Dolenz, “Live in Japan” [CD/DVD Edition]

July 20, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Even today, the name Kodak is synonymous with photography. But in 1980 Japan, Kodak was synonymous with The Monkees. The venerable company had scored a popular commercial there with the group’s recording of “Daydream Believer,” leading to a fresh wave of Monkeemania. Word spread, and soon, Davy Jones and Peter Tork were touring the country as solo acts. Micky Dolenz was third to arrive, having comfortably reestablished himself as not only a stage star but a theatrical and television director. Early 1982 saw him make the trip – his very first as…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 10

July 10, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Grateful Dead/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Often hailed as one of Grateful Dead’s most accessible albums along with its follow-up, American Beauty, Workingman’s Dead placed its focus on tighter songcraft in a country/folk-oriented vein that would later be described as “Americana.” It introduced the group’s first chart hit, the timeless “Uncle John’s Band,” as well as the favorite “Casey Jones” which has received substantial…

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Barbara Mandrell, Burt Bacharach, Carol Channing, Daniel Tashian, Donna Summer, Elvis Costello, Gordon Anderson, Grateful Dead, John Lodge, Laura Branigan, Little Steven, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Rufus Wainwright, Tammy Wynette, The Foundations, The Monkees

Release Round-Up: Week of June 19

June 19, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, Orange Crate Art: 25th Anniversary Edition (Omnivore) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore 2LP Colored Vinyl: Omnivore Omnivore celebrates 25 years of Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks’ beautiful Orange Crate Art with a variety of reissues. The 2-CD version boasts three previously unreleased bonus tracks on the first disc: a stunning, subtle take on “What a Wonderful World” (listen here) that…

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Andy Williams, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Chubby Checker, David Bowie, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, Micky Dolenz, Neil Young, Peggy Lee, Van Dyke Parks

I’m a Believer: 7a Records Brings Micky Dolenz’s “Live in Japan” to CD, DVD, and LP

February 24, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Last year, 7a Records – the label dedicated to all things Monkees – chronicled the early 1980s rise of Monkeemania in Japan with the release of Davy Jones’ Live in Japan. On May 8, 7a will celebrate another Monkee solo tour from that era with Micky Dolenz’s own Live in Japan. Like Davy’s entry, Micky’s release will be available in CD/DVD and vinyl LP formats. Early 1982 saw Dolenz make the trip to Japan where he embarked on his first tour as a solo artist. Much as Jones had adopted the Japanese…

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Just May Be The One: Monkees Live Album Coming Ahead Of New Tour Dates

November 12, 2019 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

The Monkees Live The Mike and Micky Show

Hey hey, a live album from the latest tour from Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz of The Monkees is coming from Rhino Records – and more live dates are on the way, too! The triumphant third (but who’s counting?) act of The Monkees has been a treat for classic pop and rock fans. In 2016, the three surviving members of the beloved group – Dolenz, Nesmith and Peter Tork – came together for Good Times!, an improbably great record to mark their 50th anniversary. Part archival exercise (with songs based on outtakes…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 17

November 17, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Queen, News of the World: 40th Anniversary Edition (UMC (U.K.) / Hollywood (U.S.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.) Queen’s sixth album, 1977’s News of the World, is being generously expanded for its 40th anniversary in a new 3CD/1DVD/1LP box set. The original album is presented on CD and LP. The first bonus CD, the entirely unreleased Raw Sessions, presents an alternate version of the original album from demos, outtakes and live cuts. The second bonus disc collects a further 19 relevant bonus tracks, including versions from archival live…

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I’m a Believer: 7a Brings Micky Dolenz Concert with Orchestra to CD and Vinyl

November 14, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Micky Dolenz always attracts a crowd whenever he’s performing one of his hits-packed shows. Whether Dolenz is playing a large theatre or an intimate nightclub, the consummate entertainer brings the goods. Now, the Monkees specialists at 7a Records are unveiling a particularly exciting treat: a brand-new live album from Micky, and his first to be recorded with an orchestra. Micky Dolenz & The American Metropole Orchestra: Out of Nowhere will hit stores on November 17 in the U.K. (and one week later in the U.S.) on compact disc as well as a…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 7

October 7, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Lou Reed RCA and Arista Album Collection 1

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up which just might be the biggest slate of the year to date! Lou Reed, The RCA and Arista Album Collection (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy brings together 16 Lou Reed albums from his RCA and Arista years on 17 CDs, all remastered directly under Reed’s supervision before his untimely passing in 2013. An 80-page hardbound booklet with detailed liner notes, five art prints and a poster round out this limited edition package. Read more here! Prince, The Prince Movie Collection (Warner Home Video) (Amazon…

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ABBA, B.J. Thomas, Barry Gibb, Cher, Eddie Money, Eden Atwood, Evelyn "Champagne" King, John Hammond, Loretta Lynn, Lou Reed, Mahalia Jackson, Micky Dolenz, Otis Redding, Percy Faith, Perry Como, Prince, Sandy Bull, Yes

The Second Disc’s Week In Review

September 24, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

For today’s special feature, we’re taking a look back at the big stories we shared with you over the past week at The Second Disc, just in case you missed ’em the first time around! Review: Fleetwood Mac, Mirage: Deluxe Edition Joe takes a look at Rhino’s 4-CD/1-LP/1-DVD Deluxe Edition of the Mac’s 1982 pop gem! This Could Be the Night: Shout! Factory to Release T.A.M.I. Show and The Big T.N.T. Show on Blu-ray Two classic concert films – featuring a galaxy of stars including The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The…

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