Wonderful news! Get your motown requests ready!!!

[Philles/Motown Gary]

This evening, Joe Marchese of The Second Disc [[the daily newsletter keeping us abreast of new and upcoming CD releases) has announced a partnership between The Second Disc and Real Gone Music which will result in a new CD label – Second Disc Records.

Joe says that since its founding in 2011, Real Gone has rescued music that might otherwise have languished in a dusty vault or relegated to digital download – music that lives up to the label’s name – in splendidly remastered and generously expanded CD editions.

The article further states that “our initial release slate in March 2015, co-produced by Real Gone Music’s Gordon Anderson and The Second Disc’s Joe Marchese, features a 2-CD complete compendium of the one and only Johnny Mathis’ musical collaborations with songwriter-producer-arranger-conductor and Philadelphia soul legend Thom Bell [[The Spinners, The Stylistics, The Delfonics). The Complete Thom Bell Sessions boasts their 1973 classic I’m Coming Home, the 1977 “sequel” Mathis Is… in its worldwide CD debut, and a host of bonus tracks including Mathis and Bell’s 1991 reunion, other Mathis renditions of Bell classics, rare single versions, and previously unreleased instrumental mixes spotlighting Bell’s lush orchestrations!

[[At long last – Johnny Mathis’ "MATHIS IS" will be released in all its Philly-Soul elegance on CD!)

Fellow Motowners, here’s the part that you’ll love:

The article further states, “We hope you’ll join us for the ride as we take The Second Disc into the next five years. We want your suggestions as to what albums you’d like to see get the Second Disc Records treatment, and thanks for your support of The Second Disc. Please click on the Second Disc Records tab for full track listings and more details on both titles coming on March 10 plus a link to send us your suggestions and/or comments!”

[[See my Link Below to open The Second Disc. Then click on “Contact Us” to make your Motown and/or other CD requests.


[[NOTE: “The Next Five Years” proves that, despite what some people may want us to believe, the CD is NOT dying out. It is alive and well, and promises big hopes for the future!) - Gary

http://theseconddisc.com/