Sugar Town: Light in the Attic Reissues, Expands Nancy Sinatra's "Sugar" and "Country, My Way"

By The Second Disc | November 6, 2024 | 1 Comment

Light in the Attic is accelerating its Nancy Sinatra Archival Series with the November 29 reissue of the singer's fourth and fifth studio albums, both from 1967: Sugar and Country, My Way.  Both of these expanded editions will be available on CD, LP, and digitally. Sugar capped off an incredibly prolific year for Sinatra.  The […]

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Fortuosity: Stage Door Pop Brings Rare Tommy Steele Recordings to CD in November

By Joe Marchese | November 5, 2024 | 0 Comments

Tommy Steele may be best remembered today for his starring role on both sides of the Atlantic as Arthur Kipps in the 1963 musical Half a Sixpence - one which he repeated for its film adaptation - or for such motion pictures as Finian's Rainbow and Walt Disney's The Happiest Millionaire.  Considered to be Britain's […]

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In Memoriam: Quincy Jones (1933-2024)

By Joe Marchese | November 4, 2024 | 5 Comments

Quincy Delight Jones was just 14 years old when he introduced himself to Ray Charles.  Though the pianist-singer was just two years older, he was already an inspiration to the younger musician.  Charles had the gift of synthesizing the various strains of music - jazz, folk, country, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, and gospel, among […]

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Super Sequel Soundtracks Are La-La Land's Black Friday Focus for 2024

By Mike Duquette | November 4, 2024 | 0 Comments

Before announcing their typically grandiose year-end slate of archival soundtrack titles, there were rumblings in the film score fan community that La-La Land - whose release schedule offered everything from Star Trek to James Bond to the first Steven Spielberg-John Williams collaboration in 2024 - might do things a little differently. It turns out those rumors […]

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The Weekend Stream: November 2, 2024

By Mike Duquette | November 2, 2024 | 2 Comments

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. We've got all the usual stuff you'd expect - reissues from Usher, rarities from The Alan Parsons Project, and another unique Daryl Hall-related EP - and some stuff you might not, […]

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