The Weekend Stream Extra: A Guide to 'MTV Unplugged' on Paramount+ (Part 4)

By Mike Duquette | June 15, 2025 | 0 Comments

Welcome to a special Sunday feature of The Weekend Stream, which takes a look at one of MTV's great live music programs thanks to a recent reissue of one of its best-known episodes. We're running a five-part deep-dive on every episode of MTV Unplugged that's currently streaming on the station's parent streaming network Paramount+! (Parts 1, 2 and 3 […]

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The Weekend Stream: June 14, 2025

By The Second Disc | June 14, 2025 | 5 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. This week we've got it all, from Bakersfield country to Billy Joel on Broadway; actors who sing and singer-songwriters who act in short films; Tony Joe White going disco and Josh […]

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A Second Disc Interview: Timothy J. Smith Forges a New Path with SuperVisible

By Mike Duquette | June 13, 2025 | 8 Comments

If you've been reading The Second Disc for some time, you know that one of our highlights is The Weekend Stream, our spotlight of catalogue material that makes its way - either first or primarily - to streaming and download services. The TSD team has the shelves to prove our love of CDs or vinyl, […]

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 13

By The Second Disc | June 13, 2025 | 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. Grateful Dead, Gratest Hits (Grateful Dead/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino assembles a single-CD or single-LP, nine-song Gratest Hits [sic] from Grateful Dead, marking the band's 60th anniversary with the original studio […]

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Where to Now, St. Peter? Elton John's RSD-Exclusive Rainbow Theatre Live Album Gets Wide Release

By Mike Duquette | June 12, 2025 | 6 Comments

An archival live album from Elton John, released earlier this year for Record Store Day, is getting a wider release this summer. Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper will come back to LP as well as bow on CD and digital on July 25, featuring all 12 tracks from the original release plus […]

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