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MERRY DISCMAS!

December 24, 2010 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments


We're just about to put the "Closed" sign on the door of The Second Disc HQ, but should any of you stumble upon The Second Disc on Christmas, I want this to be the first thing you see for two reasons.

One, you're going to find a compendium below of all the Christmas articles Joe and myself have done this season. Let them fill you with Christmas cheer whenever you need some!

And second, and most importantly, may you, the treasured reader of The Second Disc, have a Merry, Merry Christmas and a happy holiday weekend. We're not going to take off a tremendous amount of time, but we're definitely going to rest and relax (and enjoy great music!) tomorrow and Sunday, and I hope you do the same - preferably with someone you love. If I may speak for both myself and Joe, we're continuously honored and thankful for your readership over what's almost been a full year - and 2011 will hopefully be an even bigger and better year for all of us as catalogue enthusiasts!

Stay safe, warm and merry this weekend, and we'll see you very soon!The Second Disc's Christmas Compendium Volume I, 2010

11/26: Mike imagines what a complete Waitresses set on CD would look like - with "Christmas Wrapping," of course.
11/29: Twenty-six years after its debut, Mike runs through the history of Band Aid.
12/03: Joe devotes the week's Friday Feature to Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol and its score by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill.
12/06: Joe reviews Collector's Choice's new set from Bing Crosby, The Crosby Christmas Sessions.
12/07: A Back Tracks column from Joe on the holiday albums of Andy Williams. Also, Mike has some fun with the wintry albums of Bob and Doug McKenzie and asks (and solves, with your help) a mystery regarding WHAM! and "Last Christmas."
12/09: Joe returns with a Back Tracks on Johnny Mathis' Christmas discography.
12/11: A loving tribute from Mike on the music of one of his favorite Christmas films, Gremlins.
12/15: Another valuable Back Tracks from Joe - a definitive guide to The Beach Boys' holiday repertoire! Plus, Mike revisits Motown on Christmas with a look at the 1989 Motown holiday album.
12/22: Joe reviews Perry Como's Complete Christmas Collection from Collector's Choice.
12/24: In a mad festive dash, Mike reviewed La La Land's expanded Home Alone score and Hip-o Select's The Complete James Brown Christmas and pondered why The Beatles' Christmas flexi-discs still haven't found a home on CD.

Categories: Reviews Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Back Tracks, Friday Feature, Reissue Theory

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Mike Duquette

Michael Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he discovered there was more than one version of John Williams' soundtrack to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, with bylines on catalog at Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Prince and credits on titles including the Grammy-winning 'Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic.' Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with an ever-expanding collection of music.

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Comments

  1. Tom says

    December 24, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    Thank you for doing a great job with this site. So glad you consider "Gremlins" a Christmas film!

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  2. Matt Rowe says

    December 24, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    My very best of wishes to two great people, Mike and Joe. May The Second Disc flourish in the many years to come.

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