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The Weekend Stream: June 18, 2022

June 18, 2022 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! Today's your chance to dive deep on an alternate history of Miles Davis or some mid-'60s classics by The Ventures, among other cool picks; pull up a chair after your Record Store Day Drop visit and queue up some good stuff!

Miles Davis, Early Minor: Rare Miles from the Complete In a Silent Way Sessions / Double Image: Rare Miles from the Complete Bitches Brew Sessions / Champions: Rare Miles from the Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)

Early Minor: iTunes / Amazon
Double Image: iTunes / Amazon
Champions: iTunes / Amazon

On the eve of a new Miles Davis Record Store Day release - this time a precursor to a new entry in the jazz icon's Bootleg Series - Legacy puts out digital versions of their previous three Miles RSD titles, issues between 2019 and 2021. They feature an album-length digest of outtakes from the albums In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew and Jack Johnson, each of which received their own definitive box sets from the label over the years.

The Ventures, The Ventures A Go Go / Where the Action Is / Caravan / Pops in Japan / Flights of Fancy / Only Hits (Expanded Edition) (Capitol/UMe)

A Go Go: iTunes / Amazon
Action: iTunes / Amazon
Caravan: iTunes / Amazon
Japan: iTunes / Amazon
Flights: iTunes / Amazon
Only Hits: iTunes / Amazon

If you're a fan of these surf rock legends, you'll want to run (don't walk!) to these newly-delivered classics from the mid-'60s. The Ventures A Go Go, Where the Action Is, the Japanese-only Caravan (all issued in 1965) and 1968's Flights of Fancy are now available to stream or download in "two-fers" that collect the original stereo and mono mixes of each record. Another Japanese album, Pops in Japan (1967), features native repertoire and a few Eastern-inspired originals, while 1972's Only Hits, a double LP so named because of the covers that packed it ("Also Sprach Zarathustra," "The Cisco Kid," "I Can See Clearly Now," "Superstition," "Live and Let Die" and many others) features four bonus tracks from a 1997 CD reissue.

A Taste of Honey, Boogie Oogie Oogie (NEIL FRANCES "No More Boogie" Remix) (Capitol/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon)

A new extended version of the disco chart-topper, using the original multitracks but making some bold choices in the process. For more than a full minute, the song is all vocals and drums, and it's fairly minimalist from there.

Bob Marley, Live At The Rainbow, 3rd June 1977 (Tuff Gong/Island/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon)

The third of Marley's four nights at The Rainbow comes to digital, putting the complete run up digitally. Next week, a new deluxe edition of Exodus, the album these shows was promoting.

Nat "King" Cole, From the Capitol Vaults, Vol. 2 (Capitol/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon)

A new curated collection of 14 hard-to-find bonus tracks and things from the legendary vocalist.

La Toya Jackson, La Toya Jackson (Polydor/Republic) (iTunes / Amazon)

While she wasn't one of the more successful solo members of the musical family, La Toya Jackson's debut shines thanks to sterling production handled by Ollie E. Brown, guitar throughout from Ray Parker Jr., and a few crucial assists from her siblings. Michael co-wrote and produced "Night Time Lover," while "Lovely is She" was an early writing credit for Janet, two years before her debut album.

Hurricane Chris, A Bay Bay EP (RCA) (iTunes / Amazon)

Louisiana crunk rapper Hurricane Chris had a meteoric rise with his signature song in 2007, now available with an instrumental and a cappella version. It's memorable for being an early hit for the Polo Grounds label, who'd later sign Pitbull and the A$AP Mob (Rocky, Ferg, and others) as well as - on a personal note - being a potential concert act to perform at Seton Hall University that fall in an attempt to get a hip-hop act after a few years of rock bands. (No act could be decided. The things you remember from your undergrad years!)

Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Reggae, Rock Tags: A Taste of Honey, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, La Toya Jackson, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, The Ventures

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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