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The Weekend Stream: January 14, 2023

January 14, 2023 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 usher you into the weekend. Today, we've got more Madonna, Peggy March in German and easy-listening versions of Neil Diamond hits - plus a way you can help out a local venue!

Madonna, Madame X (International Deluxe) (Boy Toy/Live Nation/Interscope) (iTunes / Amazon)

As rumors of a Madonna 40th anniversary tour heat up, we've got another treat to stream and download: the international deluxe edition of her last studio album, 2019's Madame X. This 18-track edition includes three ex-U.S. tracks making their digital debuts, including the originally-released version of the Pharrell Williams co-write "Back That Up to the Beat" (the demo of which was part of our last Weekend Stream).

Peggy March, Sings Her German Hits (Expanded Edition) (RCA/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon)

This pint-sized Pennsylvanian is best-known to Americans for the chart-topping "I Will Follow Him" (which reached the summit when she was only 14) - but she had an impressive amount of chart success singing schlager songs in Germany, where she eventually moved for most of her life. A 12-track album of these songs was made available in America in 1965; it's now practically a digital box set, stretching to 60 tracks in this language and including favorites like the local No. 1 smash "Romeo & Julia."

Hugo Montenegro, Neil's Diamonds (RCA) (iTunes / Amazon)

As you might've guessed from the title, this 1973 record find's RCA Victor's longtime easy listening bandleader romping through instrumental versions of Neil Diamond favorites ("Sweet Caroline," "Cracklin' Rosie," "Song Sung Blue," "I'm a Believer," "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon") as well as some more obscure selections ("Porcupine Pie," "Hurtin' You Don't Come Easy").

Woody Herman, Woody's Winners (Expanded Edition) (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon)

This 1965 live album, recorded over three dates in San Francisco by the acclaimed jazz clarinetist and his big band, got remixed and expanded by Mosaic Records in 2007 with another eight tracks later released on other albums. Now the whole affair at San Francisco's Basin Street West can be heard digitally.

Ramsey Lewis, Newly Recorded, All-Time, Non-Stop Golden Hits (Columbia) (iTunes / Amazon)

While this collection from the jazz piano giant features plenty of covers, like "Hang On Sloopy" "The 'In' Crowd" and the spiritual "Wade in the Water," all of them notably were major chart hits for the Ramsey Lewis Trio in the mid-'60s, and are cut anew with an all-new trio.

Finally: help a local venue!

Bar Freda is a quirky little space not far from Second Disc HQ. They opened at the height of COVID-19, which is obviously a tricky proposition - but they remain afloat and committed to putting on great local shows and serving good drinks as well. (I have enjoyed both there.) Recently, one of their managing partners - a friend from college and incredibly tenacious booker of live music - tipped us off that they're looking for investors to help them make some renovations and enhancements. If you happen to have the means to contribute some money their way in the name of keeping independent music going in a part of New York City that we happen to like a lot, you should click that link in the last sentence!

Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Everything Else, Jazz, Pop Tags: Hugo Montenegro, Madonna, Neil Diamond, Peggy March, Ramsey Lewis, Woody Herman

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. 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, holding positions at Legacy Recordings and Rhino Records and contributing to Allmusic, Discogs, City Pages, Ultimate Classic Rock and Mondo Records, for whom he penned liner notes for his favorite piece of music: John Williams' Oscar-winning score to 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.' Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife, a cat named Ravioli, twin daughters and a large yet tasteful collection of music.

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