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The Weekend Stream: February 1, 2025

February 1, 2025 By Mike Duquette 3 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! A new charity cover from Def Leppard, reissues of classic albums by Simple Minds and Sheena Easton, and a mess of vintage jazz is on the menu today - plus a heads-up for a forthcoming way to help the ongoing California wildfire relief effort.

Def Leppard, Stand by Me (Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon)

While also a single from the new Netflix film Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger - based on the work of British businessman and financial activist Dave Fishwick, in which the group make an appearance - Def Leppard's cover of Ben E. King's "Stand by Me" is notable for another reason: the band is donating all proceeds from the track to FireAid, who this week put on a two-venue all-star benefit concert to raise money for those affected by the California wildfires.

Simple Minds, Once Upon a Time (Ruby Anniversary Edition) (Virgin/UMC) (iTunes / Amazon)

The Scottish pop/rockers announced their biggest U.S. tour in years this week, appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote it. And while fans can expect more catalogue activity related to the already-reissued Once Upon a Time in honor of its 40th anniversary this year, a "Ruby Anniversary Edition" surreptitiously snuck onto digital music channels this week, splitting the two sides of the album (featuring "Alive and Kicking" and "All the Things She Said") with the group's most popular track from '85: the chart-topping "Don't You (Forget About Me)," from John Hughes' teen classic The Breakfast Club.

Sheena Easton, A Private Heaven (Ultimate Edition) (RT Industries) (iTunes / Amazon)

Originally expanded by Cherry Red in 2022 - with bonus material that was meted out on digital EPs last year - Sheena Easton's celebrated 1984 album, featuring the hits "Strut" and "Sugar Walls" (a controversial track written and performed by Prince), gets a new digital deluxe edition. A 3CD equivalent, it's got all the material from the physical 2CD edition plus four remixes and rarities: a TV mix of "Sugar Walls," single versions of "Strut" and "Hungry Eyes," and an alternate version of outtake "Have You Ever Been in Love" that was included on a 2LP vinyl edition last year. Thanks to reader Dana for pointing this one out!

Gretchen Cryer & Gracie Hyland, House on Fire: A New Musical (Highlights) (Precious Days)

This new recording from Cryer (co-creator of musicals including Shelter and I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road, and the mother of actor Jon) and singer-songwriter Hyland is "a cautionary fairy tale musical" about a teen torn between her desire for environmental justice and the love of her father, owner of the world's biggest fossil fuel corporation. The duo and a full cast and band (including the album's producer/music director, Jody Shelton) will perform these songs at a live event at Manhattan's Green Room 42 on February 4 (which can also be livestreamed).

There's even more where that came from! Check out some other great releases below.

Bill "Jazz" Gillum, The Bluebird Recordings (1934-38) (Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon)

Brownie McGhee, The Complete Brownie McGhee (Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon)

Various Artists, Radio Days: Selections from the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (Novus) (iTunes / Amazon)

Rob Crosby, Solid Ground (Arista Nashville) (iTunes / Amazon)

B.B. Watson, Light At the End of the Tunnel (BNA) (iTunes / Amazon)

Sonny Landreth, Down in Louisiana (Epic) (iTunes / Amazon)

Miss B, Bottle Action EP (So So Def/Arista) (iTunes / Amazon)

Finally: Head to Bandcamp next week to contribute to wildfire relief. The indie-friendly music storefront will restart some Bandcamp Friday action in 2025. Next Friday, February 7, they'll donate their entire share of revenue from sales made that day from midnight to midnight (Pacific time) to MusiCares' relief fund. Then on the first Fridays of March, May, August, September, October and December, they'll cede that share fully to artists and labels, as they've been doing since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Benny Goodman, Def Leppard, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Sammy Kaye, Sheena Easton, Simple Minds, Tommy Dorsey

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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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  1. Dana says

    February 1, 2025 at 11:30 am

    I got a kick out of the credit you paid me, thanks! Yes, this Sheena Easton reissue campaigne has been very rewarding to her fans. Informative notes, unused art from the original photo sessions, 7" & 12" single mixes, dubs, non-album tracks, unreleased gems--overall this catalog has really provided a template for future archivists unclear on how to go forward with a reissue project. Funky Town Grooves did very nicely with Diana Ross's, Dionne Warwick's, Aretha Franklin's & Gladys Knight's BMG/Sony catalogs, as well. Same for this latest Tina Turner campaigne, which have been largely pleasing to fans who've been waiting for such treatments to her catalog. With these examples in mind, I'd like to see the same attention given to Bette Midler's, Nina Hagen's & Olivia Newton-John's catalogs!

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    • Tom says

      February 1, 2025 at 9:39 pm

      I sure have never heard Nina Hagen being mentioned in one sentence with Bette Midler and ONJ. Unless there is another Nina Hagen besides the East Berlin Punk Goddess who covered the Tubes' White Punks On Dope in German as Ich glitz TV (I binge watch TV). Her backing band for the 1st album later made a succesful career as Spliff, Deja Vu being their signature track and Drummer/ Singer is a highly credited German songwriter by the name of Herwig Mitteregger, Kalt wie ein Stein being hid biggest hit (Cold as a stone). Nina Hagen is so much more than New York, NY.

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      • Dana says

        February 2, 2025 at 8:47 am

        Love Nina, one of my all-times. There hasn't been a flight through the cosmos that I haven't gladly taken with her.

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