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 short week offers a classic from Paul McCartney in Atmos, a comedian going (maybe) straight, a cabaret performer going proudly queer and some words on a master of music videos.

Wings, Venus and Mars (Atmos Mix) (MPL) (Apple / Amazon)

Yesterday saw the release of a half-speed mastered vinyl LP of Wings' fourth studio album, 1975's Venus and Mars, along with a brand-new Atmos mix from Giles Martin and Steve Orchard which is currently streaming.Venus and Mars had the unenviable task of following the phenomenally successful Band on the Run. Though Band had been recorded by the slim, three-person line-up of Paul and Linda McCartney and Denny Laine, Macca made the decision to bolster the group with the addition of Jimmy McCulloch on guitar and Geoff Britton on drums. Before settling on Allen Toussaint's Sea-Saint Studios as the recording venue of choice, Wings entered Abbey Road where early versions of three songs were cut for the new album. After just six months in Wings, however, Britton departed the band, and American drummer Joe English completed the sessions for Venus and Mars. Toussaint, Dave Mason, and Tom Scott all guest-starred on the album which delivered on its promise of a true "Rock Show." If McCartney, indeed, had worried about building on the success of Band on the Run, he needn't have: Venus and Mars spawned a No. 1 single - the rollicking "Listen to What the Man Said" - and went to the top spot on both the U.S. and U.K. album charts. It also provided a platform for Wings to launch the Wings Over the World tour - which included the Wings Over America leg and album. Now here's a chance to enjoy it anew in spatial audio.

Kyle M, The Real Me (Stones Throw) (Apple / Amazon)

A delightfully surreal YouTube sketch comedian who parlayed his online work into a nine-year stint on Saturday Night Live from 2013 to 2022, Kyle Mooney has since pivoted to film, co-writing and starring in the black comedy Brigsby Bear and writing and directing the horror-comedy Y2K. But if his latest video is to be believed, he's throwing all that away to pursue his musical passions, surprise releasing a genre-hopping, so-serious-it's-funny/so-funny-it's-serious album on alt-hip-hop label Stones Throw.

Kim David Smith, Mostly Marlene (self-released) (Apple / Amazon)

The late Marlene Dietrich has long been an inspiration for cabaret artist Kim David Smith. Now, he's returned with a new album channeling the spirit of the great Dietrich focusing on (but not limited to) her collaborations with songwriter Friedrich Hollaender including "Falling in Love Again," "The Boys in the Back Room," and "The Man's in the Navy," the latter two co-written with American composer-lyricist Frank Loesser. Mostly Marlene (based on Smith's cabaret act of the same name) also includes "Lili Marlene," "Nature Boy," and "Just a Gigolo" along with "Look Me Over Closely" from "Bare Necessities" songwriter Terry Gilkyson. In keeping with the eclectic spirit of the record, Smith also delivers roof-raising renditions of John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret" in German and Kylie Minogue's international hit "Padam Padam" in a new German translation. In the press release, Smith describes the album as "a behemoth of joyous gay sensibilities; Minnelli, Minogue, and of course, Marlene, are manifested not only in the idolatry practice of queer worship (arguably an artform in and of itself), but also as a musical tableau against which I exist in my gayest form: as an internationally fame-ish cabaret nuisance. Releasing this record in 2025 feels akin to an act of protest, in fact, I declare it as such: wreathing myself in the music of one of the world's most celebrated bisexuals, I pronounce myself QUEER with every whispered aside, and every belted showtune alike, and in the listening of Mostly Marlene, I invite my audience to celebrate queer existence as resistance." Guests on Mostly Marlene include Bright Light Bright Light, Charles Busch, Joey Arias, and others.

And finally, a few words from Mike on the passing of a notable music video director...

It was generally a four-line chyron at the start and end of music videos on MTV: the artist, the song title, the album title and the label. Sometimes, though, you'd get a fifth line - the director - and in time, those name would become their own cottage industries. Some would even make the jump to feature films, like David Fincher, Michael Bay, Spike Jonze, Jonathan Glazer, Hype Williams, Michel Gondry and others.

Marty Callner was perhaps less of a notable name among video directors, but you wouldn't know it from his filmography. The director, who died March 17 at the age of 78, was a crucial cornerstone of the video revolution. Without him, there'd be no Twisted Sister dunking on Mark "Nedermayer" Metcalfe; no Cher on the deck of the USS Missouri; no Tawny Kitaen on the hood of a pair of Jaguar XJs (one of which Callner owned!); much, much less of a late-period Aerosmith comeback; a less contemplative Poison. Callner also helmed high-impact concert specials, from Garth Brooks and a million fans in Central Park to an imperial Britney Spears dancing for her life in Las Vegas. He also helped a nascent HBO codify a significant piece of their programming, taping a live set by comedian Robert Klein with five separate cameras and creating the network's first stand-up special. (He'd helm specials for Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, and also directed a residency at The Roxy in Hollywood by an eccentric Groundlings comedian named Paul Reubens, performing in a too-small grey suit and red bow tie as the immortal man-child Pee-wee Herman.) There may be no feature film on his list of achievements, but there is much to be grateful for. Our thoughts and hearts are with his family and loved ones.