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. Strap in for a killer line-up of titles this week: two more Record Store Day debuts, an incredible posthumous collaboration between two '80s icons, the return of one of glam's most beloved bands, new music by some of our favorite pop girls, a hotly anticipated new take on a Broadway favorite, exciting moments in gospel/soul, an exciting new song from a forthcoming West End musical by one of our favorite songwriters, and a tribute to one of classic rock's finest producers.

Bryan Adams & Tina Turner, "It's Only Love" (Badams) (Apple / Amazon)

One of the more exciting Record Store Day releases (and rarer, being a U.K. exclusive), Bryan Adams' ongoing project of re-recordings of his classic hits got to use some exciting unheard vocals from the original Reckless sessions recorded by Tina Turner, his duet partner on "It's Only Love." Two unique mixes were prepared for a 7" release and are now digitally available.

Tina Turner, "Hot for You Baby" (Pet Shop Boys Remix) (Parlophone/Rhino) (Apple / Amazon)

And speaking of the Queen of Rock and Roll, here's an exciting '80s team-up! "Hot for You Baby," an outtake recently unearthed on a deluxe box set edition of Turner's blockbuster Private Dancer, has been remixed by Neil Tenant and Chris Lowe of the Pet Shop Boys. An all-star collaboration that could have been at some point in that decade is real in the present!

Air, Blue Moon Safari (Parlophone/Rhino) (Apple / Amazon)

Another recent Record Store Day release, this is French electronic duo Air's beloved 1998 debut album remixed and revisited by Vegyn, a British producer/remixer (and the son of producer Phil Thornalley).

Alice Cooper, "Black Mamba" (earMusic) (Apple / Amazon)

Shock-rock band Alice Cooper were one of the bona fide hitmakers of the early '70s - so much so that when they broke up in 1974, lead singer Vincent Furnier, who'd been using the band name as his stage name, ended up changing it legally. His bandmates - rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neal Smith, have reunited on stage and on select tracks of Cooper's solo albums in recent years, even getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2011 (along with a posthumous nod for lead guitarist Glen Buxton, who died in 1997). But now, Cooper and his bandmates will finally release a full-length LP, The Revenge of Alice Cooper, on July 25; it'll be produced by Bob Ezrin, who oversaw most of their '70s material, and will even feature unreleased guitar tracks by Buxton. The first single dropped this week and can be streamed wherever you listen.

Lorde, "What Was That" (Universal Music New Zealand) (Apple / Amazon)

Iconoclastic New Zealand pop singer/songwriter Lorde has been teasing her fourth album - the follow-up to 2021's Solar Power - for a bit now, and the hype cycle is heating up with the formal release of her new single, cathartic break-up elegy "What Was That" (co-written and co-produced by Dan Nigro, a key collaborator for other winning pop acts like Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan). The accompanying video was shot in New York City around a planned pop-up event in Washington Square Park that had to be shut down by police after too many fans showed up.

HAIM, "Down to be wrong" (Columbia) (Apple / Amazon)

The Haim sisters are back with another song and news of their fourth studio album! I quit, co-produced by Danielle Haim and former Vampire Weekend guitarist Rostam Batmanglij, will be available June 20, and "Down to Be Wrong" is the third track released from it thus far.

Gypsy Starring Audra McDonald (2024 Broadway Cast Recording) (Octoverse Media/Arts Music) (Apple / Amazon)

In advance of the Tony Award nominations announcement this coming Thursday, Octoverse Media and Arts Music have released the long-awaited cast album of Gypsy, currently playing at Broadway's Majestic Theatre, starring Audra McDonald, Danny Burstein, and Joy Woods. The 72-minute recording, arriving July 25 on CD and vinyl, follows the contemporary custom of packing the album with dialogue not typically heard on a Golden Age album; it also features a number of previously unrecorded bits of music as they're heard in this new production. (Daryl Waters has supplemented the unmatched original orchestrations by Robert Ginzler and Sid Ramin; Waters and musical director Andy Einhorn have provided some new arrangements.) McDonald is a Rose unlike any other, delivering the expected tour de force performance as she veers from soprano to belt to bring Madame Rose's anthemic songs by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim to thrilling new life. For fans of the Laurents/Styne/Sondheim musical - and who isn't? - this album is sure to inspire repeated listens and heated discussions as McDonald takes her rightful place on the shelf next to Merman, Lansbury, Daly, Peters and LuPone (and Russell/Kirk and Staunton and...)!

Bob Bailey, Looking Forward / I'm Walkin' / Bob Bailey (Expanded Edition) (Bob Bailey Music)

Forward:Apple / Amazon
Walkin': Apple / Amazon
Bailey: Apple / Amazon

Bob Bailey is a musical renaissance man: the in-demand Nashville session legend and Grammy Award winner has toured for the last decade with Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, and sung with a veritable Who's Who including Billy Joel, Dolly Parton, Sandi Patty, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, and Rebas McEntire and Rambo. He was the first black vocalist to be featured in the PTL Singers and has continued to break barriers in the music industry. His songs have been recorded by The Staple Singers, Philip Bailey, and the duo of Cynthia Clawson and Paul Smith, who took his "Bring It to Jesus" (co-written with Raymond Brown and Derrick Lee) to the top of the CCM charts. This year, Bailey has embarked on a reissue program for three albums originally released between 1980 and 1988. These remarkable albums blend gospel, Contemporary Christian, R&B, soul, and pop into an irresistible whole, and all are currently streaming. But that's not all; these three albums are also available in the CD format in Greg Hand's new remasters, with deluxe booklets featuring in-depth annotation by Bailey and TSD friend and gospel/CCM historian Tim Dillinger of God's Music Is My Life. A host of familiar musicians (Grant Geissman, Clark Gassman, Ed Greene, Tom Saviano), singers (Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Richard Page, Reba Rambo) and songwriters (Marvin Gaye, Ron Miller, and Bailey himself) are among those artists featured. Look for all three titles in beautifully-presented CD editions at Bailey's online store or streaming on your favorite provider.

Lena Hall, Songs from Your Friends and Neighbors (Ghostlight) (Apple / Amazon)

Tony Award winner Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) serves up a new EP with five songs Hall performs in the Apple TV+ show Your Friends and Neighbors (also starring Jon Hamm, who portrays her older brother, Olivia Munn, and Amanda Peet).  These include covers of Radiohead ("Fake Plastic Trees"), Thompson Twins ("Hold Me Now"), Hole ("Doll Parts"), and Aimee Mann ("Wise Up"), while Hall has penned the original song "Two More Days." Justin Craig has produced the EP, and Your Friends and Neighbors drops a new episode every Friday.

The Slamdinistas, Wild & Restless (Rum Bar) (Apple / Amazon)

The L.A.-based rock quintet (consisting of lead singer Gabriel Johns, guitarist Loren Molinare, guitarist Mike Gavigan, bassist Peter Downing, and drummer Brian Irving) have only been together since 2020, but they've already built up a considerable following for their blend of heavy rock with a pop sensibility. Wild & Restless, also available now on CD, is the group's second album but already finds them growing in their confidence. Its 11 original compositions were produced by Paul Roessler (Nina Hagen, The Screamers) while Kevin Richardson of Backstreet Boys adds backgrounds to "Johnny Wallflower." The digital version also includes "Santa's in a Punk Band Now," last year's holiday single. It's clear why The Slamdinistas became favorites of Little Steven's Underground Garage; the band captures the rebel spirit of rock and rollers gone by while keeping their sound planted firmly in the present.

We close our column with a really exciting video of a new song from a special musical. John Carney, director of terrific music-filled features like Once and Begin Again, made one of his best with 2016's Sing Street, a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story about Irish schoolboy Conor, whose life is brightened by starting a band. The song score, co-written by former Danny Wilson frontman Gary Clark, remains some of the best written for the silver screen in recent memory - and, like Once, it seemed destined for Broadway. A New York Theatre Workshop production was fast-tracked for Broadway, but previews were fatefully set for late March 2020, and the project was scuttled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clark and Carney have been revisiting the show ever since - a revision opened in Boston in 2022 - and this summer, it'll make its debut on the West End, premiering at the Lyric Hammersmith on July 9. To celebrate, a new song for the production has been released to YouTube: the wistful "Outside," sung from the point of view of Conor's older brother Brendan. In an exciting full-circle moment, singer Adam Hunter, who contributed vocals to the film's original soundtrack, has been cast in the role in his stage debut. The Second Disc is proud to share that next month we'll be publishing an interview with Gary Clark, who'll discuss the forthcoming Danny Wilson box set from Cherry Red, Sing Street and a whole lot more.

And finally, we'd like to take a moment to remember the life and career of producer Roy Thomas Baker, whose passing on April 12 at the age of 78 was revealed this week. An engineer at the legendary Trident Studios in London (where he worked on legendary sessions for Free and T. Rex), Baker broke big in 1973 as the producer of the debut album by Queen. He'd work with the band on four more albums, including 1975's A Night At the Opera, overseeing the massive overdubbing of epic hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" that turned the master tape clear. Moving to America in the latter part of the decade, he'd produce the first four albums by new wave heroes The Cars, the first two Journey albums with vocalist Steve Perry and Foreigner's Head Games. He'd also work with the likes of Nazareth, Be-Bop Deluxe, Ian Hunter, Dusty Springfield, Yes, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Devo, Mötley Crüe, T'Pau, Ozzy Osbourne, The Darkness and The Smashing Pumpkins. As a senior vice president for A&R at Elektra, Baker oversaw the signings of acts like Metallica, Simply Red and 10,000 Maniacs. Baker was someone who helped put the "classic" in classic rock, and his many sonic stylings were just what we needed. Our condolences go out to his family, friends and fans.