Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. Today, we celebrate Crowded House's return, an unreleased track from the Godfather of Soul, six albums from a female country hitmaker and many more! Crowded House, "Oh Hi" (BMG) (iTunes / Amazon) One of Second Disc HQ's favorite bands, Crowded House, is back with the first single from Gravity Stairs, their first album since 2021's Dreamers Are Waiting. This gentle,
Right Between the Eyes: Garbage to Reissue and Expand 'Bleed Like Me'
Garbage closed a chapter of their career in 2005 with the release of their fourth album, Bleed Like Me, in 2005. Now, they're reopening that chapter with a new deluxe edition of the album, due out in April. The deluxe Bleed Like Me follows similar expansions of the group's early discography on the Almo/Interscope/Geffen labels, where the post-grunge group - frontwoman Shirley Manson, multi-instrumentalists Duke Erikson and Steve Marker, and drummer Butch Vig - rose to fame in the '90s with
The Kind You Make Your Wishes On: Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do with It' Gets Box Set from Rhino
Rhino's celebration of Tina Turner knows no limits! Just months after the career-spanning compilation The Queen of Rock and Roll, the label will reissue another one of her classic albums in several deluxe formats: 1993's What's Love Got to Do with It. The companion album to the biopic of the same name, the 4CD/1DVD set (available April 26) will include the remastered original album - including two tracks left off U.S. pressings - along with a bonus disc of remixes and rarities, including an
Soundtrack Watch: Intrada's 'Inchon' Re-Introduction, La-La Land's Next 'Trek'
La-La Land and Intrada are reaching into their archives for a pair of new releases out this month. Coming from La-La Land is the fourth entry of Star Trek: The Original Series - The 1701 Collection, a series of six volumes drawn from 2012's box set of music from the iconic television show. This 2CD set features music from seven episodes released in 1968 and 1969, as scored by original series theme composer Alexander Courage, along with music by Jerry Fielding, Gerald Fried and Ivan Ditmars.
All That is Her Own: Early Nico Albums Due for CD, Vinyl Reissue in March
Anyone who thought they had the sound of German actress/singer Nico figured out from her work on 1967's The Velvet Underground & Nico and Chelsea Girl would not have expected what she did next - chapters in a musical career that will be explored on new reissues by Domino Recording Company. On March 29, the label will issue newly remastered versions of 1969's The Marble Index and 1970's Desertshore on CD and vinyl, featuring unseen photos of the artist in the liner notes. The Marble Index
The Weekend Stream: February 10, 2023
Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. A light release week combines three unlikely bedfellows: a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-inducted rapper, a classic pop crooner, and a hero of alternative rock. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (10th Anniversary Edition) (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) Eminem's eighth album from 2013 served as a sequel of sorts to his acclaimed third album from
Leave a Light On: Belinda Carlisle's Third 'Decades' Box Collects Single Mixes, B-Sides and More
Last year, Edsel Records - the longtime custodian of The Go-Go's singer Belinda Carlisle's solo works - released the box set Decades Volume 1, a 4CD set collecting reissues of her first four studio albums: Belinda (1986), Heaven on Earth (1987), Runaway Horses (1989) and Live Your Life Be Free (1991). As all four of these had been remastered and expanded by the label in the last decade - some more than once - it sort of got lost in the shuffle, as did a similar volume that offered her other four
The Weekend Stream: February 3, 2024
Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. Another vintage Madonna single, rarities from Andy Williams and Cab Calloway, and a comeback we're still processing all await you below... Billy Joel, "Turn the Lights Back On" (Columbia) (iTunes / Amazon) No, we can't believe it either. On Thursday, Billy Joel released only his third original pop song since 1993's River of Dreams. (The last two were in 2007: "All
Got a Disc I Want to Play: A24 Plans Deluxe 'Stop Making Sense' for Blu-ray, 4K Disc
A24's stunning remaster of the Talking Heads' 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense was one of the highlights of movie theaters this fall. (The surprises happened offscreen as well, when original band members David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison appeared together for the first time since their 2002 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for multiple interviews and promotional appearances.) Now, Jonathan Demme's classic feature is finally getting an upgraded home
The Weekend Stream: January 27, 2024
Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. Anniversary releases from Bon Jovi and Madonna, more INXS remixes, deep dives on Duke Ellington and Doris Day, a new recording from Melissa Manchester and a unique new take on a classic Brazilian vocalist are what you'll enjoy today! Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi (Deluxe Edition) (Mercury/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) The New Jersey rockers have already teed up a big 2024: frontman
Soundtrack Watch: Quartet Reissues 'Cutthroat Island,' Intrada Expands 'Something Wicked'
With Bond back in action at La-La Land Records, some of our favorite soundtrack reissue labels are also starting the new year off with a bang! Quartet Records has just reissued a '90s favorite score on CD, while Intrada has revisited an early classic by James Horner with an all-new approach. The name Cutthroat Island would shiver the timbers of any Hollywood enthusiast in the mid-'90s. The infamous pirate epic, starring Geena Davis, Matthew Modine and Frank Langella and directed by Davis'
No More Mr. Nice Guy: Rhino Expands Alice Cooper's 'Billion Dollar Babies'
Get ready to hit the jackpot: one of Rhino's first big reissues of 2024 is a new expanded edition of Billion Dollar Babies, the 1973 album by glam rockers Alice Cooper. Available March 8 as a 2CD or 3LP set, this Billion Dollar Babies expansion builds upon even the 2001 double-disc edition issued by Rhino back in 2001. Alongside the remastered album, fans will find a bonus disc (two in the vinyl set) featuring a 1973 live set (previously issued in part on that 2001 reissue and in full on
Right Round (Like a Record): Edsel Preps Dead or Alive CD Singles Box
Against all odds, Edsel will release a third deep-dive box set into the career of U.K. hitmakers Dead or Alive - this time focusing on their single mixes. Still Spinnin': The Singles Collection 1983-2021 offers 27 discs of the group's single releases through their entire career, including hits like "Lover Come Back to Me," "Brand New Lover," "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)", "Something in My House" - and of course, the international smash "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)," which
Don't Look Down: Go West Expand 'Dancing on the Couch' with Remixes and Live Material
It was a pleasant surprise to see British '80s duo Go West get a deluxe edition of their debut album last year. Chrysalis is making lightning strike twice early this year for fans with a follow-up: an 3CD/1DVD expansion of the duo's 1987 release Dancing on the Couch. After Peter Cox and Richard Drummie scored a Top 5 hit in their homeland with "We Close Our Eyes" in 1985, they'd amassed a solid fan base who'd be curious to hear what a follow-up sounded like. Working again with producer Gary
Born to Raise Hell: Motörhead's Live 'Lost Tapes' Collected As CD Box Set
Legendary metal band Motörhead have been steadily unearthing soundboard shows as part of their The Löst Tapes series since 2021. Now, those shows - previously only available on vinyl or digitally - will make their way to CD in a new eight-disc box set. The Löst Tapes - The Collection: Volumes 1-5 collates all the audio heard on various Record Store Day colored vinyl releases from BMG Rights Management, featuring Lemmy Kilmister and his die-hard trio powering their way through some of their
Somewhere Along the Line: Japanese Expansion of Billy Joel's 'Piano Man' Includes Quad Mix, New-to-CD Tracks
Japan can't get enough of the Piano Man! Shortly after Sony Music's Japanese division released a newly-compiled collection of live odds and ends by Billy Joel, the label will next put out a deluxe edition of Joel's sophomore album (and first in a long line of albums for Columbia Records), 1973's Piano Man. Billed as a 50th anniversary edition (a few months late) and ostensibly meant to tie into his Japanese tour dates later this month, the 2CD/1DVD set features a few extra features for die-hard
The Weekend Stream: January 13, 2024
Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. Our first streaming round-up of the year has surprises from INXS, a '00s U.K. hit going viral, and some '90s alt-rock goodness! INXS, Selections from All Juiced Up Volume 2 (Petrol/Atlantic) "I'm Only Looking" (Morales Bad Yard Mix): iTunes / Amazon "Bitter Tears" (Lorimer 12" Mix): iTunes / Amazon "Need You Tonight" (Liebrand 12" Mix): iTunes / Amazon "Listen
Look Hear: 10cc Box Set Compiles Two Decades of Albums and B-Sides
10cc were one of the most formidable pop/rock bands to come out of England in the 1970s. A forthcoming box set from Edsel/Demon Music Group will put their output under a microscope. 20 Years: 1972-1982, due out January 26, offers 14 discs of the beloved group: all 11 studio albums issued on the UK, Mercury and Polydor labels between 1973 and 1992, the rare 1977 double live album Live and Let Live, and two collections of 33 additional B-sides, single versions and alternate mixes released
A Second Disc Interview: Mixing It Up with John Luongo
John Luongo is a good liar. Well, maybe he's good at being tongue-in-cheek. "I'm bashful," he says at the start of our interview back in October. "You're gonna have to really drag these things outta me, 'cause I'm a little shy!" What follows is about 100 minutes of captivating stories and thoughtful, enthusiastic lessons from one of the most notable names in dance music. The Boston-born DJ and mix engineer made a name for himself transforming dozens of soul and pop tracks for disco 12"
I've Been in Love Before: Cutting Crew's Albums Get Box Set Treatment from Cherry Pop
Second Disc HQ is always fascinated by British acts - and there were a few of these in the '80s - whose commercial success is far greater outside their home country. Cutting Crew, the rock combo led by singer/songwriter Nick Van Eede, were a classic example of this phenomenon, scoring a U.S. chart-topper with the emotional "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" and the Top 10 ballad "I've Been in Love Before"; next month, Cherry Red will expand the group's first three albums in a new 3CD package. All
The Morning Lasted All Day: The Dream Academy Get Comprehensive Box Set from Cherry Red
There was no Top 10 hit in 1985 quite like "Life in a Northern Town," a gentle-then-thundering folk-pop tune by British trio The Dream Academy. The gentle tribute to Nick Drake, counterpointed by an African-inspired, nearly wordless chorus, hit No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 15 in their native U.K. - but there was much more to their story. Cherry Red will tell that story - with input from the band's frontman, Nick Laird-Clowes - in a new deluxe box set to be released in
Freak Out in a Moonage Daydream: Early Version of Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' Announced for Record Store Day
On what would have been the 77th birthday of the incomparable David Bowie, his estate has announced a new catalogue title due out for Record Store Day, featuring an early track list for 1972's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars. Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) takes its title from "Starman," the U.K. Top 10 hit that helped propel Bowie from art-folk wonder to glam icon for a new decade. But when this line-up for the album was assembled onto a
All-Time High: La-La Land Surprise Expands a Pair of James Bond Scores
Having delivered a typically stunning last batch of archival film score reissues last November, La-La Land Records is wasting no time at all kicking off 2024 with a bang. On Christmas Eve, they surprise-announced two pre-orders of expanded editions of soundtracks to two James Bond films from the '70s and '80s. La-La Land has long been the home of definitive presentations of 007 on CD, having licensed deluxe 2CD sets of three scores fan favorite composer David Arnold composed for Pierce
Holiday Gift Guide Review: Prince and The New Power Generation, 'Diamonds and Pearls (Super Deluxe Edition)'
I. Come On, Save Your Soul Tonight In the years since Prince's tragic death in 2016, one of the more shocking events in catalogue history has occurred: the construction of a cottage industry surrounding his vast recorded output - both his dozens of released albums and countless tracks rumored to exist in the mythic vault at his Paisley Park recording complex. As a lucrative artist who left no will, the matters of his heirs were not settled until 2022. In those intervening years - with only a
Holiday Gift Guide Review: Stevie Nicks, 'Complete Studio Albums and Rarities'
I. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You? When was the moment that Stephanie Lynn Nicks became inevitable? It's not as though you can just forget a voice like hers. Ever since the start of her on-again, off-again tenure in Fleetwood Mac - when her dulcet tones powered songs like "Rhiannon," "Landslide," "Dreams" (the band's first No. 1 single in America), essential B-side "Silver Springs," "Gypsy" and others - Nicks' artistry and talent has been a given. But you can feel it in the air
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