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The Weekend Stream: February 24, 2024

February 24, 2024 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Stream 2024

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. A lot of exciting stuff this week: a celebration of a classic '90s pop album, the first in a series of digital archive titles for a British art rock duo, and the streaming debut of one of the biggest hits of the '80s! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Eddy Grant, Killer on the Rampage (Ice Records) (iTunes / Amazon) Possibly the biggest

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Average White Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Eddy Grant, The Alan Parsons Project, The Dells, TLC

Release Round-Up: Week of February 23

February 23, 2024 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Melissa Manchester REVIEW

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Davy Jones, The Bell Records Story (7a) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7a Records reissues and expands the late Davy Jones' second solo LP, 1971's Davy Jones as part of the artist's The Bell Records Story.  The album was in a sunshine pop-meets-bubblegum vein, but it

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Blood Sweat and Tears, Davy Jones, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Jools Holland, Kim Wilde, Kissing the Pink, Melissa Manchester, Michael Feinstein, Natalie Douglas, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, The Dream Academy, The Waterboys

Paris: 30th Anniversary Edition

February 22, 2024 By

The Cure Paris

1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Cure's 1993 double live album Paris is getting a slightly belated 30th anniversary edition courtesy of Rhino.  The 2LP and 1CD expanded editions premiere two bonus tracks, and all audio has been newly remastered by frontman Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. The black vinyl edition has been cut by Showell.  Paris arrived in stores in October 1993 - the group's third live

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

Precious Memories

February 22, 2024 By

Barbara Mandrell Precious Memories

Gaither Music Group and Capitol Christian reissue country queen Barbara Mandrell's 1989 album Precious Memories: 20 Hymns and Gospel Classics on CD and digital formats.  The double-record set was originally issued by the mail-order Heartland Music label, and heavily promoted on radio and television at the time.  It was produced by Barbara's longtime collaborator Tom Collins who had helmed 19 albums and such hits for her as "Standing Room Only," "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed," "Years," and "I

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Gospel

Bleed Like Me: Deluxe Edition

February 22, 2024 By

Garbage Bleed Like Me

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 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

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock

What's Love Got to Do with It (30th Anniversary Edition)

February 22, 2024 By

What's Love Got to Do with It box

4CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Just months after the career-spanning compilation The Queen of Rock and Roll, Parlophone and Rhino will reissue another one of the late Queen's 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 will include the remastered original album - including

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Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

This Close to You: Expanded Edition

February 22, 2024 By

Luther This Close to You

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Everybody rejoice! Legacy and Primary Wave restore both albums by Luther - the legendary Vandross' quintet featuring Anthony Hinton and Diane Sumler (both from the group Shades of Jade), Theresa V. Reed and Christine Wiltshire (of disco outfits Class Action and Phreek) - to print in CD, LP, and digital editions.  Luther (1976) and This Close to You (1977) were originally issued by the Cotillion label

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul

Luther: Expanded Edition

February 22, 2024 By

Luther LP

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Everybody rejoice! Legacy and Primary Wave restore both albums by Luther - the legendary Vandross' quintet featuring Anthony Hinton and Diane Sumler (both from the group Shades of Jade), Theresa V. Reed and Christine Wiltshire (of disco outfits Class Action and Phreek) - to print in CD, LP, and digital editions.  Luther (1976) and This Close to You (1977) were originally issued by the Cotillion label

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul

Great Design: The Call Reissue Early Albums, Plan 'Lost Tapes' and Unreleased Live Sets

February 22, 2024 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

The Call Kickstarter

A bit of quick maneuvering through this story will get you access to some classic and unheard material from one of the more underrated bands of the '80s: The Call. Famously championed by Peter Gabriel as "the future of American music" (and featured with Simple Minds' Jim Kerr on the single "Everywhere I Go"), The Call (chiefly comprised of frontman Michael Been, guitarist Tom Ferrier, keyboardist Jim Goodwin and drummer Scott Musick) were best known for the modern rock favorites "I Still

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: The Call

Everybody Rejoice: Long-Unavailable Luther Vandross Projects Coming to CD, LP, Digital

February 21, 2024 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Luther LP

Legacy Recordings has announced plans to deepen the legend of Luther Vandross with the first-ever expanded reissue of two long-unavailable albums recorded mononymously as Luther in the mid-'70s. Luther (1976) and This Close to You (1977) were originally issued by the Cotillion label but near impossible to find after Vandross finally found solo success in the 1980s, as he bought the rights to both releases back. With 2024 poised to be a big rediscovery year for the late icon - the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Luther Vandross

RE:VIEW

February 17, 2024 By

Melissa Manchester REVIEW

Melissa Manchester celebrates 50 years since her 1973 album debut Home to Myself with this new studio album, her first since 2017's The Fellas.  RE:VIEW looks back on that extraordinary career with new arrangements and renditions of her classic songs, including "Midnight Blue" with Dolly Parton and "Whenever I Call You Friend" with her co-writer Kenny Loggins and saxophonist Dave Koz.  Melissa also debuts her own recording of "Confide in Me," originally recorded by Diana Ross.  Gerald Albright

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Pop

The Weekend Stream: February 17, 2024

February 17, 2024 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stream 2024

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,

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Holly Dunn, INXS, James Brown, Joe Cocker, Kristen Kelly, Nat King Cole, Peter Noone

Release Round-Up: Week of February 16

February 16, 2024 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Melanie One Night Only

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Melanie, One Night Only: The Eagle Mountain House (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 1984 concert recorded at The Eagle Mountain house in Jackson, New Hampshire features some of the late singer-songwriter's classics including "Brand New Key," "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," and "Look What They've Done

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Aaron Copland, Béla Fleck, Betty Hutton, Dorothy Lamour, Melanie, Paul Collins, Steeleye Span, Steve Hackett, The Immediate Family

Right Between the Eyes: Garbage to Reissue and Expand 'Bleed Like Me'

February 14, 2024 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Garbage Frank Ockenfels III (2)

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

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Garbage

The Kind You Make Your Wishes On: Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do with It' Gets Box Set from Rhino

February 14, 2024 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

What's Love Got to Do with It box

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

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Tina Turner

All That is Her Own: Early Nico Albums Due for CD, Vinyl Reissue in March

February 13, 2024 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Nico The Marble Index

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

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Rock Tags: John Cale, Nico

Peace in the Valley: Barbara Mandrell's "Precious Memories" Returns to CD

February 12, 2024 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Barbara Mandrell Precious Memories

Though Barbara Mandrell retired from performing and recording in 1997, the country superstar remains beloved.  In 2022, she made a rare public appearance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her induction into the Grand Ole Opry; an all-female lineup of artists including Carrie Underwood, Suzy Bogguss, Linda Davis, Connie Smith, Mandy Barnett, and CeCe Winans paid tribute.  Mandrell offered her warm appreciation but did not sing; for the past 25 years, she's restricted any singing activities to

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Gospel Tags: Barbara Mandrell

The Weekend Stream: February 10, 2023

February 10, 2024 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Stream 2024

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

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: Andy Williams, Eminem, Mark Mulcahy

Play for Today: The Cure's "Paris" Returns in Expanded 30th Anniversary Edition

February 9, 2024 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

The Cure Paris

The Cure's 1993 double live album Paris is getting a slightly belated 30th anniversary edition courtesy of Rhino. On March 22, Paris will return in 2LP and 1CD expanded editions premiering two bonus tracks, all newly remastered by frontman Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. The black vinyl edition has been cut by Showell. Paris arrived in stores in October 1993 - the group's third live release in just over two years. This set arrived only one month after Show, both of which

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: The Cure

Chaka

February 8, 2024 By

Chaka Khan Chaka

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Barnes & Noble Chaka Khan announced her solo freedom with "I'm Every Woman," the euphoric opening track on 1978's Chaka. At 25 years old, Khan was already a veteran of the funk-rock band Rufus with whom she had recorded landmark hits like "Tell Me Something Good" and "Sweet Thing," but Chaka took her emotive style in a new, mainstream R&B direction. The Warner Bros. album, produced by the

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul

Machine Head: Super Deluxe Edition

February 8, 2024 By

Deep Purple Machine Head

Deep Purple's 1972 album Machine Head remains the venerable hard rock band's most commercially successful album.  The third LP from the Mk. II lineup of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice introduced one of rock's most famous riffs with "Smoke on the Water," and influenced a generation of rock and metal musicians.  Rhino is revisiting Machine Head as a 3CD/1LP/1Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition with various versions of the album plus bonus material: 2024 Dweezil

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Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock

To the Limit: The Essential Collection

February 8, 2024 By

Eagles To the Limit

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com 2LP Highlights: Target.com To the Limit: The Essential Collection celebrates Eagles' current Long Goodbye tour.  The first major compilation for the band since 2003's 2-CD The Very Best of Eagles (released in some territories as The Complete Greatest Hits), To the Limit presents 51 songs on 3 CDs vs. that earlier release's 33.  The first two discs feature studio recordings

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The Carnegie Hall Concert

February 8, 2024 By

Alice Coltrane Carnegie Hall

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (Exclusive Orange Vinyl) In 1971, Alice Coltrane performed at Carnegie Hall at a gala benefit for the Integral Yoga Institute.  Supported by Kumar Kramer and Tulsi Reynolds, playing harmonium and tamboura, respectively, and a large ensemble comprising two saxophonists (Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp), two bassists (Jimmy Garrison and Cecil McBee), and two drummers (Ed Blackwell

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Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Jazz

Take It 'To the Limit': New Eagles Triple Album Offers Hits, Live Cuts

February 7, 2024 By The Second Disc 15 Comments

Eagles To the Limit

Last fall, Eagles embarked on their Long Goodbye tour.  While dates are currently expected to stretch into 2025 - hence the "long" part of the title - the band stated that "everything has its time, and the time has come for us to close the circle."  The tour currently has gigs lined up through June in North America and Europe, including stops in Chicago, Toronto, and Manchester.  Each show has amounted to a greatest-hits retrospective, and so it's no surprise that a companion audio release will

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill

Pictures of Home: Rhino Revisits Deep Purple's "Machine Head" on New Super Deluxe Edition

February 6, 2024 By Joe Marchese 11 Comments

Deep Purple Machine Head

Deep Purple's 1972 album Machine Head remains the venerable hard rock band's most commercially successful album.  The third LP from the Mk. II lineup of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice introduced one of rock's most famous riffs with "Smoke on the Water," and influenced a generation of rock and metal musicians.  On March 29, Rhino revisits Machine Head as a 3CD/1LP/1Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition with various versions of the album: 2024 Dweezil Zappa album

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Deep Purple

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