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Adam and The Ants, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Devo, Eternity's Children, Faces, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Jerry Lee Lewis, KT Tunstall, Kate Bush, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sheena Easton, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Soft Cell, The Cars, The Who, Thompson Twins

Music and Memories: The MGM Recordings

October 23, 2025 by Mike Duquette

Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada U.S.: ImportCDs.com / U.K.: Amazon U.K. A crucial missing link for any Monkee fan, this newly-remastered 13-track collection features all of Davy Jones’ output for the MGM label, including a smattering of singles from 1972 and 1973 plus his turns on a 1978 London cast recording of Harry Nilsson’s The Point! (Friend and bandmate Micky Dolenz guests on their take on Nilsson’s “Gotta Get Up.”) The liner notes include unpublished photos and a new essay from TSD’s own Joe Marchese! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from…

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The Weekend Stream: October 18, 2025

October 18, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 6 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. There’s much to cover: digital box sets, anniversary editions, new remixes, old stand-up comedy – and a quartet of memorials to musicians and more. Neil Young, Neil Young Archives Vol. III (1976-1987) (Reprise) (Apple / Amazon) One of the biggest box sets of last year is now available in a slightly more compact form. The digital release of Archives Vol. III includes nearly 200 tracks, 121 of which are unreleased….

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Ace Frehley, Bob Mould, Britney Spears, D'Angelo, Emo Philips, Fall Out Boy, HAIM, John Williams, KISS, Neil Young, Peggy Lee, Split Enz, Sugar

The Weekend Stream: October 11, 2025

October 11, 2025 by The Second Disc | 8 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. This week brings some super ’70s soul, some ’80s and ’90s throwbacks on the Broadway stage and more – including a tribute to one of the original Moody Blues we lost this week. Curtis Mayfield, The Makings of: A Curtis Mayfield Collection (Rhino) (Apple / Amazon) The documentary The Makings of Curtis Mayfield – directed by Grammy-winning R&B musician H.E.R. and featuring archival footage and conversations on the Super Fly hitmaker’s craft…

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Alan Menken, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, David Longworth Wallingford, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis, Sam Moore, Slash, The Moody Blues, The New Christy Minstrels

Release Round-Up: Week of October 3

October 3, 2025 by The Second Disc | No Comments

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. Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? 30th Anniversary Edition (Big Brother) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Oasis have a slightly expanded edition of 1995’s (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? on tap, pairing a 2014 remaster of the album (which initially came with additional bonus material) with a bonus EP of new unplugged mixes of four of the album’s tracks (plus a non-album B-side, “Acquiesce”). The group’s songwriter/guitarist Noel…

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Change, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Gene Loves Jezebel, Jason Isbell, Jimmy Witherspoon, Kirsty MacColl, Lerner and Loewe, Luther Vandross, My Morning Jacket, Oasis, Robben Ford, Taylor Swift, The Cars, Waylon Jennings

The Weekend Stream: September 27, 2025

September 27, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Welcome to another relaxing journey down The Weekend Stream featuring a classic anthem from Barry Manilow and the late Peter Allen; a moving farewell for a great cause from Ozzy Osbourne and his friends in Judas Priest; classic pop from The King Family; a host of jazz, R&B, and country reissues; a dash of Christmas cheer from an old friend; and more! Barry Manilow, Once Before I Go (Stiletto) (Apple / Amazon) Fans attending Barry Manilow’s concerts of the last couple years have occasionally heard him pull out a very special encore:…

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The Weekend Stream: September 20, 2025

September 20, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 2 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. Lenny Kravitz gets expanded, The Doors revisit a classic concert, J. Lo goes Broadway, and much, much more! Lenny Kravitz, Circus (Deluxe Edition) (Virgin/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) Kravitz’s top ten album from 1995 receives thirteen bonus cuts in this digital-only expansion, including live and acoustic tracks plus three studio cuts previously available on an EP and as vinyl bonus tracks (“Another Life,” “Confused,” “Is It Me, Is It You”). The…

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Aerosmith, Daryl Hall, Dave Stewart, Jazz Passengers, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Connor, Jim Croce, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Kristin Chenoweth, Lena Hall, Lenny Kravitz, Ramin Karimloo, Stephen Schwartz, Terry Garthwaite, The B-52's, The Doors, The Fourth Generation

Pirates! The Penzance Musical: Original Broadway Cast Recording

September 19, 2025 by Joe Marchese

Rupert Holmes’ delightfully witty and joyful adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance – reset to New Orleans with all of the jazz flavor that implies – comes to CD and digital. The Tony Award-nominated production stars Ramin Karimloo as The Pirate King, David Hyde Pierce as (the very model of a modern) Major General Stanley, Jinkx Monsoon as Ruth, Samantha Williams as Mabel, and Nicholas Barasch as Frederic.

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 19

September 19, 2025 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today including – did we ever think we’d get the chance to say this? – the CD debut of Buckingham Nicks! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Buckingham Nicks (Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. (gold) / Amazon U.K. (baby blue) / Amazon Canada (gold) In just over 15 years of reporting at The Second Disc, it’s a sentence we never thought we’d write: Buckingham Nicks is getting its first-ever reissue. The 1973 album from Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks…

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38 Special, Anne Murray, Art in America, Brook Benton, Charley Pride, Elton John, Gilbert and Sullivan, Jim Croce, Lindsey Buckingham, Nine Inch Nails, Ray Charles, Stevie Nicks, The Cowsills, The Divine Comedy, Vanessa Williams

The Last Ship: Expanded Edition

September 17, 2025 by Joe Marchese

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Coming to 2CD, 2LP, and digital formats ahead of a new series of worldwide performances, this new edition of Sting’s 2013 concept album take on The Last Ship offers 20 tracks from the original album release and cast recording, plus five new recordings, all resequenced to better reflect the current version of the score. Those new tracks are a re-recording of the song “Shipyard” (with new vocals by cast member Joe Caffrey alongside those from Jo Lawry and AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson), duets with operatic…

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Sting Sets Sail with Expanded Reissue of ‘The Last Ship’

September 15, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

The ship of Theseus is a classic paradox of thought that asks whether an object is truly the same after all its component pieces have been replaced. That’s not exactly the case for Sting’s musical The Last Ship, but he is once again revisiting the song score he’s tinkered with several times over the last decade in a new expanded edition due this winter. Coming to 2CD, 2LP and digital on December 5 ahead of a new series of worldwide performances, this new edition of the singer/songwriter’s 2013 concept album take on The Last…

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The Weekend Stream: September 13, 2025

September 13, 2025 by The Second Disc | 4 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. Phil Collins gets remixed, unexpected covers of The Cure and Bob Dylan and so much more – all part of this week’s round-up! Phil Collins, No Jacket Required (2025 Mix) (Craft/Rhino) (Apple / Amazon) A nice surprise for fans of Phil: not only have a few bonus tracks exclusive to the new vinyl box set of No Jacket Required made digital stores, but Steven Wilson’s stereo remix of the original album…

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America, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Bob Dylan, Cannonball Adderley, Gerry Beckley, James Austin Johnson, Jeff Larson, Jim Reeves, Jodeci, Melissa Errico, Michael Finke, Olivia Rodrigo, Peter Noone, Phil Collins, The Cure, The Hooters, Wayne Shorter

Hamilton: Ten Shots – Highlights From The Original Broadway Cast Recording

September 12, 2025 by Joe Marchese

LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10 years, 10 songs: Atlantic Records is marking ten years of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton with a ten-track highlights album, available on CD or LP. The vinyl package adds a poster featuring members of the original Broadway cast. Amazon is offering an exclusive “Angelica’s Vinyl” pressing.

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 12

September 12, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

David Bowie I Can't Give Everything Away

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. With nearly 25 titles, it also just might be the year’s biggest to date! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. David Bowie, I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016) (Parlophone) 18LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 13CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada After a period of nearly four years, David Bowie’s series of “Eras” box sets is returning with a new, final volume. I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016) concludes the career-spanning chronicle of the shape-shifting superstar. The new 13-CD or 18-LP box…

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The Weekend Stream: September 6, 2025

September 6, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 4 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. We’ve got a great concert album making a digital debut as well as live singles from Oasis and Evita star Rachel Zegler! Plus: a whole lotta musicals and a new album from an R&B/jazz legend! The Hooters, Live (Geffen) (Apple / Amazon) Here’s another title arriving courtesy of our friends at SuperVisible Multi Media: the 1994 live album from The Hooters recorded over two dates in Germany plus…

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Art in America, Jennifer Lopez, Jonathan Groff, Lady Gaga, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Narada Michael Walden, Oasis, Rachel Zegler, The Hooters

Release Round-Up: Week of September 5

September 5, 2025 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

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. Joni Mitchell, Joni’s Jazz (Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 8LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada What is jazz? The question has been debated often, but now we know how Joni Mitchell might answer. The legendary singer-songwriter’s Archives series is continuing with its first themed compilation, appropriately entitled Joni’s Jazz. These 61 selections – available on 4 CDs or 8 LPs – draw from nearly every core album in the Mitchell discography…

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Adam Guettel, Bread, Carly Simon, David Byrne, Jeremy Jordan, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, NRBQ, The New Seekers

The Weekend Stream: August 30, 2025

August 30, 2025 by The Second Disc | 10 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. We’ve got one Vault track from Prince, four albums unearthed by SuperVisible Multi Media, five rare mixes from Bowie and Jagger, and more than 100 hard-to-find cuts from Connie Francis – now that’s some rock and roll math! Prince, “Sign O’ the Times” (Live in Rotterdam 1987) (NPG/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon) A welcome respite from sharing fabricated, possibly AI-generated inspirational quotes on social media, the Prince estate has released…

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The Weekend Stream: August 23, 2025

August 23, 2025 by The Second Disc | 8 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. We’ve got the goods from everywhere this week: the Jersey shore, Philadelphia, Manhattan, jolly old England and a spooky, nondescript European countryside! Bruce Springsteen, “Lonely Night in the Park” (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon) If you’re still digesting Tracks II or are prepping for the inevitable Nebraska revival brought on by this fall’s biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, spare a moment for the impending 50th anniversary of The Boss’ mainstream breakthrough Born to Run (which…

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Bruce Springsteen, Danny Elfman, David Yazbek, Nat King Cole, Oasis, Phil Collins, Ronan Keating, Talking Heads, The Doors, The Hooters

Release Round-Up: Week of August 15

August 15, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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. Doc Pomus, You Can’t Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore) You Can’t Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos collects more than 160 tracks from the late, legendary songwriter, who died in 1991 at the age of 65 and was subsequently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Blues Hall of Fame. Over…

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Deep Purple, Doc Pomus, Jerry Garcia Band, Marisha Wallace, Niall Horan, Shirley Jones, The Cranberries, The Pretenders, Van Halen

Release Round-Up: Week of August 1

August 1, 2025 by The Second Disc | 9 Comments

Marianne Faithfull Cast Your Fate to the Wind

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores this week. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Dionne Warwick, Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971 (SoulMusic/Second Disc/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) Naturally, we’re bursting at the seams that today is finally Release Day (*) for this massive labor of love. SoulMusic Records and Second Disc Records are proud to present Dionne Warwick’s Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971, a 12CD box set with 280 tracks encompassing every one of…

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Buddy Guy, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, Jeffrey Runnings, Marianne Faithfull, Richard Hawley, Roger Waters, Vicki Lawrence

Release Round-Up: Week of July 25

July 25, 2025 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

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. Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food: Deluxe Edition (Rhino) 3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rough Trade (Red) / D2C Exclusive (2LP/4×7″) 4LP: D2C Exclusive (and 4LP/2×7″) Rhino is taking Talking Heads fans to the river with a new deluxe edition: a 3CD/Blu-ray edition of the group’s 1978 sophomore album More Songs About Buildings and Food. The box includes the remastered original album alongside a bonus disc of rare studio material…

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Annaleigh Ashford, Laura Bell Bundy, Laurence O'Keefe, Nell Benjamin

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Alice Cooper, Audra McDonald, Benjamin Velez, Elton John, Green Apple Quick Step, John Lee Hooker, Joy Huerta, Marc Shaiman, Melanie, Nick Drake, Scott Wittman, Talking Heads, The Cars, The Doors

Omigod, You Guys! Ghostlight Brings “Legally Blonde: The Musical” To Vinyl For the First Time

July 17, 2025 by Randy Fairman | No Comments

Omigod, you guys! Ghostlight Records is giving another beloved Broadway cast album a vinyl debut. This time the show is Legally Blonde and the 2-LP set hits store shelves tomorrow, July 18. In 2000, author Amanda Brown was working on a manuscript to turn her experiences at Stanford Law School into a novel. She met with producer Marc Platt who helped her accomplish that while also selling the idea for a film version. Eventually titled Legally Blonde, the screenplay was written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith. Directed by Robert Luketic,…

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The Weekend Stream: July 12, 2025

July 12, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 7 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. This one has it all: Sting, a family named King, one Boss, two Deborahs, 311, ’00s power-pop nuggets, an actress with a killer voice singing on England’s hottest balcony – and a trailer for our most-anticipated music documentary of the month! Sting, The Dream of the Blue Turtles (Expanded Edition) (A&M/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) Concurrent to its SHM-CD release in Japan (alongside other previous digital-only deluxe editions), Sting’s 1985 solo…

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