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The Weekend Stream: May 17, 2025

May 17, 2025 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Stream 2025

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 positively packed volume offers legends of pop, rock and country revisiting and interpreting some classic tracks; catalogue favorites from Britney to Sheena and Connie to Katrina; intriguing film scores and show tunes; and remembrances of a few legends we lost this week. Steve Perry & Willie Nelson, "Faithfully" (Dark Horse) (Apple /

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, CCM, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: "Weird Al" Yankovic, Ali Stroker, Barbra Streisand, Boyz II Men, Britney Spears, Charles Strouse, Connie Francis, Disneyland, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Jim Caruso, John Murphy, John Williams, Journey, Katrina and The Waves, Levon Helm, Paul McCartney, Rachel Potter, Sheena Easton, Steve Perry, The Doobie Brothers, The Hooters, The Jonas Brothers, The Spinners, Willie Nelson

The Weekend Stream: April 25, 2025

April 26, 2025 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Stream 2025

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

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, CCM, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Aimee Mann, Air, Alice Cooper, Arthur Laurents, Bill Champlin, Bob Bailey, Bryan Adams, Foreigner, Gary Clark, HAIM, Hole, Jule Styne, Lena Hall, Lorde, Pet Shop Boys, Queen, Radiohead, Stephen Sondheim, The Cars, Thompson Twins, Tina Turner

The Weekend Stream: April 12, 2025

April 12, 2025 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Stream 2025

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. By now, you might have hit your participating local shop for Record Store Day - and happily, we're kicking off this Saturday's column to share material from five exclusive vinyl titles that are getting a second life in the streaming and download world too. It's a great way to check out some titles if you missed them, or weren't sure if you wanted

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, CCM, Classic Rock, Country, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Astrud Gilberto, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, CHVRCHES, Clarence White, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Jeff Bridges, John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band, Jule Styne, Marlena Shaw, Nina Simone, Reba Rambo, Roger McGuinn, Roy Ayers, Sarah Vaughan, Shane MacGowan, Sinead O'Connor, Stephen Sondheim, T Bone Burnett, The Byrds, The Everly Brothers, Thompson Twins

The Weekend Stream: February 8, 2025

February 8, 2025 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stream 2025

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 new music from Elton John and Bob Mould, a cult classic rock band between New Jersey and Boston, and so much more - including a new music video for one of our '70s songwriter favorites. Elton John & Brandi Carlile, "Who Believes in Angels?" (Rocket/Mercury/EMI) (iTunes / Amazon) In 2023, the British pop icon (fresh off the end

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: CCM, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bob Mould, Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Vern Gosdin

Release Round-Up: Week of February 7

February 7, 2025 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn for qualifying purchases. WAR, Live in Japan 1974 (Rhino/Avenue) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada​ Rhino's ongoing refresh of the WAR catalogue continues with its first release of 2025: a set of previously unheard live material from the band's tour of Japan, more than half a century ago and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: CCM, Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Amy Grant, Don Julian, Harold Wheeler, Melanie, R.E.M., The Donnas, Various Artists, War, Wilco, Wildside

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