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Boone Creek, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Maren Morris, Metallica, Nancy Sinatra, Robert Lopez, Roberta Flack, Rodney Crowell, Sting, Tina Turner, Trey Parker and Matt Stone

HERO: A Second Wind

June 14, 2026 by Mike Duquette

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (Red Vinyl/Signed) The major-label debut of country singer Maren Morris is one of the genre’s best breakthroughs in recent memory – and for its 10th anniversary, it’ll be reissued with nine bonus tracks, five of them previously unreleased (including demos and non-album tracks).

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The Weekend Stream: June 13, 2026

June 13, 2026 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. Olivia Rodrigo makes a triumphant return, Blink-182 dip into the CD bin, Taylor Swift and John Williams (separately) flesh out their latest projects, and an unexpected return from one of pop/folk’s living legends sets the mood for our latest rundown. (As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.) Olivia Rodrigo, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (Geffen)…

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Albert King, Blink-182, Carly Simon, Duran Duran, Janet Jackson, John Williams, Nile Rodgers, Olivia Rodrigo, Peggy Lee, Taylor Swift, The Waterboys

The Weekend Stream: June 6, 2026

June 6, 2026 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. A Tom Petty classic gets a new mix, Taylor Swift emerges from the toybox and John Williams returns to the film scoring stage in our latest round-up – plus rarities from Foreigner, Jim Reeves, Reba Rambo and a reissue we think you’ll love more than donuts from the good donut shop, eh? Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, “American Girl (2026…

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Andy Partridge, Foreigner, George Michael, Jim Reeves, John Williams, Madonna, Reba Rambo, Taylor Swift, The Who, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, XTC

Return of a ‘Hero’: Maren Morris’ Breakthrough Gets Expanded for Its 10th Anniversary

June 4, 2026 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Almost exactly a decade after catapulting into the upper tier of country music, Maren Morris will celebrate the album that put her there with a new deluxe edition. HERO: A Second Wind expands Morris’ major-label debut HERO for its 10th anniversary with a generous nine tracks – nearly double the length of the original record. In addition to three previously available tracks on a Target-exclusive deluxe edition, the set (available on CD, 2LP and digitally) offers two previously unheard songs, “We Can’t Be Friends” and “Hard Liquor and Soft Rock,” and demo versions…

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The Weekend Stream: May 30, 2026

May 30, 2026 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. Some classic and modern women heroes of country start things off, along with some rare alt-rock, an expanded classic of metal and more. Brenda Lee, Too Many Rivers / New Sunrise / L.A. Sessions / Even Better (MCA Nashville) Rivers: Apple / Amazon Sunrise: Apple / Amazon L.A. Sessions: Apple / Amazon Even Better: Apple / Amazon UMe successfully took advantage of the seasonal popularity of Brenda Lee’s…

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Amanda Shires, Ariana Grande, Brandi Carlile, Brenda Lee, Camper Van Beethoven, Celia Cruz, Clodagh Rodgers, Don Williams, Johnny Pacheco, Lynn Blakey, Maren Morris, Natalie Hemby, Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez, Slayer, The Alan Parsons Project, The Highwomen

Release Round-Up: Week of May 29

May 29, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles out today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Paul McCartney, The Boys of Dungeon Lane (MPL/Capitol) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Paul McCartney Store LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Paul McCartney Store Paul McCartney releases his first new studio album since 2020’s McCartney III. The Boys of Dungeon Lane, like McCartney III and its two predecessors, was recorded almost entirely by the artist. Andrew Watt, whose credits include the most recent albums from Elton John and The Rolling Stones, is in the producer’s…

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Allen Toussaint, Billy Joel, Boublil and Schonberg, Bruce Springsteen, Béla Fleck, Kathleen Brennan, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Renee Fleming, The Monkees, The Who, Tom Waits, Willie Nelson

The Weekend Stream: May 24, 2026

May 24, 2026 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. Rare George Michael remixes, late period a-ha and more Andy Partridge demos are kicking off another great week of streaming tunes – including three new soundtracks from theme park attractions! George Michael, “Monkey” (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon) The latest of the Faith-era digital EPs is here, and it’s a corker: these 1988 remixes of “Monkey” by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis helped…

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Andy Partridge, Billy Stritch, Billy Walker, Bruce Broughton, Clodagh Rodgers, George Michael, Jerry Goldsmith, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, John Powell, Nina Simone, Randy Newman, Reba McEntire, Smashing Pumpkins, XTC, a-ha

Release Round-Up: Week of May 22

May 22, 2026 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles out today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Cranberries, Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We? [Deluxe Edition] (Island/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 2CD Deluxe Edition of The Cranberries’ 1993 album boasts remastered audio overseen by the original producer Stephen Street, plus a new mix of the album made at Abbey Road. The bonus disc then adds outtakes, previously unreleased live tracks from the group’s London Astoria II…

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Edie Brickell, Michael Ball, Mungo Jerry, Scissor Sisters, Steep Canyon Rangers, Steve Martin, The Cranberries, Tom Fletcher

The Weekend Stream: May 16, 2026

May 16, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. This week has a collection of outtakes from one of the greatest albums ever made, a breezy theme song to a popular web series, fantastic new film scores, an unheard recording from Peggy Lee and a frankly stunning amount of songs about horses. Plus our tributes to those we lost recently, and a cool arts-related documentary project worthy of your…

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Bananarama, Brian May, Clodagh Rodgers, Daryl Hall, Ludwig Göransson, Missing Persons, Peggy Lee, The Beach Boys

Release Round-Up: Week of May 15

May 15, 2026 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. The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds 60 [Various Formats] (Capitol/UMe) Pet Sounds: 1LP Zoetrope Vinyl: uDiscoverMusic.com / TheBeachBoys.com 1LP Definitive Sound Series: Capitol Records Store 2LP Mono/Stereo Vinylphyle: uDiscoverMusic.com / TheBeachBoys.com The Pet Sounds Sessions [Highlights]: 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com / TheBeachBoys.com 2LP (Green and White Splatter Vinyl): uDiscoverMusic.com / TheBeachBoys.com 2LP (Black Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscoverMusic.com / TheBeachBoys.com 2LP (Yellow Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD Today – nearly 60 years to the day the original album first reached stores in…

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Beverley Knight, Dolly Parton, Frank Zappa, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Lerner and Loewe, Matt White, Peter Frampton, The Beach Boys, The Sherman Brothers, The Style Council

Beautiful River: Unreleased Tracks by Honky-Tonk Legend Gary Stewart Feature on New Album ‘One Track Mind’

May 14, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Fans of country legend Gary Stewart, known as “The King of the Honky-Tonks,” are in for a real treat in the form of 20 unheard recordings from his vault, on a new album releasing this summer. One Track Mind, available July 17 from Delmore Recording Society, assembles a cache of restored home recordings, publishing demos and more, telling the story of Stewart’s early years as a songwriter, recently relocated from Fort Pierce, Florida to Nashville. A handful of these songs were cut by signed acts – most notably, one recorded by Johnny…

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The Weekend Stream: May 2, 2026

May 2, 2026 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. You know you’re in for a treat when the most recognizable digital catalogue here is a country-rock record by Jimi Jamison – plus new singles from Madonna and Peter Gabriel, for good measure. Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter, “Bring Your Love” (Warner) (Apple / Amazon) The official lead single from Madonna’s anticipated Confessions II – a sequel to her 2005 blockbuster Confessions on a…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 1

May 1, 2026 by The Second Disc | 2 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. Eagles, One of These Nights: Deluxe Edition (Rhino/Asylum) 3CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino is revisiting Eagles’ 1975 chart-topper (featuring hit singles “One of These Nights,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” and ‘Take It to the Limit”) in a deluxe edition built around a new mix of the original album. The set adds the band’s previously unreleased show of September 28, 1975 near the end of the album’s…

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Adrian Belew, Bill Evans, David Bowie, Eagles, Jerry Garcia, Kacey Musgraves, Merl Saunders, The Black Keys, Tori Amos, UFO

Release Round-Up: Week of April 24

April 24, 2026 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. Michael Jackson, Michael: Songs from the Motion Picture (Epic/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Black Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Clear Vinyl): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP (Translucent Black Ice Vinyl): Independent Record Stores Cassette: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Friday, April 24 sees the release in theatres everywhere of Michael, director Antoine Fuqua’s biopic-slash-celebration of the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Epic Records and Legacy Recordings are marking the occasion with…

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Francoise Hardy, Hank Marvin, James Mastro, Level 42, Little Feat, Lowell George, Michael Bublé, Michael Jackson, Richard Barone, Ringo Starr, The Snake Corps

The Second Disc’s Guide to Record Store Day 2026

April 18, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Tomorrow, Record Store Day is once again upon us! And it wouldn’t be a RSD without The Second Disc chiming in with our annual RSD Guide featuring some of our favorite picks. As always, it wasn’t easy for us to narrow ’em down, so we’d like you to sound off on your hoped-for titles, too! Looking for the nearest shop? Visit RecordStoreDay.com in the U.S., RecordStoreDay.co.uk in the U.K., and RecordStoreDayCanada.ca in Canada for the complete list of participating stores. Without further ado, Mike, Joe, and Randy have a handful of the titles upon which…

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Ariana Grande, Brian Wilson, Carly Rae Jepsen, Crosby Stills and Nash, Cynthia Erivo, Doctor Who, Jeff Buckley, John Prine, Joni Mitchell, Leon Russell, Sheena Easton, Steely Dan, Stewart Copeland, T Rex, Todd Rundgren, Tony Bennett, Weezer, XTC

The Weekend Stream: April 11, 2026

April 11, 2026 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. Another George Michael single is redelivered, XTC demos get delivered and a reinvented video game dance classic enters the arena – plus a whole lot of oddities and buried treasure from 1976! George Michael, Faith (Single) (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon) The second of George Michael’s Faith singles to be delivered to digital with the original covers and B-sides is the effortlessly classic title…

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Abbey Lincoln, Andre Kostelanetz, Andy Partridge, Aztec Two-Step, Cedar Walton, Chet Atkins, Danny Davis, David Gates, Earl Scruggs, Freddy Weller, Gary Stewart, George Michael, John Lee Hooker, Lea Michele, Lou Courtney, Lynn Anderson, Markolino Dimond, Tim Rice, XTC

The Weekend Stream: April 4, 2026

April 4, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. The elder British/Irish rock contingent is alive and well, with new music from U2, Peter Gabriel and Ringo Starr plus new remixes from Sting; there’s also quite a bit of country (from Jim Reeves and Ricky Skaggs to…Disney?) and jazz (Monk, Maynard and more) to go around. U2, Easter Lily EP (Island) (Apple / Amazon) More prolific (and present) than they’ve…

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Al Jarreau, Bola Sete, Cal Tjader, Claybourne Elder, Jim Reeves, Kristin Chenoweth, Led Zeppelin, Maynard Ferguson, Peter Gabriel, Ricky Skaggs, Ringo Starr, Stephen Schwartz, Sting, Thelonious Monk, U2

Long Long Road

April 3, 2026 by Joe Marchese

Ringo Starr returns with his second consecutive album co-produced by T Bone Burnett. Long Long Road is recorded in Burnett’s signature organic style and features collaborations with Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Sheryl Crow, and St. Vincent. The LP, available on CD, vinyl, and digital formats, includes six songs penned by Burnett along with Starr’s own compositions and a cover of Carl Perkins’ “I Don’t See Me in Your Eyes Anymore” – neatly calling back to the Perkins covers performed by Starr back when he was in a certain Fab Four!

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Dream Chaser

March 29, 2026 by Joe Marchese

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Willie Nelson is back with what’s being billed as his 156th (!) studio album. Dream Chaser, arriving from Legacy Recordings in all of the expected formats, precedes the soon-to-be-93-year old legend’s latest go-round headlining the Outlaw Music Festival this summer. Dream Chaser features new tunes co-written with frequent collaborators Buddy Cannon and Mickey Raphael as well as “I Can’t Read Your Mind,” on which Nelson and Cannon share credit with none other than Bob Dylan. (Though he joined the last two Outlaw Festivals, Dylan…

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The Weekend Stream: March 28, 2026

March 28, 2026 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. This week is delivering the goods: vintage George Michael mixes, Beach Boys rarities, new tracks from some of our favorite elder statesmen of pop and rock, and so much more in so many genres. George Michael, I Want Your Sex EP (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon) There’s things that you guess and things that you know – but we honestly weren’t expecting this!…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 27

March 27, 2026 by The Second Disc | 2 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. Queen, Queen II: Collectors’ Edition (Virgin/EMI/Hollywood) 5CD/2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc: Official Store Cassette: Official Store Queen have remixed their second album, featuring their first Top 10 hit “Seven Seas of Rhye,” for a new multi-format reissue. The box set edition is the most expansive, of course, packed with rare and unreleased demos and session…

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Charlie Puth, Digital Underground, Heaven and Hell, John Mellencamp, Kenny Loggins, Melissa Etheridge, Michael McDonald, Queen, R.E.M., Stevie Wonder, The Charlie Daniels Band, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Puppini Sisters, Van Halen

Short Takes: New Albums Coming Soon from McCartney, Manilow, Nelson, and Frampton

March 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

A host of TSD’s favorite artists have all announced new albums in recent days, culminating in today’s announcement from Paul McCartney. We thought we’d round up a few of these upcoming titles in today’s Short Takes! May 29 will see the release of Paul McCartney’s first studio album since 2020’s McCartney III. Macca previewed The Boys of Dungeon Lane with the new single “Days We Left Behind.” The intimate ballad was described by its composer in the press release as “very much a memory song for me. The album title, The Boys…

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The Weekend Stream: March 21, 2026

March 21, 2026 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. Two eras of Madonna, early INXS and plenty of new cuts for country, folk and rock lovers are all in the mix! Madonna, Into the Groove / Hung Up (Remixes) / Sorry (Remixes) / Jump (Remixes) / 4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland) (Remixes) / Celebration (Remixes) EPs (Warner/Rhino) “Groove”: Apple / Amazon “Hung Up”: Apple / Amazon “Sorry”: Apple / Amazon “Jump”: Apple / Amazon “4 Minutes”: Apple…

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