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. Jim Reeves isn't the only gentleman on display this week: we've also got Peter Gabriel, Eddy Grant, Ben Folds and a host of film composers - plus many, many more! Peter Gabriel, Live At WOMAD 1982 (Real World) (Apple / Amazon) Loosed from the vault is Gabriel's nine-song headlining set at the first World of Music, Art and Dance
The Weekend Stream: August 2, 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. This week brings new (and vintage) tracks from some of pop's greatest women, rarities from Captain Beefheart, even more Billy Joel (in a slightly different way) and a tribute to one of the greatest discographies you can download for free. Chappell Roan, "The Subway" (Island) (Apple / Amazon) Does last year's biggest pop star have a new
Can't Afford No Shoes: Frank Zappa's "One Size Fits All" Gets Expanded for 50th
Following last year's deluxe expansion of 1974's Apostrophe (') and the recent restoration of the same year's concert film Cheaper Than Cheep, Frank Zappa's archival team is turning the page to 1975 and expansively revisiting One Size Fits All in time for its 50th anniversary. The guitarist-songwriter-bandleader-producer's twentieth album (and fourteenth with The Mothers of Invention), it featured the by-then-familiar lineup of keyboardist George Duke, drummer Chester Thompson, percussionist
OUT TOMORROW! Dionne Warwick's "Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971" Arrives from SoulMusic, Second Disc
Today's the day when we can finally share Dionne Warwick's Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971 with our readers! Though today is the official release date and copies should be shipping within the U.K., Amazon U.S. currently shows August 15 as the release date stateside. To our American friends, we hope you will find this set worth the wait! Here are the full details on this release. "I am so very thrilled about this wonderful collection of my recordings! It is truly
The Weekend Stream: July 26, 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. Billy Joel fans have it good this week, with seven hours of hits and rarities from his new documentary. If you've got room after that, there's an anniversary reissue for literally the last five decades in a few different genres, too! Billy Joel, And So It Goes (The Musical Companion to the HBO Documentary Film) (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple /
Hi, How Are You: Daniel Johnston Box Set Coming to Cassette in October
One of the most striking figures in 20th century alternative rock will be the subject of a new box set in the fall, featuring replicas of the cassettes he used to distribute featuring his one-of-a-kind tunes. Daniel Johnston's In the 20th Century, due from Joyful Noise Recordings October 31, offers 16 of those original tapes made between 1981 and 1998. They've all been newly remastered by longtime Johnston associate Mark Kramer, using sources provided by Stress Records founder and Johnston's
The Weekend Stream: July 19, 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 a gem from Linda Ronstadt's vault, a new update of a Disney classic and a fascinating sit-down with one of folk's most important matriarchs - plus tributes to artists we lost this week and a potential hint at a very exciting reissue from one of the pivotal duos in '70s rock. Linda Ronstadt, "How Do I Make You" / "Rambler
Release Round-Up: Week of July 18
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. Scissor Sisters, Scissor Sisters: 20th Anniversary Edition (Republic) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Scissor Sisters' 2004 debut gets a (slightly belated) 20th anniversary expansion offering the album in a digipak alongside two bonus discs of B-sides, remixes,
Jump to the Beat: Edsel Reissues "Disco Ladies" and "Disco Boogie" Collections
Late in 2023, Demon Music Group revived its Disco Discharge series on the Edsel label. Two recent 2CD volumes, Disco Ladies and Disco Boogie, continue presenting the series in a deluxe, oversized seven-inch format. These titles, chockablock with disco deep cuts and hits alike, were originally issued on the Harmless label in 2009 and 2010, respectively, and have been tweaked (likely due to licensing restrictions) for this go-round. Disco Ladies offers a cross-section of the many women with
Release Round-Up: Week of July 11
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. Jethro Tull, Still Living in the Past (Parlophone/Rhino) 5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Still Living in the Past reinterpret Jethro Tull's original odds-and-ends compilation from 1972 as a 5CD/1 Blu-ray set boasting some 35 unissued mixes and versions alongside
The Living Return: Cherry Pop Continues Swing Out Sister Box Set Series
U.K. sophisti-pop act Swing Out Sister is getting a new box set from Cherry Red in July - and it's a good excuse for us to shine a light on both collections the label has recently planned for the group. Known for their international 1987 hit "Breakout," the group - primarily consisting of singer Corinne Drewery and keyboardist Andy Connell, along with the talents of producer Paul Staveley O'Duffy, who's produced nearly all the group's albums - have released decades' worth of jazzy originals
The Weekend Stream: July 5, 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. Lots of Fourth of July musical statements were made this week, from a Prince rarity coming out of the vaults to Ben Folds' surprisingly politically charged, surprise live album. Plus, the last two albums by a terrific British rock band and a new song from an American classic rock act reflecting on its 30 years together (even the last few tough
The Weekend Stream: June 28, 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. There's new music from Sarah McLachlan, Public Enemy and Liam Finn, plus a new video to a one-hit wonder, a Record Store Day single gone digital, and tributes to musicians we lost this week. Peter Gabriel, In the Big Room (Real World) (Apple / Amazon) The legendary pop/rock voice has loosed a recording from his vault for larger public
Disco Connection: Ace Releases Isaac Hayes' "Hot Buttered Singles Volume 2"
Last year, Ace released the first of a two-volume series collecting Isaac Hayes' single sides for the Stax label and his own Hot Buttered Soul imprint of ABC Records. As Hayes was known for his epic productions, the shorter single edits offered a very different listening experience than the full album tracks. Earlier this year, the second volume arrived, and though Hot Buttered Singles Volume 2: 1972-1976 chronicles a period in which Hayes had less crossover success, it's nonetheless filled
The Weekend Stream Extra: A Guide to 'MTV Unplugged' on Paramount+ (Part 5)
Welcome to a special Sunday feature of The Weekend Stream, which takes a look at one of MTV's great live music programs thanks to a recent reissue of one of its best-known episodes. We're running a five-part deep-dive on every episode of MTV Unplugged that's currently streaming on the station's parent streaming network Paramount+! (Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 can be read here, here, here and here.) The turn-of-the-millennium shot in the arm afforded to MTV by a big-budget teen-pop explosion and the
The Weekend Stream: June 21, 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 classic film score gets remixed for a major anniversary; a modern jazz great reunites two-thirds of a classic rock band; and it's funny how time flies for Tears for Fears. All this, plus morsels of news on potential reissues from Bruce Springsteen and Duran Duran, and two tributes to singers we lost this week. John Williams, JAWS
To Cut a Long Story Short: Spandau Ballet's Early Years Compiled for New Box
A new box set will trace the early years of U.K. New Wave icons Spandau Ballet - offering three formats in one package. Everything is Now - Vol. 1: 1978-1982 will collect albums, singles, live material, demos and videos from the group's earliest period as a 6CD/Blu-ray/2LP set. The box will offer new vinyl pressings of the band's first two LPs, Journeys to Glory (1981) and Diamond (1982); collections of 7" and 12" material from each album on CD; a rare full remix of Diamond issued on a 12"
The Weekend Stream: June 14, 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. This week we've got it all, from Bakersfield country to Billy Joel on Broadway; actors who sing and singer-songwriters who act in short films; Tony Joe White going disco and Josh Groban's hits going super-size. You'll find something to love - we guarantee it! Wynn Stewart, Songs of Wynn Stewart (Capitol Nashville) (Apple / Amazon) After
In Memoriam: Sly Stone (1943-2025)
"I am everyday people," boldly proclaimed Sly Stone on Sly and The Family Stone's 1968 chart-topping single. "I am no better and neither are you/We are the same, whatever we do/You love me, you hate me, you know me and then/You can't figure out the bag I'm in..." Using straightforward, direct language, a penchant for nonsense words that nonetheless carried weight (ooh-sha-sha, scooby-dooby-dooby, boom-laka-laka-laka), and the funkiest grooves ever to find their way to a vinyl platter, the
The Weekend Stream: June 7, 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. This week brings posthumous recordings by Prince and Donna Summer, a new spin on Star Wars disco, and plenty of cast recordings leading into the Tony Awards this Sunday! And just a quick programming note: our Unplugged series is taking the week off, but will be back with some new and exciting Weekend Stream extra content very soon! Prince,
Sky Fits Heaven: Madonna to Release Scrapped 'Ray of Light' Remix EP
The fitful reissues of Madonna's back catalogue (following an expansive deal to put her material under her original major label partner Warner Music) are yielding some choice archival fruit with the release of a long-rumored remix companion to her 1998 smash Ray of Light. The eight-track Veronica Electronica, coming to vinyl and digital music services on July 25, offers new edits of previously released dance remixes to hits like "Frozen," "Nothing Really Matters," "The Power of Good-bye" and
Release Round-Up: Week of June 6
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. Dusty Springfield, Longing (Real Gone Music) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Real Gone Music premieres a lost album from Dusty Springfield: 1974's Longing. Produced by Brooks Arthur, the album features a number of singer-songwriter-oriented compositions including
The Weekend Stream: May 31, 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 solo appearances aplenty: Bono, Al Jardine, Grace Potter, John Fogerty, and more new/old music - plus a new subscription service from Crowded House, a Barry Manilow music video, and a tribute to one of the undisputed guitar gods of his generation. Bono, Stories of Surrender EP (Island/Interscope/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) In 2023,
Pryor Conviction: An Interview with Dan Schlissel of Stand Up! Records
If you'll forgive the stupidly obvious lede, Dan Schlissel takes comedy pretty seriously. As the founder of Minneapolis-based Stand Up! Records, he's carved a considerable niche in the music industry as one of the longest-lasting and most stalwart homes for stand-up comedy on CD, LP and many other formats. Schlissel, a first generation American whose parents came from Israel, first started the indie-rock label -ismist, which provided a crucial stepping stone to an up-and-coming band of masked
Take Your Mama Out: Scissor Sisters' Debut Gets Deluxe Reissue
One of the most dynamic pop acts of the 2000s is ready to have a kiki with fans once more, thanks to a new expanded edition of their debut album and return to touring. The self-titled first album by Scissor Sisters turns 20 (and a year, but who's counting) in 2025, and will be reissued by Republic Records as a greatly expanded edition offering the album in a digipak alongside two bonus discs of B-sides, remixes and seven previously unheard tracks. A truncated offering of the B-sides and
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