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The Weekend Stream: April 30, 2022

April 30, 2022 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stream

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! This week's got live favorites from The Boss, a Record Store Day rarity, a '90s tribute album to some rock legends and much more. Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs of Location (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple Music / Amazon) The Thrill Hill Archives have occasionally made some themed Bruce Springsteen

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Poetry, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Anthrax, Blondie, Bruce Springsteen, Debbie Gibson, Garth Brooks, Hilly Michaels, KISS, Lenny Kravitz, Maria McKee, Marina, Melvin Van Peebles, Nino Rota, Poco, Stevie Wonder

Have Yourself a Merry Little Discmas...

December 24, 2021 By Mike Duquette 12 Comments

Kevin

Wow! And just like that, another year has flown by. Just a few weeks before The Second Disc hits its 12th anniversary(!), this Christmas Eve it is our custom to look back on the last 12 months and take some time to think fondly of the music, magic, memories and friends that made our lives worth living. As if last year wasn't unconventional enough, 2021 packed more pop, clicks, skips and distortion than the most misguided vinyl pressings. We got vaccinated, we got boosted, we tentatively

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Categories: Features Formats: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Books, Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, DVD-Audio, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Comedy, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Funk, Gospel, Holiday, Jazz, Latin, Poetry, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

And All That Jazz: Real Gone Returns to Press on Three Soundtracks, Bukowski LP

July 12, 2021 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Chicago OST

We are continuing our coverage of Real Gone's July slate of releases with info on some titles coming out at the end of this month on July 30.  These four titles are all represses, now coming out in new color variants. First up is the soundtrack to 2002's Chicago.  The musical originally opened on Broadway on June 3, 1975 and is based upon the 1926 play of the same name written by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins.  It revolves around Roxie Hart, on trial for murdering her lover in

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Poetry, Soundtracks Tags: Bob Fosse, Charles Bukowski, Fred Ebb, Hans Zimmer, John Kander

Release Round-Up: Week of April 2

April 2, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Eagles Live

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Allen Ginsberg, At Reed College: The First Recorded Reading of Howl and Other Poems (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The first public reading of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" took place at San Francisco's Six Gallery in October 1955, but that performance wasn't recorded.  It was long believed that the first recorded reading was in March 1956 in Berkeley, California, but that turned out not to be the case.  On February 13 and 14,

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Jazz, Poetry, Pop, Rock Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Eagles, Gene Russell, Johnny Cash, Jon Klages, Steve Gadd, The Beat Farmers

Heart and Brain: Omnivore Preps Spoken Word Releases from Richard Pryor, Allen Ginsberg

January 22, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Allen Ginsberg At Reed College Howl

Omnivore Recordings is heating up this winter with a trio of spoken-word releases from two legendary and provocative figures, Richard Pryor and Allen Ginsberg. Richard Pryor (1940-2005) wasn't just one of the most significant and influential stand-up comedians of all time but also a genuine film superstar, an accomplished writer, an Emmy Award recipient, Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize honoree, and five-time Grammy Award winner.  Omnivore Recordings is traveling back to the early years of the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Comedy, Everything Else, Poetry Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Richard Pryor

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