Jazz

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Bing Crosby, Bobby Helms, Brenda Lee, Burl Ives, Chuck Berry, Connie Francis, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, Nat King Cole, Paul McCartney, The Beach Boys, The Jackson 5, Yoko Ono

A Single Woman: The Complete Elektra Recordings

November 6, 2025 by Mike Duquette

Nina Simone A Single Woman Complete Elektra

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada With little to prove by this point in her singular career, 1993’s A Single Woman found Nina Simone in fine form, delivering eclectic song choices from behind her piano, augmented here with a 50-piece orchestra. Featuring fare from Marilyn and Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand (“Papa, Can You Hear Me?” as written for Barbra Streisand in the film Yentl), Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein (“The People Who Live on the Hill”) and three by Rod…

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The Definitive Warner Brothers Collection

November 6, 2025 by Mike Duquette

Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada From the ’70s to the early ’90s, Al Jarreau was signed to the Reprise and Warner Bros. labels, honing a unique style of vocal jazz that sounded like no one else on the scene. He’d cross over into smooth soul on the 1981 smash Breakin’ Away, maintaining a subtle presence on the pop charts for much of the decade. This 3CD set includes 50 tracks including the hits “We’re in This Love Together,” “Mornin’,” “After All” and the theme to the hit TV comedy Moonlighting; several…

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The Weekend Stream: November 1, 2025

November 1, 2025 by The Second Disc | No 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. Rare mixes from David Bowie, late-period repertoire from Squeeze (with a new distributor hinting at their next album) and an actor who plays jazz will start you off… David Bowie, I Can’t Give Everything Away E.P. (ISO/Parlophone) (Apple / Amazon) Released last week in conjunction with the last of Bowie’s era-focused boxes, this EP offers five new-to-digital remixes released between 2002 and 2016. Squeeze, Spot the Difference / Live At The Fillmore / The…

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock

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Buffalo Tom, Cowboy Junkies, David Bowie, Freda Payne, Jeff Goldblum, Jimmy Webb, Kelly Clarkson, Little Big Town, Reba McEntire, Squeeze, The Fall, Warren Zevon

The Weekend Stream: October 25, 2025

October 25, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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 an unreleased outtake from The Beatles; a favorite ’80s band re-recording a deep cut; and a rock legend recruiting an unexpected guest on a new mix of their latest single – plus late period greatness from The Go-Betweens, Glenn Frey cutting standards and more. The Beatles, “I’ve Just Seen a Face (Take 3)” (Apple/Capitol/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) The Beatles are previewing the upcoming Anthology Collection with…

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Aerosmith, Duran Duran, Glenn Frey, Hank Mobley, Patty Larkin, Soft Cell, Steve Martin, The Blasters, The Go-Betweens, Yusuf Lateef

Release Round-Up: Week of October 24

October 24, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 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. Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska ’82 (Columbia/Legacy) 4CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada It’s no surprise that, as Hollywood recounts the story of Bruce Springsteen’s most striking solo release with the film Deliver Me from Nowhere (out today), a box set tells the tale of the (literal) tape. Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings are releasing Nebraska ’82, a new box set showcasing the start-to-finish journey of Bruce’s most…

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Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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America, Bon Jovi, Brandi Carlile, Bruce Springsteen, Carl Perkins, Dion, Elton John, Frank Zappa, Hazell Dean, Horace Silver, Jackdawg, KISS, Little Feat, Neil Young, Pulp, Ray Charles, The Blasters, The Pogues

Release Round-Up: Week of October 17

October 17, 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. Randy Newman, Trouble in Paradise: Expanded Edition (Warner/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino Reserves LP: Rhino.com We Love It! Rhino reissues Randy Newman’s seventh studio album, Trouble in Paradise, as a 2CD expanded edition featuring previously unreleased demos and a rare concert performance. With such classics as “I Love LA” and “Real Emotional Girl,” Trouble remains one of Newman’s most beloved LPs. This generous release adds the singer-songwriter’s largely…

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Alison Brown, Boz Scaggs, Chrissie Hynde, Connie Francis, David Gilmour, James Taylor, Kool and the Gang, Randy Newman, Simple Minds, Steve Martin, The Alan Parsons Project, The Meters

You Must Ask the Heart: Craft Recordings’ Record Store Day Black Friday Slate Includes Jonathan Richman, Vince Guaraldi, Alan Silvestri, More

October 8, 2025 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Today, we’re turning the spotlight onto Craft Recordings’ slate for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event which takes place on Friday, November 28. Click here for a list of participating retailers! All of the below descriptions and track listings have been provided directly by the label. Ray Barretto, Together (Fania) (180-gram LP; 1,800 copies U.S./2,000 copies worldwide) Ray Barretto’s 1969 Fania landmark roared out of New York with an irresistible blend of Latin jazz, boogaloo, Afro-Cuban, and hard salsa–an era-defining snapshot of the city’s pan-Latin sound. With Adalberto Santiago (vocals), Orestes Vilató (timbales), Louis…

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Holiday, Jazz, Latin, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alan Silvestri, Creed, Dizzy Gillespie, John Debney, Jonathan Richman, Merl Saunders, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Record Store Day, Taking Back Sunday, Various Artists, Vince Guaraldi

Chess Grand Masters: Classic Blues Label Celebrates 75 Years with Special Vinyl Reissues

October 1, 2025 by The Second Disc | No Comments

For all its influence, it sometimes feels like the Chicago blues label Chess Records doesn’t get the respect it deserves. That changes this fall with a series of new compilations and reissues of old ones, set for release from Universal Music Group to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the label’s creation. Polish immigrants Leonard and Phil Chess became ingratiated into the club scene on the south side of Chicago in the ’30s and ’40s. They were intrigued by the thriving local talent – many of them Black transplants from the Mississippi delta…

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Blues, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Billy Stewart, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry, Etta James, Fontella Bass, Gene Ammons, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Kenny Burrell, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Rotary Connection, The Dells, The Moonglows, The Ramsey Lewis Trio

Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings

September 30, 2025 by Joe Marchese

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Craft Recordings is revisiting a halcyon period of The Bill Evans Trio. Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Recordings collects the complete studio recordings by the Bill Evans Trio lineup of Evans, bassist Scott LaFaro, and drummer Paul Motian. The 3CD or 5LP set presents the complete albums Portrait in Jazz (1960) and Explorations (1961) plus 26 alternate takes – 17 of which are previously unreleased. The set includes rare photos, an introduction by The…

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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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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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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

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

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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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

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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Release Round-Up: Week of August 22

August 22, 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. The Who, Live at The Oval 1971 (Polydor/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Initially available as part of the band’s revived Wholigan Fan Club, The Who’s Live At The Oval 1971 is coming to general release. The album finally canonizes the group’s celebrated performance at “Goodbye to Summer,” a British benefit concert for the people of Bangladesh. Featuring several songs from the band’s just-released Who’s Next, including “Behind Blue Eyes,” “Won’t Get…

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John Fogerty, John Williams, Jon Batiste, Miles Davis, Oasis, Ray Charles, Terry Riley, The Who

The Weekend Stream: July 26, 2025

July 26, 2025 by The Second Disc | 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. 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 / Amazon) If you’ve watched all five hours of the new two-part Billy…

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311, Ashley Monroe, Dr. Feelgood, Elliott Smith, Heatmiser, Marina and The Diamonds, Oasis, Paramore, Richard Barone, Ronan Keating, The Bongos

Release Round-Up: Week of July 18

July 18, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Sly and the Family Stone Winchester Cathedral

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, and seven previously unheard tracks. A truncated offering of the B-sides and outtakes will be included on a double vinyl edition. “Take Your Mama” to get the…

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Beaver and Krause, Bush, Colin Hay, Rod Stewart, Scissor Sisters, Sly and the Family Stone, Styx, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Trisha Yearwood, ZZ Top

Release Round-Up: Week of July 11

July 11, 2025 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. 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 just about every one of the 21 original tracks that appeared on the original double album. Alongside the original mixes of the non-album material that comprised Living in…

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America, Backstreet Boys, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Brian Wilson, Bronski Beat, Cyndi Lauper, Gerry Beckley, Jeffrey Foskett, Jethro Tull, Maria Muldaur, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Melanie, Mike Love, Steve Hackett, The Kinks, Vince Guaraldi, Vivabeat

Everybody Say Yeah: Real Gone’s July Slate Includes Vinyl Reissues of Mary Chapin Carpenter, “Kinky Boots,” Rusted Root, More

July 10, 2025 by Randy Fairman | 2 Comments

As summer heats up, Real Gone has another slate of six varied releases hitting store shelves, tomorrow, July 11. You’ll find a variety of genres here from Broadway to nu metal to rock to country to jazz. First up is a vinyl reissue of the Broadway cast album Kinky Boots. The 2013 show is based on the 2005 movie of the same title. The story revolves around Charlie, who inherits a failing shoe factory from his father. To turn the business around, he teams with drag performer Lola to begin manufacturing high-heeled…

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Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Cyndi Lauper, Fear Factory, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rusted Root, Static-X

Baby I’m-A Want You: Elektra Celebrates 75 Years with Monthlong Initiative

July 2, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Jac Holzman was still in college when he and pal Paul Rickolt each chipped in three hundred bucks to start a record company. That label, Elektra Records – so named for Greek mythology’s daughter of Atlas and Pleione, but with the “c” swapped out for a “k” – inaugurated its catalogue with the simply-titled New Songs, an album of poetry settings by composer-pianist John Gruen. Elektra soon shifted its emphasis to folk music, growing its discography with recordings by Theodore Bikel, Josh White, Judy Collins, Oscar Brand, and Tom Paxton before branching…

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Anita Baker, Bob Dylan, Bread, Grover Washington Jr., Keith Sweat, Love, Nanci Griffith, Public Image Ltd., Sisters of Mercy, Superdrag, Television, The Afghan Whigs, The Cars, The Doors, The Stooges, , Tim Buckley

Joni’s Jazz

June 30, 2025 by Joe Marchese

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 with just a couple of exceptions (Clouds, Ladies of the Canyon) and reflect the breadth of the artist’s immersion into the jazz idiom in all its many varied forms. …

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Impossible Dreamer: Joni Mitchell Collects “Joni’s Jazz” on New Box Set

June 25, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

What is jazz? The question has been debated often, but now we know how Joni Mitchell might answer. On September 5, the legendary singer-songwriter’s Archives series continues 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 with just a couple of exceptions (Clouds, Ladies of the Canyon) and reflect the breadth of the artist’s immersion into the jazz idiom in all its many varied forms. Last year, in her liner…

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Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell, Kyle Eastwood, Wayne Shorter

The Weekend Stream: June 21, 2025

June 21, 2025 by The Second Disc | 3 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. 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 (Original Motion Picture Score – Remastered) (Back Lot Music) (Apple /…

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