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Billy Joel, Carole King, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, London Grammar, M.E.B., Miles Davis, Nas, Our Lady Peace, Pearl Jam, Peter Tosh, Prefab Sprout, Raphael Saadiq, Soul Asylum

The Weekend Stream: February 18, 2023

February 18, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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 usher you into the weekend. Today, Joe and Mike are sharing the latest from the Stream: new posthumous singles from Burt Bacharach and Olivia Newton-John, a new song from Ben Folds, a demo from Sting and more – plus a way you can voice your support for members of the LGBTQ+ community who need it. Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello, “You Can Have…

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2Pac, Ben Folds, Burt Bacharach, Dolly Parton, Elvis Costello, Olivia Newton-John, Sting, The Gap Band

The Magic Number: De La Soul Catalogue Coming to Streaming, with Some Amendments

February 13, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 8 Comments

One of the biggest omissions in hip-hop digital catalogue history is finally being corrected next month – and it comes alongside some news of what it’ll sound like and a deeply ironic tragedy concerning the group in question. On March 3, the first six albums by rap trio De La Soul – 1989’s landmark debut 3 Feel High and Rising, De La Soul is Dead (1991), Buhloone Mindstate (1993), Stakes is High (1996), Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2001) and AOI: Bionix (2001) – will finally be reissued onto streaming platforms for…

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The Weekend Stream: February 4, 2023

February 4, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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 usher you into the weekend. Today sees digital reissues of Raw Power, The Chronic, rare Motown, unreleased music from a Cash family member and more. The Stooges, Raw Power (50th Anniversary Legacy Edition) (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Look out honey, ’cause he’s using technology! The Stooges’ seminal proto-punk classic celebrates a half-century with a new digital deluxe edition that bundles up everything from…

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Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Bill Summers, Dottie West, Dr. Dre, Ginuwine, Groucho Marx, Iggy Pop, Iggy and the Stooges, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, Sheena Easton, Snoop Dogg, The Stooges, Tommy Cash

Release Round-Up: Week of January 27

January 27, 2023 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM Bob Dylan, Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 (Columbia/Legacy) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 10LP: Bob Dylan Store 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The seventeenth volume of Bob Dylan’s long-running Bootleg Series explores the creation of Dylan’s thirtieth studio album. Fragments: Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) takes a deep dive into the three-time Grammy Award-winning album which was perceived by many as a comeback after a…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Hoffman, Green Day, Ken Hatfield, Marianne Faithfull, Marvin Gaye, NRBQ, Sara Bareilles, Stephen Sondheim

The Weekend Stream: January 7, 2023

January 7, 2023 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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 usher you into the weekend. And we’re ringing in the new year with new music from Peter Gabriel, old music from Madonna and a call to help out an old soul hero! Peter Gabriel, Panopticon (Bright Side Mix) (Real World) (iTunes / Amazon) Our first digital item of 2023 isn’t catalogue, but it’s certainly of interest to fans of classic pop and rock….

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Duke Ellington, Madonna, Melvin Davis, Patti Page, Peter Gabriel, Ramsey Lewis, Sugababes, Three 6 Mafia

The Weekend Stream: December 18, 2022

December 18, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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 usher you into the weekend. And we’ve got a lot to cover today, from a massive Pink Floyd copyright dump to a new Whitney Houston soundtrack and some underrated Motown gold. Pink Floyd, Live at Southampton Guildhall, UK, 23 January 1972 / Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 5 Feb 1972 / Live at the Rainbow Theatre, London, 17 Feb 1972 / Live…

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Alabama, Dazz Band, Floyd Cramer, Musical Youth, Peggy Lee, Pink Floyd, Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, Shorty Long, Teresa Brewer, Whitney Houston

The Weekend Stream: November 26, 2022

November 26, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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 usher you into the weekend. This week, it’s hardly Thanksgiving leftovers thanks to some British Christmas favorites, a legendary dance duo and a killer rockabilly discovery. Elton John, Step Into Christmas (Rocket/Mercury/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) He may have retired from performing, but Elton John is still in the release game. He just reissued his joyous 1973 holiday single “Step Into Christmas,” digitally backed…

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Bruce Springsteen, Chas & Dave, Clivillés & Cole, Elton John, Marshall Crenshaw, Robert Gordon

The Weekend Stream: November 19, 2022

November 19, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Madonna, You Can Dance (Single Edits) / Rain (Warner/Rhino) Dance: iTunes / Amazon Rain: iTunes / Amazon Rhino keeps digitally uploading intriguing stuff from Madonna’s single and remix catalogue, and this month saw two such releases: first, a bundle of mixes surrounding the Erotica favorite “Rain,” then this week, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of remix album You Can Dance, an upload of the rare promo version that found all the tracks unmixed and edited to single-ready lengths. Roger Waters, Comfortably Numb 2022 (Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) A new version of the…

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Charlie Parker, Duran Duran, Esther Phillips, Joe Strummer, Madonna, Melissa Manchester, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, The Clash, The Statler Brothers

The Weekend Stream: November 5, 2022

November 5, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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 usher you into the weekend. The latest features new and old soundtracks, EPs and holiday favorites and much more! “Weird Al” Yankovic, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – Original Soundtrack (Ear Booker/Roku/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) This weekend sees the release of “Weird Al” Yankovic’s second foray into feature film: a hilariously-exaggerated biopic co-written by Yankovic and starring Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter himself) as…

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The Weekend Stream: October 15, 2022

October 15, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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 usher you into the weekend – including a few surprise digital expansions from some ’80s U.K. legends, holiday remixes, a lost fitness favorite and more! Sting, …Nothing Like the Sun (Expanded Edition) (A&M/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) This week marked the 35th anniversary of Sting’s second solo album, and UMe commemorated the occasion (much like they did the 30th anniversary of follow-up The Soul…

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Andy Williams, Big Mama Thornton, Blink-182, Bobby Helms, Brenda Lee, Count Basie, George Benson, Nelly, Robert Palmer, Sting, The Weather Girls

The Weekend Stream: October 7, 2022

October 7, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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 usher you into the weekend including an expanded edition from a superstar, a fun ’80s flashback, two expansions from a disco legend, some choice Motown memories, and more! Janet Jackson, The Velvet Rope (25th Anniversary Edition) (Virgin/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) A digital deluxe edition that merited its own press release? OK! Janet’s introspective sixth studio album – her first after the hits compilation…

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Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Edwin Starr, Janet Jackson, Paul Jabara, Phantom Planet, Soul Asylum, Yes

The Weekend Stream: September 24, 2022

September 24, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

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 – from quarter-century old R&B classics, a Fleetwood Mac heroine covering Buffalo Springfield, and an actor who sang enough to make you go a little mad. Stevie Nicks, For What It’s Worth (Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) The celebrated singer has recently been covering this Buffalo Springfield classic on her latest tour, and took to the studio with producer Greg Kurstin, guitarist Waddy…

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Anthony Perkins, Mariah Carey, Queens of the Stone Age, Sam the Sham and The Pharoahs, Stevie Nicks, Tears for Fears, Usher

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The Weekend Stream: September 3, 2022

September 3, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

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! From a Prince-ly duo of two queens to a Beach Boy gone solo and more, you’ll find some great picks for the holiday weekend. Wendy & Lisa, B-Sides / Instrumentals / Edits / Extended Versions (Virgin) B-Sides: iTunes U.K. / Amazon U.K. Extended: iTunes U.K. / Amazon U.K. An exciting treat for fans of Wendy & Lisa, the killer pop/rock guitar/keyboard duo…

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The Weekend Stream: June 25, 2022

June 25, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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 we’ve got continuing celebrations of Bob Marley and Roger Miller, a lost country trailblazer, a rare early classic from a turn-of-the-millennium hip-hop hero, and Cyndi Lauper singing for a cause. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Exodus (2022 Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong/Island/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) The final piece of UMe’s 45th anniversary celebration of Marley’s Exodus comes in the form of…

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Beck, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Brian Wilson, Cyndi Lauper, DMX, Don McLean, Henry Mancini, Lee Dorsey, Minnie Riperton, Puff Johnson, Roger Miller, Stoney Edwards, The Temptations, The Ventures

The Weekend Stream: June 18, 2022

June 18, 2022 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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! Today’s your chance to dive deep on an alternate history of Miles Davis or some mid-’60s classics by The Ventures, among other cool picks; pull up a chair after your Record Store Day Drop visit and queue up some good stuff! Miles Davis, Early Minor: Rare Miles from the Complete In a Silent Way Sessions / Double Image: Rare Miles from the…

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A Taste of Honey, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, La Toya Jackson, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, The Ventures

The Weekend Stream: June 11, 2022

June 11, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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! From buckets of EPs by Portishead and the Black Crowes to a deep dive on Judy Garland, you’ll find much to listen to and love. Judy Garland, Recordings from the M-G-M Films (Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology) (WaterTower) (Apple Music / Amazon) There’s plenty of celebrating the late, great Judy Garland’s centennial this month (her date of birth was yesterday, June 10) –…

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Billy Preston, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Common, Con Funk Shun, Holly Knight, Judy Garland, Portishead, SZA, Syreeta, Syreeta Wright, The Black Crowes

Release Round-Up: Week of June 10

June 10, 2022 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles hitting stores today! Elton John, Madman Across the Water: 50th Anniversary Edition (Rocket/UMe) 3CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elton John’s 1971 Madman Across the Water receives a new 50th anniversary reissue. Available in three different formats, its most expansive is a 3CD/Blu-ray collection that’ll offer the original album (remastered by Bob Ludwig in 2016), five rare bonus tracks, a dozen solo piano demos, an unreleased full version of outtake “Rock Me When He’s Gone,” Elton’s…

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Alfred Drake, Ben Bagley, Bill Anderson, Blossom Dearie, Cab Calloway, Dolly Parton, Elaine Stritch, Elton John, Judy Garland, KISS, Kaye Ballard, Notorious B.I.G., Rufus Wainwright, The Rolling Stones

The Weekend Stream: May 28, 2022

May 28, 2022 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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 features digital debuts from a country legend, a new theme from a galaxy far, far away and some 21st century hip-hop for your consideration. Roger Miller, A Trip in the Country / Making a Name for Myself / Roger Miller (Capitol Nashville/UMe) A Trip: iTunes / Amazon Making: iTunes / Amazon Miller: iTunes / Amazon A digital rollout big enough…

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Eminem, Hampton Grease Band, John Williams, Kitty Wells, Marvin Gaye, Montell Jordan, Roger Miller, The Moonglows

The Weekend Stream: May 21, 2022

May 21, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

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! Some classic compilations, a Who-related soundtrack and a posthumous Notorious B.I.G. appearance are all part of the experience this week. Various Artists, The Sound of the R&B Hits (Motown) Original: iTunes / Amazon Deluxe: iTunes / Amazon As a new wave of British rockers from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and more took the world by storm with their groundbreaking spin on…

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Hooray for Hollywood: New Box Set Celebrates 100 Years of The Hollywood Bowl with Sinatra, Bernstein, Doors, Newman, Dudamel, More

May 17, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

2022 marks 100 years of The Hollywood Bowl. The famous amphitheater nestled in the Hollywood hills has hosted luminaries of every genre of music from classical to rock in its instantly familiar bandshell (actually two bandshells, as the first one from 1929 was demolished in 2003 and replaced with a larger model). The Bowl has been featured in movies including the original A Star Is Born, Double Indemnity, Xanadu, and Beaches and cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, and The Pink Panther. Now, its resident orchestra – the prestigious L.A. Philharmonic…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Count Basie, Donna Summer, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, John Barry, John Williams, L.A. Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Nat King Cole, Randy Newman, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Doors

The Weekend Stream: May 7, 2022

May 7, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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! Truly something for everyone this week, from classic rock to live jazz and folk to…Christmas albums? Whitesnake, Greatest Hits (2022 Remix) (Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) Ahead of their farewell tour, David Coverdale has yet again revisited the Whitesnake catalogue through a series of remixes, this time pertaining to most of the songs that were on the band’s 1994 greatest hits collection. There’s…

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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Burl Ives, Christina Milian, Ernest Tubb, George Clinton, Grover Washington Jr., Herbie Hancock, John Schneider, Kenny Burrell, McCoy Tyner, One Way, Ray LaMontagne, Red Foley, Sam the Sham and The Pharoahs, The Format, Triumph, Whitesnake, Wu-Tang Clan

The Weekend Stream: April 23, 2022

April 23, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

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! Return from your Record Store Day binge and kick back with some exciting finds, from charity rarities to new mixes of old favorites and even a surprising soundtrack find or two! Various Artists, EarthPercent Earth Day Initiative (Bandcamp) Though Bandcamp Friday is back in two weeks, the beloved digital service has partnered with EarthPercent, a charity aiming to connect musicians with meaningful…

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Alan Silvestri, Brian Eno, Coldplay, David Arnold, Dramarama, Fergie, Hoyt Axton, John Paesano, Kris Kross, Ludwig Göransson, Michael Giacchino, Michael Stipe, Peter Gabriel, Remy Shand, Roxette, The Five Satins, War, Yo La Tengo

Robinsongs Sends a “Message” with Grandmaster Flash Box Set

April 8, 2022 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

A box set coming this summer from Cherry Red’s Robinsongs label will offer a deep dive into the storied career of one of hip-hop’s most important early influences: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. The South Bronx group came together in the late ’70s as bold new types of music were coming out of Black neighborhoods in the boroughs. Turntablist Joseph “Grandmaster Flash” Sadler joined up with lyricists Melvin “Melle Mel” Glover, Keith “Cowboy” Wiggins, Nate “Kidd Creole” Glover, Eddie “Scorpio” Morris and Guy Todd “Raheim” Williams, quickly joining the upper ranks…

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