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The Weekend Stream: February 7, 2026

February 7, 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 (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. New tracks from old favorites, deep cuts, good causes, a fun recent Grammy winner, and the triumphant return of The Muppets? What more could you possibly ask for?! The Muppets, The Muppet Show Theme (2026) (Walt Disney Records) (Apple / Amazon) It’s time to play the music! The Muppet Show made a triumphant return to television this week: a special episode that aired on ABC and Disney+, produced by…

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Classic Rock, Everything Else, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rap/Hip-Hop, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

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Aaron Neville, Beck, Blink-182, Brian Blade, Bruce Hornsby, Chuck Negron, Daniel Lanois, Joe Jackson, Koji Kondo, Parliament-Funkadelic, Patti Page, Peter Gabriel, Public Enemy, Television, The Blasters, The Format, The Muppets, Three Dog Night

In Memoriam: Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)

November 24, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Before The Rocky Horror Picture Show, there was The Harder They Come. Director Perry Henzell’s film inspired by the life of Jamaican outlaw Ivanhoe “Rygin” Martin, starring Jimmy Cliff in the title role, failed to make a splash at the box office upon its initial U.S. release in early 1973. But canny exhibitors realized its similarity to Blaxploitation films such as Shaft and Superfly, and it quickly became a mainstay of midnight movies. The New York Times noted that it ran for 26 weeks at a Cambridge cinema in 1973 before returning…

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The Beat At The BBC

November 10, 2025 by Mike Duquette

Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada After putting the beloved British ska revivialists’ studio albums back into print, Rhino next takes The Beat’s complete BBC recordings – most for John Peel, some for Mike Read and David “Kid” Jensen – and compiles them into one set for the first time. (Some tracks had been released on a box set by Shout! Factory, others as bonus tracks on Edsel reissues.) Includes versions of favorites like “Mirror in the Bathroom,” “Tears of a Clown,” “Hands Off… She’s Mine,” “Twist & Crawl,” “Ranking Full Stop,” “Too Nice…

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The Weekend Stream: August 9, 2025

August 9, 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. 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 Festival, held at the Bath & West Showground in Shepton Mallet,…

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Alexandre Desplat, Bette Midler, Bruce Woolley, Bryan Adams, Don Davis, Eddy Grant, Fania All-Stars, Jane Morgan, Jim Reeves, John Williams, Michael Giacchino, Peter Gabriel, Randy Newman, Ronan Keating, The Camera Club

No Lightweight Sound: CD Box Set, Vinyl Reissues Chronicle Middle Period of Dub Syndicate

January 31, 2025 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

A scintillating collaboration between two titans of reggae – known as Dub Syndicate – will be revisited in a series of reissues covering their late ’80s and early ’90s output. Out Here on the Perimeter 1989-1996 is a new 5CD box set, available from the On-U Sound label on February 28, that features new pressings of Dub Syndicate’s studio albums Strike the Balance (1989), Stoned Immaculate (1991), Echomania (1993) and Ital Breakfast (1996), along with a new remix album of material from this period called Obscured by Version. Most of the standard albums have CD-exclusive bonus tracks and will be…

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From Scores to Soul: Craft Recordings’ RSD Black Friday Slate Includes Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, More

October 16, 2024 by The Second Disc | No Comments

It’s that time of year again! With Record Store Day’s annual Black Friday event happening just weeks away – on Friday, November 29 – news has arrived of what to expect from each label. Craft Recordings’ ever-eclectic slate features classic jazz, rare soundtracks, vintage soul sides, and more from an array of boldfaced names including Max Roach, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Angelo Badalamenti, and others. You’ll find the full list below, with descriptions provided by the label for all titles. All RSD Black Friday releases will be available at participating stores; you…

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Angelo Badalamenti, Born Jamericans, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Joe Bataan, Max Roach, Norma Jean, Record Store Day

Rhino Ushers In Summer with Frankie Valli, Van Morrison, Linda Ronstadt, Randy Newman, Chicago, Grateful Dead, and More

July 1, 2024 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Today, Rhino announced its new Sounds of the Summer initiative, which will see a total of over two dozen vinyl releases hitting brick-and-mortar stores beginning this Friday, July 5, and continuing throughout the month of July. These titles encompass various reissues as well as new entries in the label’s ongoing Now Playing series of compilations. As of now, these LPs are all exclusive to independent record stores and Barnes & Noble locations. You’ll find the full list of releases below including descriptions courtesy of TSD. July 5 Genesis, And Then There Were…

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Al Stewart, Chicago, Crosby Stills and Nash, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Fleetwood Mac, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, George Benson, Grateful Dead, Jimmy Cliff, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Randy Newman, Rod Stewart, Sonny and Cher, The Doobie Brothers, Utopia, Van Morrison, War, Yes

Release Round-Up: Week of June 7

June 7, 2024 by The Second Disc | 9 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. Dwight Twilley, Jungle: Expanded Edition (Iconoclassic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Iconoclassic’s deluxe expanded edition of power pop hero Dwight Twilley’s third solo album boasts six bonus tracks including the outtakes “Forget About It, Baby,” “You Can Change It,” and “Don’t You Love Her,” and Twilley’s demos of “Long, Lonely Nights,” “To Get to You,” and the title track. Ken Sharp has contributed a new essay based on his…

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Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

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APB, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bing Crosby, Blossom Dearie, Bon Jovi, Helen Merrill, Israel Vibration, Luther Vandross, NRBQ, Robert Hunter, Robin Trower, Skeeter Davis, Smoking Popes, Stina Nordenstam, Tom Verlaine, Tutti Camarata

Summer Song: Real Gone’s June Slate Includes Live Music from Fanny Plus More from Israel Vibration, Smoking Popes, and Stina Nordenstam

June 6, 2024 by Randy Fairman | 1 Comment

Real Gone’s slate for June has an international flavor to it featuring recordings from Germany and artists from Jamaica and Sweden. All four of these projects are hitting store shelves tomorrow, June 7. Read on for all of the details. First up is Live on Beat Club ’71-’72 from Fanny. When Richard Perry signed the group to Reprise in 1969, they became the first all-female rock band signed to a major label. The foursome (June Millington – guitar, Jean Millington – bass, Alice De Buhr – drums, and Nickey Barclay – keyboards)…

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Fanny, Israel Vibration, Smoking Popes, Stina Nordenstam

Release Round-Up: Week of November 3

November 3, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to another packed Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Beatles, Now and Then (Apple/Capitol/UMe) Various Formats including CD single: The Beatles Online Store 7-inch clear single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7-inch blue single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 12-inch black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Target-exclusive red 12-inch single: Target.com “Now and Then.” No matter who’s listening, the title conjures the ghosts of the past that we all confront. The voice of John Lennon – not far-removed, but viscerally present –…

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Catch a Fire: 50th Anniversary Edition

October 2, 2023 by Joe Marchese

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP/12″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada One of reggae’s most enduring international releases gets the deluxe treatment this fall, with a new reissue of Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Catch a Fire. The 50th anniversary set (available on three CDs or three LPs with a single-sided bonus 12″) brings together Marley’s first album for Island Records along with an unreleased 1973 concert at London’s Paris Theatre, unreleased session versions (similar to material featured on a 2001 deluxe edition of the album) and three widely-bootlegged tracks from another live show in Edmonton, North…

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Stir It Up: Bob Marley’s ‘Catch a Fire’ Goes Deluxe for Its 50th Anniversary

September 22, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

One of reggae’s most enduring international releases gets the deluxe treatment this fall, with a new reissue of Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Catch a Fire. Available November 3, the 50th anniversary set (available on three CDs or three LPs with a single-sided bonus 12″) brings together Marley’s first album for Island Records along with an unreleased 1973 concert at London’s Paris Theatre, unreleased session versions (similar to material featured on a 2001 deluxe edition of the album) and three widely-bootlegged tracks from another live show in Edmonton, North London. The bonus 12″…

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Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers

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Release Round-Up: Week of August 4

August 4, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Spinners, The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979 (Real Gone/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) This definitive 2-CD anthology from upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Spinners presents every one of the quintet’s beloved A- and B-sides helmed by the late, great Thom Bell on Atlantic Records, with each and every song in its original single version. It adds up to a total of 43 mighty tracks on 2 CDs,…

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ABC, Bob Marley, Grateful Dead, Luna, Paul Franklin, Rick Springfield, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Spinners, Vince Gill

Everybody Loves You Now: Legacy’s RSD Slate Includes Billy Joel, Dolly Parton, Miles Davis, Carole King, More

February 20, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

The Record Store Day list is out, and the announcements are pouring in! This year, Legacy Recordings will mark the April 22, 2023 event at independent record stores everywhere with more than a dozen titles from many of the biggest names in classic pop, rock, jazz, hip-hop, reggae, country, and beyond. (One release, from Pearl Jam, will see a CD release in addition to the expected vinyl.) You’ll find the entire list below, with descriptions provided by the label. Visit RecordStoreDay.com for a full list of participating U.S. stores! Miles Davis, Turnaround:…

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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: 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: December 10, 2022

December 10, 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. This week, a Madonna rarity makes a splashy debut, the daughter of a soul legend sings with her dad on his holiday classic, and Roger Waters emerges from lockdown – plus remixes old and new, and a World Cup throwback you might not believe is real. Madonna, Gambler (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) As the first part of Rhino’s ongoing…

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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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

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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: October 29, 2022

October 30, 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 usher you into the weekend. This week, it’s a stuffed Halloween sack full of sweet rarities from INXS and Madonna, remixes of Frank Zappa and Bing Crosby, two completely unreleased 50-year-old albums and a brand-new spin on a Stephen Sondheim classic – and that’s only half of it! INXS, Shabooh Shoobah (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Atlantic/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) The INXS catalogue is…

Release Round-Up: Week of July 22

July 22, 2022 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of new titles available today! Bob Marley and The Chineke! Orchestra (Island/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 10-song set, recorded at Abbey Road Studios under the aegis of producer Nick Patrick, merges Bob Marley’s original vocal tracks with new orchestrations played by The Chineke! Orchestra, an adventurous ensemble dedicated to increasing diversity in music. The album features many of the reggae pioneer’s most beloved compositions including “Get Up, Stand Up,” “Is This Love,” “One Love,” and “I Shot the Sheriff.” Available on CD,…

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Bananarama, Bob Marley, Brian Wilson, Gilbert O'Sullivan, She and Him, The Hagers, Tony Joe White, ZZ Top

The Weekend Stream: July 16, 2022

July 16, 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! This week features deep cut jazz, country and soul, plus some remixes of an ’80s classic and a new, surprise comedic pop track by one of Hollywood’s favorite funnymen. Kitty Wells, Kitty Wells’ Country Hit Parade / Lonely Street / After Dark / Dust on the Bible (Decca/MCA Nashville/UMG) Hit Parade: iTunes / Amazon Lonely: iTunes / Amazon Dark: iTunes / Amazon Dust: iTunes…

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Buddy DeFranco, Canned Heat, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Dave Mason, David Foster, Harvey Fuqua, Jefferson Starship, Kitty Wells, Lee Greenwood, Musical Youth, Steve Martin, The Flying Burrito Brothers

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 Exodus Continues: New Digital Titles Celebrate 45 Years of a Bob Marley Classic

June 15, 2022 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Universal Music Enterprises is teaming with the estate of Bob Marley through the whole month of June to release four new digital titles in honor of the 45th anniversary of Exodus, one of his many acclaimed albums with The Wailers. Recorded in London as Marley stayed out of his native Jamaica following a failed assassination attempt, Exodus combined traditional reggae style with blues and soul, spinning a web of politically conscious and uplifting songs along the way. “Jamming,” “Waiting in Vain,” “Three Little Birds,” “One Love/People Get Ready,” and the title track…

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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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