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The Weekend Stream: January 31, 2026

January 31, 2026 by The Second Disc | 11 Comments

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. Looks like some well-known songwriters on each side of the Atlantic have something to say about current events; plus, unearthed tracks and reissues from The Cure, Sia and more. Bruce Springsteen, “Streets of Minneapolis” (Columbia) (Apple / Amazon) If you weren’t happy about TSD saying anything about ICE’s presence in Minneapolis in last Saturday’s column, you’re probably not going to like this. Hopefully one little angry protest song…

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The Weekend Stream

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Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Billy Bragg, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Loren, Catherine O'Hara, Dion and the Belmonts, Judy Rodman, Karla Bonoff, Melissa Errico, Paul Weller, Sananda Maitreya, Sia, Sly & Robbie, The Cure, The Style Council

Bongo Fury (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)

January 30, 2026 by Mike Duquette

5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (black): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (galaxy): uDiscoverMusic.com / Zappa Online Store Frank Zappa’s final album with The Mothers of Invention was also a collaboration with frenemy and fellow iconoclast Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) – a bit of a transitional live-plus-studio album in Zappa’s always fascinating and often-unusual discography. (Other contributors include George Duke, Tom and Bruce Fowler, and Napoleon Murphy Brock plus newer recruits Terry Bozzio and…

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Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Blues, Classic Rock, Rock

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Aerosmith (Legendary Edition)

January 30, 2026 by Mike Duquette

5LP: Official Store (Fan Pack with satin bomber jacket) 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (fan pack with T-shirt) The Bad Boys from Boston return to where it all began with a deluxe edition of their 1973 debut album, which featured “Mama Kin,” “Make It” and eventual Top 10 hit “Dream On.” This reissue is coming across a variety…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 30

January 30, 2026 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to our final Release Round-Up of January, with a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Monkees, The A’s, The B’s, and The Monkees (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The A’s, The B’s and The Monkees, at long last, brings together on 2 CDs all of the band’s commercial singles originally released between 1966 and 1970, from “Last Train to Clarksville” b/w “Take a Giant Step” through “Oh My My” b/w “I Love You Better.” It’s arranged with its 15 A-sides on…

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Release Round-Up

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Beastie Boys, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Cream, Donna Summer, Freddie and The Dreamers, Howard Jones, Linda Ronstadt, Miles Davis, Patti Smith, Ramones, Sonic Youth, Talking Heads, Television, The Monkees

Until Them Dreams Come True: Aerosmith’s Debut Reissued with New Remix, Live Cuts and Outtakes

January 27, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 8 Comments

When Aerosmith surprised fans by moving their entire catalogue to Universal Music Group – switching two eras of material for Columbia Records (eight studio and live LPs originally issued between 1973-1982 and a further four studio releases from 1997-2012), everyone was dreaming on about potential archival titles. But outside of the terrific early rehearsal EP 1971: The Road Starts Hear and a new greatest hits package, there wasn’t much to speak of, and frontman Steven Tyler’s vocal issues forced an early end to their planned farewell tour. But just as in the ’80s,…

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Aerosmith

The Weekend Stream: January 24, 2026

January 24, 2026 by Mike Duquette

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. We’ve got a lot of new songs from old favorites and a couple of digital-forward expanded reissues, too – you don’t want to miss this! Squeeze, “You Get the Feeling” (Love/BMG) (Apple / Amazon) The latest single from Squeeze’s forthcoming Trixies, though written early in the partnership of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, harkens back to their signature sound. It’s also the first track from the album to have…

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The Weekend Stream

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock

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Art Taylor, Bill Quateman, Courtney Barnett, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Donald Byrd, John Coltrane, Midnight Oil, Panic! At the Disco, Reba McEntire, Red Garland, Scorpions, Snail Mail, Squeeze, Sugar

The Body Electric: Rush Set Remixed, Expanded ‘Grace Under Pressure’ for March

January 23, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

Another of Rush’s mid-’80s works is getting expanded in 2026: 1984’s Grace Under Pressure. A 4CD or 5LP deluxe box set – each available with a Blu-ray Disc – is coming March 11, set to feature the original album remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios, a new mix by the band’s longtime collaborator Terry Brown, a remixed and expanded edition of the live album and video Grace Under Pressure Tour, plus new surround mixes of the record and restored music videos. The deluxe packaging includes a re-imagining of the cover by…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 23

January 23, 2026 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 Power Station, The Power Station DLX (Parlophone/Rhino) 4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino is expanding the self-titled debut from The Power Station into a 4CD box set. The Power Station DLX includes the remastered album (featuring the hits “Some Like It Hot” and a cover of T. Rex’s “Get It On (Bang a Gong)”) alongside three discs of bonus material, including unreleased “raw instrumental” versions,…

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Release Round-Up

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Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock

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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Lucinda Williams, Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Squeeze, The Power Station, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon

American Dream (The Mainman Recordings 1976-1977)

January 22, 2026 by Mike Duquette

Perhaps the most comprehensive retrospective of John Mellencamp’s earliest work as “Johnny Cougar,” American Dream includes the original albums Chestnut Street Incident (1976) and The Kid Inside (recorded in 1977 and released in 1982); U.S. Male, an EP of early recordings making its CD debut; and a further 20 outtakes and alternate versions from the period – half of which are previously unreleased! (As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.)

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Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live

January 22, 2026 by Mike Duquette

Initially released as a clear LP with 7″ single for Record Store Day Black Friday in 2025, this collection of early archival material from acclaimed art-rockers Talking Heads is greatly expanded on CD with more than 30 additional archival tracks, including the band’s demo session for CBS Records and an assortment of live cuts before the group became a quartet. (A black vinyl version of the original RSD vinyl will be released the same day.)

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Second Thoughts (Expanded Edition)

January 22, 2026 by Mike Duquette

An “appendix” to last year’s Enzyclopedia Volumes One and Two box set, this 2LP set features everything not included on the vinyl version of that box. It pairs a new remaster of sophomore album Second Thoughts by Phil Kinrade with the rarities collection Wide Angle Enz, featuring eight rare and unreleased live tracks and rough mixes (including a version of “Matinee Idyll (129)” that’s exclusive to this set).

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Stranger Than Fiction: Split Enz’s ‘Enzyclopedia’ Series Receives ‘Second Thoughts’ Vinyl Interlude

January 22, 2026 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

When Split Enz started their new archival series Enzyclopedia Volumes One and Two last year, there was a bit of a difference across formats. The 5CD box set included new remasters of debut Mental Notes and Second Thoughts, a new mix of the latter by longtime keyboardist Eddie Rayner, a tweaked version of early odds-and-ends compilation The Beginning of The Enz, and a new rarities set, Wide Angle Enz. The equivalent 3LP box, however, only had the remastered Mental Notes, the remixed Second Thoughts and the retooled Beginning. While fans await any news on another volume of Enzyclopedia, the band (soon…

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Vinyl

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Pop, Rock

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Split Enz, Tim Finn

Still I Dream of It: The Beach Boys’ ‘We Gotta Groove’ Highlights ‘Love You,’ ’15 Big Ones,’ ‘Adult/Child’ Eras

January 21, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 33 Comments

Over three years after the release of Sail On Sailor: 1972, The Beach Boys’ long-running archival series is back in full force with a new box set due on February 13. We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years brings together highlights from the band’s 1974-1977 period, with the title referring to the band’s own Santa Monica studio. The set will look a bit different than the past releases in this series, eschewing separate CD and LP formats for a combined 3LP/3CD box with a number of tracks only in the CD format. (UPDATE…

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Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, The Beach Boys

Artists Only: Talking Heads’ ‘Tentative Decisions’ Collection Gets CD Expansion

January 21, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

One of the highlights of Rhino’s Record Store Day Black Friday bounty was Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live, a selection of early material from art-rock icons Talking Heads that predated (and had been left off) the 2024 deluxe edition of the group’s debut album Talking Heads: 77. Those hoping for a wider reissue will have their prayers answered in a big way: an expanded box set version will be released this spring. Tentative Decisions includes the baker’s dozen of 1975-1976 demos (plus one live recording and two tracks from The Artistics, an embryonic…

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Skin It Back: John Mellencamp’s Early Works Revisited on New Anthology

January 20, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 9 Comments

Heartland rocker John Mellencamp recently announced the Dancing Words tour, a summer trek through America in July and August that’ll focus on hits he’s not played in a while to audiences in outdoor amphitheaters. A few months before that, Cherry Red’s Lemon imprint will issue an exciting new compilation that takes things back to the beginning of Mellencamp’s career – under a different name, and with some enticing unreleased material. American Dream (The Mainman Recordings 1976-1977), coming April 3, is a 2CD set that’ll feature both albums he recorded for the MCA-distributed Mainman…

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The Weekend Stream: January 17, 2025

January 17, 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 music from country and soul icons and a reissue of a big pop album for its 25th anniversary kick things off, plus some appealing odds and ends from other corners of the music world. Al Green, To Love Somebody (Fat Possum) (Apple / Amazon) The Hi Priest of Memphis soul issues his first bundle of tracks since 2008’s full-length Lay It Down, all of which are covers and…

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The Weekend Stream

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Cast Recordings, Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Al Green, Dolly Parton, Ghost, Gloria Onitiri, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Reeves, Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Nick Miller, Queen Latifah

The A’s, The B’s and The Monkees

January 16, 2026 by Joe Marchese

The A’s, The B’s and The Monkees, at long last, brings together on 2 CDs all of the band’s commercial singles originally released between 1966 and 1970, from “Last Train to Clarksville” b/w “Take a Giant Step” through “Oh My My” b/w “I Love You Better.” It’s arranged with its 15 A-sides on Disc One and 15 B-sides on Side Two. The As from Messrs. Jones, Dolenz, Nesmith, and Tork include songs from Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, Neil Diamond, John Stewart, Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and Jerry Leiber and Mike…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 16

January 16, 2026 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. Various Artists, NOW Yearbook: Vault ’82 (NOW Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The U.K.’s NOW line continues with another Vault installment spotlight hits of 1982 including The Who’s “Athena,” Elton John’s “Empty Garden,” Neil Diamond’s “Heartlight,” Billy Joel’s “Allentown,” Bruce Springsteen’s “Atlantic City,” and much more from a cross-section of artists and genres. Out today in the U.K.; available next Friday in North America….

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gene Pitney, Miyosh, Rachel Zegler, Richard Marx, Rick Nelson, Rod Stewart, The Crystals, The James Hunter Six, Tim Rice, Van Morrison, Various Artists

A Second Disc Interview: Andrew Sandoval on “The Kinks – All Day and All of the Night: The Day-by-Day Story Pt. 1 – 1940-1971”

January 15, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Here at Second Disc HQ, we’re longtime fans of writer-producer-musician-historian Andrew Sandoval. In addition to his groundbreaking work with The Monkees catalogue – including, most recently, helming the Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. box set and penning the liner notes for the singles collection The As, The Bs, and The Monkees – Andrew has curated reissues from artists including The Everly Brothers, The Band, Love, Bee Gees, Van Morrison, and The Kinks. Andrew’s longtime association with the latter band has led to a new release coming soon from his boutique publishing house,…

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Andrew Sandoval, Doug Hinman, The Kinks

Lessons in Love: Robinsongs Caps Off Level 42 Box Sets with ‘The Later Years 2001-2020’

January 15, 2026 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Cherry Red’s suite of labels have already planned a healthy amount of box sets and reissues for the first quarter of the year. One such title is Robinsongs’ fourth collection devoted to the work of British jazz-rock outfit Level 42 – and since the last one of them we covered was a volume in 2021, the time seemed right to catch you up while sharing the new news, too. The work kicked off with The Complete Polydor Years 1980-1984, a 10CD set offering the band’s first five albums (Level 42 (1981), The Early Tapes –…

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I Have the Touch: Two Vintage Peter Gabriel Live Sets Get Physical Releases

January 15, 2026 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Peter Gabriel may be prepping an unexpected new album this year (o\i, the comparatively rapid follow-up to 2023’s decades-in-development i/o) – but don’t worry: he’s got catalogue plans, too! Over the next few months, the two time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will offer physical releases of two archival live shows he released digitally last year: Live At WOMAD 1982, and In the Big Room, a live-in-studio set from 2003. Live At WOMAD takes listeners back to the first installment of Gabriel’s founded festival of the same name, occurring over a weekend in…

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The Later Years 2001-2020

January 14, 2026 by Mike Duquette

The fourth and final box set of Level 42’s discography from Robinsongs covers their 21st century output, when the group reunited for 2006’s Retroglide and continued to tour through the years. This 7CD set includes Retroglide, a set of acoustic recordings from 2010 to 2013, the EP Sirens (2013) and four discs of rare remixes and bonus tracks. It’s compiled with the full cooperation of the group, alongside band authorities Paul Waller and Simon Carson. Daryl Easlea of Record Collector has penned liner notes, drawing from interviews with band members past and present. Each disc is housed…

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In the Big Room

January 14, 2026 by Mike Duquette

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Recorded toward the end of Peter Gabriel’s Growing Up tour in 2003, this special live-in-studio set from his Real World Studios was a treat for select members of his Full Moon fan club. Featuring cuts from the then-new Up (“More Than This,” “Darkness,” “Signal to Noise”) and fan favorites (“Games Without Frontiers,” “Digging in the Dirt,” “Shock the Monkey,” “In Your Eyes”), this physical version of a live set released digitally in 2025 is a worthy add to fans’ collections.

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Live At WOMAD 1982

January 14, 2026 by Mike Duquette

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Released digitally last year, Peter Gabriel’s first performance at the World Of Music, Arts and Dance in England (which he founded) was a special treat for concertgoers, offering the live debut of nearly every track off his fourth album, released eponymously (and as Security in America) several months after this performance. The set features “San Jacinto,” “I Have the Touch,” “Shock the Monkey” and more. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

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The Sound of The Colourfield

January 14, 2026 by Mike Duquette

Fronted by late singer/songwriter Terry Hall after his tenure in both The Specials and Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield’s short-lived but eclectic tenure stood out among the synthpop and New Wave of the mid-’80s, with winning acoustic arrangements and an appreciation for ’60s and ’70s songcraft. This 5CD/1DVD box offers a full look at the band through their two albums (1985’s Virgins and Philistines and 1987’s Deception), B-sides and single versions, and some 40 unreleased tracks including demos and live cuts – plus a thorough filmography featuring music videos and BBC live TV performances. John…

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Pop, Rock

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