Review: John Lennon, "Mind Games: The Ultimate Collection"

By Joe Marchese | August 29, 2024 | 3 Comments

It's been quite a while since the last John Lennon "Ultimate" box set.  Imagine arrived in 2018, followed by Plastic Ono Band in 2021; the multi-disc solo anthology Gimme Some Truth: The Ultimate Mixes was released in between, in 2020.  Anticipation justly ran high for this year's Mind Games: The Ultimate Collection, a 6CD/2BD set […]

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Light in the Attic Compiles Lou Reed's Earliest Work for Pickwick Records

By Mike Duquette | August 28, 2024 | 4 Comments

For most people - let's say the 30,000 or so people who started a band after buying their debut - The Velvet Underground was the band that introduced the world to the uncompromising rock energy of Lou Reed. As the latest archival title of his released by Light in the Attic Records will illustrate, Reed's […]

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Touch My Heart: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Expands "From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music" Box Set

By Joe Marchese | August 27, 2024 | 2 Comments

Back in 1998, The Country Music Foundation teamed with Warner Bros. Records to release From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music.  The 3-CD box set was divided into three thematic discs - The Stringband Era, The Soul Country Years, and Forward with Pride - which reflected on the immense contributions of African-Americans […]

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The Best Gift: Barbra Streisand's Two Christmas Albums Arrive on Vinyl in October

By Joe Marchese | August 26, 2024 | 5 Comments

Barbra Streisand entered London's Olympic Sound Studios in June 1966 while reprising her role of Fanny Brice in the West End premiere of Funny Girl to begin work on what would become her very first Christmas album.  Four songs arranged by Ray Ellis and produced by Ettore Strata were cut at the session including "Silent […]

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The Weekend Stream: August 24, 2024

By Mike Duquette | August 24, 2024 | 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. This week sees digital reissues from some familiar names (Madonna, Daryl Hall and U2) as well as some new/old music from names you might not have expected, from '90s pop-whiz New […]

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