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
The Second Disc's Guide to Record Store Day 2022: Our Essential Picks and More!
After a series of smaller "Drops" over the past two years, Record Store Day is (mostly) back to a one-day event, and the big day is tomorrow: Saturday, April 23. Over 250 titles will be available at independent stores everywhere - including some CD releases, too! That's plenty of albums in almost every genre imaginable, so visit RecordStoreDay.com in the U.S., RecordStoreDay.co.uk in the U.K., and RecordStoreDayCanada.ca in Canada for the complete list, and sound off below as to which titles
Release Round-Up: Week of April 22
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles arriving in stores today! T. Rex, 1972 [Various Formats] (Edsel) 5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5CD Signed by Tony Visconti: Amazon U.K. 6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 6LP Signed by Tony Visconti: Amazon U.K. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Edsel is looking back on Marc Bolan and T. Rex's prolific 1972 with a new box set available in 5 CD, 6 LP, and 2
He Shall Be a Good Man: Elton John's 'Madman Across the Water' Gets Deluxe Edition
Elton John's breathtaking piano pop conjured up powerful images thanks to the lyrics of Bernie Taupin - but the duo were often writing about things before they experienced them. The Americana of 1970's Tumbleweed Connection, for instance, was indeed a fantasy; only within the year would Elton get his first taste of America - and the results powered his next studio album, 1971's appropriately-titled Madman Across the Water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rUarpBrfLI That album will be the
I Am Trying to Break Your Bank: Wilco Detail Deluxe 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot' Reissues
One of the most beloved albums of the 2000s is getting a lavish series of reissues - with configurations as head-turning as the album itself. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco's fourth album, will get the box set treatment on September 16 in several different formats. The original album will come with up to three CDs worth of alternate takes and mixes, a collection of demos and rough sketches, and two live performances: a live-in-studio, five-song appearance and interview on Chicago's WXRT-FM in
Sheryl: Music from the Feature Documentary
A&M/UMe has a companion album to the documentary Sheryl about the life and career of Sheryl Crow. The film premiered earlier this year at South by Southwest and airs on Showtime beginning May 6. The Sheryl soundtrack features singles and deep cuts drawn mostly from Threads and her first four studio albums for A&M, plus country-flavored albums Detours (2008) and Be Myself (2017), several live tracks (including duets with Sarah McLachlan and Jason Isbell) and three brand-new songs:
Strange Animals: BMG Reissues Five Albums from Sparks in New 21st Century Collection
Director Edgar Wright's 2021 documentary The Sparks Brothers brought much-deserved attention to cult rock heroes Ron and Russell Mael and their prodigious, singular output as Sparks. Now, BMG has announced the 21st Century Sparks collection: a series of deluxe CD and vinyl reissues encompassing Balls (2000), Lil' Beethoven (2002), and Hello Young Lovers (2006) arriving on Friday, April 29; and Exotic Creatures of the Deep (2008) and The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009) following on Friday, May
Come Away with Me: 20th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats]
1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Norah Jones' chart-topping, eight-time Grammy-winning Blue Note debut LP returns in a variety of formats for its 20th anniversary, including 1CD, 1LP, 3CD, and 4LP sets as well as digitally. While the standard CD and LP versions will feature the remastered original album only, the 3CD and 4LP iterations
Europe '72 [50th Anniversary Editions]
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP (black): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP ("Bozo or Bolo" rainbow): Dead.net Lyceum '72 (24LP): Dead.net Grateful Dead's thrilling run of European shows which were immortalized on the triple-album release Europe '72 and then in 2011 on the expansive 73-CD box set Europe '72: The Complete Recordings. Now, Rhino has announced a host of releases from the final stand of the European tour. Lyceum 1972: The Complete Recordings,
Licked Live in NYC [Various Formats]
2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/SD-BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Licked Live in NYC presents The Rolling Stones' January 2003 Madison Square Garden show from the 40th anniversary Licked tour, in multiple formats including 2CD/DVD; 2CD/SD-BD (Standard Definition Blu-ray); 2CD; and 3LP (180-gram white vinyl). First released in 2003 as an HBO special and as
The Weekend Stream: April 16, 2022
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! Ben Folds, It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown (Apple TV+ Original Soundtrack) (Peanuts Productions) (iTunes) Ben Folds has been sort of quiet lately. While the piano-pounding alt-rocker has been livestreaming and podcasting along with being an advocate for orchestras in recent years, he's only released a
Release Round-Up: Week of April 15
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new releases available today! Rush, Moving Pictures: 40th Anniversary [various editions] (Mercury/UMe) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD/5LP/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rush's seminal 1981 Moving Pictures receives a number of belated 40th anniversary reissues today including a 3CD version with the 2015 album remaster (debuting in
Some Velvet Morning: Light in the Attic Reissues, Expands Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood's "Nancy and Lee"
The next installment in Light in the Attic's ongoing Nancy Sinatra Archival Series is set for release on May 20: an expanded edition of 1968's Nancy and Lee, the singer's first full-length duet album with maverick singer-songwriter-producer Lee Hazlewood. Nancy and Lee will be reissued on CD as well as digitally, vinyl (with various color exclusives), cassette, and eight-track. 1965's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'," produced and written by Hazlewood, launched Sinatra's musical career
So Much Excitement to Be Found: UMe Reissues Frank Sinatra's Concept Album "Watertown"
Old Watertown/Nothing much happening down on Main, 'cept a little rain... Something's happening in Watertown - on June 3, to be precise. That's the date when UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE) will release a remixed and expanded edition of Frank Sinatra's 1970 masterwork Watertown on CD and digital/streaming platforms. In addition, the remixed album only will be reissued on vinyl. Watertown remains an album unlike any other in the Sinatra discography. The seeds of the two-part
We Will Meet Again: Craft Recordings Reissues, Expands Bill Evans' "You Must Believe in Spring"
Last year, Craft Recordings delivered an impressive career-spanning salute to late pianist-composer Bill Evans. The title of that box set, Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans, rings true today as the label has announced a remastered reissue of one of Evans' finest studio albums, the posthumous release You Must Believe in Spring. It's due on June 3 in 180-gram vinyl, CD, hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players), and digital formats. Produced by Tommy LiPuma and Evans' longtime manager
The Weekend Stream: April 9, 2022
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! And after a week away, you better believe we're coming in hot! Billy Joel, 50 Years of the Piano Man (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple Music / Amazon) On the surface, this 50-track digital compilation-cum-playlist looks like a typical algorithmic survey of Joel's five-decade career, with all the great radio hits rising to
Robinsongs Sends a "Message" with Grandmaster Flash Box Set
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
One More Saturday Night: Grateful Dead's 'Europe '72' Gets a Host of 50th Anniversary Reissues
50 years ago today, Grateful Dead took the stage at London's Wembley Empire Pool (today known as the OVO Arena Wembley). The concert inaugurated the Dead's thrilling run of European shows which were immortalized on the triple-album release Europe '72 and then in 2011 on the expansive 73-CD box set Europe '72: The Complete Recordings. Now, Rhino has announced a host of releases from the final stand of the European tour. Lyceum 1972: The Complete Recordings, due on July 29, will be the Dead's
Shoot the Moon: Blue Note Expands Norah Jones' "Come Away with Me" For 20th Anniversary
Since its release over 20 years ago on February 26, 2002, Norah Jones' Come Away with Me has become one of the biggest-selling albums of all time. With its fusion of jazz, folk, traditional pop, and blues, Come Away with Me crossed over to multiple audiences. The Blue Note album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and received eight Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, as well as Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (all
Album Box Set
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Picture Disc Bundle: Official Store To coincide with the arena show ABBA Voyage setting sail in London on May 27, the band's 2021 studio album Voyage will be canonized in a new career-spanning box set featuring every one of the quartet's nine studio LPs plus a specially-curated collection of singles and B-sides. The new box clones the previously released The Vinyl Collection, offering all the
One Step Ahead: Cherry Pop Reissues, Expands Debbie Gibson's "Anything Is Possible"
Cherry Pop has continued its series of reissues from Debbie Gibson's Atlantic catalogue with a deluxe 2-CD expanded edition of the singer's 1990 album Anything Is Possible. The original 16-song album has gained 17 bonus tracks in its most comprehensive presentation yet. The singer-songwriter burst onto the scene with 1987's Out of the Blue, yielding a number of worldwide hits including Billboard top 10 entries "Foolish Beat" (No. 1), "Only in My Dreams" (No. 4), "Out of the Blue" (No. 3),
The Doris Day Centennial: Celebration of the Late Superstar Begins This Weekend!
Tomorrow, April 3, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of Doris Day's birth. Yesterday, Real Gone Music kicked off the festivities with two releases celebrating the singer-actress-activist's extraordinary musical legacy. Early Day: Rare Songs from the Radio 1939-1950 features two dozen rarities from the dawn of Day's career (as well as a booklet with period photographs and a new essay by TSD's Joe Marchese) on one CD, while Day's final album, 2011's My Heart, premieres on vinyl. (Read more
Dance a Little Closer: Stage Door Reissues "Rainbows: The Lorna Dallas Album"
Over the course of seven decades, Lorna Dallas has forged a remarkable career path all her own. The Illinois-born vocalist and Indiana University graduate toured with the national company of the Metropolitan Opera and appeared on the WCBS-TV talent program Callback (its musical director: a young Barry Manilow) before making a splash in London as Magnolia in the acclaimed 1971 company of Show Boat starring Cleo Laine, Kenneth Nelson, and Andre Jobin. Dallas made London her home and soon was
Holidays in the Sun: New Sex Pistols Collection to Precede Miniseries
A new Sex Pistols collection is hitting shops in May - much to the chagrin of the band's former frontman. The Original Recordings is a simple 20-track summary of the short-lived punk icons, culled mostly from their sole album Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols (1977) and odds-and-ends soundtrack The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle (1979), plus a few non-LP B-sides. The ostensible hook for the disc: the impending airing of Pistol, a fictionalized miniseries about the group (based on
Release Round-Up: Week of April 1
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles arriving in stores today! Daryl Hall, BeforeAfter (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Daryl Hall is looking back with his first-ever solo anthology. BeforeAfter, curated by the artist, draws on all five of his acclaimed solo albums: the Robert Fripp-produced cult classic Sacred Songs (1980), Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986, including the top five hit "Dreamtime" and top
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