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The Weekend Stream: April 11, 2026

April 11, 2026 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. Another George Michael single is redelivered, XTC demos get delivered and a reinvented video game dance classic enters the arena – plus a whole lot of oddities and buried treasure from 1976! George Michael, Faith (Single) (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon) The second of George Michael’s Faith singles to be delivered to digital with the original covers and B-sides is the effortlessly classic title…

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Blues, Cast Recordings, Country, Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Abbey Lincoln, Andre Kostelanetz, Andy Partridge, Aztec Two-Step, Cedar Walton, Chet Atkins, Danny Davis, David Gates, Earl Scruggs, Freddy Weller, Gary Stewart, George Michael, John Lee Hooker, Lea Michele, Lou Courtney, Lynn Anderson, Markolino Dimond, Tim Rice, XTC

Landslide: Craft Recordings’ RSD Slate Features Fleetwood Mac Tribute, Miles Davis, Violent Femmes, More

February 10, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

The Record Store Day rollout continues with a slate of titles arriving from Craft Recordings. The label’s nine offerings range from jazz (Abbey Lincoln, Miles Davis) to rock (Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, Violent Femmes) and soul (Stax: Killer B’s). All of these titles are due at brick-and-mortar independent stores on Saturday, April 18. Head over to RecordStoreDay.com for the complete list of participating stores in the U.S. and RecordStoreDay.co.uk if you’re in the U.K., and below you’ll find details for all of Craft’s releases! We’ve included the label’s…

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Vinyl

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Jazz, Latin, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Abbey Lincoln, Fleetwood Mac, Markolino Dimond, Mayday Parade, Miles Davis, Record Store Day, The Tears, Various Artists, Violent Femmes

Out of the Past: Vinyl Me Please Releases 50th ‘Classics’ Title with Abbey Lincoln’s ‘It’s Magic,’ Offers Chance to Win Past Titles

July 6, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Earlier this year, Vinyl Me Please marked 100 releases in its Essentials track and reissued ten key titles from artists including Queen, Al Green, and Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Now, the record club is releasing the 50th title in its Classics series concentrating on Soul, Blues, and Jazz. (Hip-Hop and Country tracks are also available to monthly subscribers.) That 50th title is vocalist Abbey Lincoln’s third studio album, 1958’s It’s Magic, in a new edition remastered by Ryan Smith in an all-analog chain and pressed at QRP. As part of the…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 28

May 28, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Get on Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia Vol. 1 (Snapper/United Souls) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Burning Shed) Get On Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Vol. 1 is the first in a series of box sets from the U.K.-based United Souls label, an imprint of Snapper Music, which will ultimately collect the entire Philadelphia International albums discography on CD. The slipcased, 8-CD/1-12″ single hardcover book-style set will feature the following eight albums, originally released between 1971 and 1973: Billy…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Abbey Lincoln, Belinda Carlisle, Billy Paul, David Bowie, Dick Jensen, Donald Fagen, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, John Cleese, MFSB, Moby, Nat Turner Rebellion, Pink Floyd, The Intruders, The O'Jays, k.d. lang

Lost in the Stars: Abbey Lincoln’s “Abbey Is Blue” To Receive 180-Gram Vinyl Reissue

May 3, 2021 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Craft Recordings has announced another anticipated reissue from their rich catalogue of jazz’s most celebrated labels. Due May 28, it’s Abbey Is Blue by renowned vocalist, songwriter, and activist Abbey Lincoln (1930-2010). Originally released on Riverside in 1959 as her fourth overall album and final release on the label, the album saw Lincoln team up with Max Roach, Stanley Turrentine, Philly Joe Jones, and other great sidemen for a selection of tracks hand-picked by Lincoln. From the Street Scene number “Lonely House,” penned by Langston Hughes and Kurt Weill, to the Mongo Santamaria/Oscar…

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News

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Abbey Lincoln