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The Weekend Stream: November 9, 2024

November 9, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 4 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 brings new remixes from Pet Shop Boys, old remixes from INXS, plus rare folk, jazz and alt-rock favorites – plus another bounty of unusual Christmas albums and EPs! Pet Shop Boys, New London boy / All the young dudes EPs (x2/Parlophone) Standard: iTunes / Amazon Remixes: iTunes / Amazon A new double A-side single from Pet Shop Boys’ 15th album Nonetheless – released earlier this year – is physically due…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Disco/Dance, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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Al Hirt, Buffalo Bob Smith, Claude Thornill, INXS, Judy Collins, Pet Shop Boys, Rosemary Clooney, a-ha

The Weekend Stream: March 16, 2024

March 16, 2024 by The Second Disc | No 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’s lineup includes vault rarities from a legendary songstress; remixes of a pop/R&B classic to get you moving on your Peloton; vintage country; and more! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs of Celebration (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The title says it all: this new entry in The Boss’ ongoing Live Series debuts 15 live tracks to streaming services, all…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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

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Al Hirt, Bruce Springsteen, Charlie McCoy, Crown Heights Affair, Donna Summer, Hank Snow, Living Colour, Matt Dennis, Peggy Lee

Hurry Home for Christmas: Arthur Fiedler with Steve and Eydie, “Great Songs of Christmas” Now Shipping from Real Gone Music

November 16, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Great Songs of Christmas Masterworks Edition

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? Here at Second Disc HQ, we’ve been in the Christmas spirit with the release of Johnny Mathis’ all-new album Christmas Time Is Here (available on LP from Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records, and on CD from Legacy Recordings) and Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme’s That Holiday Feeling (out on CD and LP from Real Gone). Now, we’re proud to announce that our two newest titles celebrating some of the greatest Christmas music of all time are now shipping, directly from Real Gone, In his 50-year tenure…

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News

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Classical/Opera, Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Al Hirt, Anna Moffo, Arthur Fiedler, Erich Leinsdorf, Eugene Ormandy, Eydie Gorme, Leonard Bernstein, Leontyne Price, Pablo Casals, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Steve Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, The Boston Pops, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Short Takes, Christmas Edition: Glen Campbell, Judy Collins, Al Hirt Bring Holiday Cheer

September 23, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

At long last – Capitol Records has That Christmas Feeling. Glen Campbell’s first Christmas album, from 1968, has long been absent from CD, but the label has rectified that with the new release of Campbell’s ICON Christmas. Though retitled and with new artwork, ICON Christmas is, in fact, That Christmas Feeling as newly remastered by Mike Jones at Universal Mastering. (The previous, now-hard-to-find CD issue, from the Netherlands, also presented the album with new art.) Produced by Al De Lory – who also helmed many of Campbell’s classic singles including “By the…

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News

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Country, Folk, Pop

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Al Hirt, Glen Campbell, Judy Collins