The Weekend Stream: April 25, 2026

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. Some of our favorites lead this pack: an archival Prince single, a new Duran Duran song, a vintage George Michael EP, outtakes from The Beach Boys, demos from Andy Partridge – and plenty more where that came from. Prince, “With This Tear” (NPG/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon) Last Tuesday, the 10th anniversary of Prince’s death, The Artist’s estate released the latest posthumous…

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The Weekend Stream: April 18, 2026

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. We’ve got a trove of new songs from old (and not-so-old) favorites to kick off your post-Record Store Day festivities, plus a load of rare, out-of-print and expanded titles across genres from country, jazz, prog and beyond. Madonna, “I Feel So Free” (Warner) (Apple / Amazon) Just over two decades after her triumphant Confessions on a Dance Floor – and seven years after…

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The Weekend Stream: April 11, 2026

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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She Ain’t Down Yet: Stage Door Collects “Unsinkable Molly Brown” Demos and More on New 2-CD Deluxe Release

When Meredith Willson’s The Music Man made its Broadway bow on December 19, 1957 at The Majestic Theatre (today the home of Phantom of the Opera), the composer-lyricist-librettist had already enjoyed a long and prolific career.  Willson, born in Mason City, Iowa – the inspiration for The Music Man‘s River City – had played flute and piccolo in the orchestras of John Philip Sousa and Arturo Toscanini; became the musical director of NBC Radio in Hollywood; received Academy Award nominations for the music of the films The Great Dictator and The Little…

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COMING SOON! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Revisit “The Great Songs of Christmas,” Eugene Ormandy Classics

Last week, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music announced our first release of the Christmas season: Chet Atkins’ The Complete RCA Victor and Columbia Christmas Recordings, due on November 8. Today, we’re excited to announce two more titles coming your way this holiday season! Between 1961 and 1970, households across America delighted in an annual series of Christmas releases available exclusively through Goodyear locations. 900,000 copies of the first volume of The Great Songs of Christmas were pressed – and proved so successful that, by December 1, 1961, Goodyear ordered all…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 9

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, The Complete Christmas Albums (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This comprehensive 2-CD, 43-track set from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music features all three of the legendary conductor’s classic Columbia Christmas LPs – Joy to the World: The Music of Christmas (1959), Wonderland of Christmas (1963), and Wishing You a Merry Christmas (1965), on which he was joined by vocalist Phyllis Curtin and The St. Killian Boychoir – plus a host of holiday bonuses. …

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OUT TOMORROW! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Celebrate Christmas with Andre Kostelanetz, “Bonanza”

Tomorrow’s the day for Second Disc Records’ and Real Gone Music’s Christmas bonanza – and this year, there’s an actual Bonanza as part of our line-up!  We’re getting into the spirit with not one, but two, festive titles.  First up is Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra’s The Complete Christmas Albums, and Andre and co. will be joined by The Complete Christmas on the Ponderosa featuring Lorne Greene and the cast of television’s Bonanza: Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts, and Dan Blocker! Almost forty years after his passing, the name of Andre Kostelanetz is…

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We Wish You a Merry Christmas: Andre Kostelanetz, “Bonanza” Releases Coming From Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music

Every year, Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records’ bonanza of Christmas music is as sure a thing as Santa’s coming down the chimney!  And this year, there’s an actual Bonanza as part of our line-up!  On November 9, we’re getting into the holiday spirit with two all-new collections.  First up is Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra’s The Complete Christmas Albums, and Andre and co. will be joined by The Complete Christmas on the Ponderosa featuring Lorne Greene and the cast of television’s Bonanza: Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts, and Dan Blocker! Almost…

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