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June 8, 2024 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Stream 2024

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 is jam-packed with practically something for everybody, especially if you love the '80s: live cuts from one of the biggest touring bands of the decade, B-sides and remixes from that same decade's biggest British band and a rediscovered female country hitmaker - plus rare soundtracks, early favorites from a Latin-pop icon and so much

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ann Wilson, Anthony Perkins, Bell Biv DeVoe, Bruce Springsteen, Daryl Hall, Duran Duran, Gloria Estefan, INXS, Janet Jackson, Jeff Healey, Jeff Healey Band, Leo Kottke, Luther Vandross, Miami Sound Machine, O.C. Smith, Ralph Tresvant, Ruth Copeland, Shorty Rogers, Sylvia

September 29, 2023 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Steely Dan Aja

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! The Spinners, Ain't No Price on Happiness: The Thom Bell Studio Recordings (1972-1979) (SoulMusic/Cherry Red) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Earlier this year, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music celebrated the extraordinary legacy of The Spinners with the release of The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979, collecting a whopping 43 single sides

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Holiday, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Ann Wilson, Billie Holiday, Carla Thomas, Electronic, Grateful Dead, Green Day, HAIM, Jason Isbell, Otis Redding, Sarah Vaughan, Steely Dan, The Spinners, Wilco

May 9, 2023 By Joe Marchese 32 Comments

Dolly Parton Rockstar

"If I'm gonna be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I'm going to have to earn it," Dolly Parton commented upon her 2022 induction into the Cleveland hall.  She promised that a rock and roll album was on the way, and today, she made good on that promise...with what essentially amounts to two such records!  On November 17, Dolly's own Butterfly Records in association with Big Machine will release Rockstar, a whopping 2-CD or 4-LP collection with 30 songs featuring some of the biggest names in the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Ann Wilson, Brandi Carlile, Debbie Harry, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, Joan Jett, John Fogerty, Michael McDonald, Mick Fleetwood, Miley Cyrus, Pat Benatar, Paul McCartney, Peter Frampton, Ringo Starr, Sheryl Crow, Steve Perry, Stevie Nicks, Sting

September 14, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Doors Waiting for the Sun Deluxe

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Doors, Waiting for the Sun: 50th Anniversary Edition (Elektra/Rhino) (Amazon U.S./ Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Doors' Waiting for the Sun, featuring the hit "Hello, I Love You," is turning 50 with a new box set.  This 2-CD/1-LP box features Bruce Botnick's remastered version of the original stereo mix on both CD and 180-gram vinyl, plus a disc of 14 previously unreleased tracks including nine rough mixes and five live performances from

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Ann Wilson, Diana Krall, Jorge Santana, Loudon Wainwright III, The Doors, The Guess Who, Tony Bennett, Twisted Sister, Willie Nelson

June 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

Laura Nyro Looms Desire

The venerable Rounder Records label, currently enjoying its 45th anniversary, has long been a leading light in the realm of roots music and Americana.  But those terms need not be applied solely to one type of music.  This month, as part of its ongoing digital catalogue initiative, Rounder is reissuing a number of titles blurring the genre lines of roots-rock and Americana.  Some of the familiar names represented in this go-round include Ann Wilson of Heart, Laura Nyro, David

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Country, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Ann Wilson, David Bromberg, Laura Nyro, Martha Wainwright, NRBQ, Tiny TIm

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