Barry Manilow - The Second Disc

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Barry Manilow, Harpo Marx, Jackie DeShannon, Jeff Goldblum, Pink Floyd, The Beau Brummels

The Weekend Stream: May 9, 2026

May 9, 2026 by The Second Disc | 3 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. It may not get more eclectic than this one, folks! We’ve got catalogue classics from jazz immortals, country icons and ’80s hitmakers; new songs from legends of classic rock, R&B, adult contemporary and hip-hop; new sounds from MUNA, The Waterboys, and Crack the Sky’s John Palumbo; and a sampler of international works, from Spanish chorale to Austrian pop that won…

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Blues, Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Andy Partridge, Barry Manilow, Chaka Khan, Clodagh Rodgers, Crack The Sky, Eddy Arnold, Gene Pitney, George Michael, Jim Reeves, John Coltrane, MUNA, Mike Finnigan, Motörhead, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Mike Sammes Singers, The Rolling Stones, The Waterboys, Udo Jürgens

The Weekend Stream: March 28, 2026

March 28, 2026 by The Second Disc | 5 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. This week is delivering the goods: vintage George Michael mixes, Beach Boys rarities, new tracks from some of our favorite elder statesmen of pop and rock, and so much more in so many genres. George Michael, I Want Your Sex EP (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon) There’s things that you guess and things that you know – but we honestly weren’t expecting this!…

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock

Short Takes: New Albums Coming Soon from McCartney, Manilow, Nelson, and Frampton

March 26, 2026 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

A host of TSD’s favorite artists have all announced new albums in recent days, culminating in today’s announcement from Paul McCartney. We thought we’d round up a few of these upcoming titles in today’s Short Takes! May 29 will see the release of Paul McCartney’s first studio album since 2020’s McCartney III. Macca previewed The Boys of Dungeon Lane with the new single “Days We Left Behind.” The intimate ballad was described by its composer in the press release as “very much a memory song for me. The album title, The Boys…

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Barry Manilow, Paul McCartney, Peter Frampton, Willie Nelson

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The Weekend Stream: September 27, 2025

September 27, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Welcome to another relaxing journey down The Weekend Stream featuring a classic anthem from Barry Manilow and the late Peter Allen; a moving farewell for a great cause from Ozzy Osbourne and his friends in Judas Priest; classic pop from The King Family; a host of jazz, R&B, and country reissues; a dash of Christmas cheer from an old friend; and more! Barry Manilow, Once Before I Go (Stiletto) (Apple / Amazon) Fans attending Barry Manilow’s concerts of the last couple years have occasionally heard him pull out a very special encore:…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Holiday, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

The Weekend Stream: May 31, 2025

May 31, 2025 by The Second Disc | 6 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. We’ve got solo appearances aplenty: Bono, Al Jardine, Grace Potter, John Fogerty, and more new/old music – plus a new subscription service from Crowded House, a Barry Manilow music video, and a tribute to one of the undisputed guitar gods of his generation. Bono, Stories of Surrender EP (Island/Interscope/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) In 2023, U2 frontman Bono embarked on his first ever solo tour, promoting the memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Soundtrack Watch: Intrada Detects ‘Foul Play,’ La-La Land’s Big Sale

August 20, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

If you’re a catalogue soundtrack enthusiast, you’re usually always ready to take a chance again on a new pressing of an old favorite. Intrada’s latest reissue is about to make that idea as literal as possible: a new remix and expansion of Charles Fox’s score to the 1978 comedy Foul Play. Written and directed by Colin Higgins (who penned the script to Harold and Maude and later directed the comedy 9 to 5), Foul Play is a screwy Hitchcock homage about a librarian (Goldie Hawn) who gets mixed up in an assassination plot in San Francisco,…

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Alexander Courage, Barry Manilow, Charles Fox, George Duning, Jerry Fielding

The Weekend Stream: June 15, 2024

June 15, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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. Pop goddesses, rock gods, one classic crooner and remixes aplenty are what you’ll find this week! Mariah Carey, Rainbow (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The Elusive Chanteuse’s seventh album built upon its 1997 predecessor Butterfly, integrating hip-hop production flourishes into her R&B/adult contemporary style. “Heartbreaker,” featuring a guest rap from Jay-Z, and “Thank God I Found You” a ballad sung with R&B singer Joe (and assistance from…

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Barry Manilow, Def Leppard, INXS, John Williams, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Pat Boone, The Rascals, U2

Release Round-Up: Week of May 17

May 17, 2024 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Taana Gardner, When You Touch Me: The West End Recordings (SoulMusic/Cherry Red/The Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) SoulMusic Records teams with TSD to revisit dance superstar Taana Gardner’s classic West End album as a 2CD set. When You Touch Me: The West End Recordings opens with Taana Gardner in its original form and mix for the very first time on CD including Larry Levan’s 1979 mixes. Producer Kenton Nix’s extended…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Adam Guettel, Barry Manilow, Davy Jones, Don McLean, Max Bygraves, New Kids on the Block, Pink Floyd, Stephen Sondheim, Taana Gardner

Beautiful Music: Barry Manilow’s “Live in Britain” Returns to CD

May 7, 2024 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

Barry Manilow hasn’t been resting on his laurels. In recent months, the superstar entertainer saw his musical Harmony finally make it to Broadway, continued his record-breaking residency in Las Vegas, sold out New York’s Radio City Music Hall, and announced from the stage of Carnegie Hall that he had re-entered the studio at the instigation of Clive Davis to record Peter Allen and Dean Pitchford’s anthem “Once Before I Go” for a new single on which he collaborated with producer Babyface. Manilow is now looking forward to a series of sold-out shows…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 26

January 26, 2024 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. B.T. Express, Non-Stop: Expanded Edition (Iconoclassic) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Iconoclassic follows up its definitive reissue of B.T. Express’ debut Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied) with a similarly comprehensive reappraisal of the funk outfit’s sizzling sophomore release, 1975’s R&B chart-topper Non-Stop. Walking the line between funk and disco – and doing both extremely well – the band turned to Tom Moulton for a…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul

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10cc, B.T. Express, Barry Manilow, Kiki Dee, NRBQ, Terry Adams

The Year In Review: The 2023 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part One

January 15, 2024 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Happy 2024! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 14th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! As we yet again look to a new year with optimism and a hopeful spirit, we recognize the many roles music has played in our lives. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2023’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets, big and small, that proved to be truly outstanding for music lovers worldwide. After much deliberation, we’re excited to unveil our favorites. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill Top…

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Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, Blossom Dearie, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello, Eugene Ormandy, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Green Day, Howard Jones, John Williams, Matt Monro, Rose Marie, The Beatles, The Darkness

Love Will Save the Day: Edsel’s “Disco Discharge Presents Box of Sin” Chronicles ’80s Gay Club Scene

December 5, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

The Disco Discharge series, dormant for over a decade, has been recently reactivated by Demon Music Group’s Edsel label for one of its boldest projects yet. The 5-CD collection Disco Discharge Presents Box of Sin (also available on 4 LPs of highlights) is a journey through the gay club scene of 1980-1989 via 54 full-length or extended tracks from artists both expected and unexpected – including Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Dreamgirls Sheryl Lee Ralph and Jennifer Holliday, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Bronski Beat, Laura Branigan, Dusty Springfield, Liza Minnelli, and…

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Aretha Franklin, Bananarama, Barry Manilow, Bronski Beat, Donna Summer, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Liza Minnelli, The Communards, The Pointer Sisters, Various Artists, Whitney Houston

The Weekend Stream: July 29, 2023

July 29, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Big things happening in this column: two big box sets from a legendary prog-turned-pop outfit, rare mixes from one of pop’s most legendary performers, tons of remixes from a soulful producer/performer and 200(!) classical titles from a legendary British label. Whew! Genesis, Archive #1 (1969 – 1975) / Archive #2 (1976 – 1992) (Atlantic/Rhino/Craft) Archive #1: iTunes / Amazon…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 26

May 26, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Carole King, Home Again: Live in Central Park (Ode/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Coinciding with the documentary/concert film of the same name, Carole King’s Home Again: Live in Central Park captures her concert – the first-ever free concert at New York City’s Great Lawn – in front of a reported 100,000 people. King opened the…

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Barry Manilow, Carole King, John Coltrane, Mike Oldfield, Richard Hawley, Robert Craft, Sparks, Steely Dan, Thelonious Monk

Could It Be Magic: Barry Manilow’s Debut, in Rare Original Mix, Heads to Vinyl

April 20, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 13 Comments

Barry Manilow will mark the 50th anniversary of his solo career with an exciting vinyl reissue of his debut album – pressed in a way that’s not been heard and seen together since it first came out. The beloved singer/songwriter has been on a hot streak lately that most artists his age would sell their souls for. Already a celebrated draw at the Westgate Las Vegas (his 14th year as a concert act in Sin City, and fast closing in on as many performances at the venue as Elvis Presley), Manilow also…

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You Know How to Love Me: A Closer Look at Phyllis Hyman’s “Old Friend: The Deluxe Collection 1976-1998”

August 10, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

UPDATED AUGUST 2021: “Phyllis sat right in my class. I can still see the pigtails.” In a 2016 interview with The Second Disc, Thom Bell shared his earliest memories of the late Phyllis Hyman (1949-1995). The songwriter-arranger-conductor-producer would cross paths numerous times over the years with his childhood friend: first via Phyllis’ hit recordings of his “Betcha By Golly Wow” and “Loving You – Losing You,” and later, his own productions and songs for her. “She was a lonely individual,” observed Thom, “which in turn enhanced the lonely vibes of a melody…

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Barry Manilow, Norman Connors, Phyllis Hyman, Thom Bell

Betcha by Golly Wow: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Collect Phyllis Hyman’s Albums Discography In New Box Set

May 19, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

“Phyllis sat right in my class. I can still see the pigtails.” In a 2016 interview with The Second Disc, Thom Bell shared his earliest memories of the late Phyllis Hyman (1949-1995). The songwriter-arranger-conductor-producer would cross paths numerous times over the years with his childhood friend: first via Phyllis’ hit recordings of his “Betcha By Golly Wow” and “Loving You – Losing You,” and later, his own productions and songs for her. “She was a lonely individual,” observed Thom, “which in turn enhanced the lonely vibes of a melody – if there…

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Barry Manilow, Grover Washington Jr., McCoy Tyner, Michael Henderson, Norman Connors, Pharoah Sanders, Phyllis Hyman

Release Round-Up: Week of February 14

February 14, 2020 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Johnny Mathis, The Island (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 1989 “lost” album by Johnny Mathis is lost no more! Renowned producer Sergio Mendes of Brasil ’66 fame and arranger-guitarist Dori Caymmi joined Mathis on The Island to subtly modernize the classic sounds of bossa nova and samba. He delivered some of his most sensual vocals ever for ten smoldering songs by Caymmi, Mendes, Ivan Lins, Brenda Russell, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and others. Featuring a small rhythm…

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Barbara Eden, Barry Manilow, Bobby Hatfield, Cy Coleman, David Bowie, Grateful Dead, Huey Lewis and The News, Johnny Mathis, Lauren Wood

Extravagant Gestures: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Box Up Dionne Warwick’s Arista Albums on New 12-CD Set

December 18, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

Over 40 years ago, Dionne Warwick left Warner Bros. Records and signed to Clive Davis’ Arista label to begin a new chapter in her remarkable career – a career which happens to be going as strong as ever today. Now, Cherry Red’s SoulMusic imprint has announced a 12-CD box celebrating Warwick’s Arista period. Due on February 28, 2020, Déjà Vu: The Arista Recordings (1979-1994) collects all of her acclaimed albums for the label and rounds up over two dozen previously released bonus tracks. Encompassing a whopping 159 tracks including 29 bonuses, Déjà…

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Barry Manilow, Cilla Black, Cliff Richard, Dusty Springfield

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Barry Gibb, Barry Manilow, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Dionne Warwick, Luther Vandross

Surprise Surprise: Cilla Black’s “Especially for You” Comes to CD with “Classics and Collectibles”

October 31, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Cilla Black Especially for You and Classics

Tomorrow, November 1, Cherry Red’s Strike Force Entertainment imprint will release the next title in its series of definitive reissues from Cilla Black’s considerable catalogue. The 2-CD set Especially for You Revisited/Classics and Collectibles brings together a newly remixed version of Cilla’s 1980 album Especially for You with a second disc of rare and previously unreleased tracks. Especially for You marked a turning point in Black’s career as it was her first recording project after leaving her longtime home of EMI Records. The K-Tel release could have been subtitled Great Songs of…

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Anyone Who Had a Heart: Dionne Warwick Saluted on Public Television, New Rarities-Packed CDs, More

August 17, 2018 by The Second Disc | 45 Comments

From the moment she burst onto the music scene in 1962 exhorting “Don’t Make Me Over,” Dionne Warwick has been a musical force with which to be reckoned. The legendary singer blended elegant pop and deeply-felt soul in a fashion which remains unrivaled today for its sophistication and polish; her signature songs like “Walk On By,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “Alfie,” and “I’ll Never Love This Way Again” have all become cornerstones of the new American songbook. Dionne’s remarkable life and career will be saluted on a new Public Television special…

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Barry Manilow, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Hal David, Johnny Mathis

That’s What Friends Are For: Clive Davis Soundtrack Features Barry, Whitney, Dionne, Aretha, More

September 27, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

This past April, New York’s Radio City Music Hall hosted a prestigious premiere. The film was Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, and the screening was accompanied by an all-star concert featuring Barry Manilow, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, and others celebrating the life of the music legend. Beginning on October 3, Apple Music will exclusively stream the Chris Perkel-directed documentary, and today, September 27, Legacy Recordings has digitally released an exclusive 34-track deluxe soundtrack on Apple Music boasting four previously unreleased performances. (A standard 20-track digital soundtrack will be…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 21

April 21, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Honeybeat: ’60s Groovy Girl-Pop (Real Gone Music) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl Pop, curated by Sheila Burgel from the Sony archives and released on Real Gone Music, features 19 songs from nine different labels, nearly a third of which have never been released on CD. While some tracks come from known artists such as Little Eva, Skeeter Davis and even Nichelle Nichols (who had a brief music career during her…

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