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The Weekend Stream: February 1, 2025

February 1, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 3 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! A new charity cover from Def Leppard, reissues of classic albums by Simple Minds and Sheena Easton, and a mess of vintage jazz is on the menu today – plus a heads-up for a forthcoming way to help the ongoing California wildfire relief effort. Def Leppard, Stand by Me (Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) While also a single from the new Netflix film Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Benny Goodman, Def Leppard, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Sammy Kaye, Sheena Easton, Simple Minds, Tommy Dorsey

The Weekend Stream: January 22, 2022

January 22, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to discover! A quick week brings us a great latter-day Hall & Oates track, a classic Lil Wayne mixtape, unreleased gems from The Art of Noise and more. Daryl Hall & John Oates, “Romeo is Bleeding” (U-Watch/BMG Rights Management (U.K.)) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify) It’s been 50 years since the world’s bestselling duo put out their first album Whole Oats in 1972 –…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Barbara Mandrell, Benny Goodman, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Glenn Miller, Lil Wayne, Louis Armstrong, The Art of Noise

The Weekend Stream: October 2, 2021

October 2, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it’s no secret that listening audiences are also digital – catalogue music lovers, too – and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we’ve introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Public Enemy, Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black (Deluxe Edition) (Def Jam/UMe) (iTunes…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Benny Goodman, Claudine Longet, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Indigo Girls, Lesley Gore, Mark Mulcahy, Material Issue, Public Enemy, Toni Braxton

Holiday Gift Guide Review: A Vinyl Christmas From Presley, Cash and More

December 13, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

As the vinyl revolution continues, it’s no surprise that numerous classic Christmas albums have been reissued in the format, while newer holiday recordings have gotten the 33-1/3 treatment as well. Legacy Recordings, rather than continuing its Classic Christmas Album series in CD form this year, has brought a number of titles to vinyl including new collections from Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, and a Classic Christmas volume dedicated to the big band sound. Of course, Elvis Presley has been one of the most anthologized holiday artists of all time despite the fact…

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Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews

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Vinyl

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Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Benny Goodman, Elvis Presley, Glenn Miller, Johnny Cash, Sammy Kaye, Various Artists

Yes, Sir-ee! Kritzerland to Release “The Gang’s All Here” Score Featuring Benny Goodman

December 5, 2016 by Randy Fairman | No Comments

By 1943, Busby Berkeley was a Hollywood veteran who had choreographed the dance sequences that would make him famous for decades. He had also directed several classic films such as the Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney vehicles Babes In Arms and Strike Up The Band. However, he had never directed a full motion picture in color, where his choreographed tableaux could be more vividly realized. That all changed with The Gang’s All Here. This famous musical has never had its soundtrack officially released on CD, but Kritzerland is rectifying that with a new edition…

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Benny Goodman, Carmen Miranda