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/ Bill Champlin

April 26, 2025 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Stream 2025

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. Strap in for a killer line-up of titles this week: two more Record Store Day debuts, an incredible posthumous collaboration between two '80s icons, the return of one of glam's most beloved bands, new music by some of our favorite pop girls, a hotly anticipated new take on a Broadway favorite, exciting moments in gospel/soul, an exciting new song

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, CCM, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Aimee Mann, Air, Alice Cooper, Arthur Laurents, Bill Champlin, Bob Bailey, Bryan Adams, Foreigner, Gary Clark, HAIM, Hole, Jule Styne, Lena Hall, Lorde, Pet Shop Boys, Queen, Radiohead, Stephen Sondheim, The Cars, Thompson Twins, Tina Turner

February 22, 2025 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stream 2025

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 great Carly Simon deep cut gets a fresh mix, plus Phil Collins in concert and new music from The Stylistics. Carly Simon, "Share the End" (2025 Remaster) (Elektra/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) Though merely billed as a remaster in the metadata, this upbeat, heartbreaking side-two opener to Simon's sophomore album Anticipation has been

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bill Champlin, Billy Gibbons, Carly Simon, Gene Simmons, Larry Coryell, Phil Collins, Ray Parker Jr., Ron Wood, Shania Twain, Steve Lukather, Tatyana Ali, The Stylistics, Tower of Power, Will Smith

November 3, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Average White Band On the Strip

The opening track of Average White Band's new/old release On the Strip: The Sunset Sessions couldn't have a more apropos title: "Let's Go Round Again."  Following a successful run of albums with producer-arranger Arif Mardin, the funky big band outfit was re-establishing itself.  1979's Feel No Fret was a self-produced affair on which the band was joined by co-producer Gene Paul; it yielded hit singles in "Atlantic Avenue" and a revival of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Walk on By."  For a

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Average White Band, Bill Champlin, David Foster

August 8, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Harvey Mason Sho Nuff Groovin You

Harvey Mason may be best known for his session credits on countless classic records by artists from Carole King to Quincy Jones.  But the drummer/percussionist has also led a solo career since 1975, most often fusing his jazz sensibility with R&B textures.  His first stint as a solo artist came at Clive Davis' Arista Records, where he recorded five well-received, self-produced albums between 1975 and 1981.  Big Break's recent anthology Sho Nuff Groovin' You: The Arista Records Anthology

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Bill Champlin, Dave Grusin, David Foster, George Benson, Harvey Mason, Merry Clayton

May 22, 2017 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bacharach and Tonio K Demos

On May 12 of this year, Burt Bacharach turned 89 years young.  Since 1952, when he began his career as a professional songwriter with Nat "King" Cole's recording of the instrumental "Once in a Blue Moon," hardly a year has gone by without a new Bacharach song.  Throughout the seven decades in which he's been working, Bacharach has enjoyed fruitful collaborations with not only Hal David, but also Bob Hilliard, Carole Bayer Sager, Elvis Costello, and most recently, Steven Sater.  Now, the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Bill Champlin, Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach, Dr. Dre, Tonio K.

December 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Lee Ritenour Rit and Rit 2

In a solo career now numbering five decades and counting, California's Lee Ritenour - a.k.a. Captain Fingers - remains one of music's most virtuosic and prolific guitarists.  An in-demand session guitarist who has played for artists including Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, Ritenour released his first recording as a leader in 1975 with First Course; his most recent, A Twist of Rit, was issued earlier this year.  Now, Cherry Red's Robinsongs imprint has looked

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop Tags: Bill Champlin, David Foster, Eric Tagg, Lee Ritenour

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