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September 17, 2022 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

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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! This time out we've got Motown rarities, a couple of albums with comic book roots, early music from future legends, and more! Roger Miller, Roger Miller (RCA/Camden/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Legacy has resuscitated this 1964 compilation of early sides from singer-songwriter Roger Miller (produced in Nashville

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alice Cooper, Blinky, Bob Gaudio, Hugh Masekela, John Barry, Marvin Gaye, Roger Miller, The Royal Teens, The Spinners, The Temptations, Thomas Dolby

November 24, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Petula Clark Splendido

The soundtrack of director Edgar Wright's recent film Last Night in Soho features two interpretations of Tony Hatch's classic pop hit "Downtown" performed by star Anya Taylor-Joy: one perky and uptempo, one haunting and downbeat.  But the Soho soundtrack isn't the only way to hear "Downtown" as you likely haven't heard it before.  The irresistible ode to that place where you can "forget all your troubles, forget all your cares" can be heard in Italian as sung by its originator, Petula Clark, as

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Blinky, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Norman Whitfield, Petula Clark, Rare Earth, Rose Royce, The Temptations

September 15, 2020 By Joe Marchese 6 Comments

Cellarful of Motown 5

The classic Motown vaults are, once again, open.  This Friday, the U.K.'s Caroline label will release the long-anticipated fifth volume of A Cellarful of Motown, the rarities series which last saw a volume in 2010.  But this 2-CD, 43-song collection promises to have been worth the wait as it features previously unreleased and new-to-CD tracks from such household name artists as Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, Gladys Knight and The Pips, and The (Detroit) Spinners

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Billy Eckstine, Blinky, Brenda Holloway, Chuck Jackson, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Kim Weston, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, The Spinners, The Temptations

December 13, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Blinky, Heart Full of Soul: The Motown Anthology (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to mark Motown's 60th anniversary with a collection that has truly been decades in the making.  Heart Full of Soul: The Motown Anthology is the ultimate tribute to Sondra "Blinky" Williams, Motown's great lost superstar. Over two CDs and almost 50 songs, Blinky's Motown journey is

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock Tags: America, Blinky, Eminem, Fats Domino, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant

December 12, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Blinky Heart Full of Soul The Motown Anthology

The story of Sondra "Blinky" Williams has long been shrouded in mystery. The soulful singer came to Motown Records in 1967 following stints at Vee-Jay and Atlantic, bringing her passionate and powerful deep soul sound to Hitsville, USA. Despite recording dozens of tracks between 1968 and 1973, only a small handful saw release: a mere four 45s plus an album of duets with Edwin Starr, two live cuts, and a couple of one-off recordings, including a key moment on the best-selling soundtrack of Lady

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Blinky

September 10, 2019 By The Second Disc 9 Comments

Blinky Heart Full of Soul The Motown Anthology

The story of Sondra "Blinky" Williams has long been shrouded in mystery. The soulful singer came to Motown Records in 1967 following stints at Vee-Jay and Atlantic, bringing her passionate and powerful deep soul sound to Hitsville, USA. Despite recording dozens of tracks between 1968 and 1973, only a small handful saw release: a mere four 45s plus an album of duets with Edwin Starr, two live cuts, and a couple of one-off recordings, including a key moment on the best-selling soundtrack of Lady

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Blinky

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