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The Weekend Stream: June 8, 2024

June 8, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 4 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. 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 more! Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, The Born in the U.S.A….

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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

You Can’t Start a Fire Without a Spark: Arthur Baker on the ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ Dance Remixes

June 4, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 7 Comments

On June 4, 1984, Bruce Springsteen released Born in the U.S.A., his seventh studio album, and kicked his career into an unpredictable new gear. Augmenting his well-loved classic rock style and haunted lyricism with polished production and accessible pop melodies, the Jersey icon struck gold, platinum and diamond with Born in the U.S.A.: it was the best-selling album of 1985 (it was certified 17x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2022), spun off seven Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 – an achievement only matched once before by Michael Jackson’s…

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The Weekend Stream: May 17, 2024

May 18, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 2 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. This week brings live tracks from The Boss, rarities from Sheena Easton and a new album from one half of rock’s biggest (defunct) duo – plus, as you’d expect, so much more! Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs from Around the World Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) With Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band currently venturing across Europe through this summer, the time is right for another…

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Bleachers, Bruce Springsteen, INXS, John Ford Coley, John Oates, Prince, Sheena Easton, U2

Release Round-Up: Week of April 19

April 19, 2024 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. With Record Store Day events taking place tomorrow, this is one of the biggest weeks in recent memory – so if you hit up your local indie store tomorrow, remember: there’s plenty of non-exclusive releases to check out, too. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. TSD also mourns the passing of Dickey Betts, 80. As a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, Betts left behind an extraordinary legacy of…

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Bruce Springsteen, Chet Atkins, Gene Clark, Glen Campbell, Ian Hunter, King Crimson, Linda Martell, Lou Reed, Luther Vandross, Nancy Sinatra, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Pearl Jam, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Weekend Stream: March 16, 2024

March 16, 2024 by The Second Disc | No 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. This week’s lineup includes vault rarities from a legendary songstress; remixes of a pop/R&B classic to get you moving on your Peloton; vintage country; and more! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs of Celebration (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The title says it all: this new entry in The Boss’ ongoing Live Series debuts 15 live tracks to streaming services, all…

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Al Hirt, Bruce Springsteen, Charlie McCoy, Crown Heights Affair, Donna Summer, Hank Snow, Living Colour, Matt Dennis, Peggy Lee

Living Proof: Bruce Springsteen to Release New Career-Spanning ‘Best Of’

March 4, 2024 by Joe Marchese | 12 Comments

In late 2021, Sony Music announced the acquisition of Bruce Springsteen’s entire recorded music and songwriting catalogues in a deal valued by The New York Times as an estimated $550 million. Since then, The Boss has released one new studio album (2022’s Only the Strong Survive, reported to be the first volume in a series of R&B covers albums) but no archival projects have emerged. On April 19, Sony will release the first domestic “best-of” compilation for the artist since 2009’s Greatest Hits. (A separate project, Collection: 1973-2012, was issued in 2013…

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The Weekend Stream: December 2, 2023

December 2, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. This week’s latest includes anniversary projects from Alicia Keys, live vault material from Bruce Springsteen, an oddity from The Alan Parsons Project and possibly the only article where Taylor Swift shares space with Minor Threat! Alicia Keys, The Diary of Alicia Keys 20 (RCA/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Legacy Recordings celebrates two decades of R&B pianist/singer Alicia Keys’ sophomore album, featuring the hits “You Don’t Know My Name” and “If I Ain’t Got You.” The album…

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Alicia Keys, Britny Fox, Bruce Springsteen, Keane, Michel Legrand, Minor Threat, Plush, Siedah Garrett, Taylor Swift, The Alan Parsons Project, The Bongos

The Weekend Stream: September 30, 2023

September 30, 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. From classic rocker comebacks to ’90s nostalgia and more – we’ve got the goods to set you up for these days off. Bruce Springsteen, Addicted to Romance (Columbia) (iTunes / Amazon) While he’s postponed the rest of this year’s tour due to a battle with peptic ulcers, Bruce Springsteen had time this year to contribute a new song to the new…

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*NSYNC, 311, Bruce Springsteen, Doris Day, Jethro Tull, The Art of Noise, U2

The Weekend Stream: September 23, 2023

September 23, 2023 by Mike Duquette | No 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. Enjoy a hometown birthday present from The Boss and a holiday collection first put on CD by The Second Disc – plus remixes from Madonna and The Art of Noise and so much more – all in this week’s latest round-up. Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs of New Jersey (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple Music / Amazon) In honor of Springsteen’s 74th birthday,…

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Boz Scaggs, Bruce Springsteen, Lorne Greene, Louis Armstrong, Madonna, Patti Page, Pulp, Roger Williams, The Art of Noise, The Pointer Sisters

Weekend Stream Spotlight: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Live Series’ Comes Home with New Jersey-Focused Installment

September 22, 2023 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Ahead of our usual Weekend Stream programming on Saturday, we’re taking the time to spotlight a new digital catalog release that’s quite near and dear to our hearts – and locations! – at Second Disc HQ. For a half-century, the artistry of Bruce Springsteen has galvanized millions beyond the state lines of his native New Jersey – but there’s something about home that makes his work really special. Fans can and will debate which of his many, many live concerts have been the best – there’s a fair argument to be made…

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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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The Weekend Stream: June 3, 2023

June 3, 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 usher you into the weekend. Our latest round-up brings new music from Joan Jett, terrific live rarities from Bruce Springsteen, a band with a lot more going on than their name, and a tribute to one of the 20th century’s greatest lyricists. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, The Darkness Tour ’78 (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Following up a record as lauded as…

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Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Bruce Springsteen, Bunny DeBarge, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Nancy Wilson, Passion Pit, Robyn Hitchcock, Stephen Sondheim

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The Weekend Stream: April 22, 2023

April 22, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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 usher you into the weekend. Follow up your Record Store Day with a few digital versions of the latest exclusive vinyl releases, plus rare live material from Bruce Springsteen, rare studio material from Little Richard, one of Billy Joel’s first bands, a new way to hear an old favorite by The Police and even more! Billy Joel, Live At The Great American Music…

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All Saints, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Gil Scott-Heron, Jay-Z, Little Richard, Madonna, Miles Davis, Nas, Sting, The Neighbourhood, The Police

Respectable: The Rolling Stones Release Star-Studded 50th Anniversary Show on “GRRR Live!”

December 8, 2022 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Ten years ago, The Rolling Stones named their tour 50 & Counting which turned out not to be an exaggeration at all, considering The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band is still going strong today even after weathering the loss of drummer Charlie Watts. On February 10, Mercury Studios will commemorate a special night on that tour with the release of GRRR Live!, a 24-song set recorded at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center on December 13 and 15, 2012. The concert will be released in a variety of formats including 3LP black…

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The Weekend Stream: November 26, 2022

November 26, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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 usher you into the weekend. This week, it’s hardly Thanksgiving leftovers thanks to some British Christmas favorites, a legendary dance duo and a killer rockabilly discovery. Elton John, Step Into Christmas (Rocket/Mercury/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) He may have retired from performing, but Elton John is still in the release game. He just reissued his joyous 1973 holiday single “Step Into Christmas,” digitally backed…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 11

November 11, 2022 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, That Holiday Feeling! (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Real Gone Music presents a newly-remastered and expanded edition of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme’s 1964 Christmas classic That Holiday Feeling! This new edition adds eight bonus tracks including all three of Steve and Eydie’s songs from the 1969 RCA album Christmastime in Carol and Song on which they were supported by the orchestra and chorus of renowned conductor Arthur Fiedler (Steve’s “Go…

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Bruce Springsteen, Eydie Gorme, Guns N' Roses, Lea Michele, Louis Armstrong, Maury Yeston, Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, Ricky Nelson, Steve Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Victoria Clark

The Weekend Stream: April 30, 2022

April 30, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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 week’s got live favorites from The Boss, a Record Store Day rarity, a ’90s tribute album to some rock legends and much more. Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs of Location (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple Music / Amazon) The Thrill Hill Archives have occasionally made some themed Bruce Springsteen playlists available to stream, drawn from various live archival releases issued through Nugs.net. The…

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Anthrax, Blondie, Bruce Springsteen, Debbie Gibson, Garth Brooks, Hilly Michaels, KISS, Lenny Kravitz, Maria McKee, Marina, Melvin Van Peebles, Nino Rota, Poco, Stevie Wonder

Release Round-Up: Week of November 19

November 19, 2021 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (Columbia/Legacy) 2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts features newly remixed and restored audio and video footage from Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s sets at Madison Square Garden in New York City in late September 1979. The star-studded “No Nukes” concerts were put on by MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy), a coalition of artists and activists (including Jackson Browne,…

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Adele, Billy Paul, Bruce Springsteen, Cat Stevens, Colin Blunstone, Dion, Donna Summer, Genesis, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Hasaan Ibn Ali, Jamie Cullum, KISS, Leo Nocentelli, Lucinda Williams, The Intruders, The O'Jays

No Nukes is Good News: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Legendary 1979’ Performances Set for General Release

September 23, 2021 by The Second Disc | 10 Comments

While Bruce Springsteen has no current plans to tour, the New Jersey rock icon will bring out from the Thrill Hill vault a new box set featuring one of The E Street Band’s most seminal performances. The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, a multi-format set coming October 22, features newly remixed and restored audio and video footage from the band’s sets at Madison Square Garden in New York City in late September 1979. The star-studded “No Nukes” concerts were put on by MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy), a coalition of artists…

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Light of Day: Cleveland International Expands Joe Grushecky’s Springsteen-Produced “American Babylon”

August 31, 2021 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Last year, the recently-reactivated Cleveland International Records label reissued Joe Grushecky and The Iron City Houserockers’ Have a Good Time…But Get Out Alive! as a deluxe edition for its 40th anniversary. Now, the label is returning to the catalogue of the Pittsburgh rocker for a slightly belated 25th anniversary edition of The Houserockers’ 1995 album American Babylon which was produced by, and features, Grushecky’s friend Bruce Springsteen. The 2-CD expansion of American Babylon is due for release on October 29, with a vinyl edition arriving in early 2022. The vinyl reissue will…

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Party Mambo! Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul Bring “Summer of Sorcery Live” to CD, LP, BD

May 24, 2021 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul are once again conjuring a Summer of Sorcery. On July 9, Wicked Cool Records and UMe will release Summer of Sorcery: Live at the Beacon Theatre from Van Zandt and his big band of musical wizards. The concert, in support of the 2019 release of the Summer of Sorcery studio album, was recorded at the storied New York venue on November 6 of that year. It will arrive in multiple audio and video formats: 3CD, 5LP, and Blu-ray. The band’s entire 25-song setlist from the…

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Roll Your Tapes: Bruce Springsteen Releases ‘Darkness’ Tour Box Through Nugs

December 21, 2020 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s tour to promote 1978’s Darkness on the Edge of Town has been lauded by casual and hardcore fans alike in the four decades since it happened, with several shows considered among the Boss’ best. A myriad of official live releases through Nugs.net has helped provide evidence to the case – and now, eight of those shows are being collected in a 24CD box set. Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour 1978 features full sets from that legendary tour which took place across the United States between July…

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Magical Mystery Tour: Little Steven’s Liverpool Show Captured on “Macca to Mecca!” and Expanded “Soulfire Live!”

December 7, 2020 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

For most of us, 2021 can’t come soon enough. Little Steven Van Zandt is doing his part by injecting some Soulfire into the new year with a pair of releases due January 29. On that date, Wicked Cool Records and UMe will release Macca to Mecca!, a live-in-Liverpool set, as a CD/DVD combo pack. On the same date, Little Steven will also deliver an expanded edition of 2018’s Soulfire Live! CD set which adds the audio of Macca to Mecca! as its fourth disc. In fall of 2017, Van Zandt and his…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 23

October 23, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Bruce Springsteen, Letter to You (Columbia) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP black with white swirl: Bruce Springsteen Online Store 2-LP grey: Your Local Record Shop The Boss returns with a new, long-awaited album featuring The E Street Band. Produced by Springsteen and his frequent collaborator Ron Aniello, it features original songs as well as his first recordings of three compositions he wrote early in his career but never officially released: “Janey Needs a Shooter,” “If I Was the Priest,” and “Song for Orphans.” Letter…

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