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The Weekend Stream: April 18, 2026

April 18, 2026 by The Second Disc | 2 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. We’ve got a trove of new songs from old (and not-so-old) favorites to kick off your post-Record Store Day festivities, plus a load of rare, out-of-print and expanded titles across genres from country, jazz, prog and beyond. Madonna, “I Feel So Free” (Warner) (Apple / Amazon) Just over two decades after her triumphant Confessions on a Dance Floor – and seven years after…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

Release Round-Up: Week of May 16

May 16, 2025 by The Second Disc | 6 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. Status Quo, Live! Deluxe Edition (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) A deluxe edition of Status Quo’s first concert album will pair the original album – never a favorite of the band’s leader Francis Rossi – with the full, newly-remixed shows that it was assembled from, all under the supervision of the band. Working with Statua Quo and engineer Andy Gamble at AVP Productions, the newly-expanded Live! pairs a remaster of…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock

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Chet Baker, David Sancious, Dire Straits, Hozier, Status Quo

Release Round-Up: Week of April 26

April 26, 2024 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Tina Turner What's Love Got to Do with It Cover

Welcome to this week’s post-Record Store Day Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Tina Turner, What’s Love Got to Do with It: 30th Anniversary Edition (Parlophone) 4CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Just months after the career-spanning compilation The Queen of Rock and Roll, Parlophone and Rhino will reissue another one of the late Queen’s classic albums in several deluxe formats: 1993’s What’s Love Got to Do with It. The companion album to the biopic…

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Release Round-Up

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Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Art Tatum, Billy Idol, Bonnie Tyler, Cannonball Adderley, Chet Baker, Def Leppard, Dr. John, Jack Sheldon, Jeff Larson, Laufey, Little Richard, Neil Young, Pet Shop Boys, Sonny Rollins, Tina Turner

RSD Round-Up: Spotlight on Omnivore, Iconoclassic, Friday Music, Dark Horse, Light in the Attic, and More

February 27, 2024 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Our look at this year’s Record Store Day releases continues with a look at the lineups from Omnivore Recordings, Iconoclassic Records, Friday Music, Light in the Attic, and more of our favorite labels! All titles here are due on April 20, and all descriptions are taken directly from the labels. If you are interested in any of these titles, they will be available at your local record store on April 20. Head over to recordstoreday.com for a list of participating retailers. U.K. readers, please visit recordstoreday.co.uk and Canadian readers, please visit recordstoredaycanada.ca. Watch this space close to…

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News

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CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Chasin’ the Bird: Charlie Parker’s “Bird in LA” Vinyl Box Gets Wide Release

May 18, 2023 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Following its sold-out release for Record Store Day Black Friday in 2021, Charlie Parker’s Bird in LA is returning to vinyl in a general release from Verve/UMe tomorrow, May 19. On the same day, it will be released to streaming and digital services. This collection of the legendary saxophonist’s historic first three trips to Los Angeles remains available in the CD format, as well. Kansas City, Missouri native Parker (1920-1955) was a key player in the development of bop, and while he’s closely associated with the New York jazz scene, he made…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Jazz

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Buddy Rich, Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole

Release Round-Up: Week of April 28

April 28, 2023 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Stephen Stills, Live at Berkeley 1971 (Omnivore/Iconic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Box: Stephen Stills Webstore Omnivore and Iconic Artists are serving up a previously unreleased 14-song live album drawn from Stephen Stills’ concerts at the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, CA, on August 20 and 21, 1971. Culling songs from his solo catalogue as well as that of Buffalo Springfield and CSN(Y), Stills opened with an acoustic set and closed with an…

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Release Round-Up

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Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

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Ace of Base, Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Rickie Lee Jones, Rush, Smokey Robinson, Sonny Stitt, Stephen Stills

Release Round-Up: Week of December 6

December 6, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Who, WHO [Various Formats] (Polydor) Standard CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Who Online Store Deluxe CD: Target U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Who Online Store Standard LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / The Who Online Store Indie record shop 2LP edition: Bull Moose / HMV Deluxe 45rpm 2LP/EP: The Who Online Store Cassette: The Who Online Store Format Bundles: The Who Online Store Japan SHM-CD: CD Japan The Who return with their…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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

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Chet Baker, Cole Porter, Country Joe and The Fish, Dollar, Klaus Nomi, Mary J. Blige, Mary Martin, Miles Davis, Modern English, Randy Newman, Reba McEntire, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Babys, The Mamas and The Papas, The Who, Tony Joe White

The Second Disc’s Picks for Record Store Day Black Friday 2019

November 29, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of beloved family and friends. Record Store Day Black Friday is now almost upon us, so we thought we’d spotlight a few particularly exciting releases arriving to your local brick-and-mortar record shop! Here’s our round up of RSD BF must-haves! We’re kicking off with Sam’s list, and then we’ll follow with Randy and Joe’s! Aretha Franklin, The Atlantic Singles Collection 1968 (Atlantic/Rhino) Last year, fans were treated to a singles…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

It Could Happen To You: Seven Black Friday Titles Coming From Craft

October 8, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

It’s that time of year again! On Friday, November 29, independent retailers everywhere will celebrate Record Store Day’s annual Black Friday event, featuring a wide array of exclusive, limited edition releases. Craft Recordings has announced its eclectic slate, encompassing classic folk, jazz, salsa, pop, shoegaze, and more. Without further ado, here’s Craft’s lineup, with descriptions and track listings provided by the label! Look for all of these fine titles at your favorite independent music retailer on Black Friday! Jazz Dispensary: The Dank D-Funk Blend (Prestige) 180-gram green-marbled vinyl): The newest installment in…

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News

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Vinyl

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Everything Else, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Buffy Sainte-Marie, Chet Baker, Fania All-Stars, Record Store Day, They Might Be Giants

Good Grief! Varese Premieres “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” On CD

July 2, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

When Charles Schulz, director-producer Lee Mendelson and co-producer Bill Melendez announced they were bringing Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang to the big screen for the very first time, anticipation was naturally high. A Boy Named Charlie Brown was well-received upon its December 1969 theatrical debut, going on to do good business and receiving credit for breaking the Disney monopoly on feature-length animation. Today, it’s still remembered as the best of the four Peanuts animated films; a fifth, with computer animation, is on the way later this year. Part of the film’s…

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Chet Baker, Henry Mancini, Rod McKuen

Ray Charles, Glen Campbell, Chet Baker, Peggy Lee Featured On Soundtrack Bumper Crop From Varese

March 12, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Varese Vintage is going any which way they can with an exciting trio of soundtrack releases from the library of Snuff Garrett’s Viva Records label. Garrett, of course, was the producer behind major hits from Gary Lewis and the Playboys (“This Diamond Ring”), Cher (“Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves”) and future “Mama” Vicki Lawrence (“The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia”). At Viva, he oversaw an eclectic array of releases from artists like the Midnight String Quartet, Alan O’Day, Ray Price and even crooner Rudy Vallee. (If you ever wanted to hear…

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News, Reviews

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Chet Baker, Glen Campbell, Peggy Lee, Porter Wagoner, Ray Charles, Ray Price

“The Very Best Of” Jazz: Concord Launches New Series With Davis, Rollins, Coltrane and More

June 29, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

If you’ve ever felt it might be a daunting task to “get into” jazz, Concord Music Group just might have the perfect releases for you. Concord is home to many of the genre’s greatest labels, including Prestige, Contemporary, Riverside, Milestone, Fantasy and Pablo. With the new series simply titled The Very Best Of, the Concord team has offered an affordable, entry-level look into five of the most influential musicians of all time: Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Chet Baker (trumpet) and Wes Montgomery (guitar). All five titles in…

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Jazz

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Chet Baker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery