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The Weekend Stream: March 7, 2026

March 7, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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. There’s new and old works from three of the best British white guys to ever do it, plus a boatload of Hugh Masekela treasures, a legendary punk session and plenty of exciting ’70s country nuggets. Sting, Mercury Falling (Expanded Edition) (A&M/UMe) (Apple / Amazon) For the 30th anniversary of Sting’s fifth studio album – a quirkier affair than previous, with tracks…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Electronic, Everything Else, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Allan Rich, Blue Mitchell, Cy Coleman, Denny Davis & The Nashville Brass, Dickey Lee, Floyd Cramer, Fugazi, Godsmack, Hugh Masekela, Keith David, Peter Gabriel, Ringo Starr, Steve Albini, Sting, T Bone Burnett, The Choice Four, Willie Colon

The Weekend Stream: June 18, 2023

June 18, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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. Our latest round-up brings you deep cuts from Pat Boone, rarities from Nat “King” Cole and a brand-new series diving deep into the works of Duke Ellington. Duke Ellington, Ellington in Order, Volume 1 (1927-1928) (Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) A century ago this year, pianist Edward Kennedy Ellington played his first gigs as a bandleader; by the end of…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alan Parker, Carolyn Franklin, Cy Coleman, Donna Lewis, Duke Ellington, John Williams, Nat King Cole, Pat Boone, Patti Page, Paul Simon, Pulp, The Offspring

The Weekend Stream: January 28, 2023

January 28, 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. Today, there’s some newer KISS, some obscure Duke Ellington, and a few rare cast albums – plus a way you can help out some writers in need. KISS, Sonic Boom (UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) After a mid-’90s reunion of the classic KISS line-up, the band dynamics began to shift again In the early 21st century; by 2004, guitarist…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Cast Recordings, Country, Jazz, Rock

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Barbara Cook, Claibe Richardson, Cy Coleman, Debbie Allen, Dorothy Fields, Duke Ellington, Jim Weatherly, KISS, Kenward Elmslie, Moose Charlap, Neil Simon, Ram Jam, Susan Johnson, The Grass Roots

The Weekend Stream: September 18, 2021

September 18, 2021 by The Second Disc | 3 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! The Beatles, Get Back (Take 8) EP (Apple/Capitol/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify)…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Billy Preston, Cy Coleman, George Harrison, Jack Jones, Jimmy Eat World, John Lennon, Les Paul, Mary Ford, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tank, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Righteous Brothers

Release Round-Up: Week of July 23

July 23, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, III-Imagined (MPL/Capitol) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop CD with alternate art insert: Target 2-LP black vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Your Local Record Shop 2-LP red vinyl: Newbury Comics 2-LP gold vinyl: Your Local Record Store 2-LP splatter vinyl: Paul McCartney Online Store (limited to 3500 copies in the US) 2-LP “Spotify” green vinyl: Paul McCartney Online Store US / Paul McCartney Online Store UK / Music Vaultz 2-LP silver vinyl with alternate art insert: Target 2-LP blue vinyl: Barnes and Noble Paul McCartney is re-, um, III-imagining his 2020 album McCartney III. This new…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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

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Bill Evans, Cy Coleman, David Crosby, Glen Campbell, Jackson Browne, Ledisi, Nina Simone, Paul McCartney, Stone Temple Pilots

Hey, Big Spender: Stage Door Reissues “Sweet Charity” London Studio Cast on CD

June 30, 2021 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Fun, laughs, good time… The team of director-choreographer Bob Fosse, librettist Neil Simon, composer Cy Coleman, and lyricist Dorothy Fields made good on those promises with the 1966 Broadway debut of Sweet Charity. Based on Federico Fellini’s film Nights of Cabiria, the musical depicted the bittersweet romantic adventures of dance hall hostess Charity Hope Valentine, so memorably created onstage by Gwen Verdon and introduced on film by Shirley MacLaine. The splashy production reopened the venerable Palace Theatre on January 29, 1966, netting a Tony Award for Fosse’s remarkable choreography and lasting 608…

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Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Mary Preston, Neil Simon

Ride Out the Storm: Craft Recordings Collects “Complete Singles” From Stax’s Eclectic Gospel Truth Imprint

September 24, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Earlier this year, Craft Recordings kicked off its celebration of Stax Records’ Gospel Truth imprint with a weekly digital album campaign. That series wrapped up on August 28, opening the door for the November 13 release on CD and LP of The Gospel Truth: The Complete Singles Collection. Stax chief Al Bell launched Gospel Truth in 1972, working in close coordination with radio promotions guru/producer/songwriter Dave Clark and Stax staffer Mary Peak Paterson. Early press materials for the imprint indicated that it sought to “carry the message of today’s gospel to the…

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Gospel, R&B/Soul

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Cy Coleman, Jimmy Jones, Joshie Jo Armstead, Louise McCord, The Rance Allen Group, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of February 14

February 14, 2020 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Johnny Mathis, The Island (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 1989 “lost” album by Johnny Mathis is lost no more! Renowned producer Sergio Mendes of Brasil ’66 fame and arranger-guitarist Dori Caymmi joined Mathis on The Island to subtly modernize the classic sounds of bossa nova and samba. He delivered some of his most sensual vocals ever for ten smoldering songs by Caymmi, Mendes, Ivan Lins, Brenda Russell, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and others. Featuring a small rhythm…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

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Barbara Eden, Barry Manilow, Bobby Hatfield, Cy Coleman, David Bowie, Grateful Dead, Huey Lewis and The News, Johnny Mathis, Lauren Wood

Release Round-Up: Week of April 6

April 6, 2018 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, and one of the biggest Release Fridays of the year to date! Chicago, VI Decades Live: This is What We Do (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Chicago celebrates 50 years on the road with this expansive new box set featuring 4 CDs and 1 DVD of previously unreleased live music recorded between 1969 and 2014. This set includes two complete concerts – The Isle of Wight, 1970 on CD and a Rockpalast broadcast from Germany in 1977 on DVD – plus two…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Chicago, Cy Coleman, Debby Boone, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Don Gibson, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Girlschool, Howard Shore, Jack Kerouac, John Fogerty, Johnny Cash, Louis Armstrong, Love, Mike Ness, Scientist and Prince Jammy, Tiny TIm

Short Takes, Broadway Edition: Kritzerland, Stage Door, Harbinger, Verve Celebrate Classic Musicals with Host of Releases

March 28, 2018 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Fans of cast recordings can look forward to plenty of exciting releases due in the coming weeks! Kritzerland has recently announced two new limited edition titles! First up is a two-for-one release with a pair of classic television specials. NBC’s 1973 presentation of Cole Porter in Paris starred Perry Como, Diahann Carroll, Connie Stevens and others in a rousing celebration of the legendary songwriter’s work. It was directed by Martin Charnin (Annie) and featured arrangements by Como’s longtime collaborator Nick Perito. It’s paired with Feathertop, a 1961 TV musical by Charnin and…

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks

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Cole Porter, Cy Coleman, Pat Suzuki, Perry Como, Rodgers and Hammerstein

Short Takes, Broadway Edition: “Barnum,” “Half a Sixpence,” “Annie Get Your Gun”

September 11, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

A trio of upcoming releases will be sure to raise the pulse of theatre and cast recording fans out there! Harbinger Records and the Musical Theatre Project have continued their Songwriter Showcase Series with another entry dedicated to the late composer Cy Coleman. Barnum: Backer’s Audition finds Coleman and lyricist/librettist Michael Stewart presenting the score to their potential Broadway musical to an enthusiastic audience of potential investors in an Upper East Side apartment. With this release, you can be a fly on the wall for one of these exciting and rare presentations…

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News

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Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Digital Download

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Cast Recordings

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Cy Coleman, David Heneker, Irving Berlin, John Raitt, Mary Martin, Tommy Steele

Release Round-Up: Week of September 1

September 1, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Carole King, Tapestry: Live at Hyde Park (CD/DVD) (Legacy/Rockingale) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new CD/DVD release features Carole King’s 45th anniversary performance of her seminal 1971 classic Tapestry, performed live in front of 65,000 fans in London’s Hyde Park on July 3, 2016. The setlist, preserved on both CD and DVD, includes the entire original album plus numerous highlights from King’s illustrious songbook both solo and with Gerry Goffin. Throughout this vibrant concert, appearances are made by King’s daughter, singer-songwriter Louise…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock

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Bill Evans, Carole King, Cy Coleman, Grateful Dead, Huey Lewis and The News, Jan and Dean, John Sebastian, Motörhead, Pete Townshend, Sheila E, Steve Winwood, The Verve, Tori Amos

Everything’s Coming Up Roses: Masterworks Broadway’s Winter Slate Highlighted by “Essential Sondheim,” “Sweet Charity” and “Kismet”

February 11, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 1 Comment

While the months of January and February are usually down times on Broadway, Sony’s Masterworks Broadway is keeping things going during the winter by announcing a quartet of musical theater titles to be released between now and March. The most expansive release, due February 26, is another entry in Sony’s long-running Essential series: The Essential Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim, of course, needs no introduction to musical theater aficionados. Perhaps the most acclaimed theatrical composer and lyricist of the past 50-60 years, his breathtaking canon includes shows ranging from shows like West Side Story…

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Cast Recordings

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Bernadette Peters, Cy Coleman, George Wright and Robert Forrest, Julian Slade, Juliet Prowse, Rita Moreno, Stephen Sondheim

Hey, Look Me Over! Harbinger Celebrates The Music of Cy Coleman On New Collection

June 4, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

When Bob Dylan released his first collection of standards earlier this year, the venerable singer-songwriter took umbrage at the notion that he was “covering” classic songs. “I don’t see myself as covering these songs in any way,” he reflected. “They’ve been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them.” Among the songs uncovered by Dylan was Cy Coleman and Joseph McCarthy’s “Why Try to Change Me Now,” first recorded by Frank Sinatra at his final session for Columbia Records in 1952. …

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Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Floyd Huddleston

Release Round-Up: Week of May 26

May 26, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! We hope all of our U.S. readers enjoyed a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. And now, without further ado, onto the music! Yes, Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Finally, after a brief delay, Progeny is here! This whopping 14-CD box captures seven complete concerts from Yes circa 1972 – the same tour leading up to the performances preserved on Yessongs. For those who don’t need 14 discs, 2-CD and 3-LP Highlights distillations are also available (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) !…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, SACD

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

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Billy Joel, Bruce Hornsby, Cy Coleman, Donna Summer, Labelle, Patti Labelle, The 5th Dimension, The Textones, Yes

Release Round-Up: Weeks of December 23 and December 30

December 23, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Well, these are incredibly light weeks for new releases! Thankfully, the Kritzerland and Audio Fidelity labels have stepped up with a quartet of titles to close out 2014 on a high note! Cy Coleman, John Kander, Harvey Schmidt and Charles Strouse, Classical Broadway (Kritzerland) (available for pre-order now) Kritzerland remasters this 1992 album (originally released on the Bay Cities label) featuring classical compositions from four of Broadway’s most legendary composers including Cy Coleman (Sweet Charity, Barnum), John Kander (Cabaret, Chicago), Harvey Schmidt (The Fantasticks, 110 in the Shade) and Charles Strouse (Annie, Bye…

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News, Release Round-Up

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CD, SACD

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Soundtracks

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Blood Sweat & Tears, Charles Strouse, Cy Coleman, Harvey Schmidt, John Kander, Patrick Williams, The Guess Who

Review: Three From Dave Grusin, Cy Coleman and Henry Mancini

August 18, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

With hyperbole the norm, it’s questionable just how many buyers took notice of a 1957 album on the Liberty label entitled The Versatile Henry Mancini. Yet fewer record titles have proven as apt. As frequent collaborator Blake Edwards noted, “Whether the situation is romantic, humorous, tragic, ironic or full of action, Mancini creates exactly the right musical mood.” Mancini’s breakthrough came two years after that LP’s release, when Edwards enlisted him to provide the cool jazz-inflected score to the television drama Peter Gunn. Though no such albums exist, it’s easy to imagine…

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Cy Coleman, Dave Grusin, Henry Mancini