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The Weekend Stream: April 9, 2022

April 9, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 3 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! And after a week away, you better believe we’re coming in hot! Billy Joel, 50 Years of the Piano Man (Columbia/Legacy) (Apple Music / Amazon) On the surface, this 50-track digital compilation-cum-playlist looks like a typical algorithmic survey of Joel’s five-decade career, with all the great radio hits rising to the top. But dig deeper and you’ll discover six tracks making their…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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America, Billy Joel, Burt Bacharach, Damon Albarn, David Ruffin, Depeche Mode, Gerry Beckley, Howard Jones, Jerry Goldsmith, Jim Weatherly, Pink Floyd, The Clash, The Format, Trace Adkins

UPDATE: “Summer of Soul” Soundtrack, Out Now on CD and Digital, Coming to Expanded Vinyl in June

February 11, 2022 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Last summer, as some music lovers took tentative steps in getting back to concertgoing amid the early vaccinations against COVID-19, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson gifted audiences with an incredible display of live performance some 50 years in the past. Summer of Soul is The Roots drummer’s debut documentary, concerning a little-seen arts festival in Harlem that took place before, during and after that year’s Woodstock Music & Art Fair – with some of the greatest soul, blues and jazz performers of the late ’60s gracing the stages. On January 28, Legacy Recordings made…

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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B.B. King, David Ruffin, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Herbie Mann, Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples, Nina Simone, Sly & The Family Stone, The 5th Dimension, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, The Staple Singers

Winter of ‘Summer of Soul’: Soundtrack to Acclaimed Music Doc Coming in January

December 9, 2021 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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B.B. King, David Ruffin, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Herbie Mann, Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples, Nina Simone, Sly & The Family Stone, The 5th Dimension, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, The Staple Singers

Wild Mountain Honey: Ace’s “76 in the Shade” Features Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Starship, Smokey Robinson, Gilbert O’Sullivan, More

October 6, 2020 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Producer-compiler Bob Stanley’s last couple of compilations for Ace have placed him squarely within the 1970s. Earlier this year, Saint Etienne Present Songs for the Fountain Coffee Room (compiled by Stanley, Sarah Cracknell, and Pete Wiggs) conjured “the soundtrack for a bar in mid-’70s Los Angeles,” or a St. Etienne-style spin on “yacht rock” with Stephen Bishop, Ned Doheny, Boz Scaggs, and Seals and Crofts among those featured. Stanley has followed Fountain Coffee Room up with a trip to a more specific time and place. Over 20 songs both familiar and unknown, 76…

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News, Reviews

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CD, Vinyl

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Pop, R&B/Soul

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Barclay James Harvest, Cliff Richard, David Ruffin, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Jefferson Starship, Smokey Robinson, The Emotions, The Steve Miller Band, Various Artists

Yesterday’s Dreams: UMe Releases “Motown Unreleased: 1968” and “In Loving Memory: Expanded Edition” Copyright Extension Collections

December 14, 2018 by Sam Stone | 8 Comments

In a winter tradition that’s as reliable as any, UMe has released the latest in the annual copyright extension series, entitled Motown Unreleased: 1968. The two-part compilation will arrive to digital download and streaming services today, December 14. Between the two volumes, there’s a whopping 88 tantalizing, previously unreleased gems from the Motown vault! Motown heavy-hitters, soul superstars, and fan favorites abound on these two collections. There’s a wealth of Stevie Wonder rarities, for example, from his cover of “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” and rare original recordings, to live…

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News

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Gospel, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

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Billy Eckstine, David Ruffin, Earl Van Dyke, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jr. Walker, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, The Spinners, The Temptations