The Weekend Stream: May 4, 2024

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. The Alan Parsons Project’s biggest album gets a second look, plus new music from John Williams, Daryl Hall and the unexpected sort-of return of one of country music’s best-known voices. Alan Parsons Project, Eye in the Sky (Sessions) (Arista/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The latest in Legacy’s Alan Parsons Project Sessions series, bringing together era-specific bonus material as discrete titles, is also one of the biggest: beyond blockbuster LP Eye in the Sky…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 5

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. Garbage, Bleed Like Me: Deluxe Edition (Interscope/UMe (U.S.)/BMG (U.K.)) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Garbage closed a chapter of their career in 2005 with the release of their fourth album, Bleed Like Me, in 2005. Now, they’re reopening that chapter with a new deluxe edition of the album, due out in April.  The deluxe Bleed Like Me follows similar expansions of the group’s early…

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Right Between the Eyes: Garbage to Reissue and Expand ‘Bleed Like Me’

Garbage closed a chapter of their career in 2005 with the release of their fourth album, Bleed Like Me, in 2005. Now, they’re reopening that chapter with a new deluxe edition of the album, due out in April. The deluxe Bleed Like Me follows similar expansions of the group’s early discography on the Almo/Interscope/Geffen labels, where the post-grunge group – frontwoman Shirley Manson, multi-instrumentalists Duke Erikson and Steve Marker, and drummer Butch Vig – rose to fame in the ’90s with high-energy singles like “Only Happy When It Rains,” “Stupid Girl,” “I Think I’m…

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Release Round-Up: Week of December 3

Welcome to the first Release Round-Up of the last month of 2021! The Doors, L.A. Woman: 50th Anniversary Edition (Elektra/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Rhino.com) The sixth and final studio album from The Doors featuring Jim Morrison gets a 50th anniversary expansion from Rhino on 3 CDs and 1 LP.  The original stereo album (newly remastered by Bruce Botnick) is present on both CD and LP while the bonus discs have more than two hours of previously unreleased sessions.  The first CD also includes two bonus tracks, a previously unheard Sunset Sound recording…

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Nobody Does It Better: ‘The Best of Bond…James Bond’ Gets Update and Vinyl Release

With a new James Bond film set to shake (not stir) audiences in November, a longtime compilation of the super-spy’s famed film themes is getting a new iteration on November 20. The Best of Bond…James Bond offers a stellar 25-track overview of the pop themes that scored nearly all of the films based on Ian Fleming’s famed British secret agent. There are 14 U.K. Top 10 hits and two Academy Award winners herein – altogether, a formidable, half-century-plus musical portrait of one of cinema’s most popular characters. First released under this title…

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La-La Land’s Wondrous World: Soundtrack Giant Plans ‘Potter,’ ‘Bond’ and More Archival Releases

Hours of unreleased soundtrack music? Oft-requested titles from favorite composers and popular film series? It’s definitely Black Friday season at La-La Land Records! The venerable soundtrack label closed the book on 2018 with five brand-new film and television score expansions – a total of 18 discs’ worth of material, including three works involving one of the most successful living soundtrack composers and projects related to two world-renowned franchises. First up, La-La Land’s successful Spielberg-Williams collaboration – the label has expanded many of the director and composer’s works together, from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 22

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Cure, Mixed Up: Deluxe Edition (Universal (U.K.)/Elektra/Rhino (U.S.)) 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Mixed Up 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Torn Down 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Postponed from last week: The Cure revisits its 1990 remix album as a 3-CD deluxe edition.  The first disc of the new set contains the original Mixed Up album, as newly remastered by Smith.  The second disc, Remixes…

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The Trick Is To Keep Breathing: Garbage To Expand ‘Version 2.0’

Garbage has announced a reissue of their sophomore album, 1998’s Version 2.0.  This follows the 2015 reissue of the band’s debut and is, like that release, multi-tiered with releases on CD and vinyl.  It’s due on June 22. Originally released on Herb Alpert’s Almo Sounds in North America and on Mushroom Records elsewhere, Version 2.0 made it to No. 13 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and has since gone on to earn platinum status.  The darkly-tinged album from Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig earned two Grammy nominations, and…

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Our Big Record Store Day Black Friday Round-Up Featuring McCartney, Bowie, Wilson, Queen, Ronstadt, More

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve told you about the 2015 Black Friday Record Store Day offerings from Legacy, Omnivore and Real Gone Music.  Well, the full list of releases which are coming out on November 27 has been announced and we’ve got the details below including new titles from Rhino, Varese Sarabande, Hear Music and more! The entire list is over 125 items long, so we’ve just highlighted some entries below in which you might be interested.  The full listing can be seen at recordstoreday.com.  As usual, with so many…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 2

Welcome to our new Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Tug of War (MPL/Concord) The Paul McCartney Archive Collection continues with 1982’s Tug of War, featuring “Ebony and Ivory” and “Here Today.”  The release is available in various formats: 3-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Check out our full feature for information on what you’ll find in each version! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Pipes of Peace (MPL/Concord) Paul…

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A Stroke Of Luck: Garbage Celebrates 20 Years With Deluxe, Expanded Reissues

Alt-rock heroes Garbage are going “20 Years Queer” with a multi-tiered reissue of their 1995 debut album and an accompanying tour. Formed by Scottish vocalist Shirley Manson, guitarists Steve Marker and Duke Erikson and drummer Butch Vig (the latter also a producer best known for Nirvana’s Nevermind), Garbage fused grunge, industrial and electronic influences for a sound that stood out on mid-’90s radio. Manson’s distinctive vocals propelled “Only Happy When It Rains,” “Queer” and “Stupid Girl” towards the top of the U.S. modern rock charts as well as the U.K. charts proper….

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