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The Weekend Stream: May 9, 2026

May 9, 2026 by The Second Disc | 3 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. It may not get more eclectic than this one, folks! We’ve got catalogue classics from jazz immortals, country icons and ’80s hitmakers; new songs from legends of classic rock, R&B, adult contemporary and hip-hop; new sounds from MUNA, The Waterboys, and Crack the Sky’s John Palumbo; and a sampler of international works, from Spanish chorale to Austrian pop that won…

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

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Andy Partridge, Barry Manilow, Chaka Khan, Clodagh Rodgers, Crack The Sky, Eddy Arnold, Gene Pitney, George Michael, Jim Reeves, John Coltrane, MUNA, Mike Finnigan, Motörhead, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Mike Sammes Singers, The Rolling Stones, The Waterboys, Udo Jürgens

Release Round-Up: Week of April 3

April 3, 2026 by The Second Disc | No 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. Robin Trower, Live! [50th Anniversary Edition] (Chrysalis) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The former Procol Harum guitarist’s acclaimed power trio live release gets a fresh look to celebrate its half-century mark! It’s been newly sequenced back into its original 12-song running order and remixed from the original multi-tracks by engineer Richard Whittaker. A 2CD set will include that expansion next to a new remaster of the…

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

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Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bruce Hornsby, Curtis Mayfield, Everything But the Girl, Gene Pitney, Graham Central Station, Joe Pernice, Kut Klose, Robin Trower, The Devil Wears Prada, The Modern Jazz Quartet, The Spinners, The Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tim Buckley, Tom Tom Club

Release Round-Up: Week of January 16

January 16, 2026 by The Second Disc | No 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. Various Artists, NOW Yearbook: Vault ’82 (NOW Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The U.K.’s NOW line continues with another Vault installment spotlight hits of 1982 including The Who’s “Athena,” Elton John’s “Empty Garden,” Neil Diamond’s “Heartlight,” Billy Joel’s “Allentown,” Bruce Springsteen’s “Atlantic City,” and much more from a cross-section of artists and genres. Out today in the U.K.; available next Friday in North America….

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

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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gene Pitney, Miyosh, Rachel Zegler, Richard Marx, Rick Nelson, Rod Stewart, The Crystals, The James Hunter Six, Tim Rice, Van Morrison, Various Artists

More and More: Demon’s “Gold” Series Features Andy Williams, Gene Pitney, The Tremeloes

February 12, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Demon Music Group’s Crimson Productions label is continuing its series of low-priced, music-packed releases under the Gold banner. Among January’s releases in the series were titles from Andy Williams, Gene Pitney, and The Tremeloes. Andy Williams (1927-2012) remains one of the most beloved popular vocalists of all time. After brief affiliations with Columbia Records (with Kay Thompson and his siblings, The Williams Brothers) and RCA Victor’s X imprint, Williams established himself at Archie Bleyer’s Cadence imprint. In 1961, he moved to major label Columbia Records where he remained until 1980. At Columbia,…

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Andy Williams, Gene Pitney, The Tremeloes

The Bad Seeds: “Nick Cave Heard Them Here First” Features Dylan, Cash, Pitney, More

June 5, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Ace Records has an unusual name on its roster: that of Australian musical iconoclast Nick Cave. An artist who’s lived up to his description as rock’s “Prince of Darkness,” Cave has nonetheless drawn on a wide array of influences in crafting his own intense, personal and powerful songbook. Ace has rounded up the original versions of 25 songs recorded over the years by the artist on the collection entitled Nick Cave Heard Them Here First. This anthology follows the label’s similar sets for The Ramones, The New York Dolls, David Bowie, Elvis…

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Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Gospel, Rock

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Bob Dylan, Gene Pitney, Hank Williams, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, The Stooges

Gene Pitney Is “Looking Through the Eyes of Love” On New RPM Two-Fers

June 13, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

After a long hiatus, Cherry Red’s RPM label is continuing its series of reissues dedicated to the late Gene Pitney (“Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa,” “Town Without Pity,” “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”). The singer’s long out-of-print albums for Aaron Schroeder’s Musicor label were reissued on CD in a series of two-fers by Sequel Records in the late 1990s, but upon their deletion from the catalogue, they began commanding high prices on the second-hand market. Since then, the Pitney discography has been marked by an inordinate number of budget releases, making…

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The Man Who Sang “Liberty Valance”: RPM Continues Gene Pitney Reissues

February 28, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

With one of the most resonant and recognizable voices in rock and roll, Gene Pitney (1940-2006) was the rare American talent to be able to withstand the British Invasion and continue to thrive. He collaborated with Phil Spector and The Rolling Stones, wrote hit songs for Roy Orbison, Bobby Vee, Ricky Nelson and the Crystals, and brought to life the songs of others, too. Among the recipients of the Pitney treatment were Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Carole King and Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and even (two-time Oscar winner)…

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Burt Bacharach, Gene Pitney