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May 18, 2025 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

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Welcome to a special Sunday feature of The Weekend Stream, which takes a look at one of MTV's great live music programs thanks to a recent reissue of one of its best-known episodes. We're kicking off a five-part deep-dive on every episode of MTV Unplugged that's currently streaming on the station's parent streaming network Paramount+! If the music video was the most significant concept MTV introduced back in 1981, the word "unplugged" might come in a close second. In 1989, as the cable

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock Tags: Aerosmith, Crowded House, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Neil Finn, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Sinead O'Connor, Sting, The Allman Brothers Band, The Beatles, The Church, The Police, The Smithereens, Tim Finn

April 2, 2025 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

RSD 2025 best of rest

Next Saturday, April 12, is certainly one of the most packed Record Store Days in recent memory. Since the list was announced, we drilled down on titles from Craft Recordings, Legacy Recordings, Rhino Records, Universal Music Group, Real Gone Music, Omnivore Recordings, BMG, Cooking Vinyl and Demon Music Group, as well as some notable titles that were getting later general releases on CD. Well, if you thought that was it, you're wrong! We pored and pored over the list and are here to share

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Adam and The Ants, Alex Chilton, Annie Lennox, Ariana Grande, Art Blakey, Beck, Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats, Brad Fiedel, Brian Wilson, Bryan Adams, Cannonball Adderley, Cat Stevens, Charles Mingus, CHVRCHES, Cissy Houston, Clarence White, Cockney Rebel, Cynthia Erivo, Dave Stewart, Dead or Alive, Dusty Springfield, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, Eurythmics, Freddie Hubbard, George Harrison, Gloria Jones, Graham Parker, Gram Parsons, Grant Green, Jeff Bridges, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Band, Kenny Dorham, Little Richard, Maurice Jarre, Nick Lowe, Ohio Players, Parliament-Funkadelic, Paul Hardcastle, Pete Townshend, Peter Gabriel, Propaganda, Record Store Day, Roger Daltrey, Roger McGuinn, Scott Weiland, Shane MacGowan, Sinead O'Connor, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Stephen Schwartz, Steve Harley, Suzi Quatro, Terry Hall, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Art of Noise, The Beach Boys, The Blasters, The Byrds, The Colourfield, The Everly Brothers, The Fall, The Hives, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Meters, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tina Turner, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, Vince Guaraldi, Wall of Voodoo, Wang Chung, Wayne Shorter, Wes Montgomery, Wynton Kelly, Yusuf

October 25, 2024 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

CSNY Live at the Fillmore East

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles out today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Blue Magic, Stop to Start: The Atco and WMOT Recordings (SoulMusic/The Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) Let the sideshow begin!  SoulMusic Records and TSD are proud to unveil a new 6-CD box set dedicated to the sweet 'n funky soul stylings of Philly quintet Blue Magic ("Sideshow," "Three Ring

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: ABBA, Andrea Bocelli, Ben Folds, Blue Magic, Bryan Ferry, Charlie Parker, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Duran Duran, Graham Parker, Green Day, Iain Matthews, Melanie, Queen, Tears for Fears, The Oak Ridge Boys

October 27, 2023 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Diamonds and Pearls deluxe cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the (many, many!) new titles available today! As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. The Salsoul Orchestra, Christmas Jollies I + II: The Extra Jolly Edition (SoulMusic/Cherry Red/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) The Second Disc has teamed with SoulMusic Records for the definitive celebration of the Christmas disco/Philly soul classic.  The Salsoul

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Holiday, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Astrud Gilberto, Barbra Streisand, Bing Crosby, Bruce Hornsby, Dinah Washington, Duran Duran, Frank Sinatra, Graham Parker, Kirsty MacColl, Linda Ronstadt, Motley Crue, Nirvana, Prince, Taylor Swift, The Judds, The Nolans, The Salsoul Orchestra

September 8, 2023 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

Rumours Live

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Al Stewart, Songs on the Radio: The Complete U.S. Singles 1974-1981 (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) This definitive, first-ever singles collection from singer-songwriter Al Stewart brings together the A- and B-side of every single during the period in which Stewart catapulted from folk clubs to the mainstream.  Stewart bridged the gap

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Stewart, Alice Cooper, Art Pepper, Black Sabbath, Christopher Guest, Fleetwood Mac, Graham Parker, Harry Shearer, J. Geils Band, Jeff Harnar, Jefferson Starship, Marvelous 3, Michael McKean, Nanci Griffith, Paradox, Pat Boone, Rain Parade, Rooney, The Doors

August 29, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

David Sancious Dance of the Age of Enlightenment

The fall/winter reissue rush isn't just for the major catalogue labels! Iconoclassic Records is working hard to finish 2023 strong with a quartet of titles in October and November - including a world premiere CD, an expansion of an '80s curio and the label's first-ever vinyl titles. One of the most exciting additions to the Iconoclassic catalogue is Dance of the Age of Enlightenment, a very rare album from David Sancious and Tone. Sancious, a talented keyboardist, first gained prominence as a

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: David Sancious, Duke Jupiter, Graham Parker, Steve Marriott

April 1, 2022 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Doris Day Early Day Rare Songs from the Radio

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles arriving in stores today! Daryl Hall, BeforeAfter (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Daryl Hall is looking back with his first-ever solo anthology.  BeforeAfter, curated by the artist, draws on all five of his acclaimed solo albums: the Robert Fripp-produced cult classic Sacred Songs (1980), Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986, including the top five hit "Dreamtime" and top

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Daryl Hall, Doris Day, Graham Parker, Kenny Rogers, Lorna Dallas, Lynn Ahrens, Marvin Gaye, Scott McCarl, Stephen Flaherty, The Raspberries, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones

March 31, 2022 By Mike Duquette 7 Comments

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Jeremy Holiday remembers it well: at four years old, he got his first "pop" record, Daryl Hall & John Oates' 1980 blockbuster Voices. That record set him on an incredible path that readers of The Second Disc will no doubt recognize: the journey to a fruitful career in catalogue music. For nearly 25 years, Holiday maintained an incredible tenure in the major label reissue business, working at BMG's Buddha and Heritage imprints, surviving a 2005 merger with Sony Music (and BMG's divestment

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Categories: Features, Interviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: B.T. Express, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Graham Parker, The Fall

February 3, 2022 By The Second Disc 11 Comments

Another Grey Area

It's no rumor and there's no fooling: Graham Parker's first proper solo album is getting expanded on CD this April 1 from Iconoclassic Records. "I've always been striving to make a record that sounds beautiful," Parker told Musician about his first without backing band The Rumour. "I think Another Grey Area sounds beautiful. Everything is in the right place...the whole thing holds together." Coming off the critical success of 1980's The Up Escalator, Parker recruited polished rock producer

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: B.T. Express, Graham Parker

September 30, 2016 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Rolling Stones in Mono Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones in Mono (ABKCO) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones in Mono captures, on 15 CDs or 16 LPs, the original mono albums released on both sides of the Atlantic between 1964 and 1969 including the exceptionally rare mono editions of Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967), Beggars Banquet (1968) and Let It Bleed (1969).  Exclusive to

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Emerson Lake and Palmer, Eric Clapton, Erroll Garner, Graham Parker, Herb Alpert, Jimi Hendrix, John Prine, Lalo Schifrin, Sting, Syreeta, Temple of the Dog, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Yes

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