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The Weekend Stream: November 22, 2025

November 22, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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. A real grab bag for you before the Thanksgiving holiday: cut songs from Broadway comedies, rarities from a ’60s soul/rock legend, an inexplicably remastered charity single, rare 12″ mixes and remastered jazz. Have a listen, won’t you?? Various Artists, Monty Python’s Spamalot (Original Broadway Cast Recording/20th Anniversary Edition) (Decca Broadway) (Apple / Amazon) Something to (always) look on the bright side of life over: a new reissue of the music…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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

Crawling from the Wreckage: Omnivore Preps Double-Disc Collection of Dave Edmunds’ Complete Swan Song Singles

September 24, 2024 by The Second Disc | 11 Comments

From his very first solo hit in 1970 (a cover of Dave Bartholomew’s “I Hear You Knocking”) to his final album release (2015’s On Guitar…Rags and Classics), Welsh guitarist-singer-songwriter-producer Dave Edmunds proselytized for the power of pure rock-and-roll. Whether stripping the sound down to basics or doing a spot-on emulation of Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound, Edmunds emphasized the joy of the genre. In January 1972, he released his first solo album: Rockpile. Its title would augur prominently for Edmunds’ future when, four years later, he co-founded a band of that name with…

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Rock

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Dave Edmunds, Huey Lewis and The News, Nick Lowe, Rockpile, The Stray Cats

The Weekend Stream: June 22, 2024

June 22, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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. More EPs from Duran Duran, rarities from Alanis Morissette and a tribute to an ’80s jukebox musical are part of the fun this Saturday morning! Duran Duran, My Own Way / Hungry Like the Wolf / Save a Prayer / Rio EPs (Parlophone/Rhino) My Own Way: iTunes / Amazon Hungry: iTunes / Amazon Save a Prayer: iTunes / Amazon Rio: iTunes / Amazon Ahead of Duran Duran’s classic ’80s albums getting reissued on CD, another…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alanis Morissette, Charlie Rich, Duran Duran, Huey Lewis and The News, Jerry Vale, Robbie Nevil, Thomas Dolby, Vanity

The Year In Review: The 2023 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part Two

January 16, 2024 by The Second Disc | 11 Comments

Happy 2024! Welcome, friends, to Part Two of The Second Disc’s 14th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! As we yet again look to a new year with optimism and a hopeful spirit, we recognize the many roles music has played in our lives. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2023’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets, big and small, that proved to be truly outstanding for music lovers worldwide. After much deliberation, we’re excited to unveil our favorites. This isn’t…

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Features

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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

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Arthur Baker, Carly Simon, David Sancious, Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford, Huey Lewis and The News, John Luongo, Julie Andrews, Kenny Rogers, Laurie Styvers, Martha Wash, Prince, Rick Springfield, Talking Heads, The Replacements, The Weather Girls, The Who, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, Tony Visconti

A Second Disc Interview: Mixing It Up with John Luongo

January 11, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

John Luongo is a good liar. Well, maybe he’s good at being tongue-in-cheek. “I’m bashful,” he says at the start of our interview back in October. “You’re gonna have to really drag these things outta me, ’cause I’m a little shy!” What follows is about 100 minutes of captivating stories and thoughtful, enthusiastic lessons from one of the most notable names in dance music. The Boston-born DJ and mix engineer made a name for himself transforming dozens of soul and pop tracks for disco 12″ singles in the late ’70s; so creative…

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Features, Interviews

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

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

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Barbra Streisand, Blancmange, Cheap Trick, Dan Hartman, Huey Lewis and The News, Jackie Moore, John Luongo, John Waite, Melba Moore, Sly & The Family Stone, The Jacksons

Relight My Fire: Edsel’s ‘Dance Masters’ Series Continues with John Luongo Box

September 7, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Demon/Edsel’s Dance Masters series only just released its second volume this summer – but a third one is on the way this fall, spotlighting the work of acclaimed remixer John Luongo. The Arthur Baker-presented series follows generous box sets on Shep Pettibone and Baker himself with a new overview of John “T.C.” Luongo, who parlayed working in and around the Boston club scene into more than a decade of 12″ remix work, first for some of the greatest R&B artists crossing over into disco, and then fusing cutting edge dance sounds to…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Still Beatin’: Huey Lewis and The News Get Expanded Japanese Albums, CD/DVD Collection

April 11, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 23 Comments

Have you heard The News? The sweet pop/rock/soul sound of San Francisco’s Huey Lewis & The News has sadly gone silent in recent years, thanks to its one-of-a-kind frontman’s battle with Ménière’s disease, which causes intermittent hearing loss. But a surprise new reissue campaign courtesy of Universal Music Group’s Japanese division promises the most comprehensive look at the band’s blockbuster catalogue of the ’80s and early ’90s. UMG will remaster, expand and reissue the six albums the group cut between 1980 and 1991 for the Chrysalis and EMI labels. Each album is…

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News

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Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

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Huey Lewis and The News

Dance Out of My Head: Demon Collects Shep Pettibone Mixes from Whitney, Elton, Lionel, More on New Box Set

July 8, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

Arthur Baker Dance Masters Shep Pettibone

Producer-DJ Arthur Baker has brought his magic touch to recordings by everybody from Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to Tina Turner and Diana Ross, turning pop, rock, and R&B hits into dance floor-fillers. Now, Baker is looking back and taking stock of his fellow Dance Masters with a new series from Demon Music Group. Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: The Shep Pettibone Master Mixes is an expansive salute from one legendary remixer to another. Available on 4 CDs (47 songs in one box set) or 2 LPs (32 tracks across two releases),…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Arthur Baker, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John, George Michael, Gloria Gaynor, Huey Lewis and The News, Lionel Richie, Pet Shop Boys, Shep Pettibone, The Salsoul Orchestra, Various Artists, Whitney Houston

Release Round-Up: Week of February 12

February 12, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Band, Stage Fright: 50th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats] (Capitol/UMe) 2CD/1BD/1LP/1-7″ single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (CD 1 & 2 of box set): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Remixed Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Band slightly belatedly revisits 1970’s Stage Fright for its 50th anniversary in a variety of editions anchored by Bob Clearmountain’s stereo and surround remixes of the original album, now resequenced by Robbie Robertson in various formats. A digital release also has all of the CD audio from the…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock

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Black Sabbath, Carole King, Dio, Harry Dean Stanton, Huey Lewis and The News, Loretta Lynn, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg, The Band, Todd Rundgren

Back to ‘Plan B’: Two Huey Lewis and The News Albums Back in Print in February

January 5, 2021 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

If you miss the sound of Huey Lewis and The News – and who doesn’t, really? – the band will reissue on CD their last two albums before last year’s Weather. 2001’s Plan B and 2010’s Soulsville were, before Weather, the entirety of the band’s 21st century studio output after a blockbuster run through most of the ’80s and a measure of success in the early ’90s. Plan B marked the group’s first album of original studio material in a decade – their last full album, 1994’s Four Chords and Seven Years Ago, was all covers – but the spark…

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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R&B/Soul, Rock

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Huey Lewis and The News

This is Heavy: Mondo Reissues ‘Back To The Future’ Album With Unused Art

July 1, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

On July 3, 1985, mass audiences got to take a trip Back To The Future thanks to the year’s top-grossing film. For its 35th anniversary, the film and music fans at Mondo are bringing the film’s classic soundtrack back to vinyl with a cool twist: an unused piece of front cover artwork courtesy of the series’ beloved poster artist. Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale’s time-travel fantasy found Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), an average California teen in 1985, accidentally transported 30 years into the past thanks to a souped-up DeLorean time machine…

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News

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Vinyl

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Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alan Silvestri, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Huey Lewis and The News, Lindsey Buckingham, Phil Collins

Do You Like Huey Lewis and The News? Join Us For Another #TSDTweet This Friday!

April 21, 2020 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

A sincere thanks to our readers and friends who joined in to last Friday’s live tweet of Prince and The Revolution’s Around The World In a Day. It was a nice way to revisit a classic album, a fine memorial to one of our favorite artists, and a nice little show of community in some unusual times. So it’s only natural that we’d do it again – and this time, we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of the striking slasher film American Psycho by giving a listen to one of the albums it…

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Features

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

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Huey Lewis and The News

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

Record Store Day Black Friday 2019’s Best Of The Rest

October 11, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

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The major labels aren’t the only ones who’ll be part of Record Store Day Black Friday this year. A number of impressive indies (and other major labels with notable catalog friendly material) have announced exciting additions to the RSDBF slate. What’s more, we’ve got coverage of some exciting new music from artists as diverse as Paul McCartney, Tank and the Bangas, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, and Norah Jones! First up… Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry In London (Elemental) By 1965, the British Invasion had brought Chuck Berry’s name back into the rock and roll…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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

Still Beatin’: Hits, Rarities Abound In New European Huey Lewis Collection

July 26, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 12 Comments

Fans looking for a wildly thorough compilation for pop-rock band par excellence Huey Lewis & The News–or those hunting for rarities in the wake of their 30th anniversary edition of Sports that may have left fans wanting–have got some unlikely good (pardon the pun) news coming out of Europe. An entry on the San Francisco bar band in Universal Music’s triple-disc Collected series looks to be not only a deep dive into the band’s hits and favorites from their debut album in 1980 to the release of 2010’s Stax covers album Soulsville,…

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News

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Pop, Rock

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Clover, Huey Lewis and The News