The Weekend Stream: March 21, 2026

March 21, 2026 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments
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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. Two eras of Madonna, early INXS and plenty of new cuts for country, folk and rock lovers are all in the mix! Madonna, Into the Groove / Hung Up (Remixes) / Sorry (Remixes) / Jump (Remixes) / 4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland) (Remixes) / Celebration (Remixes) EPs (Warner/Rhino) “Groove”: Apple / Amazon “Hung Up”: Apple / Amazon “Sorry”: Apple / Amazon “Jump”: Apple / Amazon “4 Minutes”: Apple…

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Merry Something to You: Rhino Announces Record Store Day Black Friday Slate with Devo, Joni Mitchell, Alice Cooper, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Randy Newman, More

October 6, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments
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TSD is kicking off our look at this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday releases, due at participating independent record stores on November 28, with a typically packed slate coming from Rhino. With over 30 titles, the label has brought out the heavy hitters (many of which are RSD mainstays) including The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Todd Rundgren, Van Halen, and more. We’ve also included a handful of releases from Rhino sister labels such as Warner (with a Tom Petty live collection) and Elektra (an EP from…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 9

May 9, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments
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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. Jackie DeShannon, Love Forever: Demo Recordings 1966-1968 (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Jackie DeShannon signed with Liberty Records and Metric Music in 1960 as a performer and songwriter.  Her big break would come in 1964 when she would open for The Beatles on their first U.S. tour.  The next year she would record Bacharach and David’s “What the World Needs Now is Love” and her recording…

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This is What You Need: INXS Remix and Expand ‘Listen Like Thieves’

February 12, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments
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INXS’ breakthrough album is getting the red carpet treatment for its 40th anniversary. The Australian group’s 1985 effort Listen Like Thieves is getting a multi-format reissue this spring…and while it will be available around the world, there’s a slight catch: each format has different and unique bonus material. The centerpiece of the campaign, in stores May 9, is a 3CD/LP box set featuring a new remix of the original album by Giles Martin and Paul Hicks plus two discs of unreleased material: one covering unheard demos and outtakes from the album sessions, and the other…

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The Weekend Stream: January 18, 2025

January 18, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment
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Welcome to The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts!   This week, we’re heavy on the classic rock plus a vintage soundtrack, a dash of modern classical, and more!  Fleetwood Mac, Live from the Record Plant (December 15, 1974) (Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) Coinciding with its standalone vinyl debut as part of Rhino’s Start Your Ear Off Right, this vintage pre-Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac concert hit digital services earlier this month.  (Better late than never!)  Featuring the classic early-era tracks “Hypnotized,” “Oh…

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The Weekend Stream: January 11, 2025

January 11, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments
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Welcome to 2025’s first edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts! We’re catching up on some of our favorite artists adding albums to stream and download, plus country soul and remixes aplenty – as well as a list of resources to help our friends and family in the music business affected by the California wildfires. The Damnwells, One Last Century / No One Listens to the Band Anymore (Poor Man) Century: iTunes / Amazon No One: iTunes / Amazon Last month, Brooklyn-born…

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The Weekend Stream: December 21, 2024 – and a Merry Discmas to All!

December 21, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 11 Comments
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Welcome to 2024’s final edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts! With no Release Round-Up this Friday and a few weeks of peace and quite from (and for!) us until 2025, we’ve got a few more treats for you under the tree from Wham!, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Miles Davis, Archie Bell & The Drells and so much more! Wham!, Last Christmas (Epic/Legacy/Sony Music U.K.) (iTunes / Amazon) For its 40th anniversary, Wham!’s holiday classic was reissued on various physical…

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The Weekend Stream: December 6, 2024

December 6, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment
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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. Elton John’s most recent recording gets a remix, plus some rare Prince-produced ’90s R&B, a comeback track from one of 2010s pop’s most underrated performers, and some Christmas curios you’ll have to hear to believe. There’s even a tearjerker music video from…Coldplay? Check it all out! Elton John, “Never Too Late” (Acoustic Version) (Mercury/EMI) (iTunes / Amazon) Elton’s recently released team-up with Brandi Carlile, which closes the documentary…

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The Weekend Stream: November 30, 2024

November 30, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments
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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 Christmas season means favorites (quite) old and (sort of) new, plus Wang Chung’s first album and a rock and hip-hop packed slasher film soundtrack. Band Aid, Do They Know It’s Christmas? EP (Band Aid Trading Limited/UMC) EP: iTunes / Amazon Single Version: iTunes / Amazon Extended Version: iTunes / Amazon Just over four decades from its original recording and release, Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas” returns for a…

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The Weekend Stream: November 16, 2024

November 16, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments
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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. Iconic Seattle punk, a new Elton John single and fresh Duran Duran remixes kick things off – plus another round of esoteric Christmas cheer! The Gits, Frenching the Bully / Enter: The Conquering Chicken / Kings & Queens / Seafish Louisville (2024 Remasters) (Sub Pop) Frenching: iTunes / Amazon / Bandcamp Enter: iTunes / Amazon / Bandcamp Kings: iTunes / Amazon / Bandcamp Seafish: iTunes / Amazon / Bandcamp Though their punk sound was much rawer and…

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The Weekend Stream: November 9, 2024

November 9, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments
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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. This week brings new remixes from Pet Shop Boys, old remixes from INXS, plus rare folk, jazz and alt-rock favorites – plus another bounty of unusual Christmas albums and EPs! Pet Shop Boys, New London boy / All the young dudes EPs (x2/Parlophone) Standard: iTunes / Amazon Remixes: iTunes / Amazon A new double A-side single from Pet Shop Boys’ 15th album Nonetheless – released earlier this year – is physically due…

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The Weekend Stream: November 2, 2024

November 2, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments
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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. We’ve got all the usual stuff you’d expect – reissues from Usher, rarities from The Alan Parsons Project, and another unique Daryl Hall-related EP – and some stuff you might not, like truly unusual Christmas collections and a new app from one of the best places for music in video games! Nintendo Music app One genre the Second Disc team has always wished had a stronger catalog presence:…

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Listen to the Music: Rhino’s Rocktober Slate Features Doobie Brothers, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Monkees, More

October 10, 2024 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments
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Rhino’s annual Rocktober campaign – this year encompassing 43 limited edition colored vinyl reissues of rockers both classic and contemporary – kicked off on October 4 with titles from Black Sabbath, Bush, Deep Purple, Devo, The Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, The Monkees, Stone Temple Pilots, and more.  Next, on October 18, the collection will grow to include releases from Ramones and The Velvet Underground.  The slate concludes on October 25 with The Cars, Foghat, Iron Butterfly, and more, including a second volume of Yes’ Yessingles.  As usual, Rocktober titles will only be…

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The Weekend Stream: June 15, 2024

June 15, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment
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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. Pop goddesses, rock gods, one classic crooner and remixes aplenty are what you’ll find this week! Mariah Carey, Rainbow (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The Elusive Chanteuse’s seventh album built upon its 1997 predecessor Butterfly, integrating hip-hop production flourishes into her R&B/adult contemporary style. “Heartbreaker,” featuring a guest rap from Jay-Z, and “Thank God I Found You” a ballad sung with R&B singer Joe (and assistance from…

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The Weekend Stream: June 8, 2024

June 8, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments
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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. This week is jam-packed with practically something for everybody, especially if you love the ’80s: live cuts from one of the biggest touring bands of the decade, B-sides and remixes from that same decade’s biggest British band and a rediscovered female country hitmaker – plus rare soundtracks, early favorites from a Latin-pop icon and so much more! Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, The Born in the U.S.A….

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The Weekend Stream: June 1, 2024

June 1, 2024 by Mike Duquette | No Comments
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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. Remixes from icons in Ireland and Australia, a rare gospel classic and a new, catchy tune from a Disney theme park are part of our latest round-up! U2, If God Will Send His Angels (Island/UMO) (iTunes / Amazon) The latest in U2’s digital backfill campaign is – surprise! – another single from Pop, backed with a handful of B-sides including a guest appearance from Willie Nelson. (There is still one more…

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The Weekend Stream: May 25, 2024

May 25, 2024 by Mike Duquette | No Comments
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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. This week has another rare track by Prince, promo for the new Beach Boys documentary, a powerful new remix by a legendary diva and more! Prince, “Silver Tongue” (NPG/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) A third Musicology-era rarity has landed digitally, following “United States of Division” and “Magnificent.” “Silver Tongue” was a “virtual B-side” to “Call My Name” from the 2004 album, a rare co-write between The Artist and singer Nikka Costa, who…

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The Weekend Stream: May 17, 2024

May 18, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments
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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. This week brings live tracks from The Boss, rarities from Sheena Easton and a new album from one half of rock’s biggest (defunct) duo – plus, as you’d expect, so much more! Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs from Around the World Vol. 2 (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) With Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band currently venturing across Europe through this summer, the time is right for another…

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The Weekend Stream: May 11, 2024

May 11, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments
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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 legendary rock vocalist revives one of his deep cuts with a new generation of talent, a ’70s pop classic comes to digital for the first time and one of our favorite current bands preps their new album – plus so much more! The Effect & Steve Perry, “It Could Have Been You” (Core4) (iTunes / Amazon) Rock band The Effect is full of second-generation talent – guitarist…

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The Weekend Stream: May 4, 2024

May 4, 2024 by The Second Disc | No Comments
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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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The Weekend Stream: April 27, 2024

April 27, 2024 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment
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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 late period Prince is released from The Vault, plus a new Barbra Streisand single, future Bandcamp Friday favorites, cuts from new Broadway cast recordings and more! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Prince, “Magnificent” (NPG/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The Musicology 20th anniversary celebration continues with the digital release of another Prince rarity from The Vault! “Magnificent” was issued as part of The Artist’s NPG Music Club as a…

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The Weekend Stream: April 21, 2024

April 21, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments
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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. This week’s super-sized post-Record Store Day lineup includes more: more remixes, more covers, more Mancini and yes, more Taylor Swift. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology (Republic) (iTunes / Amazon) Can you really call this a reissue? Pop’s most ubiquitous A-lister whipped fans into a frenzy by announcing her 11th studio album shortly before picking up her fourth Grammy Award for…

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The Weekend Stream: February 17, 2024

February 17, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments
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Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. Today, we celebrate Crowded House’s return, an unreleased track from the Godfather of Soul, six albums from a female country hitmaker and many more! Crowded House, “Oh Hi” (BMG) (iTunes / Amazon) One of Second Disc HQ’s favorite bands, Crowded House, is back with the first single from Gravity Stairs, their first album since 2021’s Dreamers Are Waiting. This gentle, uplifting single from Neil Finn and company (longtime bassist Nick Seymour, keyboardist Mitchell Froom and Neil’s…

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The Weekend Stream: January 27, 2024

January 27, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments
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Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. Anniversary releases from Bon Jovi and Madonna, more INXS remixes, deep dives on Duke Ellington and Doris Day, a new recording from Melissa Manchester and a unique new take on a classic Brazilian vocalist are what you’ll enjoy today! Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi (Deluxe Edition) (Mercury/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) The New Jersey rockers have already teed up a big 2024: frontman Jon Bon Jovi will be honored at the Grammy Awards as the MusiCares Person…

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The Weekend Stream: January 13, 2024

January 13, 2024 by Mike Duquette | No Comments
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Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. Our first streaming round-up of the year has surprises from INXS, a ’00s U.K. hit going viral, and some ’90s alt-rock goodness! INXS, Selections from All Juiced Up Volume 2 (Petrol/Atlantic) “I’m Only Looking” (Morales Bad Yard Mix): iTunes / Amazon “Bitter Tears” (Lorimer 12″ Mix): iTunes / Amazon “Need You Tonight” (Liebrand 12″ Mix): iTunes / Amazon “Listen Like Thieves” (Extended Remix): iTunes / Amazon “Not Enough Time” (Ralphie Rosario Mix): iTunes / Amazon…

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