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The Weekend Stream: January 29, 2022

January 29, 2022 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to discover! A few interesting titles coming your way this week, but first, some thoughts on streaming and catalogue inspired by this week’s headlines… Usually, doing The Weekend Stream is pretty simple: check which catalogue titles have been added to digital music services, write some blurbs and drop in some links. This week, it took on some slight gravity thanks to one of the…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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Buddy Holly, Burl Ives, Chet Atkins, Jackie Gleason, Joni Mitchell, Matt Monro, Neil Young

The Weekend Stream: December 18, 2021

December 18, 2021 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to discover! A quiet week before Christmas offers a new Bowie remix, rare soundtracks from Tangerine Dream and The Simpsons, plus a legendary funk label on Bandcamp. David Bowie, Changes (2021 Alternative Mix) (Parlophone/Rhino) (Spotify) Alongside a newly-announced 50th anniversary picture disc of Hunky Dory, slated for release January 7 (a day before what would have been Bowie’s 75th birthday), there’s now a streaming-only…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Blues, Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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David Bowie, Jackie Gleason, Johnny Winter, Loretta Lynn, Mac Davis, Madonna, Organized Konfusion, Tangerine Dream, The Simpsons

The Weekend Stream: December 11, 2021

December 11, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to discover! This week offers a fistful of digital deluxe editions, expansions on holiday favorites, and at least one Bond theme in the mix. Tina Turner, GoldenEye (Parlophone) (iTunes / Amazon / Spotify) If you’re still riding high off the excellent latest James Bond film No Time to Die, released a few months ago, you might dig this suite of rare remixes of Tina…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

The Weekend Stream: November 13, 2021

November 13, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it’s no secret that listening audiences are also digital – catalogue music lovers, too – and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we’ve introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Platinum Collection (Impulse!/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon /…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

Formats:

Digital Download, Digital Streaming

Genres:

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

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Big Joe Turner, Foster the People, Jackie Gleason, John Coltrane, Johnny Winter, Otis Redding, Shakira, The Cranberries, The Four Aces, Van Der Graaf Generator

Release Round-Up: Week of May 22

May 22, 2020 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Joe Grushecky, Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive! 40th Anniversary Edition (Cleveland International) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers’ bar-band classic is returning to print in a newly expanded edition adding a second disc with 16 previously unreleased tracks including demos and rarities. The 40th anniversary edition of Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive! arrives from the reactivated Cleveland International Records label today in digital…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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Bing Crosby, Dennis DeYoung, Elizabeth Swados, Franck Pourcel, Jackie Gleason, Jeff Healey, Jim Peterik, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, Phil Ochs, Steve Earle

Release Round-Up: Week of March 10

March 10, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Elliott Smith, Either/Or: Expanded Edition (Kill Rock Stars) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Kill Rock Stars label has a new remastered, expanded reissue of Elliott Smith’s 1997 Either/Or on 2 CDs or 2 LPs. The bonus material includes five live tracks, the unreleased tune “I Figured You Out,” a new mix of B-side “I Don’t Think I’m Ever Gonna Figure It Out,” and alternate versions of tracks “New Monkey” and “Bottle Up and Explode!”…

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Release Round-Up

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

Genres:

Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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? and The Mysterians, Chickenfoot, Elliott Smith, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Garcia, Marc Almond, Mortimer, Soft Cell, Soundgarden, T Rex

Groovin’ Down A Crowded Avenue: Real Gone March Slate Features The Rascals, Southside Johnny, Artful Dodger, Ann-Margret

January 18, 2017 by Randy Fairman | 13 Comments

Official word has just come out about Real Gone’s titles for March and, as usual, the line-up boasts an eclectic group of releases including a number of comprehensive double-CD sets! First up is a compilation featuring liner notes from our very own Joe Marchese. The Definitive Collection from Ann-Margret features 30 of the flame-haired singer/actress’s songs from her 1961-1966 tenure on RCA Records and includes standards, pop, soundtrack recordings and collaborations with Al Hirt and Elvis Presley. (This title was previously issued as a digital-only entry in Sony’s Essential series.) Next up are…

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News

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CD, Vinyl

Genres:

Classic Rock, Gospel, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks

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Ann-Margret, Artful Dodger, Clint Walker, Jackie Gleason, Question Mark and the Mysterians, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, The Rascals