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The Weekend Stream Extra: A Guide to ‘MTV Unplugged’ on Paramount+ (Part 4)

June 15, 2025 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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 running a five-part deep-dive on every episode of MTV Unplugged that’s currently streaming on the station’s parent streaming network Paramount+! (Parts 1, 2 and 3 can be read here, here and here.) The seventh and eighth seasons of MTV Unplugged aired in 1996 and 1997, which were sort of its last years as a regular program. By then, the show locked into a comfortable…

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The Weekend Stream

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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

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Alice in Chains, Babyface, Bryan Adams, Chris Isaak, Hootie and The Blowfish, Jakob Dylan, Jewel, Oasis, Seal, Stevie Wonder, The Wallflowers, Tori Amos

Release Round-Up: Week of November 17

November 17, 2023 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles available today in the final “big week” of the holiday release season. We are an Amazon affiliate and earn on qualifying purchases. We’re kicking things off with our two Christmas releases from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! While Amazon’s orders are unfortunately delayed, both of these titles are shipping now from Real Gone’s webstore! Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops, The Ultimate Pops Christmas Party! (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Arthur Fiedler…

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News, 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, Classical/Opera, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

What’s Simple is True: Jewel’s ‘Spirit’ Set for 25th Anniversary Expansion

September 28, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Following a generous expansion of debut album Pieces of You, Craft Recordings will offer an expansion of folk-pop singer Jewel’s sophomore album Spirit. The 25th anniversary edition, available November 17, features the original album – including the Top 10 hit “Hands” – plus a raft of bonus material appended to the first disc and spilling over into the second. Extras include original single mixes, rare live B-sides and eight unreleased demos and outtakes. The original album will also be released on double vinyl on the same day. After Pieces of Me became a juggernaut almost…

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Folk, Pop

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Jewel

The Second Disc’s Guide To Record Store Day Black Friday 2020

November 27, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Today’s Black Friday shopping will likely look a little different thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. But one thing will remain the same: Record Store Day’s yearly event. It’s been a packed year with RSD Drops in the months of August, September, and October. Now, they’re going out with a bang. Labels big and small will release limited-edition vinyl with the collector in mind. Whether you’re after new music from legends, reissues of sought-after recordings, or unreleased rarities from the vault, you’ll be covered. These releases are available only from independent, brick-and-mortar record…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Comedy, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

Release Round-Up: Week of November 20

November 20, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Live in Maui (Experience Hendrix/Legacy) 2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings have a brand-new collection that celebrates The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s near-mythic performances on Maui, Hawaii in 1970. Live In Maui brings together audio and video with a new feature-length documentary called Music, Money, Madness: Jimi Hendrix In Maui. The collection will be available in 2-CD/Blu-ray and 3-LP/Blu-ray configurations, all due on November 20. Director John McDermott’s new documentary film chronicles the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s visit to…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Brand New Pair of Shoes: ‘Johnny Cash: Forever Words’ Collection to Get Four Digital Expansions

October 27, 2020 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Back in 2018, Legacy Recordings released Forever Words, a collection of new songs featuring previously unheard lyrics by Johnny Cash. The 16-track set offered new melodies and performances by a “Who’s who” of artists including Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, Jewel, John Mellencamp, Brad Paisley, The Jayhawks, Robert Glasper, Cash’s daughter Rosanne Cash, and his stepdaughter Carlene Carter. Now, Legacy is expanding the original album with a further 18 tracks (16 of which are previously unreleased) being rolled out on digital service providers on a bimonthly schedule, culminating in a…

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News

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Country, Rock

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Ana Cristina Cash, Brad Paisley, Elvis Costello, Jamey Johnson, Jewel, John Popper, Johnny Cash, Marty Stuart, Ronnie Dunn, Ruston Kelly, Shawn Camp, The Lumineers

Reelin’ and Rockin’: Craft Recordings Announces Record Store Day Black Friday Lineup Featuring George Thorogood, Jewel, and More

October 13, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Craft Recordings, the catalogue arm of the Concord label, has announced their roster of titles for Record Store Day Black Friday, all of which will be available exclusively through brick-and-mortar record shops on November 27. Among the diverse titles: a complete 1982 concert by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, early live sessions from Jewel, a 7″ single of Vince Guaraldi’s “Christmas Time Is Here,” a 10th-anniversary re-press of Norma Jean’s Meridional, and a new Jazz Dispensary compilation of jazz, funk and soul. So find your nearest participating record shop and keep an…

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News

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Vinyl

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Blues, Classic Rock, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rock

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24-Carat Black, David Axelrod, Funk Inc., George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Jewel, Johnny Hammond, Merl Saunders, Norma Jean, Record Store Day, Roger Glenn, The Blackbyrds, Vince Guaraldi

Pieces of Her: Jewel’s Debut Album Gets the Box Set Treatment

September 30, 2020 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Folk singer Jewel will revisit her debut album with a expanded box set edition on Craft Recordings in November. The 25th anniversary edition of Pieces of You, due November 20, will be available in three formats. A 4CD super deluxe box set in a hardback portfolio book package combines the original album with three bonus discs: a set of demos (19 of 20 previously unreleased), a collection of B-sides and rarities (including seven unreleased outtakes), and a fully unreleased collection of live material from the singer’s breakthrough performances at the Inner Change…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Folk, Pop

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Jewel

Holiday Gift Guide Review: Jewel, “Joy: A Holiday Collection” [Reissue]

December 6, 2019 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

In 1999, singer-songwriter Jewel teamed with veteran producer-arranger Arif Mardin (Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield) for Joy: A Holiday Collection, her first Christmas album and third overall studio LP. Within a month of its release, it received a platinum certification, and it continues to be a perennial during the holiday season. Now, Craft Recordings has reissued the gentle album originally released on Atlantic Records for its vinyl premiere, as newly mastered by George Horn and Anne-Marie Suenram at Fantasy Studios. Joy made no concessions to modernity (and very few to pop), a style…

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Holiday Gift Guide, News, Reviews

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Vinyl

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Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Jewel

Release Round-Up: Week of February 15

February 15, 2019 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Elvis Presley, The Best of the ’68 Comeback Special (RCA/Legacy) Standard CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Walmart Exclusive CD/DVD: Walmart.com The celebration of Elvis Presley’s legendary 1968 NBC television special continues. The Best of the ’68 Comeback Special features highlights from Legacy’s recent ’68 Comeback Special box set with performances culled from both of the “stand-up” and “sit-down” shows recorded in June, 1968 for the special. This new, single-disc release also includes the single versions of “Memories,” “Suspicious Minds,” and “Burning Love.” While only “Memories” was included in the original program, all three…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Chaka Khan, Elvis Presley, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jewel, Regina Belle

Near You Always: Craft Recordings Reissues Jewel’s “Pieces of You” on CD and Vinyl

February 4, 2019 by Sam Stone | 5 Comments

With 12 studio albums, four Grammy nominations, and more than 30 million worldwide album sales, acclaimed singer and songwriter Jewel has enjoyed notable career longevity since her entrance onto the scene 25 years ago. Her 1995 debut Pieces of You established Jewel as a bold, new voice of authenticity in the pop landscape. It was recorded in Neil Young’s ranch and included Young’s backing band, The Stray Gators. The 12x-platinum-selling album included many Top 10 hits, including “Who Will Save Your Soul,” “Foolish Games,” and the platinum-selling single, “You Were Meant For…

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News

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CD, Vinyl

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Folk, Pop

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Jewel