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

The Weekend Stream: April 9, 2023

April 8, 2023 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 usher you into the weekend. ZTT rarities, dream pop from down under, two Michael Jackson connections, great ’70s songwriters – this latest Stream has everything, plus a call to support one of our favorite music services as they take on a big challenge. Act, Snobbery and Decay (Showtime) / Leilani, Precious Treasure (ZTT) Act: iTunes / Amazon Leilani: iTunes / Amazon Although they’ve…

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Country, Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Anita Pointer, Cass Elliot, Hatchie, John Denver, Mac Davis, Michael Jackson, Musical Youth, P.F. Sloan, Patrice Rushen, Paul McCartney, Philip Bailey, Rupert Holmes, Strawberry Alarm Clock

The Weekend Stream: January 15, 2022

January 15, 2022 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! This week features early works by John Denver, TV works by Jan Hammer and Giorgio Moroder, live stuff from Tegan and Sara and a real throwback of a compilation album. Denver, Boise & Johnson / The Mitchell Trio, Leaving on a Jet Plane: John Denver (Warner Records) (Amazon / Spotify) John Denver’s career took off when his “Leaving on a Jet Plane”…

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

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Bill Withers, Bing Crosby, Buddy Holly, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Eric Clapton, Fats Waller, Giorgio Moroder, Grover Washington Jr., Jan Hammer, John Denver, John Prine, Sublime, Tegan and Sara, Waylon Jennings

Digital Round-Up: Week of May 3

May 2, 2019 by Sam Stone | 5 Comments

While The Second Disc continues to champion physical media, we recognize that some labels have begun to issue digital-only releases that bring together rarities from the vault or spotlight long-out-of-print albums. From annual copyright extension releases to vault-clearing initiatives, we figured our readers would like to know about some of the treasures that have been released online and on streaming services. So, from time to time, we will shed some light on the best of these digital compilations and reissues. Here’s today’s installment! UPP, UPP (Epic, 1975) Standard-Resolution Download: Amazon U.S. Stream:…

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Aretha Franklin, Clyde McPhatter, Eddie Haywood, Eddie Kendricks, Elvis Presley, J.J. Johnson, John Denver, Pete Seeger, Steve Howe, UPP

Release Round-Up: Week of November 9

November 9, 2018 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, The Complete Christmas Albums (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This comprehensive 2-CD, 43-track set from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music features all three of the legendary conductor’s classic Columbia Christmas LPs – Joy to the World: The Music of Christmas (1959), Wonderland of Christmas (1963), and Wishing You a Merry Christmas (1965), on which he was joined by vocalist Phyllis Curtin and The St. Killian Boychoir – plus a host of holiday bonuses. …

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Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks

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Andre Kostelanetz, Ben Sidran, Fastball, Hanson, Jeff Larson, Jeffrey Foskett, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, John Denver, Lorne Greene, New Kids on the Block, The Beatles, Train

Like You’ll Never Let Me Go: Early John Denver Material Unearthed On New Compilation

November 8, 2018 by Sam Stone | No Comments

John Denver was one of the most renowned artists of the 1970s. His unique, mellow style resonated with audiences to the tune of twelve gold-certified and four platinum-certified albums, and a whopping 33 million records sold worldwide. Though his best-known albums arrived in the early 1970s, Denver’s music journey had begun long before, as a member of The Mitchell Trio, and as one-third of Denver, Boise & Johnson. This Friday, November 9, Varese Sarabande will release a new CD collection of these 1967 and 1968 recordings, including early versions of “Leaving on…

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Sunshine On His Shoulders: Night Fever Music Reissues Three John Denver Classics on Vinyl

September 19, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

John Denver Poems Prayers and Promises Cover

On October 12, 1997, fans around the world were shocked to learn of the tragic passing of beloved troubadour John Denver at the age of 53. Yet nearly twenty years later, his remarkable legacy of music continues to endure. Night Fever Music has celebrated his legacy with the release of three deluxe 180-gram, colored vinyl albums from Denver’s seminal RCA tenure: 1971’s Poems, Prayers, and Promises, 1972’s Rocky Mountain High, and 1974’s Back Home Again. Though best known as a singer-songwriter, Denver would frequently imbue a favorite song with his warm, welcoming…

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Review: John Denver, “All of My Memories: The John Denver Collection”

November 7, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

“Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy,” goes one of John Denver’s most well-known songs. In a little over five minutes – and even less in its single version – “Sunshine” touches on many of the themes most important to the singer-songwriter: nature, love, beauty. Throughout the course of a career sadly cut short when he perished in a plane crash in 1997 aged just 53, Denver revisited these themes over and over again, using his pure, crystalline tone to bring comfort and spread a message of peace. With his boyish good…

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Rocky Mountain High: Legacy Remembers John Denver With New Box Set

September 15, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

Randy Sparks was right. ”Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.” likely wouldn’t have commanded attention on a marquee. “John Denver” would – and did. The beloved troubadour, who perished in 1997 at just 53, took the advice of the New Christy Minstrels’ leader. Choosing a new name from his favorite state, which he would immortalize numerous times in song, Denver went on to a career encompassing seven multi-platinum, thirteen platinum and 20 gold albums. During that sadly-curtailed career, he also penned some of the most beloved and indelible works in the canon of American…

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