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The Weekend Stream: October 12, 2024

October 12, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

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 creep may continue, but we’ve got plenty more where that came from: a new spin on a John Lennon classic, rare remixes from David Bowie, a live triumph from Céline Dion, some thrills and chills from the Alien universe – and first off, a charitable compilation built for a good cause in the wake of our country’s severest storms of late. Various Artists, Cardinals At the Window (Music’s Promise) (Bandcamp)…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Folk, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Celine Dion, CelloVoci, Daryl Hall, David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, Jerry Goldsmith, John Klein, John Lennon, Pharrell Williams, Sadler, Slim Whitman, The Chambers Brothers, The Lighthouse Singers, The Mariners, The Neptunes

The Weekend Stream: October 5, 2024

October 5, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

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 Saturday brings remixes from James Brown, live rarities from Daryl Hall and – yes – a jump on some Christmas catalogue. James Brown, We Got to Change / Soul Power: The Remixes (Republic/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) “We Got to Change” was an exciting find earlier this year: an unreleased 1970 track featuring an early version of The J.B.’s, issued to promote a multi-part documentary on The Godfather of Soul….

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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

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Andy Williams, Daryl Hall, James Brown, John Klein, Train

Release Round-Up: Week of November 2

November 2, 2018 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Melissa Manchester, Mathematics: The MCA Years (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music bring Melissa Manchester’s 1985 MCA album to CD for the very first time in an expanded 2-CD deluxe edition! Mathematics: The MCA Years features the original Mathematics (produced by George Duke, Brock Walsh and Robbie Nevil, Trevor Veitch and executive producer Quincy Jones!) on the first CD, while the second disc boasts 13 bonus tracks including every period remix, the non-LP…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Eagles, John Klein, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Marianne Faithfull, Melissa Manchester, Metallica, Mott the Hoople, Paul Williams, Rod McKuen, Rosanne Cash, The McGuire Sisters

Make A List and Check It Twice: Real Gone Announces Christmas Reissues From The McGuire Sisters, John Klein, Rod McKuen

September 28, 2018 by Randy Fairman | 5 Comments

Even though Fall has just begun, we are already looking ahead to Christmas as several artists have already announced yuletide albums for this year. And, continuing their annual tradition, our friends at Real Gone Music are releasing selection of classic Christmas CDs this year, the first three of which they have just announced. All three of these are due on November 2. First up is Season’s Greetings From the McGuire Sisters – The Complete Coral Christmas Recordings. The singing trio of real-life sisters (Christine, Dorothy and Phyllis) got their big break on…

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News

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Everything Else, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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John Klein, Rod McKuen, The McGuire Sisters