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The Weekend Stream Extra: A Guide to ‘MTV Unplugged’ on Paramount+ (Part 2)

May 25, 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+! (Part 1 can be read here.) The evolution of MTV Unplugged was not unlike that of the network itself. If those first years on the air from 1989 to 1991 were proof of the format’s artistic viability, the episodes recorded…

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The Weekend Stream

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CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Blues, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Annie Lennox, Arrested Development, Duran Duran, Eric Clapton, Heavy D, John Mellencamp, Lulu, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Nirvana, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Queensryche, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Soul Asylum, k.d. lang

Soundtrack Watch: Varese and La-La Land Bow Their Final Score Surprises, from Blade to Bond

December 2, 2024 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

When La-La Land Records announced a bunch of big archival score titles for the beginning of November instead of their usual calendar-closing Black Friday announcement, it was safe to assume there were no more surprises coming from the label this year. Once again, that turned out to be quite untrue: in a reprise of last year’s Christmas Day shocker and a follow-up to their reissue of Goldfinger in October, the label has announced two more titles for 2024: a pair of lovingly-restored John Barry scores to James Bond films The Man with the…

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John Barry, Lulu, Marco Beltrami, Mark Isham, Paul Williams, Shirley Bassey

The Second Disc’s Guide to Record Store Day 2024: Our Essential Picks

April 20, 2024 by The Second Disc | 18 Comments

Tomorrow, Record Store Day is once again upon us! It’s that time of year where music lovers and vinyl flippers get together at their favorite physical music retailers and wait in line to snag some treasured albums – almost all of which are pressed on vinyl instead of CD (or, you know, sold on secondary marketplaces for above their retail value). This year, the list tops out at over 350 titles, so there’s very nearly something for everybody. It wasn’t easy to narrow our choices down to around 20 titles, but here…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Many States of Independence: Demon Unveils RSD List with Donna Summer, Yardbirds, Lulu, Average White Band, More

February 20, 2024 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

As the week unfolds, we’ll be continuing our ongoing look at this year’s massive Record Store Day list. Here is a glance at all of the releases coming from Demon Music Group. All descriptions are taken directly from the label. If you are interested in any of these titles, they will be available at your local record store on April 20. Head over to recordstoreday.com for a list of participating retailers. U.K. readers, please visit recordstoreday.co.uk and Canadian readers, please visit recordstoredaycanada.ca. All titles on Demon’s list are available in the U.K.; please see notes on…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Average White Band, Dead or Alive, Donna Summer, Lamont Dozier, Lulu, Parliament, Pixies, Record Store Day, Steps, T Rex, The Yardbirds, Travis Biggs

Release Round-Up: Week of May 14

May 14, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Déjà Vu: Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino) 4CD/1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: CSNY50.com / Rhino.com Rhino revisits Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s landmark 1970 release as a deluxe 4CD/1LP set featuring a remastered version of the original album plus 28 previously unreleased demos, outtakes, and alternate takes. It’s all topped off with an essay from Cameron Crowe. In addition to the 4CD/1LP set, the box will be released in super-deluxe 5LP format exclusively from the new CSNY50.com and Rhino.com. Additionally, the audio will be released to download and streaming…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop

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Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Grateful Dead, Lulu, Paul McCartney, Steve Goodman, Steve Miller Band, The Go-Go's

Oh Me, Oh My: Crimson Collects Lulu’s Hits and Rarities on New “Gold” Volume

February 16, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

Demon Music Group has recently celebrated the career of Scottish singer Lulu with projects including 2018’s Decade, a definitive chronicle of her first ten years in music. Now, Demon’s Crimson Productions imprint is releasing the first comprehensive, career-spanning anthology for Lulu as part of its ongoing, budget-priced but music-packed Gold series. Lulu’s Gold volume encompasses a generous 60 songs on three CDs, and most significantly, is cross-licensed to include tracks from her various label associations over the years. The first disc covers the 1960s and her tenures at Decca and the U.K….

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It’s Only “Words”: Playback Collects Rarities on “A Bee Gees Songbook”

January 14, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

While The Bee Gees have never truly faded from the popular consciousness, it’s fair to say the group founded by Barry Gibb and his late brothers Maurice and Robin is currently experiencing a renaissance. Director Frank Marshall’s documentary How Can You Mend a Broken Heart earned acclaim for its candid chronicle of the group’s ups and downs while Barry has reaffirmed his legacy with the new album Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Vol. 1. On the latter, he’s joined by an array of country artists to reinvent the Bee Gees’ venerable songbook. …

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Bee Gees, Cilla Black, Jackie Lomax, Johnny Mathis, José Feliciano, Lulu, Nina Simone, The Cyrkle, The Marmalade, The Searchers, The Seekers, Various Artists

’60s ROCK, POP AND SOUL: New Treasury Collection DVD Set Offers Over 100 Favorites

November 23, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

Earlier this year, The Second Disc shared news of Rock, Pop and Doo Wop, a 7-DVD collection from Treasury Collection and executive producer-director TJ Lubinsky. Now, with the holidays upon us, a new set featuring dozens of classic hit-makers has just been released: ’60s Rock, Pop and Soul. This 4-DVD package has been culled from two decades of Lubinsky’s historic television concerts, with 130 hit songs from a “Who’s Who” of legendary performers including Frankie Valli (“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”), Jackie DeShannon (“What the World Needs Now Is Love”), John…

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Box Sets, CD, DVD

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Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Aretha Franklin, B.J. Thomas, Ben E. King, Davy Jones, Four Tops, Frankie Valli, Glen Campbell, Jackie DeShannon, Jefferson Starship, Judy Collins, Lulu, Petula Clark, Ron Dante, The 5th Dimension, The Association, The Isley Brothers, The Zombies, Tommy James and The Shondells, Various Artists

Nobody Does It Better: ‘The Best of Bond…James Bond’ Gets Update and Vinyl Release

September 28, 2020 by The Second Disc | 15 Comments

With a new James Bond film set to shake (not stir) audiences in November, a longtime compilation of the super-spy’s famed film themes is getting a new iteration on November 20. The Best of Bond…James Bond offers a stellar 25-track overview of the pop themes that scored nearly all of the films based on Ian Fleming’s famed British secret agent. There are 14 U.K. Top 10 hits and two Academy Award winners herein – altogether, a formidable, half-century-plus musical portrait of one of cinema’s most popular characters. First released under this title…

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

In the Pocket: Ace Salutes Mickie Most, Reggie Young on New Anthologies

March 6, 2019 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The names of Mickie Most and Reggie Young might not be among the most familiar except to diehard music aficionados, but the songs that benefited from their respective golden touches certainly are among the most well-known ever. Ace Records has recently paid tribute to both of these late talents with a pair of deluxe anthologies. The Pop Genius of Mickie Most may be the most lavish single-disc package yet released by Ace, housed in a heavy slipcase also containing a squarebound 74-page biography of the producer-impresario. Most (1938-2003) made no bones about…

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Donovan, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, Herman's Hermits, Jackie DeShannon, Jeff Beck, Johnny Cash, Lulu, Merle Haggard, Mickie Most, Reggie Young, Solomon Burke, Various Artists, Waylon Jennings

Holiday Gift Guide Spotlight: Lulu, “Decade 1967-1976”

December 17, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Lulu (real name: Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie) burst onto the scene in 1964 with her earthy, throaty rendition of The Isley Brothers’ “Shout!” The fifteen-year old parlayed that memorable U.K. top ten hit into an international career that remains vibrant and active to this very day. Lulu remained on Decca Records, the home of “Shout!,” for a two-year stint, departing the label in late 1966 to sign with producer Mickie Most EMI’s Columbia Records arm (not to be confused with the CBS-affiliated U.S. label). Over the next, career-defining decade (which saw her…

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Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews

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Box Sets, CD

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Pop

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 16

November 16, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Fleetwood Mac, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (Warner Bros./Rhino) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada In celebration of its 50 years, Fleetwood Mac is issuing a new career-spanning collection featuring 50 songs on either 3 CDs or 5 LPs. These include hits, favorites, and a smattering of rarities such as the CD premiere of 2013’s “Sad Angel” from the digital release Extended Play. A 1-CD distillation…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Blues, Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Buddy Holly, Chris Cornell, Cilla Black, Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, Glen Campbell, John Coltrane, Kate Bush, Lee Dorsey, Lee Michaels, Lulu, Roy Orbison, Rush, The Police, The Posies, The Rolling Stones

From Lulu, With Love: Edsel Preps New Box Set “Decade: 1967-1976” For Singing Superstar

October 3, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 12 Comments

Lulu (real name: Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie) burst onto the scene in 1964 with her earthy, throaty rendition of The Isley Brothers’ “Shout!” The fifteen-year old parlayed that memorable U.K. top ten hit into an international career that remains vibrant and active to this very day. Lulu remained on Decca Records, the home of “Shout!,” for a two-year stint, departing the label in late 1966 to sign with producer Mickie Most for EMI’s Columbia Records arm (not to be confused with the CBS-affiliated U.S. label). Over the next, career-defining decade (which saw…

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Pop

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May 16, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Tuesday – July 1, that is – will never be the same, thanks to Real Gone Music’s slate spotlighting a quartet of famous sixties girls! But that’s not all. The label is also dipping its toes into tropicalia, anthologizing an unsung country-pop hero, going both punk and disco, and returning to the venerable Grateful Dead catalogue! Complete Singles Collections have become a specialty of Real Gone’s, and the label continues with a new title featuring every Mercury single released by Spanky (McFarlane) and Our Gang – “Lazy Day,” “Like to Get to…

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Lulu, New York Community Choir, Peggy Lipton, Spanky and Our Gang, The Grateful Dead