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The Weekend Stream: April 18, 2026

April 18, 2026 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. We’ve got a trove of new songs from old (and not-so-old) favorites to kick off your post-Record Store Day festivities, plus a load of rare, out-of-print and expanded titles across genres from country, jazz, prog and beyond. Madonna, “I Feel So Free” (Warner) (Apple / Amazon) Just over two decades after her triumphant Confessions on a Dance Floor – and seven years after…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

Varese Boots Up Expanded ‘Hackers’ Soundtrack

September 15, 2020 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Audiences and critics may not have fully understood Hackers when it was released exactly 25 years ago – but the cyber-cult classic continues to be a touchpoint in the public’s early understanding of the nascent Internet. Next week, its original soundtrack is being expanded for its anniversary, complete with some surprising cameos from a classic rock legend. The film followed a group of young, elite, underground programmers who accidentally stumble upon a computer virus-assisted plot to embezzle a major corporation and cause environmental chaos. Several of its cast members broke through to…

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News

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CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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David Gilmour, Massive Attack, Prodigy, Squeeze

Still ‘Raw’: Neneh Cherry’s Debut Gets Expanded Stance For 30th Anniversary

November 27, 2019 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

One of the most unique and eclectic debut albums of the late ’80s, Neneh Cherry’s Raw Like Sushi, will be celebrated with a 30th anniversary deluxe edition coming from Virgin/UMC in January. The deluxe Raw Like Sushi, packed in a 12″ x 12″ box set, will feature the original album alongside two discs of vintage remixes of hits like “Buffalo Stance” (an international Top 5 hit) and “Kisses On The Wind,” a follow-up that reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in America. A who’s who of remixers from the period…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop

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Arthur Baker, Massive Attack, Neneh Cherry

Virgin Records Celebrates “40 Years of Disruptions” with New Compilation, Picture Discs

October 21, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Virgin Records, one of England’s most iconic labels, turns 40 this year – and they’re celebrating with a new compilation full of hits from their storied existence. The Virgin label was largely the brainchild of one young businessman named Richard Branson. The London-born Branson began his career selling records by mail order and later opening a shop on Oxford Street. The Virgin label was blessed with early success thanks to a willingness to sign acts that major U.K. labels were keen to dismiss. This netted them a smash hit with their very…

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Massive Attack, Meat Loaf, Mike Oldfield, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Simple Minds, The Human League, The Sex Pistols, UB40, Vinyl

Massive Attack’s Debut Getting New Remix, Remaster for November Release

September 20, 2012 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

The debut LP from trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack is about to get a bit more massive in the U.K. this year, with a remixed, remastered deluxe edition due in November. Blue Lines, originally released in 1991, was a watershed moment for British dance music. Before “trip-hop” was an actual subgenre repeated in music magazines, the Bristol-based trio of Robert “3D” Del Naja, Grant “Daddy G” Marshall and Andrew “Mushroom” Vowles helped forge its sonic identity as Massive Attack. As members of Bristol’s “Wild Bunch” scene with luminaries like rapper Adrian “Tricky” Thaws…

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News

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Box Sets

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Massive Attack, Vinyl