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The Weekend Stream: November 22, 2025

November 22, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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. A real grab bag for you before the Thanksgiving holiday: cut songs from Broadway comedies, rarities from a ’60s soul/rock legend, an inexplicably remastered charity single, rare 12″ mixes and remastered jazz. Have a listen, won’t you?? Various Artists, Monty Python’s Spamalot (Original Broadway Cast Recording/20th Anniversary Edition) (Decca Broadway) (Apple / Amazon) Something to (always) look on the bright side of life over: a new reissue of the music…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

From Scores to Soul: Craft Recordings’ RSD Black Friday Slate Includes Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, More

October 16, 2024 by The Second Disc | No Comments

It’s that time of year again! With Record Store Day’s annual Black Friday event happening just weeks away – on Friday, November 29 – news has arrived of what to expect from each label. Craft Recordings’ ever-eclectic slate features classic jazz, rare soundtracks, vintage soul sides, and more from an array of boldfaced names including Max Roach, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Angelo Badalamenti, and others. You’ll find the full list below, with descriptions provided by the label for all titles. All RSD Black Friday releases will be available at participating stores; you…

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News

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Vinyl

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Jazz, Latin, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

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Angelo Badalamenti, Born Jamericans, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Joe Bataan, Max Roach, Norma Jean, Record Store Day

Release Round-Up: Week of June 3

June 3, 2022 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, highlighted by our newest Second Disc Records release and featuring a selection of the week’s other new titles! Stoney and Meatloaf, Everything Under the Sun: The Motown Recordings (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Stoney and Meatloaf’s Everything Under the Sun: The Motown Recordings from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music is the ultimate celebration of late rock superstar Meat Loaf’s singular collaboration with the extraordinary, Grammy-nominated Shaun Murphy (who went on to sing for more than four decades with Bob Seger…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

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Al Stewart, Alan Vega, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bill Evans, Chuck Armstrong, East Coast, Frank Sinatra, George Scott, Grateful Dead, John Williams, Mabu's Madness, Max Roach, Meat Loaf, Michael Nesmith, Prince, Shaun Murphy, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Stoney and Meatloaf

Find Someone to Love: Real Gone’s Friday Slate Includes Max Roach, Alan Vega, Grateful Dead, Rare Soul, and More

June 1, 2022 by Randy Fairman | No Comments

Real Gone Music has another eclectic array of release hitting store shelves this Friday, June 3. In addition to the deluxe 2-CD set from Stoney and Meatloaf, Everything Under the Sun: The Motown Recordings on Second Disc Records, Real Gone has several vinyl reissues in a variety of genres from jazz to soul to punk/electronic plus another entry in the label’s series of Grateful Dead CD reissues. We’ve got all of the details on this bountiful slate below. Little needs to be said about Max Roach, one of the greatest drummers in…

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News

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Vinyl

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

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Alan Vega, Cameo, Chuck Armstrong, East Coast, George Scott, Grateful Dead, Mabu's Madness, Max Roach