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The Weekend Stream: April 4, 2026

April 4, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 6 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. The elder British/Irish rock contingent is alive and well, with new music from U2, Peter Gabriel and Ringo Starr plus new remixes from Sting; there’s also quite a bit of country (from Jim Reeves and Ricky Skaggs to…Disney?) and jazz (Monk, Maynard and more) to go around. U2, Easter Lily EP (Island) (Apple / Amazon) More prolific (and present) than they’ve…

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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, Gospel, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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Al Jarreau, Bola Sete, Cal Tjader, Claybourne Elder, Jim Reeves, Kristin Chenoweth, Led Zeppelin, Maynard Ferguson, Peter Gabriel, Ricky Skaggs, Ringo Starr, Stephen Schwartz, Sting, Thelonious Monk, U2

Release Round-Up: Week of July 15

July 15, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Little Richard, Mono Box: The Complete Specialty and Vee-Jay Albums (Concord/Specialty) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new, 5-LP vinyl box set collects all of the studio albums that Little Richard recorded for both the Specialty and Vee-Jay labels between 1957 and 1965. The mono albums, each replicating the original label and jacket art, have been remastered from analog tapes. A 16-page booklet featuring new liner notes by Bill Dahl, plus era-specific photos, rounds out the collection. Read more here! Diana Ross, Diana Ross…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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

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Diana Ross, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Little Richard, Marvin Gaye, Maynard Ferguson, Nina Simone, Sonny and Cher, The Hollywood Brats

Even The Nights Are Better: Real Gone’s June Slate Features Petula Clark, Air Supply, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Fairport Convention, More

April 29, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 1 Comment

With spring having just begun, it might be hard to believe that summer is going to be here before we know it. But the year marches on and Real Gone Music is kicking off the summer with its June 3rd slate of titles. As per usual with the label, there are a wide variety of genres being represented, including one that Real Gone has never dipped into before. We’ll begin with the two titles that feature liner notes by our very own Joe Marchese. The first is a collection from sixties British hit-maker…

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News

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CD, Vinyl

Genres:

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

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Air Supply, Fairport Convention, Grateful Dead, Loudon Wainwright III, Maynard Ferguson, Petula Clark, The D.O.C., The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Release Round-Up: Week of March 11

March 11, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

This week’s Release Round-Up is filled with reissues and anthologies from favorite artists on both CD and vinyl! Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz, An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Today sees the U.S. release of one of the coolest titles so far of 2016! An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz captures the candid, intimate conversations between the rock legends recorded earlier this year. The first CD in this deluxe new package presents the conversation from January 7 recorded at Westbury,…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

Genres:

Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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Brenda Russell, Dave Mason, Herbie Mann, Jeff Buckley, Judy Garland, Maynard Ferguson, Mickey Gilley, Micky Dolenz, Peter Noone, Teddy Pendergrass, The Cars, Whitney Houston

Release Round-Up: Week of February 12

February 12, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up featuring the lost songs of a country-pop superstar, two more entries into an underrated SoCal songbook, new music from veteran artists, and much more! Barbara Mandrell, This Time I Almost Made It: The Lost Columbia Masters (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) We all know Barbara Mandrell did make it…as one of the most successful country crossover superstars of all time. Now, Real Gone has rescued the legendary performer’s early, never-on-CD third and final album for Columbia Records. Even better, the…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

Genres:

Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop

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Barbara Mandrell, Charles Bukowski, Dion, J.D. Souther, Marty Balin, Maynard Ferguson, Paul Carrack

Omnivore Readies New Releases From Soul Man Winfield Parker, Jazz Great Maynard Ferguson

February 4, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Omnivore Recordings continues to heat up winter 2016 with releases coming from R&B titan Winfield Parker and late jazz giant Maynard Ferguson. Throughout his long career which happily continues to this day, Winfield Parker has shared stages with the illustrious likes of James Brown, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Little Richard, Etta James, Carla Thomas and Lloyd Price. Parker began his singing career at Baltimore’s Ru-Jac label, one of America’s first African-American-owned record labels (active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s). In 2015, Omnivore acquired the pioneering Ru-Jac label and…

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News

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CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Jazz, R&B/Soul

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Maynard Ferguson, Winfield Parker

Release Round-Up: Week of December 18

December 18, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Well, Christmas is almost upon us, and the onslaught of new releases has turned into a trickle as we head right into last-minute shopping territory! Still, selections are choice! Enjoy, and remember – you’ll see our next Release Round-Up in the New Year! John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Walt Disney Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada) Today is all about Star Wars…and we’re just as thrilled as could be about a brand-new score by the legendary John Williams! Maynard Ferguson, Storm / Live from San Francisco…

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Release Round-Up

Formats:

Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

Genres:

Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Electric Light Orchestra, John Williams, Maynard Ferguson, Pantera