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The Weekend Stream: April 25, 2026

April 25, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

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. Some of our favorites lead this pack: an archival Prince single, a new Duran Duran song, a vintage George Michael EP, outtakes from The Beach Boys, demos from Andy Partridge – and plenty more where that came from. Prince, “With This Tear” (NPG/Legacy) (Apple / Amazon) Last Tuesday, the 10th anniversary of Prince’s death, The Artist’s estate released the latest posthumous…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Release Round-Up: Week of November 22

November 22, 2024 by The Second Disc | 8 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today including a Christmas classic from Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music and a whole bunch of massive box sets! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Sings Christmas Carols (Expanded Edition) (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Over the past decade, we here at TSD have happily partnered with Real Gone Music on an array of Christmas releases from such evergreen artists as Johnny Mathis, The Supremes, Chet Atkins,…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Gospel, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

The Weekend Stream: May 7, 2022

May 7, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to discover! Truly something for everyone this week, from classic rock to live jazz and folk to…Christmas albums? Whitesnake, Greatest Hits (2022 Remix) (Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) Ahead of their farewell tour, David Coverdale has yet again revisited the Whitesnake catalogue through a series of remixes, this time pertaining to most of the songs that were on the band’s 1994 greatest hits collection. There’s…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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

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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Burl Ives, Christina Milian, Ernest Tubb, George Clinton, Grover Washington Jr., Herbie Hancock, John Schneider, Kenny Burrell, McCoy Tyner, One Way, Ray LaMontagne, Red Foley, Sam the Sham and The Pharoahs, The Format, Triumph, Whitesnake, Wu-Tang Clan

And Then I Don’t Feel So Bad: Coltrane’s ‘Favorite Things’ Reissued in Stereo and Mono

March 31, 2022 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

One of John Coltrane’s most popular albums is getting reissued for its 60th anniversary. My Favorite Things was the jazz legend’s fourth record for the Atlantic label, and one of the bestselling works of the genre. Its title track, a dazzling cover of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s song from The Sound of Music, became a jazz radio staple and helped the album sell more than a half-million copies in the ensuing decades.The other three songs on the album come from the rich tradition of Great American Songbook/musical writers: Cole Porter’s “Ev’ry Time We…

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Jazz

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John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner

Betcha by Golly Wow: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Collect Phyllis Hyman’s Albums Discography In New Box Set

May 19, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

“Phyllis sat right in my class. I can still see the pigtails.” In a 2016 interview with The Second Disc, Thom Bell shared his earliest memories of the late Phyllis Hyman (1949-1995). The songwriter-arranger-conductor-producer would cross paths numerous times over the years with his childhood friend: first via Phyllis’ hit recordings of his “Betcha By Golly Wow” and “Loving You – Losing You,” and later, his own productions and songs for her. “She was a lonely individual,” observed Thom, “which in turn enhanced the lonely vibes of a melody – if there…

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Box Sets, CD

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R&B/Soul

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Barry Manilow, Grover Washington Jr., McCoy Tyner, Michael Henderson, Norman Connors, Pharoah Sanders, Phyllis Hyman

Holiday Gift Guide: Vinyl Me, Please – A Year in Review

December 10, 2020 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Over the past few months you’ve probably heard us mention Vinyl Me Please. The subscription-based record club frequently partners with the major labels to create exclusive pressings from across genres. They also curate Records of the Month for subscribers – available in three tracks: Classics, Essentials, and Hip Hop – specially selected by their staff to spotlight albums of importance in pop, rock, soul, world music, jazz, and beyond. This year, the offerings ran the gamut from The Stooges, Errol Garner, Stevie Nicks, John Mayer, McCoy Tyner, Gabor Szabo, Otis Redding, and…

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

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Albert King, , Errol Garner, Erykah Badu, Gabor Szabo, Grateful Dead, John Mayer, McCoy Tyner, Otis Redding, Outkast, Sipritualized, Stevie Nicks, The Bar-Kays, The Stooges, The White Stripes

Impulse Buys Abound from UMe

July 26, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Universal Music Group got off to a great start anthologizing the deep catalogue of Impulse! Records with a four-disc box set from Hip-o Select earlier this year. Today, that catalogue is revisited yet again, in the form of 28 albums from the jazz label’s catalogue collected as two-on-one discs. The titles are pretty diverse, collecting sets from Duke Ellington, McCoy Tyner, Alice Coltrane, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson and others. You can order each of the titles on Amazon here and check out the track lists after the jump.

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McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins