The Weekend Stream: June 8, 2024

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. This week is jam-packed with practically something for everybody, especially if you love the ’80s: live cuts from one of the biggest touring bands of the decade, B-sides and remixes from that same decade’s biggest British band and a rediscovered female country hitmaker – plus rare soundtracks, early favorites from a Latin-pop icon and so much more! Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, The Born in the U.S.A….

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The Need for Speed: La-La Land Debuts Harold Faltermeyer’s Score to ‘Top Gun’

La-La Land Records continues its hot streak with an expanded score and soundtrack release of one of the biggest blockbusters of the ’80s: Harold Faltermeyer’s score to the 1986 action classic Top Gun. The 2CD set, limited to 5000 copies, features Faltermeyer’s complete, electronic-infused score to Tony Scott’s film about a squadron of Navy pilots training in an elite program colloquially known as – you guessed it – Top Gun. Tom Cruise stars as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a talented but reckless pilot who must learn honor and responsibility alongside his instructor-turned-love interestCharlie Blackwood (Kelly…

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UPDATE: Vibe On’s Deluxe Reissue of Miami Sound Machine’s “Primitive Love” Indefinitely Delayed

We’re sorry to report that fans waiting for the eagerly-anticipated deluxe reissue of Miami Sound Machine’s Primitive Love, from the fine folks at Vibe On Records, will have to wait a bit longer.  The label has confirmed the unfortunate news that the title has been indefinitely delayed, as a result of Gloria and Emilio Estefan wishing to concentrate on the recording of a new Gloria Estefan album.  Our friends at Vibe On have written, in part: “Until very recently, the Estefans were working with Sony Music Entertainment in order to help Vibe…

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Do That Conga Beat: Vibe On Expands Miami Sound Machine’s “Primitive Love” to 2 CDs

This March, Vibe On Records will be going Primitive.  The label is following its recent reissue of Cher’s I Paralyze with another lavishly expanded Deluxe Edition – this time from Miami Sound Machine featuring the one and only Gloria Estefan.  On March 31, Vibe On will reissue MSM’s 1985 breakthrough Primitive Love as a 2-CD edition featuring a full 23 bonus tracks – four of which are previously unreleased, and six of which have never previously appeared on CD. Primitive Love, Miami Sound Machine’s ninth album, was the second English-language set from…

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