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The Weekend Stream: August 26, 2023

August 26, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. Today, some Marvin Gaye classics get rediscovered and one of rock’s greatest drummers turns his band’s classics into a global party – plus rare tracks from Ariana Grande, Doris Day and another collection of rare ZTT remixes! Marvin Gaye, Let’s Get It On (Deluxe Edition) / You’re the Man (Expanded Edition) / The Originals, The Very Best of The…

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Ariana Grande, Doris Day, Herbie Hancock, Mac Miller, Marvin Gaye, Nasty Rox Inc, Stewart Copeland, System of a Down, The Originals, The Police

The Weekend Stream: July 15, 2023

July 15, 2023 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. This week, ABC and Steven Wilson shoot a “Poison Arrow” our way, plus rare albums from Bobby Darin, Pat Boone and others – including a lost ’60s soul-pop classic you don’t want to miss! ABC, Poison Arrow EP (Mercury/UMR) (iTunes / Amazon) Ahead of the new 40th anniversary vinyl box set of ABC’s debut The Lexicon of Love, Universal…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Blues, Classic Rock, Everything Else, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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ABC, Bobby Darin, Boz Scaggs, Christine McVie, Duke Ellington, Leo Kottke, Mick Fleetwood, Miles Davis, Nasty Rox Inc, Pat Boone, Pulp

The Weekend Stream: April 15, 2023

April 15, 2023 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 usher you into the weekend. Rarities and oddities abound: cartoon soundtracks, early works from country legends, and more! Pat Irwin, Rocko’s Modern Life (Original Music from the Series) (Nickelodeon) (iTunes / Amazon) Joe Murray’s colorful cartoon about a harried wallaby and his misadventures was one of Nickelodeon’s edgier cartoons in the early-to-mid ’90s – a similar edge to The Ren & Stimpy Show,…

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Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alex North, Bobby Bare, Dottsy, Gym Class Heroes, How to Dress Well, Jim Nabors, Nasty Rox Inc, Ray Conniff, Starpoint

ZTT Uncovers Buried Digital Treasure

March 29, 2012 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

ZTT Records has taken to iTunes to uncover their latest vault find: a reissue of Ca$h, the 1988 album by dance-rock outfit Nasty Rox Inc. The U.K. quintet, featuring CJ Mackintosh of short-lived dance legends M|A|R|R|S, were one of the most prominent U.K. bands to mix house/club music with straightforward rock. Their single “Escape from New York” was described by the NME as “the aural equivalent of ‘[The] Towering Inferno,” and they ended up as the support act for a British tour with funk legend James Brown. The album, which hasn’t been released since…

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