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The Weekend Stream: June 15, 2024

June 15, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 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. Pop goddesses, rock gods, one classic crooner and remixes aplenty are what you’ll find this week! Mariah Carey, Rainbow (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The Elusive Chanteuse’s seventh album built upon its 1997 predecessor Butterfly, integrating hip-hop production flourishes into her R&B/adult contemporary style. “Heartbreaker,” featuring a guest rap from Jay-Z, and “Thank God I Found You” a ballad sung with R&B singer Joe (and assistance from…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Barry Manilow, Def Leppard, INXS, John Williams, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Pat Boone, The Rascals, U2

The Weekend Stream: September 16, 2023

September 16, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 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’s latest brings you a classic country centennial, remixes from Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson and The Art of Noise, a rare album from a songwriter moonlighting as a singer, hard-to-find Olivia Newton John songs and so much more! Hank Williams, Hank 100: Greatest Radio Hits (BMG Rights Management) (iTunes / Amazon) The initial puzzle piece in a planned centennial…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks

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Crystal Waters, Duke Ellington, Hank Williams, Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross, Mark James, Nick Cave, Olivia Newton-John, Pat Boone, Pulp, Seaweed, The Art of Noise, Veruca Salt

Release Round-Up: Week of September 8

September 8, 2023 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Al Stewart, Songs on the Radio: The Complete U.S. Singles 1974-1981 (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) This definitive, first-ever singles collection from singer-songwriter Al Stewart brings together the A- and B-side of every single during the period in which Stewart catapulted from folk clubs to the mainstream. Stewart bridged the gap between FM rock and AM pop on such classic tracks as “Year of the Cat,” “Carol,” “On the Border,” “Time Passages,” “Midnight…

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Release Round-Up

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

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

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Al Stewart, Alice Cooper, Art Pepper, Black Sabbath, Christopher Guest, Fleetwood Mac, Graham Parker, Harry Shearer, J. Geils Band, Jeff Harnar, Jefferson Starship, Marvelous 3, Michael McKean, Nanci Griffith, Paradox, Pat Boone, Rain Parade, Rooney, The Doors

The Weekend Stream: August 19, 2023

August 19, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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 is packed with rare treasures from Willie Nelson, Was (Not Was), Sergio Mendes and more, plus a new Guns N’ Roses track and a whole different way to hear the early hits of Chicago. Willie Nelson, Teatro (Deluxe) (Island/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) Released in 1998, Teatro found Willie Nelson, producer Daniel Lanois and a band that included…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Chicago, Guns N' Roses, Leo Kottke, Madonna, Pat Boone, Propaganda, Pulp, Sara Evans, Sergio Mendes, Special Ed, Urge Overkill, Was (Not Was), Willie Nelson

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: June 18, 2023

June 18, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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. Our latest round-up brings you deep cuts from Pat Boone, rarities from Nat “King” Cole and a brand-new series diving deep into the works of Duke Ellington. Duke Ellington, Ellington in Order, Volume 1 (1927-1928) (Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) A century ago this year, pianist Edward Kennedy Ellington played his first gigs as a bandleader; by the end of…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alan Parker, Carolyn Franklin, Cy Coleman, Donna Lewis, Duke Ellington, John Williams, Nat King Cole, Pat Boone, Patti Page, Paul Simon, Pulp, The Offspring

Ease On Down: Pat Boone and Family Celebrate Springtime and Easter on New DVD

March 13, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Pat Boone and Family Springtime and Easter DVD

Last November, MPI Home Video celebrated the holiday season with pop, film, and television star Pat Boone and his family with the release of a double feature DVD: Pat Boone & Famlly – Christmas and Thanksgiving Specials. Now, MPI is continuing the series with the Boones’ Springtime and Easter Specials. When Pat began his series of specials for ABC-TV under the aegis of executive producer Jerry Weintraub in 1978, his daughter Debby had recently ascended to superstar status with the era-defining smash hit “You Light Up My Life.” Debby was given solo…

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News

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DVD

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Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Debby Boone, George Burns, Pat Boone

Pat Boone and Family Join Rosemary Clooney, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Yogi Bear and More on New Holiday DVD

November 13, 2018 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

It’s the time of the year for family celebrations…and few artists have had the kind of multi-generational family success as Pat Boone. One of the top ten biggest-selling singles artists in the history of twentieth century pop, Boone was the youngest performer to host a national television primetime variety show with his 1957 program Pat Boone’s Chevy Showroom, and he went on to become a familiar, welcoming presence on the small screen over the ensuing decades. Family has always been a cornerstone of Boone’s life, and by the 1970s, he, his wife…

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News

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DVD

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Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Bob Hope, Debby Boone, Dinah Shore, Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, The Hudson Brothers

Release Round-Up: Week of October 16

October 16, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The dB’s and Friends, Christmas Time Again! (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Omnivore revisits and revises the classic alt-rock Christmas compilation. Producer Chris Stamey has added new performances by Yo La Tengo & Jeff Tweedy, Marshall Crenshaw, Robyn Hitchcock, and Big Star’s Third (featuring Mike Mills of R.E.M. taking lead vocals on Big Star’s “Jesus Christ”) to selected tracks from past editions of the album for a total of 22 tracks! King Crimson, Thrak (CD/DVD-A) (DGM) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) 1995’s Thrak arrives as the…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, DVD-Audio, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Cole Porter, Earth Wind and Fire, Glen Campbell, Judy Garland, King Crimson, Pat Boone, Ray Parker Jr., Raydio, The dB's

Release Round-Up: Week of February 12

February 13, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Merle Haggard, The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles / Wanda Jackson, The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles / George Jones, The Complete United Artists Solo Singles (Omnivore) Joe’s review of all three of these new country/rock singles anthologies from Omnivore speaks for each of them pretty well! Merle: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Wanda: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. George: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Borderline, Sweet Dreams and Quiet Desires/The Second Album / Sam Dees, The Show Must Go On / Kenny O’Dell, Beautiful People / Pozo Seco, Shades of Time / Sam Samudio, Hard and Heavy / Billy Joe Shaver, The Complete Columbia Recordings /Rick Wakeman, No Earthly Connection (Real Gone Music) The latest from Real Gone (some of which…

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Bing Crosby, Merle Haggard, Pat Boone, R.E.M., Rick Wakeman, Wanda Jackson

Short Takes, Classic Pop Edition: What’s Coming From Willie Nelson, Bing Crosby, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett

January 30, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Today’s Short Takes looks at a variety of upcoming releases with one thing in common: great vocalists in the tradition of the Great American Songbook! First up, let’s take a look at an album of new recordings from a favorite reissue label. One genre has never been enough to contain the musical restlessness of Willie Nelson. The country legend and honky-tonk hero created his own standards with his early songs such as “Crazy” and “Funny How Time Slips Away” before paying tribute to the Great American Songbook of yore with 1978’s chart-topping…

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Bing Crosby, Burt Bacharach, Pat Boone, Tony Bennett