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The Weekend Stream: July 20, 2024

July 20, 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. This week’s got a new single by a comedy icon, some more Duran Duran EPs, a recent Paul McCartney 7″ making its way to streaming and so much more. “Weird Al” Yankovic, Polkamania! (Way Moby) (iTunes / Amazon) Ten summers ago, pop’s parody king released his 13th (and likely final) album Mandatory Fun, and even got a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 for his trouble. A lot of songs have become…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Comedy, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock

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"Weird Al" Yankovic, Ashlee Simpson, Bob Newhart, Duran Duran, Jerry Fuller, Neil Diamond, Patti LuPone, Paul McCartney, Sting, The Police, U2, Wings

And All That Jazz: The “Now!” Series Goes to Broadway

April 25, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 2 Comments

The long-running Now That’s What I Call Music! series is adding another volume in about two weeks and this one is a little different from its normal fare. Now That’s What I Call Broadway! is an 18-track compilation rounding up tracks musical theater tracks from the last 40 years and is due to hit stores on April 29. While the Now! series is primarily focused on contemporary pop music from the Top 40 charts, it has had several detours into slightly other genres, like volumes focused on Disney songs and Halloween songs. This will mark the first…

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News

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Cast Recordings

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Betty Buckley, Chita Rivera, Patti LuPone, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of September 18

September 18, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up including a couple of spectacular new box sets, one acclaimed soundtrack, numerous reissues and anthologies, and the return of a few beloved artists! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The 1985 debut from a-ha gets super-sized with Rhino’s upcoming 4-CD/1-DVD edition. Disc One has the original, remastered album, while Disc Two boasts 25 demos, Disc Three has 15 singles, B-sides and extended versions, and Disc Four takes in ten previously unreleased alternate mixes. The DVD has…

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Release Round-Up

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Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Brian Wilson, Darlene Love, David Gilmour, Dr. John, Elyse Weinberg, Erroll Garner, Grateful Dead, Judy Collins, Keith Richards, Otis Redding, Patti LuPone, a-ha