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The Weekend Stream: June 27, 2026

June 27, 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. A solo record from a Prince associate gets expanded with rare tracks, another classic Tom Petty track gets a new mix, and new music from Sugar, a Monkee and a killer pop songstress (those are all different songs!) help kick off our latest round-up! Morris Day, Color of Success (Deluxe Edition) (Warner/Rhino) (Apple / Amazon) Rhino offers a dual celebration of Black…

They Will Dare: The Replacements’ ‘Let It Be’ is Their Latest Deluxe Reissue

August 20, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Rhino’s series of deluxe Replacements reissues is continuing on October 24 with 3CD and 4LP expanded editions of the Minneapolis band’s seminal 1984 Twin/Tone album cheekily titled Let It Be. Let It Be takes a different format than the previous reissues of Tim, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, Pleased to Meet Me, and Dead Man’s Pop (an alternative presentation of Don’t Tell a Soul), all of which included both vinyl and CD in one package. This time, the formats are split into individual releases. Both the CD and LP packages…

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Paul Westerberg, Peter Buck, The Replacements

Left of the Dial: The Replacements’ ‘Tim’ Gets Remixed and Expanded

August 4, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

The Replacements have teamed up with Rhino for their fourth mega-box set edition of a classic album from their catalogue. After heavy-duty expansions of debut Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, Pleased to Meet Me and a reorganized version of Don’t Tell a Soul called Dead Man’s Pop, the Minneapolis punk legends have announced the “Let It Bleed” edition of Tim, their first album for a major label and their last featuring the original band lineup. The 4CD/1LP box set will hit stores on September 22. The set will feature two editions…

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Paul Westerberg, The Replacements, Tommy Stinson

I’m In Love, What’s That Song: Replacements Expand ‘Pleased To Meet Me’ For New Box Set

July 17, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 16 Comments

On the heels of last year’s revelatory Dead Man’s Pop set exploring the making of Don’t Tell a Soul, Rhino has announced a new box set from The Replacements celebrating another of the Minneapolis band’s finest albums. On October 9, 1987’s Pleased to Meet Me – the immediate predecessor of Don’t Tell a Soul – will get the deluxe treatment as a 3-CD/1-LP set (also available digitally) featuring a whopping 29 previously unreleased tracks. The ‘Mats’ fifth studio album, Pleased to Meet Me is their only LP as a trio. Guitarist Bob…

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Alex Chilton, Paul Westerberg, The Replacements

Review: “Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Deluxe Edition”

June 19, 2017 by Ted Frank | 1 Comment

A Tribute Told in Vignettes… Well, I don’t like to reduce us to just being part of the “Seattle Sound.” I’d like to think of us as expanding more. Like, we’re huge in Europe right now. I mean, we’ve got records… uh, a big record just broke in Belgium. -Cliff Poncier, Singles A Cameron Crowe film tends to have a “killer” soundtrack. Listening to a Crowe soundtrack is an intriguing adventure filled with carefully curated juxtapositions. In fact, the experience is a lot like the line from Crowe’s motion picture Singles, in…

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Cameron Crowe, Chris Cornell, Paul Westerberg, Various Artists

Into the Flood Again: Legacy To Release 25th Anniversary Edition of “Singles” with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Paul Westerberg

March 16, 2017 by Randy Fairman | No Comments

In 2000, writer/director Cameron Crowe dug into his personal memories as a writer for Rolling Stone for Almost Famous, the story of a reporter on tour with the fictional band Stillwater. The film would garner great critical acclaim, winning a Golden Globe for Best Film – Musical or Comedy and winning the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. The soundtrack album would win a Grammy. But this was certainly not Crowe’s first film to include the music industry nor his first to have a prominent soundtrack album. Released in 1992, Singles took place…

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Alice in Chains, Mother Love Bone, Paul Westerberg, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden

Left Of The Dial: The Replacements’ “The Sire Years” Released On Vinyl

March 1, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Today, author Bob Mehr releases Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements, chronicling the tumultuous story of one of the most influential indie-rock bands of all time. On March 29, Rhino will issue an ideal audio companion to the biography. The 4-LP box set The Sire Years brings together all four of The Replacements’ albums for Seymour Stein’s fabled Sire label: Tim (1985), Pleased To Meet Me, (1987), Don’t Tell A Soul (1989) and All Shook Down (1990). The Sire Years follows last year’s 4-LP box set The Twin/Tone Years which collected the band’s early albums on…

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Paul Westerberg, The Replacements

Back By Unpopular Demand: The Replacements’ Studio Albums Boxed By Rhino In April

March 9, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

The unlikely reunion of The Replacements – a.k.a. founding members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson plus recent additions Dave Minehan (The Neighborhoods) and Josh Freese (The Vandals, Devo, Weezer) – marches on this spring (to perhaps everyone’s surprise!) with the month-long “Back by Unpopular Demand” tour kicking off April 9 in Seattle. To coincide with this latest jaunt for the Minneapolis alt-rock heroes, Rhino has unveiled The Complete Studio Albums 1981-1990, containing the band’s full original studio discography in a new 8-CD box set. This release, due on April 14, presents the band’s 1982 Stink…

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Box Sets, CD

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Rock

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Paul Westerberg, The Replacements, Tommy Stinson