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The Weekend Stream: February 14, 2026

February 14, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. New remixes from James Brown and Tears for Fears, uncovered rarities from Peggy Lee, new songs from MUNA and Bleachers and a whole lotta Ween will keep you busy for the rest of the day! MUNA, “Dancing on the Wall” (Saddest Factory) (Apple / Amazon) One of pop’s best current bands is back for more! Queer-friendly trio MUNA have built a considerable fan base through catchy, electronics-and-guitar-driven albums –…

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3 Doors Down, Bleachers, Cake, James Brown, Jim Reeves, MUNA, Miles Davis, Peggy Lee, Sananda Maitreya, Slave, Tears for Fears, Ween

Q’s Cues: New ‘Écoutez Le Cinéma’ Box Celebrates the Music of Quincy Jones

December 2, 2025 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

When Rhino released Q: The Musical Biography of Quincy Jones – a 4CD, 74-track collection – in 2001, it was a valiant attempt to tell a story that was still being written. The gifted bandleader, composer and producer, who passed away at the age of 91 in 2024, had an enduring way with sound, be it jazz, pop, R&B, rock or even film and television scoring. His decades of work with the 20th century’s greatest luminaries made him a tremendous (if controversial) raconteur, with countless stories to tell and luminaries to work alongside….

The Weekend Stream: October 18, 2025

October 18, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

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. There’s much to cover: digital box sets, anniversary editions, new remixes, old stand-up comedy – and a quartet of memorials to musicians and more. Neil Young, Neil Young Archives Vol. III (1976-1987) (Reprise) (Apple / Amazon) One of the biggest box sets of last year is now available in a slightly more compact form. The digital release of Archives Vol. III includes nearly 200 tracks, 121 of which are unreleased….

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Ace Frehley, Bob Mould, Britney Spears, D'Angelo, Emo Philips, Fall Out Boy, HAIM, John Williams, KISS, Neil Young, Peggy Lee, Split Enz, Sugar

The Weekend Stream: May 24, 2025

May 24, 2025 by The Second Disc | 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 offers a trio of classic rockers advancing a cause through new tracks, rare covers and live material, plus a new take on Peggy Lee’s “Fever” and a pair of dance albums getting greatly, unexpectedly expanded. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Land of Hope & Dreams EP (Columbia) (Apple / Amazon) The Boss has been touring Europe this week. Perhaps you’ve heard about it: he had a…

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Bruce Springsteen, Common, John Prine, Kanye West, Mick Jones, Peggy Lee

The Weekend Stream: February 15, 2025

February 15, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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! We’re taking it way back today with reissues and rarities by Peggy Lee, Brenda Lee, The Fleetwoods, and The Five Satins – plus more Luther Vandross rarities! Luther Vandross, Never Too Much: Greatest HIts (Epic/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Released late last year ahead of the new documentary on the late R&B legend, Luther Vandross’ Never Too Much: Greatest Hits has already been expanded, and for good reason! The album’s biggest discovery was…

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Artie Kane, Betty Wright, Brenda Lee, Candi Staton, Cheryl Lynn, Luther Vandross, Peggy Lee, Richard Perry, The Five Satins, The Fleetwoods, War

Release Round-Up: Week of September 20

September 20, 2024 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Bob Dylan and The Band 1974 Live Recordings

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Bob Dylan, The 1974 Tour Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In 1974, Bob Dylan embarked on an extensive tour with his old backing band. Now, they, too, were universally known – as The Band – and the double bill hit indoor arenas across North America for 40 concerts over 30 dates and 21 cities. The tour became one of the largest and highest-profile of the era, in…

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Bob Dylan, Cher, Double Exposure, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Herb Alpert, Jackson Browne, Peggy Lee, Phil Collins, Sam Phillips, Shirley Horn, The Band

The Weekend Stream: September 14, 2024

September 14, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 9 Comments

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 brings new songs from two of our ’80s favorites, a reissue from a rock supergroup, the first release from a hard-working film composer and a new stand-up comedy album with a little something extra. Duran Duran, “New Moon (Dark Phase)” (Tapemodern) (iTunes / Amazon) Friday the 13th was a perfect day for this to drop! Duran Duran will reissue last year’s spooky, ethereal Danse Macabre – a…

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Daryl Hall, Duran Duran, Gino Cunico, Guns N' Roses, James Newton Howard, John Early, Peggy Lee, Phil Collins, Sergio Mendes, Sting, Stone Temple Pilots, Tears for Fears, Velvet Revolver

The Weekend Stream: May 25, 2024

May 25, 2024 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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 has another rare track by Prince, promo for the new Beach Boys documentary, a powerful new remix by a legendary diva and more! Prince, “Silver Tongue” (NPG/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) A third Musicology-era rarity has landed digitally, following “United States of Division” and “Magnificent.” “Silver Tongue” was a “virtual B-side” to “Call My Name” from the 2004 album, a rare co-write between The Artist and singer Nikka Costa, who…

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Dick Hyman, INXS, Mariah Carey, Marian McPartland, Peggy Lee, Prince, The Beach Boys

The Weekend Stream: March 16, 2024

March 16, 2024 by The Second Disc | No Comments

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 lineup includes vault rarities from a legendary songstress; remixes of a pop/R&B classic to get you moving on your Peloton; vintage country; and more! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Bruce Springsteen, The Live Series: Songs of Celebration (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The title says it all: this new entry in The Boss’ ongoing Live Series debuts 15 live tracks to streaming services, all…

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Al Hirt, Bruce Springsteen, Charlie McCoy, Crown Heights Affair, Donna Summer, Hank Snow, Living Colour, Matt Dennis, Peggy Lee

The Weekend Stream: April 1, 2023

April 1, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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. Our latest round-up may be on April Fool’s Day, but it’s no joke: remixes by Madonna, rarities by Burt Bacharach and Peggy Lee, a White Stripes live set and the first major Barry White production are all here. Happy streaming! Madonna, Nothing Really Matters (Remixes) (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) Madonna closed the Ray of Light album cycle with…

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Ashanti, Barry White, Bobby Darin, Burt Bacharach, Carly Simon, Cissy Houston, Debbie Gibson, Jack White, Joel Grey, Lil Wayne, Love Unlimited, Madonna, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Petula Clark, Rupert Holmes, Stephanie Mills, The White Stripes

The Weekend Stream: December 18, 2022

December 18, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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. And we’ve got a lot to cover today, from a massive Pink Floyd copyright dump to a new Whitney Houston soundtrack and some underrated Motown gold. Pink Floyd, Live at Southampton Guildhall, UK, 23 January 1972 / Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 5 Feb 1972 / Live at the Rainbow Theatre, London, 17 Feb 1972 / Live…

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The Weekend Stream: December 10, 2022

December 10, 2022 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. This week, a Madonna rarity makes a splashy debut, the daughter of a soul legend sings with her dad on his holiday classic, and Roger Waters emerges from lockdown – plus remixes old and new, and a World Cup throwback you might not believe is real. Madonna, Gambler (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) As the first part of Rhino’s ongoing…

Release Round-Up: Week of November 18

November 18, 2022 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles hitting stores today as the countdown to the holidays continues! Michael Jackson, Thriller 40 (MJJ/Epic/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The best-selling album of all time returns in a 2CD edition for its 40th anniversary. The second disc features 10 bonus tracks including the previously issued outtake “Sunset Driver,” “Got the Hots” (making its U.S. release debut), non-LP B-side “Can’t Get Outta the Rain,” the Michael Sembello-penned “Carousel,” and the previously unreleased “Who Do You Know,” “What a Lovely Way…

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APB, David Bowie, Dolly Parton, Jimi Hendrix, KISS, Michael Jackson, Nastyfacts, Neil Young, Peggy Lee, Peter Green, Queen, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, Vince Guaraldi, Willie Nelson

Just For A Thrill: Peggy Lee’s “Norma Deloris Egstrom” Returns to CD for 50th Anniversary

October 3, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

The words I have to say may well be simple, but they’re true/Until you give your love, there’s nothing more that we can do… Those lyrics from Lesley Duncan’s “Love Song” opened Peggy Lee’s 40th original album and her final one for Capitol Records, the label with whom she had been associated since 1944. (She left Capitol for Decca in 1952 and re-signed with the label five years later.) With Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota, both the title (Lee’s birth name) and the stark cover portrait indicated the song stylist’s…

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The Weekend Stream: May 14, 2022

May 14, 2022 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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 discover! Millennial nostalgia is all over this week’s releases – plus some live jazz and pop as well as a real rarity from a disco diva. Linkin Park, Minutes to Midnight (Deluxe Edition) (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) In 2007, nu-metal rockers Linkin Park broadened their sound with the help of producer Rick Rubin and got a few big hits for their trouble. Not…

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Bobby Darin, Buddy Holly, Grace Jones, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Owl City, Peggy Lee, Smash Mouth

Release Round-Up: Week of April 9

April 9, 2021 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Fleetwood Mac, Live: Super Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) (Rhino.com / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino reissues Fleetwood Mac’s 1980 Live – the first live album from the line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood – as a deluxe 3CD/2LP/7″ box set. The two CDs and two LPs will both have the remastered original double album. The third CD will offer 14 previously unreleased performances plus the unique single remix of “Fireflies,” while the 7-inch single offers the never-before-heard demos of “Fireflies” and “One More Night.” David Wild has penned the liner…

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Eugene Ormandy, Fleetwood Mac, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Merry Clayton, Peggy Lee, Taylor Swift, Willie Nelson

It’s a Good Day: “Something Wonderful: Peggy Lee Sings the Great American Songbook” Coming from Omnivore

February 17, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

On April 9, Omnivore Recordings will release Something Wonderful, indeed: a 2-CD, 40-track collection of rare and long-unheard performances from the one and only Peggy Lee. This release brings together a host of rarities from CBS Radio’s 1951-1952 Peggy Lee Show, all expertly restored and remastered by Michael Graves. Something Wonderful: Peggy Lee Sings the Great American Songbook features Lee’s long-lost renditions of classic American standards written by a “Who’s Who” of great songwriters, among them Johnny Mercer, Richard Rodgers with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II, Cole Porter, Matt Dennis, Hoagy…

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Short Takes: More of Frank Sinatra’s “Reprise Rarities” Compiled, Universal Reissues Peggy Lee and David Bowie

February 8, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Frank Sinatra Enterprises and UMe have released a second volume of their digital-only Reprise Rarities series, bringing together another 13 sides from Frank Sinatra‘s time at the label he founded, all of which are new to download and streaming. This baker’s dozen from the Chairman of the Board spans 1960-1995 and is arguably even more eclectic than the first collection. Reprise Rarities Vol. 2 includes single B-sides (“Tina,” “Blue Lace,” “Star!,” “It’s Sunday”) as well as the sublime 1976 A-side “I Love My Wife” (the title ballad of Cy Coleman and Michael…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 25

September 25, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Diana Ross & The Supremes, Sing and Perform Funny Girl (Second Disc/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records debut Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing and Perform “Funny Girl”: The Ultimate Edition, a deluxe 2-CD celebration of the classic 1968 Motown-meets-Broadway gem. Greatly building upon the digital-only Expanded Edition issued in 2014, The Ultimate Edition boasts the album in its original U.S. stereo mix and rare U.K. mono mix; The Supreme Mixes reinstating Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong’s original…

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Big Country, Bob Merrill, Chubby Checker, Coolio, Diana Krall, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Jule Styne, Kellee Patterson, Kevin Rowland, Lou Reed, Peggy Lee, Prince, Raymond Scott, Slade, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren

Short Takes, Christmas Edition: Collections Coming from Peggy Lee and Buck Owens

September 23, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

This Friday, Capitol Records and UMe will release Peggy Lee’s Ultimate Christmas on CD and vinyl as part of the Peggy Lee 100 celebration. This yuletide follow-up to Ultimate Peggy Lee brings together 22 holiday favorites from the late artist including selections from her Capitol albums Christmas Carousel (1960) and Happy Holiday (1965) – the latter an anthology of old and new material – as well as Decca and Capitol single releases and more. Ultimate Christmas includes a number of songs written or co-written by Lee including “Christmas Carousel,” “Don’t Forget to…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 19

June 19, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, Orange Crate Art: 25th Anniversary Edition (Omnivore) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Omnivore 2LP Colored Vinyl: Omnivore Omnivore celebrates 25 years of Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks’ beautiful Orange Crate Art with a variety of reissues. The 2-CD version boasts three previously unreleased bonus tracks on the first disc: a stunning, subtle take on “What a Wonderful World” (listen here) that…

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Andy Williams, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Chubby Checker, David Bowie, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, Micky Dolenz, Neil Young, Peggy Lee, Van Dyke Parks

Peggy Lee at 100: Grammy Museum Presents Panel Discussion and Virtual Exhibit; Documentary, CD, and DVD Coming This Summer

May 25, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

100 years ago tomorrow – May 26, 1920 – Norma Deloris Egstrom was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. You know her as Peggy Lee: groundbreaking singer, songwriter, actress, and artist. Though she passed away in 2002, her music is as present today as ever – and her influence just as strong. Peggy’s songs have recently scored such television shows as Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood and Amy Sherman-Palladino’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and have been heard in commercials promoting Samsung and Tropicana products while her classic compositions from Walt Disney’s 1955 animated film Lady…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 17

April 17, 2020 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Carnegie Hall (Zappa Records/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Zappa Records and UMe repackage this 2011 website-exclusive 4-CD set in more compact 3-CD fashion for general release. Carnegie Hall chronicles Zappa and the Mothers of Invention’s October 11, 1971 shows at the famed New York venue from the original mono tapes. This version drops the opening set by The Persuasions but includes all of Zappa and the Mothers’ material from both shows. The Mothers’ lineup includes…

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David Foster, Erroll Garner, Frank Zappa, Peggy Lee, Stephen Sondheim

Things Are Swingin’: “Ultimate Peggy Lee” Arrives in April

March 2, 2020 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

Smoky, sensual, sultry, confident, commanding…there has never been a voice quite like that of Peggy Lee. A triple threat singer/songwriter/actress, Lee had a remarkable career in music spanning over fifty years. She scored her first chart-topper in 1942 and her final recordings were released in 1995, seven years before her death in 2002. She was an Academy Award-nominated actress (Pete Kelly’s Blues), a 13-time Grammy nominee (and two-time recipient), and a talented songwriter whose collaborators included the esteemed likes of Harold Arlen, Cy Coleman, Duke Ellington, and Lalo Schifrin. Lee was also…

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