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The Weekend Stream: August 16, 2025

August 16, 2025 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. A soft-rock legend says farewell on his own terms, a Broadway star channels one of mid-century pop’s greatest voices, plus everything from video game music to “jazz-tinged” alt-pop oddities is headed your way this week! Stephen Bishop, THIMK (Life’s a Bish) (Apple / Amazon) Stephen Bishop is billing THIMK as his final studio album – a decision he explains in the spoken word track that concludes the set –…

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Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

A SECOND DISC EXCLUSIVE! “Play On: A Raspberries Tribute” Welcomes Rick Springfield, Lou Gramm, Marshall Crenshaw, John Waite, More

August 11, 2025 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

Today would have been Eric Carmen’s 76th birthday. To mark the occasion, we’re thrilled to be first to break the news about an upcoming collection we know you’re not going to want to miss! The Raspberries blazed briefly but brightly. When Eric Carmen and Wally Bryson of Cyrus Eyrie teamed up with Jim Bonfanti and Dave Smalley of The Choir, the result was pure bliss. The Raspberries emerged from the ashes from the two bands, and over the course of four albums originally released between 1972 and 1974 – three with the…

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Classic Rock, Pop, Rock

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Cherie Currie, Fernando Perdomo, John Waite, Karla DeVito, Kasim Sulton, Ken Sharp, Lou Gramm, Marshall Crenshaw, Raspberries, Rick Springfield, Shoes, The Lemon Twigs, Tori Holub

Release Round-Up: Week of February 14

February 14, 2025 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day! 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. Melanie, Ace o’ Diamonds: The Lost Broadway Musical (Cleopatra) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) In the early 1980s, singer-songwriter Melanie lent her talents to the score of a new musical intended for Broadway. Ace o’ Diamonds, with a book by Ed Kelleher and Seymour Vall, revolved around the relationship between Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok. It was workshopped in New York…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock

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Melanie, Rick Springfield, Robert Palmer, Sabrina Carpenter

The Year In Review: The 2023 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part Two

January 16, 2024 by The Second Disc | 11 Comments

Happy 2024! Welcome, friends, to Part Two of The Second Disc’s 14th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! As we yet again look to a new year with optimism and a hopeful spirit, we recognize the many roles music has played in our lives. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2023’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets, big and small, that proved to be truly outstanding for music lovers worldwide. After much deliberation, we’re excited to unveil our favorites. This isn’t…

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

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Arthur Baker, Carly Simon, David Sancious, Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford, Huey Lewis and The News, John Luongo, Julie Andrews, Kenny Rogers, Laurie Styvers, Martha Wash, Prince, Rick Springfield, Talking Heads, The Replacements, The Weather Girls, The Who, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, Tony Visconti

We Wish You (Another) Merry Discmas!

December 23, 2023 by The Second Disc | 12 Comments

The stockings are hung, the presents are wrapped, and the time is now to wish all of our readers at The Second Disc a wonderful holiday season before we enter a brief winter hibernation until the new year! 2023 was our 13th year as (we hope!) one of the more fun destinations for music reissues, box sets and catalogue releases. The business has certainly changed a lot in that time – maybe too much vinyl, maybe not enough CDs? – but labels big and small keep finding new, old and interesting ways…

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Arthur Baker, John Luongo, John Williams, Philip Bailey, Rick Springfield, Rod McKuen, Sylvester, The Beatles, The Replacements, The Salsoul Orchestra, The Spinners

Relight My Fire: Edsel’s ‘Dance Masters’ Series Continues with John Luongo Box

September 7, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Demon/Edsel’s Dance Masters series only just released its second volume this summer – but a third one is on the way this fall, spotlighting the work of acclaimed remixer John Luongo. The Arthur Baker-presented series follows generous box sets on Shep Pettibone and Baker himself with a new overview of John “T.C.” Luongo, who parlayed working in and around the Boston club scene into more than a decade of 12″ remix work, first for some of the greatest R&B artists crossing over into disco, and then fusing cutting edge dance sounds to…

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Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of August 4

August 4, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Spinners, The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979 (Real Gone/Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) This definitive 2-CD anthology from upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Spinners presents every one of the quintet’s beloved A- and B-sides helmed by the late, great Thom Bell on Atlantic Records, with each and every song in its original single version. It adds up to a total of 43 mighty tracks on 2 CDs,…

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Country, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

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ABC, Bob Marley, Grateful Dead, Luna, Paul Franklin, Rick Springfield, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Spinners, Vince Gill

Release Round-Up: Week of May 12

May 12, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Daft Punk, Random Access Memories: 10th Anniversary Edition (Columbia) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Daft Punk’s final album, 2013’s disco-flavored, multiple Grammy-winning Random Access Memories, welcomed such all-time luminaries as Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams, Giorgio Moroder, Paul Jackson, Jr., Nathan East, John “J.R.” Robinson, and Omar Hakim as well as contemporary greats Pharrell Williams, Julian Casablancas, and Animal Collective co-founder Panda Bear. Now, it’s time to “Get Lucky” with a deluxe 10th anniversary edition on…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Soundtracks

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APB, Bryan Adams, Cal Tjader, Celine Dion, Daft Punk, Michael Martin Murphey, Miles Davis, Rick Astley, Rick Springfield, The Kingsnakes, The Moody Blues

Call the Fire Brigade: Iconoclassic Premieres Rick Springfield’s Lost 1974 Album “Springfield” in Expanded Edition

March 20, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 9 Comments

Rick Springfield was the real deal, and the record business knew it. Already a veteran of multiple bands including Zoot, the Australian singer-songwriter had good looks and good songs – not to mention a great voice and strong chops. Yet international superstardom didn’t come easily for the future General Hospital star and chart-topping “Jessie’s Girl” artist. He paid his dues, including a short-lived, uneasy tenure at Columbia Records. Rick had scored a top 20 Pop and AC success of 1972’s “Speak to the Sky” on the Capitol label before moving to Columbia…

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A Wounded Bird Bonanza (EVEN MORE ADDED 7/30)

July 30, 2010 by Mike Duquette | 8 Comments

Wounded Bird Records has just opened the floodgates and got a couple of interesting obscurities released or reissued on CD. There’s a couple of notable names here, and at least one that looks to have bonus tracks. Hit the jump to see them all.

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Pete Seeger, Rick Springfield, Rush