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The Weekend Stream: November 4, 2023

November 4, 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. We’re headed into most wonderful time of the year territory with a few holiday rarities, plus more Madonna remixes, rare live tracks from Portishead and a forgotten link between Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. Teddy Pendergrass, This Christmas (I’d Rather Have Love) (Craft) (iTunes / Amazon) We’re officially in the months-long lead-up to the Christmas season – and while we have…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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

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Brenda Lee, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Madonna, Marty Balin, Portishead, Robert Goulet, Teddy Pendergrass

OUT TOMORROW! “Great Songs of Christmas: Classic Carols and Pop Favorites” Arrives From Second Disc, Real Gone

November 21, 2019 by The Second Disc | 9 Comments

Between 1961 and 1970, households across America delighted in an annual series of Christmas releases available exclusively through Goodyear locations. 900,000 copies of the first volume of The Great Songs of Christmas were pressed – and proved so successful that, by December 1, 1961, Goodyear ordered all advertising to stop as the album had already sold out. The following year’s order was for 1.5 million albums, and 2 million for 1962. By 1966, the series’ astounding order was for 3 million LPs. These high-quality albums not only featured the day’s top artists…

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Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Gary Puckett, Johnny Mathis, Mark Lindsay, Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Robert Goulet, Various Artists

COMING SOON! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Revisit “The Great Songs of Christmas,” Eugene Ormandy Classics

October 10, 2019 by The Second Disc | 11 Comments

Last week, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music announced our first release of the Christmas season: Chet Atkins’ The Complete RCA Victor and Columbia Christmas Recordings, due on November 8. Today, we’re excited to announce two more titles coming your way this holiday season! Between 1961 and 1970, households across America delighted in an annual series of Christmas releases available exclusively through Goodyear locations. 900,000 copies of the first volume of The Great Songs of Christmas were pressed – and proved so successful that, by December 1, 1961, Goodyear ordered all…

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Classical/Opera, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Andre Kostelanetz, Andre Previn, Eugene Ormandy, Gary Puckett, Johnny Mathis, Mahalia Jackson, Mark Lindsay, Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Robert Goulet, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of September 2

September 2, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up highlighted by the latest release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! The Isley Brothers, Groove with You…Live! (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) We’re incredibly excited and proud to bring this sizzling, swooning and immersive double-album document of The Isley Brothers at the peak of their powers to CD for the very first time! Groove with You…Live! features powerful renditions of classic hits like “Take Me to the Next Phase,” “Summer Breeze” and “Livin’ in the Life,” recorded live-in-the-studio at…

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News

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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

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Bobby Darin, Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Freddie Mercury, Porter Wagoner, Robert Goulet, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Isley Brothers, The Meters

They Say It’s Wonderful: Real Gone September Slate Includes Robert Goulet, Porter Wagoner and The Meters

July 19, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 3 Comments

Even though summer has just begun, Real Gone Music is already looking toward the end of the season with its September releases. As per the label’s norm, the artists represented span a wide range of styles and genres. We’ve already told you about the Second Disc Records/Real Gone release of The Isley Brothers’ lost Groove With You…Live! album. Joe has also written the liner notes for another of Real Gone’s September offerings: Robert Goulet’s 2-CD The Definitive Collection. Joe put together and wrote the notes for Goulet’s Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings back in 2014. This…

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News

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CD, Vinyl

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Country, Funk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Angel Witch, Dionne Warwick, Porter Wagoner, Robert Goulet, The Isley Brothers, The Meters, X-Ray Spex

Release Round-Up: Week of November 4

November 4, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

dylan and the band basement tapes complete

Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete and Raw (Columbia/Legacy) At long last, here are the complete and unexpurgated Basement Tapes – 6 discs and over 140 songs recorded in the creatively fertile days of 1967 and 1968 by Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Levon Helm. Quite simply, this treasure trove of Americana may well be the Catalogue Music Event of the Year. Complete: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Raw: CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Paul McCartney Archive Collection:…

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News, Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, DVD

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Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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Big Star, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Robert Goulet, Roger Taylor, Rosemary Clooney, T Rex, The Rolling Stones

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Real Gone Christmas: Label Preps Robert Goulet, Andy Williams and the Williams Brothers, B.J. Thomas, More

September 19, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The first day of autumn is almost here, but Real Gone Music is looking ahead to winter – and the most spectacular line-up of holiday music we’ve seen since The Second Disc started up nearly five years ago! The label has just unveiled its release slate for November 4, with a whopping seven Christmas titles, two contemporary Christian albums from a classic pop legend that make a perfect seasonal complement, and – just to keep things rocking – a hotly-anticipated CD from a classic rock great. I’m doubly proud to announce that four…

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Country, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Andy Williams, B.J. Thomas, Frank DeVol, Robert Goulet, Rosemary Clooney, The Brothers Four, The Kingston Trio, The Statler Brothers

Release Round-Up: Week of March 18

March 18, 2014 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Elvis Presley, Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis: Legacy Edition The King’s 1974 live gig in his home turf is remastered and paired with a show in Richmond, Virginia from two days before and a handful of RCA studio rehearsals in Hollywood. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Belinda Carlisle, The Anthology / The Collection (Edsel/Demon) Edsel did a great job of expanding Belinda’s solo catalogue last year; now, they’ve prepped a CD/DVD hits set and 3CD/2DVD box for the fans, with singles, rarities, promo videos and live material. The Anthology (3CD/2DVD): Amazon U.K. / Amazon U.S. The Collection (CD/DVD): Amazon U.K. /…

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From Brigadoon to Dogpatch, USA: Masterworks’ Slate Features Robert Goulet Musicals, “Li’l Abner,” “Virginia Woolf”

January 7, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

It might be a typical day in Dogpatch, USA, but it’s far from a typical one around these parts, for Sony’s Masterworks Broadway imprint has unveiled its first three releases of 2014 – each one a rare album never previously available in the compact disc/digital era. Next Tuesday, January 14, Masterworks will reissue the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the movie musical Li’l Abner, arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Next month, on February 18, comes the spoken-word Original Broadway Cast Recording of Edward Albee’s Tony Award-winning Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?…

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Cast Recordings, Soundtracks

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Robert Goulet