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The Weekend Stream: January 10, 2026

January 10, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

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! We’ve got some new music from old pop favorites, a few Record Store Day Black Friday releases, and a pop icon and a big rock band moving their catalogues from one label to another. It’s a lot to keep up with, but we’ve got your back! Bruno Mars, “I Just Might” (Atlantic) (Apple / Amazon) Though Bruno Mars has hardly been absent from the pop charts recently – earning…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rock

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Bobby Lee Springfield, Bruno Mars, Chris Difford, Crazy Horse, David Byrne, David Coverdale, Lester Young, Lynn Ahrens, Madonna, Neil Young, Olivia Rodrigo, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Robyn, Sabrina Carpenter, Stephen Flaherty, The Flaming Lips, Tiffany, Whitesnake

The Weekend Stream: November 15, 2025

November 15, 2025 by The Second Disc | 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 got comebacks aplenty: new songs from Squeeze and Robyn, old favorites from Art in America, Jim Reeves and Outkast; a whole ton of jazz and a toast to an unsung hero of the early rock and roll years. Squeeze, “Trixies, Pt. 1” (Love/BMG) (Apple / Amazon) As speculated last week, Squeeze have a new album coming through BMG! Trixies, due March 6, is a loose concept album…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Art Pepper, Art in America, Blink-182, Jim Reeves, Jimmy Smith, Lionel Hampton, Madi Diaz, Motley Crue, Outkast, Queen, Robyn, Roy Ayers, Squeeze, Stan Getz, The Champs, Wes Montgomery, Yellow Snow

Oooh, This I Need: Adam Mattera Talks ‘Dearly Beloved: A Prince Songbook’

April 21, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Last year, The Second Disc had nothing but good things to say about Dearly Beloved: A Prince Songbook, Cherry Red’s triple-disc tribute to the music of Prince. The set told a story of The Artist’s massive impact on pop, rock and soul by way of songs he gave others to record and a galaxy of genre-bending covers. In a year of considerable challenges in Prince fandom, it was a veritable oasis in a desert. Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of speaking with Adam Mattera, the curator and producer of Dearly Beloved. For…

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Interviews

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Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Funk, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Amanda Palmer, Andre Cymone, Crystal Waters, Dead or Alive, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Rogers, Maceo Parker, Martika, Patti Labelle, Paula Abdul, Prince, Robyn, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Sheena Easton, Stephanie Mills, The Bangles, The Pointer Sisters, Valerie Carter

Holiday Gift Guide Review: ‘Dearly Beloved: A Prince Celebration’

December 20, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

The holidays are a time of good cheer and gratitude, where we all (in theory) come together to share in a common joy. There has not been a lot of common joy if you’re a Prince fan; we don’t need to re-litigate it more than we did this summer, but it’s worth noting that the quest to make intriguing, posthumous Prince projects under the current estate organization has maybe gotten worse than when we published our editorial. But there have been celebrations of The Purple One that honor his restless creative spirit….

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Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews

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Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Andre Cymone, Dead or Alive, Kenny Rogers, Martika, Paula Abdul, Prince, Robyn, Stephanie Mills, The Bangles, The Pointer Sisters

Joy in Repetition: Cherry Red’s ‘Dearly Beloved’ Pays Tribute to Prince, the Songwriter

September 10, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 4 Comments

Between the muted 40th anniversary celebration of Purple Rain and the bizarre drama over an estate-sanctioned Netflix documentary on his life and career, Prince fans could probably use a win lately. A new compilation from Cherry Red looks like it might finally offer one. Dearly Beloved – A Prince Songbook is an unexpectedly robust-looking 3CD set that will pay tribute to the Minneapolis icon as a songwriter – one whose classic hits have become pop standards, with so much talent overflowing from his person that he penned more than a few massive hits…

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News

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Blues, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Message to Love: Universal Prepares a Wealth of Rarities for RSD 2020

March 10, 2020 by Sam Stone | 6 Comments

Here at Second Disc HQ, we’ve been thrilled by the news of amazing releases coming from all the labels this Record Store Day 2020, and UMe’s slate of 20+ titles is no exception. With a new definitive vinyl edition of Paul McCartney’s debut, a tenth-anniversary celebration of Ellie Goulding’s Lights, a Cat Stevens rarity making its vinyl debut, an expanded Elton John, a reissue of an impossible-to-find CTI Jazz album, and many more, fans will want to line up bright and early to secure their copies this April 18! Here’s the official word…

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News

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Vinyl

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Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock