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The Weekend Stream: February 28, 2026

February 28, 2026 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

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. Nine Inch Nails returns to The Grid, plus a trio of soundtracks from an electronica icon, rarities from The New Christy Minstrels, Wynn Stewart, Vince Guaraldi and others, plus some tributes to artists we’ve lost and a TSD-related onstage production you don’t want to miss! Nine Inch Nails, TRON Ares: Divergence (The Null Corporation/Walt Disney Records/Interscope) (Apple / Amazon) A complete surprise…

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Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Funk, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

“Once In a Lifetime: A Sammy Davis, Jr. Centennial Celebration” Returns to 54 Below

February 23, 2026 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

He was an American original…He was one of the last great exponents of a disappearing art. He told me once, ‘The world doesn’t owe me anything, because I did it myself.’ – Tony Bennett [Sammy] literally could do everything and he just looked so good…I could only tap. – Gregory Hines I wish the world could have known Sam as I did. Sam never gave less than 100% when he was on stage, and he gave even more to those of us lucky enough to call him friend…It was a generous God who gave…

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The Weekend Stream: December 13, 2025

December 13, 2025 by The Second Disc | 5 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 even more holiday gifts today: new takes on a film music legend, a decade-spanning dance mash-up, more centennial celebrations for a Rat Pack icon, plus some deep country and modern rock treasures. Cécilia Tsan, Sara Andon & Simone Pedroni, John Williams Reimagined: Home Alone (Warner Classics/Erato/Parlophone) (Apple / Amazon) In 2024, soundtrack reissue producer Robert Townson assembled cellist Tsan, flautist Andon and pianist Pedroni for a most intriguing…

TSD Announces “Once in a Lifetime: A Sammy Davis, Jr. Centennial Celebration”

December 1, 2025 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

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Ava Nicole Frances, Blinky, Eric Jordan Young, Jasmine Amy Rogers, Keith David, Lee Roy Reams, Marc Kudisch, Michael-Demby Cain, Nicolas King, Rupert Holmes, Sammy Davis Jr., T Oliver Reid

Something Big: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme Celebrated on Upcoming Public Television Special

October 23, 2023 by The Second Disc | 18 Comments

“Steve and Eydie represent all that is good about performers and the interpretation of a song,” Frank Sinatra once observed. “They’re the best.” Without a doubt, anyone who’d had the opportunity to see Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme onstage – or any of their hundreds of television appearances over five decades – would agree with the Chairman of the Board’s assessment. Now, the couple’s extraordinary career is being celebrated on a remarkable new Public Television special which debuts on stations nationwide the weekend of December 2, 2023. Steve and Eydie’s composer-musician son…

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Carol Burnett, Eydie Gorme, Michael Feinstein, Sammy Davis Jr., Steve Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

The Weekend Stream: July 30, 2022

July 30, 2022 by The Second Disc | 3 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! This week, we’ve got long-lost pop from a teenaged star, a crop of country classics, cool West Coast jazz, freestyle hits, and more! Nik Kershaw, B-Sides (iTunes / Amazon) and Extended Versions (iTunes / Amazon) (Island) Island brings two compilations from British singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw to digital services today. B-Sides is just that, collecting nine such cuts from Kershaw while Extended Versions…

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Abbe Lane, Bertie Higgins, David Clayton-Thomas, Mickey Gilley, Nik Kershaw, Sammy Davis Jr., Sarah Vaughan, The Jets

The Weekend Stream: September 25, 2021

September 25, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it’s no secret that listening audiences are also digital – catalogue music lovers, too – and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we’ve introduced a new feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! A Tribe Called Quest, Check the Rhime (Remixes) / Hot Sex / Jazz…

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A Tribe Called Quest, Ashley Parker Angel, Basil Poledouris, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Indigo Girls, JoJo, Lou Rawls, Nancy Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Sammy Davis Jr., The O'Jays, Whitney Houston

Gee, But It’s Good to Be Here: Stage Door Releases “Lost Broadway 1956-57”

August 1, 2019 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

For the second volume in its Lost Broadway series of 2-CD sets, the U.K.’s Stage Door Records label has turned its attention to the years 1956 and 1957. Musical hits during the 1956-1957 and 1957-1958 seasons included Bells Are Ringing, Li’l Abner, West Side Story, and The Music Man, but Stage Door’s attention doesn’t lie with those smashes but rather with the largely-forgotten, but certainly worthy, shows that haven’t received nearly as much love over the years. Like the first volume (which looked back to 1961), this edition features original cast performances…

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Barbara Cook, Carmen McRae, Chita Rivera, Eartha Kitt, Ethel Merman, Gwen Verdon, Lena Horne, Leonard Bernstein, Mel Tormé, Sammy Davis Jr., Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of July 26

July 26, 2019 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Janet Jackson, Control: The Remixes (A&M/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / uDiscover Store (color variant) Fans looking for some rare or hard-to-find content from Janet Jackson will flip for a new pressing of Control: The Remixes on 2LP and CD. Originally released in Europe and Japan in 1987, this pressing features all the tracks of the former territory’s releases (along with the original U.K. vinyl cover) plus additional mixes from the Control…

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Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Barbara Cook, Climax Blues Band, Ethel Merman, Janet Jackson, Jonathan Larson, Sammy Davis Jr., Soft Machine, Soundgarden, Sugar Ray, Tubby Hayes Quartet

Review: “Unsung Sherman Brothers: Song Scores from Three That Got Away”

November 1, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

How often does one get the opportunity to hear a never-before-released score from one of the most beloved songwriting teams of all time? How about three unreleased scores, then? And what if one of those scores featured seven never-before-heard performances from Sammy Davis, Jr.? Indeed, such opportunities are rare…making Kritzerland’s new release of Unsung Sherman Brothers all the more special. This delectable and tuneful collection premieres rare demo recordings of three unproduced scores by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman for film musical adaptations of The 13 Clocks and Roman Holiday…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 14

April 14, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up featuring box sets, deluxe editions, rare albums and more! The Replacements, The Complete Studio Albums 1981-1990 (Sire/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Rhino boxes up the Minnesota rockers’ complete studio output in one tidy package, utilizing the 2008 remasters but sans all bonus material. Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink: Deluxe Editions (Rhino) Little Earthquakes: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Under the Pink: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Rhino has expanded singer-songwriter Tori Amos’ first two albums with a second disc of non-LP…

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Andy Williams, Kitty Wells, Phil Harris, Randy Bachman, Sammy Davis Jr., The Replacements, Tori Amos

Holiday Gift Guide Review: “Here’s Edie: The Edie Adams Television Collection”

December 23, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

In one of the many testimonials that enhance the booklet to the first-ever DVD release of Here’s Edie: The Edie Adams Television Collection, Carl Reiner may have put it best and most succinctly: “Edie Adams…a combination of beauty, brains and talent…what else do you need?” Based on the evidence in this thoroughly delightful 4-DVD, 12-hour, 21-episode set now available from MVD Visual (MVD 59200), you don’t need anything else. Adams just about had it all, and showed it off for the 1962-1964 television variety show. Here’s Edie aired on Thursday nights, alternating…

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Holiday Gift Guide Review: Various Artists, “‘Twas the Night Before Hanukkah”

December 17, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The story behind The Idelsohn Society for Music Preservation’s fascinating new 2-CD set ‘Twas the Night Before Hanukkah is a simple one. The label, dedicated to telling Jewish history through music, set out to chronicle the music of Hanukkah before discovering that the most famous Christmas songs – “White Christmas,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “The Christmas Song,” just to name three – were all written by members of the Jewish faith! So the Hanukkah compilation doubled in size, and gained the cheeky subtitle The Musical Battle Between Christmas and the Festival of…

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Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Sammy Davis Jr.

Review: “The Very Best of The Rat Pack”

January 26, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

The Second Disc is your No. 1 destination for news on music reissues, remasters and box sets. This is a review of Rhino’s “The Very Best of The Rat Pack,” released in 2011 and compiling some of Frank, Dean and Sammy’s best works.

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 25

January 25, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak / Johnny the Fox / Live and Dangerous: Deluxe Editions (Universal) A trio of long-awaited deluxe editions from the U.K., featuring bonus tracks, non-LP sides and (in the case of Live and Dangerous) a DVD. (Amazon U.K.) Santana, The Swing of Delight / Zebop! / Shango: 30th Anniversary Editions (Friday Music) Though only one of them is truly a 30th anniversary edition (each album dates back from 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively), these remasters are more than welcome for fans of classic Santana. (Friday Music) Various Artists, The Very Best of…

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Bing Crosby, Mr. Mister, Sammy Davis Jr., Santana, Thin Lizzy

Reissue Theory: Sammy Davis, Jr., Compiled: “Sammy in the Seventies”

January 19, 2011 by Joe Marchese | 17 Comments

Welcome to another installment of Reissue Theory, here we reflect on well-known albums of the past and the reissues they could someday see. Today, we look at a beloved American icon and one of the least anthologized periods of his lengthy career. There may be no figure in American popular culture more maligned in death than Sammy Davis, Jr. The image of the diminutive entertainer, clad in open shirts and bell-bottoms, wearing beads and gold chains, and with an ever-present cigarette dangling from his mouth has superseded that of the incendiary talent,…

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Ain’t That a Kick in the Head? Rat Pack Comp to Feature Unreleased Sinatra Track

January 7, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

The three core members of the superstar collective known as “The Rat Pack” – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. – have had their share of catalogue reissues and box sets, more than all the riches in Las Vegas. But together, there have only been a few compilations, thanks to the necessary wrangling between labels (Sinatra’s Rat Pack era material was captured between Capitol and his own Reprise label; both of which saw releases from Martin and Davis). The last such release was probably Eee-O 11: The Best of The Rat…

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