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The Weekend Stream: February 1, 2025

February 1, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 3 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 new charity cover from Def Leppard, reissues of classic albums by Simple Minds and Sheena Easton, and a mess of vintage jazz is on the menu today – plus a heads-up for a forthcoming way to help the ongoing California wildfire relief effort. Def Leppard, Stand by Me (Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) While also a single from the new Netflix film Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Benny Goodman, Def Leppard, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Sammy Kaye, Sheena Easton, Simple Minds, Tommy Dorsey

The Weekend Stream: October 19, 2024

October 19, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 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. A brief week offers some unusual soundtracks, an even more unusual Beach Boys homage – and plenty of Christmas curiosities! Various Artists, Pulp Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Geffen) (iTunes / Amazon) This weekend, the iconic songs-and-dialogue album for Quentin Tarantino’s classic film Pulp Fiction – featuring favorites like Dick Dale’s rapid-fire, guitar-driven instrumental “Misirlou” and a cover of Neil Diamond’s “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon” by Urge Overkill…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

Genres:

Country, Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alicia Keys, Deborah Cox, Dick Dale, Grandma Moses, Lil Kim, Luther Vandross, Sammy Kaye, Slim Whitman, Snoop Dogg, Urge Overkill

Holiday Gift Guide Review: A Vinyl Christmas From Presley, Cash and More

December 13, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

As the vinyl revolution continues, it’s no surprise that numerous classic Christmas albums have been reissued in the format, while newer holiday recordings have gotten the 33-1/3 treatment as well. Legacy Recordings, rather than continuing its Classic Christmas Album series in CD form this year, has brought a number of titles to vinyl including new collections from Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, and a Classic Christmas volume dedicated to the big band sound. Of course, Elvis Presley has been one of the most anthologized holiday artists of all time despite the fact…

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Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews

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Vinyl

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Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Benny Goodman, Elvis Presley, Glenn Miller, Johnny Cash, Sammy Kaye, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of November 4

November 4, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a host of holiday offerings (including three new titles from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music!) and much, much more! Jack Jones, The Jack Jones Christmas Album (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music proudly bring Jack Jones’ 1964 Kapp Records classic to CD for the very first time! The Jack Jones Christmas Album features lush renditions of “White Christmas,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” and “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bing Crosby, Eddy Arnold, Frank Zappa, Jack Jones, Mantovani, Margaret Whiting, Mitch Miller and the Gang, Mother Love Bone, Queen, Ray Conniff, Sammy Kaye, Stevie Nicks, , The Living Strings, The Norman Luboff Choir, The Robert Shaw Chorale, The Ventures

Here We Come A-Caroling: Real Gone’s November Christmas Slate Features Ray Conniff, The Ventures, Robert Shaw and Norman Luboff

September 21, 2016 by Randy Fairman | 9 Comments

As we are still over a month away from Halloween, it may seem a bit early to be thinking about Christmas. But stores have already bringing out small bits of Christmas merchandise and the merriest season seems to start a little earlier each year. Real Gone Music is ready to get in the holiday mood with the announcement of their Christmas-related November 4 line-up, which has become a yearly tradition for the label! We’ve already told you about the three Second Disc Records releases: Jack Jones’ 1964 The Jack Jones Christmas Album,…

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News

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Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Eddy Arnold, Jack Jones, Living Guitars, Living Strings, Mantovani, Mitch Miller, Ray Conniff, Sammy Kaye, The Norman Luboff Choir, The Robert Shaw Chorale, The Ventures, Tom Tom Club