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The Weekend Stream: June 28, 2025

June 28, 2025 by The Second Disc | 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. There’s new music from Sarah McLachlan, Public Enemy and Liam Finn, plus a new video to a one-hit wonder, a Record Store Day single gone digital, and tributes to musicians we lost this week. Peter Gabriel, In the Big Room (Real World) (Apple / Amazon) The legendary pop/rock voice has loosed a recording from his vault for larger public consumption: highlights from an intimate 2003 performance at his Real World…

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alexandre Desplat, Camouflage, David Gilmour, Judas Priest, Kool and the Gang, Leo Sayer, Liam Finn, Marcella Detroit, Norman Greenbaum, Peter Gabriel, Public Enemy, Sarah McLachlan

You’ve Got a Friend in Me: ‘Toy Story’ Songs Pressed on Zoetrope Vinyl for 30th Anniversary

June 4, 2025 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

We’re not pulling your string: this year marks 30 years since Disney and Pixar rewrote the rules of animation with Toy Story. A new LP will collect nine tracks from all four of the films in the series since then – all from the pen of the one and only Randy Newman. Toy Story: Songs to Infinity and Beyond is a sonic love letter to the series, offering rare concept drawings and new art on the set’s front cover and gatefold and a zoetrope vinyl pattern that features moving images of the series’ lovable…

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Chris Stapleton, Gipsy Kings, Randy Newman, Riders in the Sky, Sarah McLachlan

Review: “The Classic Christmas Album” Series 2015

December 8, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Since 2011, Sony’s Legacy Recordings has offered a crop of ideal stocking stuffers with the Classic Christmas Album series. This year’s quartet of releases has a decidedly more modern bent, featuring artists associated with the ’70s (Earth, Wind & Fire), ’80s (a various artists compilation), ’90s (Sarah McLachlan) and 2000s (Celtic Thunder). Three of these titles are actually expanded editions of previously released albums. Earth, Wind and Fire‘s Classic Christmas entry reprises last year’s new studio album Holiday with five added bonus tracks. Then as now, Holiday is an enjoyable assortment of…

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Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Celtic Thunder, Earth Wind and Fire, Sarah McLachlan, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of October 2

October 2, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to our new Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Tug of War (MPL/Concord) The Paul McCartney Archive Collection continues with 1982’s Tug of War, featuring “Ebony and Ivory” and “Here Today.” The release is available in various formats: 3-CD/1-DVD Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-CD Special Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2-LP Vinyl Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Check out our full feature for information on what you’ll find in each version! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Pipes of Peace (MPL/Concord) Paul…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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

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Bad Company, Carl Wilson, Carole King, Celtic Thunder, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Earth Wind and Fire, Garbage, Grateful Dead, Janet Jackson, Joe Jackson, Judy Garland, Paul McCartney, Sarah McLachlan

Do You Hear What I Hear?: Legacy Adds Four New Entries to “Classic Christmas Album” Series

September 10, 2015 by Randy Fairman | 7 Comments

Legacy Recordings is getting into the Christmas spirit this year by continuing its Classic Christmas Album series. On October 2, four new entries will be released featuring artists who had their biggest successes in the ’70s (Earth, Wind & Fire), ’80s (a various artists compilation), ’90s (Sarah McLachlan) and 2000s (Celtic Thunder). The majority of the material on these compilations is of a relatively recent vintage. The exception is The Classic Christmas ’80s Album which obviously covers material from that decade and runs the gamut in genres, featuring some of the bigger…

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Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Celtic Thunder, Earth Wind and Fire, Sarah McLachlan, Various Artists

Release Round-Up: Week of January 21

January 21, 2014 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

The Beatles, The U.S. Albums (Apple/Capitol/UMe) The centerpiece product of The Fab Four’s 50th anniversary celebration (thus far, anyway) is a 13-disc box featuring the original, unique American releases on Capitol/United Artists from 1964 to 1970 (including six titles from that first year alone). All but the spoken-word documentary album The Beatles’ Story will be available individually, and all but that and 1970’s stereo-only Hey Jude compilation will be available in mono and stereo on the same disc. The U.S. Albums: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Meet The Beatles!: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Beatles’ Second Album: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. A Hard Day’s Night: Original…

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News, Release Round-Up

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Box Sets

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Loleatta Holloway, Mike + The Mechanics, Paul McCartney, Ray Parker Jr., Ronnie Spector, Sarah McLachlan, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles

Everybody Loves Somebody: New “Playlist” Wave Includes Ronnie Spector, Simon and Garfunkel, Journey, Dean Martin, More

January 17, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

It’s a new year, and that means a new crop of Playlist titles from Legacy Recordings! As in the past, this crop of releases runs the gamut, with a number of titles including rare or new-to-CD material and others relying on the tried and true. The artists represented also encompass a wide variety of genres. Fans of classic rock-and-roll and pop will find plenty to enjoy on a career-spanning disc from Ronnie Spector and a reissue of the vintage Greatest Hits album of Simon and Garfunkel, while those seeking their rock in…

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Ray Parker Jr., Ray Price, Ronnie Spector, Sarah McLachlan, Simon and Garfunkel, The Verve Pipe

Release Round-Up: Week of September 30/October 1

October 1, 2013 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Most titles this week are already out in the States, on account of Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 hitting stores on Monday. So without further ado… Rush, The Studio Albums 1989-2007 / Vapor Trails Remixed (Atlantic/Rhino) All of the Canadian rock gods’ albums for Atlantic in one box, with 2002’s Vapor Trails newly remixed (and available separately). The Studio Albums: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Vapor Trails Remixed: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. The Bongos, Phantom Train / Richard Barone, Cool Blue Halo: 25th Anniversary Edition / Cool Blue Halo: 25th Anniversary Concert (Jem Recordings) The Hoboken power-pop group releases a lost classic…

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Old 97's, Patrice Rushen, Patti Page, Perry Como, Poco, Richard Barone, Rush, Sarah McLachlan, The Bongos, The Grateful Dead, The Lords of the New Church, Waylon Jennings

Release Round-Up: Week of August 20

August 20, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

Fleetwood Mac, Then Play On: Deluxe Edition / Fleetwood Mac: 1969-1972 (Warner Bros./Rhino) The pre Buckingham-Nicks era of the Mac gets some love on CD and vinyl: their last Peter Green-led album from 1969 is expanded with bonus tracks, and it’s also included in a remastered vinyl box set with follow-ups Kiln House (1970), Future Games (1971) and Bare Trees (1972) (plus the 1969 single “Oh Well” on 45). Then Play On: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 1969-1972: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Experience Hendrix/Legacy) The famous “purple box” from 2000 – the first box set released in the official…

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Nas, Richard Pryor, Santana, Sarah McLachlan, Tammy Wynette, The Lumineers, The Monkees, The Staple Singers