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February 1, 2025 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream 2025

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

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Benny Goodman, Def Leppard, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Sammy Kaye, Sheena Easton, Simple Minds, Tommy Dorsey

November 22, 2024 By The Second Disc 8 Comments

Beatles 1964 US Albums in Mono box

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today including a Christmas classic from Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music and a whole bunch of massive box sets!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Sings Christmas Carols (Expanded Edition) (Second Disc/Real Gone)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Over the past decade, we here at TSD have happily partnered with Real

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Gospel, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ariana Grande, Bon Jovi, Chicago, Cynthia Erivo, Don Henley, Jeff Goldblum, Joe Henderson, Judas Priest, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Motley Crue, New Order, Nicole Scherzinger, Olivia Newton-John, Simple Minds, Stephen Schwartz, The Beatles, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Thompson Twins, U2

October 21, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Lou Reed Words and Music May 1965

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Lou Reed, Words and Music - May 1965 (Light in the Attic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Black Vinyl LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Yellow Vinyl LP: Light in the Attic Store Cassette: Light in the Attic Store CD/2LP/7" Vinyl Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Light in the Attic Store Light in the Attic launches The Lou Reed

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Debbie Gibson, Howard Jones, Jonathan Richman, Lou Reed, Madonna, Norah Jones, Olivia Newton-John, Ray Charles, Simple Minds, Taylor Swift, The Manhattan Transfer, The Modern Lovers

April 22, 2022 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

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After a series of smaller "Drops" over the past two years, Record Store Day is (mostly) back to a one-day event, and the big day is tomorrow: Saturday, April 23.  Over 250 titles will be available at independent stores everywhere - including some CD releases, too!  That's plenty of albums in almost every genre imaginable, so visit RecordStoreDay.com in the U.S., RecordStoreDay.co.uk in the U.K., and RecordStoreDayCanada.ca in Canada for the complete list, and sound off below as to which titles

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: America, Art Pepper, Belinda Carlisle, Blondie, Darlene Love, David Bowie, Del Shannon, Donna Summer, Elton John, Esther Marrow, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Laura Nyro, Lou Reed, Madonna, Nick Lowe, Patti Smith, Ramones, Record Store Day, Santana, Scott Walker, Simple Minds

February 24, 2022 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

T Rex The Slider RSD

We're counting down to Record Store Day 2022, scheduled for Saturday, April 23. Today, we're sharing the news from Demon Music Group.  Demon's 2022 lineup for the fifteenth annual RSD event has an impressive array of classic rock, soul, and pop from such artists as Donna Summer, Belinda Carlisle, T. Rex, Suede, Del Shannon (with a little help from Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne!), Pixies, Ace of Base, and Simple Minds, plus rarities from the archives of the BBC and Chi-Sound Records. Below, you'll

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Ace of Base, Belinda Carlisle, Bernard Butler, Del Shannon, Donna Summer, Echo and the Bunnymen, Jesus Jones, Pixies, Record Store Day, Simon Fowler and Oscar Harrison, Simple Minds, Suede, T Rex, The Sound

March 6, 2020 By The Second Disc 5 Comments

Cream Goodbye Cream Box

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Cream, Goodbye Tour Live 1968 (Polydor/UMC) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new 4-CD box set expands on Cream's farewell album Goodbye Cream, but with a twist: it drops the three studio tracks and instead presents four complete concerts including the Los Angeles Forum show from which the original three live cuts on Goodbye were culled. Overall, the book-style package has 36 tracks, 29 of which are premiering on CD. 19 of the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: a-ha, Brandy Clark, Cream, Luke Haines, Peter Buck, Ric Ocasek, Rory Gallagher, Simple Minds, The Horace Tapscott Quartet, The Human League, Will Sexton

February 21, 2020 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

Simple Minds Street Fighting Years Exploded Packshot 10001

On March 6, UMC will revisit Simple Minds' 1989 album with Street Fighting Years to the tune of a 4-CD box set.  The cinematic Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson-produced LP featured the band's first U.K. No. 1, "Belfast Child," even as the group underwent personnel changes.  This expanded edition is the latest in UMC's ongoing Simple Minds reissue series and features a newly remastered version of the album (undertaken by Andrew Walters at Abbey Road Studios) alongside a disc of B-sides, edits and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Simple Minds

April 5, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

SimpleMinds Rejuvenation plain

Simple Minds' Rejuvenation 2001-2014 - previously released on LP in 2018 - is now available as a 7CD/1-DVD box set, courtesy of Edsel.  The set boasts expanded versions of five of the band's 21st century albums: Neon Lights (2001), Cry (2002), Black and White 050505 (2005), Graffiti Soul (2009) and Big Music (2014).  Fans can expect 25 bonus tracks, as well, including the hard-to-find covers set Searching For the Lost Boys, which was previously a bonus disc housed with Graffiti Soul.  There's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Pop, Rock Tags: Simple Minds

March 29, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up. Here's what's due for March 29! John Coltrane, Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings [5 CD] (Craft Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The year 1958 was a breakout one for saxophone legend John Coltrane. It marked the year when Coltrane--already well-established as a talented sideman--began to make a name for himself as a solo musician and developed his signature "sheets of sound" style while exploring many other routes.  To

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Ben Folds, Brandi Carlile, Chaka Khan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Diana Krall, Donna Summer, Emmylou Harris, Frank Zappa, Glen Hansard, Graham Nash, James Taylor, John Coltrane, Joni Mitchell, Keith Richards, Kiki Dee, KISS, Kris Kristofferson, Los Lobos, Marvin Gaye, Michael Nesmith, Norah Jones, Rufus Wainwright, Seal, Simple Minds, Stevie Nicks, The Searchers, Tina Turner

June 7, 2016 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Simple Minds New Gold Dream

Scottish rockers Simple Minds will celebrate their smash album New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) with a sprawling deluxe edition this summer. Released in the fall of 1982, New Gold Dream, Simple Minds' fifth studio effort, took the band to their highest summit yet as a rock ensemble. "Promised You a Miracle," "Glittering Prize" and "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" were their first three U.K. Top 40 hits, while the album peaked at No. 3. "Promised You a Miracle" got the group their debut

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop Tags: Simple Minds

December 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Bruce Ties That Bind Logo

Well, this is it - the final big release week of the year!  While next week will see releases slow to a trickle, this week is packed with exciting box sets and much more! Bruce Springsteen, The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Columbia) 4-CD/3-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada 4-CD/2-BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada This 4-CD/3-DVD or 4-CD/2-BD set celebrating The Boss' seminal album The River features a treasure trove of previously unreleased material across its 53 audio tracks

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bette Midler, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Ferry, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, George Delerue, Judy Garland, King Curtis, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Rod McKuen, Roy Orbison, Simple Minds, The Allman Brothers Band, The Beatles, The Dictators

March 17, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Pretty Things Bouquets

This week's Release Round-Up has box sets and deluxe editions a-plenty... The Pretty Things, Bouquets from a Cloudy Sky (Snapper) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This box set is much in the style of last year's Small Faces set Here Come the Nice, and contains 11 studio albums on CD with 42 bonus tracks, two rarities CDs with 45 previously unreleased tracks, 2 DVDs including a new documentary by Reelin' in the Years Productions, a 10-inch replica acetate disc, posters, an art print, and a

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Anthony Phillips, Basia, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Game Theory, Genesis, Jim Croce, Simple Minds, The Notations

October 21, 2013 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

virgin 40

Virgin Records, one of England's most iconic labels, turns 40 this year - and they're celebrating with a new compilation full of hits from their storied existence. The Virgin label was largely the brainchild of one young businessman named Richard Branson. The London-born Branson began his career selling records by mail order and later opening a shop on Oxford Street. The Virgin label was blessed with early success thanks to a willingness to sign acts that major U.K. labels were keen to dismiss.

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Categories: News Tags: Massive Attack, Meat Loaf, Mike Oldfield, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Simple Minds, The Human League, The Sex Pistols, UB40, Vinyl

April 2, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

mad season above

The S.O.S. Band / Cherrelle / Alexander O'Neal, "Tabu Reborn" Vinyl Editions (Wave 1) (Tabu/Edsel) The start of a lengthy reissue campaign from Demon Music Group, these are 180-gram vinyl reissues of The S.O.S. Band's III (1982), Cherrelle's 1984 debut Fragile, and Alexander O'Neal's self-titled debut from 1985. Expanded editions of these albums come out on CD next week, followed by a great many more waves of product throughout 2013 and into 2014! S.O.S. Band: Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets Tags: Mad Season, Margaret Whiting, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Nancy Wilson, Rilo Kiley, Simple Minds, Stephanie Mills, The Four Tops, The Grateful Dead, The S.O.S. Band

February 6, 2013 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

simple minds celebrate

Scottish rock/New Wave band Simple Minds have been together in some form or another since 1977, and that near-35-year run of singles is about to be commemorated this spring with a new greatest hits set. Celebrate: The Greatest Hits+ will be available as a double or triple-disc set in March, and will feature, depending on which version you buy, up to 50 tracks from the group. The set spans the band's entire run, from their early years on Zoom/Arista at the tail end of the 1970s and beginning of

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February 21, 2012 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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  Various Artists, ZTT: The Art of the 12": Volume Two (ZTT/Salvo) A double-disc set of rare and unreleased dance mixes of vinyl classics, with a few rarities thrown in for good measure - and, as our post later today will explain, at least one Beatle! Simple Minds, Simple Minds x5 (EMI) The first five Simple Minds LPs - all pre-The Breakfast Club - expanded with vintage B-sides and remixes. Gilbert O'Sullivan, Back to Front: Expanded Edition (Union Square Music/Salvo) Gilbert's 1972

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Genre: Cast Recordings, Soundtracks Tags: Mel Brooks, Paul McCartney, Simple Minds, The Art of Noise

January 5, 2012 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

simple minds x5

In 1985, Scottish rockers Simple Minds burst onto the American music scene in a big way with "Don't You (Forget About Me)," the chart-topping theme to iconic teen drama The Breakfast Club. Before their brush with John Hughes-induced fame, though, the band released a batch of increasingly successful post-punk and New Wave records between 1979 and 1982. This winter, to coincide with the "5x5 Tour" in Europe, which will see founding members - singer Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill -

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Simple Minds

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