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/ Suzanne Vega

October 30, 2022 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

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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 usher you into the weekend. This week, it's a stuffed Halloween sack full of sweet rarities from INXS and Madonna, remixes of Frank Zappa and Bing Crosby, two completely unreleased 50-year-old albums and a brand-new spin on a Stephen Sondheim classic - and that's only half of it! INXS, Shabooh Shoobah (40th Anniversary

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bing Crosby, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Christina Aguilera, Frank Zappa, INXS, Madonna, Peter Allen, Peter Nero, Rihanna, Shania Twain, Smash Mouth, Stephen Sondheim, Steve Perry, Suzanne Vega, The Chambers Brothers, The Immediate Family

August 4, 2022 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

Hughes box packshot

A wise philosopher...or maybe a punk kid...or maybe an astute screenwriter?...once wrote "Life moves pretty fast - if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." A new box set devoted to that iconic filmmaker - the late John Hughes - will help fans enjoy some of that life a little more through a diverse collection of pop songs he helped bring to the masses. Life Moves Pretty Fast. The John Hughes Mixtapes offers four volumes of songs from the writer/director's popular

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Big Audio Dynamite, Billy Idol, Boston, Bryan Ferry, Darlene Love, Echo and the Bunnymen, Emmylou Harris, Joe Jackson, Kate Bush, Kirsty MacColl, Lindsey Buckingham, Los Lobos, Marvin Gaye, New Order, Oingo Boingo, Otis Redding, Patti Smith, Perry Como, Ray Charles, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Spandau Ballet, Steve Earle, Suzanne Vega, The Association, The Beat, The Dream Academy, The English Beat, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins, Zapp

February 12, 2022 By Mike Duquette 4 Comments

Stream

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! Michael Giacchino, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Expanded Edition) (Walt Disney Records) (iTunes / Amazon) A genuine, out-of-nowhere surprise: a generous expansion of Oscar-winner Giacchino's score to the first Disney-era Star Wars spin-off in 2016, about the ragtag group of

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Categories: The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Barry White, Blind Melon, David Lasley, Doc Severinsen, Dr. John, Hank Williams, John Williams, Lobo, Meat Loaf, Meco, Michael Giacchino, Otis Redding, Richard Thompson, Roberta Flack, Shaun Murphy, Sting, Stoney and Meatloaf, Suzanne Vega

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