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The Weekend Stream: November 4, 2023

November 4, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to float you into the weekend. We’re headed into most wonderful time of the year territory with a few holiday rarities, plus more Madonna remixes, rare live tracks from Portishead and a forgotten link between Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. Teddy Pendergrass, This Christmas (I’d Rather Have Love) (Craft) (iTunes / Amazon) We’re officially in the months-long lead-up to the Christmas season – and while we have…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Disco/Dance, Electronic, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Brenda Lee, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Madonna, Marty Balin, Portishead, Robert Goulet, Teddy Pendergrass

The Weekend Stream: December 10, 2022

December 10, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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, a Madonna rarity makes a splashy debut, the daughter of a soul legend sings with her dad on his holiday classic, and Roger Waters emerges from lockdown – plus remixes old and new, and a World Cup throwback you might not believe is real. Madonna, Gambler (Warner/Rhino) (iTunes / Amazon) As the first part of Rhino’s ongoing…

The Weekend Stream: November 20, 2021

November 20, 2021 by The Second Disc | No 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 features some new remixes for Marvin Gaye and Teddy Pendergrass, a revisit of Josh Groban’s debut and some great rarities for soul and alt-rock fans. Marvin Gaye + SaLaAM ReMi, Save the World Remix Suite (Motown/UMe) (iTunes / Spotify / Amazon) From remixer SaLaAM ReMi – who helped organize Gaye’s aborted You’re the Man into proper release in 2019 –…

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Features, The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classical/Opera, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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Bell Biv DeVoe, Giorgio Moroder, Josh Groban, Marvin Gaye, Nancy Wilson, Sheena Easton, Teddy Pendergrass

Here to Make Music: Vinyl Me, Please Announces Philadelphia International Records Anthology

September 14, 2021 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Sony Music’s celebration of Philadelphia International Records’ 50th anniversary has so far encompassed a new, vinyl-only series of hits collections as well as the first two releases in the ongoing complete albums series of CD box sets from the U.K.’s Snapper/United Souls label. Now, a major component of the golden anniversary celebration for the house that Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff built has been announced by the Vinyl Me, Please record club. VMP Anthology: The Story of Philadelphia International Records is the latest in VMP’s deluxe series of box sets celebrating artists…

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News

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Box Sets, Vinyl

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R&B/Soul

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Billy Paul, Dexter Wansel, Gamble and Huff, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, MFSB, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees

Release Round-Up: Week of July 16

July 16, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Tina Turner, Foreign Affair [Various Formats] (Parlophone/Rhino) 4CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (white variant) Rhino and Parlophone revisit Tina Turner’s 1989 album featuring “The Best” in a variety of formats including a 4CD/DVD Super Deluxe Edition and 2CD and 2LP Deluxe Editions. The Super Deluxe Edition of Foreign Affair features the remastered original album on CD 1. Disc 2 has a selection of period remixes and B-sides plus a previously unreleased demo of “The Best.” The third and fourth CDs premiere…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Billy Paul, Boyz II Men, Brian Wilson, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Il Divo, John Mayer, Laura Nyro, Lou Rawls, Smokey Robinson, Teddy Pendergrass, The Allman Brothers Band, The Flaming Lips, The Intruders, The O'Jays, The Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tina Turner, Vince Guaraldi

The Weekend Stream: July 2, 2021

July 2, 2021 by The Second Disc | No 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! And today’s is a bit super-sized, bringing together releases from this week, last…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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

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Donna Summer, Fleetwood Mac, Gamble and Huff, Lionel Richie, Lou Rawls, McFadden and Whitehead, Meco, Michael Jackson, Nas, Roberta Flack, Teddy Pendergrass, The Art of Noise, The Jacksons, The O'Jays, The Roots, The White Stripes

The Second Disc Guide to Record Store Day Drop 1 TOMORROW!

June 11, 2021 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Once again, Record Store Day here in the U.S. looks a little – make that a lot – different this year. The usual offerings have been split among two dates in 2021 with Drop 1 taking place tomorrow, June 12, at your local independent record retailer. Drop 2 then takes place on July 17. Every retailer is handling the Drop a bit differently thanks to the necessary accommodations for social distancing, smaller crowds, and better safety precautions. So please check in with your favorite store to find out more information. Below, you’ll…

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News

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CD, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Billy Paul, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Kenny Loggins, Nancy Wilson, Peter Frampton, Steely Dan, Tears for Fears, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays, The Police, The Who

If You Don’t Know Me By Now: Legacy Plans Philadelphia International “Best of” Series

May 25, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

The Philadelphia International Records 50th anniversary campaign kicks off this Friday, May 25, with the release of Get on Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Vol. 1 from the U.K. Snapper Music label’s United Souls imprint. The 8-CD hardcover book-style box presents the first eight albums released on PIR, and the series will eventually encompass every one of PIR’s LPs on CD. On the domestic front, Legacy Recordings issues its first anniversary release this Friday with The Best of Philadelphia International Records, a 12-track overview of some of…

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News

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Vinyl

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R&B/Soul

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Billy Paul, Gamble and Huff, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass, The Intruders, The O'Jays, Thom Bell

Review: Whitney Houston, “Whitney Houston: 35th Anniversary Edition”

July 2, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

Whitney Houston wasn’t yet 22 years old when Arista Records released her self-titled debut album on Valentine’s Day, 1985. Overseen by executive producer Clive Davis, Whitney Houston anticipated every style the singer would explore in her subsequent discography. 35 years later, nearly every song is a recognized classic and a cornerstone of the late singer’s career. Vinyl Me, Please, in association with Legacy Recordings and Arista, has just revisited Whitney Houston in a beautiful new 2-LP box set featuring the original album and a bonus disc of dance remixes. Music was in…

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Reviews

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Box Sets, Vinyl

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Pop, R&B/Soul

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Jermaine Jackson, Kashif, Teddy Pendergrass, Whitney Houston

I Say a Prayer With Every Heartbeat: Vinyl Me, Please Expands Whitney Houston’s Debut for 35th Anniversary

February 14, 2020 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

Thirty-five years ago today — on Valentine’s Day, 1985 — Whitney Houston’s self-titled debut was released. With three consecutive No. 1 singles, “You Give Good Love,” “How Will I Know” and “Greatest Love Of All,” the album was a smash hit that introduced listeners to one of the most talented vocalists of all time. Now, to celebrate that anniversary, Vinyl Me, Please will partner with Legacy Recordings to press a special 2LP, peaches-and-cream-colored 180-gram vinyl pressing. The first disc features the original album, while disc two features the rare Japanese remix album…

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News

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Box Sets, Vinyl

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Pop, R&B/Soul

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Jermaine Jackson, Kashif, Teddy Pendergrass, Whitney Houston

That’s What Friends Are For: Clive Davis Soundtrack Features Barry, Whitney, Dionne, Aretha, More

September 27, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments

This past April, New York’s Radio City Music Hall hosted a prestigious premiere. The film was Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, and the screening was accompanied by an all-star concert featuring Barry Manilow, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, and others celebrating the life of the music legend. Beginning on October 3, Apple Music will exclusively stream the Chris Perkel-directed documentary, and today, September 27, Legacy Recordings has digitally released an exclusive 34-track deluxe soundtrack on Apple Music boasting four previously unreleased performances. (A standard 20-track digital soundtrack will be…

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News

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Turn Off The Lights: BBR Goes Philly with Teddy Pendergrass, Edwin Birdsong

October 17, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Cherry Red’s Big Break Records imprint has turned back the clock to 1979 for a pair of titles from the legendary roster of Philadelphia International Records. BBR has continued its journey through the catalogue of the late Teddy Pendergrass with an expanded reissue of his third PIR solo platter, simply entitled Teddy. Overseen by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, the 1979 album followed in the footsteps of its predecessor, the previous year’s R&B chart-topper Life Is a Song Worth Singing, in featuring notable contributions from Thom Bell and Dexter Wansel as well…

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News, Reviews

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R&B/Soul

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Edwin Birdsong, Teddy Pendergrass

Love T.K.O.: Big Break Reissues Two From Teddy Pendergrass

April 13, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Big Break Records has recently reissued two albums from the late, great Teddy Pendergrass in remastered and expanded editions. 1980’s TP, originally released on Philadelphia International Records, welcomed the smoldering soul man into the 1980s and premiered one of his most beloved recordings, “Love TKO.” Eight years later, having survived a life-threatening accident, Pendergrass solidified his comeback with the Elektra LP Joy. By the time of 1980’s platinum seller TP, the artist with the deep, resonant baritone had come into his own since departing the ranks of Harold Melvin and The Blue…

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R&B/Soul

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Stephanie Mills, Teddy Pendergrass

Release Round-Up: Week of March 11

March 11, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

This week’s Release Round-Up is filled with reissues and anthologies from favorite artists on both CD and vinyl! Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz, An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz (7a Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Today sees the U.S. release of one of the coolest titles so far of 2016! An Evening with Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz captures the candid, intimate conversations between the rock legends recorded earlier this year. The first CD in this deluxe new package presents the conversation from January 7 recorded at Westbury,…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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Brenda Russell, Dave Mason, Herbie Mann, Jeff Buckley, Judy Garland, Maynard Ferguson, Mickey Gilley, Micky Dolenz, Peter Noone, Teddy Pendergrass, The Cars, Whitney Houston

Bad Luck No More: Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’ “To Be True” Receives CD Reissue

March 9, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Blame it on “Bad Luck.” Inexplicably, a proper, wide-release CD reissue has long eluded To Be True, the third of four LPs released by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes on Philadelphia International Records. Happily, Cherry Red’s Big Break imprint has come to the rescue with a remastered and expanded edition of the 1975 chart-topping album that introduced the hit “Bad Luck.” To Be True followed I Miss You and Black and Blue, both of which have already been reissued in expanded CD editions by BBR. Indeed, Harold Melvin and the Blue…

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News, Reviews

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R&B/Soul

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Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass

Release Round-Up: Week of August 21

August 21, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, packed with box sets, reissues, special collections, and more! The Isley Brothers, The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy has boxed up 23 discs of The Isley Brothers – featuring every one of the group’s RCA and T-Neck albums released between 1959 and 1983, including one previously unreleased album and a total of 84 previously unissued or new-to-CD bonus tracks! Every track has been newly-remastered for this collection! Full details can be found here! Belinda Carlisle, The CD Singles 1986-2014…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD

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Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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Belinda Carlisle, Jeff Beck, Linda Ronstadt, Nicolette Larson, Paul Young, Peggy Lee, Singers and Players, Teddy Pendergrass, The Isley Brothers, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Sherman Brothers, Various Artists

The Entertainer: Marvin Hamlisch’s “D.A.R.Y.L.” Premieres on CD, Features Teddy Pendergrass and Nile Rodgers

June 23, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

It’s appropriate that Marvin Hamlisch’s only children’s book was titled Marvin Makes Music, for making music was indeed what the man did – music for Broadway, music for television, music for the concert hall, music for the silver screen. In any genre, Marvin made music overflowing with melody, wit and heart, and his populist approach earned him the nickname “the people’s composer.” Hamlisch’s film career began in 1968 with the score to the cult film The Swimmer and ended with his posthumously-released work on the HBO motion picture Behind the Candelabra; along…

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Marvin Hamlisch, Teddy Pendergrass

Release Round-Up: Week of May 6

May 6, 2014 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Big Country, Steeltown: Deluxe Edition (Mercury/UMC) The second, criminally underrated album by the Scottish rockers behind “In a Big Country” is remastered and expanded with a bonus disc of single sides and outtakes. (Amazon U.K. / Amazon U.S.) UPDATE: This one’s been pushed back to September, folks! Philadelphia International: The Collection – 2o Original Albums / The Very Best of Teddy Pendergrass, Lou Rawls, The Three Degrees, The Intruders, The O’Jays, Billy Paul and Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Sony Music U.K.) Sony Music recently announced their acquisition of all post-1975 Philadelphia International Records masters (previously they were only licensed by Sony), so…

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Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees

Ain’t No Stopping Them Now: Sony Acquires Entire Philadelphia International Catalogue, Box Set Coming Soon [UPDATED]

April 9, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

UPDATED 4/9 WITH NEW INFORMATION, LINKS AND IMAGES: The love train is pulling back into the station. Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff’s Philadelphia International Records, distributed by CBS Records, began life in 1971 with the release of Billy Paul’s Going East on LP and The Ebonys’ “You’re the Reason Why” on 45. (Trivia fans, take note: Gideon Smith’s single “Arkansaw Wife” – yes, you read that right – has an earlier catalogue number, but the quintessentially Philly track by The Ebonys appears to have been released first.) The R&B empire, which had…

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Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays

Put Your Hands Together: Massive 10-CD Philadelphia International Box Due [UPDATED]

April 9, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Philadelphia International Records has turned 40, and you’re invited to the party! Sony’s Legacy Recordings thrilled fans earlier this year with the archival release of Golden Gate Groove, a Don Cornelius-hosted concert that brought together many of the label’s biggest and brightest stars, from the O’Jays to Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass. The folks across the pond at the Harmless label have already dropped Philadelphia International: The Re-Edits, with 21 tracks on 2 CDs from DJs like Todd Terje (Dee Dee Sharp Gamble’s “Easy Money”) and Tim McAllister…

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Lou Rawls, Michael Jackson, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees

Vintage, Retro Mixes Shine on U.K. Philadelphia International Box Set

January 30, 2012 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Now’s as good a time as any to get into the sweet sounds and lush arrangements of Philadelphia soul in the 1970s. 2011 marked the 40th anniversary of legendary writer/producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff’s creation of a label that set the groundwork for some of the best soul and R&B sounds of the decade, and this year’s seeing a lot of excellent catalogue projects honoring that legacy. We’ve already told you about Legacy’s Golden Gate Groove: The Sound of Philadelphia Live in San Francisco 1973 (keep an eye out for a review from…

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Lou Rawls, MFSB, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees, The Trammps

Release Round-Up: Week of March 29

March 29, 2011 by Mike Duquette | 15 Comments

layla and other assorted love songs 2 cd 40th anniversary deluxe edition

Derek and The Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: 40th Anniversary Edition (Polydor/UMe) Unbeknownst to us at Second Disc HQ, a lot of weird stuff has been going on with this deluxe edition. It seems that, for whatever reason, the 2-CD edition of this set is retailing only at Best Buy until April 26, at which point it’ll be released more widely. No extra material seems to be present, just a lengthy lead time in terms of exclusivity. Weird, man. And of course there’s that super-deluxe box set, too. (Amazon: Deluxe…

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Pearl Jam, Pete Yorn, Teddy Pendergrass, The Contours, The Grateful Dead