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The Weekend Stream: November 1, 2025

November 1, 2025 by The Second Disc | No 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. Rare mixes from David Bowie, late-period repertoire from Squeeze (with a new distributor hinting at their next album) and an actor who plays jazz will start you off… David Bowie, I Can’t Give Everything Away E.P. (ISO/Parlophone) (Apple / Amazon) Released last week in conjunction with the last of Bowie’s era-focused boxes, this EP offers five new-to-digital remixes released between 2002 and 2016. Squeeze, Spot the Difference / Live At The Fillmore / The…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock

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Buffalo Tom, Cowboy Junkies, David Bowie, Freda Payne, Jeff Goldblum, Jimmy Webb, Kelly Clarkson, Little Big Town, Reba McEntire, Squeeze, The Fall, Warren Zevon

Record Store Day 2025: The Best of the Rest

April 2, 2025 by The Second Disc | 7 Comments

Next Saturday, April 12, is certainly one of the most packed Record Store Days in recent memory. Since the list was announced, we drilled down on titles from Craft Recordings, Legacy Recordings, Rhino Records, Universal Music Group, Real Gone Music, Omnivore Recordings, BMG, Cooking Vinyl and Demon Music Group, as well as some notable titles that were getting later general releases on CD. Well, if you thought that was it, you’re wrong! We pored and pored over the list and are here to share with you more than four dozen one-offs, archival…

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Box Sets, Vinyl

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Blues, Classic Rock, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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A Tribe Called Quest, Adam and The Ants, Alex Chilton, Annie Lennox, Ariana Grande, Art Blakey, Beck, Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats, Brad Fiedel, Brian Wilson, Bryan Adams, CHVRCHES, Cannonball Adderley, Cat Stevens, Charles Mingus, Cissy Houston, Clarence White, Cockney Rebel, Cynthia Erivo, Dave Stewart, Dead or Alive, Dusty Springfield, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, Eurythmics, Freddie Hubbard, George Harrison, Gloria Jones, Graham Parker, Gram Parsons, Grant Green, Jeff Bridges, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Band, Kenny Dorham, Little Richard, Maurice Jarre, Nick Lowe, Ohio Players, Parliament-Funkadelic, Paul Hardcastle, Pete Townshend, Peter Gabriel, Propaganda, Record Store Day, Roger Daltrey, Roger McGuinn, Scott Weiland, Shane MacGowan, Sinead O'Connor, Sly Stone, Sly and the Family Stone, Stephen Schwartz, Steve Harley, Suzi Quatro, Terry Hall, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Art of Noise, The Beach Boys, The Blasters, The Byrds, The Colourfield, The Everly Brothers, The Fall, The Hives, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Meters, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tina Turner, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, Vince Guaraldi, Wall of Voodoo, Wang Chung, Wayne Shorter, Wes Montgomery, Wynton Kelly, Yusuf

Release Round-Up: Week of July 1

July 1, 2022 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Liza Minnelli, Live in New York 1979 (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music Liza Minnelli’s remarkable album of her record-breaking 1979 Carnegie Hall stand receives its first-ever release to wide retail in two distinctive editions from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music, both of which are adorned with Andy Warhol’s suitable-for-framing portrait of the artist. Live in New York 1979: The Ultimate Edition will be available…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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

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Burt Bacharach, Diana Ross, Elvis Costello, Faster Pussycat, Liza Minnelli, Melvin Van Peebles, Motley Crue, Paul Anka, Rusty, The Fall, The Judds, Three Man Army

Powder Keg: Iconoclassic Remasters, Expands The Fall’s “The Light User Syndrome”

June 10, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Since relaunching this year, the Iconoclassic label has brought a Graham Parker gem to CD in an expanded edition and delivered a definitive reissue of B.T. Express’ debut album. On July 1, the label will add another feather to its cap with a 2-CD deluxe edition of The Fall’s lone album for Jet Records, 1996’s The Light User Syndrome. The Light User Syndrome was the 18th studio album from the Manchester band founded by singer-songwriter Mark E. Smith in 1976. He would be the one constant in the ever-shifting Fall line-up; over…

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The Fall

How Does It Feel to Be Back: An Interview with Jeremy Holiday of Iconoclassic Records

March 31, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 7 Comments

Jeremy Holiday remembers it well: at four years old, he got his first “pop” record, Daryl Hall & John Oates’ 1980 blockbuster Voices. That record set him on an incredible path that readers of The Second Disc will no doubt recognize: the journey to a fruitful career in catalogue music. For nearly 25 years, Holiday maintained an incredible tenure in the major label reissue business, working at BMG’s Buddha and Heritage imprints, surviving a 2005 merger with Sony Music (and BMG’s divestment from the behemoth four years later) and working at Legacy…

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Features, Interviews

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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B.T. Express, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Graham Parker, The Fall

Circle of Friends: Demon Announces Record Store Day Releases

March 9, 2020 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

We’re continuing our Record Store Day 2020 spotlights with a look at what Demon Music Group has on offer for RSD in the U.K. (with many titles available worldwide)! The label’s 15 titles encompass classic rock and pop titles plus comedy, spoken-word, a lost Doctor Who series, and much more. Remember: releases are available while supplies last at your preferred brick-and-mortar record store on Saturday, April 18! The descriptions to follow have been provided by Demon. Bob Mould – Circle of Friends (Limited to 2,000 copies worldwide) Pressed on 180g clear heavyweight…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Bob Mould, Doctor Who, Gene, Kirsty MacColl, Menswear, Record Store Day, Suede, T Rex, The Durutti Column, The Fall, The Hotrats, The Valentines, The Yardbirds

Cherry Red Announces Offerings for Record Store Day 2020

March 6, 2020 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

Well, it’s the first week of March and that can only mean one thing for vinyl aficionados: Record Store Day news is here! Today and in the week ahead, we’ll continue spotlighting the releases to look forward to, including what’s coming from our friends from across the pond at Cherry Red. For the Record Store Day festivities, Cherry Red will be offering up live rarities from Humble Pie, Dinosaur Jr., and The Fall, a soundtrack from The Residents making its vinyl debut, a rare EP from Ben Watt and Robert Wyatt, and an…

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News

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Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Everything Else

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Ben Watt, Dinosaur Jr., Hawkwind, Humble Pie, Record Store Day, Robert Wyatt, The Fall, The Residents

Release Round-Up: Week of November 24

November 24, 2017 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! “Weird Al” Yankovic, Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic (Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The world’s premier parodist celebrates his discography with a box set unlike any other: all 14 of his original albums, newly remastered; Medium Rarities, a bonus album of rare and unreleased material; and a 100+ page book of rare photos and memorabilia–all packaged in a replica of Al’s signature accordion! INXS, Kick 30 (Atlantic/Rhino (U.S.)…

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Release Round-Up

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Blu-Ray, Box Sets, DVD, Vinyl

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

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"Weird Al" Yankovic, Bananarama, Bonnie Tyler, Eagles, Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis Presley, INXS, Phil Collins, Ramones, The Fall, The Scorpions, Wilson Pickett, XTC, Yes

Singles Box Rising For The Fall At Cherry Red

November 21, 2017 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

John Peel famously summed up his favorite band, The Fall, as such: “They are always different; they are always the same.” So it’s little surprise that the Manchester post-punk group’s complete singles output would take up a box set – a 7CD box released by Cherry Red Records this week. The Fall’s The Singles 1978-2016 will collect the sides issued by the group during those years on a number of labels, most notably Rough Trade, Beggars Banquet and Cherry Red itself, the group’s current label home since 2011. The first three discs…

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Cherry Red Fills in Gaps for April

March 30, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

The Cherry Red label group has been insanely busy in recent weeks prepping expanded and remastered albums for consumption in England. We’ve already seen new releases from their Now Sounds, Big Break and Soul Music labels, but April will see a few other worthy titles for your consideration on the Cherry Red, Cherry Pop, El and Iron Bird labels. First up is a reissue of How Long: The Very Best of Ace, one of the surprisingly few career-spanning sets by pub-rockers Ace. The band’s brief brush with success manifested through the excellent single…

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The Fall, Warrant

News Round-Up: Today’s the Day to Kiss the Sky

March 9, 2010 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Unless you’ve been living under a rock this year, you know that today’s the day Experience Hendrix LLC partners with Legacy to release a new batch of Jimi Hendrix products (CD/DVD versions of Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Electric Ladyland and First Rays of the New Rising Sun as well as the new Valleys of Neptune rarities set). For those of you who are into such a thing, Valleys comes with two extra tracks at Target stores. (Disclosure: the author works for Target but would not in good conscience promote…

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