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The Weekend Stream: May 21, 2022

May 21, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 5 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! Some classic compilations, a Who-related soundtrack and a posthumous Notorious B.I.G. appearance are all part of the experience this week. Various Artists, The Sound of the R&B Hits (Motown) Original: iTunes / Amazon Deluxe: iTunes / Amazon As a new wave of British rockers from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and more took the world by storm with their groundbreaking spin on…

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

Release Round-Up: Weeks of December 20 and 27, and January 3

December 20, 2019 by The Second Disc | 8 Comments

Welcome to our final Release Round-Up of 2019! This edition covers today’s releases as well as those of the next two weeks, the quietest time of the year for new releases. The weekly Release Round-Up will be back on January 10. In the meantime, Happy Holidays to all! Frank Zappa, The Hot Rats Sessions (Zappa/UMe) 6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This 6-CD box set explores Frank Zappa’s 1969 primarily instrumental solo album Hot Rats from every angle. The first…

Release Round-Up: Week of August 29

August 30, 2019 by Sam Stone | No Comments

Here’s your Release Round Up for the week ahead. Various Artists, Country Music — A Film By Ken Burns: The Soundtrack (Legacy Recordings) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) 5CD: 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 1CD: Walmart.com Filmmaker Ken Burns has tackled many subjects over the years, from the Civil War to baseball. His documentaries have garnered numerous awards over the years. In 2001, he took an in-depth look at the genre…

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Release Round-Up

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

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Classic Rock, Country, Funk, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Return To West Grand Boulevard: ‘Motown: The Complete No. 1s’ Box Gets Expanded Reissue

April 19, 2019 by The Second Disc | 9 Comments

For its 60th anniversary year, Universal Music Enterprises has begun reminding fans that “Motown Did It First“; now, the label that launched The Sound Of Young America is revisiting a box set that was released in celebration of its 50th anniversary a decade ago. Motown: The Complete No. 1s is being reissued and expanded on June 28. Motown: The Complete No. 1s featured more than 200 international chart-toppers, plus a handful of bonus masters that went to No. 1 through cover versions or samples. And the packaging was a delight: the discs…

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Box Sets, CD

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Country, Disco/Dance, Everything Else, Funk, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul

Baby, They’ve Got It! Ace Raids Motown Vaults for “More Motown Girls”

May 15, 2018 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Back in 2013, Ace Records launched its first collection of Motown Girls, spotlighting previously unreleased tracks from the legendary ladies of Motown Records. A second installment arrived in 2015, and now, we’re finally the recipient of a third volume in the series. The 24-song anthology Baby I’ve Got It! More Motown Girls boasts 16 previously unreleased tracks, with the remaining eight drawn from the Motown Unreleased compilations (all of which have been digital-only except for the one covering 1966). This exciting new collection kicks off with a true landmark: the very first…

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Brenda Holloway, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Kim Weston, Martha and the Vandellas, Mary Wells, The Marvelettes, Various Artists

The Soulful Shack: “Motown Unreleased 1966” Box Set Comes to Limited Edition CD

December 1, 2017 by Randy Fairman | 10 Comments

Given the speed and frequency with which the Motown label made recordings during its heyday, the company’s vaults are known to be vast. Large amounts of unreleased material have been added to compilations and reissues over the years, while still other collections have been solely devoted to never-before-heard tracks from the label’s superstars. Due to European copyright laws that allow unused recordings to enter the public domain, Motown has been releasing digital-only copyright-extension compilations for the past several years beginning with multiple Motown Unreleased 1962: Guys, Girls, Jazz, and Gospel volumes. Last…

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Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Gladys Knight and the Pips, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, The Marvelettes, The Miracles, The Supremes, The Temptations, Various Artists

This Is The Love (I’ve Been Waiting For): Ace Releases “More Motown Girls”

December 2, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Rarely is the sequel ever the equal – but Ace Records has handily disproved that with Love and Affection: More Motown Girls, a recent trawl through the vaults of Hitsville, USA. And not only is this follow-up to 2013’s Finders Keepers – Motown Girls the equal of its predecessor, it might be its better. Whereas that volume featured both previously unreleased music and rarities, every one of the 25 tracks on Love and Affection is never-before-heard (save for five songs culled from last year’s digital-only Motown Unreleased 1964 collection, all of which are new to…

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Brenda Holloway, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Kim Weston, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Marvelettes, Various Artists

Man, We Had a Party: Ace Collects Sequel Songs On “Second Helpings”

September 30, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Numerous collections have compiled famous “answer songs.” Ace Records’ 2007 anthology The Answer to Everything had many of the best, like Jody Miller’s “Queen of the House,” Esther Phillips’ “When a Woman Loves a Man” and Marilyn Michaels’ “Tell Tommy I Miss Him.” Early in the summer, Ace took a look not at answer songs, per se, but at sequel songs, on the compilation of Second Helpings: Sequels to the Songs That Left ‘Em Hungry for More! The 24 tracks on this collection all hail from the 1960s, encompassing pop, rock, country and…

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Country, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Buddy Holly, George Jones, Jay and the Americans, Jimmy Dean, Marty Robbins, The Marvelettes, The Shirelles, Various Artists, Wanda Jackson

Losers Weepers! Ace Unveils Rare and Unreleased Songs on “Finders Keepers: Motown Girls 1961-67”

May 6, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Thanks to the dedication of labels like Ace Records, it would be impossible to “forget the Motor City.” Along with the U.S.’ flagship Hip-O/UMG Select imprint, Ace has led the charge in issuing vintage 1960s-era Motown material, much of it unreleased. The recent release of Finders Keepers: Motown Girls 1961-1967 compiles 24 tracks from girls both famous (The Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, Mary Wells) and all-too-unknown (LaBrenda Ben, Thelma Brown, Anita Knorl) for a potent overview of songs that slipped through the cracks at Hitsville, USA. Sweetening the pot is the…

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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Mary Wells, Smokey Robinson, The Marvelettes, The Supremes

Release Round-Up: Week of December 13

December 13, 2011 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

The Marvelettes, Forever More: The Complete Motown Albums, Volume 2 (Hip-o Select/Motown) A four-disc box presenting the last four of The Marvelettes’ albums (two of which are in stereo and mono) alongside rare and unreleased gems from the storied Motown vaults. Smokey Robinson, The Solo Albums Volume 6: Warm Thoughts / Being with You (Hip-o Select/Motown) Smokey’s early-’80s comeback, represented with these two LPs on one CD (Warm Thoughts bows on the format for the first time!) along with a couple of bonus tracks. Rammstein, Made in Germany 1995-2011 (Vagrant) The German…

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Rammstein, Smokey Robinson, The Grateful Dead, The Marvelettes, The Monkees

Motown Magic: The Marvelettes, Smokey Robinson Album Anthologies Continue

December 5, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

There’s Motown magic in the air! Though the year is drawing to a close, the fine folks at Hip-o Select are making sure that there are plenty of sounds from the Motor City to fill the stockings of even the most discerning music collectors. The label has just announced the continuation of two series of comprehensive archival releases. The 4-CD set Forever More: The Complete Motown Albums Vol. 2 collects the remaining output of the marvelous Marvelettes, the first girl group to make a splash at the House that Gordy Built. It…

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Smokey Robinson, The Marvelettes