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The Weekend Stream: March 14, 2026

March 14, 2026 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts, plus new works from legacy acts and even some personally curated favorites. This week is all about pairs: a New Jersey rock legend covering a classic Irish punk; expanded editions from our friends at SuperVisible Multi Media; and out-of-print albums by Jimmy Smith, Oscar Peterson and more! Bruce Springsteen, “A Rainy Night in Soho” (Rubyworks) (Apple / Amazon) The Boss’ second new studio recording of the year just dropped: the lead single to…

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Bruce Springsteen, Jim Reeves, Jimmy Smith, Joe Henderson, Oscar Peterson, Sonny James, The Pogues, Willie Colon, Wynn Stewart

The Weekend Stream: December 13, 2025

December 13, 2025 by The Second Disc | 5 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. There’s even more holiday gifts today: new takes on a film music legend, a decade-spanning dance mash-up, more centennial celebrations for a Rat Pack icon, plus some deep country and modern rock treasures. Cécilia Tsan, Sara Andon & Simone Pedroni, John Williams Reimagined: Home Alone (Warner Classics/Erato/Parlophone) (Apple / Amazon) In 2024, soundtrack reissue producer Robert Townson assembled cellist Tsan, flautist Andon and pianist Pedroni for a most intriguing…

Release Round-Up: Week of December 12

December 12, 2025 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50 (Pink Floyd/Legacy) 2CD/4LP/Blu-ray/7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 50th anniversary edition of the Pink Floyd classic is available in a variety of formats: A 2CD or 3LP set pairs the original album with nine bonus tracks: three from the “Immersion Edition” box set released in 2011 and six previously unreleased outtakes and…

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Bill Wyman, Jim Peterik, Jimi Jamison, Lester Young, Pink Floyd, T Rex, The Band, The Pogues

Release Round-Up: Week of October 24

October 24, 2025 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles out today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska ’82 (Columbia/Legacy) 4CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada It’s no surprise that, as Hollywood recounts the story of Bruce Springsteen’s most striking solo release with the film Deliver Me from Nowhere (out today), a box set tells the tale of the (literal) tape. Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings are releasing Nebraska ’82, a new box set showcasing the start-to-finish journey of Bruce’s most…

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America, Bon Jovi, Brandi Carlile, Bruce Springsteen, Carl Perkins, Dion, Elton John, Frank Zappa, Hazell Dean, Horace Silver, Jackdawg, KISS, Little Feat, Neil Young, Pulp, Ray Charles, The Blasters, The Pogues

They Don’t Know – But New Kirsty MacColl Compilation Will Change That

September 29, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

If you were intimidated by UMR’s See That Girl (1979-2000), an 8CD dive into the music of Kirsty MacColl released back in 2023, Edsel has licensed a new 2CD collection offering 30 songs from the same era, due out this week. Free World – The Best of Kirsty MacColl 1979-2000 is a well-curated mix of singles, B-sides and fan favorites from the dearly missed British songstress, including the stellar debut “They Don’t Know”; hits like “A New England,” “Days” and “Walking Down Madison”; and team-ups with “A New England” songwriter Billy Bragg (“Darling,…

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Poguetry in Motion: ‘Rum Sodomy & the Lash’ Gets Expanded on CD and Vinyl for 40th Anniversary

August 7, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

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The Pogues’ sophomore album turned 40 this week, and Rhino will celebrate later this year with a new deluxe edition on CD and LP. Rum Sodomy & the Lash will be reissued as a 2CD and 2LP set (following a similar package for 1984’s Red Roses for Me, released last year) that’ll feature the original album alongside a baker’s dozen tracks of non-album studio and live material. Extras include two non-album B-sides, six live cuts (including a complete live session recorded for Janice Long’s BBC Radio 1 program) and the 1986 EP Poguetry in…

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Release Round-Up: Week of October 18

October 18, 2024 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Long After Dark: Deluxe Edition (Geffen/UMe) 2CD/Blu-ray Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/Blu-ray Audio (with Amazon-exclusive stickers): Amazon U.S. 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Tom Petty Store (Exclusive) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ fifth studio album has gotten a deluxe makeover. Geffen/UMe have revisited 1982’s oft-overlooked Long After Dark, originally released on Backstreet Records, in various formats including 2LP and 2CD+Blu-ray. The bonus disc, featuring outtakes…

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Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop

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Albert King, Ella Fitzgerald, Jake Shimabukuro, Jane Monheit, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lou Reed, Mick Fleetwood, NRBQ, Ray Charles, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Kinks, The Pogues, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Boys from the County Hell: The Pogues’ Debut Goes Deluxe for Its 40th Anniversary

August 30, 2024 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

To mark 40 years since their unconventional sound was loosed on the European record buying public, The Pogues’ debut album Red Roses for Me will be reissued by Rhino this fall. The package will be available as a red LP on recycled vinyl – featuring a 2013 remix of the album that was first pressed on wax two years later – or a 2CD set that will make the remix available on the format for the first time, along with a bonus disc of six B-sides and a dozen live sessions for the…

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They Don’t Know: Massive Kirsty MacColl Box, Packed with Hits Unreleased Tracks, Due in October

September 12, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 8 Comments

For just over two decades, Kirsty MacColl was one of England’s most uniquely talented female rock singer/songwriters. This fall, nearly a quarter century after her passing, a new box set will examine her career in-depth. See That Girl (1979-2000), coming October 27 from Universal Music Recordings in the U.K., is an 8CD set loaded with 161 singles, rarities, remixes, live cuts and duets – including 47 previously unreleased recordings. Produced in partnership with the singer’s estate, the set features two gatefold sleeves of discs and a 60-page hardback book packed in a…

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Sit Down, I Think I Love You: Rhino’s RSD Lineup Includes Grateful Dead, Dio, Stevie Nicks, Todd Rundgren, Madonna, and More “Nuggets”

February 21, 2023 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Rhino has announced one of the most expansive lineups for this year’s Record Store Day event at participating independent record stores on Saturday, April 22. Rhino’s slate includes two dozen titles from the label’s heaviest hitters including Madonna, Grateful Dead, Stevie Nicks, Dio, Duran Duran, Ramones, Todd Rundgren, and more – plus a 50th anniversary celebration of the original Nuggets. You’ll find the complete list below, with descriptions provided by the label. Visit RecordStoreDay.com to locate the nearest participating store. Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes: The B-Sides (1-LP black vinyl, limited to 14,500…

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Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

They’re Red Hot: AIDS-Combating Compilations Get Digital Reissues for 30th Anniversary

December 4, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Since 1989, the Red Hot Organization (RHO) has been combatting the scourge of HIV/AIDS. Red Hot has primarily raised money through the creation of music compilations beginning with the 1990 release Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter. Now, that star-studded release and numerous others have come to digital and streaming services to continue raising money for the charity. RHO co-founder John Carlin, an entertainment lawyer spurred into action by the devastating losses suffered by the New York cultural community, envisioned an album of Cole Porter songs performed by world-class…

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Dirty Old Town: The Pogues’ ‘BBC Sessions’ RSD Release To Be Expanded On CD

September 14, 2020 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Rhino is expanding one of their recent Record Store Day “drop” vinyl sets for CD: a collection of BBC performances by Celtic-punk group The Pogues. The BBC Sessions 1984-86 features six sets recorded over three years by the raucous ensemble, including a 1984 set for John Peel’s radio program when they were still going by the full name of Pogue Mahone (a rough approximation of the Gaelic phrase for “kiss my ass”). Two Peel sets, one each for David “Kid” Jensen and Phil Kennedy (released for the first time anywhere), and two…

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Rhino To Release A Whopping 29 Titles(!) for Record Store Day 2020

March 6, 2020 by Sam Stone | 6 Comments

Rhino, the label that manages the catalogue of the Warner family of labels, has announced its upcoming Record Store Day releases. A mouth-watering 29 titles will hit shops on April 18, available exclusively at brick-and-mortar locations. These include the previously announced David Bowie titles; a rare live set from Alice Cooper; rarities from Jethro Tull; a box of John Prine’s early albums; a set of core Notorious BIG records; BBC sessions from The Pogues, New Order, and Hawkwind; a sought-after live album by The Pretenders; and so much more! Keep scrolling for…

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The Second Disc’s Record Store Day 2014 Must-Haves

April 18, 2014 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

If you’ve been following these pages for the past few weeks, you’ve likely noticed an awful lot of coverage about Record Store Day! Well, the day is nearly here! Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21, music fans and collectors will flock to their local independent record stores to celebrate both the sounds on those round black platters and the very concept of shopping in a physical retail environment. To many of us, both are a way of life. We’re doubly excited this year because one special title was co-produced by our very own Mike…

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Bruce Springsteen, Paramore, Randy Newman, Ray Parker Jr., Record Store Day, Ronnie Spector, Tears for Fears, The Clash, The Muppets, The Pogues, Van Dyke Parks, Vinyl

“Weird Scenes Inside” Rhino’s Record Store Day Slate

April 10, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

With April 19’s Record Store Day a little more than a week away, it might be time to start making those checklists! We’ve already filled you in on exciting releases from Legacy Recordings, Real Gone Music, Sundazed, Omnivore Recordings, Varese Sarabande and many others, but today it’s all about Rhino! The Warner Music Group catalogue arm has a bumper crop of more than 25 exclusive offerings from some of the biggest names classic rock, vintage R&B and beyond – including The Doors, Grateful Dead, Ramones, Randy Newman, and, as previously reported, R.E.M.! And that’s…

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REM, Randy Newman, Record Store Day, The Doors, The Everly Brothers, The Grateful Dead, The Pogues, The Ramones, The Velvet Underground, Vinyl

Release Round-Up: Weeks of December 17 and 24

December 17, 2013 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

With the last two weeks of the year so light on catalogue titles, we figured we’d combine it all into one post. Below you’ll find two new titles for this week, and two for the next! The Pogues, 30 Years (Rhino U.K.) Here, in one box, is all of the Irish folk-rockers’ original albums, including new mixes of debut Red Roses for Me and Peace and Love, plus a bonus unreleased live show from 1991 with Joe Strummer of The Clash assuming lead vocal duties. (Amazon U.K. / Amazon U.S.) Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs (Hybrid SACD – DSD) / Warren…

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Pogues Box Up Complete Albums, Unreleased Live Show for “30 Years”

October 29, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

Celtic rockers The Pogues are releasing a new box set that collects all of their studio albums – two newly-remixed just for this release – and an unreleased live album with a very special frontman. Led by unforgettable frontman Shane Macgowan, The Pogues deftly combined the raucous traditions of traditional Celtic folk songs and sharp-edged punk rock, gaining a considerable live following when opening for The Clash on one of their last tours. A contract with Stiff Records followed, yielding Red Roses for Me and Rum Sodomy and the Lash, the latter produced by…

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Review: The Pogues, “The Very Best of The Pogues”

January 23, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Since the birth of the greatest hits album, the preparation of such a product has become a bizarre form of performance art. Do you include only hit singles or sprinkle in favorite album cuts? Do you keep things chronological or craft some sort of fancy playlist for maximum listening pleasure? How intricate do you make the packaging – do you need liner notes, song-by-song credits and all that? The fires of these debates are further stoked with the release of The Very Best of The Pogues (Shout! Factory 826663-13738), a decent compilation for…

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Release Round-Up: Week of January 22

January 22, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Billy Joel, She’s Got a Way: Love Songs (Columbia/Legacy) The romantic side of the Piano Man is featured on this new compilation. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Rodriguez, Searching for Sugar Man (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) One of the most captivating catalogue music documentaries of 2012 is now available on DVD (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) and Blu-Ray (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)! The Blue Nile, A Walk Across the Rooftops / Hats: Deluxe Editions (Virgin/EMI) Slated for release in the U.K. late last year, these two double-disc expansions of The Blue Nile’s first two LPs, featuring many rare…

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Billy Joel, Buck Owens, Rodriguez, Say Anything, The Blue Nile, The Pogues