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The Weekend Stream Extra: A Guide to ‘MTV Unplugged’ on Paramount+ (Part 1)

May 18, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 9 Comments

Welcome to a special Sunday feature of The Weekend Stream, which takes a look at one of MTV’s great live music programs thanks to a recent reissue of one of its best-known episodes. We’re kicking off a five-part deep-dive on every episode of MTV Unplugged that’s currently streaming on the station’s parent streaming network Paramount+! If the music video was the most significant concept MTV introduced back in 1981, the word “unplugged” might come in a close second. In 1989, as the cable station began slowly diversifying their blocks of video programming –…

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Aerosmith, Crowded House, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Neil Finn, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Sinead O'Connor, Sting, The Allman Brothers Band, The Beatles, The Church, The Police, The Smithereens, Tim Finn

Every Move He Makes: Sting Plans Multiple Formats of ‘3.0 LIVE’ Album

April 9, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

Sting is chronicling his latest back-to-basics tour with a multi-format live album – and you’ll have to be quick (and lucky) to hear it all. The British rocker embarked on the 3.0 Tour last year; true to its name, Sting assembled a trio – having not toured with that few backing members since his days in The Police – consisting of longtime guitarist Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas. The result, which came to North and South American theaters as well as festival dates in Europe, was not only a faithful take…

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Image and Likeness: Andy Summers and Robert Fripp’s Collaborations Revisited in New Collection

February 3, 2025 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

A unique team-up between two celebrated guitarists – Andy Summers of The Police and Robert Fripp of King Crimson – will be revisited this spring with a bevy of new material. The Complete Recordings 1981-1984 will expand and remaster the duo’s two studio albums together – 1982’s I Advance Masked and 1984’s Bewitched – along with Mother Hold the Candle Steady, a newly-created album of outtakes from their sessions together. The Blu-ray Audio will include hi-resolution remasters of both albums, new remixes, and “Can We Record Tony?” – an audio documentary created from Fripp’s archival…

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 26

July 26, 2024 by The Second Disc | 7 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. Loleatta Holloway, We’re Getting Stronger: The Gold Mind/Salsoul Recordings (1976-1982) (SoulMusic/The Second Disc) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Cherry Red) We’re Getting Stronger: The Gold Mind/Salsoul Recordings (1976-1982) presents, on 5 CDs, all of the late, great Loleatta Holloway’s albums for Gold Mind and Salsoul (all newly remastered by Nick Robbins) plus a host of bonus tracks, both on the individual albums and on a newly-curated…

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Cat Stevens, Deborah Cox, Fleetwood Mac, JD Souther, Jeff Harnar, Loleatta Holloway, Melanie, Nik Kershaw, Pete Townshend, Talking Heads, The Police

The Weekend Stream: July 20, 2024

July 20, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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. This week’s got a new single by a comedy icon, some more Duran Duran EPs, a recent Paul McCartney 7″ making its way to streaming and so much more. “Weird Al” Yankovic, Polkamania! (Way Moby) (iTunes / Amazon) Ten summers ago, pop’s parody king released his 13th (and likely final) album Mandatory Fun, and even got a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 for his trouble. A lot of songs have become…

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"Weird Al" Yankovic, Ashlee Simpson, Bob Newhart, Duran Duran, Jerry Fuller, Neil Diamond, Patti LuPone, Paul McCartney, Sting, The Police, U2, Wings

Many Miles Away: The Police Plan ‘Synchronicity’ Box with Unreleased Demos, Outtakes and Live Material

May 29, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

More than 40 years after the release of their final album, The Police will offer a massive expansion of their fifth studio effort, 1983’s blockbuster Synchronicity. Available July 26, the set will be available in multiple formats, each showcasing a wealth of rare studio and live bonus content. The centerpiece of the campaign is a 6 CD limited edition box set featuring B-sides and four discs of unreleased material, including demos, alternate mixes and takes, instrumentals, never-before-heard songs and a live concert from the Synchronicity tour. A 4LP box set will offer most of the B-sides…

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Return of the Kinetic Kid: Stewart Copeland’s ‘Klark Kent’ Gets a Bonus-Packed Reissue

October 18, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

From the twisted minds of one of rock’s most celebrated drummers came a burst of tongue-in-cheek post-punk by Klark Kent, a mysterious presence who made a brief cameo on the U.K. pop charts. Now, the Klark Kent album – out of print for over 25 years – gets a generously expanded double-CD reissue next month with 14 previously unreleased bonus tracks! Dig past the lofty liner-notes of the original Klark Kent EP – pressed on green 10″ vinyl with a K-shaped die-cut sleeve – and you’ll find the unmistakable rhythms of Stewart Copeland,…

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The Weekend Stream: August 26, 2023

August 26, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

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. Today, some Marvin Gaye classics get rediscovered and one of rock’s greatest drummers turns his band’s classics into a global party – plus rare tracks from Ariana Grande, Doris Day and another collection of rare ZTT remixes! Marvin Gaye, Let’s Get It On (Deluxe Edition) / You’re the Man (Expanded Edition) / The Originals, The Very Best of The…

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Ariana Grande, Doris Day, Herbie Hancock, Mac Miller, Marvin Gaye, Nasty Rox Inc, Stewart Copeland, System of a Down, The Originals, The Police

Release Round-Up: Week of June 23

June 23, 2023 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. Little Feat, Sailin’ Shoes: Deluxe Edition (Warner/Rhino) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1972’s Sailin’ Shoes was the second album from the original Little Feat lineup of singer-guitarist Lowell George, drummer Richard Hayward, keyboard player Bill Payne, and bassist Roy Estrada. The LP spawned numerous signature songs which would later be covered by the band’s many fans, including “Sailin’ Shoes” (Van Dyke Parks, Robert Palmer), “Easy to Slip” (Bob Weir, Black Crowes), “A Apolitical Blues” (Van Halen),…

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Charles Mingus, Eric Clapton, Little Feat, Matt Monro, Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane, Sonny Rollins, Stewart Copeland, Straight No Chaser, The Lloyds, The Police

The Weekend Stream: April 22, 2023

April 22, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 2 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 usher you into the weekend. Follow up your Record Store Day with a few digital versions of the latest exclusive vinyl releases, plus rare live material from Bruce Springsteen, rare studio material from Little Richard, one of Billy Joel’s first bands, a new way to hear an old favorite by The Police and even more! Billy Joel, Live At The Great American Music…

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All Saints, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Gil Scott-Heron, Jay-Z, Little Richard, Madonna, Miles Davis, Nas, Sting, The Neighbourhood, The Police

The Second Disc’s Record Store Day 2023 Shopping Guide

April 21, 2023 by The Second Disc | 6 Comments

Record Store Day! It’s that time again where music lovers and vinyl flippers get together at their favorite physical music retailers and wait in line to snag some treasured albums – almost all of which are pressed on vinyl instead of CD (or, you know, sold on secondary marketplaces for above their retail value). It’s certainly easy to be cynical about this stuff, but the crux of the idea still lives: find some music that moves you, something from an old favorite you’ve maybe never heard before, and let the joy of…

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Billy Joel, Crispin Glover, Duran Duran, Prefab Sprout, Stewart Copeland, The Police

Release Round-Up: Week of November 4

November 4, 2022 by The Second Disc | 9 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Billy Joel, Live at Yankee Stadium (Columbia/Legacy) 2CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Billy Joel’s Live at Yankee Stadium, originally released on video, is getting a major makeover. The concert film, shot on June 22 and 23, 1990, has been restored and remixed from original audio and video elements for a 2CD/Blu-ray or 3LP package. Eleven of the tracks have never been released in any format. The ground-up restoration of Live at Yankee Stadium includes the…

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Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Donna Summer, Eric Clapton, John Mellencamp, Prince, Seal, Spice Girls, Steely Dan, The Police

A Big Enough Umbrella: ‘Ghost in the Machine’ Picture Disc Details a “Lost” Police Release

October 17, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 6 Comments

For most fans of The Police, the story of their penultimate album, 1981’s Ghost in the Machine, is pretty cut and dried. But a forthcoming picture disc release hints at a road not taken for the beloved LP. On November 4, UMC will reissue the record with its “original” expanded track list that was apparently shortened at the last minute. In addition to the inclusion of three non-album tracks – the haunting tracks “I Burn for You” and “Once Upon a Daydream” (released on the soundtrack to Brimstone & Treacle and the…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 20

May 20, 2022 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of titles arriving everywhere today. The Clash, Combat Rock + The People’s Hall: Special Edition (Columbia/Legacy) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Ranking Roger 7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy Recordings will release a 2CD or 3LP expansion of The Clash’s Combat Rock for its 40th anniversary. The album comes with a bonus disc of 12 rare and unreleased tracks curated by the band’s surviving members. The People’s Hall – the…

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Art Blakey, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, John Coltrane, Kenny Rogers, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, The Clash, The Hollywood Stars, The Police, Thelonious Monk

Trimondo Blondomina: ‘The Police Around the World’ Set for First Release in 40 Years

March 15, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

It’s not every day you see a big piece of catalogue get loosed from the jaws of rights holding or format availability – which is why we’re extremely pleased to pass on the news that, four decades after its original release, The Police’s first video album is coming back into print. The Police Around the World, a travelogue/live chronicle showcasing Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers on their ascent to the mantle of biggest band in the world, will get its first release on DVD and Blu-ray on May 20. In addition…

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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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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

Shape Of His Heart: Sting To Expand This Year’s ‘My Songs’ With Live Bonus Disc

November 12, 2019 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Sting spent this year releasing and touring an unconventional collection of his own songs – and now, he’s reissuing it with a bonus disc of live material. My Songs found the venerable singer-songwriter revisiting his catalogue – both solo and with The Police – on an album that included revisited versions of his greatest hits. Some were remixed, some were re-recorded, but all showcased the influence of the man born Gordon Sumner for several decades running. Indeed, beyond chart-toppers like The Police’s “Message In a Bottle” and “Every Breath You Take,” there…

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Release Round-Up: Week of November 8

November 8, 2019 by The Second Disc | 13 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Chet Atkins, The Complete RCA Victor and Columbia Christmas Recordings (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to present The Complete RCA Victor and Columbia Christmas Recordings from legendary guitarist-producer Chet Atkins on a deluxe 2-CD, 46-song anthology remastered by Vic Anesini at Sony’s Battery Studios and featuring new liner notes by the set’s compiler-producer, TSD’s Joe Marchese. These joyous and virtuosic recordings encompass rare singles, the complete albums Christmas with Chet Atkins…

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Billy Vera, Chet Atkins, Dino Desi and Billy, Eugene Ormandy, Gene Clark, George Michael, Humble Pie, Jim Reeves, John Fogerty, John Legend, Margaret Whiting, Natalie Cole, Suede, The Nazz, The Police, The Rolling Stones, Wham!

Put On The Red Light: New Box Collects The Police’s Studio Recordings (UPDATED WITH CD INFO)

September 26, 2019 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

UPDATE (9/26/2019): Just short of a year after this vinyl box set was issued, A&M/UMe will issue a CD version with the same contents on November 8. Amazon links are below! ORIGINAL POST (11/12/2018): Over the course of just five albums released between 1978 and 1983, The Police synthesized pop, rock, New Wave, and world music sounds including, most notably, reggae into a style all their own. Incorporating influences of punk and jazz into the mix, their sound still reverberates today. Vocalist-bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland called it…

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Take Me To The Pilot: Elton, Lennon, Queen Among Universal’s Record Store Day 2019 Offerings

March 13, 2019 by Sam Stone | 7 Comments

Record Store Day 2019 is just under five weeks away. In anticipation of the April 13th celebration of vinyl, The Second Disc presents a round-up of Universal Music Group’s RSD selections! The Charlatans, Us and Us Only – LP, clear vinyl – 1,000 copies Originally released in 1999, Us and Us Only was the British alt-rock group’s sixth album. It will be reissued for the first time ever for Record Store Day, pressed on limited-edition transparent vinyl. Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker With Strings: The Alternate Takes – LP, blue vinyl – 2,500 copies Previously…

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Charlie Parker, Def Leppard, Elton John, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, Monty Python, Queen, Record Store Day, Roxy Music, Rush, Stereophonics, Sublime, The Charlatans, The Police, The Rolling Stones, U2, Weezer

Release Round-Up: Week of November 16

November 16, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Fleetwood Mac, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (Warner Bros./Rhino) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada In celebration of its 50 years, Fleetwood Mac is issuing a new career-spanning collection featuring 50 songs on either 3 CDs or 5 LPs. These include hits, favorites, and a smattering of rarities such as the CD premiere of 2013’s “Sad Angel” from the digital release Extended Play. A 1-CD distillation…

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Buddy Holly, Chris Cornell, Cilla Black, Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, Glen Campbell, John Coltrane, Kate Bush, Lee Dorsey, Lee Michaels, Lulu, Roy Orbison, Rush, The Police, The Posies, The Rolling Stones

The Second Disc’s 2018 Record Store Day Must-Haves

April 20, 2018 by The Second Disc | 9 Comments

Welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year’s Record Store Day event! Once you’re through reading, let us know what you’re most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent retailer! Our list features just a sampling of our favorites from our friends at Legacy Recordings, Varese Sarabande, Rhino Records, Real Gone Music, Demon Music Group, Walt Disney Records, Omnivore Recordings, and more! Joe’s kicking things off with five essential picks (in alphabetical order)! The Beau Brummels, Bradley’s Barn [Expanded Edition] (Run Out Groove) Before Abbey Road…

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Record Store Day 2018: The Best of the Rest

March 12, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

We’ve already filled you in on the upcoming Record Store Day releases from Legacy Recordings, Rhino, and Real Gone Music, but there’s still much more on offer from many of our other favorite labels! Here’s a selection of “the best of the rest” to be released in brick-and-mortar independent record stores on Saturday, April 21! ABBA, Summer Night City (Polydor) (2000 copies) (Record Store Day UK) (Quantity TBA) Clear/yellow-splatter 7-inch release of ABBA’s 1978 non-LP single Baby Huey, The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (Run Out Groove) (3,350 copies) Run Out…

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