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So Lucky: Legacy Expands Britney’s ‘Oops!’ and Plans Millennium Pop Comp ‘Y2K25’

April 23, 2025 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

With an expansion of the Backstreet Boys’ Millennium as one of the few items on their release schedule, Legacy Recordings will go a few steps this further, celebrating the turn of the millennium with a new compilation and a reissue of one of the biggest solo artists of that time. On May 16, Legacy will release an expanded vinyl and digital edition of Britney Spears’ Oops!…I Did It Again for its 25th anniversary. A year before, Spears had ascended to pop’s A-list with her debut …Baby One More Time, becoming the focus of teens (and even…

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Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

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*NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, Mandy Moore, Mariah Carey, Outkast, Pink, Santana, TLC, Toni Braxton, Wheatus, Whitney Houston

The Weekend Stream: February 24, 2024

February 24, 2024 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles making digital debuts. A lot of exciting stuff this week: a celebration of a classic ’90s pop album, the first in a series of digital archive titles for a British art rock duo, and the streaming debut of one of the biggest hits of the ’80s! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Eddy Grant, Killer on the Rampage (Ice Records) (iTunes / Amazon) Possibly the biggest single of the ’80s missing from digital channels was…

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Average White Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Eddy Grant, TLC, The Alan Parsons Project, The Dells

Lose Your Mind and Play: Legacy Recordings Details Upcoming RSD Drop Releases From Pink Floyd, Judas Priest, Miles Davis, and More

July 16, 2020 by Sam Stone | 4 Comments

As the world begins to slowly open up again, one thing that vinyl aficionados can look forward to is Record Store Day’s RSD Drops. As we’ve previously reported, the organization opted to cancel their big day in April, and instead the titles will be released over three “drops” on August 29, September 26, and October 24. Legacy Recordings has announced their full, updated list of RSD Drops contributions from Cheap Trick, Tyler The Creator, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Toto, Manic Street Preachers, Destiny’s Child and more. You can find all the information…

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

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Britney Spears, Cheap Trick, Destiny’s Child, Judas Priest, Lou Reed, Manic Street Preachers, Miles Davis, Nick Mason, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Soul Asylum, TLC, The Jayhawks, Toto, Tyler The Creator

Legacy’s RSD Lineup Has Something For Everyone

March 6, 2020 by Sam Stone | 5 Comments

Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings division has announced the titles they’ll be releasing for the annual Record Store Day festivities. Hitting shelves April 18 will be a slew of genre- and decade-spanning albums from Miles Davis, Cheap Trick, TLC, Judas Priest, Tyler the Creator, Pink Floyd and more! Here’s the official word from Legacy! Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, today announces another sensational line-up of vinyl for release on Record Store Day (April 18, 2020), the annual music celebration happening exclusively at all participating independent retailers. These dozen titles…

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Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop

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Britney Spears, Cheap Trick, Destiny’s Child, Judas Priest, Lou Reed, Manic Street Preachers, Miles Davis, Nick Mason, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Record Store Day, Soul Asylum, TLC, The Jayhawks, Toto, Tyler The Creator

Christmas Conga! Real Gone Announces First Wave of Holiday Lineup

October 3, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

Sure, you can wait to find Real Gone’s lineup of holiday-themed titles under the tree, but why wait? A trio of merry Yuletide albums will be available on color vinyl on November 1, including Cyndi Lauper’s Merry Christmas… Have A Nice Life!, the Home Alone Christmas soundtrack compilation, and the soundtrack to Love Actually. First up: Cyndi Lauper’s Merry Christmas… Have A Nice Life! This often-overlooked slice of Lauper’s discography is a fresh spin on the time-honored tradition of the Christmas album. The album was partly inspired by motherhood; in fact, the story goes that…

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Holiday, Pop, Soundtracks

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Alan Jackson, Atlantic Starr, Cyndi Lauper, Darlene Love, Dido, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, Kelly Clarkson, Lisa Fischer, Maroon 5, Mel Tormé, Norah Jones, Otis Redding, Southside Johnny, TLC, The Beach Boys, The Pointer Sisters, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Release Round-Up: Week of October 22

October 22, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Tears for Fears, The Hurting: Deluxe Edition (Mercury/UMe) The landmark debut album from the U.K. hitmakers celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new double-disc deluxe edition stocked with rare single-only material and a deluxe box set version with a bonus disc of John Peel sessions and the In My Mind’s Eye live concert film on DVD. 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Van Morrison, Moondance: Expanded Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino) Though Van would rather you not buy this box, it features his classic 1970 album (newly remastered and in a new 5.1 surround sound…

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Laura Nyro, Matt Monro, Queen, Robin Trower, Spencer Davis Group, TLC, Tears for Fears, Ten Years After, The Waterboys, UFO, Van Morrison

TLC Celebrate 20 Years with New Compilation

September 24, 2013 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments

More than two decades after their breakout success, and in advance of a new TV movie about the short-lived but incredibly popular group, Epic Records will release a new compilation of hits by R&B trio TLC. Of course, 20 is kind of a misnomer on several counts: the group’s first album, Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip, was released in 1992. And the set only includes 14 tracks, including the group’s new single “Meant for Me.” But it’s as good a time as any to remember the successes enjoyed by Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lisa “Left-Eye”…

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