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The Weekend Stream: October 19, 2024

October 19, 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. A brief week offers some unusual soundtracks, an even more unusual Beach Boys homage – and plenty of Christmas curiosities! Various Artists, Pulp Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Geffen) (iTunes / Amazon) This weekend, the iconic songs-and-dialogue album for Quentin Tarantino’s classic film Pulp Fiction – featuring favorites like Dick Dale’s rapid-fire, guitar-driven instrumental “Misirlou” and a cover of Neil Diamond’s “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon” by Urge Overkill…

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The Weekend Stream

Formats:

Digital Download, Digital Streaming

Genres:

Country, Holiday, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alicia Keys, Deborah Cox, Dick Dale, Grandma Moses, Lil Kim, Luther Vandross, Sammy Kaye, Slim Whitman, Snoop Dogg, Urge Overkill

The Weekend Stream: August 19, 2023

August 19, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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. This week is packed with rare treasures from Willie Nelson, Was (Not Was), Sergio Mendes and more, plus a new Guns N’ Roses track and a whole different way to hear the early hits of Chicago. Willie Nelson, Teatro (Deluxe) (Island/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) Released in 1998, Teatro found Willie Nelson, producer Daniel Lanois and a band that included…

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The Weekend Stream

Formats:

Digital Download, Digital Streaming

Genres:

Country, Disco/Dance, Folk, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Tags:

Chicago, Guns N' Roses, Leo Kottke, Madonna, Pat Boone, Propaganda, Pulp, Sara Evans, Sergio Mendes, Special Ed, Urge Overkill, Was (Not Was), Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of February 11

February 11, 2022 by The Second Disc | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Cat Stevens, Harold and Maude: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (A&M/Cat-o-Log/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada A&M/Cat-o-Log/UMe delivers a long-awaited official wide-release soundtrack of Hal Ashby’s 1971 dark comedy Harold and Maude featuring the songs of Cat Stevens. The new release, available on CD, LP, and digital formats, includes the seven songs reprised from Stevens’ first two Island/A&M albums Mona Bone Jakon and Tea for the Tillerman (“On the Road to Find Out,” “I Wish, I Wish,” “Miles from Nowhere,” “Tea for the Tillerman,” “I Think I See the Light,”…

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Release Round-Up

Formats:

Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

Genres:

Disco/Dance, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

Tags:

Alan Parsons, Cat Stevens, Eddie Vedder, Nina Simone, Urge Overkill