Second Discmas, Week Two: And The Winners Are…

Well, December 23 is here, and our first Second Discmas has come to a close!

Many thanks to all of you who have entered our giveaway drawings over the past two weeks!  It’s been a labor of love for both of us here at Second Disc HQ to be able to share so much of the year’s best music with our dedicated readers!

It’s now time to reveal the winners!  Congratulations to…

Randy B. of Holmdel, NJ, and Sean T. of Albany, CA, winners of Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s Finest in Funk and Soul 1965-1975!

Bob S. of Chicago, IL, and Timm G. of Silver Springs, MD, winners of Kritzerland’s screen and stage prize packs, respectively!

Ed T. of Fresno, CA, winner of Wynton Marsalis’ Swinging into the 21st!

Tom K. of Summit, NJ, Zig S. of San Jose, CA, and Jeff W. of Raleigh, NC, winners of The Monkees, Beau Brummels and Iron Butterfly prize pack!

Special thanks to our fantastic friends at Rhino Entertainment, Kritzerland, Light in the Attic, and Sony Music Entertainment/Legacy Recordings, without whom this wouldn’t have been possible!

If you see your name above and have received an email or message from us, please be sure to reply to (theseconddisc (at) gmail (dot) com) so we can send your gift on its way!

Happy Holidays to all, from Mike and Joe at The Second Disc!

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Joe Marchese
Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others.

Joe has written liner notes, produced, or contributed to over 200 reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them America, JD Souther, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, Petula Clark, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams.

Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray.

Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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0 thoughts on “Second Discmas, Week Two: And The Winners Are…”

  1. Thanks for doing this. It was really fun to see what was being given away and it was exciting to participate. I can’t wait for next year!

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