The Fifth Day of Second Discmas

December 19, 2011 By Joe Marchese — No Comments

Welcome to Week 2 of Second Discmas! We hope you’ve got your dancing shoes on, because today’s prize is bound to get you right onto the floor!

Thanks to our amazing friends at Light in the Attic, two lucky winners will each receive a copy of Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s Finest in Funk and Soul 1965-1975! This electrifying CD illuminates another side of the rich musical landscape of Seattle, Washington, long before the dawn of grunge! The new 2011 reissue of the original, acclaimed 2004 compilation features 18 tracks plus photos, liner notes and poster art in one lavish package! Among these funky slabs of Seattle soul: The Overton Berry Trio takes on “Hey Jude,” The Topics reinvent “Louie, Louie” and Annakonda offers “Wheedle’s Groove,” the song that gives the album its title!

How can you snag Wheedle’s Groove? Simple! You can win by e-mailing us (theseconddisc (at) gmail (dot) com)! Just be sure to include your name, city and state in your email, and put “Second Discmas/Wheedle’s Groove” in the subject line! But that’s not your only way to win! You can also “like” this post as it appears on Facebook or retweet the post on Twitter! Drawings for the smoking-hot Wheedle’s Groove must be received by Tuesday, December 20, at 3:00 p.m. EST. But if you enter today’s drawing and aren’t a winner, no fear! You’ll automatically be entered in all the rest of the Second Discmas contests!

Don’t forget to check back each day this week for more fantastic prizes!

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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.