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Release Round-Up: Week of May 11

May 11, 2018 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up!

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Glenn Frey, Above the Clouds: The Collection (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The 3-CD/1-DVD Above the Clouds: The Collection celebrates the musical legacy of Eagles’ Glenn Frey, presenting key tracks from Frey as a solo artist on 2 CDs as well as the long-awaited, official CD premiere of Longbranch/Pennywhistle as newly remixed by J.D. Souther and Elliot Scheiner, and a live concert DVD, Strange Weather/Live in Dublin, previously available only on VHS.  Read more here!

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Glenn Frey, Above the Clouds: The Very Best of Glenn Frey (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

The first disc of the above box set, featuring 15 Frey hits and favorites, gets a standalone release too!

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Buck Owens, The Complete Capitol Singles 1967-1970 (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Omnivore rounds up another 36 original Capitol single sides from Bakersfield, California’s favorite son, country legend Buck Owens!  This 2-CD set, the second in Omnivore’s series of Owens singles releases, has been newly remastered by Michael Graves.  Read more here!

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Andy Williams, The Andy Williams Show / Love Story / A Song for You / Alone Again (Naturally) (BGO) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

BGO continues its exploration of Andy Williams’ Columbia catalogue with this 2-CD set bringing together four of the classic vocalist’s albums The Andy Williams Show (1970), Love Story (1971), A Song for You (1971, known as You’ve Got a Friend in the U.S.) and Alone Again (Naturally) (1972).

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Jerry Garcia, Before The Dead (Round/Caroline) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

This affordably-priced 4-CD, 84-track set produced and curated by Dennis McNally collects some of Jerry Garcia’s earliest musical endeavors: from an informal 1961 performance at a birthday party with future collaborator Robert Hunter to live coffeehouse gigs through 1964 with folk and bluegrass bands.  Also available on vinyl.

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Leonard Bernstein, Complete Works (Deutsche Grammophon) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

This 26-CD/3-DVD set is drawn from the Deutsche Grammophon/Universal archives and is being released in conjunction with the Bernstein centennial.  Drawn from DG’s recordings as well as earlier albums on Decca (including the ballet Fancy Free and the original Broadway cast recording of Wonderful Town) and MGM (Trouble in Tahiti), the box includes his music for Broadway, ballet and opera, incidental music, scores for film, orchestra and chamber groups, vocal scores, and piano music.  Also includes a 140-page book in English, French and German.

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Ry Cooder, The Prodigal Son (Fantasy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Ry Cooder returns with his first album since 2012, and first for the Fantasy label.  Also available on vinyl.

Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Andy Williams, Buck Owens, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Jerry Garcia, Leonard Bernstein, Ry Cooder

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, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. 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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