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Bryan Adams, Dan Hartman, Mott the Hoople, Neil Young, Stephen Sondheim, The Killers

Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: 2023 Broadway Cast Recording

December 5, 2023 by Joe Marchese

The new cast recording of Broadway’s current smash hit revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford – currently streaming – comes to 2 CDs on December 15 and to 3 LPs in March 2024 from Reprise/Arts Music. Produced by musical director Alex Lacamoire and co-produced by director Thomas Kail, the album preserves the acclaimed cast’s rendition of Sondheim’s thrilling score with the original, 26-piece orchestrations of Jonathan Tunick. Both the CD and LP versions will include a deluxe,…

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THE SECOND DISC’S 2023 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE IS HERE!

November 27, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Cyber Monday is upon us today, which means one thing at Second Disc HQ: it’s time to launch our annual Holiday Gift Guide, featuring (more than) a few of our favorite things for the music enthusiast in your life. Sure, we might not have included raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but we’ve filled the guide with around 50 essential selections: sprawling box sets and deluxe vinyl editions, as well as releases on CD from favorite artists that just might make great stocking stuffers. So just click here or visit the handy…

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Holiday Gift Guide

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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UPDATE: Something Big: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme Celebrated on Upcoming Public Television Special, “Ultimate Collection” CD Box Set and More

November 22, 2023 by The Second Disc | 22 Comments

“Steve and Eydie represent all that is good about performers and the interpretation of a song,” Frank Sinatra once observed. “They’re the best.” Without a doubt, anyone who’d had the opportunity to see Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme onstage – or any of their hundreds of television appearances over five decades – would agree with the Chairman of the Board’s assessment. Now, the couple’s extraordinary career is being celebrated on a remarkable new Public Television special which debuts on stations nationwide the weekend of December 2, 2023. Steve and Eydie’s composer-musician son…

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Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Carol Burnett, Eydie Gorme, Lucille Ball, Sergio Mendes, Steve Lawrence, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

The Weekend Stream: November 18, 2023

November 18, 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. Our pre-Thanksgiving feast includes three legendary women of rock, a summit of country icons, and some unexpected live gems from an alternative ’80s outfit – plus so much more. Tina Turner, Tina Turns the Country On! / Acid Queen / Rough / Love Explosion (Parlophone) Country: iTunes / Amazon Acid Queen: iTunes / Amazon Rough: iTunes / Amazon Love Explosion: iTunes / Amazon Hot on the heels…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Rock

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Bill Anderson, Blondie, Bobby Bare, Duke Ellington, James, Johnny Mathis, Kristin Chenoweth, Madonna, Nora York, Stephen Sondheim, Tina Turner, Vince Gill, Wall of Voodoo, Willie Nelson

Release Round-Up: Week of November 17

November 17, 2023 by The Second Disc | 4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles available today in the final “big week” of the holiday release season. We are an Amazon affiliate and earn on qualifying purchases. We’re kicking things off with our two Christmas releases from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! While Amazon’s orders are unfortunately delayed, both of these titles are shipping now from Real Gone’s webstore! Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops, The Ultimate Pops Christmas Party! (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Arthur Fiedler…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Folk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

Release Round-Up: Week of October 20

October 20, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles being released today as we inch closer to the holiday shopping season! As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Nancy Sinatra, Keep Walkin’: Singles, Demos, and Rarities (1965-1978) (Light in the Attic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Black 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Zodiac Blue 2LP: Nancy’s Bootique Highway Song Yellow 2LP: Nancy’s Bootique “Sugar Me” Pink Splatter 2LP: Spotify Abridged 4-Track Tape: Nancy’s Bootique Abridged 8-Track Tape: Nancy’s Bootique Following the release of the anthology Start Walkin’ 1965-1976 and expanded editions of Boots, Nancy and Lee,…

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Blu-Ray, Books, Box Sets, CD, Cassette, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Gospel, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alan Silvestri, Amy Grant, B.J. Thomas, Bob Dylan, CHVRCHES, Carla Olson, Cher, David Bowie, Devo, Goo Goo Dolls, Nancy Sinatra, Richard Hawley, Salt-N-Pepa, The Mojo Men, The Rolling Stones, Tim Easton, Tony Visconti, Vince Guaraldi

Back to the Future – Original Cast Recording: Deluxe Edition

October 17, 2023 by Joe Marchese

Back to the Future, currently filling seats at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre, is expanding its original London cast recording starring Olly Dobson and Roger Bart (currently reprising his role as Doc Brown in New York) with an entire bonus disc of demos and early versions of the score’s songs by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard.

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A Matter of Time: ‘Back to the Future’ Cast Album Brings Unheard Demos from the Past

October 11, 2023 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

A Back to the Future musical sounds like a crazy joke, but Broadway’s biggest spectacle is arguably this new spin on the classic sci-fi comedy – and this month, just in time for a one-day theatrical reissue of the 1985 classic, its original cast recording is breaking the space-time continuum with a bonus disc of alternate and early versions of songs from the show. Having spun off two sequels, an animated series, a theme-park ride, comic books, model kits, a fancy pair of futuristic sneakers for charity and a whole lot more, you’d…

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Alan Silvestri

Release Round-Up: Week of September 15

September 15, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! The Who, Who’s Next / Life House (Polydor/UMe) 10CD/1BD: The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Album Only, Black Vinyl): The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Half-Speed Mastered Album Only): The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1LP (Transparent Blue Vinyl w/tip-on jacket): The Who Official Store Links TBD 4LP (Album + San Francisco Concert): The Who Official Store / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP (Album + Life House Demos): The…

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Beck Bogert & Appice, Carly Simon, Hank Williams, Herb Alpert, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Steve Miller Band, The Who, Willie Nelson

The Weekend Stream: September 9, 2023

September 9, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

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. From classic Jersey pop and British dance of the ’80s to a bright young drummer keeping Detroit soul alive in the present day, our latest offerings pack quite a punch. The Bongos, Numbers with Wings (40th Anniversary Edition) (RCA/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) The New Jersey pop/rock outfit led by singer/songwriter Richard Barone made the jump from critical darlings to…

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Dennis Coffey, Four Tops, MC5, Melvin Davis, Pulp, Richard Barone, Stephen Bishop, The Art of Noise, The Bongos, U2

A1 on the Jukebox: 7a Reissues Dave Edmunds and Rockpile’s “Tracks on Wax 4” and “Repeat When Necessary”

August 16, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 12 Comments

Throughout a career spanning six decades, Dave Edmunds never strayed far from the primal power of genuine rock-and-roll. After stints in various bands – most notably, Love Sculpture – the Welsh singer-guitarist struck out on his own and scored a U.K. Christmas chart-topper in 1970 with a cover of Dave Bartholomew’s “I Hear You Knocking.” In January 1972, he released his first solo album: Rockpile. Its title would figure prominently in Edmunds’ future as he co-founded a band of that name with his former Love Sculpture bandmate Terry Williams, singer-songwriter Nick Lowe,…

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Cherry Red’s El Label Celebrates Burt Bacharach, Leonard Bernstein on New Box Sets

August 15, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments

In recent months, Cherry Red’s El imprint has turned its attention to a pair of legendary American composers. Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) and Burt Bacharach (1928-2023) were born just a decade apart, though Bacharach lived more than three decades longer than Bernstein. Neither man was born in New York City, but both created much of their remarkable work there. Both were proud Jewish Americans, and both wrote for the musical theatre. An American in New York: Leonard Bernstein – The City Scores brings together recordings of Bernstein’s musicals On the Town, Wonderful Town,…

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Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim

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The Weekend Stream: August 12, 2023

August 12, 2023 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

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. A short but intriguing selection of digital debuts this week includes rare ’00s rock, ’80s soul, ’30s jazz, a new take on a ’60s prog classic and some new surround mixes from one of Broadway’s greatest. 3 Doors Down, Away from the Sun (Deluxe) (Republic/UMe) (iTunes / Amazon) Debut album The Better Life (2000) established Mississippi rockers 3 Doors Down…

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3 Doors Down, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Leon Sylvers III, Stephen Sondheim, The Moody Blues

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Cherry Red Round-Up: SoulMusic Celebrates Randy Crawford, Grapefruit Collects The Complete First Class

August 4, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 4 Comments

In today’s Cherry Red Round-Up: titles from the SoulMusic, Grapefruit, and Cherry Pop labels! Throughout a recording career spanning, roughly, 1972-2008, Randy Crawford refused to be pigeonholed. Gifted with a versatile, expressive voice, Randy straddled the worlds of jazz and soul while dipping her toes into funk, pop, dance, and rock; her collaborators include George Benson, Al Jarreau, Steve Hackett, Rick Springfield, David Sanborn, and Joe Sample and The Crusaders. SoulMusic Records recently explored a major chapter of her discography on the 3-CD anthology You Might Need Somebody: The Warner Bros. Recordings…

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Elaine Paige, John Carter, Lesley Duncan, Randy Crawford

The Weekend Stream: July 29, 2023

July 29, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

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. Big things happening in this column: two big box sets from a legendary prog-turned-pop outfit, rare mixes from one of pop’s most legendary performers, tons of remixes from a soulful producer/performer and 200(!) classical titles from a legendary British label. Whew! Genesis, Archive #1 (1969 – 1975) / Archive #2 (1976 – 1992) (Atlantic/Rhino/Craft) Archive #1: iTunes / Amazon…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 30

June 30, 2023 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Frank Zappa, Funky Nothingness (Zappa/UMe) 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com 2LP Standard Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com 2LP Colored Vinyl with exclusive guitar pick: Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com / SoundofVinyl.com UMe and Zappa Records have taken another deep dive into the vaults for Funky Nothingness. Recorded in the year following the release of Hot Rats and building upon its sound with many of the same musicians including Ian Underwood, violinist Don “Sugarcane” Harris, and Wrecking Crew bassist Max Bennett, the previously unreleased sessions include both compositions and jams. The five-piece group was completed by drummer Aynsley Dunbar whom…

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Alan Jay Lerner, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Big Country, Blossom Dearie, Charlie Watts, Frank Zappa, Frederick Loewe, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Johnny Desmond, Jule Styne, Lucinda Williams, The Baseball Project, Vivian Blaine

Dance Only with Me: Stage Door Reissues Styne, Comden, and Green’s “Say, Darling” as Deluxe Edition

June 21, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Upon its May 13, 1954 opening, The Pajama Game was an instant smash. The Tony Award-winning Best Musical by George Abbott, Richard Bissell, Richard Adler, and Jerry Ross went on to run 1,063 performances and inspire a London production, two Broadway revivals, and countless regional, school, and community theatre productions. But for Bissell, the Iowa-born author of the novel 7-1/2 Cents on which The Pajama Game was based, the road to Broadway was a bumpy one. Bissell put his memories to paper in an amusing, semi-autobiographical 1957 novel entitled Say, Darling which…

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Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Johnny Desmond, Jule Styne, Vivian Blaine

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The Weekend Stream: June 3, 2023

June 3, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 3 Comments

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 usher you into the weekend. Our latest round-up brings new music from Joan Jett, terrific live rarities from Bruce Springsteen, a band with a lot more going on than their name, and a tribute to one of the 20th century’s greatest lyricists. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, The Darkness Tour ’78 (Columbia/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Following up a record as lauded as…

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Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Bruce Springsteen, Bunny DeBarge, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Nancy Wilson, Passion Pit, Robyn Hitchcock, Stephen Sondheim

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The Weekend Stream: May 27, 2023

May 27, 2023 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend from a Sly and the Family Stone rarity to the latest expanded edition from Taylor Swift! Sly and the Family Stone, Ten Years Too Soon (The Remix Album) (Epic/Legacy) (iTunes / Amazon) Perhaps the most bizarre item in the Sly and the Family Stone catalogue has hit download and streaming services this weekend. Ten Years Too Soon enlisted…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Funk, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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All Saints, Barbra Streisand, Ed Ames, Edgar Winter, Josh Groban, Miles Davis, Sly and the Family Stone, Stephen Sondheim, Taylor Swift, The Jesus and Mary Chain

Release Round-Up: Week of May 19

May 19, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Paul Simon, Seven Psalms (Owl/Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Amazon-Exclusive Colored Vinyl: Amazon U.S. Paul Simon is ready to unveil Seven Psalms, his fifteenth studio album: a 33-minute suite of music consisting of seven dreamlike, meditative compositions which are meant to be played as one continuous piece (and tracked as such, at least on the digital version). The album has been produced by Simon and Kyle Crusham, and was recorded by the artist entirely on…

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Alan Menken, Def Leppard, Galen Paul, Graham Nash, Howard Ashman, Jeanine Tesori, Marty Stuart, Paul Simon, Paul Simonon

Release Round-Up: Week of May 12

May 12, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today! Daft Punk, Random Access Memories: 10th Anniversary Edition (Columbia) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Daft Punk’s final album, 2013’s disco-flavored, multiple Grammy-winning Random Access Memories, welcomed such all-time luminaries as Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams, Giorgio Moroder, Paul Jackson, Jr., Nathan East, John “J.R.” Robinson, and Omar Hakim as well as contemporary greats Pharrell Williams, Julian Casablancas, and Animal Collective co-founder Panda Bear. Now, it’s time to “Get Lucky” with a deluxe 10th anniversary edition on…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Soundtracks

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APB, Bryan Adams, Cal Tjader, Celine Dion, Daft Punk, Michael Martin Murphey, Miles Davis, Rick Astley, Rick Springfield, The Kingsnakes, The Moody Blues

Pretty Woman: The Musical

May 9, 2023 by Joe Marchese

Bryan Adams performs his score (co-written with Jim Vallance) to the 2018 Broadway musical Pretty Woman which is currently enjoying a run in the West End of London through June 23. Previously available digitally, the album now makes its CD debut.

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 5

May 5, 2023 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Olivia Newton-John, Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection Vol. 1 (Primary Wave/Green Hill) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 17 favorite duets with Olivia Newton-John are featured on this new collection. The late artist’s duet partners include Dolly Parton (“Jolene”), Michael McDonald (“Act of Faith”), Barry Gibb (“Face to Face”), pianist Jim Brickman (“I Honestly Love You”), Mariah Carey (“Hopelessly Devoted to…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Ben Platt, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Henry Franklin, Jeff Tweedy, Olivia Newton-John, Paul Young, Queen, Rodney Crowell, The Donnas, The Reverend Horton Heat, Unruly Child

My Cup Runneth Over: Stage Door Reissues London Cast Recording of “I Do! I Do!”

March 31, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Stage Door Records has said “I Do!” to the classic musical by the team of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. I Do, I Do! opened on November 5, 1966 at Broadway’s 46th Street Theatre (today, the home of Hamilton) in producer David Merrick and director-choreographer Gower Champion’s production starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston. The London production made its premiere on May 16, 1968 at the Lyric Theatre, soon to host 2:22: A Ghost Story. Lucia Victor’s recreation of Gower Champion’s original staging starred Anne Rogers and Ian Carmichael. Like the New…

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