Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are tipping off 2017 with the first-ever CD release of Thom Bell's soulful soundtrack to 1979's The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, featuring an all-star line-up including The Four Tops, The Spinners, Bell and James, Phyllis Hyman, The Delfonics' William "Poogie" Hart, and The Sylvers, plus country superstar Loretta Lynn, ragtime legend Eubie Blake, and the one and only Doc Severinsen. This edition, newly remastered by Sean Brennan at Sony's Battery Studios,
Varese Offers Krall Good Things with "Star Trek Beyond"
Varese Sarabande has one last Christmas present in their long-running CD Club series: an expanded edition of the most recent soundtrack of the Star Trek series. Star Trek Beyond, this year's third entry in the "Kelvin timeline" reboot series of films based on Gene Roddenberry's 50-year-old sci-fi series, finds the crew of the USS Enterprise at various crossroads as they reach the halfway mark of their five-year mission. James Kirk (Christopher Pine) tires of the episodic nature of their work
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! "CITY HEAT" SOUNDTRACK GIVEAWAY!
Congratulations!! The following 10 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new CD reissue of the City Heat soundtrack on CD! If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address! If you entered via email, you don't have to do anything - your CD will be in the mail soon! Watch this space soon for more exciting giveaways! Our winners
BREAKING! Second Disc Records Brings All-Star "Fish That Saved Pittsburgh" To CD in February!
Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records are tipping off 2017 with a slam dunk release! On February 3, we will be bringing Thom Bell's soulful, all-star soundtrack to The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh - featuring The Spinners, The Four Tops, Loretta Lynn, Phyllis Hyman and more - to CD for the very first time in a newly expanded, remastered edition! The 1979 cult favorite film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh featured an all-star team from the worlds of basketball and Hollywood - Julius "Dr. J"
Yes, Sir-ee! Kritzerland to Release "The Gang's All Here" Score Featuring Benny Goodman
By 1943, Busby Berkeley was a Hollywood veteran who had choreographed the dance sequences that would make him famous for decades. He had also directed several classic films such as the Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney vehicles Babes In Arms and Strike Up The Band. However, he had never directed a full motion picture in color, where his choreographed tableaux could be more vividly realized. That all changed with The Gang's All Here. This famous musical has never had its soundtrack officially
WIN! WIN! WIN! Varese Reissues "City Heat" with Al Jarreau, Irene Cara, Eloise Laws, Joe Williams
In recent months, the fine folks at Varese Vintage have been on a roll with a number of soundtrack releases including Foul Play, Roots, The Champ, The Electric Horseman, and most recently for Record Store Day Black Friday, Harry Nilsson's Popeye and Charles Fox and Bob Crewe's Barbarella. Now, the label has just reissued for the first time on CD the soundtrack to the 1984 crime drama City Heat, featuring music by Lennie Niehaus and performances by Al Jarreau, Eloise Laws, Irene Cara, Joe
Cops! Dinosaurs! Star Trek! La-La Land's Black Friday Slate Available For Ordering TODAY!
From the deepest reaches of space (the final frontier), to the toughest streets on either side of America, to not one, but two prehistoric adventures on tropical islands, La-La Land Records' just-announced final five catalogue soundtrack titles of 2016 offer some of the greatest film music around! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDPGywgZ_Yo "He's been chased, thrown through a window and arrested," the poster proclaimed. Just another day for a Detroit cop on vacation in Beverly
THE SECOND DISC'S 2016 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE IS HERE!
We wouldn't want you to be left out in the cold for Cyber Monday, so we're proud to present our annual Holiday Gift Guide featuring more than 50 essential selections for the music enthusiast in your life! We've filled the guide with box sets (such as the popular David Bowie title to your left!) as well as archival releases and holiday music favorites that make great stocking stuffers. So Just click here to access this year's top picks! You'll notice that the Gift Guide is in the same
Good Times! The Second Disc's Essential RSD Black Friday 2016 Release Guide
From all of us here at Second Disc HQ to all of you, we hope you're enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving in the company of family and friends. Of course, from this day which conjures nostalgic and warm feelings comes a celebration of a different kind with this year's annual Black Friday - the day for consumers to start off the holiday shopping season on a mad, frenetic note. But 2016 is just in the latest year in which numerous retailers in the U.S. have made headlines by blackening Thursday, or
Release Round-Up: Week of November 25
Happy Thanksgiving! Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Prince 4Ever (Warner Bros.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This release actually came out on Tuesday, but it's worth a reminder here: this first posthumous collection from the late, great artist premieres one previously unreleased track, and includes a number of single versions making their CD debuts. Prince 4Ever is a 40-track summary of The Artist's major works from his first album, 1978's For You, to
They're On Their Way: "Dick Tracy," "Blue Lagoon" Expansions Due from Intrada
Intrada has added two scores from very popular composers to their Special Collection line: Basil Poledouris' soundtrack to 1980's romantic drama The Blue Lagoon, and Danny Elfman's ambitious score to Disney's 1990 adaptation of Dick Tracy. Based on the 1908 novel of the same name, The Blue Lagoon starred Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins as two cousins shipwrecked on a South Pacific island, living (and loving) in a faraway paradise. The R-rated antics of the couple caused a stir, as
To The Batcave! La-La Land Reissues Nelson Riddle's "Batman" For 50th Anniversary
Today, La-La Land announced a new reissue of Nelson Riddle's score to 1966's Batman: The Movie, just in time to celebrate the film's 50th anniversary. The label premiered its expanded edition of Batman in 2010 (itself an expansion of a prior Film Score Monthly CD) and it proved to be a sold-out success. Though the same master will be utilized for the upcoming reissue, the 2016 edition features colorful new artwork by Jim Titus, as well as all-new liner notes by John Takis. The Second Disc
Accentuate The Positive: Capitol Records Turns 75, Plans New Vinyl Reissues
Capitol Records, the venerable label founded by Johnny Mercer with B.G. DeSylva and Glenn Wallichs and now a unit of Universal Music Group, turns 75 next year. In celebration of this landmark anniversary, the label has announced three new initiatives. The first of these endeavors is The Capitol Records 75th Anniversary Collection, a series of 75 vinyl reissues from various genres curated by "noted music journalists, authors and other renowned creative figures." The Beatles are represented
So Good It's Scary! Varese Plans "Little Box of Horrors"
Those soundtrack geniuses at Varese Sarabande have scared up some appropriate soundtrack news for Halloween, announcing a box set next month that will collect a dozen rare, unreleased and out of print horror scores from across five decades! The Little Box of Horrors is a 12CD set featuring spooky soundtracks to films from an Emmy-nominated 1968 adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde all the way to Wes Craven's Dracula 2000. There's a pair of scores by Jerry Goldsmith for occult pictures (The
Review: "Unsung Sherman Brothers: Song Scores from Three That Got Away"
How often does one get the opportunity to hear a never-before-released score from one of the most beloved songwriting teams of all time? How about three unreleased scores, then? And what if one of those scores featured seven never-before-heard performances from Sammy Davis, Jr.? Indeed, such opportunities are rare...making Kritzerland's new release of Unsung Sherman Brothers all the more special. This delectable and tuneful collection premieres rare demo recordings of three unproduced scores
Do Your Thing: 20 Record Store Day Black Friday Essentials
Are you making a list and checking it twice? We are! Record Store Day Black Friday is here in less than a month, and this week we're showcasing all of our favorite titles. We've shown you the goods from Legacy, Real Gone, Rhino and Omnivore; now, here are 20 more titles we think you should absolutely check out. There's soundtrack goodies from Varese Sarabande and Light in the Attic; holiday favorites from Bob & Doug McKenzie, Frank Sinatra and "Dolemite" himself; lost gems from Isaac Hayes,
Kritzerland Solves The Swingin' Riddle with Nelson's "Paris When It Sizzles"
Kritzerland is taking listeners to the City of Light with a new 2-CD soundtrack release composed by the legendary Nelson Riddle. The label is accepting pre-orders now for the world premiere complete release of Riddle's score to Paris When It Sizzles, the 1964 Paramount romantic comedy starring Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Tony Curtis and Noel Coward. A send-up of moviemaking with a glamorous backdrop, Paris starred Holden as a playboy screenwriter and his real-life old flame Hepburn as
Dylan, Hendrix, Run-D.M.C. Lead Off Legacy's Record Store Day Black Friday Slate
The official list is here for this year's Black Friday Record Store Day event - that's Friday, November 25! - and as usual, an eclectic array of titles will be on offer to kick off the holiday shopping season. Legacy Recordings has tapped some of its heaviest hitters for this year's limited edition vinyl releases including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Run-D.M.C. and Alice in Chains...plus a disparate pair of animation favorites! Here's the full list of Legacy's Black Friday RSD releases, with
Ave Varese: "The Omen," "Scream 2" Expanded For CD
With Halloween just around the corner, Varese Sarabande Records has scared up a pair of fantastic horror soundtrack reissues for its CD Club! One of the label's most famous soundtrack releases comes back for more! Jerry Goldsmith's score to The Omen gets a brand-new overhaul for its 40th anniversary. Richard Donner's classic thriller stars Gregory Peck as an ambassador to England who realizes only too late that his son Damien--an orphan adopted in secret when his own child was stillborn--is
A Swingin' Safari: El Reissues Classics From James Last, Bert Kaempfert, Bernard Herrmann
Cherry Red's El imprint has recently turned its attention to a trio of disparate composer-conductors. Happy Sounds Forever reissues the 1963 album from James Last, the king of "happy music," and adds selections from the catalogue of Bert Kaempfert ("Strangers in the Night") to round out the disc. On the other end of the spectrum, the label also has The Fantasy Film World of Bernard Herrmann, a collection dedicated to film score maestro and Alfred Hitchcock's most notable musical
Release Round-Up: Week of September 30
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones in Mono (ABKCO) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Rolling Stones in Mono captures, on 15 CDs or 16 LPs, the original mono albums released on both sides of the Atlantic between 1964 and 1969 including the exceptionally rare mono editions of Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967), Beggars Banquet (1968) and Let It Bleed (1969). Exclusive to
Varese Plans Killer "B"s in September CD Club
We're continuing our Movie Monday with a look at the most recent soundtrack releases from Varese Sarabande's CD Club! It's all "B"s in Varese Sarabande's newest CD Club batch, but these are all A-list scores! The label is expanding two great sci-fi/action scores--Basil Poledouris' RoboCop 3 (1993) and Marco Beltrami's Hellboy (2004)--and releasing a special reissue of John Barry's Jagged Edge (1985). There's no superhero quite like Hellboy. As depicted in the Dark Horse Comic of the same
So Let It Be Written: Intrada Announces "Ten Commandments" Box
We're continuing our Movie Monday here at The Second Disc with more great film score news! From high atop the mountain comes Intrada's newest release--an incredibly ambitious and definitive box set edition of Elmer Bernstein's score to the Hollywood epic The Ten Commandments. The final film of Cecil B. DeMille, based in part on his silent adaptation of the film from 1923, The Ten Commandments dramatizes the Biblical tale of Moses (Charlton Heston), the adopted Egyptian prince whose divine
For Now, For Always: A Second Disc Interview! Bruce Kimmel Announces "Unsung Sherman Brothers"
"In every job that must be done/There is an element of fun/You find the fun and snap!/The job's a game!" For more than fifty years, the tuneful team of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman found the fun in their own job: songwriting. Together, "The Boys" penned memorable hits by Annette Funicello and Ringo Starr, defined the sound of Disneyland with unforgettable songs like "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" and "It's a Small World," and made timeless movie magic with Mary Poppins,
WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: "FOUL PLAY" GIVEAWAY!
Congratulations!! The following 10 entrants have won a copy of Varese Vintage's brand-new edition of Charles Fox's Foul Play soundtrack, featuring Barry Manilow, on CD! If you entered our contest via Facebook and your name is on the list below, please drop us a line at theseconddisc-at-gmail-dot-com or a Private Message on Facebook with your name and mailing address! If you entered via email, you don't have to do anything - your CD will be in the mail soon! Watch this space soon for more
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