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Wish Upon a Star: Walt Disney Records' Legacy Collection Revisits "Pinocchio"

February 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Pinocchio

Just last month, Walt Disney Records celebrated the 75th anniversary of Fantasia by releasing a new addition to the label’s Legacy Collection with a 4-CD reissue of the original soundtrack to that film.  However, Fantasia is not the only Disney classic to turn 75 this year.   1940 was a pretty good year for the animation studio, as the classic Pinocchio also saw release during those twelve months.   On February 10, 2015 (almost to the day the film premiered three-quarters of a century ago:

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Cliff Edwards, Leigh Harline, Ned Washington, Paul Smith

Glen Campbell - I'll Be Me: Soundtrack

January 27, 2015 By

Ill Be Me

Big Machine Records releases the 10-song soundtrack to the documentary film Glen Campbell - I'll Be Me, including two versions of the Oscar-nominated "I'm Not Gonna Miss You,"  live performances by Glen of "Wichita Lineman" and "A Better Place," and more, including music by The Band Perry and Campbell's daughter Ashley.  This first physical release of the soundtrack expands upon the originally-released 5-track EP.

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Formats: CD Genre: Country, Soundtracks

The Legacy Collection: Pinocchio

January 22, 2015 By

Pinocchio

The classic 1940 animated film Pinocchio celebrates its 75th anniversary in style with this Legacy Collection volume featuring the complete original soundtrack on Disc One, plus three newly-recorded "Lost Chords" and five bonus tracks performed by Cliff Edwards, a.k.a. Jiminy Cricket.

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Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks

Something Good: Legacy Expands "The Sound of Music," Classic Soundtrack Also Comes to SACD and Vinyl

January 21, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Sound of Music

The hills are alive again! On March 10, Legacy Recordings will reissue RCA Victor’s chart-topping 1965 soundtrack to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s five-time Academy Award-winning The Sound of Music in a new 50th anniversary edition to coincide with the golden anniversary release on Blu-ray.  Collectors will note that expanded CD reissues of the classic musical soundtrack starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer are as inevitable as raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens; editions have

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Julie Andrews, Rodgers and Hammerstein

The Sound of Music: 50th Anniversary Edition

January 21, 2015 By

Sound of Music

To mark its 50th anniversary, Legacy expands the classic 1965 film soundtrack to Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music with previously unissued material, bringing it up to 27 tracks on one CD.

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Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks

Release Round-Up: Week of January 20

January 20, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Jellyfish, Bellybutton and Spilt Milk (Omnivore) Bellybutton: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Spilt Milk: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Here are the deluxe editions that fans of the cult '90s pop revivalists have been waiting for!  A total of 51 bonus tracks are spread across these freshly-remastered reissues of Jellyfish's two studio albums.  Look for Joe's review later today! Universal Togetherness Band, Universal Togetherness Band (Numero Group) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Numero

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Jellyfish, King Crimson, Red Garland, Tony Bennett, Universal Togetherness Band

All This and World War II

January 19, 2015 By

All this and WWII

Culture Factory presents a limited edition mini-LP replica edition on CD of the soundtrack to the 1976 documentary film featuring an all-star array of musicians performing Beatles songs.  Previously available on CD from Hip-o Select, the double-disc album includes tracks by Elton John, Jeff Lynne, The Bee Gees, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Rod Stewart, Leo Sayer, Peter Gabriel and more!

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Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Soundtracks

Varese Vintage Round-Up: Label Reissues Seals and Crofts, Danny Elfman, Bill Medley, More

January 15, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Seals and Crofts One on One

Today, we’re spotlighting a number of reissues you might have missed from the Varese Sarabande label which arrived in the final weeks of 2014! The 1977 coming-of-age drama One on One starred young Robby Benson as high school basketball star Henry, who must overcome obstacles – both romantic and academic – to get through his freshman year of college.  The score was provided by Charles Fox (“Happy Days,” “Ready to Take a Chance Again”) who also collaborated on a number of songs for the movie

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bill Medley, Brian Wilson, Danny Elfman, Malo, Mark-Almond, Paul Williams, Riot, Seals and Crofts, Shawn Phillips, Trevor Rabin

Release Round-Up: Week of January 13

January 13, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

fantasia legacy collection

The Legacy Collection - Fantasia Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Walt Disney Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This 4-CD presentation of Walt Disney's animated masterwork features both the Leopold Stokowski and Irwin Kostal recordings of the complete score, plus bonus material, in a deluxe hardbound format. Johnny Winter, Remembrance - Volume One (Friday Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) Friday Music celebrates the late, great Johnny Winter with this new set licensed from

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Elvis Costello, Johnny Winter, Neal Hefti, Woody Allen

The Legacy Collection: Fantasia

January 9, 2015 By

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Formats: CD Genre: Classical/Opera, Soundtracks

Wonderful World of Disney: "The Legacy Collection: Fantasia" Coming Soon

January 9, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

fantasia legacy collection

When considering the history of Walt Disney Studios, Mickey Mouse is always front and center.   Lovably scrappy Mickey became a breakout smash with 1928’s Steamboat Willie, setting the company on the path to becoming the all-encompassing entertainment conglomerate it is today.  The character himself, however, has had several ups and downs over the years.  One of these down periods was during the late 1930s when Walt Disney felt that Mickey wasn’t reaching the same heights of popularity he had

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Categories: News Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Leopold Stokowski

The Year In Reissues: The 2014 Gold Bonus Disc Awards

December 30, 2014 By Joe Marchese 10 Comments

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Welcome to The Second Disc’s Fifth Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! As with every year’s awards, our goals are simple: to recognize as many of the year’s most essential reissues and catalogue titles as possible, and to celebrate as many of those labels, producers and artists who make these releases happen in an increasingly-challenging retail landscape.  The labels you’ll read about below have, by and large, bucked the trends to prove that there’s still a demand for physical catalogue music

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Kooper, Billy Joel, Blood Sweat & Tears, Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Dimitri Tiomkin, Donna Loren, Frank Sinatra, Pugwash, Salsoul Orchestra, Tony Hatch

Release Round-Up: Weeks of December 23 and December 30

December 23, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Well, these are incredibly light weeks for new releases! Thankfully, the Kritzerland and Audio Fidelity labels have stepped up with a quartet of titles to close out 2014 on a high note! Cy Coleman, John Kander, Harvey Schmidt and Charles Strouse, Classical Broadway (Kritzerland) (available for pre-order now) Kritzerland remasters this 1992 album (originally released on the Bay Cities label) featuring classical compositions from four of Broadway's most legendary composers including Cy

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Blood Sweat & Tears, Charles Strouse, Cy Coleman, Harvey Schmidt, John Kander, Patrick Williams, The Guess Who

Cherry Red's él Label Revisits Henry Mancini, Esquivel and Piero Piccioni On New Anthologies

December 18, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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The latest crop of titles from Cherry Red Group’s él label criss-cross the globe from the U.S.A. to Mexico to Italy with releases from American legend Henry Mancini, bandleader Esquivel, and composer Piero Piccioni. Fans of Henry Mancini’s cool jazz and lounge stylings are the target audience for Playboy Themes, a collection of the great maestro’s music recorded between 1958 and 1962.  This 28-track compilation takes in both Mancini’s own compositions as well as those he recorded by others. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Soundtracks Tags: Esquivel, Henry Mancini, Piero Piccioni

Release Round-Up: Week of December 15

December 15, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

kinks anthology

The Kinks, Anthology 1964-1971 (BMG/InGrooves, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Producer Andrew Sandoval (the recent The Monkees: Super Deluxe Edition) helms this kink-sized 5-CD kollection of hits, demos, interviews, alternate mixes, session outtakes, 25 previously unavailable tracks, an exclusive 7-inch single and copious, new liner notes! Dionne Warwick, Finder of Lost Loves: Expanded Edition (Arista/Funky Town Grooves) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This 2-CD edition of Warwick's

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Stephen Sondheim, Sting, The Kinks, The Manhattans, Trip Shakespeare

Release Round-Up: Week of December 2

December 2, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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B.J. Thomas, Home Where I Belong/Happy Man (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) B.J. Thomas, You Gave Me Love/Miracle (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Linda Jones, The Complete Atco-Loma-Warner Bros. Recordings (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) The Five Stairsteps, Our Family Portrait/Stairsteps (Expanded Twofer Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) The Unforgiven, The Unforgiven (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) Cowboy, 5’ll Getcha Ten (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Grateful Dead, Dick’s Picks

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Leonard Bernstein, Pixies, The Five Stairsteps, The Moody Blues, Three Dog Night, Todd Rundgren

Give 'Em a Spin: The Second Disc's Essential Back to Black Friday 2014 Release Guide

November 27, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

american hustle lp

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Thanksgiving is here, and with each Thanksgiving comes another Black Friday, the day for consumers to start off the holiday shopping season on a mad, frenetic note. This year is just in the latest one in which numerous retailers in the U.S. have made headlines by blackening Thursday, or Thanksgiving Day itself, with sales starting on the holiday. So many might give thanks that the folks behind Record Store Day are waiting until the traditional Friday for the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Miles Davis, Record Store Day, Run-D.M.C., Wham!

Klaatu Rising: Bernard Herrmann's "The Day The Earth Stood Still" Returns To CD

November 26, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

day the earth stood still

Klaatu barada nikto. With those three words, Helen Benson (Patricia Neal) saved the world from certain destruction at the hands of the eight-foot robot Gort in the 1951 classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. Director Robert Wise’s film remains one of the most chilling and effective Cold War-era films, wrapping its plea for peace in a compelling, documentary-style sci-fi narrative. Chief among its assets was a score by maestro Bernard Herrmann (Psycho, Taxi Driver). Herrmann’s intense, exciting

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Bernard Herrmann

Release Round-Up: Week of November 24

November 24, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Simon and Garfunkel, The Complete Albums Collection (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This 12-CD box includes all five of Simon & Garfunkel's stereo studio albums released between 1964 and 1970, newly remastered from first-generation analog sources plus first-time remasters of The Graduate soundtrack and 1981's The Concert in Central Park; 1972's Greatest Hits album (which contained some unique performances unavailable elsewhere); and the live concert albums from 1967, 1969

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Bing Crosby, Bryan Adams, Neil Diamond, Simon and Garfunkel, The Velvet Underground

It's A Happy New Year with Real Gone Music's January Slate

November 18, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Real Gone Music is saying “Happy New Year!” a couple of months early with the announcement of the label’s January 6 slate of releases. This customarily eclectic batch is highlighted by the classic soul of The Main Ingredient and Jackie Moore, blue comedy from Redd Foxx, two otherworldly soundtracks from the films of cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (on both LP and CD!), and more live jam-band greatness from Grateful Dead. Real Gone’s press release, with full details on each title,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Jackie Moore, Redd Foxx, The Grateful Dead, The Main Ingredient

Release Round-Up: Week of November 17

November 17, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

henry mancini classic collection

  Henry Mancini, The Classic Soundtrack Collection (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Classic Soundtrack Collection features 18 of Mancini's most memorable soundtrack albums for RCA, Columbia and Epic Records on nine CDs, spanning the period between 1960's High Time and 1978's Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, and adds bonus material from vocalists including Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams and, on a previously unreleased track, Julie Andrews. Johnny Mathis,

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, David Bowie, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mathis, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Old 97's, Paul McCartney, Peter Paul and Mary, The Rolling Stones, Wilco

From Hoagy To Popcorn: Croydon Municipal Mines Carmichael Tunes, Vintage Pop, R&B and Film Music

November 5, 2014 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

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St. Etienne co-founder Bob Stanley’s Croydon Municipal imprint from the Cherry Red Group continues to have some of the most eclectic releases out there, emphasizing classic fifties and early sixties pop, R&B and beyond. The label’s latest offerings include a tribute to the pride of Bloomington, Indiana – Mr. Hoagy Carmichael – as well as a return to the realm of Popcorn, and a collection of cool, swinging film themes! Any songwriter would likely sell his soul to compose a song with the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Hoagy Carmichael, Various Artists

Kritzerland Premieres Dave Grusin's Score to "Falling in Love"

November 5, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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For its latest classic soundtrack, Kritzerland is returning to the music of renaissance man Dave Grusin.  The Academy Award-winning composer’s skillful and unfailingly melodic blend of jazz, pop and orchestral sounds has well served him for a Hollywood career that’s lasted for more than forty years.  One of the highlights of Grusin’s 1980s was his score to 1984’s Falling in Love, which is receiving its world premiere soundtrack from Kritzerland. Director Ulu Grossbard’s bittersweet romantic

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Dave Grusin

Release Round-Up: Week of October 21

October 21, 2014 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

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Ray Parker Jr. & Run-DMC, Ghostbusters: Stay Puft Edition Super Deluxe Vinyl (Legacy) The Marshmallow Man is back!  The Stay Puft Super Deluxe Edition Vinyl is a limited edition collectible that every Ghostbusters fan will want to take home!  Co-produced by The Second Disc's Mike Duquette, this set contains the No. 1 hit single “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr. and the “Ghostbusters” rap by Run-DMC for the film’s hit sequel, with both tracks on a white 12” single in a deluxe, puffy,

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Mike Oldfield, Neil Diamond, Ray Parker Jr., Run-D.M.C., Scott Walker, Spandau Ballet, Suzi Quatro, The Hollies

Release Round-Up: Week of October 14

October 14, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Diana Ross, Why Do Fools Fall in Love / Silk Electric / Ross / Swept Away / Eaten Alive / Red Hot Rhythm and Blues (Expanded Editions) (Funky Town Grooves) Why Do Fools Fall in Love: Expanded Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Silk Electric: Expanded Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Ross: Expanded Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Swept Away: Deluxe Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Eaten Alive: Deluxe Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Red Hot Rhythm and Blues: Deluxe

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billy Strayhorn, Bing Crosby, Bob Seger, Diana Ross, Foreigner, Madeleine Peyroux, Michel Legrand, Miles Davis, Ozzy Osbourne, Swing Out Sister, The Kinks

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