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 name, this demon was summoned by Nazis as an infant but quickly intercepted by…
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 mission is to lead the enslaved Hebrews to the promised land. Featuring Yul…
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, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Charlotte’s Web, Chitty Chitty Bang…
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 exciting giveaways! Our winners are: SCOTT BASSIN DAVID HANLON…
The Second Disc’s Week In Review
For today’s special feature, we’re taking a look back at the big stories we shared with you over the past week at The Second Disc, just in case you missed ’em the first time around! Review: Fleetwood Mac, Mirage: Deluxe Edition Joe takes a look at Rhino’s 4-CD/1-LP/1-DVD Deluxe Edition of the Mac’s 1982 pop gem! This Could Be the Night: Shout! Factory to Release T.A.M.I. Show and The Big T.N.T. Show on Blu-ray Two classic concert films – featuring a galaxy of stars including The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The…
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WIN! WIN! WIN! Ready To Take A Chance: Varese Reissues Charles Fox Soundtrack, Solo LP
If, by chance, you don’t know the name of Charles Fox, you undoubtedly know his songbook: “Ready to Take a Chance Again.” “Killing Me Softly with His Song.” “I Got a Name.” The themes to The Love Boat, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Love American Style, The Bugaloos, Angie, Wonder Woman, and more. Varese Vintage has recently celebrated the Emmy and Grammy-winning composer’s enormous legacy with two reissues. The soundtrack to Foul Play returns to CD (having been previously issued as a limited edition by Intrada) in expanded form, and Fox’s solo…
Release Round-Up: Week of September 9
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up…one of the most packed in recent memory! Beatles, Live at the Hollywood Bowl (Apple/Capitol/UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Since the advent of the compact disc era, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl has been the forgotten stepchild of the Fab Four’s legendary catalogue. That changes today with the first-ever commercial CD/DD release of the 1977 album on September 9 via Apple/UMe. The newly-retitled, remixed, remastered and expanded Live at the Hollywood Bowl will arrive one week in…
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
A rare soundtrack is arriving on CD-R and DD from Masterworks Broadway. The team of Elsie Simmons and Mark “Moose” Charlap (Peter Pan) scored NBC’s television adaptation of Alice Through the Looking Glass which featured a starry cast including Agnes Moorehead (Bewitched), Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island), Robert Coote (My Fair Lady), Nanette Fabray, Jack Palance, Jimmy Durante and even The Smothers Brothers – as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum! This loose adaptation of the Lewis Carroll story, featuring Judi Rolin as Alice, first brought its blend of music and whimsy to television on…
Oh Yeah! “Ferris Bueller” Soundtrack Coming from La-La Land Records
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you might miss something…like La-La Land Records’ newest soundtrack title, the first-ever release of a soundtrack from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. An all-time classic since it was first released in 1986, John Hughes’ seminal comedy (which he wrote in under a week and also directed) tells the story of the titular teen slacker (Matthew Broderick), who takes a day off from school and recruits his neurotic best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) and girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) to turn…
Release Round-Up: Week of September 2
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up highlighted by the latest release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music! The Isley Brothers, Groove with You…Live! (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) We’re incredibly excited and proud to bring this sizzling, swooning and immersive double-album document of The Isley Brothers at the peak of their powers to CD for the very first time! Groove with You…Live! features powerful renditions of classic hits like “Take Me to the Next Phase,” “Summer Breeze” and “Livin’ in the Life,” recorded live-in-the-studio at…
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It Had To Be You: Real Gone’s October Slate Features Eddie Money, Keely Smith, Mahalia Jackson, John Hammond, Percy Faith and More
Real Gone Music has just announced their October slate of titles and while only one of them will get you into the Halloween spirit, there might well be something else among the eclectic choice of genres to pique your interest! First up, Real Gone is releasing three two-disc greatest hits collections. One of these features liner notes from our very own Joe Marchese: Percy Faith’s The Definitive Collection. Faith was hugely in demand at Columbia Records, arranging and conducting for a large number of artists during the 1950s. He also had a…
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The Man Who Fell to Earth: Original Soundtrack
The world premiere soundtrack release of the cult 1976 film starring David Bowie features the work of John Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas fame (who composed specifically for the film), and Stomu Yamash’ta. This is the first audio release of the music heard in the film. Though an album was promised on Bowie’s then-label RCA in 1976, it never materialized for a variety of reasons. That story is explored in the 48-page hardcover book that accompanies the deluxe 2-CD release. A 2-LP version (with fewer tracks) and a CD/LP deluxe box…
Space Oddity: “The Man Who Fell To Earth” Soundtrack Premieres On CD
2016 marks the 40th anniversary of The Man Who Fell to Earth, director Nicolas Roeg’s trippy cult classic starring the late David Bowie as the stranded alien Newton. Prior to his untimely death earlier this year, Bowie revisited Newton and the milieu of the film in his only musical theatre piece, Lazarus. With the musical about to open in London, StudioCanal is revisiting the original film in a new four-disc Blu-ray box set due in the United Kingdom on October 24. (No U.S. plans for the set have been revealed yet.) Prior…
Jimmy Webb’s “Voices” Featuring Burton Cummings Premieres On CD
Following its recent reissue of Sonny and Cher’s Good Times! soundtrack, Varese Vintage has turned its attention to another neglected release uniting the worlds of cinema and pop. The 1979 romantic drama Voices featured a score by Jimmy Webb and performances by The Guess Who’s Burton Cummings and the teenage duo of Andy and David Williams (nephews to the elder Andy Williams) as well as, on its non-Webb tracks, Willie Nelson and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. This Friday, the long out-of-print Planet Records soundtrack album, overseen by Planet head Richard Perry,…
Kritzerland Takes Flight With “The Red Balloon” World Premiere Release
For its latest release, the Kritzerland label has turned to a classic film in which music is very nearly a central character. Though it won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, writer-director Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 The Red Balloon (Le Ballon Rouge) has very little dialogue. Many scenes of its whimsical story play only with music, and others just with natural sound. Now, the movie’s bewitching score by Maurice Le Roux is coming to disc for the very first time in a two-for-one release, paired with Jean Prodromides’ score to Lamorisse’s next picture,…
Release Round-Up: Week of July 15
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Little Richard, Mono Box: The Complete Specialty and Vee-Jay Albums (Concord/Specialty) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This new, 5-LP vinyl box set collects all of the studio albums that Little Richard recorded for both the Specialty and Vee-Jay labels between 1957 and 1965. The mono albums, each replicating the original label and jacket art, have been remastered from analog tapes. A 16-page booklet featuring new liner notes by Bill Dahl, plus era-specific photos, rounds out the collection. Read more here! Diana Ross, Diana Ross…
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More Powerful Than A Locomotive: DC Celebrates Musical Legacy with New Collection
Superheroes and comic book characters have become a larger force in pop culture over recent years with many comic-book based properties racing to the top of list box-office winners each year, and over ten comic book-related television shows scheduled to air this fall on various networks. DC Comics, home to Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and dozens of others, has been a big part of that. Next week also sees the annual San Diego Comic Con taking place, the largest comic and pop culture gathering in the U.S. To tie in with that…
Grim Grinning Ghosts! New Children’s Book Series Features Audio Treasures from Disneyland
If you’re a Disney fan looking for the perfect gift for a young reader and/or catalogue obsessive in training, have we got a gift for you! Next Tuesday sees the first release in a new Disney Publishing series for children. “Disney Parks Presents” will extend the experience of your favorite Disney attractions to the page and your CD player! It’s a series of picture books with new original artwork, packaged with custom CDs that offer a newly-created audio version of the featured ride. The first in the series is quite literally so…
Release Round-Up: Week of July 8
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! John Coltrane, The Atlantic Years in Mono (Atlantic/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Rhino’s new box set, available on both CD and LP, includes original mono mixes of Trane’s Giant Steps; Bags & Trane (with Milt Jackson); Ole Coltrane; Coltrane Plays The Blues and The Avant Garde (with Don Cherry) plus one disc of outtakes. All of these remastered albums are housed in replica jackets and a 32-page booklet is also included with new liner notes by Ashley Kahn and photos by Lee Friedlander. The CD version has…
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Good Times [Expanded Mono Edition]
The soundtrack to Sonny and Cher’s 1967 film Good Times features new songs written by Sonny, as well as two new recordings of the duo’s beloved No. 1 hit “I Got You Babe.” Varese’s reissue of the original mono album adds two bonus singles: “Plastic Man” and the single edit of “It’s The Little Things.”
“The Rocketeer” Score Blasts Off from Intrada
One of comics’ most underrated heroes–and one of the late James Horner’s crowning score achievements–is back in flight. Intrada has reissued and expanded the score to the ambitious period superhero flick The Rocketeer. Based on the acclaimed comic by the late Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer is the story of Cliff Secord, a dashing pilot in pre-World War II California who unwittingly discovers a jetpack. He uses it to perform extraordinary and heroic deeds, but it isn’t long until forces of good (the pack’s owner, Howard Hughes) and evil (a secret Nazi agent)…
Release Round-Up: Week of July 1
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! We’ve got the latest release from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music as well as plenty more that we know you won’t want to miss! Eddy Arnold, Each Road I Take: The Lee Hazlewood and Chet Atkins Sessions 1970 (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Our newest release brings together two seminal, never-before-reissued albums by Eddy Arnold on one CD, both from 1970. Love and Guitars captured Arnold in a raw, acoustic setting with many of Nashville’s greatest pickers including…
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Release Round-Up: Week of June 17
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Chicago, Quadio (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD / Amazon Canada) This week’s biggest and most hotly-anticipated release, Chicago’s Quadio, brings together nine albums from the legendary band in remastered high-resolution 192/24 DTS-HD Master Audio in both their original quadraphonic and stereo mixes on nine Blu-ray discs. This lavish celebration of the Windy City’s favorite band is housed in a rigid two-piece box, with every album presented in a replica sleeve promised to “replicate the original release down to the last detail, including mini-posters, and the iron-on that…
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La-La Means I Love You: The Delfonics, Survivor, Brook Benton and Sea Level Join Eddy Arnold On Real Gone’s July Slate
Yesterday we told you about Second Disc Records’ and Real Gone Music’s July 1 release of Eddy Arnold’s Chet Atkins and Lee Hazlewood albums from 1970 and now we’ve got the news of the rest of Real Gone’s line-up for right before Independence Day. First up is a compilation featuring notes by our very own Joe Marchese: 40 Classic Soul Sides from The Delfonics. When Stan Watson introduced a group (including brothers William and Wilbert Hart and Randy Cain) he was managing to a young Thom Bell at Cameo in the late 1960s, magic…
If You Remember Me: Varese Reissues Dave Grusin, Willie Nelson on “The Champ” and “Electric Horseman”
On Friday, May 20, Varese Vintage has two rare soundtracks arriving in stores from composer and jazz great Dave Grusin: the CD premiere of his score to The Champ (with a pivotal song contribution from Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager) and the return to CD of The Electric Horseman, featuring score by Grusin and songs from the one and only Willie Nelson. 1979’s The Champ marked the American film debut of Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. A remake of the 1931 film of the same name, it starred Jon Voight as Billy…
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
September 25, 2026
