At long last – the soundtrack to Peter Bogdanovich’s cult classic At Long Last Love comes to CD! Cybill Shepherd, Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn and Eileen Brennan are among those singing such Cole Porter standards as “Just One of Those Things,” “I Get a Kick Out of You” and “You’re the Top” on this homage to 1930s musical comedy films!
Croydon Municipal Pops More “Popcorn,” Revisits “Troxy Music” On Recent Compilations
Croydon Municipal, an imprint of Cherry Red Group, has recently continued two of its popular series with the releases of Troxy Music 2 and Popcorn Exotica. Like the first volume of Troxy Music, this edition is subtitled Fifties and Sixties Film Themes; this time around, it’s Screen 2. Compiler Bob Stanley and compiler/annotator Martin Green set out the collection’s ethos in the liner notes, explaining how both Hollywood and Great Britain fought against the onslaught of television: “Hollywood thought big, producing lengthy international epics in Cinerama, Todd-AO and Vista-Vision. Britain thought and…
The Stuff Of Nightmares: Varese Boxes Complete “Nightmare on Elm Street” Scores
“One, two, Freddy’s comin’ for you…” Varese Sarabande is making horror fans’ dreams come true with an eight-disc box set of the complete scores to the A Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise. The late Wes Craven’s 1984 horror classic introduced fans to the sleepy suburb of Springwood, terrorized by the sadistic Freddy Krueger. With a hideously burned face, a glove boasting razor sharp blades and an iconic fedora and striped-sweater combo, Krueger, “the bastard son of a thousand maniacs,” was an undead child killer who sought revenge in the subconscious, torturing…
Release Round-Up: Week of September 4
The fall is almost upon us – which means some of the most exciting release weeks of the year are just around the corner! We hope you’ve checked out Ted’s farewell to the sounds of summer, because we’re kicking off September right here with a new release from Second Disc Records – as well as goodies from The Doors, Eydie Gorme, Micky Dolenz, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, and many more! To our U.S. readers, we wish you a safe and happy Labor Day weekend filled with great new (and old) sounds! Wilson Pickett,…
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I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times): Ted’s Big Summer ’15 Wrap-Up!
The summer’s winding down and so Ted Frank, our resident maven of all things eclectic, is looking back on his favorites from the past few months, from reissues to future classics of all genres! We hope you make some new discoveries as you enjoy the Labor Day weekend! As the boys of summer’s mettle is currently being put to the test, here are some favorite releases – new and old – from the past couple of summer months that have staying power and could perfectly score those few remaining summer days…
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Music from “Love and Mercy”
Capitol Records belatedly releases a soundtrack to director Bill Pohlad’s acclaimed Brian Wilson biopic Love and Mercy featuring Atticus Ross’ original score plus music from the solo Wilson (“Love and Mercy,” “One Kind of Love”), The Beach Boys (“God Only Knows,” “Good Vibrations,” “Don’t Worry Baby”) and star Paul Dano (“God Only Knows”).
Genesis’ Tony Banks Goes “A Chord Too Far” On Career-Spanning Box Set
It’s been a pretty great year for fans of Genesis. This morning, the news broke of upcoming reissues from Phil Collins. Earlier this year, reissues arrived from Mike Rutherford and Anthony Phillips, and Steve Hackett released his latest solo album. (A reissue of the 1986 album by Hackett’s band GTR is on the way, and a box set of Hackett’s Charisma recordings is due later this year, too.) All has been fairly quiet on the Peter Gabriel front, but even Gabriel has some vinyl remasters on the way in the fall. As…
Release Round-Up: Week of August 21
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, packed with box sets, reissues, special collections, and more! The Isley Brothers, The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy has boxed up 23 discs of The Isley Brothers – featuring every one of the group’s RCA and T-Neck albums released between 1959 and 1983, including one previously unreleased album and a total of 84 previously unissued or new-to-CD bonus tracks! Every track has been newly-remastered for this collection! Full details can be found here! Belinda Carlisle, The CD Singles 1986-2014…
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Bernard Herrmann’s “Hangover Square” Soundtrack Expanded On New Two-For-One CD
Fresh off its successful Indiegogo campaign, Kritzerland has returned to the music of Bernard Herrmann (Psycho, Taxi Driver) for its latest soundtrack release. Two Herrmann scores – 1945’s Hangover Square and 1952’s 5 Fingers – have been paired on one CD. Though both have been previously released on CD, they have been newly transferred for Kritzerland by our friend Mike Matessino, and Hangover Square (a favorite score of none other than Stephen Sondheim) has been expanded by sixteen never-before-released minutes of music! Below, you’ll find Kritzerland’s press release as well as pre-order…
Paint With All the Colors of the Wind: Latest Disney Legacy Collection Release Features “Pocahontas”
This past Friday, Walt Disney Records continued its Legacy Collection series. Like the most last release, Toy Story, it celebrates a film marking its 20th anniversary: 1995’s Pocahontas. The new 2-CD set features the entire score along with several demos and alternate versions of songs. Pocahontas, Disney’s 33rd animated film, was a departure from some of the films in the studio’s past repertoire in that is was based on history and not a fairytale. The movie chronicles the story of Native American Pocahontas and her encounters with Englishman John Smith and other English settlers surrounding the establishment of…
Release Round-Up: Week of August 7
Welcome to another New Release Friday, and today’s Release Round-Up! Dusty Springfield, Come for a Dream: The U.K. Sessions 1970-1971 (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Earlier this year, Real Gone released Faithful – a collection of Dusty Springfield’s complete sessions with producer-songwriter Jeff Barry, compiled for the first time as originally envisioned on one disc. Now, the label has turned its attention to Dusty’s 1970-1971 London sessions intended for the album See All Her Faces but eventually released on numerous collections and box sets over the years. For the very first…
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Release Round-Up: Week of July 31
Led Zeppelin, Presence / In Through the Out Door / Coda [Various Editions] (Swan Song/Atlantic) Presence: Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. In Through the Out Door: Super Deluxe Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Original Album Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Deluxe Edition Vinyl: Amazon U.S….
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Cherry Red’s él Label Revisits John Wayne Westerns, Brazil’s Elis Regina
Cherry Red’s él label continues to trawl through the annals of musical nostalgia for a recent pair of releases spotlighting a legendary team of actor and director, and a Brazilian music queen. John Ford/John Wayne: Western Classics celebrates the partnership between director Ford and star Wayne that survived, personally and professionally, for 50 years. Ford was already an established, successful director when he first met USC student Marion Morrison, at the time working a summer job at 20th Century Fox as an assistant property man. Ford took an interest in the youngster…
Review: “The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack Recording” on SACD
RCA Victor expected the soundtrack album to 1965’s big-screen musical The Sound of Music to be a juggernaut. The label backed the release with a $100,000.00 promotional campaign, and arranged for tie-ins at locales including the New York World’s Fair. The release was joined on the label’s roster by other albums of the already-famous Rodgers and Hammerstein score in styles from jazz (Gary Burton’s The Groovy Sound of Music) to “easy listening” (The Living Strings’ Music from The Sound of Music). RCA’s investments paid off; the album starring Julie Andrews spent a…
Release Round-Up: Week of July 10
Welcome to today’s Release Round-Up for the first international Friday release date! Like you, we’re still adjusting to the switch from Monday in the U.K./Tuesday in the U.S. to a worldwide Friday date. Please sound off in the comments below on whether you would like to see us run this longtime feature each Friday, or earlier in the week (so that you may plan ahead for Release Day)! The Hollies, Changin’ Times: The Complete Hollies, January ’69 – March ’73 (Parlophone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This 5-CD box set collects every…
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Good Grief! Varese Premieres “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” On CD
When Charles Schulz, director-producer Lee Mendelson and co-producer Bill Melendez announced they were bringing Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang to the big screen for the very first time, anticipation was naturally high. A Boy Named Charlie Brown was well-received upon its December 1969 theatrical debut, going on to do good business and receiving credit for breaking the Disney monopoly on feature-length animation. Today, it’s still remembered as the best of the four Peanuts animated films; a fifth, with computer animation, is on the way later this year. Part of the film’s…
The Legacy Collection: Toy Story
Randy Newman’s classic score to Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story celebrates 20 years with a new 2-CD complete soundtrack presentation, adding numerous score cues and eight rare demos!
A Friend In Me: Randy Newman’s “Toy Story” Up Next in Disney’s Legacy Collection
Walt Disney Records’ Legacy Collection marches on. The next project in the series spotlights a movie of relatively more recent vintage than some of the other releases this year. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Toy Story will be the recipient of the 2-CD soundtrack treatment which is due out on July 10. Who would have thought in 1995, just one year after Disney’s blockbuster The Lion King that the direction of the animated studio would be forever altered by a computer-animated film about talking toys with songs written by the man who composed…
Here They Grow Again: Varese Premieres Expanded “Gremlins 2” Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande remembered the rules when announcing their latest Soundtrack Club release–a surprise expansion of Jerry Goldsmith’s madcap horror-comedy score to Gremlins 2: The New Batch–informing customers Monday morning instead of after midnight, sparing buyers from a horde of anarchic green beasts. Released 25 years ago in 1990, Gremlins 2 may be one of the most brazen sequels ever put forth by a major Hollywood studio. Joe Dante’s delicious original film, written by Chris Columbus and produced by Steven Spielberg, was one of the biggest hits of 1984, but the director resisted…
In Memoriam: Back Tracks – James Horner (1953-2015)
We’re deeply saddened to share the news of the tragic and unexpected death of film composer James Horner whose stirring melodies have thrilled, excited and inspired generations of moviegoers on films like Aliens, Avatar, An American Tail, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and of course, Titanic. Back on March 8, 2010, our own Mike Duquette paid tribute to the Horner legacy with a special installment of Back Tracks. In memory of Mr. Horner and his immense contributions to cinema and music, we’re reprinting Mike’s column today with a truly heavy heart. As this…
Release Round-Up: Week of June 23
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a vintage live concert from The Rolling Stones in a variety of formats, an all-star salute to the great Carole King, a rare soundtrack from a beloved performer to a classic children’s film, and much, much more! The Rolling Stones, From the Vault: The Marquee Club Live in 1971 (Eagle Rock) DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. SD Blu-ray + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. TBD DVD + CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. DVD + LP: Amazon…
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Steelyard Blues: Original Sound Track from the Motion Picture
Mike Bloomfield and Nick Gravenites of the Electric Flag reteamed for the soundtrack to this 1972 film! The album, reissued for the first time in the U.S., features contributions from Paul Butterfield and Maria Muldaur!
Carny: Sound Track from the Motion Picture
The Band’s Robbie Robertson teamed with venerable Hollywood composer Alex North for the score to the 1980 film Carny – a film in which Robertson also starred! Real Gone has the worldwide CD debut of the original soundtrack album.
It’s Their Party: Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, Ben E. King, Steppenwolf Go Real Gone In August
Are you ready to take a magic carpet ride with Real Gone Music this August? The label’s slate for the month offers an array of rock, soul and pop heavy hitters including a number of CD debuts. Two complete singles collections arrive, both on two CDs: one from John Kay and Steppenwolf (The Complete ABC/Dunhill Singles Collection), and another from the late, great Ben E. King (The Complete Atco/Atlantic Singles Volume 1). Then, the label is offering up two rare soundtracks from bona fide rock legends. Mike Bloomfield and Nick Gravenites of…
Release Round-Up: Week of June 16
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring the return of a veteran artist, celebrations of the renowned musicians of Nashville and Los Angeles, a classic Disney soundtrack, and much more! Various Artists, Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Legacy teams with the Country Music Hall of Fame for this 2-CD, 36-song companion soundtrack to the Nashville museum’s current exhibit chronicling Music City’s fusion of country of rock. One previously unreleased cut by Bob Dylan joins both familiar and rare tracks by Johnny Cash,…
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Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
September 25, 2026
