Soundtracks

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Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Art Pepper, Bad Company, Brian Wilson, Cannonball Adderley, Dion, Eddie Bo, Garnet Mimms, Grace Slick, Herman's Hermits, Jackie Wilson, Jesse Winchester, Steve Vai, The Who, Todd Rundgren

Rare Bernard Herrmann Score To “12-Mile Reef” Resurfaces On CD

March 19, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Romeo and Juliet at sea? Such was the premise behind 1953’s epic adventure Beneath the 12-Mile Reef. Only the third film shot in the widescreen CinemaScope process, the Twentieth Century Fox film starred Robert Wagner and Terry Moore as the star-crossed lovers from warring families on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Adding luster to the picture was the score by Bernard Herrmann. By 1953, Herrmann was already well-known for his Oscar-winning score to The Devil and Daniel Webster and nominees Citizen Kane and Anna and the King of Siam; his career-defining triumphs with director…

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Bernard Herrmann

Zombies, Everly Brothers, Paul McCartney Featured On Varese’s Record Store Day Slate

March 17, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

If you’re looking for Zombies on Record Store Day – and we’re not talking about The Walking Dead, either! – Varese Sarabande’s line-up for the April 18 event is just for you! Besides a treat from the British rockers, the label is also offering up vintage rock-and-roll from The Everly Brothers, girl-group pop courtesy The Dixie Cups, a rare soundtrack from Sir Paul McCartney, and more! Straight from the label’s press release, here’s the lowdown on each release you can expect at your local participating independent record retailer on Saturday, April 18!…

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Classic Rock, Pop, Soundtracks

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George Martin, Paul McCartney, Record Store Day, The Dixie Cups, The Everly Brothers, The Zombies

Legacy’s Record Store Day Slate Includes Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, More

March 10, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 7 Comments

Today was the big announcement day for Record Store Day 2015, scheduled for Saturday, April 15 at the finest independent retailers across the U.S. and beyond! A press conference was held at Brooklyn’s outpost of Rough Trade giving the details on the many titles to expect next month. We’re kicking off our coverage with a look at the releases due from Legacy Recordings; watch this space for more news as it comes! Legacy’s eclectic line-up has some of the label’s heaviest hitters – Bruce Springsteen, Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash…

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Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Manic Street Preachers, Record Store Day, Simon and Garfunkel

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Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Review: “The Sound of Music: 50th Anniversary Edition”

March 10, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

In the days when The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Peter and Gordon, The Zombies, The Animals and The Kinks were vying for chart supremacy, there was another British Invasion going on. And it was virtually a single-handed one. The invader in question was a winsome soprano named Julie Andrews, who was a perfect nanny not once but twice on the silver screen. Andrews’ performance as Mary Poppins saw her headlining the No. 1 album in the United States in March 1965 (emerging triumphant over Beatles ’65); by late May, the Poppins score…

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Release Round-Up: Week of March 10

March 10, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

This week brings a particularly impressive slate by any standard, but we’re particularly proud to introduce the world to Second Disc Records with our first two releases, from Johnny Mathis and the late Bob Crewe! Johnny Mathis, Life is a Song Worth Singing: The Complete Thom Bell Sessions (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Here, on two CDs, we proudly present both of Johnny Mathis’ album collaborations – including the never-on-CD Mathis Is… – with songwriter-producer Thom Bell, plus ten bonus tracks! Read more here! Bob Crewe, The Complete Elektra Recordings…

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CD, SACD

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Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Art Pepper, Bettye LaVette, Bob Crewe, Bread, Grace Slick, Grover Washington Jr., Jackie DeShannon, Johnny Mathis, Judas Priest, Julie Andrews, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, The Guess Who

Walt Disney Records Reshuffles Remaining “Legacy Collection” Releases

March 9, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 12 Comments

Less than one year ago, Walt Disney Records announced The Legacy Collection, a 12-title series marking various anniversaries of classic Disney films and even a theme park. In June, the series kicked off with a deluxe expansion of the soundtrack to The Lion King to commemorate that film’s 20th year, and since then we’ve received similarly expanded editions of Mary Poppins (50th), Sleeping Beauty (55th), The Little Mermaid (25th), Fantasia (75th) and Pinocchio (75th). Future releases were promised to arrive through this August, with Toy Story, Disneyland, Lady and the Tramp, Pocahontas,…

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Alan Menken, Randy Newman, Stephen Schwartz, The Sherman Brothers

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Kritzerland Ain’t Misbehavin’ With Complete, Expanded “Stormy Weather”

February 25, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky… Well, the sun has come up, and the reason’s clear: Kritzerland has a new 2-CD complete edition of the soundtrack to Stormy Weather, Twentieth Century Fox’s 1943 musical extravaganza starring Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Dooley Wilson, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, The Nicholas Brothers and many more. Loosely based on Robinson’s life, the film is short on plot but long on song-and-dance, with musical figuring into over 70 of its 78 minutes! Kritzerland’s upcoming reissue of its soundtrack, currently available for pre-order,…

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Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Lena Horne

The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack Recording

February 19, 2015 by Joe Marchese

Analog Spark brings the original 1965 soundtrack to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music to hybrid stereo SACD (playable on all CD players) and 180-gram vinyl!

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Release Round-Up: Week of February 17

February 17, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The Pretenders, 1979-1999 (Edsel) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This mega-box features all of Edsel’s expanded Pretenders reissues, totaling the band’s eight Sire/Warner Bros. albums across 14 CDs and 8 DVDs (with six of the titles as 2-CD/1-DVD sets and two as 1-CD/1-DVD sets). Wow! All of the box set’s albums are also available individually (see below)! All track listings and discography can be found here. The Pretenders, 1979-1999 individual CD/DVD reissues (Edsel) Pretenders (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Pretenders II (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Learning To Crawl (Amazon U.S. / Amazon…

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Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks

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Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD, Digital Download, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Funk, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Art Pepper, Bob Marley, Chicago, Glen Campbell, Kiki Dee, Pretenders, The Alan Parsons Project, The Box Tops

Review: Judy Garland, “Swan Songs, First Flights: Her First and Last Recordings”

February 10, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 15 Comments

“Forget your troubles, come on, get happy!” exhorts the song by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. Ruth Etting, “America’s Sweetheart of Song,” introduced the anthem in 1930 as the finale of Broadway’s short-lived The Nine Fifteen Revue. But as soon as a svelte Judy Garland performed the song against a painted backdrop of white clouds on a pink sky for 1950’s MGM musical Summer Stock, “Get Happy” belonged to no one else. After all, Koehler’s lyrics could have been written for Garland, epitomizing her can-do spirit in the face of adversity with…

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One Little Spark: New Label Launches With Kate Bush, Ben Folds, Laura Nyro, “The Sound of Music”

February 10, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

With its upcoming roster boasting titles from Kate Bush, Ben Folds Five, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Laura Nyro and Julie Andrews, the new audiophile label Analog Spark is pulling out all the stops for its debut this spring. Yesterday, Razor & Tie announced the launch of Analog Spark, a new imprint which will focus on reissued releases on both 180-gram vinyl and SACD. Razor & Tie co-owners Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam commented, “We’re very excited about the launch of Analog Spark and the reissue of this important historical music. These albums…

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Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Ben Folds Five, Julie Andrews, Kate Bush, Laura Nyro, The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Release Round-Up: Week of February 10

February 10, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Mike + The Mechanics, Living Years: Deluxe Edition (Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This Deluxe Edition of Mike + The Mechanics’ 1988 album arrives in the U.S. with a second disc featuring “The Living Years 2014″ and live tracks culled from the band’s 1989 tour. Read our full coverage here. Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Complete Columbia Singles (Friday Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Friday Music has repackaged Collectors’ Choice Music’s 2010 three-disc collection of the complete Columbia singles output of the legendary band (“Kicks,” “Hungry,” “Just Like Me”)….

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Blood Sweat & Tears, Eddie Money, Engelbert Humperdinck, Judy Garland, Kylie Minogue, Mario Lanza, Melissa Manchester, Mike + The Mechanics, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Steve Tyrell

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Wish Upon a Star: Walt Disney Records’ Legacy Collection Revisits “Pinocchio”

February 9, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

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: February 7, 1940), Walt Disney Records will release The…

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Cliff Edwards, Leigh Harline, Ned Washington, Paul Smith

Glen Campbell – I’ll Be Me: Soundtrack

January 27, 2015 by Joe Marchese

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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The Legacy Collection: Pinocchio

January 22, 2015 by Joe Marchese

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

January 21, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

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 arrived in time for the beloved film’s 35th, 40th and 45th anniversaries. But this 50th anniversary release –…

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The Sound of Music: 50th Anniversary Edition

January 21, 2015 by Joe Marchese

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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Release Round-Up: Week of January 20

January 20, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

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 Group has excavated eight tracks, recorded between 1979 and 1981, from a soulful Chicago collective that may be the…

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Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Jellyfish, King Crimson, Red Garland, Tony Bennett, Universal Togetherness Band

All This and World War II

January 19, 2015 by Joe Marchese

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

January 15, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

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 with Paul Williams. The film’s songs were…

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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 | No Comments

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 his estate. Disc One culls tracks from the artist’s Live Bootleg Series, and Disc 2 presents the first-time CD release of…

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Elvis Costello, Johnny Winter, Neal Hefti, Woody Allen

The Legacy Collection: Fantasia

January 9, 2015 by Joe Marchese

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Wonderful World of Disney: “The Legacy Collection: Fantasia” Coming Soon

January 9, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

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 previously. To remedy this, Disney decided to go back to the format of…

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Leopold Stokowski

The Year In Reissues: The 2014 Gold Bonus Disc Awards

December 30, 2014 by Joe Marchese | 10 Comments

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 that you can purchase in brick-and-mortar stores. And from our vantage point,…

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