Soundtracks

So This Is Love: Disney Expands “Cinderella”, Premieres “The Silly Symphony Collection” Box Set

We’ve got a couple of bits of Disney music news to bring you today.   One concerns an ongoing series and the other concerns material that many have long hoped would see release! First up, we can confirm more details about the next volume of Walt Disney Records’ Legacy Collection: Cinderella.  Celebrating its 65th anniversary this year, Cinderella was Walt Disney’s twelfth animated feature and was released on February 5, 1950.  It starred the voices of Ilene Woods as Cinderella, Eleanor Audley as Lady Tremaine and Verna Felton as the Fairy Godmother.  After…

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A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Varese has the first-ever CD reissue of the late Rod McKuen’s album of selections from his song score to 1969’s A Boy Named Charlie Brown. The album also contains performances of other McKuen classics from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Me, Natalie (co-written with Henry Mancini) and Joanna.

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The Legacy Collection: Cinderella

Walt Disney Records presents an expanded edition of the soundtrack to 1950’s Cinderella.  The first disc presents the program as previously expanded on CD, while the second disc has 23 tracks of demos, new Lost Chords recordings (some previously issued) and more.

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 2

This week’s Release Round-Up is headlined by a legendary singer-songwriter’s first appearance on Second Disc Records, plus an array of box sets, reissues and beyond from across the musical spectrum! Paul Williams, A Little on the Windy Side: Expanded Edition (Second Disc/Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The newest release from our very own Second Disc Records imprint of Real Gone Music is here!  The first-ever American reissue of Paul Williams’ 1979 Portrait Records album has been newly remastered and features four bonus tracks – three previously unreleased outtakes and one…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 12

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up!  We kick off with a quartet of releases drawing on never-before-released live material! Leonard Cohen, Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of The Grand Tour (Columbia/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Leonard Cohen offers ten selections – including two songs never previously recorded and a pair of covers – from his recent world tour. Andrew Gold, The Late Show – Live 1978 (Omnivore) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) You’ll say “thank you for being a friend” to Omnivore Recordings for this first-ever release of Andrew Gold’s 1978 concert at West…

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UPDATE 5/11: It’s A Small World: New Details Emerge for The Legacy Collection’s “Disneyland” [NOW WITH TRACK LISTING]

ORIGINAL POST OF APRIL 30 [NEW INFORMATION IN BOLD]:  Just two days ago, we brought you the news about Walt Disney Records’ latest entry in its Legacy Collection series: Lady and the Tramp.  Now, we have a little more information and release information about the next entry in the series, this time devoted to the Happiest Place on Earth: Disneyland! Disneyland, of course, hardly needs an introduction.  Since opening on July 17, 1955, it has become arguably the most famous theme park on the planet and hosts millions of visitors each year. …

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UPDATED 5/5: He’s a Tramp (But She Loves Him): “Lady and the Tramp” Comes To Disney’s Legacy Collection

UPDATED FROM ORIGINAL POST OF 4/28/15 [UPDATES IN BOLD]: Monday was a bella notte as Intrada began accepting orders for the long-awaited Legacy Collection reissue of the soundtrack to Walt Disney’s Lady and the Tramp.  The 1955 film, featuring an orchestral score by Oliver Wallace and songs by Sonny Burke and Peggy Lee (who also portrays Peg and other roles in the film), has been expanded to two CDs as the latest release in Walt Disney Records’ series of deluxe soundtracks. Inspired by Ward Greene’s short story “Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog,”…

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Release Round-Up: Week of May 5

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up!  Oddly, releases were split between yesterday and today, but both days add up to a wealth of titles in nearly every genre!  Without a doubt, this is one of the most packed weeks yet this year! Jackie DeShannon, All the Love: The Lost Atlantic Recordings (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) All the Love–The Lost Atlantic Recordings brings together DeShannon’s entire 1973 Atlantic Records material in one place for the first time, including seven previously unreleased tracks plus her four collaborations with Van Morrison and the…

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Kritzerland Turns 10! Label Launches New Soundtrack Series, Begins Indiegogo Campaign

Happy Birthday, Kritzerland! Ten years ago this month, producer Bruce Kimmel, known for his work at labels including Bay Cities and Varese Sarabande, launched the Kritzerland label.  Since 2005, Kritzerland has released over 150 CDs: classic soundtracks from composers like Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, John Barry and John Williams, vintage cast recordings of musicals including stunning remixes of Follies and Promises, Promises, and solo albums by artists such as Sandy Bainum and the elusive Guy Haines.  Among the label’s recent highlights is a deluxe 2-CD premiere of the complete songs and score…

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It’s A Small World: New Details Emerge for The Legacy Collection’s “Disneyland”

Just two days ago, we brought you the news about Walt Disney Records’ latest entry in its Legacy Collection series: Lady and the Tramp.  Now, we have a little more information and release information about the next entry in the series, this time devoted to the Happiest Place on Earth: Disneyland! Disneyland, of course, hardly needs an introduction.  Since opening on July 17, 1955, it has become arguably the most famous theme park on the planet and hosts millions of visitors each year.  The park also has a rich musical tradition with…

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He’s a Tramp (But She Loves Him): “Lady and the Tramp” Comes To Disney’s Legacy Collection

Monday was a bella notte as Intrada began accepting orders for the long-awaited Legacy Collection reissue of the soundtrack to Walt Disney’s Lady and the Tramp.  The 1955 film, featuring an orchestral score by Oliver Wallace and songs by Sonny Burke and Peggy Lee (who also portrays Peg and other roles in the film), has been expanded to two CDs as the latest release in Walt Disney Records’ series of deluxe soundtracks. Inspired by Ward Greene’s short story “Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog,” Lady and the Tramp told the story of the…

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Songs of “Aloha”

The soundtrack to Cameron Crowe’s upcoming film Aloha is here, featuring songs from David Crosby, Fleetwood Mac, Beck, Josh Ritter, Hall and Oates, and others.

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Say “Aloha”: Fleetwood Mac, David Crosby, Beck Featured On New Cameron Crowe Soundtrack

Since making his big-screen debut as a writer with the 1982 comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High, onetime teenaged Rolling Stone scribe Cameron Crowe has made music an integral part of his films – and we’re not just talking about Almost Famous!  Every one of his movies as writer-director, from 1989’s Say Anything… to 2011’s We Bought a Zoo, has had its share of musical highlights.   His next film, Aloha, should prove to be no exception.  On May 26, Legacy Recordings and Madison Gate Records will issue Songs of Aloha, the Original…

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The Second Disc’s 2015 Record Store Day Must-Haves

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 18, music fans and collectors will flock to their local independent record stores to celebrate both the sounds on those familiar round black platters and the cherished opportunity to shop for music in a physical retail environment. To many of us, both are a way of life.   Each year around this time, we here at Second Disc HQ take a few moments to count down the titles to which we’re most looking forward to picking up! Our friend and founder, Mike Duquette, returns to these pages to kick things…

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WE HAVE OUR WINNERS: “CHUCK” SOUNDTRACK CONTEST!

CONGRATULATIONS! The following 10 entrants have won an autographed edition of the CHUCK television soundtrack!  If you entered our contest 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: Marshall Brownstein Scott Crawford Michael Duffy Jason Fiske Peter Gladue John Knight Ron Lavery Mitch Moskal Mike Perciaccante Jeffrey Rosen

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WIN! WIN! WIN! “CHUCK: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK” from Varese Sarabande!

TEN, count ‘em, TEN LUCKY READERS will have a chance to win the new CD soundtrack recording of Tim Jones’ score to the cult favorite TV show Chuck, available now from Varese Sarabande! Even better, ALL WINNERS’ COPIES WILL BE AUTOGRAPHED BY THE COMPOSER, TIM JONES! And winning is just a couple of clicks away… To enter, simply LIKE our Facebook page, and head over to Varese Sarabande’s FB page and do the same! Just leave us a comment on the CHUCK Giveaway post on our FB page.  Let us know: What’s…

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Release Round-Up: Week of April 7

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Who, The Brunswick Singles 1965-1966 (UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The Who box up replicas of seven early 7-inch singles plus an eighth with The High Numbers’ “Zoot Suit” b/w “I’m the Face” on this deluxe vinyl box set.  Read more here. Herman’s Hermits, The 50th Anniversary Anthology (Bear Family) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Bear Family gives the “I’m Into Something Good” and “There’s a Kind of Hush” pop stars the deluxe treatment with this new release featuring 66 tracks (spanning hits, B-sides, rarities…

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

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

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

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

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

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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Walt Disney Records Reshuffles Remaining “Legacy Collection” Releases

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

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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The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack Recording

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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