Tomorrow, Peter Marshall turns 95. TV buffs will remember Peter's Emmy Award-winning 15-year tenure (1966-1981) as host of the original Hollywood Squares, while kids of a certain generation - and kids at heart everywhere - will recognize him for his turn as Bert Healy, crooning "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" in director John Huston's beloved big-screen adaptation of Annie. Indeed, music has long played a role in Peter's extraordinary career. His stage roles include Albert in the
Life Is A Banquet: Stage Door Records Reissues 1969 London Studio Cast of "Mame" Starring Beryl Reid
Light the candles, get the ice out...roll the rug up, it's today! Everybody's favorite madcap auntie, Mame Dennis, made her first appearance in Patrick Dennis' 1955 novel Auntie Mame. The book was a cultural phenomenon, selling more than two million copies and staying over two years on the New York Times Best-Seller List. It was quickly followed in 1956 by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's Broadway comedy of the same name starring Rosalind Russell and then by Warner Bros.' lavish film
Flight of the Moorglade: Cherry Red, Esoteric Reissue Jon Anderson's "Olias of Sunhillow"
Jon Anderson's 1976 solo debut Olias of Sunhillow was a lockdown album decades before those were in vogue. Recorded in his home's garage with Anderson on every instrument, the singer-songwriter recalled three months of 10-hour days to bring the ambitious sci-fi/fantasy concept album to life. While its success was modest - it peaked at No. 47 in the U.S. and a stronger No. 8 at home in the U.K. - Olias musically anticipated Anderson's collaborations with Vangelis and is today fondly looked upon
Release Round-Up: Week of March 26
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, Young Shakespeare (Reprise) [Various Formats] CD/DVD/LP box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Greedy Hand CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Greedy Hand LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Greedy Hand DVD: Greedy Hand Digital: Neil Young Archives (Streaming) / XStream (Digital Download) / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Young Shakespeare documents the earliest known filmed live concert footage of
Everybody's Talkin': Crimson Releases "Gold" Collections from Nilsson, Kris Kristofferson, Jim Reeves, Glenn Miller, Joe Brown
Crimson Productions' series of budget-priced Gold compilations has continued with a number of new titles spotlighting artists from the pop-rock, country, and big band genres. Today, we'll take a look at five of those recent releases. Nilsson: Gold features 45 tracks from singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson's RCA recordings. As Nilsson's oeuvre has been comprehensively addressed in the past - most notably on the 2013 box set The RCA Albums Collection - there's not much that's new here. Arranged
Long Road Out of Eden
Long Road Out of Eden marked the Eagles' return to the studio by way of a double-CD set that was originally released as a Wal-Mart exclusive. It explicitly recaptured the band's original sound with a cover of band pal J.D. Souther's "How Long" which the Eagles had sung in concert but never on record. Don Henley and Glenn Frey rekindled their songwriting partnership, and the album contained songs from Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, sideman Steuart Smith, and another longtime friend, Jack
Get On Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia Volume 1
Get On Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Vol. 1 is the first in a series of box sets from the U.K.-based United Souls label, an imprint of Snapper Music, which will ultimately collect the entire Philadelphia International albums discography on CD. The slipcased, 8-CD/1-12″ single hardcover book-style set will feature the following eight albums, originally released between 1971 and 1973: Billy Paul, Going East (Philadelphia International Z 30580, 1971);
Live at Knebworth '76
CD/Blu-ray: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2-LP/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Live At Knebworth '76 presents Lynyrd Skynyrd's landmark performance at the 1976 festival, fully restored for the first time, in CD/Blu-ray, CD/DVD, and 2LP/DVD configurations. The concert film and album document Skynyrd's classic lineup as they rose to international prominence. Singer Ronnie Van Zant and the "three guitar army" of
The Breathtaking Blue: Deluxe Edition
2CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino's remastered and expanded edition of Alphaville's 1989 album The Breathtaking Blue arrives in 2CD/DVD and LP/DVD formats: the 1-LP/DVD features the remastered original album on 180-gram vinyl including a 24-page booklet with many and rare photos in a gatefold sleeve, plus The Breathtaking Blue: Songlines on DVD; and the 2-CD/DVD with the remastered album on CD 1 plus a bonus disc with
Afternoons in Utopia: Deluxe Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Rhino has a remastered and expanded edition of German synthpop trio Alphaville's 1986 LP Adventures in Utopia. It arrives as a 1-LP edition pressed on 180-gram vinyl with the remastered album plus a 24-page booklet with rare and unreleased photos in a gatefold sleeve; and a 2-CD edition with the remastered album on CD 1 plus a bonus disc with 14 remastered B-sides, 12″ & 7″ mixes, remixes, demos
Yesterday's Tomorrow: Celebrating the Winston-Salem Sound
Omnivore's release of Yesterday's Tomorrow: Celebrating the Winston-Salem Sound preserves a concert held on May 12, 2018 at that city's Ramkat club. On that evening, original members of Winston-Salem bands including Arrogance, Little Diesel, Sacred Irony, and Rittenhouse Square -including such familiar names as Mitch Easter (Let's Active), Peter Holsapple, Will Rigby, and Chris Stamey (the dB's); singers Don Dixon, Dale Smith, Lynn Blakey, and Bob Northcott; and many others -- got together to
Grateful Dead (Skull and Roses): 50th Anniversary Edition
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP Black Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Dead.net (B&W Vinyl) Rhino continues its series of 50th anniversary reissues for Grateful Dead with the band's 1971 self-titled live album with the famous "Skull and Roses" cover. The centerpiece of the reissue is more than hour of previously unreleased music from another famed SF venue, Bill Graham's Fillmore West, recorded on July 2, 1971 during the Dead's final show at the
Down the Road: Grateful Dead's 'Skull & Roses' Album Expanded with Unreleased Show
Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary series keeps on truckin' with the June 18 reissue of the band's 1971 eponymous live album also known as their "Skull and Roses" album after the cover artwork by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. While the Dead was still a young band at that point, Grateful Dead was their second double-LP live album following 1969's Live/Dead. It also was one of their most successful LPs, peaking at No. 25 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and earning their first Gold sales
Feelin' Groovy: Cherry Red, El Collect Harpers Bizarre's "Complete Warner Bros. Recordings"
When Harpers Bizarre made their debut on Warner Bros. Records in spring 1967, they joined an eclectic roster of pop stars (Petula Clark, The Association), folksingers (Chad Mitchell, Peter Paul and Mary), comedy titans (Bob Newhart, Allan Sherman), MOR artists (The Anita Kerr Singers, Rod McKuen), and one forward-thinking psychedelic rock band (Grateful Dead). The group defied easy categorization, and over the course of four albums merged pop, MOR, rock, and even dashes of folk and comic whimsy
Short Takes: Triumph Prepares New Box Set as RSD Ambassadors; Omnivore Celebrates "Yesterday's Tomorrow;" and Evie Sands Releases New LP
Canadian hard rock heroes Triumph have been selected as the Canadian Ambassadors for Record Store Day 2021 - and the band isn't showing up empty-handed! As previously reported, RSD will be held in two "Drops" this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The first of those drops is June 12, with the second to follow on July 17. On June 12, Triumph - Rik Emmett (guitars/vocals), Mike Levine (bass, keyboards) and Gil Moore (drums, vocals) - will release a 40th Anniversary vinyl box set of
Mysteries of Love: Two Alphaville Albums Get the Deluxe Treatment
German synthpop trio Alphaville is best remembered today in the U.S. for the Dance chart-topper "Big in Japan" and other floor-filling hits including "Forever Young," "Jet Set," "Dance with Me," and "Red Rose." Alphaville's 1984 debut, also titled Forever Young, was released as a Super Deluxe Edition in 2019; now, on May 7, Rhino will follow that reissue up with Deluxe Editions of the band's next two albums, Afternoons in Utopia (1986) and The Breathtaking Blue (1989). These remastered
Remembering "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" Co-Writer Randy Myers (1947-2021)
The Second Disc remembers songwriter Randy Myers (1947-2021). Randy co-wrote over two dozen songs including "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," the 1969 pop standard co-written and introduced by his sister, singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon, and since recorded by a host of legendary artists including Dolly Parton, The Isley Brothers, and Andy Williams - not to mention more unexpected names such as Leonard Nimoy, Bill Murray, and the cast of television's The Flash. The Second Disc extends its
The Weekend Stream: March 20, 2021
While The Second Disc prides itself on connecting people to reissues and box sets they can keep on their shelves, it's no secret that listening audiences are also digital - catalogue music lovers, too - and our passion is connecting people to music from the past that they might adore. So we're introducing a new Saturday feature: The Weekend Stream, which focuses on hidden gems that recently made it to digital channels that might make your playlists a little brighter! Duran
State of Shock: Legacy Reissues, Expands Final Three Jacksons Albums for Digital Release
Last month, Legacy Recordings brought remastered and expanded versions of The Jacksons' first three studio albums to digital platforms. Next Friday, March 26, sees a physical 2-LP reissue of 1981's The Jacksons Live!, and today, Legacy announced that the group's final three studio albums - Triumph (1980), Victory (1984), and 2300 Jackson Street (1989) - will receive the remastered and expanded treatment on April 30. A generous 39 bonus tracks are spread across the three digital
Release Round-Up: Week of March 19
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, After the Gold Rush: 50th Anniversary [Vinyl + 7" Box] (Reprise) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This 50th Anniversary remastered edition of Neil Young's classic album was released on CD in December; now the vinyl version arrives. The set includes two different recordings of the outtake "Wonderin'" on the bonus 45. The A-side was recorded in March 1970 in Topanga (previously heard on Archives Vol. 1) while the B-side is
Something in the Air: "David Bowie at The Kit Kat Klub" Closes Out "Brilliant Live Adventures" Series TOMORROW!
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome... Tomorrow (Friday, March 19), pre-orders will begin for the final installment of David Bowie's Brilliant Live Adventures series of concert releases on both CD and 2LP vinyl. David Bowie at The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99) captures his invitation-only performance at the intimate New York venue on November 19, 1999. The gig was recorded and filmed for the Liveonline.net website and later issued as a promotional CD; this release marks its commercial debut and
Déjà Vu: Deluxe Edition
4CD/1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 5LP: CSNY50.com / Rhino.com Rhino revisits Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's landmark 1970 release as a deluxe 4CD/1LP set featuring a remastered version of the original album plus 28 previously unreleased demos, outtakes, and alternate takes. It's all topped off with an essay from Cameron Crowe. In addition to the 4CD/1LP set, the box will be released in super-deluxe 5LP format exclusively from the new CSNY50.com and Rhino.com.
In The Long Run: Eagles Announce Vinyl Reissues of "Live," "Long Road Out of Eden," and "Millennium Concert"
Few captured the spirit of the '70s like California's own Eagles, whose multiplatinum double-album live document Eagles Live joins the 2007 two-disc comeback album Long Road Out of Eden and the hard-to-find release The Millennium Concert in a batch of new, 180-gram vinyl reissues due April 2. 1980's Eagles Live remains a beloved document of two of the band's tours, recorded in California in 1976 and 1980. The 7x Platinum-certified collection featured then-recent tracks "Heartache Tonight"
Back to the Garden: Rhino Expands Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "Déjà Vu" In New Box Set
Crosby, Stills, and Nash's eponymous debut was one of the most auspicious and omnipresent records of 1969, a remarkable and harmony-rich affair featuring such era-defining material as "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," "Marrakesh Express," "Guinnevere," "Wooden Ships," "Long Time Gone," and "Helplessly Hoping." CSN blended folk, country, jazz, rock, and a dash of pop into an often-imitated but never-duplicated sound. In the U.S. alone, the album reached No. 6 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and the top
Short Takes: "Fawlty Towers" Comes to Vinyl with Cleese Autograph; Judas Priest Plans Massive Box Set for Summer
Although only 12 episodes were made between 1975 and 1979, Fawlty Towers remains one of television's most beloved comedies. As recently as 2019, it was named the greatest ever British sitcom by Radio Times, and its magic has never been successfully duplicated. Three American remakes - starring Harvey Korman and Betty White (the pilot-only Chateau Snavely, 1978), Bea Arthur (Amanda's, 1983), and John Larroquette and JoBeth Williams (Payne, 1999) - all failed to recapture the spirit of the
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