Now Sounds collects the complete 1965-1970 singles from the delightfully quirky sunshine pop heroes Harpers Bizarre and the band's pre-fame incarnation as The Tikis on one splendid, 26-track CD featuring numerous rare mono mixes making their debut on CD. Includes such classics as "The 59th Street Bridge Song," "Come to the Sunshine," "Small Talk" and much more!
Fiddler on the Roof: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Analog Spark celebrates a Broadway musical currently enjoying a successful revival today: 1964's Fiddler on the Roof. The original cast recording of the Joseph Stein/Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick musical, starring Zero Mostel, Maria Karnilova, Bert Convy and Bea Arthur, gets a 180-gram vinyl edition cut by Ryan Smith from the original stereo tapes. It's been pressed and plated at RTI, and is housed in the tip-on jacket.
West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Analog Spark's edition of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's seminal 1957 musical - starring Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence and Chita Rivera - should prove to be its best-sounding appearance on vinyl as it's been cut to 2 LPs from the original 3-track master tapes by Ryan Smith. The Stoughton tip-on jacket includes photographs from the original recording sessions, and it, too, has been pressed and plated at RTI.
My Fair Lady: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Analog Spark has the original 1956 mono Broadway cast album of Lerner and Loewe's classic, starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison, cut from the original tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. This deluxe 180-gram vinyl release has been pressed and plated at RTI, and is housed in a Stoughton "tip-on" jacket.
Wouldn't It Be Loverly: Analog Spark Reissues "My Fair Lady," "West Side Story," "Fiddler" On Vinyl
Following its vinyl and SACD presentations of the original soundtrack of 1965's The Sound of Music and its 40th anniversary vinyl pressing of 1975's original Broadway cast recording of A Chorus Line, Razor and Tie's audiophile division Analog Spark has turned its attention to three more classic cast albums. My Fair Lady (1956), West Side Story (1958) and Fiddler on the Roof (1964) are all now available from Analog Spark in newly-remastered, 180-gram deluxe audiophile vinyl editions. These are
Souvenirs: Esoteric Reissues Two Albums From Welsh Prog Band Eyes of Blue
The Welsh progressive rock band Eyes of Blue had its share of ups and downs - the "ups" certainly including gigs opening for The Spencer Davis Group, The Move, The Moody Blues, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, and the "downs" relating to the promising group's flameout in a short period of time. Late in 2015, Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint shone a light on Eyes of Blue with the first authorized CD releases of the band's two Mercury albums, both from 1969: Crossroads of Time and In Fields of
Release Round-Up: Week of January 22
Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Black Sabbath Deluxe Reissue Series (Warner Bros./Rhino) Black Sabbath: Deluxe Edition - Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Paranoid: Deluxe Edition - Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Master of Reality: Deluxe Edition - Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Past Lives: Amazon U.S.: 2CD / 2LP Amazon Canada: 2CD / Amazon U.K.: 2CD Rhino is reissuing the
You're Welcome: Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie Curates Mix Featuring Beach Boys, Byrds, Dion, More
Among Ace Records' recent releases is a collection that just might make you scream - make that "Primal Scream" - with elation. Bobby Gillespie Presents Sunday Morning Comin' Down is a mix CD curated by Primal Scream founder/Jesus and Mary Chain drummer. The Glasgow-born singer/songwriter/musician has selected 20 of his favorite tracks for Ace, and the result is a set that not only illuminates Gillespie's influences as an artist but stands on its own with thematic and sonic coherence. In
Big Break Records "Breaks Away" with Al Jarreau, Rose Royce
Accompanying the recent releases from The Spinners and Frantique, Big Break Records rounded out its 2015 slate with a pair of titles from Al Jarreau and Rose Royce. Renowned vocalist Al Jarreau made his album debut in 1975 with the Reprise Records release We Got By, a collection of original songs from the jazz-rooted singer. He followed that effort with Glow, incorporating tracks by a wide range of writers including Elton John, James Taylor and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Jarreau was slowly but
Brass, Ivory and Strings: Vocalion Goes Quadraphonic With Mancini, Cramer, Como and Montenegro
The U.K.-based Vocalion label had a treat for surround-sound fans with the label's Christmas 2015 batch of releases. Vocalion has plucked a number of titles from the RCA vaults for presentation in 4.0 quadraphonic sound on hybrid SACDs, with the albums' stereo layers playable on all CD players. Perry Como, Henry Mancini, Floyd Cramer and Hugo Montenegro have all gotten the quad treatment. Perry (1974) and In Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas (1970) have been culled from the
In Memoriam: Glenn Frey (1948-2016)
Glenn Frey's California may have been something out of a dream, a golden land of peaceful, easy feelings, tequila sunrises, and takin' it to the limit. As a founding member of Eagles, Frey spread the gospel of fast cars, beautiful women and eternal sunshine around the world, picking up six Grammy Awards and 24 Top 40 singles, solo and with his band, along the way. With his passing yesterday at age 67, popular music has lost one of its most cherished troubadours. Though born in Michigan,
Review: JD Souther, "John David Souther (Expanded Edition)"
In 2007, a new song from the Eagles blazed onto the radio airwaves, climbing to a Top 10 AC/Top 25 Country berth on the Billboard charts. But the infectious, breezy "How Long," with its classic Eagles sound, wasn't new at all. The song was written by JD Souther and included on his 1972 Asylum Records debut John David Souther. When the Eagles included it on Long Road Out of Eden, the band's first studio album since 1979, it rekindled the creative relationship with Souther, an "honorary Eagle"
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man: Bob Dylan's "Bootleg - Live 1964" Coming In Surround Sound
The sixth volume of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series is coming to 5.0 multichannel hybrid SACD from Audio Fidelity in March. Live 1964: Concert at Philharmonic Hall was mixed into surround sound years ago by Sony, but the mix has sat on the shelf until now. It will arrive March 18 as newly remastered by Steve Hoffman (with a remastered stereo layer playable on all CD players). First released in 2004, Bootleg Series Vol. 6 premiered Dylan's Halloween night concert from 1964 at New York's
Another Song on My Mind: The Motown Years
Bobby Darin was so much more than just Mack the Knife. In just 37 years, the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and entrepreneur raced against the clock to conquer records, film, and television as he successfully transitioned from rock-and-roll teen idol to tuxedoed swinger and then to denim-clad folk troubadour. At the dawn of the 1970s, and still battling the chronic heart problems that had plagued him since youth, the superstar artist signed with Berry Gordy's renowned Motown
Spectrum (Quadraphonic)
The 1973 Atlantic Records debut of jazz drummer Billy Cobham, Spectrum, arrives on 4.0 quadraphonic SACD. The fusion classic is also playable in standard 2.0 stereo on all CD players.
Sittin' In (SACD)
Audio Fidelity presents Loggins and Messina's 1971 Sittin' In (featuring "House at Pooh Corner" and "Danny's Song") on a hybrid stereo SACD. The standard CD layer is playable on all CD players.
Ain't It The Truth: Robinsongs Collects The Undisputed Truth's Post-Motown Albums
When producer-songwriter Norman Whitfield departed Motown Records in 1975 to form his own Whitfield label at Warner Bros., he had already left his mark on Hitsville, USA with such immortal songs as "Too Many Fish in the Sea," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" and "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)." Whitfield had been instrumental in bringing "psychedelic soul" to Motown, incorporating rock and funk into his spacey yet socially-conscious soul jams. In 1971,
Kritzerland Brings Herrmann's "Snows," Intrada Delivers Goodwin's Disney "Oddball"
Kritzerland has announced its latest release, and it's another classic score from the pen of the legendary Bernard Herrmann (Psycho, Vertigo). Twentieth Century Fox's lavish 1952 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro starred Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner under the direction of Henry King and cinematography of the renowned Leon Shamroy. Kilimanjaro, nominated for two Academy Awards, was one of the year's most successful movies, and yielded more memorable music from the veteran composer
Big Ace Records Round-Up, Part One: "Georgie Fame Heard Them Here First" and "The Birth of Surf, Volume 3"
Welcome to the first part of our Ace Records late 2015 round-up spotlighting two of the label's recent releases: Georgie Fame Heard Them Here First and the third volume of The Birth of Surf. 2015 was a good year for fans of Georgie Fame. The British singer, who has blended rhythm and blues, jazz, ska, beat, and soul into his own formidable style for over 50 years, was celebrated with BGO Records' collection of his CBS recordings (Georgie Does His Thing with Strings/Knock on Wood/The CBS As
In Memoriam: David Bowie (1947-2016)
Ziggy Stardust, The Thin White Duke, Aladdin Sane, The Goblin King - David Bowie was a man of many faces. Yet ultimately his most haunting performance may have been as himself. Late 2015 was a period of remarkable and ever-innovative artistry for a man who released his first single in 1964. He revisited his film performance in The Man Who Fell to Earth by writing an off-Broadway musical, depicting its central character, the alien Newton (portrayed onstage by Michael C. Hall), as trapped in
Strut Your Funky Stuff: Philadelphia International's "Frantique" Comes to CD
Everything about Philadelphia International Records' 1979 release of the self-titled album from Frantique was unexpected. The cradle of Philly soul wasn't exactly a typical home for an LP of Eurodisco. Nor was Frantique's benefactor someone particularly associated with disco, Euro- or otherwise - the legendary maestro of elegant and silky soul, Thom Bell. But Bell had taken an interest in songwriter-producer Jack Robinson and his collaborator David Christie, enlisting them for projects by The
Release Round-Up: Week of January 8
Welcome to our first Release Round-Up of 2016! The Mamas and the Papas, The Complete Singles: The 50th Anniversary Collection (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Real Gone Music has 53 tracks on 2 CDs of pure pop pleasure from The Mamas and the Papas - as a group and solo - with this first-ever collection of their complete singles, just in time for their 50th anniversary! Full details here. J.D. Souther, John David Souther (Expanded Edition) (Omnivore)
Dance Into the Light: Deluxe Edition
Phil Collins' 1996 effort yielded a U.K. Top 10 hit with its title track; now, it's back in a Deluxe Edition with a 10-track bonus disc featuring demos and live tracks.
Oughta Know By Now: Second Wave of Phil Collins Reissues Due in February
The first entries in Phil Collins' long-awaited "Take a Look At Me Now" reissue campaign were delayed from November to the end of this January, but there's even more excitement on the horizon: Rhino Records today announced the second wave of the eight-album reissue plan will hit stores February 26. The next titles are Phil's second album, Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) and sixth studio effort, Dance Into the Light (1996). On Hello, Collins modified the formula that made solo debut Face Value
Master of Reality: Deluxe Edition
The 1971 Master of Reality goes deluxe in a 2-CD or 2-LP edition uniting the 2012 remaster of the original album with the bonus disc first included on a 2009 U.K.-only reissue.
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