With her straightforward, emotionally honest and vocally pristine style, it's no wonder why Margaret Whiting became one of the foremost interpreters of the body of work known today as The Great American Songbook. One of the earliest signings to Johnny Mercer's fledgling Capitol label, Whiting scored approximately 50 chart hits in the 1940s and 1950s, popularized now-standard songs including "My Funny Valentine," "It Might as Well Be Spring," "Moonlight in Vermont" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside,"
In Memoriam: Jackie Trent (1940-2015)
When I think of the songs of Jackie Trent, I think of the big sound, the pulsating brass, the bold vibrancy, the irresistible beat, the drive. With her first husband Tony Hatch, Trent penned some of the most indelible songs of a golden age of pop music – “I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love,” “Don’t Sleep in the Subway,” “The Other Man’s Grass is Always Greener,” “Joanna” – and saw her work recorded by many of the era’s most remarkable performers, among them Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Scott
Release Round-Up: Week of March 23
It's a Monday release date here in the U.S., so here's your early Release Round-Up! Bee Gees, 1974-1979 (Reprise/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This box set brings together the band’s Mr. Natural, Main Course, Children of the World and Spirits Having Flown plus a disc of previously issued bonus material. Full track listing and details here. Watch on Record Store Day for a companion vinyl release to this set featuring the 12-inch mixes from Saturday Night Fever! Kansas,
Original Album Classics
Five Tony Bennett albums get boxed in this Original Album Classics volume: I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Perfectly Frank, Steppin' Out, MTV Unplugged and Here's to the Ladies.
Original Album Classics
The late, great John Denver gets an entry in the Original Album Classics series with five albums packaged in a no-frills, budget-priced slipcase: Rhymes and Reasons, Aerie, Rocky Mountain High, Farewell Andromeda and Back Home Again.
Original Album Classics
Five assorted albums from Rhymin' Simon are boxed up in this budget-priced Original Album Series set: Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Hearts and Bones, Songs from the Capeman and You're the One.
Original Album Classics
Janis Joplin gets an entry in Legacy's Original Album Classics series of five albums in one budget-priced slipcased edition: Big Brother and the Holding Company, Cheap Thrills, I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, Pearl and Live at Winterland '68.
Original Album Classics
Legacy packages five of Dean Martin's original Reprise albums in one budget-priced, slipcased set. Dino's Original Album Classics features Dream with Dean (1964), Everybody Loves Somebody (1964), The Door is Still Open to My Heart (1964), Houston (1965) and The Dean Martin TV Show (1966), presumably in their remastered editions. (Martin's entire catalogue was remastered upon its acquisition by Legacy.)
Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere
The new documentary film Miracles Out of Nowhere chronicles the band Kansas' journey from obscurity to superstardom. It features the original Kansas lineup, revisiting Topeka together for the first time in more than 30 years. The film also features interviews with Garth Brooks, Brian May of Queen, producer Brendan O Brien, Rolling Stone journalist David Wild, and more. Legacy's CD/DVD package includes a soundtrack with greatest hits, album cuts and dialogue from the film serving as a special
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
Dick's Picks Vol. 8--Harpur College, Binghamton, NY May 2, 1970
Real Gone continues reintroducing classic Dick's Picks entries to the catalogue, including this beloved show of May 2, 1970 on three CDs!
Still Into Something Good: Ace Collects More From Carole King and Gerry Goffin
The songs of Carole King and Gerry Goffin have been enjoying a rather spectacular renaissance on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to the success of King’s biographical Broadway and West End musical Beautiful. Happily, Ace Records has returned to the duo’s catalogue for a fourth anthology. Hung on You: More from the Goffin and King Songbook follows three previous excursions: Goffin & King: A Gerry Goffin and Carole King Song Collection 1961-1967 (2007), Honey and Wine: Another Gerry Goffin
Something's Coming: él Salutes "West Side Story" On New 2-CD Set
Last August, Steven Spielberg was asked to confirm rumors that he was planning to direct a new film adaptation of the Broadway musical West Side Story. The legendary filmmaker confessed, “Well, you know something, West Side Story is one of my favorite Broadway musicals and one of the greatest pieces of musical literature, my goodness, one of the greatest scores and some of the greatest lyrics ever written for a musical, so just let me put it this way: it’s on my mind.” The musical by librettist
Release Round-Up: Week of March 17
This week's Release Round-Up has box sets and deluxe editions a-plenty... The Pretty Things, Bouquets from a Cloudy Sky (Snapper) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This box set is much in the style of last year's Small Faces set Here Come the Nice, and contains 11 studio albums on CD with 42 bonus tracks, two rarities CDs with 45 previously unreleased tracks, 2 DVDs including a new documentary by Reelin' in the Years Productions, a 10-inch replica acetate disc, posters, an art print, and a
English Folk Heroine Bridget St. John's Dandelion Albums and More Collected On New Box Set
Venerated BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel once called Bridget St. John “the best lady singer-songwriter in the country.” So when Peel formed Dandelion Records in 1969, the label’s first signing was St. John; in fact, Peel once commented that “the main reason why we started the label [was] ‘cos nobody else was going to record her stuff.” Cherry Red Records has just reissued all three of St. John’s moody, evocative Dandelion albums (individually released in 2005 on CD) recorded between 1969 and 1972,
Can We Talk? Rare Joan Rivers Album Comes to CD for Record Store Day
When Joan Rivers released The Next to Last Joan Rivers Album in 1969 on Buddah Records, could she have realized that the title would indeed remain accurate? The first album from the trailblazing comedy legend arrived on Warner Bros. in 1965, while the last Joan Rivers album came via Geffen Records in 1983. Now, the next to last Joan Rivers album – that just so happens to be called The Next to Last Joan Rivers Album – is making its CD debut on Record Store Day this April 18 on the Stand Up!
Jackie DeShannon, Perry Como, Nils Lofgren Lead Off Real Gone's Diverse May Slate
Rarities are the order of the day from Real Gone Music when it comes to the label's just-announced slate of releases scheduled for late April and early May. The label kicks things off on April 28 with its reissue of one of the most famous Grateful Dead shows of all time. Dick's Picks Volume 8 captures the epic May 2, 1970 show at Binghamton, New York's Harpur College - a show even singled out by Jerry Garcia himself. Then, on May 5, Real Gone has five more titles, all of which are packed
(Don't) Walk On By: Rhino's Record Store Day Lineup Boasts a-ha, Bee Gees, Bowie, Doors, Dionne, More
Rhino isn't resting on its laurels for Record Store Day! The label has announced its biggest slate ever for Record Store Day, with 30 limited edition 12-inch, 10-inch, and 7-inch vinyl releases due on Saturday, April 18. Full details as provided by the label for all titles can be found below. As always with RSD, these releases will be available exclusively at select independent music retailers on April 18, and you can find the list of participating shops here! a-ha - Take On Me 7-inch
Don't Go Breaking Her Heart: Kiki Dee's Rocket Albums Expanded and Reissued By Edsel
When Kiki Dee was signed in 1973 to Elton John's Rocket Records label, the 26-year old was already a veteran of the music business as an in-demand background singer and a solo artist for Fontana and Motown. The former Pauline Matthews of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England had proven herself a versatile vocalist at both of those labels, but at Rocket would finally take flight as a top-tier blue-eyed soul singer with so much more to offer than just the duet part in "Don't Go Breaking My Heart."
Life and Times: Deluxe Edition
Edsel expands Jim Croce's second album featuring "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" to 2 CDs. This edition adds the concert Live at Harper College plus lyrics and liner notes.
I Got a Name: Deluxe Edition
Jim Croce's final album, posthumously released in 1973, is expanded on 2 CDs with the fan-recorded concert album The Final Tour. Edsel's reissue also includes lyrics and new liner notes by Alan Robinson.
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
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
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
Review: George Jones and Tammy Wynette, "Songs of Inspiration"
When George Jones met Tammy Wynette, sparks flew. So, apparently, did dishes, utensils and glasses, when Jones interceded in an argument between the younger country starlet and her then-husband. It wasn’t long before Jones and Wynette were married, and dubbed “Mr. and Mrs. Country Music” by their adoring public. While maintaining separate recording careers, they also scored hits as a duo, joining the ranks of other famous country pairs – both married and platonic – like Porter and Dolly, Conway
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