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July 16, 2024 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Douglass Fake

Douglass Fake, a film score champion who produced hundreds of archival soundtrack releases and reissues as the founder of Intrada Records, has died at 72 after an extended illness. There is no better primer on his life and work than can be read at the label's official site, courtesy of Joe Sikoryak, one of the label's longtime designers. When anyone of note passes away, and that outpouring of condolences and memories flows like a river, it can be easy to take a step back and investigate the

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Categories: Features, News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman, Elmer Bernstein, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Randy Newman

October 20, 2023 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Nancy Sinatra Keep Walkin'

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the many titles being released today as we inch closer to the holiday shopping season!  As an Amazon associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Nancy Sinatra, Keep Walkin': Singles, Demos, and Rarities (1965-1978) (Light in the Attic) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Standard Black 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Zodiac Blue 2LP: Nancy's Bootique Highway Song Yellow 2LP: Nancy's

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Books, Box Sets, Cassette, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Gospel, Latin, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Amy Grant, B.J. Thomas, Bob Dylan, Carla Olson, Cher, CHVRCHES, David Bowie, Devo, Goo Goo Dolls, Nancy Sinatra, Richard Hawley, Salt-N-Pepa, The Mojo Men, The Rolling Stones, Tim Easton, Tony Visconti, Vince Guaraldi

October 11, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

BTTF Cast Album Deluxe

A Back to the Future musical sounds like a crazy joke, but Broadway's biggest spectacle is arguably this new spin on the classic sci-fi comedy - and this month, just in time for a one-day theatrical reissue of the 1985 classic, its original cast recording is breaking the space-time continuum with a bonus disc of alternate and early versions of songs from the show. Having spun off two sequels, an animated series, a theme-park ride, comic books, model kits, a fancy pair of futuristic sneakers

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri

October 3, 2023 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Craft Recordings RSD BF 2023

It's that time of year again! With Record Store Day's annual Black Friday event happening in less than two months - on Friday, November 24 - news has started arriving of what titles to expect.  Craft Recordings' eclectic slate features classic jazz, rare soundtracks, punk, soul, and more from an array of boldfaced names including Gil Evans, Chico Hamilton, Isaac Hayes, Melvin Van Peebles, Alan Silvestri, Carter Burwell, members of Earth Wind & Fire and Little Feat, and more. You'll find

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Funk, Holiday, Jazz, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Carter Burwell, Chico Hamilton, Eddie Floyd, Gil Evans, Homer Banks, Isaac Hayes, Melvin Van Peebles, Record Store Day

July 11, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Mouse Hunt Varese

June and July have brought with them a bonanza of archival soundtrack titles from three of the major film score reissue labels, covering some of the biggest names in the genre as well. Here's a rundown at the latest from Intrada, Varese Sarabande and La-La Land Records! Intrada recently filled a gap in the work of the late contemporary composer James Horner (Aliens, Titanic, Avatar) with a premiere release of his work on the 1981 film Deadly Blessing. This picture about a series of possibly

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Alexander Courage, David Arnold, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith

April 20, 2023 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Summer School OST

The '80s not only saw tremendous soundtracks from many of the established composers in Hollywood, but a new generation of musicians making a mark on the silver screen, as well. Next month, two of the best film music discoveries of the '80s will be the subject of new reissues from Rusted Wave Records and 1984 Publishing (known for printing photo books about "Weird Al" Yankovic as well as the memoir by the late Marie Fredriksson of Roxette fame). The labels will prep vinyl and CD releases of

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Carl Reiner, Danny Elfman

August 5, 2022 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Neil Young Noise And Flowers

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! Michael Nesmith, Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Real Gone Music) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are bringing Michael Nesmith's Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings to vinyl for the first time today!  This 2-LP compendium features 22 tracks on CD drawn from the RCA Victor

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Andy Bey, Bobbie Gentry, Eugene Ormandy, James Horner, Jerry Lee Lewis, Judy Garland, Mario Lanza, Michael Nesmith, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Promise of the Real, Sha Na Na, Tintern Abbey

August 3, 2022 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Tintern Abbey Beeside Anthology

Real Gone Music has another packed slate coming out this Friday, August 5.  In addition to the Second Disc Records/RGM release of Michael Nesmith's Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings as a 2-LP set, Real Gone is releasing another six vinyl titles.  Here is a look at four of them, ranging from British psychedelia to jazz to soundtracks.  We'll have Part Two tomorrow! First up is a vinyl anthology from British psych group Tintern Abbey.  During their existence back in the late 1960s,

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Andy Bey, James Horner, Tintern Abbey

April 23, 2022 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Stream

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there's plenty of great new/old music to discover! Return from your Record Store Day binge and kick back with some exciting finds, from charity rarities to new mixes of old favorites and even a surprising soundtrack find or two! Various Artists, EarthPercent Earth Day Initiative (Bandcamp) Though Bandcamp Friday is back in two weeks, the beloved digital service

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Categories: Features, The Weekend Stream Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Brian Eno, Coldplay, David Arnold, Dramarama, Fergie, Hoyt Axton, John Paesano, Kris Kross, Ludwig Göransson, Michael Giacchino, Michael Stipe, Peter Gabriel, Remy Shand, Roxette, The Five Satins, War, Yo La Tengo

July 1, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

BTTF 35 Mondo

On July 3, 1985, mass audiences got to take a trip Back To The Future thanks to the year's top-grossing film. For its 35th anniversary, the film and music fans at Mondo are bringing the film's classic soundtrack back to vinyl with a cool twist: an unused piece of front cover artwork courtesy of the series' beloved poster artist. Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale's time-travel fantasy found Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), an average California teen in 1985, accidentally transported 30 years into the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Huey Lewis and The News, Lindsey Buckingham, Phil Collins

June 26, 2020 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Johnny Cash Complete Mercury Albums

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Johnny Cash, The Complete Mercury Recordings 1986-1991 (Mercury/UMe) 7CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 7LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Complete Mercury Recordings 1986-1991 will be available on 7CD or 7LP, 180-gram vinyl formats. The box collects all six albums Johnny Cash recorded for Mercury Records during that era: Class Of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming with Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, and Carl

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Alanis Morissette, America, B.B. King, Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, Eugene McDaniels, Fanny, Flo and Eddie, Frank Zappa, George Formby, Gerry Beckley, Johnny Cash, Judy Garland, Kleeer, The Rolling Stones, The Staple Singers, The Turtles, Them, Thom Bell

May 14, 2020 By Sam Stone 4 Comments

fanny

Real Gone Music is winding back the clock a few decades with reissues that are sure to please crate-diggers.  First, on June 12, the label will release two mid-'80s cult classics - Kleeer's Intimate Connection and the Predator soundtrack.  Fiftieth anniversary reissues of Eugene McDaniels' Outlaw and Fanny's self-titled debut will follow on June 26. Long a favorite of electro-funk connoisseurs, New York-based Kleeer recorded half a dozen acclaimed albums for Atlantic.  One of their most

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Eugene McDaniels, Fanny, Gene McDaniels, Kleeer

May 5, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Star Wars SOTE

With May the 4th occurring yesterday, it seemed only natural that there might be some Star Wars music-related news, or some great catalog-related material from the film series' iconic composer, John Williams. Luckily, fans got both! Not one but two Williams-oriented titles were announced yesterday. First, from Deutsche Grammophon comes John Williams Live In Vienna, a new live set taken from concerts conducted by the five-time Oscar winner earlier this year. Anticipation for the shows were

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Jerry Goldsmith, Joel McNeely, John Williams, Shirley Walker

April 28, 2020 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Avengers Mondo Slipcase

This past weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the opening of Avengers: Endgame in movie theaters. To coincide with this, Mondo, in conjunction with Marvel Music/Hollywood Records, has just announced vinyl versions of the soundtracks to both Endgame and 2018's Avengers: Infinity War in a 6-LP deluxe set or as two individual 3-LP releases. All of these releases are available to pre-order tomorrow at Mondo's webstore and will ship in June. Infinity War and Endgame marked the climax to

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri

June 1, 2018 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

Michelle Phillips Victim of Romance

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Michelle Phillips, Victim of Romance: Expanded Edition (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) "Mama" Michelle Phillips' 1977 solo album, produced by Jack Nitzsche, returns to CD in a new expanded edition collecting the artist's complete sessions with Nitzsche.  It adds three outtakes from the album sessions, including a Bee Gees cover ("Had a Lot of Love Last Night"), Dennis Lambert and Fil Spina's "Practice What You Preach,"

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Cheap Trick, Cowboy, Def Leppard, Emmylou Harris, Jethro Tull, Keely Smith, Living Colour, Michelle Phillips, Paul Simon, Roger Daltrey, The Mamas and The Papas, The Quick, The Temptations, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, ZZ Top

April 30, 2018 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

Cowboy Cowboy

We've told you about some of Real Gone's June releases earlier and now we've got the news of more items on the slate for that month including CD reissues from Cowboy, the Grateful Dead and a vinyl reissue of the Predator soundtrack, all due June 1. Back in 2014, Real Gone reissued the first two albums by the band Cowboy: 1970's Reach For The Sky and 1971's 5'll Getcha Ten.  Now, they are completing the group's Capricorn output by releasing their final two album for the label: 1974's Boyer

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Cowboy, Grateful Dead

January 23, 2018 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Roger Rabbit 30

Intrada is set to make Disney fans p-p-p-pleased with a major soundtrack expansion: Alan Silvestri's stirring score to Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Gary K. Wolf's quirky novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? - the tale of a hard-boiled private detective named Eddie Valiant solving the murder of a comic strip character - was equal parts Raymond Chandler and Chuck Jones, and perfect film fodder. But nobody could have predicted what Who Framed Roger Rabbit would have become: Jeffrey Price and Peter S.

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri

August 30, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Romancing the Stone

Intrada, La-La Land and Lakeshore Records have some delightful soundtrack titles available or forthcoming right now, including rediscovered musical works for some major blockbusters of the '80s and '90s. Last week, Intrada reissued Pino Donaggio's score to Body Double, Brian De Palma's erotically-charged thriller about a claustrophobic actor mixed up in a nightmarish murder mystery. Craig Wassen and Melanie Griffith star, De Palma co-writes, produces and directs; and Donaggio marks his fourth

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Christopher Young, James Newton Howard, Pino Donaggio

July 19, 2017 By Randy Fairman 4 Comments

Duane Eddy Complete RCA Singles

While we are now in the height of the summer heat, Real Gone is looking ahead to the fall.  The label has announced the first part of its release slate for September of this year and it is another eclectic mix of titles. First up is a title from the artist most people consider to be the greatest rock-instrumentalist of all time: Duane Eddy.  Guitar Star: The Complete RCA Singles A's and B's collects all 22 single sides Eddy recorded for RCA Victor in the early to mid-1960s on CD, and is due

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri, Duane Eddy, Fifteen, Grateful Dead

October 13, 2015 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Back to the Future

"Wait a minute, wait a minute. Doc, ah...are you telling me that you built a time machine...out of a DeLorean?" With those words, audiences were in for the ride of a lifetime with Back to the Future, 1985's hit sci-fi comedy about a teenager who accidentally ends up 30 years in the past and has to ensure his existence by setting up his parents before making it back to his present day. With a winning cast that included Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd as the dynamic duo of young Marty McFly

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Silvestri

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