Alex North - The Second Disc

The Weekend Stream: April 15, 2023

April 15, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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 usher you into the weekend. Rarities and oddities abound: cartoon soundtracks, early works from country legends, and more! Pat Irwin, Rocko’s Modern Life (Original Music from the Series) (Nickelodeon) (iTunes / Amazon) Joe Murray’s colorful cartoon about a harried wallaby and his misadventures was one of Nickelodeon’s edgier cartoons in the early-to-mid ’90s – a similar edge to The Ren & Stimpy Show,…

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Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alex North, Bobby Bare, Dottsy, Gym Class Heroes, How to Dress Well, Jim Nabors, Nasty Rox Inc, Ray Conniff, Starpoint

Time Can Do So Much: Kritzerland Reissues, Expands Alex North’s “Unchained Melodies”

June 25, 2019 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Alex North would have achieved immortality had he only composed “Unchained Melody,” one of the most enduring pop songs of all time. Yet North accomplished much more than that, scoring over 40 feature films, earning 15 Academy Award nominations (and one honorary Oscar), three Grammy nominations, and a Golden Globe Award. In 1990, the Bay Cities label released Unchained Melody: The Film Themes of Alex North, featuring the composer conducting his own classic works. Now, Kritzerland has a remastered and expanded reissue arriving as Unchained Melodies: The Film Themes of Alex North….

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Short Takes, Broadway Edition: Stage Door Celebrates Alfred Drake, Kritzerland Reissues “Streets of New York” and More

April 8, 2019 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

With his rich baritone and intense looks, Alfred Drake (1914-1992) defined the classic Broadway leading man. Originating roles in such landmark musicals as Oklahoma!, Kiss Me Kate, and Kismet, Drake won Tony and Drama Critics Awards, and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. But despite his many appearances on cast recordings, Drake has never headlined a solo CD…until now. The U.K.’s Stage Door label has announced the April 26 release (May 3 in North America) of Lucky to Be Me: A Life in Music, a 2-CD set that will earn…

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Alex North, Alfred Drake, Elmer Bernstein, Kurt Weill, Laurence Rosenthal

Intrada Goes to Vietnam for Two Rare Disney Scores

July 12, 2017 by Mike Duquette | No Comments

Intrada has released two very different scores to two live action Disney comedies, both based on true events of the Vietnam War–as unbelievable as that may seem. Alex North’s score to Good Morning, Vietnam and David Newman’s score to Operation Dumbo Drop have been dusted off for a 2-for-1 release on CD. Good Morning, Vietnam featured late funnyman Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer, a real-life disc jockey on the Armed Forces Radio Service. His irreverent broadcasts confound his superiors but provide a much-needed respite from the horrors of the conflict in Vietnam….

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Alex North, David Newman

Release Round-Up: Week of August 7

August 7, 2015 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to another New Release Friday, and today’s Release Round-Up! Dusty Springfield, Come for a Dream: The U.K. Sessions 1970-1971 (Real Gone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Earlier this year, Real Gone released Faithful – a collection of Dusty Springfield’s complete sessions with producer-songwriter Jeff Barry, compiled for the first time as originally envisioned on one disc. Now, the label has turned its attention to Dusty’s 1970-1971 London sessions intended for the album See All Her Faces but eventually released on numerous collections and box sets over the years. For the very first…

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Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks

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Alex North, Ben E. King, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Presley, Georgie Fame, Mike Bloomfield, Robbie Robertson, Simon and Garfunkel, Tom Rush

It’s Their Party: Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, Ben E. King, Steppenwolf Go Real Gone In August

June 16, 2015 by Joe Marchese | 14 Comments

Are you ready to take a magic carpet ride with Real Gone Music this August? The label’s slate for the month offers an array of rock, soul and pop heavy hitters including a number of CD debuts. Two complete singles collections arrive, both on two CDs: one from John Kay and Steppenwolf (The Complete ABC/Dunhill Singles Collection), and another from the late, great Ben E. King (The Complete Atco/Atlantic Singles Volume 1). Then, the label is offering up two rare soundtracks from bona fide rock legends. Mike Bloomfield and Nick Gravenites of…

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Alex North, Ben E. King, Dusty Springfield, Jorge Ben, Lesley Gore, Mike Bloomfield, Robbie Robertson, Steppenwolf