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Nice to Be Around: Extensive John Williams Box Set Released in France

December 15, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

If you’re a Second Disc reader, you’re no doubt aware of the immense musical power film composer John Williams has over us (and people like us!). Even a casual fan surely knows his most familiar works for the screen, from Star Wars and Indiana Jones to Jurassic Park and Harry Potter; the films of Steven Spielberg (JAWS, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler’s List); themes for everything from Superman to the Olympics. He’s picked up five Oscars (53 nominations, second only to Walt Disney), 25 Grammys, the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award (the only composer to receive the honor),…

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Classical/Opera, Everything Else, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks

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Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Andre Previn, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Barbra Streisand, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, Itzhak Perlman, James Ingram, John Williams, Leslie Bricusse, Luciano Pavarotti, Paul Williams, Sting, The Boston Pops, The Chieftains, Vic Damone

The Weekend Stream: July 23, 2022

July 23, 2022 by The Second Disc | 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 discover! This week, we’ve got long-lost pop from a teenaged star, a crop of country classics, cool West Coast jazz, freestyle hits, and more! Jack Wild, A Beautiful World (Buddah) (Amazon / iTunes) Child actor Jack Wild earned an Academy Award nomination for his role as the Artful Dodger in Oliver! – the same part Davy Jones once played onstage – and went…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Country, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Andre Previn, Jack Wild, Mickey Gilley, Sandy Posey, Shorty Rogers, The Cover Girls, Wayne Carson Thompson

Sentimental Journeys: Real Gone Music Celebrates Doris Day Centennial with Two New Releases

February 28, 2022 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Doris Day Early Day Rare Songs from the Radio

“That kid is a real hot singer!” Cincinnati bandleader Barney Rapp was quick to recognize young Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff. The leader of the New Englanders urged the young vocalist to change her name, taking his cue from the song with which she left him smitten: “Day After Day.” She became Doris Day, and the rest is history. On April 1, Real Gone Music celebrates the centennial year of the timeless artist, actress, and passionate animal rights advocate who died in 2019 at the age of 97 with two landmark releases. Early…

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CD, Vinyl

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Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal

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Andre Previn, Bob Hope, Doris Day, Jimmy Wakely, Les Brown

Release Round-Up: Week of April 23

April 23, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band (Capitol/UMe) 6CD/2BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The 6-CD/2-BD John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: The Ultimate Collection contains everything recorded by John and Yoko during the sessions for John’s 1970 Plastic Ono Band LP, totaling 159 tracks on CD and 131 on Blu-ray, or 11 hours of music, all completely remixed from the original multitracks. (The Blu-rays include both new stereo and 5.1 surround mixes.) This set follows the 2018 release of Imagine: The Ultimate Collection and the 2020 release…

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Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Andre Previn, Hasaan Ibn Ali, Imelda May, John Lennon, Peter Frampton, Steve Cropper, The Beach Boys, The Who, Yoko Ono

Is This A Dream: André Previn’s HMV and Teldec Albums Collected on Massive Box Set “The Warner Edition”

April 19, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

André Previn (1929-2019) was a true renaissance man, making his mark in the worlds of jazz, classical, film, and stage. A composer, pianist, and conductor, the German-born Previn won four Academy Awards as well as ten competitive Grammys; he led orchestras including the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, and the Oslo Philharmonic. He scored classic Hollywood films, co-wrote the Broadway musical Coco for Katharine Hepburn, composed opera versions of A Streetcar Named Desire and Brief Encounter, and with then-wife…

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Andre Previn

Release Round-Up: Week of July 3

July 3, 2020 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Willie Nelson, First Rose of Spring (Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Willie Nelson’s latest studio album emphasizes love and positivity at a time when we all need it most. First Rose of Spring features new Nelson originals co-written with producer and longtime associate Buddy Cannon, as well as new songs from Toby Keith and Chris Stapleton and covers such as “Yesterday When I Was Young.” Available on CD, LP, and digital. David Bowie, Ouvrez Le Chien: Live Dallas 95 (Parlophone) This previously…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Country, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alice Cooper, Andre Previn, David Bowie, Eugene Ormandy, Isaac Stern, Leonard Bernstein, Rare Earth, Various Artists, Willie Nelson

COMING SOON! Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Revisit “The Great Songs of Christmas,” Eugene Ormandy Classics

October 10, 2019 by The Second Disc | 11 Comments

Last week, Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music announced our first release of the Christmas season: Chet Atkins’ The Complete RCA Victor and Columbia Christmas Recordings, due on November 8. Today, we’re excited to announce two more titles coming your way this holiday season! Between 1961 and 1970, households across America delighted in an annual series of Christmas releases available exclusively through Goodyear locations. 900,000 copies of the first volume of The Great Songs of Christmas were pressed – and proved so successful that, by December 1, 1961, Goodyear ordered all…

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Andre Kostelanetz, Andre Previn, Eugene Ormandy, Gary Puckett, Johnny Mathis, Mahalia Jackson, Mark Lindsay, Percy Faith, Ray Conniff, Robert Goulet, Various Artists