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August 1, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Lost Broadway 1956 1957

For the second volume in its Lost Broadway series of 2-CD sets, the U.K.'s Stage Door Records label has turned its attention to the years 1956 and 1957.  Musical hits during the 1956-1957 and 1957-1958 seasons included Bells Are Ringing, Li'l Abner, West Side Story, and The Music Man, but Stage Door's attention doesn't lie with those smashes but rather with the largely-forgotten, but certainly worthy, shows that haven't received nearly as much love over the years.  Like the first volume (which

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Barbara Cook, Carmen McRae, Chita Rivera, Eartha Kitt, Ethel Merman, Gwen Verdon, Lena Horne, Leonard Bernstein, Mel Tormé, Sammy Davis Jr., Various Artists

August 3, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Here Today The Songs of Brian Wilson

The title of Ace Records' recent collection is Here Today! The Songs of Brian Wilson, after one of those famous Wilson songs off The Beach Boys' 1966 Pet Sounds.  But the fact of the matter is - as this enjoyably diverse set proves over the course of its 25 tracks - Brian Wilson's music is not only here today, but will be here for many tomorrows. Unlike Ace's 2003 volume Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions, this anthology concentrates on Brian as songwriter.  But there are a couple of

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Bobby Vee, Brian Wilson, Carmen McRae, Hugo Montenegro, Jan and Dean, Nick DeCaro, The Beach Boys, The Tokens, Three Dog Night, Various Artists

May 22, 2015 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Here Today The Songs of Brian Wilson

2015 has been a banner year for Brian Wilson.  The Beach Boys legend has already released a new album, is currently preparing for a tour with Searching for Sugar Man cult hero Rodriguez, and will next month see the full release in theatres of his biopic Love and Mercy.  Ace Records is joining the celebration with the June 29 U.K. release (July 10 in the U.S.) of Here Today! The Songs of Brian Wilson. One of Ace's first releases in its Songwriters and Producers Series was 2003's Pet Projects:

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Bobby Vee, Brian Wilson, Bruce and Terry, Carmen McRae, Gary Usher, Hugo Montenegro, Jay and the Americans, Nick DeCaro, The Beach Boys, The Tokens

January 29, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Timeless soul music knows no regional boundaries, at least based on the latest quintet of releases from Cherry Red's Big Break Records imprint.  With this group of reissues, you'll travel to Philadelphia by way of Hawaii, Oakland, Harlem and Chicago.  All of the titles previewed below are available now in the U.K. and next Tuesday, February 5, in the U.S.! Two new titles hail from the Philadelphia International Records catalogue.  Perhaps most exciting is the first CD release outside of Japan

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Azteca, Billy Paul, Carmen McRae, Dick Jensen, Tyrone Davis

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