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Release Round-Up: Week of September 24

September 24, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Steely Dan, Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live (UMe) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The first Steely Dan live album since 1995’s Alive in America, Northeast Corridor was recorded on the group’s last tour at venues including New York’s Beacon Theater, The Met Philadelphia, and others. (The band’s nine-show Beacon residency in 2018 featured themed shows including performances of full albums, a “By Popular Demand” night, and more.) The single-disc set of 12 songs (of course abbreviated from a typical tour setlist) features songs off Can’t Buy…

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Al Green, Anthony Perkins, Blossom Dearie, Cab Calloway, Carrie Underwood, Chick Corea, Donald Fagen, Dorothy Loudon, Edie Adams, Jack Cassidy, Joan Rivers, John Sebastian, Ringo Starr, Sex Pistols, Steely Dan, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Velvet Underground, Vernon Duke, Vincent Youmans

Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life: Stage Door Preps Second Volume of RCA’s “Show Time” Series of Classic Musicals

May 26, 2021 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

By 1953, RCA Victor already boasted a considerable number of Broadway classics in its catalogue – from original cast recordings of Brigadoon and Paint Your Wagon to studio cast renditions of South Pacific and Finian’s Rainbow. But the label was eager to build up its musical theatre repertoire and compete with the likes of Columbia and Decca. To that end, the Show Time series was launched – a collection of 16 EPs, each dedicated to four songs from a beloved musical or operetta. The EPs were also released as eight 10-inch LPs, with two shows per record (one on each side). …

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Cast Recordings

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Avon Long, Cab Calloway, Doretta Morrow, Edie Adams, Harold Lang, Thelma Carpenter, Victor Herbert

Holiday Gift Guide Review: The Comedy and Music of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams

November 9, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to 2012’s Second Disc Holiday Gift Guide! We’ll use these special reviews to highlight not only seasonally-themed releases, but box sets, deluxe reissues and other special titles that might make the perfect gifts under your tree this holiday season! Groucho Marx once observed that “marriage is a wonderful institution,” before adding, “but who wants to live in an institution?” A few lucky couples have not only thrived in that institution, however, but also in the world of comedy: Gracie Allen and George Burns, Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller, Edie Adams and…

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Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews

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CD, DVD

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Comedy, Holiday

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Edie Adams, Ernie Kovacs