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November 24, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Rumer This Girls In Love

Happy Thanksgiving!  Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Prince 4Ever (Warner Bros.) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This release actually came out on Tuesday, but it's worth a reminder here: this first posthumous collection from the late, great artist premieres one previously unreleased track, and includes a number of single versions making their CD debuts.  Prince 4Ever is a 40-track summary of The Artist's major works from his first album, 1978's For You, to

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Burt Bacharach, Elaine Paige, Hal David, Lee Hazlewood, Neil Young, Prince, Ron Dante, Rumer, Santana, Terry Dolan, The Afghan Whigs, Vincent Montana Jr.

November 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals

Elaine Paige is lending her name to a new 3-CD collection of musical theatre favorites.  Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals is due on November 25 from Union Square Music, with 58 tracks and over three hours of music. Elaine Paige Presents the Musicals is licensed from various labels, making for a cross-section of recordings.  You'll find familiar names from the worlds of theatre, movies and pop, including Michael Ball ("Love Changes Everything" from Aspects of Love, "Falling Slowly" from

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Barbara Dickson, Elaine Paige, Liza Minnelli, Michael Crawford, Petula Clark, Various Artists

December 22, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Elaine Paige Im Still Here

Each evening from the first preview on August 7, 2011 to the closing performance on January 22, 2012, audiences at Broadway's Marquis Theatre were treated to the sight of one of the First Ladies of the London stage making a rare appearance across the Atlantic belting one of Stephen Sondheim's most famous songs.  The show was Follies, the star was Elaine Paige, and the song was "I'm Still Here."  Now, that anthem of showbiz survival provides the title for the superstar actress-singer's new live

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Elaine Paige

December 3, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

chess

Tim Rice had been thinking about writing a musical about the Cold War for some time in the late 1970s.  Fascinated by the Soviet-U.S. chess rivalry of the time, the lyricist-librettist approached his longtime collaborator Andrew Lloyd Webber with the idea.  Lloyd Webber, however, was not available, as he was too busy developing a little show known as Cats.  A suggestion from a producer put Rice in touch with songwriters Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus of ABBA.   Looking to pursue some projects

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Barbara Dickson, Elaine Paige, Murray Head

May 6, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

elaine paige ultimate collection

Though her appearances on the Broadway stage have been rare, Elaine Paige remains one of the reigning first ladies of musical theatre around the world. Paige has been a fixture in London's West End since her debut there in the 1968 production of Hair, rising to fame as the first actress to portray Eva Peron onstage in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita in 1978. Paige went on to introduce the role of Grizabella and the song "Memory" in Cats, and subsequently starred in such musicals as

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Barry Manilow, Elaine Paige, Stephen Sondheim

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