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/ George Gershwin

September 21, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Show Time Series Volume Three

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

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Helen Gallagher, Jack Cassidy, Lisa Kirk

April 30, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Noel Coward Revisited

Kritzerland is continuing its long-running series of reissues drawn from Ben Bagley's Painted Smiles archives.  The label has just announced new editions of the long out-of-print George Gershwin Revisited and Noel Coward Revisited. George Gershwin Revisited remains one of the starriest releases in the Revisited series, featuring Barbara Cook, Elaine Stritch, Bobby Short, and Anthony Perkins.  Keeping with the focus of the series, producer Bagley and musical director-arranger Norman Paris

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Anthony Perkins, Barbara Cook, Ben Bagley, Bobby Short, Dorothy Loudon, Elaine Stritch, George Gershwin, Hermione Gingold, Noël Coward

September 7, 2018 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Led Zeppelin, The Song Remains the Same [Various Formats] (Atlantic/Swan Song) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 4LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Blu-ray Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD/4LP/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham took the famous stage at New York's Madison Square Garden on July 27-29, 1973 for the concerts

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Alice Coltrane, Ashford and Simpson, Bob Seger, George Gershwin, Grateful Dead, Harold Arlen, Jack Cassidy, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, The Posies

January 19, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Fascinating Gershwin

When The Library of Congress established a Prize for Popular Song in 2007, one name was affixed to it: Gershwin. With no disrespect to Messrs. Berlin, Porter, Rodgers and company, George and Ira’s surname is synonymous with the gold standard in American popular song. The recipients of the award to date – Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Carole King and Billy Joel – have all followed in the Gershwins’ footsteps of marrying smart, sophisticated and incisive

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Aretha Franklin, Ethel Merman, Fred Astaire, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis

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