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The Year In Review: The 2021 Gold Bonus Disc Awards, From A to Z – Part One

January 3, 2022 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Happy 2022! Welcome, friends, to The Second Disc’s 12th Annual Gold Bonus Disc Awards! Once again, we’ve all faced unprecedented challenges over the past twelve months. A year that began with hope and promise has ended with further uncertainty for many of us. But music continues to fill a significant role in our lives, providing solace, comfort, and escape in a time unlike any other. With that spirit in mind, The Second Disc wishes to recognize 2021’s cream of the catalogue music crop – those exemplary reissues and box sets big and…

Sunrise, Sunset: La-La Land Wraps 2021 with Score Titles from Williams, Newman, and More

December 1, 2021 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

Like the consumption of Thanksgiving turkey and waiting in line for Record Store Day exclusives, La-La Land’s Black Friday announcements of their final (and often biggest) archival soundtrack releases of the year is a holiday tradition. In 2021, the label did not disappoint, unveiling five rare, unreleased and expanded score titles from across five separate decades. From horror classics to brilliant stage musical adaptations and even a stunning Golden Age score, there’s really something for everyone in LLL’s last harvest of the year. Join us for an in-depth look at each, now…

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Alfred Newman, Bill Conti, Craig Armstrong, Harry Manfredini, Jerry Bock, John Williams, Sheldon Harnick

Analog Spark Breathes New Life Into Three Classic Broadway Cast Recordings

February 19, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Curtain up! Analog Spark, the audiophile imprint of Razor and Tie, has brought back the luster of yesteryear with a trio of reissues from the days when people dressed up to go to the theatre. The label has given the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of My Fair Lady, West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof the deluxe treatment on 180-gram vinyl, and indeed, one would be hard-pressed to think of three titles more worthy of the presentation. Fair Lady, Fiddler and West Side all reveal profound, universal truths about love, tolerance,…

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Alan Jay Lerner, Arthur Laurents, Chita Rivera, Frederick Loewe, Jerry Bock, Julie Andrews, Leonard Bernstein, Sheldon Harnick, Stephen Sondheim, Zero Mostel

Wouldn’t It Be Loverly: Analog Spark Reissues “My Fair Lady,” “West Side Story,” “Fiddler” On Vinyl

January 25, 2016 by Joe Marchese | 12 Comments

Following its vinyl and SACD presentations of the original soundtrack of 1965’s The Sound of Music and its 40th anniversary vinyl pressing of 1975’s original Broadway cast recording of A Chorus Line, Razor and Tie’s audiophile division Analog Spark has turned its attention to three more classic cast albums. My Fair Lady (1956), West Side Story (1958) and Fiddler on the Roof (1964) are all now available from Analog Spark in newly-remastered, 180-gram deluxe audiophile vinyl editions. These are the first titles released in association with Masterworks Broadway; the Sony imprint last…

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News

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Vinyl

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Cast Recordings

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Alan Jay Lerner, Chita Rivera, Frederick Loewe, Jerry Bock, Julie Andrews, Leonard Bernstein, Sheldon Harnick, Stephen Sondheim