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April 1, 2022 By The Second Disc 1 Comment

Doris Day Early Day Rare Songs from the Radio

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles arriving in stores today! Daryl Hall, BeforeAfter (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Daryl Hall is looking back with his first-ever solo anthology.  BeforeAfter, curated by the artist, draws on all five of his acclaimed solo albums: the Robert Fripp-produced cult classic Sacred Songs (1980), Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986, including the top five hit "Dreamtime" and top

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Daryl Hall, Doris Day, Graham Parker, Kenny Rogers, Lorna Dallas, Lynn Ahrens, Marvin Gaye, Scott McCarl, Stephen Flaherty, The Raspberries, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones

March 26, 2021 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

NeilYoung YoungShakespeare c2 pl

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Neil Young, Young Shakespeare (Reprise) [Various Formats] CD/DVD/LP box: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Greedy Hand CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Greedy Hand LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Greedy Hand DVD: Greedy Hand Digital: Neil Young Archives (Streaming) / XStream (Digital Download) / Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. Young Shakespeare documents the earliest known filmed live concert footage of

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: 3 Doors Down, Badfinger, Chuck Berry, Elvis Costello, Gerry Beckley, Harpers Bizarre, Joe Strummer, Joey Molland, Jon Anderson, Lynn Ahrens, Neil Young, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Flaherty, The Jacksons

December 18, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Tom Jones Complete Decca Studio Albums Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Tom Jones, The Complete Decca Studio Albums Collection (Decca/UMC) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD) This long-awaited box from Sir Tom Jones - counting 17 discs, including 15 studio albums and two CDs of non-LP single and EP sides - boasts over 200 tracks and 10+ hours of music from Jones' classic Decca period of 1965-1975.  It includes hits such as "What's New Pussycat?," "It's Not Unusual," "Help Yourself," "Green, Green

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Billy Stritch, Jim Caruso, Klea Blackhurst, Lynn Ahrens, Paul McCartney, Stephen Flaherty, Taylor Swift, The Kinks, Tom Jones

October 18, 2016 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Christmas Carol OCR

Masterworks Broadway has recently announced its next three reissue projects between now and November, all due on CD-R and DD. The first was released this past Friday, October 14: the original cast album to 1957's Simply Heavenly.  The book and lyrics were written by noted poet and novelist Langston Hughes with the music by jazz bandleader David Martin. It starred Melvin Stewart and Claudia McNeil (who would later star in A Raisin In The Sun). The show, based upon Hughes' novel Simple Takes A

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Alan Menken, Langston Hughes, Lynn Ahrens

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