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December 16, 2022 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Emerson Lake and Palmer Singles

The Second Disc is always updating our Holiday Gift Guide with items large and small that just might make the perfect stocking stuffer or present under the tree.  In recent days, we've added entries for four very different releases that are all worth seeking out. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Singles (BMG) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) This handsome new vinyl box collects a dozen seven-inch, two-sided singles culled from Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's U.K. and international

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Emerson Lake and Palmer, Marianne Faithfull, Maureen Taylor, Michael Colby

December 7, 2022 By

Maureen Taylor Cosmic Connections

Lyricist-librettist Michael Colby continues to enjoy an extraordinary career in the musical theatre with such credits as the Drama Desk-nominated Charlotte Sweet (music: Gerald Jay Markoe), Ludlow Ladd (music: Markoe), Tales of Tinseltown (music: Paul Katz), Mrs. McThing (music: Jack Urbont), Slay It with Music (music: Katz), Boynton Beach Club (music: Ned Paul Ginsburg) and North Atlantic (music: James Fradrich).  Colby is also the acclaimed author of the memoir The Algonquin Kid in which he

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Maureen Taylor, Michael Colby

May 17, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Charlotte Sweet

Charlotte Sweet is one of that increasingly rare breed: an original musical.  And this "madcap musical," as it was billed, sure is original.  Lyricist/librettist Michael Colby and composer Gerald Jay Markoe delivered the unexpected with their delightfully unusual show which premiered at New York's intimate Westside Arts Theatre on August 12, 1982 and ran for over 100 performances.  JAY Records has recently brought the complete Original Cast Recording to 2 CDs for the first time; a previous CD

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Gerald Jay Markoe, Michael Colby, Paul Katz

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