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Stocking Stuffer Spotlight: Freddie Scott, “Other Lives,” and International Pop Overthrow

December 21, 2023 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

We’ve covered a lot of box sets this holiday season but today we’re taking a look at three more compact – but no less enjoyable! – stocking stuffers! The two titles carried by Amazon are shipping now with delivery before Christmas. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Freddie Scott (1933-2007) had been recording for seven years when his impassioned rendition of Carole King and Gerry Goffin’s “Hey Girl” reached the top ten of both the Pop and R&B charts in 1963. Scott never topped the success of “Hey Girl”…

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Holiday Gift Guide

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Cast Recordings, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Freddie Scott, Michael Colby, Various Artists

Holiday Gift Guide Update: Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Marianne Faithfull, International Pop Overthrow, and Maureen Taylor Sings Michael Colby

December 16, 2022 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

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 discographies. Why release a bunch of edited versions from one of the world’s…

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Holiday Gift Guide

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock

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Emerson Lake and Palmer, Marianne Faithfull, Maureen Taylor, Michael Colby

Circus Of Voices: JAY Records Remasters “Charlotte Sweet,” Premieres “Tales of Tinseltown”

May 17, 2016 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

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 iteration on the DRG label truncated the score as originally released on John Hammond Records. …

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News, Reviews

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Cast Recordings

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Gerald Jay Markoe, Michael Colby, Paul Katz