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February 12, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

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Almost halfway through February, three soundtracks from titans of film composing have been released by the fine folks at Intrada and La- La Land Records. On Monday, Intrada's latest archival soundtrack was announced: an expansion of James Horner's score to the hit An American Tail. Directed by Don Bluth (The Secret of NIMH, All Dogs Go To Heaven) and produced by Steven Spielberg, this movie--one of the few mainstream animated films of the '80s not produced by Disney--tells the story of Fievel

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Hans Zimmer, James Horner, James Ingram, Linda Ronstadt, Michel Legrand

January 5, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bowie Beauty and the Beast Single

Welcome to the first Release Round-Up of the new year! David Bowie, Beauty and the Beast [7-Inch Vinyl Single] (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) David Bowie's series of 40th anniversary series continues with the picture-disc release of "Beauty and the Beast" from Heroes, backed with a live version of "Blackout" from Berlin's Deutschlandhalle on May 16, 1978.  The A-side boasts a photo of Bowie from Japan 1977, while the flip has him in NYC in

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Daryl Hall and John Oates, David Bowie, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Meat Loaf, Michel Legrand, Natalie Dessay

May 1, 2017 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Ode to Billy Joe OST

Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge and right into the hearts and minds of listeners as the subject of Bobbie Gentry's gothic mystery in song, "Ode to Billie Joe."  The 1967 single from the country songstress - recorded far from Chickasaw County, Mississippi, in Hollywood, California - went to No. 1 on the U.S. Hot 100 while also charting on the Easy Listening, Country, and R&B (!) surveys.  It topped the charts in Canada, and made an impressive No. 13 showing in the

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Soundtracks Tags: Bobbie Gentry, Michel Legrand

March 28, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Michel Legrand Bonjour Paris

For the past seven decades, Michel Legrand has been composing rich melodies for film, stage, television and records.  The three-time Academy Award winner and co-writer of such songs as "The Windmills of Your Mind," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" and "Happy (Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues)" has been a prolific recording artist since the 1950s, and now Cherry Red's él label has recently reissued some of his earliest work on Bonjour Paris/Le Joli Mai/Rendez-vous a Paris. The

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Manos Hadjidakis, Melina Mercouri, Michel Legrand, Mikis Theodorakis, Nana Mouskouri

October 14, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Diana Ross, Why Do Fools Fall in Love / Silk Electric / Ross / Swept Away / Eaten Alive / Red Hot Rhythm and Blues (Expanded Editions) (Funky Town Grooves) Why Do Fools Fall in Love: Expanded Edition (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Silk Electric: Expanded Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Ross: Expanded Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Swept Away: Deluxe Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Eaten Alive: Deluxe Edition  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Red Hot Rhythm and Blues: Deluxe

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Billy Strayhorn, Bing Crosby, Bob Seger, Diana Ross, Foreigner, Madeleine Peyroux, Michel Legrand, Miles Davis, Ozzy Osbourne, Swing Out Sister, The Kinks

September 2, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Willie Hutch, In Tune (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Willie Hutch, Midnight Dancer (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Esther Phillips, Alone Again, Naturally (Expanded Edition) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. ) /Ullanda McCullough, Ullanda McCullough/Watching You, Watching Me (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Ray Griff, The Entertainer – Greatest U.S. & Canadian Hits (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Rick Wakeman, Rick Wakeman’s Criminal Record (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / The Ides of March, Vehicle (Expanded

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Big Star, Michel Legrand, Rick Wakeman, The Grateful Dead, The Ides of March

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