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September 27, 2023 By Joe Marchese 13 Comments

The Sound of Music Super Deluxe

By any standard, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse's The Sound of Music was a bona fide success from the moment the curtain rose at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959. The production starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel was described by The New York Times' Brooks Atkinson as a "bountiful musical drama" with an "endless fund of cheerful melodies." It won five Tony Awards (besting stiff competition from Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, and

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Julie Andrews, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Rodgers and Hammerstein

February 22, 2021 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Show Time Series Volume One

By 1953, RCA Victor already boasted a considerable number of Broadway classics in its catalogue - from original cast recordings of Brigadoon and Paint Your Wagon to studio cast renditions of South Pacific and Finian's Rainbow.  But the label was eager to build up its musical theatre repertoire and compete with the likes of Columbia and Decca.  To that end, the Show Time series was launched - a collection of 16 EPs, each dedicated to four songs from a beloved musical or operetta.  The EPs were

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Jack Cassidy, Jerome Kern, John Raitt, Lisa Kirk, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

February 12, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

The Band Stage Fright 50 Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! The Band, Stage Fright: 50th Anniversary Edition [Various Formats] (Capitol/UMe) 2CD/1BD/1LP/1-7″ single: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2CD (CD 1 & 2 of box set): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada  1LP (Remixed Album Only): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Band slightly belatedly revisits 1970's Stage Fright for its 50th anniversary in a variety of editions anchored by Bob Clearmountain's stereo and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Rock Tags: Black Sabbath, Carole King, Dio, Harry Dean Stanton, Huey Lewis and The News, Loretta Lynn, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg, The Band, Todd Rundgren

January 21, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Desert Song London Studio Cast

Late last year, Stage Door Records reissued the London Studio Cast Recording of David Heneker's musical Jorrocks, originally released on the Saga Records label.  Now, Stage Door is returning to the Saga vaults with another CD premiere, this time of the label's 1967 recording of the classic operetta The Desert Song. The Desert Song has endured since its Broadway debut in November 1926.  The production began its life under the title Lady Fair for tryouts in Wilmington and Boston before making

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Mary Millar, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Robert Colman, Sigmund Romberg

April 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Company OBC

Analog Spark kicked off 2016 with a trio of cast recordings - Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, and West Side Story - on deluxe 180-gram vinyl LPs, and now, the label is welcoming this spring with another three landmark titles from the Sony vaults: Columbia Records' original Broadway cast recordings of South Pacific (1949), Gypsy (1959), and Company (1970) - each one representing a classic period of American musical theatre. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's South Pacific, the

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim

July 21, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

centennial summer ost

At first blush, Kritzerland’s two new releases don’t have much in common - though one celebrates the Golden Age of Hollywood and one is actually from The Golden Age of Hollywood. But both titles hail from celebrated and influential composers, and both of these scores are making their first-ever appearances on soundtrack albums. The composers are the legendary Jerome Kern and the big band great-turned-swinging sixties theme titan Neal Hefti, and the films are Centennial Summer and Won Ton Ton:

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alfred Newman, Jerome Kern, Neal Hefti, Oscar Hammerstein II

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