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April 12, 2019 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

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Looking for our usual Release Round-Up?  Alas, there's not much new in the way of catalogue music this Friday (and we've already filled you in on Billy Paul and Leon Russell!), but for a very good reason: tomorrow sees releases a-plenty as part of Record Store Day!  Without further ado, welcome to our annual rundown of Must-Haves for this year's RSD event!  Once you're through reading, let us know what you're most looking forward to picking up tomorrow at your favorite local independent

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Badfinger, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Brian May, Burt Bacharach, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Dennis Wilson, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Louis Armstrong, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Prince, Roger Taylor, Stu Phillips, The Beatles, The Sherman Brothers, Todd Rundgren, Woody Guthrie

April 27, 2017 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Monkees Songbook

Tomorrow, April 28, Varese Vintage will reissue one of the most delightfully unexpected Monkees-related titles in recent memory with the compact disc premiere of Stu Phillips Presents The Monkees Songbook, as played by The Golden Gate Strings.  The 1967 Epic Records release featured ten favorites from the height of Monkeemania, all rendered in lushly orchestral "easy listening" style. Veteran composer-arranger Stu Phillips (Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider) spearheaded the project. 

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Stu Phillips, The Monkees, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

November 14, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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The Intrada label is going up, up and away with their latest slate of releases – but Superman doesn’t have much to fear.  No, the Intrada/Disney partnership is taking off instead with another heroic release: Henry Mancini’s original soundtrack of the zany family comedy Condorman! Last August, when prepping a Wish List of possible releases from the Disney vaults, I wrote of Condorman that “this loopy superhero comedy can count among its assets a high-flying, fun score by Henry Mancini.  The

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Categories: News Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Stu Phillips

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