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Release Round-Up: Week of November 29

November 29, 2024 by The Second Disc | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! While most labels are concentrating today on Record Store Day’s Black Friday releases, we’ve chosen to spotlight a few non-RSD titles out today, as well. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Tommy Steele, On Air (Stage Door Pop) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Stage Door Records’ Pop imprint celebrates The Happiest Millionaire and Half a Sixpence star Tommy Steele with On Air, a collection of 31 tracks culled from his 1964 U.K. radio series The Tommy Steele Show. None of these tracks have been released since their original broadcast sixty…

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Dorsey Burnette, Eric Clapton, Heather Nova, Leo Sayer, Mercury Rev, Sparks, Taylor Swift, Todd Rundgren, Tommy Steele, War

Fortuosity: Stage Door Pop Brings Rare Tommy Steele Recordings to CD in November

November 5, 2024 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Tommy Steele may be best remembered today for his starring role on both sides of the Atlantic as Arthur Kipps in the 1963 musical Half a Sixpence – one which he repeated for its film adaptation – or for such motion pictures as Finian’s Rainbow and Walt Disney’s The Happiest Millionaire. Considered to be Britain’s first teen idol, the London native with the toothy grin and big talents scored such early rock-and-roll hits as “Rock with the Caveman,” “Butterfingers,” “Water, Water,” “Nairobi,” “Come On, Let’s Go,” “Little White Bull,” and the chart-topping…

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Release Round-Up: Week of September 29

September 29, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) (Parlophone) 11CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 13LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. The third release in Parlophone’s series of chronological box sets dedicated to the music of David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) closes the book on the legendary artist’s RCA career. It follows 2015’s Five Years (1969-1973) and 2016’s Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976), offering material from five major studio and live albums: Low (1977), “Heroes” (1977), Stage (1978), Lodger (1979) and Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980). Low, “Heroes” and Lodger are, of course, referred to as the “Berlin”…

Short Takes, Broadway Edition: “Barnum,” “Half a Sixpence,” “Annie Get Your Gun”

September 11, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

A trio of upcoming releases will be sure to raise the pulse of theatre and cast recording fans out there! Harbinger Records and the Musical Theatre Project have continued their Songwriter Showcase Series with another entry dedicated to the late composer Cy Coleman. Barnum: Backer’s Audition finds Coleman and lyricist/librettist Michael Stewart presenting the score to their potential Broadway musical to an enthusiastic audience of potential investors in an Upper East Side apartment. With this release, you can be a fly on the wall for one of these exciting and rare presentations…

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Cy Coleman, David Heneker, Irving Berlin, John Raitt, Mary Martin, Tommy Steele

It’s a Fine Life: Shirley Bassey, Steve Marriott, Cliff Richard, Original Casts Salute Lionel Bart On New Box Set

March 1, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Consider Yourself The Highs of Lionel Bart

With Oliver!, Lionel Bart created one of the most enduring musicals of all time. Yet there was more to Bart than just the one show – though it was the only international hit he would ever write. In between palling around with The Rolling Stones and Andrew Loog Oldham at the height of Swingin’ London, Bart dominated the pop charts and the musical theatre stage. Now, Cherry Red’s el label has celebrated this quintessential British songwriter on a new 5-CD box set. Consider Yourself! The Highs of Lionel Bart explores both the…

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Cliff Richard, Lionel Bart, Shirley Bassey, Steve Marriott, Tommy Steele