Cast Albums Blog

Month Archive:  January 2013

New releases of BYE BYE BIRDIE Soundtrack & DISCO EVITA


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The Second Disc Blog has great posts about two upcoming rereleases:

We Love You Conrad, Oh Yes We Do: “Bye Bye Birdie” Film Soundtrack Turns 50, Is Newly-Expanded

The new Masterworks reissue adds three more bonus tracks: another previously-unreleased actual film recording (“One Last Kiss”) and Ann-Margret’s pop recordings of “How Lovely to Be a Woman” and “Bye Bye Birdie.” ... As he did in 2003, Didier C. Deutsch has produced this edition and annotated it, as well. Timothy Sturges at Battery Studios has newly remastered the album.
Don’t Cry For Me, Princess Leia: John Williams, Andrew Lloyd Webber Go Disco

Festival’s Evita continued the musical’s success streak, becoming a No. 1 Billboard Disco Album and yielding 12-inch, club-ready mixes of a special medley (over 20 minutes, spread on two sides of a single) and of “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina.” Harmless’ reissue appends both sides of the “Evita: Special Dance Music Version” as well as the 7-inch mix of “Argentina” and the song’s Mexican 12-inch mix.