Cast Albums Blog
New releases of BYE BYE BIRDIE Soundtrack & DISCO EVITA
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.
New expanded release of FUNNY THING HAPPENED... soundtrack
New record label Quartet Records has reissued the soundtrack of A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, remastered from the original tapes and including the full underscore by Ken Thorne for the first time.
The sound is much improved and newly remastered from the original stereo 1/2” album masters from the MGM vaults, and a 1/4” tape (also in stereo) from the private library of Mr. Thorne.
The release includes a deluxe full-color 24-page booklet with liner notes and track-by-track analysis by Randall D. Larson and is limited to 1000 copies.
TRIASSIC PARQ now available on iTunes
The original cast album for (the very funny) TRIASSIC PARQ is now available on iTunes. The recording will also reportedly be available at some point on Amazon.