Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice Recap Week of 8/10/21

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DIGITAL MUSIC Now Available:

Twinkle's Fairy Pet Day the Musical
(new digital album)
Original Off-Broadway cast album of score by Randy Klein (music) and Matthew Hardy (lyrics). Recorded in 2016. Rachel Peterson, Michelle ZurSchmiede, Trysten Reynolds, Cynthia Nesbit, and Matthew Hardy. Produced and mixed by Randy Klein and Matthew Hardy with mastering by Duff Harris. Released 7/22/21.


BOOKs Now Available:

The Marvellous Adventures of Mary Seacole
(Aurora Metro Books - Paperback Book)
Play by Cleo Sylvestre. 48 pages.


BLU-RAY/DVDs Now Available:

Paramount Presents: Nashville
(Paramount - new Blu-ray)
1975 musical comedy-drama. Directed by Robert Altman. Starring Ned Beatty, Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Geraldine Chaplin, Henry Gibson, Michael Murphy, Lily Tomlin. Songs by Ronee Blakley, Karen Black, Keith Carradine, and Richard Baskin. Newly remastered Blu-ray, from a 4K film scan of the original elements. Includes 24 music tracks, commentary by Robert Altman, trailers. 161 minutes.


MUSIC to be released this Friday, August 13:

Ben Platt: Reverie
(Atlantic - new on CD/digital)
Second album by Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen). "king of the world, pt. 1," "childhood bedroom," "happy to be sad," "I wanna love you but I don’t," "leave my mind," "dance with you," "king of the world, pt. 2," "carefully," "chasing you," "come back," "dark times," "imagine," "king of the world, pt. 3."

Tom Kitt: Reflect
(Sony Masterworks - new album on CD/digital)
Debut album. Music by Tom Kitt. "The King of Our Destruction" (written with and performed by Javier Muñoz), "When?" (written with and performed by Lauren Patten), "Reach Deep" (written with and performed by Jenn Colella), "Come to Me" (performed by Jerry Dixon), "This Too Shall Pass" (performed by Tom Kitt and Julia Kitt), "My Curtain Call" (written with and performed by Michael McElroy), "Finally Found" (written with and performed by Mandy Gonzalez), "Fly Away" (performed with Michael Kitt), "I Didn't Get to Say Goodbye" (co-writer and performance by Adrienne Warren), "Sweep Your Own Snow" (co-writer and performance by Pearl Sun), "I Need Them to See Me" (performed by Heidi Blickenstaff), "She Has Hope" (written with Danny Burstein and Rebecca Luker, performed by Brian d'Arcy James), "Breathe" (written with and performed by Elizabeth Stanley).


Recordings NEWLY LISTED:

August 20:

Kerry Moffit and Turning Circles: What Goes Around Comes Around
(new on CD)
Debut album from composer/arranger/trumpeter Kerry Moffit.

My Marcello
(Broadway Records - new digital album)
World premiere recording of score by Rosabella Gregory (music) and Dina Gregory (lyrics) for who with book by Corey Brunish. Features Santino Fontana, Laura Osnes, Terrence Mann, Elizabeth Stanley, Derek Klena, Raymond Jaramillo McLeod, and Robert Cuccioli. BroadwayRecords.com.

August 27:

Selections from Destry Rides Again
(Stage Door Records - new on CD)
Debut CD release of the RCA-Victor Destry Rides Again studio cast recording of Harold Rome's score. Produced by Chick Crumpacker and conducted by Norman Leyden. Lead vocals by Louise O'Brien and Jack Haskell. Recorded one week after the OBC album was recorded by Decca. Digitally remastered from stereo reel to reel tape. Plus bonus tracks featuring pop covers from the score. 24 tracks total. Booklet features liner notes by George Dansker. Limited Edition pressing of 500 units only. StageDoorRecords.com.

September 27:

Terron Brooks: The Soul of Broadway
(Sony Orchard - new album)
"Tomorrow" and "Something's Coming" tracks now available.

October 1:

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Love for Sale
(Interscope - new album on CD/digital)
"It's De-Lovely," "Night And Day," "Love For Sale," "Do I Love You," "I Concentrate On You," "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "So In Love," "Let's Do It," "Just One Of Those Things," "Dream Dancing."





Compiled by Talkin' Broadway Staff.

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