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CDs Now Available:
Al Jolson: From Broadway to Hollywood
(Garret Mountain Records - new on CD/digital)
Thirty-five rare performances from producer Chip Deffaa's personal collection–including tracks never before released–by the legendary showman who was always billed as "the World's Greatest Entertainer." Audio restoration by Scott Gordon. Graphic design by Frank Dain.
Digital Music Now Available:
Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!
(new digital album)
London cast recording of score by Matthew Floyd Jones and Jon Brittain. Bronté Barbém, Rebekah Hinds, Imelda Warren-Green, Jodie Jacobs, and TJ Lloyd. Now on stage at HOME Theatre 1, in Manchester.
Books Now Available:
Michael Ball: Different Aspects, A Memoir
(Blink Publishing - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
Michael Ball takes the reader backstage inside the making of a West End hit, while diving back into memories to explore that moment in his twenties when the world was at his feet and his life changed beyond recognition. 304 pages.
Public/Private: My Life with Joe Papp at The Public Theater
(Applause - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition)
By Gail Merrifield. Memoir blending a behind-the-scenes history about New York City's Public Theater with an engrossing account of her life working alongside her husband, the Public's founder Joe Papp. 392 pages.
Right This Way: A History of the Audience
(Applause - Hardcover Book/Kindle Edition/Audible Audiobook/Audiobook on CD)
By Robert Viagas. Pop history of audiences through the ages. Walks us through the different types of audiences and the history of their changing behaviors, what science has to say about how our brains respond to what we experience, how technology will continue to shape audiences, and why, during COVID-19, people risked a deadly virus to be part of a crowd. Drawing on perspectives from critics, performers, scholars, and many others. Audiobook narrated by Timothy Frost. 256 pages.
Music to Be Released This Friday, October 20:
Back to the Future: The Musical Deluxe Edition
(Masterworks Broadway - new on 2 CDs)
OLC recording of the score that includes new songs by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard alongside hit songs from the movie, plus bonus disc of 13 demos and early versions: "It's Only a Matter of Time," "Wherever We're Going" (Showcase Version), "Hello, Is Anybody Home?," "It Works," "Cake (And Eat It Too)," "It's What I Do," "Good at Being Bad," "Future Boy," "One Way Street," "Time Travel Is a Dangerous Thing," "Connections," "When You're Really Cool," "For the Dreamers." Cast includes Roger Bart and Olly Dobson, Hugh Coles, Rosanna Hyland, Cedric Neal, Aidan Cutler, and Courtney-Mae Briggs. Expanded booklet.
Chris Botti: Vol. 1
(Blue Note - new on CD/digital)
New renditions of "Danny Boy," "Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered," "Two for the Road," "Paris" (with John Splithof), "Blue in Green," "Someday My Prince Will Come," "Time On My Hands," "My Funny Valentine," "Fix You," "Old Folks." Features performances by violinist Joshua Bell, pianist Taylor Eigsti, guitarist Gilad Hekselman, and others. Produced by David Foster.
Keep Walkin': Singles, Demos & Rarities 1965-1978
(Light in the Attic - new on CD/Vinyl/digital/8-track Tape)
Exploring the lesser-known gems from Nancy Sinatra's catalog through B-sides, rare singles, covers, demos, and previously-unreleased recordings. "The City Never Sleeps at Night," "The Last of the Secret Agents," "My Baby Cried All Night Long," "Shades, in Our Time," "Love Eyes," "Rockin' Rock and Roll," "This Town," "Tony Rome," "100 Years," "See the Little Children," "Something Pretty" *, "Do I Hear a Waltz" *, "Drummer Man, Zodiac Blues," "Highway Song," "Are You Growing Tired of My Love," "Flowers in the Rain," "Glory Road," "Ain't No Sunshine," "Easy Evil," "Sugar Me," "Kinky Love," "Dolly and Hawkeye," "I Just Can't Help Believing" *. * = previously unreleased. Remastered by John Baldwin
Newly Listed Recordings:
November 3:
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes soundtrack with rare bonus tracks
(Sepia Records - new on CD)
"As complete as possible" soundtrack release from the 1953 film. Songs by Jule Styne
and Leo Robin. Includes rare bonus tracks such as demos and outtakes. Also included are the movie songs recorded in French for the French market. 23 tracks. SepiaRecords.com.
December 1:
Julie Benko: Christmas with You
(Club44 Records - new EP)
"The Man with the Bag," "(I Never Had a) Christmas with You" (with Mykal Kilgore) - available now, "Tumbalalaika," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
January 12, 2024:
Kimberly Akimbo
(Ghostlight Records - 2-disc vinyl set)
2022 original Broadway cast recording of score by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire. Victoria Clark, Steven Boyer, Justin Cooley, Alli Mauzey, Bonnie Milligan, Olivia Elease Hardy, Fernell Hogan, Michael Iskander, Nina White. DISC 1: "Skater Planet," "Hello, Darling," "Make a Wish," "Anagram," "Better," "Hello, Darling #2," "Father Time," "Happy for Her," "This Time"; DISC 2: "How to Wash a Check," "Good Kid," "Hello, Baby," "Skater Planet (Reprise)," "Our Disease," "The Inevitable Turn," "Now," "How to Wash a Check (Reprise)," "Before I Go," "Great Adventure." If booklet is the same as the CD, it features complete lyrics, color photography and liner notes by Washington Post theater writer Peter Marks. GhostlightRecords.com. Released earlier in digital format.
Newly Listed Books:
April 15, 2024:
On Bette Midler: An Opinionated Guide
(Oxford Univ Press - Hardcover Book)
By Kevin Winkler. Traces the early development of Midler's performing ethos from New York's downtown experimental theater scene and examines her impact across media, with chapters on the soaring highs (and occasional cringe-worthy lows) of her stage work, movies, recordings, and television appearances, and considers her influence as an environmental activist and social media presence. Features performance analysis and deeply researched background information, all supporting informed - and divinely opinionated - consideration of Midler the artist. 224 pages.
