Aficionados of 1950s musicals will rejoice at the release of the soundtrack to the 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame television production of the musical HANS BRINKER OR THE SILVER SKATES, starring Tab Hunter and Peggy Hill. With songs by composer Hugh Martin, this Holland-based tale teems with classic tunes like "Red Sails in the Sunset" and "Young Love." Bonus tracks featuring Hunter and Hill make this an even more attractive package.

"A Teenage Opera," like the Beach Boys' infinitely more celebrated Smile, was never truly completed as such; collectors have always wondered, however, if the project exists as a "lost" album of sorts. This 23-track sequence of tracks by Keith West, Tomorrow, Wirtz, Kippington Lodge, the Sweetshop, Zion de Gallier, and Steve Flynn (some previously unissued), is as close an approximation as can be delivered. The psychedelically-influenced baroque rock-cum-easy listening arrangements are interesting, but really this is too twee and precious to qualify as anything like a lost masterpiece. Nor is it much of an orchestral pop suite; it's more a grouping of songs with a similar sunny fairyland vibe, sounding like an in-progress version of a children's rock record. You're far better off hearing "Teenage Opera," "Sam," and the Tomorrow cuts -- which are the gutsiest and most durable selections here by a wide margin -- on RPM's The Complete Keith West compilation, or the original (and only) Tomorrow album. ~ Richie Unterberger