Thirteen Stories Down – the songs of Jonathan Reid Gealt Available 12/14

"Thirteen Stories Down - the songs of Jonathan Reid Gealt" is released digitally December 14th, 2010 on Sh-k-Boom/Ghostlight Records. Physical CD release is set for January 11th, with advanced release available from the Sh-K-Boom Records website. Produced by Lynne Shankel and 7 time GRAMMY Award winner Joel Moss, the album features music supervision by Lynne Shankel, orchestrations by TONY, Drama Desk, and Obie award winner Bruce Coughlin (Light in the Piazza, 9 to 5), Drama Desk Nominee Lynne Shankel (Cry Baby, Altar Boyz), and August Eriksmoen (Memphis, The Addams Family). Vocal Arrangements by Lynne Shankel and Michael McElroy (Big River, RENT).

The album features performances by TONY and Drama Desk nominee Kate Baldwin (Finian's Rainbow, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Will Chase (Billy Elliot, RENT), Tituss Burgess (Guys & Dolls, Little Mermaid), Quentin Earl Darrington (Ragtime), Caissie Levy (Hair, Wicked), Lauren Kennedy (Vanities, Spamalot), Adam Chanler-Berat (Next to Normal), Natalie Weiss (Everyday Rapture, Wicked), Carrie Manolakos (Wicked, Mamma Mia!), Alysha Umphress (American Idiot), Matt Doyle (Gossip Girl, Bye Bye Birdie), Darius de Haas (Marie Christine, RENT), Zak Resnick (The Broadway Boys), Capathia Jenkins (Caroline or Change, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me), IRNE award winner Bridie Carroll (Grease Tour, Pure Country), Adam Armstrong (History Boys LA), and Jonathan Reid Gealt as well as Stephanie Umoh (Ragtime), Lindsay Mendez (Grease, Everyday Rapture), and The Broadway Inspirational Voices.

1. I Am Yours (Caissie Levy)
2. I Wont Have to Anymore (Adam Chanler-Berat)
3. Quiet (Natalie Weiss)
4. My Best Friend (Tituss Burgess & Quentin Earl Darrington) **
5. No Reason at All (Carrie Manolakos)
6. September of '92 (Zak Resnick)
7. Expectations of a Man (Bridie Carroll)
8. Lessons Learned (Will Chase & Kate Baldwin) **
9. Alex...You're Fine! (Lauren Kennedy - feat. Stephanie Umoh & Lindsay Mendez)
10. Lovable (Alysha Umphress) **
11. Stay/I'll Never Go (Adam Armstrong & Jonathan Reid Gealt)
12. Wanting (Matt Doyle & Darius de Haas)
13. Momma Don't Cry (Capathia Jenkins w/ the Broadway Inspirational Voices)

** indicates world premiere

Promotional videos are viewable at the following two links.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrsDZR-1AcU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtu-4t0tR8Q
Pre-Orders are available at the following link
http://sh-k-boom.com/thirteenstoriesdown.shtml

About Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records

Ghostlight was created by and for the Broadway community. The label has since emerged as the standard bearer on the Broadway music scene. Their releases of the OCRs for Tony winners In The Heights and Passing Strange, as well as their single release featuring the winner of MTV's Legally Blonde The Musical competition, have brought them acclaim for their innovative marketing techniques and their efforts to reach the next generation of Broadway music fans via iTunes, music videos and more. The label (and President Kurt Deutsch) recently earned their first ever GRAMMY AWARD for In The Heights. Coverage has ranged from Rolling Stone to USA TODAY to The New York Times, from Blender Magazine to Playbill to Billboard, from AP Radio to Entertainment Weekly, from New York Magazine to Variety to NY-1 TV, from Time Out NY to Paper Magazine to The Advocate and much more. Other current releases include the double CD collector's edition of Reefer Madness and Patti LuPone at Les Mouches, which received expansive and wildly favorable media overage. Their release of Sutton Foster's solo CD, Wish, garnered coverage including two USA TODAY ‘Listen Up Music Picks', an appearance on NBC-TV Weekend Today Show, and a debut on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart. Their releases ofHair, Next to Normal and Everyday Rapture garnered national coverage as well. President Kurt Deutsch was interviewed by PLAYBILL, regarding the label's embrace of 'Broadway's Digital Age':http://www.playbill.com/features/article/118331.html. The label celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year.

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