Shine Her Light: “The Midnight Special” Box Set Arrives In September with...
Between August 1972 and May 1981, late night television was a little more rockin’. Producer Burt Sugarman’s The Midnight Special followed Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show on Friday evenings, welcoming...
View ArticleI Knew You Were Waiting: Funky Town Grooves Expands More From Aretha Franklin
Funky Town Grooves is showing some love for the Queen of Soul. Following the label’s 2012 two-disc expansion of Aretha Franklin’s 1985 “comeback” Who’s Zoomin’ Who, December will see similar releases...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of December 15
The Kinks, Anthology 1964-1971 (BMG/InGrooves, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Producer Andrew Sandoval (the recent The Monkees: Super Deluxe Edition) helms this kink-sized 5-CD kollection of hits,...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of January 6
Jackie Moore, The Complete Atlantic Recordings (2-CD Release) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain: Original Soundtrack Gatefold Double-LP (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)...
View ArticleElla, Satchmo, Aretha, Miles and The Merm Featured On Starbucks’“Fascinating...
When The Library of Congress established a Prize for Popular Song in 2007, one name was affixed to it: Gershwin. With no disrespect to Messrs. Berlin, Porter, Rodgers and company, George and Ira’s...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of November 13
(The post may contain Amazon affiliate links.) It may be Friday the 13th, but today’s choice releases are hardly scary, with box sets, archival releases, new music from veteran artists, and much, much...
View ArticleAce Collects Classic Beatles Covers On "Let It Be: Black America Sings...
If there was ever any doubt as to the versatility, adaptability and endurance of the songs of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, it would certainly be dispelled by Ace’s new release of...
View ArticleShine Her Light: "The Midnight Special" Box Set Arrives In September with...
Between August 1972 and May 1981, late night television was a little more rockin’. Producer Burt Sugarman’s The Midnight Special followed Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show on Friday evenings, welcoming...
View ArticleI Knew You Were Waiting: Funky Town Grooves Expands More From Aretha Franklin
Funky Town Grooves is showing some love for the Queen of Soul. Following the label’s 2012 two-disc expansion of Aretha Franklin’s 1985 “comeback” Who’s Zoomin’ Who, December will see similar releases...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of December 15
The Kinks, Anthology 1964-1971 (BMG/InGrooves, 2014) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) Producer Andrew Sandoval (the recent The Monkees: Super Deluxe Edition) helms this kink-sized 5-CD kollection of hits,...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of January 6
Jackie Moore, The Complete Atlantic Recordings (2-CD Release) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) / Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain: Original Soundtrack Gatefold Double-LP (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)...
View ArticleElla, Satchmo, Aretha, Miles and The Merm Featured On Starbucks'"Fascinating...
When The Library of Congress established a Prize for Popular Song in 2007, one name was affixed to it: Gershwin. With no disrespect to Messrs. Berlin, Porter, Rodgers and company, George and Ira’s...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of November 13
It may be Friday the 13th, but today's choice releases are hardly scary, with box sets, archival releases, new music from veteran artists, and much, much more! Aretha Franklin, The Atlantic Albums...
View ArticleAce Collects Classic Beatles Covers On "Let It Be: Black America Sings...
If there was ever any doubt as to the versatility, adaptability and endurance of the songs of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, it would certainly be dispelled by Ace’s new release of...
View ArticleFeelin’ Groovy: Rhino Plans Vinyl Celebrations for Summer of Love Anniversary
Five decades ago, in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, a social movement was growing. Young people, with heads full of progressive ideas and evolving attitudes toward sex, drugs and rock...
View ArticleThe Beat Goes On: Ace Collects Rock and Soul of “1967: The Year Pop Divided”
Late in 2015, Ace Records released the compilation Jon Savage’s 1966: The Year The Decade Exploded to coincide with the publication of the author-historian’s book of the same name. Now, Ace and Savage...
View ArticleGive Your Propers: New Aretha Franklin Project Combines Classics with New...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Aretha Franklin’s arrival at Atlantic Records in 1967 after departing Columbia Records. Her twelve year-tenure there would produce some of the most iconic soul...
View ArticleThat’s What Friends Are For: Clive Davis Soundtrack Features Barry, Whitney,...
This past April, New York’s Radio City Music Hall hosted a prestigious premiere. The film was Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, and the screening was accompanied by an all-star concert...
View ArticleTori Amos, Richard Hell Lead Rhino’s Record Store Day Black Friday Slate
Rhino Records is planning 11 titles for this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday–and two of them are fairly unexpected catalogue treats from two very different artists. First up, the label has...
View ArticleRelease Round-Up: Week of November 10
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Elton John, Diamonds [Various Formats] (UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. /...
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