VA – Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (2023)
In its heyday, Stax Records was synonymous with soul music’s biggest stars – from Otis Redding and Carla Thomas to Sam & Dave and the Staple Singers. But behind their iconic hits was a talented...
View ArticleVA – Where Have All The Bootboys Gone? A Celebration Of Yob Rock (2023)
“A Celebration Of Yob Rock”. A swaggering 3CD collection featuring 60 tracks that were the soundtrack to the terraces and back streets of 70s Britain. Featuring ‘Lads Rock’ legends The Faces, Mott The...
View ArticleThe RAH Band – Clouds Across the Moon: The RAH Band Story Volume Two (2023)
A 75-track 5CD box set. 58 tracks previously unreleased on CD including 29 tracks previously unreleased on any format. The second of two comprehensive 5CD box sets covering the recordings of the Rah...
View ArticleFrank Zappa – Funky Nothingness (2023)
In the pantheon of jazz-rock, Frank Zappa’s 1969 LP Hot Rats is surely near the pinnacle. The primarily instrumental album recorded by Zappa, multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood, and the top tier of...
View ArticleGrateful Dead – RFK Stadium, Washington, DC, 6/10/73 (2023)
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 1973. At...
View ArticleBlossom Dearie – Discover Who I Am: The Fontana Years London 1966-1970 (2023)
In a career spanning six decades and over 30 albums, singer-pianist-songwriter Blossom Dearie (1924-2009) garnered attention from popular song’s finest writers including Michel Legrand, Bob Dorough,...
View ArticleGrateful Dead – Here Comes Sunshine 1973 (2023)
In the spring of 1973, the Grateful Dead was universally praised for delivering a consistently spectacular series of performances. The band was dialed in for the season’s final five shows, including...
View ArticleTracie – Souls On Fire: The Recordings 1983-1986 (2023)
In the mid-80s, Tracie was best known for her connection to Paul Weller and his groups the Jam and the Style Council. She provided vocals for the former’s last single “Beat Surrender” and the latter’s...
View ArticleJohn Zorn – John Zorn’s Bagatelles vol. 13-16 (2023)
From March to May 2015, John Zorn composed 300 new tunes that were eventually collected into a book of music he called The Bagatelles. After 5 years of performances around the world in venues large...
View ArticleVA – Kids On the Street: UK Power Pop and New Wave 1977-1981 (2022)
The emergence of punk rock in the U.K. in the mid-’70s had a massive impact that extended far beyond the spiky hair and safety pin brigade. It made the pretension and excess that tainted much of...
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