VIA PRESS RELEASE | Mr. Soul: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture arrives at all platforms today via Hillman Grad Records/Def Jam Recordings. The all-star soundtrack, with classic soul/R&B tracks from Donny Hathaway, Patti LaBelle, Hugh Masekela, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Delfonics, Kool & the Gang, and others, is a celebration of […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | “I got a strange view of the world from ‘60s kids TV because anarchists and drug addicts ran it,” says Pat Fish AKA The Jazz Butcher as explanation for his slew of albums, singles and EPs that emerged between 1983 and 1995, a mere 12 years of madcap creativity part of […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film By Todd Haynes – Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack, a 2CD and digital soundtrack that features both well-known and rare Velvet Underground tracks, will be released on October 15, 2021 via Republic Records/UMe. Curated by the documentary’s director, Todd Haynes, and music supervisor Randall […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Omnivore to reissue Songs of the Spires, Walk on Well Lighted Streets, and Welcoming a New Ice Age, all with bonus tracks. If you listened to L.A.’s World Famous KROQ or the many KROQ-inspired radio stations throughout the nation in the 1980s, you’ve probably heard Gleaming Spires. Their song “Are You […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Blues guitarists have been the foundation of American music for more than a hundred years, back to early acoustic musicians performing in the Deep South. The evolution of the blues has been one of the truly captivating legacies of popular music in America, from early jazz to even country and, to […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Happy Valentine’s Day…now would you like to have your mind blown? That’s what happened to anyone who attended this 1968 concert at the Carousel Ballroom, which has long been considered to be one of the greatest early Dead shows (and is reputed to be one of Phil Lesh’s favorite performances). Indeed, […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Throughout Omnivore Recordings’ 12-year relationship with the Buck Owens Private Foundation, one request from the fans was clear and consistent—to make Buck Owens’ late-’60s/early-’70s releases available again as stand-alone reissues. Omnivore is pleased to answer that call and announce nine titles to be released throughout the summer and fall of 2021. […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | On Monday, October 29, 1973, Richard Pryor hit the Comedy Store for night one of a four-show run, the recording of which yielded one of the greatest comic documents of all time. Following the release of his iconic debut album, Richard Pryor, in 1968, Pryor further sharpened his skills and delivered […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | North London independent label Floating World, through their Retroworld reissue division, are thrilled to announce the Friday, June 11th 2021 release of Three Temptations of Alice, a double CD set that yokes together three albums by Alice Cooper—namely Trash (1989), Hey Stoopid (1991) and The Last Temptation (1994). Trash marked a […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | In a fun, Nuggets-like trip back to the Summer of Love era, Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Celebrating the Winston-Salem Sound, due out May 7, 2021 on Omnivore Recordings, shines a strobe light on the vibrant ’60s and ’70s Combo Corner rock scene of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Original members of bands such as Arrogance, […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Road Trips was the successor to the Grateful Dead’s Dick’s Picks series, offering previously unreleased live shows for sale only to the Dead’s online audience. Now, Real Gone Music is bringing the Road Trips series to music retail for the first time. Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 3—Wall of Sound shines […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | In keeping with a promise made to the legendary artist/author and original and founding member of the Supremes, Mary Wilson, Motown/UMe announce the release of Mary Wilson: Expanded Edition, available for pre-order today, here. In time for what would have been Mary Wilson’s 77th Birthday, March 6, we celebrate her birthday […]
Hawthorne, California, may be known as the hometown of the Beach Boys. But another ’60s band of renown originated from that small city south of L.A., as well. Garage rockers the Palace Guard only released six singles during their tenure, but their influence and legacy is undeniable. Original members of the band included brothers Don, […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Back in 2014, with its critically-acclaimed release of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys: Riding Your Way—The Lost Transcriptions for Tiffany Music, 1946-1947, Real Gone Music offered folks a chance to own some of the most revered—and rare—recordings in the history of American music. Now, some seven years later, Real Gone […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Michael Nesmith has always travelled to the beat of a “Different Drum”–whether as the writer of that classic hit for Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys, the wool hat-clad member of The Monkees, or one of the earliest progenitors of the country-rock genre. In recent years, Nesmith has penned a critically […]
