UPDATE (8/8 - 3:21 p.m.): Rats! Eagle-eyed reader Jason Michael points out that the Amazon U.K. listing now offers for you to "sign up to learn when this title will be available." When it comes back, here's hoping the price is as good as it was! Original post: Here's an incredibly interesting deal from Sony's U.K. budget arm: a rather thorough box set celebrating classic albums from merry old England! It's been a good year for queen and country. There was the Silver Jubilee in spring. This
Archives for August 8, 2012
Let It Snow! Omnivore Celebrates Christmas with Comedienne, Actress and Singer Edie Adams
Let it snow! It may only be August, but the annual spate of holiday-themed releases is just around the corner. And we're pleased as punch (or egg nog!) to inaugurate our coverage of this year's crop with the announcement of the all-new, yet all-vintage, Edie Adams Christmas Album! It's arriving on October 9 from our busy friends at Omnivore Recordings, the label fresh off the first-time release of Ernie Kovacs' Percy Dovetonsils Thpeaks! Kovacs, of course, was Adams' co-star and husband
Turn You "Inside Out": Omnivore to Premiere "Athens, GA" Soundtrack on CD
They called it "the Liverpool of the South," and for good reason. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Athens, GA became an overnight hotbed for some of the quirkiest rock and roll music in the country. The creation of local hangout The 40 Watt Club, a bustling scene of professionals who were as much fans as they were musicians and some huge would-be world conquerors and local heroes like The B-52's, Pylon, Love Tractor and R.E.M. all made the Athens scene a killer destination alongside the