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January 22, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Allen Ginsberg At Reed College Howl

Omnivore Recordings is heating up this winter with a trio of spoken-word releases from two legendary and provocative figures, Richard Pryor and Allen Ginsberg. Richard Pryor (1940-2005) wasn't just one of the most significant and influential stand-up comedians of all time but also a genuine film superstar, an accomplished writer, an Emmy Award recipient, Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize honoree, and five-time Grammy Award winner.  Omnivore Recordings is traveling back to the early years of the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Vinyl Genre: Comedy, Everything Else, Poetry Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Richard Pryor

October 19, 2020 By Sam Stone 3 Comments

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"I cut off my hair and I rode straight away, for that wild unknown country where I could not go wrong."  So sings Bob Dylan in "Isis."  It's a line fitting for the mercurial Dylan, especially in 1975 as he and his merry cohorts - both friends and musicians - embarked on a tour of North American cities large and small on the circus-like Rolling Thunder Revue. Back in 2019, we told you about Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese.  Part concert document and part

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, DVD Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Patti Smith, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Roger McGuinn

June 12, 2020 By Sam Stone 17 Comments

Today, Paul McCartney fans everywhere have much to celebrate as the inimitable musician has announced the July 31st release of the latest volume in his ongoing Archives series -  this one's a look back on Flaming Pie, an album that marked a sort of return to form upon its release in 1997. Inspired by the simpler, more immediate recording style that The Beatles used decades before, Paul McCartney returned to Abbey Road with some of his favorite collaborators, including Ringo Starr, George Martin,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Pop Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Jeff Lynne, Lenny Kaye, Paul McCartney, Philip Glass, Ringo Starr, Steve Miller

June 23, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Purple Rain 2017

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Prince, Purple Rain: Music from the Motion Picture (various formats) (Warner Bros.) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. At long, long last - a deluxe, expanded Purple Rain arrives in various formats, including a 2-CD iteration with 11 previously unreleased outtakes and a 3-CD/1-DVD version adding a third CD of 15 single edits and

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Allen Ginsberg, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Glenn Morrow, Neil Young, Prince, Radiohead, Willie Nile

April 7, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! B.J. Thomas, New Looks from an Old Lover-The Complete Columbia Singles (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) New Looks from an Old Lover - The Complete Columbia Singles from B.J. Thomas gathers up all of the A and B sides the singer recorded for that label during his tenure there in the 1980s including the No. 3 Country hit "Two Car Garage" and two No. 1s: "Whatever Happened To Old-Fashioned Love" and "New Looks from an

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock Tags: Allan Holdsworth, Allen Ginsberg, Antonio Carlos Jobim, B.J. Thomas, Brinsley Schwarz, David Allan Coe, Frank Sinatra, Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen, Waylon Jennings

February 28, 2017 By Randy Fairman 1 Comment

BJ Thomas New Looks

As the winter season draws to a close, we now look ahead to spring.  Real Gone Music has just announced its titles for the first full month of the season.  Due on April 7, the new slate features country and spoken word projects together with a few limited vinyl repressings. First up is a release featuring notes by our very own Joe Marchese.  The single disc New Looks from an Old Lover - The Complete Columbia Singles from B.J. Thomas gathers up all of the A and B sides the singer recorded for

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Everything Else, Pop, Rock Tags: Allen Ginsberg, B.J. Thomas, David Allan Coe, Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen

May 20, 2016 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

ChangesOneBowie

Welcome to this week's packed Release Round-Up! David Bowie, ChangesOneBowie (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) ChangesOneBowie returns from Parlophone in a 40th anniversary edition available on vinyl, CD and digital formats.  Originally issued on RCA in May 20, 1976, ChangesOneBowie was the first key compilation album from superstar David Bowie.  Collecting songs dating back to 1969, the 11-track album introduced the single "John, I'm Only Dancing" on LP

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Adam & The Ants, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Dave Grusin, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt, Marvin Hamlisch, Mudcrutch, The Highwaymen, Willie Nelson

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