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Release Round-Up: Week of March 6

March 6, 2026 by The Second Disc | 11 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, The Ultimate Collection (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada/ Real Gone Music) Real Gone delivers the definitive tribute to Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme with this 4-CD box set. Previously available only as a Public Television pledge incentive, The Ultimate Collection has been curated by David Lawrence and is thematically arranged by disc. It features highlights from Steve and Eydie’s…

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Release Round-Up

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Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Barbara Lewis, Ernie Hines, Ike and Tina Turner, John Pizzarelli, Klaus Nomi, Morrissey, Obituary, Peter Gabriel, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Squeeze, Static-X, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Talking Heads, The Donnas, The Staple Singers, The Tony Rice Unit, Wilson Pickett

Cherry Red, SoulMusic Round-Up, Part Two: Barbara Lewis and Carla Thomas’ Complete Atlantic Recordings Collected

October 29, 2020 by Joe Marchese | 3 Comments

In recent weeks, Cherry Red’s SoulMusic Records imprint has launched a series of mini-box sets drawn from the Atlantic vaults including titles available now from Solomon Burke, Esther Phillips, Barbara Lewis, and Carla Thomas. Yesterday we explored the releases from Burke and Phillips, and today’s spotlight is on Lewis and Thomas! If she had only recorded “Hello, Stranger” and “Baby I’m Yours,” Barbara Lewis‘ place in the pop pantheon would have been assured. But there’s much more to her short discography than just those two big hits. Cherry Red and SoulMusic’s Don’t…

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News

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Box Sets, CD

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Pop, R&B/Soul

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Barbara Lewis, Carla Thomas, Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas

Review: “Stax Singles Vol. 4: Rarities and the Best of the Rest”

March 6, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

Stax Records is rightfully renowned for its catalogue of deep southern soul straight from the heart of Memphis. But, like its famous Detroit competitor Motown, the label founded by Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton released music in a variety of sounds and styles. The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (released in 1991 and reissued by Rhino in 2016 was the first major archival box to begin to address the Stax legacy in record-by-record fashion. It was followed by The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 (1993, reissued 2014) and The Complete Stax-Volt…

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News

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Box Sets, CD

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Country, Gospel, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Barbara Lewis, Big Star, Billy Eckstine, Carla Thomas, Delaney and Bonnie, Isaac Hayes, O.B. McClinton, Rufus Thomas, Various Artists

Holiday Gift Guide Review: “The Stax Vinyl 7s Box”

December 21, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

When it comes to Stax Records’ 60th anniversary celebration, why should CDs have all the fun? The vinyl release of The Stax Vinyl 7s Box from Concord and UMC (STX 00252) brings fourteen rare tracks from across the Stax family of labels to seven 45 RPM singles, all emblazoned with the familiar yellow, finger-snapping logo. Compiler Richard Searling’s raison d’etre is a simple one, as he sets forth in the liner notes: “I’ve selected the content based on my experience of featuring these songs in clubs, on the radio, or just being…

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Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews

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Box Sets, Vinyl

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R&B/Soul

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Barbara Lewis, Carla Thomas, Margie Joseph, Roz Ryan, Various Artists, William Bell

I Feel Good (All Over): Dance All Weekend Long with Kent’s “Cleethorpes Northern Soul Weekender”

July 6, 2012 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Though we’ve come to expect delightful and deeply soulful compilations from Ace’s Kent label, one of Kent’s latest is a particular trip: a trip, in fact, to the Cleethorpes Northern Soul Weekender. The 6Ts Rhythm and Soul Society has been throwing these bashes on a yearly basis since 1993, offering up plenty of dancing and some of the best names in soul music, among them Doris Troy, Barbara Lewis, Tommy Hunt, Bettye LaVette and Maxine Brown. Kent’s The Cleethorpes Northern Soul Weekender, 1993-2012: 20 Soulful Celebrations offers a variety of songs from…

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R&B/Soul

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Barbara Lewis, Bettye LaVette, Doris Troy, Maxine Brown, Tommy Hunt, Various Artists