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June 12, 2025 By Mike Duquette 2 Comments

Stax Revue 65

The Southern soul of Stax Records truly knew no boundaries. This summer, a classic instance of its staying power, recorded live in concert, will be revisited on a new 2CD/2LP set. Stax Revue: Live in '65! expands a pivotal pair of concerts undertaken at the 5-4 Ballroom in Los Angeles 60 summers ago when the Memphis label - newly bolstered by a distribution deal with Atlantic Records - took several of its marquee acts to the West Coast (many for the first time) for a spirited club set packed

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Booker T. & The MG's, Carla Thomas, David Porter, Rufus Thomas, William Bell, Wilson Pickett

April 15, 2021 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Rod Stewart 1975 1978

Some guys have all the luck: Rod Stewart is about to see his first four Warner Bros. Records albums collected on a new vinyl box set.  Stewart moved to the Burbank label with 1975's Atlantic Crossing, inaugurating his most commercially successful period.  Atlantic Crossing, A Night on the Town (1976), Foot Loose and Fancy Free (1977), and Blondes Have More Fun (1978) took the Faces co-founder to new heights of superstardom, with each album earning platinum (or multi-platinum) certifications on

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Booker T. & The MG's, Rod Stewart

February 28, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Stax Does the Beatles

Record Store Day announcements are coming fast and furious, and one of the first out of the gate hails from Craft Recordings.  The label has a variety of packages coming soon for the RSD festivities at your local independent retailer on Saturday, April 13! Here's the full list from Craft with descriptions provided by the label. Violent Femmes, Hallowed Ground (LP): Hallowed Ground is the follow up to the Violent Femmes' legendary self-titled 1983 debut. As with the first album, all of the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Albert King, Bingo Hand Job, Booker T. & The MG's, Otis Redding, Record Store Day, The Bar-Kays, The Beatles, Violent Femmes

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