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October 5, 2020 By Joe Marchese 8 Comments

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October is upon us, and while 2020 hasn't given us much to rejoice about, the holiday season is almost here.  Before the month is out, radio stations will begin switching to seasonal formats, and television will begin showing yuletide movies.  With a never-ending barrage of bad news, "we need a little Christmas right this very minute" has hardly seemed more apt.  Sony's Legacy Recordings is getting a head start on Christmas this year with the release on vinyl of 10 favorite albums from the

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Alabama, Andy Williams, Darlene Love, Dean Martin, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Gene Autry, Johnny Mathis, Kenny G, Kenny Rogers, Perry Como, Phil Spector, The Crystals, The Ronettes

October 3, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

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Sure, you can wait to find Real Gone's lineup of holiday-themed titles under the tree, but why wait?  A trio of merry Yuletide albums will be available on color vinyl on November 1, including Cyndi Lauper's Merry Christmas... Have A Nice Life!, the Home Alone Christmas soundtrack compilation, and the soundtrack to Love Actually. First up: Cyndi Lauper's Merry Christmas... Have A Nice Life! This often-overlooked slice of Lauper's discography is a fresh spin on the time-honored tradition of

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Holiday, Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Alan Jackson, Atlantic Starr, Cyndi Lauper, Darlene Love, Dido, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, Kelly Clarkson, Lisa Fischer, Maroon 5, Mel Tormé, Norah Jones, Otis Redding, Southside Johnny, The Beach Boys, The Pointer Sisters, TLC, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

September 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Grateful Dead Definitive Live

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up including a couple of spectacular new box sets, one acclaimed soundtrack, numerous reissues and anthologies, and the return of a few beloved artists! a-ha, Hunting High and Low: 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) The 1985 debut from a-ha gets super-sized with Rhino's upcoming 4-CD/1-DVD edition.  Disc One has the original, remastered album, while Disc Two boasts 25 demos, Disc Three has 15

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: a-ha, Brian Wilson, Darlene Love, David Gilmour, Dr. John, Elyse Weinberg, Erroll Garner, Grateful Dead, Judy Collins, Keith Richards, Otis Redding, Patti LuPone

June 1, 2015 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Sweet Things from Greenwich and Barry

With Sweet Things, Ace Records has picked a most apt title for its third volume of music from the Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry songbook (Ace CDCHD 1434).  Though Greenwich and Barry were united as husband and wife for just the short period of 1962-1965, and only worked together for a short time after that, a year hasn't gone by since when their enduring songs haven't been recorded and re-recorded.  The collection's 24 titles span 1963-1978 and blend hits and rarities from the duo with tracks

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Darlene Love, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector, The Crystals, The Shangri-Las, Various Artists

July 22, 2013 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Perhaps the time just wasn’t right for The Idolmaker.  Director Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman, Ray) made his feature-length motion picture debut with the 1980 film based on the life of Philadelphia impresario Bob Marcucci, enlisting Ray Sharkey to play the fictionalized manager Vincent Vacari.  In reality, Marcucci had discovered Frankie Avalon and Fabian; in the film, the teen idols were Tommy Dee (Paul Land) and Caesare (Peter Gallagher).  The United Artists picture received some

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Darlene Love, Jeff Barry, Nino and April, The Sweet Inspirations

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