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Release Round-Up: Week of May 28

May 28, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Get on Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia Vol. 1 (Snapper/United Souls) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Burning Shed) Get On Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Vol. 1 is the first in a series of box sets from the U.K.-based United Souls label, an imprint of Snapper Music, which will ultimately collect the entire Philadelphia International albums discography on CD. The slipcased, 8-CD/1-12″ single hardcover book-style set will feature the following eight albums, originally released between 1971 and 1973: Billy…

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

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Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks

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Abbey Lincoln, Belinda Carlisle, Billy Paul, David Bowie, Dick Jensen, Donald Fagen, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, John Cleese, MFSB, Moby, Nat Turner Rebellion, Pink Floyd, The Intruders, The O'Jays, k.d. lang

People All Over the World, Join Hands: United Souls Announces First Philadelphia International Records Albums Box Set, “Get On Board the Love Train”

March 8, 2021 by Joe Marchese | 14 Comments

Back in late January, we shared news of Philadelphia International Records’ 50th anniversary plans. The centerpiece of the campaign announced by Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings was a series of CD box sets presenting every PIR album in chronological order. Now, the first of those box sets is available for pre-order with a release date of May 28. Get On Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Vol. 1 is a product of the U.K.-based United Souls, an imprint of Snapper Music. The slipcased, 8-CD/1-12″ single hardcover book-style set will…

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Box Sets, CD, Vinyl

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R&B/Soul

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Billy Paul, Dick Jensen, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, MFSB, The Intruders, The O'Jays, Thom Bell

Review: Dick Jensen, “Dick Jensen” – A Lost Philadelphia Soul Classic

January 29, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

When Dick Jensen was signed to ABC’s Probe Records label in 1969, only one album title seemed appropriate: White Hot Soul. The Hawaiian-born entertainer’s stage moves earned him comparisons to James Brown and Jackie Wilson, while his voice recalled the booming sonorities of Tom Jones or Engelbert Humperdinck. Tucked away on Side Two of that Don Costa-produced LP, Jensen included The Soul Survivors’ “Expressway to Your Heart” as part of a medley. That 1967 Top 5 hit, of course, was written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, later to found Philadelphia International…

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R&B/Soul

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Dick Jensen, Gamble and Huff, Thom Bell

Big Break Serves Up Soul, Jazz and Funk from Carmen McRae, Billy Paul, Azteca and More

January 29, 2013 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Timeless soul music knows no regional boundaries, at least based on the latest quintet of releases from Cherry Red’s Big Break Records imprint. With this group of reissues, you’ll travel to Philadelphia by way of Hawaii, Oakland, Harlem and Chicago. All of the titles previewed below are available now in the U.K. and next Tuesday, February 5, in the U.S.! Two new titles hail from the Philadelphia International Records catalogue. Perhaps most exciting is the first CD release outside of Japan for 1973’s Dick Jensen, the self-titled album by the renowned entertainer…

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Jazz, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul

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Azteca, Billy Paul, Carmen McRae, Dick Jensen, Tyrone Davis