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October 9, 2023 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Disney100

UPDATE 10/9: "I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing: that it was all started by a mouse."  Walt Disney was, of course, speaking of his enduring creation, Mickey Mouse.  The character's debut in the 1928 animated short subject Steamboat Willie was indeed the watershed moment from which decades of entertainment in every conceivable medium followed.  But the business that became The Walt Disney Company had been founded five years earlier, in 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy.  That's the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Menken, Angela Lansbury, Dick Van Dyke, Helen Reddy, Idina Menzel, Julie Andrews, Phil Harris, Randy Newman, Roger Miller, The Sherman Brothers, Various Artists

May 5, 2023 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Disney100

"I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing: that it was all started by a mouse."  Walt Disney was, of course, speaking of his enduring creation, Mickey Mouse.  The character's debut in the 1928 animated short subject Steamboat Willie was indeed the watershed moment from which decades of entertainment in every conceivable medium followed.  But the business that became The Walt Disney Company had been founded five years earlier, in 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy.  That's the anniversary

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Alan Menken, Angela Lansbury, Dick Van Dyke, Helen Reddy, Idina Menzel, Julie Andrews, Phil Harris, Randy Newman, Roger Miller, The Sherman Brothers, Various Artists

September 30, 2020 By Joe Marchese 21 Comments

Helen Reddy No Way to Treat a Lady

Helen Reddy shocked audiences in 1973 as she accepted her Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Pop Performance and thanked God "because She makes everything possible."  The trophy, of course, was for "I Am Woman," and it was the acceptance speech heard 'round the world.  Helen Reddy had roared.  News broke last evening that the Australian-born singer died at the age of 78, but not before she witnessed her classic anthem take on renewed meaning in modern-day America and around the

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Categories: News Genre: Pop Tags: Helen Reddy

January 20, 2020 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Earth Wind and Fire Spirit SACD

The U.K.'s Dutton Vocalion label has announced its first batch of hybrid SACD releases for 2020, all of which feature original quadraphonic and stereo mixes. (The stereo mixes are playable on all CD players.) This round follows an eclectic array of titles released in 2019 including albums by Paul Revere and The Raiders, The Guess Who, Argent, Blood Sweat & Tears, Carlos Santana, and numerous others. (Visit the Dutton Vocalion website for information on all of these titles and more!) The

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Earth Wind and Fire, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Helen Reddy, Paul Mauriat, The O'Jays

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