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October 14, 2022 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Ian Hunter Once Bitten CBS Collection

Ian Hunter departed from Mott the Hoople in 1974, having guided the band from hard rock to glam through seven studio albums and such hits as "All the Young Dudes," "Honaloochie Boogie," "All the Way from Memphis," "Roll Away the Stone," and "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll."  Upon leaving Mott, Hunter jumped into a solo career that continues to this day, having produced nearly two dozen studio and live LPs.  Now, Demon Music Group is celebrating one period of Hunter's career with a 2-LP

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson

January 8, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Blue Oyster Cult Live Pasadena

Welcome to our first Release Round-Up of 2021! Blue Oyster Cult, Live '83 (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Live '83 presents a treasured Blue Oyster Cult concert from Perkins Palace in Pasadena on CD for the first time ever following the gatefold, 2-LP edition on blue with black swirl vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday 2020. Originally recorded for radio broadcast, tapes of this show have circulated among fans for decades and have become a go-to for

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock Tags: Barry Gibb, Bee Gees, Cleveland Eaton, Grateful Dead, Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople

June 24, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Iron City Houserockers Have a Good Time

With apologies to John Lennon, Joe Grushecky is a working-class hero. A special education teacher by day and musician by night, Grushecky has worked for decades in inner-city Pittsburgh to help children battling severe developmental, emotional, and physical disabilities. Determination, grit, and authenticity have long been among his trademarks as an artist. Now, Cleveland International Records has reissued his sophomore album, recorded with his band The Iron City Houserockers, in a 2-CD or 2-LP

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Categories: Reviews Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Ian Hunter, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, Little Steven, Mick Ronson

April 20, 2020 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Iron City Houserockers Have a Good Time

Pittsburgh native Joe Grushecky burst onto the national music scene in 1979 as leader of the Iron City Houserockers. Their debut album on MCA Records, 1979's Love's So Tough, conjured an authentic blue-collar milieu and recalled a harder-edged E Street Band. The band upped their game with follow-up release Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive! in 1980. Now, that bar-band classic is returning to print in a newly expanded edition adding a second disc with 16 previously unreleased tracks including

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Ian Hunter, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, Little Steven, Mick Ronson

February 10, 2020 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

Mick Ronson Only After Dark

The late Mick Ronson (1946-1993) was inextricably linked with David Bowie, playing with the superstar during his pre-fame days in The Hype and then as a Spider from Mars supporting Ziggy Stardust. But while Ronno's powerful licks still reverberate from his time with Bowie - on albums including The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars, Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane, The Man Who Sold the World, Pin Ups, and Lou Reed's Transformer - he left behind a rich legacy of music in other

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: David Bowie, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, Mott the Hoople

April 5, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Spying Through a Keyhole

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs (Parlophone) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Spying Through a Keyhole: Demos and Unreleased Songs is the new box set with four seven-inch vinyl singles of some of Bowie's earliest material.  It will feature nine rare, monaural recordings, including mostly solo vocal-and-guitar versions of familiar songs ("Space Oddity" in its earliest known version, "London Bye Ta Ta,"

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barry White, David Bowie, Don Felder, Ian Hunter, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Meat Loaf, Mike + the Mechanics, New Order, Reba McEntire, The Searchers, Todd Rundgren, Utopia

February 28, 2019 By

VA ClevelandRocks

CD:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP:  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Cleveland's rock scene during the '70s was largely championed by Steve Popovich, a former Cleveland resident who ended up being the head of A&R at Epic.  In mid-1976, he left the corporate rock world and headed back home to Cleveland, where he set up Cleveland International Records, part record label, part management company, part marketing consulting group.  Throughout the '70s, Cleveland

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Ellen Foley, Essence, Euclid Beach Band, Ian Hunter, Jim Steinman, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, Just Us Girls, Meat Loaf, Mike Berry, Ronnie Spector, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, The Boyzz, The E Street Band, The Rovers

February 22, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Curtisayfield KeepOnKeepingOn 2

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! We kick off with not one, but two, releases from The Zombies! The Zombies, The Complete Studio Recordings (Varese Vintage) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are being celebrated this week with two comprehensive vinyl box sets - one for the U.S., and one for the U.K. market.  The 5-LP, 61-track U.S. version, from Varese Vintage, includes the band's two American albums in mono - She's Not

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Curtis Mayfield, Engelbert Humperdinck, Greenslade, Ian Hunter, Judy Garland, Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein, Ray Charles, Renaissance, REO Speedwagon, Santana, Tangerine Dream, Tear Gas, The Byrds, The Flamin' Groovies, The Zombies, U2

February 21, 2019 By Sam Stone 8 Comments

VA ClevelandRocks

"Cleveland Rocks" is the name of one of Ian Hunter's best-loved compositions. First released in 1979, it's since became the de-facto anthem of the city, a rock proclamation whose title has always rung true.  Cleveland's rock scene during the '70s was largely championed by Steve Popovich, a former Cleveland resident who ended up being the head of A&R at Epic.  In mid-1976, he left the corporate rock world and headed back home to Cleveland, where he set up Cleveland International Records, part

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Ellen Foley, Essence, Euclid Beach Band, Ian Hunter, Jim Steinman, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, Just Us Girls, Meat Loaf, Mike Berry, Ronnie Spector, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, The Boyzz, The E Street Band, The Rovers

November 12, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Upon his departure from Mott the Hoople, frontman Ian Hunter wasted little time in establishing a solo career. His first, eponymous solo album in 1975 yielded the single that made Hunter’s name as a solo artist, the original version of “Once Bitten, Twice Shy.” Recorded at George Martin’s AIR Studios, “Once Bitten” boasted Hunter’s old cohort Mick Ronson as arranger, guitarist and co-producer, and the track made it all the way to No. 14 on the U.K. chart. (Great White’s 1989 cover version

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Categories: Giveaways!, News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Country Tags: Ian Hunter, Ray Price

October 29, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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Categories: Giveaways! Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Ian Hunter

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