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March 11, 2022 By The Second Disc 3 Comments

KISS Off the Soundboard Virginia Beach

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the titles arriving in stores today! Grateful Dead, Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 4: From Egypt with Love (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) A little over a month after playing a concert on the desert grounds surrounding the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Grateful Dead returned home to San Francisco for a five-show stint at Winterland.  The band brought along a slide show of their Egyptian stand

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Alison Krauss, Amy Grant, Bryan Adams, Carole King, Celine Dion, Dolly Parton, Grateful Dead, Hank Williams, Harry Connick Jr., Irma Thomas, KISS, Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Ronnie Milsap, Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill

March 10, 2022 By Randy Fairman Leave a Comment

Irma Thomas Full Time Woman Vinyl

Tomorrow, March 11, sees a new batch of Real Gone Music vinyl titles hitting store shelves.  Among the trio is a lost album by Irma Thomas and a pair of soundtracks to Nora Ephron rom-coms.  Two of the releases are making their vinyl debuts. First up is Full Time Woman: The Lost Cotillion Album from Irma Thomas.  Thomas, known as "The Soul Queen of New Orleans," was born approximately 50 miles from that city in Ponchatoula, Louisiana in 1941.  As a child, she sang in church choir and began

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Soundtracks Tags: Bobby Darin, Carole King, Celine Dion, Harry Connick Jr., Harry Nilsson, Irma Thomas, Randy Newman

July 31, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

JAMES BOOKER FRONT VINYL 900x

Today, Craft Recordings releases a pair of vinyl reissues from two of the most enduring New Orleans musicians of the modern era:  James Booker's Classified and Irma Thomas' After The Rain.  Both are part of Craft's ongoing celebration of Rounder Records' golden anniversary. Piano virtuoso James Booker proved himself to be one of the most unique, trail-blazing pianists to come out of New Orleans.  Over the course of his career, he released a No. 3 R&B single "Gonzo," performed alongside

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Irma Thomas, James Booker

July 31, 2020 By The Second Disc 6 Comments

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Paul McCartney, The Paul McCartney Archive Collection: Flaming Pie [Various Formats] (MPL/Capitol/UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Deluxe 5CD/2DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Super Deluxe 5CD/2DVD/4LP: Paul McCartney Online Shop 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Paul McCartney Archive Collection returns with a new volume dedicated to Macca's

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock Tags: Airto, Alanis Morissette, Bobbie Gentry, Burt Bacharach, Cat Stevens, Daniel Tashian, Errol Dunkley, Irma Thomas, James Booker, Jon Anderson, Little Steven, Man, Paul McCartney, Pete Rodriguez, Soul Asylum, The Zombies

April 9, 2019 By

SFW JazzFest

To celebrate the fiftieth year of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has announced the May 10 release of the new box set, Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The 5-disc set is presented as a large-format, 12"x12" book. Inside its 136 pages are numerous photos spanning the festival's history, plus many essays and discographical annotations. There's a forward from festival founder George Wein, as well as notes from Jeff Place and Huib

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Blues, Everything Else, Jazz Tags: Allen Toussaint, Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John, Irma Thomas, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Professor Longhair, Terence Blanchard, The Dixie Cups, The Neville Brothers, Trombone Shorty

April 8, 2019 By Sam Stone 6 Comments

SFW JazzFest

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, or simply "Jazz Fest," as it's become known, is more than a gathering of musicians performing for a crowd. Since its founding, it's become a cultural event; an annual celebration of the unique music, art, food, and people of New Orleans and beyond, with acts ranging from jazz, rock, pop, country, blues, and more. To celebrate the festival's fiftieth year, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has announced the May 10 release of Jazz Fest: The New Orleans

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Folk, Funk, Gospel, Jazz, Rock Tags: Allen Toussaint, Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John, Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball, Newport All-Stars, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Professor Longhair, Snooks Eaglin, Terence Blanchard, The Dixie Cups, The Meters, The Neville Brothers, Trombone Shorty

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