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Release Round-Up: Week of February 5

February 5, 2021 by The Second Disc | No Comments

Dusty Springfield Complete Atlantic Singles

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Dusty Springfield, The Complete Atlantic Singles 1969-1971 (Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971brings together Dusty Springfield’s 24 U.S. single sides released during her tenure at Atlantic. These tracks have been remastered from the original mono tapes by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision, and all but the eight sides pulled from Dusty in Memphis have never before appeared on CD in these original mixes. TSD’s Joe Marchese provides the new liner notes based on his interviews with Jeff Barry, Thom Bell, and Kenny Gamble….

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

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Blues, Cast Recordings, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Reggae, Rock, Soundtracks

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A.J. Croce, Bill Loose, Bing Crosby, Bob Marley, Calvin Keys, Dusty Springfield, Fine Young Cannibals, Galt MacDermot, John Mayall, John Williams, Melba Moore, Norma Tanega, Rudolph Johnson, The Andersons, The Weeknd, Uncle Walt's Band

Picture On The Wall: John Mayall’s Early Years Collected on 35-CD Box Set, “The First Generation: 1965-1974”

November 11, 2020 by Sam Stone | 5 Comments

JohnMayall FirstGeneration 1965 1974 pl min

In the pantheon of British blues music, few have had as much influence as John Mayall. As the leader of The Bluesbreakers in the ’60s and ’70s (and through to today), he’s sought out and nurtured talented musicians who’d go on to become as legendary as Mayall himself. Indeed, the roster of future legends that passed through the ranks of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers is immense. John McVie, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Paul Butterfield, Aynsley Dunbar, Mick Taylor, Keef Hartley, and Jack Bruce all made sizable contributions to the band’s direction, with Mayall…

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Box Sets, CD

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Blues, Classic Rock

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Aynsley Dunbar, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, John Mayall, John McVie, Keef Hartley, Mick Taylor, Paul Butterfield, Peter Green

Let It Rain: Universal Celebrates Eric Clapton, Mick Ronson with Soundtracks Featuring Beatles, Bowie, More

April 16, 2018 by Joe Marchese | 8 Comments

2018 is already shaping up to be a great year for music documentaries; one such movie, Elvis Presley: The Searcher, recently debuted on HBO to rapturous notices. Soundtracks to two more probing films are on the way from Universal On June 8, the label will deliver both Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars and Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story. No single compilation can successfully capture the entirety of Eric Clapton’s remarkable career, though many from various labels have tried. Life in 12 Bars takes a different approach, featuring 32 tracks on…

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Rock

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, Cream, David Bowie, Derek and the Dominos, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Mick Ronson, Queen