Um, um, um, um, um, um, Cherry Red’s RPM Records imprint is ready to do the Monkey! The label has just released Ain’t No Soul (In These Old Shoes): The Complete OKeh Recordings 1963-67 from the late Major Lance. With this 53-track anthology of prime Chicago soul, Major Lance can reclaim his place in the R&B pantheon. Though born in Mississippi (sometime between 1939 and 1941 – no official birthdate was ever confirmed before Lance’s death in 1994), Major Lance and his large family relocated to Chicago as a child. One of…
Release Round-Up: Week of April 21
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Various Artists, Honeybeat: ’60s Groovy Girl-Pop (Real Gone Music) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl Pop, curated by Sheila Burgel from the Sony archives and released on Real Gone Music, features 19 songs from nine different labels, nearly a third of which have never been released on CD. While some tracks come from known artists such as Little Eva, Skeeter Davis and even Nichelle Nichols (who had a brief music career during her…
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Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
September 25, 2026
