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The Weekend Stream: November 12, 2022

November 12, 2022 by Mike Duquette | 5 Comments

Welcome to The Weekend Stream, a relaxing weekly review of notable digital-only catalogue titles. There may be no CD or vinyl, but there’s plenty of great new/old music to usher you into the weekend. This week features a new version of a pop legend’s most recent compilation, great proto-Motown soul, an expanded version of Robert Glasper’s breakout album, Bon Jovi in Spanish(?) and a heap of early Christmas gifts. Check it out! Elton John, Diamonds (Deluxe) (Virgin/EMI) (iTunes / Amazon) Elton John’s 2017 compilation has been a considerable chart mainstay since its…

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The Weekend Stream

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

Genres:

Blues, Electronic, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock

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808 State, Bon Jovi, Charlie Parker, Elton John, Lionel Richie, MC Tunes, Marv Johnson, Ne-Yo, Robert Glasper, The Beach Boys

Everybody Dance Now! Cherry Red’s Soul Time Imprint Collects Northern Soul, Detroit Rarities

March 20, 2018 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Cherry Red’s Soul Time imprint is on fire! The crate-digging team there unearthed two box sets’ worth of R&B rarities in the final months of 2017 that we’re happy to spotlight now! Mr. M’s Northern Soul 1974-1981 is a 3-CD set celebrating the “oldies room” at the Wigan Casino, the late, fondly-remembered club in Wigan, England famous for its northern soul all-nighters held each Saturday from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m. Sunday morning. Mr. M’s was born out of necessity in 1974, a “club within a club” created to alleviate crowds and…

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News

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Box Sets, CD

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R&B/Soul

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Bunny Sigler, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Marv Johnson, Ronnie Milsap, The Contours, The Falcons, Tony Joe White, Various Artists

He’s Got What It Takes: Marv Johnson’s Motown Years Coming from Kent

April 5, 2011 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

the complete motown recordings 1964 1971

Had Marv Johnson (1938-1993) accomplished nothing else, he would still go down in history as the first artist heard on a Motown single. The very first release to come out of Berry Gordy’s mighty empire in January 1959, Tamla 101, was Johnson’s “Come to Me” b/w “Whisper,” both sides of which were written by Gordy and the artist. Thankfully, Johnson did accomplish much more musically, and as a testament to his legacy, Ace’s Kent label will release I’ll Pick a Rose for My Rose: The Complete Marv Johnson at Motown 1964-1971 as…

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News

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R&B/Soul

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Marv Johnson