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December 8, 2014 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Without a doubt, 2014 has shaped up to be another joyous year for fans of Christmas music. Sony Music's Legacy Recordings has been at the vanguard of delivering holiday music with a recent batch of titles from Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, Frank Sinatra and others as part of its Classic Christmas Album Series. Sony has also licensed festive titles from Robert Goulet, Rosemary Clooney, The Brothers Four and Frank DeVol and the Rainbow Strings to Real Gone Music. Those titles have recently been

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download Genre: Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Jerry Vale, John Davidson, Ray Price

November 12, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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

September 16, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Jimi Hendrix, The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Experience Hendrix/Legacy) Legacy and Experience Hendrix have reissues of Jimi Hendrix's first two posthumously-released albums, both from 1971; The Cry of Love is long out-of-print on CD, while Rainbow Bridge makes its first authorized appearance in the CD format.  Both titles have been freshly remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog masters. The Cry of Love: Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Disco/Dance, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, Soundtracks Tags: Barbra Streisand, Charles Lloyd, Elmer Bernstein, James Galway, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Sedaka, Paul Anka, Ray Price, Salsoul Orchestra, Scruffy the Cat

May 16, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

The Viva vaults are open! Viva Records, formed by producer Snuff Garrett (“The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia,” “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves,” “This Diamond Ring”), released a diverse catalogue of music during its roughly two-decade existence – light instrumental pop, garage rock, comedy, and more. But the label might be best-remembered for its string of country successes in the early 1980s, most notably from David Frizzell and Shelly West. Earlier this year, Varese Sarabande reissued a

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Categories: News Tags: Porter Wagoner, Ray Price, Roy Rogers

March 12, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Varese Vintage is going any which way they can with an exciting trio of soundtrack releases from the library of Snuff Garrett’s Viva Records label.  Garrett, of course, was the producer behind major hits from Gary Lewis and the Playboys (“This Diamond Ring”), Cher (“Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves”) and future “Mama” Vicki Lawrence (“The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia”).  At Viva, he oversaw an eclectic array of releases from artists like the Midnight String Quartet, Alan O’Day, Ray Price and

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Chet Baker, Glen Campbell, Peggy Lee, Porter Wagoner, Ray Charles, Ray Price

January 17, 2014 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

It’s a new year, and that means a new crop of Playlist titles from Legacy Recordings!  As in the past, this crop of releases runs the gamut, with a number of titles including rare or new-to-CD material and others relying on the tried and true.  The artists represented also encompass a wide variety of genres.  Fans of classic rock-and-roll and pop will find plenty to enjoy on a career-spanning disc from Ronnie Spector and a reissue of the vintage Greatest Hits album of Simon and Garfunkel, while

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Categories: News Tags: Ray Parker Jr., Ray Price, Ronnie Spector, Sarah McLachlan, Simon and Garfunkel, The Verve Pipe

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