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/ Screamin' Jay Hawkins

September 25, 2020 By Sam Stone Leave a Comment

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2020 has been a bit of a rollercoaster and Record Store Day 2020 is no exception: once scheduled in April, it moved forward a few months, and is now spread out across three Saturdays in the summer and fall. The Record Store Day Drop in August proved a success and round two, set for tomorrow, September 26, is sure to please fans of all genres and eras. It's a diverse list full of exciting releases that you can only find through your local brick-and-mortar record store (or through their online

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Comedy, Country, Everything Else, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Brandi Carlile, Britney Spears, Camille Yarbrough, Charles Mingus, Coolio, Ellie Goulding, Fleetwood Mac, Hank Williams, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Giuffre, Lenny Bruce, Melanie, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Orville Peck, Parish Hall, Paul McCartney, Ramones, Record Store Day, Robbie Basho, Roger Waters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Solomon Burke, Suzanne Ciani, The Allman Brothers Band, The Black Crowes, The Doors, The Feminine Complex, The Notorious B.I.G., The Replacements, The Residents, The Rolling Stones, The Unrighteous Brothers, The Yardbirds, Wilco, Willie Colon

October 25, 2019 By Randy Fairman 3 Comments

Music To Scare Your Neighbors

With Halloween less than a week away, we thought we'd take a look at a new compilation which was recently released from Cherry Red's Righteous Records imprint: the 2-CD Trick or Treat: Music To Scare Your Neighbours - Vintage 45s from Lux and Ivy's Haunted Basement. The Lux and Ivy in the title are the husband and wife mainstays of the punk/rockabilly group The Cramps, who debuted in the 1970s and were active until Lux's death in 2009. Aside from being punk innovators, the pair also

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Everything Else, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bo Diddley, Burt Bacharach, John Zacherle, Rod McKuen, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Coasters, The Cramps

August 2, 2019 By Sam Stone 1 Comment

Davy Jones Live in Japan

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Davy Jones, Live in Japan (7a Records) 2CD/DVD Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.) / Deep Discount (U.S.) 3LP Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Keymail Records (U.K.)/ Deep Discount (U.S.) 7a Records releases a Davy Jones treasure trove on Live in Japan, available in both 2CD/DVD and 3LP formats. The 2CD/DVD set presents both of Jones' officially released (and long-unavailable)

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bad Company, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Davy Jones, John Lee Hooker, Linda McCartney, Lonnie Liston Smith, My Morning Jacket, Paul McCartney, Richard Thompson, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

June 24, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

Lonnie Liston Smith Astral Traveling

Real Gone Music's vinyl reissue series continues August 2 with three titles: two from the astral travelers themselves, fusion heavyweights Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes; and a compilation of late-era recordings by rock's original madman, Screamin' Jay Hawkins.  All three will be presented in limited-edition color vinyl editions. As an alum of Miles Davis' fusion era and Roland Kirk's ensemble, pianist Lonnie Liston Smith had already made a name for himself prior to releasing his

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Everything Else, Jazz Tags: Lonnie Liston Smith, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

May 18, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Springsteen Album Collection 2 Cover

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Bruce Springsteen, The Album Collection Vol. 2, 1987-1996 (Columbia/Legacy)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Bruce Springsteen boxes up the second set of his albums in chronological order, remastered by Bob Ludwig and Toby Scott using the Plangent Process.  The collection is only available on vinyl, although a limited edition CD version is being released in Japan only.  The CD version is now available for pre-order at Amazon U.S. /

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Harris, John Wesley Harding, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Simon and Garfunkel, Stephen Bishop, Steve Miller Band, Supertramp, Various Artists

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