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/ Spooner Oldham

June 21, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

James and Bobby Purify Complete

With "I'm Your Puppet," the duo of James and Bobby Purify gained soul immortality.  The 1966 single written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham went top ten Pop and top five R&B on the Billboard charts (and No. 1 R&B on Cash Box!), sold an estimated million copies, and still gets airplay today.  Now, Cherry Red's SoulMusic Records imprint has brought together all of the Purifys' recordings for the Bell Records label on the 2-CD collection entitled (naturally) I'm Your Puppet: The Complete

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Dan Penn, James and Bobby Purify, Spooner Oldham

January 26, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Dan Penn Nobodys Fool

2016 proved a very good year for fans of southern soul songwriter (and sometimes singer) extraordinaire Dan Penn.  The U.K.'s Ace Records label released a generous second volume of Penn's rare and previously unreleased recordings for Fame Records as Close to Me: More Fame Recordings, and later in the year, Analog Spark delivered a surprising and very welcome release.  Nobody's Fool was recorded by Penn for Bell Records in 1973, and remained his only solo album for more than two decades. 

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham

September 4, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Doors Full Circle and Other Voices

The fall is almost upon us - which means some of the most exciting release weeks of the year are just around the corner!  We hope you've checked out Ted's farewell to the sounds of summer, because we're kicking off September right here with a new release from Second Disc Records - as well as goodies from The Doors, Eydie Gorme, Micky Dolenz, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, and many more!  To our U.S. readers, we wish you a safe and happy Labor Day weekend filled with great new (and old)

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock, Soundtracks Tags: Al Kooper, Dean Martin, Eydie Gorme, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, Pugwash, Spooner Oldham, The Doors, The Monkees, Wilson Pickett

August 18, 2015 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

The City

An upcoming trio of releases from Light in the Attic turns the label's spotlight on two of popular song's most enduring writers and one maverick producer/label impresario (who also happened to be one heckuva songwriter!) - namely Carole King, Spooner Oldham, and Lee Hazlewood.   LITA is bringing King's one remarkable album with her band The City back to CD and LP, and premiering on official CD and vinyl a reissue of Oldham's 1972 solo LP Pot Luck.  Then the label continues to dig deep into the

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Carole King, Dan Penn, Lee Hazlewood, Spooner Oldham, The City, The Kitchen Cinq

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