Starpoint - The Second Disc

The Weekend Stream: April 15, 2023

April 15, 2023 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment

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. Rarities and oddities abound: cartoon soundtracks, early works from country legends, and more! Pat Irwin, Rocko’s Modern Life (Original Music from the Series) (Nickelodeon) (iTunes / Amazon) Joe Murray’s colorful cartoon about a harried wallaby and his misadventures was one of Nickelodeon’s edgier cartoons in the early-to-mid ’90s – a similar edge to The Ren & Stimpy Show,…

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News

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Digital Download, Digital Streaming

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Country, Disco/Dance, Electronic, Everything Else, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Alex North, Bobby Bare, Dottsy, Gym Class Heroes, How to Dress Well, Jim Nabors, Nasty Rox Inc, Ray Conniff, Starpoint

Sensational: SoulMusic Collects Starpoint’s Elektra Discography on 6-CD Box Set

March 9, 2023 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment

SoulMusic Records has kicked off 2023 with a 6-CD box set from Dionne Warwick, and a 3-CD collection from Philip Bailey is coming up next. But we’re turning back the clock to the waning days of 2022 for a look at the label’s 6-CD box shining a light on Maryland funk outfit Starpoint. Object of My Desire: The Elektra Recordings (1983-1990) brings together expanded editions of the group’s six albums for the Elektra label. Starpoint began their career at the Casablanca imprint Chocolate City. Brothers Ernesto, Lloyd, George Jr., Orlando, and Gregory…

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News

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Box Sets, CD

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Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul

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Starpoint

You Got to Funkifize: SoulMusic, Cherry Red Reissue Tower of Power, Graham Central Station, Starpoint

February 23, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Over the years, Tower of Power‘s rip-roaring horns have enlivened a host of recordings from artists as diverse as Elton John, Grateful Dead, Poison, Neil Diamond, Santana, and Aerosmith, but the group also has had a long career as one of the most smoking outfits in R&B. Now, Bump City and Tower of Power, the group’s first two Warner Bros. Records releases, have been collected as one expanded 2-CD set from SoulMusic Records and Cherry Red. 1972’s Bump City marked the Warner debut of the Oakland, California band. ToP’s second album (following…

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Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul

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Graham Central Station, Starpoint, Tower of Power