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/ Syl Johnson

December 1, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

springsteen the promise

Safely tucked underneath a controversial slate of Grammy nominations in the major categories - seriously, Rihanna's Loud got an Album of the Year nod and Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy didn't? - there were a fantastic batch of reissue and box set-oriented nominations in this year's 54th annual ceremony. Without further pithy commentary, here they are: Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package Radiohead, The King of Limbs (ATO Records) Donald Twain & Zachariah Wildwood,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Neil Diamond, Paul McCartney, Sting, Syl Johnson

August 9, 2010 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

syl numero322

A hat tip to Record Racks (who are contributing a neat guest post later this week that I'm quite excited for) for passing this one along: Numero Group is prepping a box set due October 19 devoted to unjustly forgotten soul survivor Syl Johnson. Johnson was a soul musician in the James Brown or Al Green mold. He toured with Magic Sam and Howlin' Wolf, cut tracks for the Federal label (the same one that put out "Please, Please, Please," James Brown's first hit) and had a socially conscious Top 20

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Syl Johnson

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