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August 18, 2020 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Neil Sedaka Gold

Today, we're rounding up a quartet of recent additions to Crimson Productions' ever-growing library of 3-CD Gold collections! The Foundations occupy a place in history as the first multi-racial band to score a U.K. No. 1 single in the 1960s.  While the pop-soul group's run of hits was relatively short-lived, their classics "Build Me Up, Buttercup" and "Baby, Now That I've Found You" still remain in the rotation on oldies stations everywhere.  Crimson's Gold volume proves that The Foundations'

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Country, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: Doris Day, George Jones, Johnnie Ray, Neil Sedaka, Tammy Wynette, The Foundations

July 10, 2020 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Grateful Dead Workingmans Dead

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Grateful Dead/Rhino) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Often hailed as one of Grateful Dead's most accessible albums along with its follow-up, American Beauty, Workingman's Dead placed its focus on tighter songcraft in a country/folk-oriented vein that would later be described as "Americana." It introduced the group's

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Disco/Dance, Gospel, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Barbara Mandrell, Burt Bacharach, Carol Channing, Daniel Tashian, Donna Summer, Elvis Costello, Gordon Anderson, Grateful Dead, John Lodge, Laura Branigan, Little Steven, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Rufus Wainwright, Tammy Wynette, The Foundations, The Monkees

November 10, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Elton Diamonds

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elton John, Diamonds [Various Formats] (UMe) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 1CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Elton John looks back on his extraordinary career with a new retrospective collection, available in 1-CD, 2-CD, 3-CD, and 2-LP formats.  Get all of the details right here! R.E.M., Automatic for the

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Holiday, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Alex Chilton, Aretha Franklin, Carmaig de Forest, David Heneker, Elton John, Eric Johnson, Guided by Voices, Metallica, Petula Clark, R.E.M., Ranny Sinclair, Rare Earth, Smokey Robinson, Tears for Fears, The Foundations, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

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