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April 1, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Looking Stateside

Cherry Red's RPM Records label has been doing a lot of Looking with its series of themed mini-box sets dedicated to such pop subgenres as freakbeat, mod, and girl group soul.  The latest set in the Looking series, established in 2011, is Looking Stateside.  This volume is dedicated to U.S. R&B Mod, Soul and Garage Nuggets, and contains 80 such selections on its three packed CDs.  Though limited to American recordings, the focus is otherwise diverse.  As the compilers explain in the thick

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Chuck Jackson, Joe Tex, The Knickerbockers, The Sons of Champlin, Timi Yuro, Various Artists

November 13, 2015 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Aretha Atlantic Albums Collection Cover

It may be Friday the 13th, but today's choice releases are hardly scary, with box sets, archival releases, new music from veteran artists, and much, much more! Aretha Franklin, The Atlantic Albums Collection (Atlantic/Rhino) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) This 19-CD box set brings together 16 of the Queen of Soul's Atlantic albums as previously released on CD including the deluxe 2-CD Live at Fillmore East, the 2-CD Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, SACD, Vinyl Genre: Blues, Classic Rock, Country, Gospel, Holiday, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Aretha Franklin, Buck Owens, Ellie Greenwich, Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne's ELO, King Crimson, Kurt Cobain, Marvin Gaye, Nat King Cole, Neil Young, Paul Butterfield, Paul Davis, The Knickerbockers, The Staple Singers

November 11, 2015 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Knickerbockers Challenge

"Eighty tracks from a band with exactly one hit single?"  That's the question Sundazed Records is posing of its soon-to-be-released box set from The Knickerbockers.  The hitmakers behind the British Invasion-esque "Lies" will be celebrated by Sundazed with the 4-CD, 80-track box The Challenge Recordings.  It's due in stores this Friday, November 13. The Top 20 hit "Lies" - and seminal inclusion in the original Nuggets - is just one of the tracks on this collection.  Brothers Beau and John

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop Tags: The Knickerbockers

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