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July 20, 2021 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Whispers Definitive Collection

The story of The Whispers began in Los Angeles circa 1963 when two groups - The Scott Twins and The Eden Trio - came together to share in their love of doo-wop and sweet street-corner sounds.  Named The Whispers by Dore Records' Lou Bedell, the group released a string of singles in the 1960s before landing at New York's Janus Records in 1970.  Two years later, they released their first album on Janus, beginning a string of almost two dozen LPs - eight of which hit the U.S. R&B top ten and

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Disco/Dance, R&B/Soul Tags: The Whispers

June 18, 2021 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Frank Zappa Zappa 88

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren featuring Ethel, State Theater, New Jersey 2005 (Purple Pyramid) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson's 2005 international tour featuring post-classical string quartet Ethel is brought to a 2CD/DVD set from Purple Pyramid collecting all three artists' sets plus the encore which brought them together.  Both Jackson and Rundgren performed solo for sets blending fan favorites with

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Classical/Opera, Pop, Reggae, Rock Tags: Chris Stamey, Frank Zappa, Jaime Laredo, Joe Jackson, Kleeer, Peter Holsapple, The Allman Brothers Band, The dB's, The Merseybeats, The Whispers, Todd Rundgren

July 26, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Whispers Whisper In Your Ear

Cherry Red's Robinsongs imprint continues to unleash classic funk and soul albums on CD in two, three, and four-for-one packages.  The label has been reissuing classic albums from such marquee names as The Whispers, Shalamar, Midnight Star, The Bar-Kays, Lakeside, and Crown Heights Affair.  Today's Part One looks at the new and upcoming releases from the first three of those groups! The Whispers' first three albums on Dick Griffey and Don Cornelius' Soul Train and SOLAR (Sound of Los Angeles

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, R&B/Soul Tags: Midnight Star, Shalamar, The Whispers

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