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Happy Birthday: Andy Bell (Article)
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Today’s the day that we wish a happy birthday to Andy Bell, best known to most folks as the lead singer of Erasure. Bell was in the music business before teaming up with Vince Clarke, however, and he’s also done a bit of additional vocalizing on efforts that didn’t involve working with his longtime collaborator. Indeed, we’ve culled together five such efforts below, so give ‘em a listen! 1. Dinger, “Air of Mystery” (1985): Released in 1985, this was the only 45 released by the duo of Bell and Pierre Cope, and it wasn’t long after this single saw the light of day that Bell’s fortunes changed
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Out Now: Jethro Tull, HEAVY HORSES: NEW SHOES EDITION (Article)
Friday, March 2, 2018
If you want conclusive proof that time flies, dig this statistic: this year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Jethro Tull’s first single, “Sunshine Day,” which was released on MGM Records. It’s an impressive anniversary by most anyone’s standards, and that’s why we’re planning to make the most of this notable accomplishment, starting with the 40th anniversary reissue of the band’s 1978 album HEAVY HORSES, a limited-edition 3-CD/2-DVD box set that’s been dubbed the NEW SHOES EDITION. In addition to the CDs and DVDs, the set also includes a 96-page book featuring some decidedly
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Now Available: Pet Shop Boys, PLEASE / ACTUALLY / INTROSPECTIVE expanded reissues (Article)
Friday, March 2, 2018
It started last year, and it’ll keep on rolling for a little while yet, but this week marks the latest installment in the ongoing Pet Shop Boys reissue campaign. It’s called CATALOGUE: 1985-2012, and when all’s said and done, all of the PSB albums between those years will have gotten the multi-disc treatment, packaging the original albums with FURTHER LISTENING discs which explore B-sides, live tracks, demos, remixes… You get the picture. As of today, Pet Shop Boys fans will be able to pick up three classic albums from the duo’s early years: 1986’s PLEASE, 1987’s ACTUALLY, and 1988’s
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Happy 15th: Hootie & The Blowfish (Article)
Monday, March 5, 2018
15 years ago this week, Hootie & The Blowfish released their self-titled LP, which served as both their fourth full-length studio release for Atlantic Records as well as the band’s swan song for the label. HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH was the first time the multi-platinum South Carolina band had recorded an album without longtime produced Don Gehman, who had helmed the first three Hootie albums: 1994’s CRACKED REAR VIEW, 1996’s FAIRWEATHER JOHNSON, and 1998’s MUSICAL CHAIRS. This time around, the band worked predominantly with Don Was, who twiddled the knobs for virtually every song on the album. The
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Instant Gratification: Chicago, “25 or 6 to 4” (Paris 12/8/69) (Article)
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Chicago is many things – the windy city, Sinatra’s kind of town, a Broadway musical – but for our purposes, it’s first and foremost a rock band possessed with remarkably longevity, a huge catalog of hit singles and albums, and a fanbase to die for. If you’re part of that fanbase, then there’s a good chance that you’ve seen them live and have been able to appreciate in person just how tremendous their concert performances can be. If you’ve never had the pleasure, however, you can get a pretty good idea of what it’s like on April 6 when Rhino releases CHICAGO: VI DECADES LIVE (THIS IS WHAT WE DO
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Deep Dive: Les McCann and Eddie Harris, SWISS MOVEMENT (Article)
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
The time has come to hop in the Wayback Machine and take a trip to a time when a couple of jazz guys could team up at the Montreux Jazz Festival, release the end results of their performance, and end up with not only a hit album but a hit single, too. On June 21, 1969, The Les McCann Trio – featuring McCann on piano, Leroy Vinnegar on bass, and Donald Dean on drums – teamed up with tenor sax man Eddie Harris to play a decidedly high-profile gig in Montreux, Switzerland. It was an impromptu show, believe it or not, but the results of collaboration were so breathtaking to those in attendance
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Record Store Day 2018 (Article)
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
If you’re reading this right now, please stop doing so at the end of this sentence and go circle April 21 on the calendar. Now that you’ve done so, maybe you’d like to know why you just did that: April 21 is Record Store Day 2018, the day that vinyl fans literally spend all year waiting for. As usual, Rhino will be offering up a plethora of limited-edition releases to help spur you into heading to your local record retailer and spending some money in their establishment, and – also as usual – we think we’ve done a pretty darned swell job of putting together a collection of items that spans the
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Happy Birthday: Peter Wolf of The J. Geils Band (Article)
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Today we celebrate the birthday of Peter Wolf, the vocalist who first came to fame as the frontman for The J. Geils Band, and to commemorate the occasion, we’ve compiled the albums released during the course of the band’s tenure on Atlantic Records and plunked them down in a playlist. In addition, we’ve also added Wolf’s 1996 solo album LONG LINE, which was released on Reprise Records and is therefore part of our catalog. Before you get to listening to the playlist, however, we thought we’d offer up a reminder of some of the other solo material released by Wolf during his career. Give it a
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5 Animated Characters You May Not Have Realized Were Voiced By Micky Dolenz (Article)
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Today we celebrate the birthday of a guy who has a long history of Monkee-ing around: Micky Dolenz. This should give you an excuse to give a listen to our official Monkees playlist, as if you really needed an excuse, but before you do that (unless you’re already doing it), check out this list of five animated characters voiced by Dolenz over the course of his career. You might not see his face, but if you’ve been wondering why they sounded so familiar, well, now you know! 1. Skip, The Funky Phantom (1971) : While Jonathan Wellington “Mudsy” Muddlemore was the titular character of this Hanna
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Happy Birthday: Ornette Coleman (Article)
Friday, March 9, 2018
On this day in 1930, the world was first graced with the presence of a man who would go on to become one of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century: Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman. Although Coleman’s stock and trade was jazz, he could switch up and work in whatever genre was asked of him, which is why we thought we’d offer up a four-pack of tracks which found him playing outside the jazz realm. 1. Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band, “Aos” (1970): Funnily enough, the 50th anniversary of this particular recording session just passed last week…or, rather, it would have if it’d been a leap year
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