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“The Bells Ring,” Again: New Wave Outfit Swimming Pool Q’s Reissue A&M Works on Deluxe Compilation 27 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
Here’s a surprising treat from earlier in the summer: New Wave outfit The Swimming Pool Q’s recently re-released their two albums for A&M Records with a host of bonus content. The Atlanta-based quint...
Review: The Beach Boys, “Made in California” 27 Aug 2013 | 08:27 pm
If everybody had an ocean… Rarely have five simple words in pop music held such promise. The message at the time was an invitation squarely aimed at teens: “If everybody had an ocean, across the USA...
Let Him Sing and We’re Happy: Parlophone Readies The “Alternate” Matt Monro 27 Aug 2013 | 06:42 pm
Matt Monro (1930-1985) made one of his first major splashes under the pseudonym of “Fred Flange,” adding the requisite touch of Sinatra to Peter Sellers’ 1959 comedy LP Songs for Swingin’ Sellers. Go...
Release Round-Up: Week of August 27 27 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
The Beach Boys, Made in California (Capitol/UMe) Six discs of career-spanning tunes – hits and rarities aplenty – from the best band to come out of Hawthorne, California. (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.) ...
Mario Lanza Is “The Toast of Hollywood” On New Set From TCM, Sony 26 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
In the 1950 film of the same name, Mario Lanza was anointed The Toast of New Orleans. According to the fine folks at Turner Classic Movies and Sony Masterworks, however, the Pennsylvania-born, Italia...
They’re Back…: Kritzerland Reissues “Poltergeist II” 26 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
Kritzerland Records is releasing a very special title by one of the most beloved soundtrack gurus of the century: a newly-expanded edition of Jerry Goldsmith’s score to Poltergeist II: The Other Side....
Naxos To Reissue Bethlehem Catalogue, Titles Promised From Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Mel Tormé 26 Aug 2013 | 06:36 pm
Another chapter is soon to be written in the story of the classic jazz label Bethlehem Records. The label, founded in 1953 by Gus Wildi, will soon be relaunched by classical specialist label Naxos in ...
Review: The Monkees, “The Monkees Present: Deluxe Edition” 23 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
And then there were three. Peter Tork had departed The Monkees in December 1968, just a couple of months prior to the February 1969 release of the band’s seventh studio album, Instant Replay. The re...
Back Tracks: John Mayer 22 Aug 2013 | 11:03 pm
This week saw the release of Paradise Valley, the sixth full-length album by singer/songwriter/guitarist John Mayer. The Connecticut-born performer remains one of the most intriguing figures in pop mu...
Original Jazz Classics Celebrates 60 Years of Riverside with Evans, Montgomery, Baker, More 22 Aug 2013 | 10:11 pm
From its headquarters at 553 West 51st Street in New York, New York, the Riverside Records label presided over an impressive roster of jazz talent. Founded in 1953 by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer, ...
