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Wes Montgomery "In The Beginning" Is 26-Track, 2-CD Rarity Collection 1949-58 On Resonance

Source: conqueroo
April 8, 2015

RESONANCE RECORDS PRESENTS IN THE BEGINNING BY JAZZ GUITAR ICON WES MONTGOMERY, A 26-TRACK COLLECTION OF RARE AND NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED TRACKS SPANNING 1949-1958 ONLY THE THIRD ISSUE OF PREDOMINANTLY UNHEARD MONTGOMERY MATERIAL SINCE HIS PASSING IN 1968; INCLUDES COMPLETE, NEWLY DISCOVERED 1955 RECORDING SESSION FOR EPIC RECORDS PRODUCED BY QUINCY JONES In the Beginning due out May 12, 2015 in two-CD deluxe digi-pack and separate three-LP set; features booklet with previously unpublished photos, plus essays and recollections from Quincy Jones, Pete ...

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Riverside Records To Release Vinyl Box Set Of Bill Evans' "The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961"

Source: conqueroo
November 19, 2014

Collectible package, out November 11, includes limited-edition lithograph, carefully crafted production replicas, plus new and original liner notes Release is the crown jewel in a year-long vinyl and box-set rollout celebrating the legendary jazz pianist LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Concord Music Group is proud to announce the forthcoming vinyl reissue of Bill Evans’ The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, one of the greatest live jazz recording sessions of all time. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl, the four LPs are packaged with ...

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Concord Music Group Team Ups With Independent Record Retailers For Collectors' Special

Source: conqueroo
May 21, 2014

Exclusive PEANUTS record player to be sold as perfect companion to 50th-anniversary remastered vinyl of Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Fantasy Records, via Concord Music Group, is pleased to announce a collaboration with select record stores to sell an exclusive accompaniment: a remastered vinyl reissue of Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown featuring the Vince Guaraldi Trio (available separately on May 13, 2014), paired with Crosley’s PEANUTS Cruiser turntable. PEANUTS fans and record ...

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Concord Music Group Reissues Vince Guaraldi's "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"

Source: conqueroo
March 21, 2014

Remastered vinyl and CD recordings mark 50th anniversary of the soundtrack to a TV documentary that never aired LOS ANGELES, CA: Most of us recall A Charlie Brown Christmas—the classic animated special that originally aired on network television during the holiday season of 1965—as the moment when pianist Vince Guaraldi first breathed life into the entire Peanuts gang with a series of compositions that have since become as iconic as the characters themselves. But a year earlier, Guaraldi had scored ...

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Jaco Pastorius Has Vinyl LP, Official Documentary For Record Store Day

Source: conqueroo
February 20, 2014

Limited-issue releases available in brick-and-mortar record stores on Record Store Day, April 19, 2014. Get in line now! Jaco Pastorius documentary, Jaco, is the official Record Store Day film for 2014 LOS ANGELES, CA: If only every day could be like Record Store Day . On a mid-April Saturday, the hearty breed of surviving disc emporiums teem with music fans and crate diggers — all hoping to get their hands on the many limited-edition vinyl records issued by the labels. ...

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Return Of The Del-Lords: The "Elvis Club" Is Open For Business Again

Source: conqueroo
March 1, 2013

Fabled New York rockers the Del-Lords return with their first new album in more than two decades NEW YORK, NY: ”We didn’t start with any agenda, other than to make a great record,” Scott Kempner says of the Del-Lords’ unexpected return to action following a two-decade layoff, which has yielded Elvis Club, the band’s first new album since 1990. The album is set for release on May 14, 2013 on GB Music through RED Distribution. Elvis Club finds the New ...

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Power Pop Legends Shoes Begin 2013 Shows With SXSW Debut In March

Source: Cary Baker
February 22, 2013

In celebration of their first new album in 18 years, the acclaimed Ignition, the boys from Zion fire up for Austin ZION, Ill. — Following the August 2012 release of Ignition, their first new album in 18 years, Shoes will appear at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas in March, their first time at the event. The legendary power pop band, originally from Zion, Ill., will bring their memorable melodies and do-it-yourself ethic for ...

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Albert King's Late '60s "Born Under A Bad Sign" To Be Reissued On Stax Records

Source: conqueroo
February 21, 2013

Release teems with King’s best-known songs: “Born Under a Bad Sign,” “Crosscut Saw,” “Oh, Pretty Woman” and “Laundromat Blues.” Steve Cropper, Booker T. & the MGs, the Memphis Horns and Stax’s songwriters help make it an all-time blues classic. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Any list of seminal 1960s electric blues albums is incomplete without Albert King’s Born Under a Bad Sign positioned near the top. The Indianola, Mississippi-born “King of the Blues Guitar,” who cut his professional teeth as a ...

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