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Albert King Classic Album from Stax Remasters

Source: conqueroo
May 22, 2012

Concord Music Group will release Albert King’s I’ll Play the Blues for You as part of its Stax Remasters series on May 22, 2012. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, four previously unreleased bonus tracks, and newly written liner notes by music journalist and roots music historian Bill Dahl, the reissue not only spotlights one of the most entertaining and influential blues recordings of the 1970s, but also underscores the album’s enduring nature four decades after its original release. ...

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Ancient Astronauts - The Orion Nebula Remixes (ESL Music)

Source: Press Junkie PR
May 22, 2012

Kabanjak and Dogu, aka Ancient Astronauts, hailing from Cologne/Germany are back with a heavy load of remixes on The Orion Nebula Remixes, out on April 10. After the release of internationally critically acclaimed album Into Bass And Time (their second album for ESL Music) they joined forces with some of their favorite producers and remixers, which resulted in a roster full of quality remixes. The selection of fine reinterpretations starts with a funked up boom bap remix of “Oblivion" feat. ...

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25th Anniversary of Michael Jackson's Landmark Album Bad Celebrated with September 18 Release of New Bad 25 Packages

Source: Sony Music Entertainment/Legacy
May 22, 2012

MICHAEL'S PERSONAL VHS COPY OF HIS JULY 16, 1988 PERFORMANCE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM UNEARTHED FOR THE RELEASE NEWLY DISCOVERED OUTTAKES AND DEMOS FROM BAD ALBUM RECORDING SESSIONS TO BE RELEASED Twenty-five years after the phrase “Who's Bad" became a generation's cultural catchphrase, Epic/Legacy Recordings, in collaboration with the Estate of Michael Jackson, will celebrate the legendary album and record breaking BAD tour on September 18, 2012 with the release of a deluxe package, BAD 25, which includes three CDs, two ...

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UK Progressive Rock Ensemble Galahad Releases Highly Anticipated New CD "Battle Scars"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 22, 2012

London, UK: Battle Scars is the new studio album from established English progressive rock band Galahad just released on Avalon Records. The CD was recorded, engineered and mixed by Karl Groom (Threshold) at Thin Ice studios. 'Battle Scars', Galahad's seventh studio album, shows the band evolving from their well received and critically acclaimed 2007 album 'Empires Never Last'. 'Battle Scars' is the first of two new albums from Galahad scheduled for release this year. Battle Scars contains a myriad of ...

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Matthew Montfort Releases New Solo Scalloped Fretboard Guitar Recording

Source: Matthew Montfort
May 21, 2012

Ancient-Future.Com Records Releases Mini EP by Scalloped Fretboard Guitar Pioneer Matthew Montfort on May 22, 2012 Sympathetic Serenade for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Matthew Montfort (Ancient-Future.Com Records EP AF-2012) Sympathetic Serenade for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar By Matthew Montfort. Ancient-Future.Com EP AF-2012. audio (excerpt) When Matthew Montfort was working on his debut solo recording for scalloped fretboard guitar (a special guitar modified to enable ornaments characteristic of the sitar), he recorded a number of spontaneously improvised serenades. Were it not for ...

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Gunnelpumpers To Release Third Album, Tritonium

Source: Gunnelpumpers
May 21, 2012

Spiritflake Music will release Gunnelpumpers' third album, Tritonium, on June 9, 2010. The CD features a complete set performed in front of a live audience at Chicago's Elbo Room on October 19, 2010. The CD was mixed by Rob Ruccia at Uptown Recording in Chicago and produced by bassist and bandleader Douglas Johnson. The self-described “progressive, free improvisation" of the Chicago-based group is evident throughout Tritonium, which features only three tracks, including the nearly twenty-minute “McGroover". The other two titles ...

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Bassist Thomonic Electrifies Jazz With Uncompromising New Ep

Source: Lauren Rogers
May 20, 2012

Like father, like son. For Nico Thom, the love of music is rooted in his childhood travels with his dad, an amateur musician with a passion for live performance, playing the saxophone, clarinet, and flute, as well as singing, from clubs to car salesrooms. It awakened Thom to the creative possibilities of melody, how instruments can open the doors to artistic expression. When he received an electronic drum kit at the age of 13, Thom’s imagination blossomed. However, it wasn’t ...

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"Searching For Sugar Man" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Brings Rodriguez's 1970s Music To A New Generation

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2012

RODRIGUEZ'S MYSTERY AND THE IMPACT OF HIS MUSIC ON SOUTH AFRICAN YOUTH DURING APARTHEID REVEALED IN DOCUMENTARY Soundtrack available everywhere starting July 24, 2012 “The buzzworthy Sundance documentary" —Yahoo! “An acclaimed new documentary goes hunting for the lost Dylan" —Grantland LEGACY RECORDINGS LOGO Legacy Recordings logo. Division of SONY Music Entertainment. NEW YORK, NY: One of underground rock's most unusual stories of the 1970s, the tale of an obscure debut LP by a Detroit singer-songwriter named Rodriguez becoming a source ...

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