All Of Motown's No. 1 Hits In One Box Set For The First Time: Celebrate Motown's 50th Anniversary With The 10-CD MOTOWN: THE COMPLETE NO. 1'S SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - On the eve of Motown Records' 50th anniversary comes a spectacular collection: a 10-CD box set containing every Motown No. 1 hit, from every U.S. and International chartand from every genre, adding up to a staggering 191 tracks that hit ...
| Howlin' Wolf's Rockin' The Blues: Live In Germany 1964 To Be Released In The USA NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo Music) - In the pantheon of blues, Howlin' Wolf was in a category of his own. At 6'3' and 275 pounds, he had a voice that resonated with menace - not every bluesman could make a song like 'I Asked Her for Water (She Brought Me Gasoline)' convincing. The Blues ...
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Oldies Hit Parade Vol. 2: A Live Rock & Roll Musical Concert Held At The Strand Theater In Lakewood N.J. Lakewood, NJ (Top40 Charts/ Nitche Entertainment) - Hey Oldies Lovers, join us at the Strand Theater in Lakewood, N. J. on Saturday, November 15, 2008, at 7:30 PM to see Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge, Jay & The Americans, and Charisma. Sponsored by Nitche Entertainment, LLC, ticketing is available ...
| Blue Ash's 1973 Powerpop Masterpiece 'No More, No Less' To Be Reissued On Collectors' Choice Music On October 28, 2008 LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo) - When England's Guardian newspaper assembled its list of '1,000 Albums to Hear Before You Die,' the 1973 debut album from Blue Ash made the grade alongside all the established classics - pretty remarkable considering the album in question, 1973's No More, ...
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Laura Nyro's 'Season Of Lights' And 'Nested' Released On CD By Iconoclassic Records Hyannis Port, MA. (Top40 Charts/ Iconoclassic Records) - Announcing expanded and remastered CD releases of Laura Nyro's Season Of Lights...Laura Nyro In Concert and Nested. These rare and long unavailable classics have never before been widely available on CD. Season Of Lights and Nested are definitively ...
| 50th Anniversary Of 'The Day The Music Died' Inspires Multi-Disc Buddy Holly Packages SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - February 3, 2009 will mark the 50th anniversary of "The Day The Music Died," when a plane crash took the lives of rock 'n' roll legends Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper. In anticipation of that momentous occasion, the vault ...
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Black Top Records Catalog To Be Reissued On Hep Cat Records, A Division Of Collectors' Choice Music LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo) - Hep Cat Records, the roots label of the Collectors' Choice Music family, has launched a reissue initiative for Black Top Records, an influential '80s and '90s blues label with New Orleans roots. The project began this past summer with re-releases by Anson ...
| 'The Best Of Jimmy Hughes' Out Oct 28 On Newly Re-Launched Fame Records, Illuminates One Of Soul Music's Great Untold Stories New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - On October 28, FAME Records - the original home of The Muscle Shoals Sound -will relaunch with the release of the eighteen track collection 'The Best of Jimmy Hughes.' It's an appropriate partnership, as Hughes' epic soul classic "Steal Away" was the ...
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Genesis Set For US Release Of 1970-1975 Box Set On November 11, 2008 New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Since launching an upgrade of the entire Genesis catalog last year, the comprehensive series of re-releases has followed Genesis' transformation from prog-rock pioneers to a stadium-filling power trio. With the final installment, Atlantic/Rhino ends at ...
| Eagle To Release Tori Amos Live At Montreux 1991/1992 NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Eagle Rock Entertainment) - Tori Amos descended on the scene in the early '90s brimming with newfound creativity, intelligence, sensitivity and an exacting literary bearing. Celebrated by critics and the public alike, that first spotlight was a heady time in the young singer/songwriter's ...
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Never Before Available Jimi Hendrix And The Ghetto Fighters Material To Be Unveiled NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ we-R-you) - After almost four decades away from the public, the never before heard or seen multimedia material produced by Jimi Hendrix and the Ghetto Fighters is being released and licensed through a subsidiary of the we-R-you Corporation (PINKSHEETS: WERU), the technology, ...
| Fame Records, Home Of The Original Muscle Shoals Sound, To Relaunch With Historic Reissues, New Releases And Never Before Heard Tracks From The Vault, Via EMI Distribution New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Fame Records, the original home of The Muscle Shoals Sound, will release its first catalog collection in over thirty years this fall. The label, sister company to the world famous FAME Recording Studios founded by Rick Hall in 1959, plans to release historic ...
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Legacy Recordings Set To Release The Soul Of Rock And Roll NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Legacy) - Monument/Orbison Records/Legacy Recordings is proud to release The Soul Of Rock And Roll, the long-awaited definitive 4 CD box set of 107 seminal recordings - including demos, live recordings and 12 previously unreleased cuts - spanning the entire career of the ...
| Ike & Tina Turner's Blue Thumb Records Years Collected As Ike & Tina Turner Sing The Blues, Due For Release On Acrobat Music NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo) - Although Ike Turner is often credited with recording the first rock 'n' roll song with 1951's 'Rocket 88,' his career took a leap when he met Anna Mae Bullock and re-named her Tina Turner. Their first collaboration was 'A Fool in Love,' released in 1960 on Sue ...
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Capitol/EMI's 'From The Capitol Vaults' Vinyl Campaign Continues With September 30 Release Of Iconic Albums By Jimi Hendrix And John Lennon HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol/ EMI) - Capitol/EMI's high quality "From The Capitol Vaults" U.S. vinyl campaign continues on September 30 with the limited edition release of two iconic rock albums. Jimi Hendrix's incendiary 1970 concert album, Band Of Gypsys, will be issued on fiery red 180-gram ...
| Musical Heritage Society's MusicMasters Label Brings Unearthed 'Satchmo' Recordings To The Orchard With New Digital Deal NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Orchard) - Fans of iconic jazz legend Louis Armstrong can now purchase newly discovered recordings from hundreds of digital retail stores courtesy of a new deal between Musical Heritage Society's MusicMasters label, a premier specialty label, and The Orchard (NASDAQ: ORCD), ...
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Tammy Wynette & Marty Robbins: Legendary Performances On DVD Now LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Shout! Factory) - Country music legends Tammy Wynette and Marty Robbins are the subjects of the next DVDs to be released via Shout! Factory and the Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum Archive Series. The performances featured on Tammy Wynette: Legendary Performances and ...
| Tree Records Re-Issues Haystack Album 'As We Appear' As Digital Release NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Tree Records) - The growing popularity of the four Haystack songs featured on the compilation Album "Kiwi Made Music" Vol.2 has prompted Tree Records to offer it again initially as a Digitally delivered product from CD Baby and iTunes. This original Album was recorded at the ...
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Roy Orbison's 'The Soul Of Rock And Roll' Features 12 Previously Unreleased Tracks New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - 'The Soul Of Rock And Roll,' the first truly comprehensive Roy Orbison collection, includes 12 previously unreleased recordings as part of the 107 track, four-disc box set available online and in stores on Tuesday, September 30 (Monument/Orbison Records/Legacy ...
| STAX To Release Otis Redding 'Live In London And Paris' Capturing The Soul King's Finest Onstage Moments In 1967 LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo Music) - Otis Redding was at the peak of his stardom in March, 1967 when he crossed the Atlantic to perform for his growing European fan base. As part of the traveling Stax/Volt Revue that is credited with spreading the sound of Memphis across the world, Redding ...
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