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Five John Mellencamp albums have been scheduled for reissue on 180-gram vinyl LPs on June 10 by Mercury/UMe. New lacquers for American Fool, Uh-Huh, Scarecrow, The Lonesome Jubilee, and Big Daddy were cut from their original analog master tapes by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, with the vinyl LPs manufactured by Record Industry. The […]
It’s been 45 years since the release of Marvin Gaye’s momentous album, What’s Going On, May 21, 1971, on the Motown subsidiary Tamla Records. To mark the occasion, Universal Music Enterprises is preparing a series of special vinyl releases, including a seven-LP box set, Volume 3: 1971-1981, which features on 180gm vinyl Gaye’s final seven […]
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is proud to announce the much-anticipated release of Lou Reed – The RCA & Arista Album Collection on Friday, October 7. The definitive box set library of music recorded by the iconic American rock musician from 1972 to 1986, one of the richest and most protean […]
The Limited Edition Tolex XL is a 100-piece production of the Minimoog Voyager XL handcrafted in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Moog modular synthesizer. The traditional wood cabinet has been hand-wrapped in black Tolex, just as the Model 15 modular synthesizer, and the chassis has been updated to parallel that of the original […]
Sony Music/Legacy Recordings releases newly remastered Kings Of The Wild Frontier on stunning super deluxe boxset edition, 2CD deluxe edition, LP and digital formats containing a wealth of unreleased and exclusive content on Friday, June 3(rd). Available for pre-order at: AMAZON Curated and remastered by Adam Ant, this new Legacy edition includes the original 12 […]
Critics worldwide hail them alongside Kraftwerk and Einstürzende Neubauten as pioneers of Electronic and Industrial music, bands like Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb called them their inspiration, and their musical ideas found their way into the sound of a wide spectrum of music, from Depeche Mode to the innovative pioneers of Detroit Techno. Over 30 […]
Adele’s tour of Europe and North America is possibly the biggest tour of 2016 – it certainly has the highest of production values and there is, quite simply, no room for error. This is the remit for German rental company Black Box Music and a team of top-class engineers, who have specified equipment from some […]
While producer Tom Biller has worked out of nearly all of the big studios around Los Angeles in his career as both a producer and engineer, lately many of the most exciting sounds he is creating are coming out of his home studio in Echo Park. “I’m only really running 8 channels of input in […]
Keke Wyatt’s ‘Rated Love’ album cover. (PRNewsFoto/Aratek Entertainment) On Friday, April 22(nd), R&B phenomenon Keke Wyatt debuted her much-awaited album, Rated Love. She celebrated the occasion with a star-studded album release party hosted by fellow R&B Diva, Faith Evans in Los Angeles. The event, which was held at Prince’s old Glam Slam club, featured performances […]
For the past five years, 29-year-old trumpeter Marquis Hill has been invigorating the Chicago jazz scene with his sleek approach to modern jazz, which often incorporates elements of spoken word and hip-hop. JazzTimes praised his trumpet playing by stating, “His articulation, precise but unlabored, calls to mind the precedent of Clifford Brown, while his bravura phrasing suggests an equal […]