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New releases update – March 2013
Written by admin on March 16, 2013 – 4:50 pm -The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for March.
Highlights for March include:
- Jimi Hendrix’s “People, Hell & Angels” (5 Mar)
- David Bowie’s “The Next Day” (12 Mar)
- Eric Clapton’s “Old Sock” (12 Mar)
- Elvis Presley’s “Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite – Legacy Edition” – (19 Mar)
- The 10-CD “Sun Blues Box” (26 Mar).
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Otis “Damon” Harris of The Temptations dies aged 62
Written by admin on February 24, 2013 – 8:24 pm -Otis “Damon” Harris, who sang with The Temptations in the 1970s, died on February 18 at Baltimore’s Joseph Richey Hospice after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.
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New releases update – February 2013
Written by admin on February 16, 2013 – 2:40 pm -The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for February.
Highlights for February include:
- Richard Thompson’s “Electric” in standard and deluxe editions (5 Feb)
- the Bee Gees “Festival Album Collection – 1965-1967” (12 Feb)
- a range of “Threads & Grooves” music/tshirt collections from Sony featuring artists such as Elvis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Jimi Hendrix (12 Feb)
- Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell’s “Yellow Moon” (26 Feb)
- Sun Records 6-CD box set “Country Music Recorded by Sam Phillips 1950-1959” (26 Feb)
- the 40-CD “Rock a Billy Dynamite – 1000 Explosive Hits” box set (25 Feb UK).
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Song of the Week #142 – “Respect Yourself”
Written by admin on January 21, 2013 – 9:22 pm -![]() |
The Staple Singers’ “Respect Yourself” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons. |
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New releases update – January 2013
Written by admin on January 9, 2013 – 7:00 pm -The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for January.
Highlights for January include:
- “The Rolling Stones – Crossfire Hurricane” on DVD and Blu-ray (7 Jan)
- “12-12-12 – The Concert for Sandy Relief 2-CD collection (22 Jan)
- UK release of the vinyl edition of Elvis’ “Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite” (21 Jan)
- Deluxe and super deluxe editions of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” – (29 Jan)
- 35th anniversary edition of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Texas Flood” (29 Jan).
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