Rhino Presents The Definitive Led Zeppelin Box Set NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Rhino Entertainment) - Atlantic Records/ Rhino Entertainment will release a limited- edition CD boxed set containing Japanese imports of all 10 of the quartet's albums in mini-LP replicas with artwork from the original U.K. LP sleeves. The LED ZEPPELIN DEFINITIVE COLLECTION OF ...
| Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' 'Tiffany Transcriptions' 10-disc, 150-song Collection Is Collectors' Choice Music's First-ever Box Set, Due Out On January 27, 2009 Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ By Cary Baker/ Conqueroo) - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys were the originators and best-known practitioners of Western swing, their repertoire including classics like 'New San Antonio Rose,' 'Faded Love' and 'Take Me Back to Tulsa.' In 1945, Wills teamed up with Oakland, ...
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Johnny Mercer Foundation To Celebrate Legendary American Songwriter's 100th Birthday With Concerts, Books, Educational Programs, A Documentary Film And Much More, Illuminating Mercer's Singular Musical And Cultural Legacy New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - It's almost impossible to go a day without hearing a Johnny Mercer song. Tunes like 'Moon River,' 'Hooray for Hollywood,' and 'That Old Black Magic' are woven into the fabric of American life. Mercer would have turned 100 in 2009, and The Johnny Mercer ...
| SIRIUS XM'S Sinatra Channel Adds Legendary Radio Personality Jonathan Schwartz NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ SIRIUS XM Radio) - SIRIUS XM Radio today announced that SIRIUSLY Sinatra, the only 24/7 channel on radio devoted to the music of Frank Sinatra and the great voices of our time, has added music historian, author and legendary radio personality Jonathan Schwartz. As host ...
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The Sound Of The Smiths LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ By Deborah Brosseau/ Spinner PR) - Rhino announces the release of THE SOUND OF THE SMITHS, a new collection of classic and rare recordings that will be available November 11. The compilation was completed with the full cooperation of Morrissey, who provided the title, ...
| The Doors - Live At The Matrix 1967 - San Francisco Shows LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Rhino Records) - The two-Disc Collection includes unreleased recordings of the band playing a small club in San Francisco just weeks before 'Light My Fire' made them stars. Rhino and Bright Midnight Archives present 'Live At The Matrix 1967?, the latest instalment in The ...
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Major New Box Sets From ABBA, Motown, KISS, Reba & White Zombie Just In Time For The Holidays SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - Boxes wrapped in brightly colored paper waiting to be opened is a holiday tradition. Thanks to Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), those gift-wrapped items might contain spectacular new box sets - ranging from a 10-CD collection of classic ...
| 'Warren Zevon' Reissued : Collector's Edition LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Rhino Records) - Warren Zevon moved to Spain in the summer of 1975, dropping out of the music business after nearly a decade. During his self-imposed exile, he performed regularly at the Dubliner, a colorful bar owned by a former mercenary who helped Zevon pen the classic ...
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Classic And Rare TV Performances From Motown Greats Four Tops Including 'I Can't Help Myself,' 'Baby I Need Your Loving' & 'Reach Out I'll Be There' SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - On record, the Four Tops were oh-so-smooth. On stage, one of "Rolling Stone" magazine's "100 Greatest Groups Of All Time" was downright sensational. Now 22 vintage full-length video performances by the Four Tops - culled from local and ...
| Tommy James & The Shondells' '40 Years: The Complete Singles Collection (1966-2006)' Two-CD Set On Collectors' Choice Music Presents Four Decades Of Hits And Rarities LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Conqueroo) - If you were a rock 'n' roll fan in the '60s and early '70s, you well remember Tommy James & the Shondells having hit after hit on the charts. 40 Years: The Complete Singles Collection (1966-2006) - a two-CD, 48-song set to be to be released on November 25 ...
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Two-CD Deluxe Editions Of Cat Stevens' TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN And TEASER AND THE FIRECAT Feature Added Discs With Previously Unreleased Classic Performances LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - Thirty years after his final album as Cat Stevens, the acclaimed singer-songwriter's two most beloved albums will be reissued in two-CD, newly remastered Deluxe Editions supervised by the artist himself. TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN and TEASER ...
| Johnnie Ray - A Live Concert To Be Released On Birdhouse Records Merion Station, PA. (Top40 Charts/ Birdhouse Records) - Johnnie Ray - A Live Concert from Sciolla's nightclub in Philadelphia, PA on February 10, 1962 is soon to be released on Birdhouse Records. Reel to reel tapes of live concerts made during the early 60's at a Philadelphia nightclub called Sciolla's ...
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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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