NEW BEATLES: SGT PEPPER AND CHRISTMAS IN DIGITAL AND VINYL

Debuting on the same day: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in HD Digital Audio, Picture Disc and Single Vinyl Editions.

The deluxe anniversary edition of The Beatles’ 1967 masterwork, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, will debut worldwide in high definition digital audio (96kHz/24bit).

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’s 2017 stereo mix will be released in two distinct 1-LP vinyl editions: a 180-gram black vinyl LP and a limited, collectible picture disc vinyl LP. READ FULL STORY HERE

ULTIMATE SINATRA 100 SONGS CELEBRATING100 YEARS!

The Ultimate Sinatra 4CD deluxe collection is available now for pre-order. Features 100 songs from The Chairman Of The Board plus an 80-page booklet with rare photos and quotes from Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Nancy Sinatra and Ol’ Blue Eyes himself!

Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. All Or Nothing At All
2. I'll Never Smile Again
3. Street of Dreams
4. You'll Never Know
5. If You Are But A Dream
6. Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)
7. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
8. Oh! What It Seemed To Be
9. Five Minutes More
10. Time After Time
11. Night And Day
12. The Song Is You
13. I'm A Fool To Want You
14. The Birth Of The Blues
15. Why Try To Change Me Now
16. I've Got The World On A String
17. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
18. My Funny Valentine
19. They Can't Take That Away From Me
20. I Get A Kick Out Of You
21. Young At Heart
22. Last Night When We Were Young
23. Three Coins In The Fountain
24. Just One Of Those Things
25. All Of Me
26. Someone To Watch Over Me
27. I Get Along Without You Very Well

Disc: 2
1. This Love Of Mine
2. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
3. Learnin' The Blues
4. Love And Marriage
5. (Love Is) The Tender Trap
6. Love Is Here To Stay
7. You Make Me Feel So Young
8. Memories Of You
9. I've Got You Under My Skin
10. Too Marvelous For Words
11. (How Little It Matters) How Little We Know
12. I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
13. I Wish I Were In Love Again
14. The Lady Is A Tramp
15. From This Moment On
16. Laura
17. Where Are You?
18. Witchcraft
19. Bewitched
20. All The Way
21. Moonlight In Vermont
22. Come Fly With Me
23. Put Your Dreams Away
24. Angel Eyes
25. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

Disc: 3
1. Only The Lonely
2. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
3. Something's Gotta Give
4. Come Dance With Me
5. Here's That Rainy Day
6. A Cottage For Sale
7. High Hopes
8. The Nearness Of You
9. I've Got A Crush On You
10. Nice 'N' Easy
11. When The World Was Young
12. In The Still Of The Night
13. The Second Time Around
14. Without A Song
15. Loved Walked In
16. Stardust
17. Come Rain Or Come Shine
18. The Girl Next Door
19. At Long Last Love
20. The Very Thought Of You
21. Pennies From Heaven
22. Ol' Man River
23. I Have Dreamed
24. Luck Be A Lady

Disc: 4
1. The Way You Look Tonight
2. My Kind Of Town
3. The Best Is Yet To Come
4. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
5. Softly, As I Leave You
6. It Was A Very Good Year
7. September Of My Years
8. Moonlight Serenade
9. Strangers In The Night
10. Summer Wind
11. That's Life
12. I Concentrate On You
13. The Girl From Ipanema
14. Drinking Again
15. Somethin' Stupid (with Nancy Sinatra)
16. The World We Knew (Over And Over)
17. Cycles
18. My Way
19. Wave
20. All My Tomorrows
21. Forget To Remember
22. It Had To Be You
23. All Of You
24. Theme From New York, New York
25. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Rehearsal) (previously unreleased)

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ERIC CLAPTON'S ALL STAR JOURNEYMAN LP

Eric Clapton's 'Journeyman' Album Feat. George Harrison, Chaka Khan, Daryl Hall, Robert Cray, Phil Collins and others Now Available On Hybrid SACD

“...one of the greatest rock/blues guitarists on the planet!”

Camarillo, CA - Much to the elation of Eric Clapton fans across the globe, Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity has released Clapton's 'Journeyman' album as a limited numbered edition Hybrid SACD! Eric Clapton is a true legend. 'Journeyman' reached #16 on the Billboard album chart and became Clapton's first solo studio album to go double platinum. Like any of his best albums, there is no grandstanding to be found on 'Journeyman'...it's simply a laid-back and thoroughly engaging display of his virtuosity. The album was heralded as a return to form for Clapton, much of it has an electronic sound, mostly influenced by the 1980s rock scene, but it also includes blues songs like “Before You Accuse Me,” “Running on Faith,” and “Hard Times.”

“At the center of it all is Clapton's guitar work...stinging blues and soaring pop.”

There is an all-star assembly of guests: Dire Straits keyboardist Alan Clark, George Harrison, Chaka Khan, Daryl Hall, Robert Cray, Cecil and Linda Womack, Phil Collins and Gary Burton. Among the highlights are several cuts that feature slide-versus-slowhand guitar dueling with Cray. George Harrison is particularly impressive on his little masterpiece “Run So Far,” playing guitar and singing harmony vocals.

A couple of tracks rank among Clapton's best from any decade.The strongest commercial single is “Bad Love,” which won the 1990 Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Grammy Award, and reached the No. 1 position on the Album Rock Chart. “Pretending” is a firm mid-tempo rocker that also reached the No. 1 position on the Album Rock Chart and and includes one of his most assured vocal performances ever.

Clapton sounds more convincing than he had since the early '70s. Not only is his guitar playing muscular and forceful, his singing is soulful and gritty - he seems to have struck the perfect balance between the fiery blues of his youth with the pop flavorings of his later years.

TRACKS:

Pretending

Anything for Your Love

Bad Love

Running on Faith

Hard Times

Hound Dog

No Alibis

Run So Far

Old Love

Breaking Point

Lead Me On

Before You Accuse Me

Produced By Jill Dell'Abate & Russ Titelman

Mastered by Steve Hoffman

at Stephen Marsh Mastering

I LOVE BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO......☯★☮☯★☮ MAGIC BAG MARCH 6!!

Just in from Willy Wilson:

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO is playing the MAGIC BAG in Ferndale March 6, 2014 at 8pm..If you have never seen them play get your dancin shoes outta that closet....!! EVENT PAGE HERE

Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr. was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1947. He acquired his nickname because, with his braided hair, he looked like Buckwheat from The Little Rascals. His father was an accomplished, non-professional traditional Creole accordion player, but young Buckwheat preferred listening to and playing R&B.

BUCKWHEAT AND JIMMY FALLON ON THE LATE SHOW

He became proficient at the organ, and by the late 1950s was backing Joe Tex, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown and many others. In 1971 he formed Buckwheat and The Hitchhikers, a 15-piece funk and soul band. They were a local sensation and found success with the single, “It’s Hard To Get,” recorded for a local Louisiana-based label.

Never a traditional zydeco fan when growing up, Buckwheat nonetheless accepted an invitation in 1976 to join Clifton Chenier’s Red Hot Louisiana Band as organist. He quickly discovered the joy and power of zydeco music, and marveled at the effect the music had on the audience. “Everywhere, people young and old just loved zydeco music,” Buckwheat says. “I had so much fun playing that first night with Clifton. We played for four hours and I wasn’t ready to quit.”

MANAGER Ted Fox, zydecobuck@aol.com

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GUITARIST STEVE HUNTER RECORDING IN SAN FRANCISCO 2013

 

 Steve Hunter photo by Markus Cuff

Just in... Karen Ann Hunter sent in a guest post today on the current activities of her husband, the unstoppable Steve Hunter.....

Steve has had a hugely productive year, with the release in April of his fifth solo album ‘The Manhattan Blues Project’ to critical acclaim, not just for his powerful performances but by the performances of the guests who participated and the quality of the compositions and audio.

Then he had the opportunity to film a DVD in LA of his own material dating back to his first solo album ‘Swept Away’ and selected tunes from his other solo albums ‘The Deacon, Short Stories’ and ‘The Manhattan Blues Project’, this project was produced by Brian Brinkerhoff and Paul Lani. The players were Phil Aaberg on keyboard (Peter Gabriel), Tony Levin on bass (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) and Alvino Bennett on drums (Dave Mason, Robin Trower).

  Steve Hunter with Reggie McBride photo by KA Hunter

The DVD and a CD of the same will be ready for release in the spring of 2014. But there will be a couple of short film previews prepared ahead of the release.

Steve has spent this week in San Francisco recording on a project headed by the same production team as the DVD, with Hammond B3 player Ike Stubblefield (Rare Earth, Boz Scaggs), renowned Cuban percussionist Orestes Vilató (Santana), Alvino Bennett on drums and the awesome Reggie McBride (Rare Earth, BB King) on bass.

The premise for this project was to have only rough layouts of new material from Ike and Steve then arrange and record the entire album in five days on the floor of the studio. The process was filmed at the same time and shows these amazing players working off the cuff and doing what they do best which is be masters of their craft, it will also give Steve Hunter fans an opportunity to hear him improvise searing solo ‘s that will take your head off. This album will also be released some time in 2014.

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DETROIT BASS DAY 2013 HONORS JAMES JAMERSON!

Get your tickets EARLY BIRD SPECIAL i$10 general admission and VIP $ 20 {Includes Bass Day T Shirt and Food,,,, BUY NOW via PayPal email address : kernbrantley@ymail.com / One Band Global...  TANGENT GALLERY