Tag: Reissues
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Reissues: Soulful pop albums from Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis
By Ken Paulson The summer of 1967 saw the release of one of the best (and most underrated) pop albums of the decade. With Johnny Rivers producing and Jimmy Webb contributing songs, the Fifth Dimension literally soared into the charts with Up, Up and Away and the big single of the same name. Over the…
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Reissues: Amazing Rhythm Aces’ first two albums
The Amazing Rhythm Aces’ first two albums are available again on a reissue from Real Gone Records. “Stacked Desk, ” their debut, boasted a big hit single in “Third-Rate Romance,” a genre-defying song that proved irresistible to AM radio.
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Re-issues: Wilderness Road and the Hello People
There was a time when pop and politics were often intertwined and two new releases from Real Gone Music nicely illustrate that.
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Reissue: Don Nix’s “Living by the Days”
By Ken Paulson –The reissue of Living By the Days, Don Nix’s second album, is something of a revelation. It barely charted in 1971 and the single “Olena” just cracked the Hot 100. But 42 years later, the album sounds fresh and soulful. Nix was signed to Leon Russell’s Shelter Records and they had similar…