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Motown & UMe Celebrate Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” With 3 Digital Releases on Jan. 22nd, 2021


 
Motown and UMe Celebrate MARVIN GAYE’S WHAT’S GOING ON With 3 Digital Releases Today, January 22, 2021
 
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Motown’s “Prince Of Soul,” Marvin Gaye, was already a hit artist for nearly a decade when, in 1971, he reached new heights with his album What’s Going On.

MAZE Featuring Frankie Beverly’s “Live in New Orleans” 40th Anniversary 2LP Reissue & 2 Special Digital Releases | Coming Feb. 19th, 2021


 
MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY’S
LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS
40TH ANNIVERSARY 2LP REISSUE
OUT FEBRUARY 19, 2021 VIA CAPITOL/UME
 
LOS ANGELES, CA — JANUARY 8, 2021 — MAZE Featuring Frankie Beverly, one of America’s best-loved R&B bands, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their acclaimed 1981 double album Live in New Orleans with a 2LP vinyl reissue and two special digital releases on February 19, 2021 via Capitol/UMe.

Blue Note Records Announces The Classic Vinyl Reissue Series | See Release Schedule!


 
BLUE NOTE RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE CLASSIC VINYL REISSUE SERIES
 
A CONTINUATION OF THE LABEL’S ACCLAIMED BLUE NOTE 80 VINYL REISSUE SERIES
THAT WILL FEATURE ALL-ANALOG 180g VINYL PRESSINGS OF CLASSIC BLUE NOTE TITLES
 
Blue Note Records has announced the Classic Vinyl Reissue Series, a continuation of the label’s acclaimed Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series which was launched in celebration of Blue Note’s 80th anniversary in 2019.

Jody Watley Makes Surprise TV Appearance on DJ Cassidy’s “Pass The Mic: BET Soul Train Edition” | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Jody Watley
Makes Surprise TV Appearance on
DJ Cassidy’s “Pass The Mic: BET Soul Train Edition.”
 
(Hollywood, CA – November 30, 2020) – Jody Watley is always full of surprises.
 
The Grammy-winning, trendsetting pioneer in music, video, fashion and style recently joined other R&B legends of the 80s on DJ Cassidy’s “Pass the Mic: BET Soul Train Edition,” which also featured Sheila E, Chaka Khan, El DeBarge, Deniece Williams, Morris Day, Evelyn “Champagne” King, Lisa Lisa, George Clinton, and many more.

Verve Records/UMe Releases New Vinyl Set “Verve Wishes You A Swinging Christmas” | Feat. Ella Fitzgerald, Kenny Burrell, Ramsey Lewis & Jimmy Smith


 
Four Timeless Holiday Jazz Titles By Ella Fitzgerald, Kenny Burrell, Ramsey Lewis And Jimmy Smith Boxed Up For New Vinyl Set, ‘Verve Wishes You A Swinging Christmas’
 
Most Albums Repressed For First Time In More Than 50 Years
 
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — This holiday season, Verve Records/UMe is boxing up some of the most classic jazz holiday titles and wrapping them in a new vinyl box set titled Verve Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.

Craft Recordings Releases Lyric Video for “Respect Yourself” by The Staple Singers | WATCH!


 
CRAFT RECORDINGS RELEASES TIMELY LYRIC VIDEO FOR
“RESPECT YOURSELF”
THE EMPOWERING 1971 ANTHEM FROM CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND SOUL ICONS THE STAPLE SINGERS
 
Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2020)—Craft Recordings is pleased to release a new lyric video for The Staple Singers’ soulful 1971 anthem “Respect Yourself.”

New Charlie Parker Vinyl Box Set, “The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection” Arrives on Dec. 18th, 2020


 
Five Extraordinary Charlie Parker 10″ Records Packaged Together As New Vinyl Box Set, ‘The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection’
 
CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS VOLS 1 & 2, BIRD AND DIZ, CHARLIE PARKER PLAYS SOUTH OF THE BORDER & CHARLIE PARKER REMASTERED AND HOUSED IN LOVINGLY REPRODUCED PACKAGING WITH FOUR OUT OF FIVE TITLES REPRESSED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 60 YEARS
 
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Charlie “Bird” Parker, an architect of modern music nearly universally regarded as the greatest alto saxophonist who ever lived, released five 10-inch LPs via Mercury Records and producer Norman Granz’s pre-Verve label Clef Records in the early 1950s.

Jazz Legend Grover Washington, Jr. Commemorative Vinyl To Be Released on Nov. 27th, 2020


 
Jazz Legend Grover Washington, Jr. Commemorative Vinyl To Be Released
 
Studio City, CA – Lightyear Entertainment announces that it will release a commemorative double vinyl of beloved artist Grover Washington, Jr. on Black Friday for Record Store Day.

The Staple Singers 7-CD Box Set “Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection” Coming Nov. 13rd, 2020


 
THE STAPLE SINGERS’ COME GO WITH ME: THE STAX COLLECTION
NOW AVAILABLE IN A DELUXE SEVEN-CD BOX SET
 
ACCLAIMED COLLECTION CELEBRATES THE STAPLE SINGERS’ STAX YEARS,
INCLUDING ALL OF THEIR STUDIO ALBUMS ON THE ICONIC LABEL,
PLUS LIVE RECORDINGS AND RARITIES
 
OUT NOVEMBER 13th ON CRAFT RECORDINGS
 
Los Angeles, CA (September 23, 2020)—Craft Recordings is thrilled to announce a deluxe CD edition of Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection.

Verve Label Group And UMe Release First-Ever Official Music Video For Louis Armstrong’s ‘What A Wonderful World’


 
Verve Label Group And UMe Release First-Ever Official Music Video For Louis Armstrong’s ‘What A Wonderful World’
 
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Verve Label Group and UMe, the global catalog company of Universal Music Group, today announced the release of the first-ever official music video for Louis Armstrong‘s beloved hit song, “What A Wonderful World.”

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