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CREAM GOODBYE TOUR – LIVE 1968
4CD Live Box Set BY HARVEY KUBERNIK © 2020 “Cream was a shambling circus of diverse...
The Ramones: New Deluxe It’s Alive Out In September
End of the Century 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition Scheduled BY HARVEY KUBERNIK © 2019 With...
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The Historic Gold Star Recording Studio and the Audio Legacy of Producer Phil Spector
Phil Spector has been away from his Alhambra, California-home and the recording studio since spring of 2009, when a California jury convicted him of second-degree murder in the 2003 death of actress and comedian Lana Clarkson. At the moment Spector is serving 19 years...
Producer/ Director Allan Arkush
...on Jimi Hendrix, Martin Scorsese, Bill Graham, Roger Corman, and the 40th anniversary DVD edition of his Ramones Rock ‘N’ Roll High School By Harvey Kubernik © 2020 Allan Arkush was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1948 and graduated from Fort Lee...
CREAM GOODBYE TOUR – LIVE 1968
4CD Live Box Set BY HARVEY KUBERNIK © 2020 “Cream was a shambling circus of diverse personalities who happened to find that catalyst together….. any one of us could have played unaccompanied for a good length of time. So you put the three of us together in front of...
The Ramones: New Deluxe It’s Alive Out In September
End of the Century 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition Scheduled BY HARVEY KUBERNIK © 2019 With the new September 2019 deluxe edition of the 1979 Ramones’ tour album, It’s Alive, and the planned last quarter 2019/early 2020 40th anniversary of the original Phil...
33 1/3-House of Dreams Musical Stage Show on Cultural Landmark Gold Star Recording Studio
World Premiere in San Diego California August 2019; Gold Star/Stan Ross Documentary In Production By Harvey Kubernik © 2019 33 1/3 - House of Dreams tells the story of the legendary and landmark Gold Star Recording Studios in Hollywood and its co-founder, lead...
LITTLE STEVEN AND THE DISCIPLES OF SOUL WORLD TOUR
FIRST ALBUM OF NEW MATERIAL SUMMER OF SORCERY IN 20 YEARS VIA WICKED COOL/UME Label; BY HARVEY KUBERNIK © 2019 Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul’s Summer Of Sorcery was just released during May on CD, digitally and on vinyl as double LP on 180- gram black...
VERVE, IMPULSE! RECORDS AND UMe LAUNCH VITAL VINYL SERIES TODAY
FEATURING 180-GRAM VINYL REISSUES OF THE ICONIC LABELS’ CLASSIC ALBUMS; DAVID KESSEL ON VERVE RECORDS FOUNDER NORMAN GRANZ By Harvey Kubernik © 2019 In 2019 Verve and Impulse! Records, together with UMe, launched their new series Vital Vinyl, a celebration of...
Legendary drummer Hal Blaine passed away at age 90 on March 11th
I (David Kessel) had the pleasure of growing up in the recording studio along with my brother Dan. We worked with Hal Blaine on many, many Phil Spector sessions, as 2nd generation Wrecking Crew musicians. My Dad, Barney Kessel and Stepmother, B.J. Baker (one of the...
VERVE RECORDS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ITS LEGENDARY FOUNDER NORMAN GRANZ AND HIS CENTENNIAL
APTLY- TITLED ALL-STAR FOUR- DISC BOX SET THE FOUNDER OUT ON DECEMBER 7TH VIA VERVE/UME BY HARVEY KUBERNIK c 2018 In jazz circles, few names command more respect than Norman Granz. Although he wasn't a musician, Granz (1918-2001) was as responsible as any...