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Elton John: His United States Debut at Doug Weston’s Troubadour August 25, 1970

50 Years On By Harvey Kubernik © 2020 I was an avid reader of Melody Maker since 1964. I first became aware of Elton John’s Empty Sky DJM record label first LP in June of 1969. I ordered it as an English import from Lewin Record Paradise on Hollywood Blvd. His piano...

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THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE ELECTRIC LADYLAND DELUXE EDITION

THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE ELECTRIC LADYLAND DELUXE EDITION

50th ANNIVERSARY BOX SET FOR NOVEMBER 9th RELEASE By Harvey Kubernik c 2018   In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of the Jimi Hendrix Experience masterpiece Electric Ladyland, Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of...

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BEE GEES ‘TIMELESS: THE ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS’

BEE GEES ‘TIMELESS: THE ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS’

TO BE RELEASED WORLDWIDE ON 2LP VINYL OCTOBER 26 By Harvey Kubernik c 2018 On October 26, Capitol/UMe released the Bee Gees’ Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits in a 2LP vinyl edition. Already available on CD and digitally, the career-spanning collection of top hits...

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ELAINE BROWN’S SELF-TITLED BLACK FORUM/MOTOWN ALBUM

ELAINE BROWN’S SELF-TITLED BLACK FORUM/MOTOWN ALBUM

REISSUED ON VINYL LP By Harvey Kubernik c 2018  Elaine Brown, the rare, self-titled album from the first and only female Chair of the Black Panther Party, has just been reissued in late September by Motown/UMe.  First issued in 1973 and long out of print, the LP...

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FRANK SINATRA’S LANDMARK 1958 ALBUM

FRANK SINATRA’S LANDMARK 1958 ALBUM

FRANK SINATRA SINGS FOR ONLY THE LONELY EXPANDED 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION By Harvey Kubernik c 2018 Frank Sinatra’s intimate 1958 opus, Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely, has been newly mixed in stereo for an expanded 60th Anniversary Edition to be released...

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SOUNDTRACK TO BESIDE BOWIE: THE MICK RONSON STORY

SOUNDTRACK TO BESIDE BOWIE: THE MICK RONSON STORY

AVAILABLE NOW VIA UME      By Harvey Kubernik c 2018 Record label UMe this summer has released the soundtrack to the official Mick Ronson documentary,  Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story, with tracks by Mick Ronson, David Bowie, Ian Hunter, Michael Chapman, Joe...

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Rubber Soul: 50 Years On

Rubber Soul: 50 Years On

By Harvey Kubernik c 2015 RUBBER SOUL - the album that changed the musical world we lived in then to the one we still live in today. ---Andrew Loog Oldham  Rubber Soul was the Beatles’ first release not to feature their name on the album’s cover, an uncommon strategy...

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Susannah Hoffs & Matthew Sweet: Under The Covers, Volume 3

Susannah Hoffs & Matthew Sweet: Under The Covers, Volume 3

A Re-Imagining Of Some Of Your Favorite 80's Alternative Songs, And More It goes without saying that The Bangles were one of the best known music acts of the 1980's. The all-girl group rose from relative obscurity thanks in part to the "Mayor of the Sunset Strip,"...

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