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Moby Grape 

By Harvey Kubernik Copyright 2025        I revisited the work of Moby Grape in 2025.     During 2007, Columbia/Legacy Records released Listen My Friends! The Best of Moby Grape, which marked the 40th anniversary...

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THE DOORS: BREAK ON THRU – A CELEBRATION OF RAY MANZAREK

THE DOORS: BREAK ON THRU – A CELEBRATION OF RAY MANZAREK

IN CINEMAS WORLDWIDE ON FEBRUARY 12, 2020 By Harvey Kubernik © 2019  The Doors and Trafalgar Releasing today announced the upcoming release of The Doors: Break on Thru - A Celebration of Ray Manzarek, coming to cinemas worldwide for a one-night only event on February...

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Walk, Don’t Run: 60 Years Of The Ventures

Walk, Don’t Run: 60 Years Of The Ventures

At the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, Ca.  December 7, 2019-August 3, 2020   By Harvey Kubernik © 2019  Sixty years after the release of their first hit, "Walk, Don't Run," the Ventures are considered the most influential, best-selling instrumental   band in rock...

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John Mayall Autobiography

John Mayall Autobiography

Blues From Laurel Canyon: John Mayall: My Life as a Bluesman Just Published   BY HARVEY KUBERNIK © 2019  John Mayall OBE has been indefatigable in his commitment to the blues: virtually every musician who went through his “Bluesbreakers” academy went beyond their...

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CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC

CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC

By Harvey Kubernik © 2019  The 5 CD deluxe box set edition of COUNTRY MUSIC - A Film By Ken Burns (The Soundtrack)  (Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, in association with Universal Music Group ), which chronicled the diverse roots, evolution...

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James Taylor: The Warner Bros. Albums 1970-1976

James Taylor: The Warner Bros. Albums 1970-1976

Linda Ronsdadt 1969-1974   Chris Darrow The Real-To-Reel By Harvey Kubernik © 2019  On July 19th, music journalists, record reviewers, writers, online bloggers, influencers, radio programmers and deejays started touting and praising the 50th anniversary of James...

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The Ramones: New Deluxe It’s Alive Out In September

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...

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