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Record Store Day 2019
Record Store Day 2019 takes place on Saturday, April 13th, at record stores across the world. Started in 2008, the yearly event is meant to celebrate record store culture by bringing together fans, artists and thousands of independent vinyl shops, … Continue reading
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UK record company will press your ashes into a working vinyl album.
For those dedicated vinyl record collectors, a UK company, called And Vinyly, is offering to press our ashes into playable vinyl records upon our demise. The company’s slogan is “Live On From Beyond The Groove.” During manufacture, your ashes are … Continue reading
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South To Louisiana – revised and updated published in March.
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Paramount’s Rise & Fall – Out in April
How did a chair manufacturer in rural Wisconsin come to dominate the new “race record” field in the 1920s? The fascinating story unfolds in this landmark study of Paramount records – the label that introduced Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, … Continue reading
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Blues Unlimted Exhibition In Bexhill Museum
Bexhill Museum is pleased to announce a new exhibition for 2019 – BLUES UNLIMITED. Did you know Bexhill was the birthplace of Blues Unlimited Magazine? This small exhibition explains the foundations of the magazine and the personnel involved. It charts … Continue reading
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UPDATED:: 3rd Edition Of ‘The Blues Discography’
The third edition of Bob McGrath and Les Fancourt’s mighty ‘The Blues Discography 1943-1970’, published by Eyeball Productions, is now available from their website. The history of ‘The Blues Discography’ can be traced back to the mid 1960s when Mike … Continue reading
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2018 Music: Gone But Not Forgotten
During 2018 we lost (among many others – too many to mention at present) the following artists and music industry people. Barbara Alston: Member of – and one time lead vocalist of the great 1960s Phil Spector produced vocal group … Continue reading
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Trojan Records 50th Anniversay Book
This article first appeared in the Morning Star on December 15th Growing up in the early 1960s in Manchester, with grandparents living in Moss Side, the infectious music of bluebeat and ska records newly imported from Jamaica booming out giant … Continue reading
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Stuart Cosgrove’s Soul Trilogy: In Conversation
Writer and critic Stuart Cosgrove will be at Watersone’s, 153–157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EW, on 21st January celebrating his latest book – part of his three book trilogy. £5 entrance fee. His new volume ‘Harlem 69: The Future of Soul’ is … Continue reading
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