Are specialist compilations with a thought-out concept, careful message, and painstaking compiling/editing still necessary? My personal answer is a resounding yes!
The collection, titled 'Songs of Hard Times: Up, Over & Through (1936-1982),' is out now on Bandcamp and features 20 songs specifically curated for these trying times.
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Sun Records, they're releasing a new special collection featuring contributions from ten of the industry’s top music supervisors.
'Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era' helped define garage-rock and inspire New York’s punk revolution, and is to be celebrated with the release of a 5-LP vinyl box-set.
Legendary Memphis soul label Stax Records with Vinyl Me, Please are coming with a limited edition vinyl box set of 8 albums featuring iconic artists from the label's storied history.
One is for the benefit of American Democracy, the other for the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, and both compilations will be available on Bandcamp.
Both releases will compile hits and other choice cuts from the London legends’ sprawling catalog – which from 1963 to 1993, spanned a stonking 24 studio albums – by themes.