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High Moon Records
High Moon Records is a record label that is concerned with reissues. It has released material by artists including Arthur Lee, Laurie Styvers, Sly & the Family Stone and Lotti Golden. Background The record label was founded in 2010 by George Baer Wallace and French record dealer and record label owner, J.D. Martignon. According to ''Ugly Things'', High Moon Records is a "boutique reissue record label with a catalog of essential releases" with "deluxe packaging, never-before-seen archival photos and often with rare bonus tracks" Co-founder J.D. Martignon died in 2016. History 2010s in 2014, the label issued Arthur Lee's ''Black Beauty'' album. Prior to that, the only recorded versions of the album that were available were crude bootlegs. In a review of the album by Qobuz, the High Moon release of the album which was mastered from an acetate, while not flawless was said to be acceptable and far better than the bootlegs. In November 2018, High Moon Records were set to release th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Lee (musician)
Arthur Taylor Lee (born Arthur Porter Taylor; March 7, 1945 – August 3, 2006) was an American musician, singer and songwriter who rose to fame as the leader of the Los Angeles rock band Love. Love's 1967 album '' Forever Changes'' was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and it is part of the National Recording Registry. Early life Lee was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 7, 1945, in John Gaston Hospital, to Agnes (née Porter), a school teacher, and Chester Taylor, a local jazz musician and cornet player. As an only child, Lee was known by the nickname "Po", short for Porter, and was looked after by additional family members so his mother could proceed with her teaching career. With his father being his first connection with a musician, Lee was fascinated by music at a young age. He would sing and hum along to blues musicians such as Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters on the radio. At the age of four, Lee made his debut on the stage at a Baptist church, reciting a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Styvers
Laurette Stivers, known as Laurie Styvers, was a British-based, American singer-songwriter. Career Justine Styvers moved to London in the mid-1960s when her father, who was a pipeline engineer in the oil industry, was stationed in Europe. She attended The American School in London, graduating in 1969. The year prior, Styvers had responded to an advertisement for female singers that had been placed by John McBurnie (later of Jackson Heights) and Keith Trowsdale. The three, with additional vocalists Bethlyn Bates and Valerie Cope, formed the psychedelic folk band Justine and recorded and released one album and two singles with producer Hugh Murphy in 1970. Styvers left to attend college in Colorado before the album was released and thus was not pictured on its cover. She returned to the UK in late 1970 and rejoined the group but they disbanded shortly thereafter. Solo Styvers signed to Hush Productions, owned by Hugh Murphy and Shel Talmy, and released two solo albums and a singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sly & The Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone was an American band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1966 and active until 1983. Their work, which blended elements of funk, soul, psychedelic rock, gospel, and R&B, became a pivotal influence on subsequent American popular music. Their core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and included Stone's siblings Freddie Stone (guitar, vocals) and Rose Stone (keyboard, vocals) alongside Cynthia Robinson (trumpet, vocals), Greg Errico (drums), Jerry Martini (saxophone), and Larry Graham (bass, vocals). The band was the first major American rock group to have a racially integrated, mixed-gender lineup. Formed in 1966, the group synthesized a variety of musical genres to pioneer the emerging " psychedelic soul" sound. They released a series of Top 10 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hits such as " Dance to the Music" (1968), " Everyday People" (1968), and " Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (1969), as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotti Golden
Lotti Golden (born November 27, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, poet and artist. Golden is best known for her 1969 debut album ''Motor-Cycle (album), Motor-Cycle'', on Atlantic Records. Winner of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAP Pop Award for songwriting and RIAA-certified Gold and Platinum awards as a writer/producer, Golden has written and produced Top 5 hits in the US and abroad. Credited for her innovative work in early Electro music, electro and hip hop music,Toop, David (2000). Rap Attack 3: African Rap To Global Hip Hop. (Expanded Third Edition) Serpent's Tail, London N4 2BT pp. 146, 148, 150–151 . Golden is featured in the ''Rap Attack 3: African Rap To Global Hip Hop'' by David Toop, and ''Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: True Life Stories of Women of Pop'' for her pioneering work as a female record producer.Steward, Sue and Garratt, Sheryl (1984) Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: True Life Stories of Women in Pop, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugly Things
''Ugly Things'' (''UT'') is a music magazine established in 1983, based in La Mesa, California. The editor is Mike Stax (born 1962 in England). The magazine covers mainly 1960s Beat, garage rock, and psychedelic music ("Wild Sounds From Past Dimensions"). The name ''Ugly Things'' is a pun that refers to the band The Pretty Things. History Contributing writers include such names as Mick Farren, Alan Clayson, Richie Unterberger, Doug Sheppard, David Biasotti, Bill Wasserzieher, Michael Lynch, Miriam Linna, Phil X Milstein, Bill Shute, Gray Newell, Don Craine, Mark St John, Pete Innes, Lenny Helsing and Michael Lucas. San Diego City Beat reviewed ''Ugly Things'' in an article entitled "Mike Stax of Ugly Things: A local scenester's internationally known music magazine." The Lama Workshop editor Patrick Lundborg has stated about ''UT'' and editor Mike Stax: "1980s (music) zines have retired into the great recycling container in the sky (it's down to UT, Shindig!, and Misty Lane now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Beauty (album)
''Black Beauty'' is an album by the psychedelic rock band Love, released on February 13, 2012, nearly six years after the death of frontman Arthur Lee. Issued on High Moon Records, it compiles material from a canceled studio album, which Lee—backed by a new group with an all-black line-up—planned to have released on the Buffalo Records label. Recorded after a series of unsuccessful albums, both with Love and his 1972 solo effort '' Vindicator'', ''Black Beauty'' was intended to serve as Lee's comeback album. Among other Love releases, it is notable for its reinvention of the band as a funk group, while preserving Lee's lyrical complexity. Some of the tracks for the canceled album had appeared beforehand on compilation albums such as '' Reel to Real'' and ''Love Lost''; however, ''Black Beauty'' is the first release to assemble all the compositions from the 1973 recording sessions. While the album does not represent the classic Love line-up, music critics have recognized it as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qobuz
Qobuz (, commonly mispronounced: ), often stylized as qobuz) is a French digital music store and streaming service, launched in 2007 by Alexandre Leforestier and Yves Riesel. Qobuz is now owned by Xandrie SA. In June 2023, Qobuz offers over 100 million tracks on its service. For additional subscription fees, tracks are available at CD-quality and "Hi-Res" quality (24 bits up to 192 kHz). Individual tracks can also be purchased without any DRM restrictions. Streamed music is available in MP3 at 320 kbit/s, Compact Disc Digital Audio, CD-DA quality lossless (16-bit/44.1 kHz) and hi-resolution quality lossless (up to 24-bit/192 kHz) for some tracks. The formats available for individually-purchased songs are WAV, Audio Interchange File Format, AIFF, Apple Lossless, ALAC and FLAC for hi-res quality, Windows Media Audio#Windows Media Audio Lossless, lossless WMA for CD quality music, and MP3, Windows Media Audio#Windows Media Audio, standard WMA and Advanced Audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ace Of Cups
Ace of Cups is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1967 during the Summer of Love era. It has been described as one of the first all-female rock bands. The members of Ace of Cups were Mary Gannon (bass), Marla Hunt (organ, piano), Denise Kaufman (guitar, harmonica), Mary Ellen Simpson (lead guitar), and Diane Vitalich (drums). Lead vocals were sung by all members of the band except Vitalich, and all five sang backup. The songwriting, too, was divided among the band members. Background Gannon was born in New York and moved to San Francisco in the early 1960s. She played bass for a short while in a band called Daemon Lover. Hunt, who had grown up in Los Angeles, had been playing the piano since she was three. Like Gannon, she also moved to San Francisco in the early 1960s. Hunt was introduced to Gannon through a mutual friend, and Gannon suggested that they form an all-female rock band. Simpson was from Indio, California. She began playing the guitar when she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeannie Piersol
Jeannie Piersol is a singer who was active in the 1960s. She was part of what is referred to as the San Francisco scene. Background Jeannie Piersol was born Jeannie Gross and grew up in Mountain View. It was in the Bay area that she met her future husband her future husband Bill Piersol at a poetry reading. When she and Bill got married, her maid of honor was Grace Slick. Through Slick she got some of her first musical experience. She would later front the bands, Yellow Brick Road and Hair. Even though she has been largely forgotten, at the time she was known for her musical style which ventured into rock, soul and Indian music. She has been referred to by ''Paste'' as the Forgotten Rock Goddess of the Bay Area. Her sister Carol married Darby Slick who is the composer of " Don’t You Want Somebody to Love?", and Jerry Slick's brother. Career After fronting the bands, Yellow Brick Road and Hair, she managed to get a solo deal with Cadet Concept, a record label that was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Family - Live At The Winchester Cathedral 1967
''The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967'' is an album containing a historic early live recording by Sly & the Family Stone. It was released in 2025. Background Sly & the Family Stone was the resident band at Winchester Cathedral club in Redwood City, California from 16 December 1966 to 28 April 1967. The performance on the album occurred in the early hours of 26 March. The songs performed are a mix of contemporary soul and R&B covers along with one original composition. The recording was made by the group's first manager Rich Romanello, who was also owner of Winchester Cathedral. This was before Sly & the Family Stone was signed to Epic Records in 1967, so after he lost control of the act, Romanello put the tapes aside. In 2002 Dutch collectors Edwin and Arno Konings learned of the Winchester recordings when visiting Romanello, after which archivist and reissue producer Alec Palao examined the tapes. At this stage, despite the obviously superlative performance they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Labels Established In 2010
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Rock Record Labels
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