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Guitarist and vocalist Tony Rice was at the center of some of the most celebrated albums in modern bluegrass, and this 1979 release featuring his rotating band "The Tony Rice Unit" (here featuring... more

Ever since Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth sampled Ernie's anthemic "Our Generation" on their 1992 chart-topper "Straighten It Out" (and then John Legend and The Roots covered the song in 2010), 1972's... more

Way back in the early years of our Real Gone label, we released a two-CD collection of Barbara Lewis' complete Atlantic singles that spotlighted her pop-soul smashes like "Hello Stranger," "Baby I'm... more

Girl group greatness, courtesy of the Chicago-based Hutchinson Sisters (with Theresa Davis on this record) and co-producers Isaac Hayes, David Porter and Ronnie Williams! Recording at Muscle Shoals... more

After keyboardist/composer Bayeté a.k.a. Todd Cochran established his musical presence on the San Francisco scene playing in Bobby Hutcherson's band, and before becoming a key member of the... more

The success of Shaft and Superfly ignited an explosion of films, many produced by small independent studios and filmmakers, whose soundtracks continue to provide rich fodder for turntablists, crate... more

Produced by Josephine "Jo" Bridges and signed to her We Produce imprint, The Temprees were a Memphis soul vocal trio powered by one of the great falsettos in pop music, that of Jasper "Jabbo"... more

Not many artists record two highly collectible, self-titled albums 10 years apart. But singer-songwriter-keyboardist Leon Ware pulled off that unlikely feat, first with his debut solo record for... more

The only "group" on the Black Jazz roster, The Awakening today should be heralded as one of the great bands in early '70s jazz. That they're not is the result of the Black Jazz label's distribution... more

Critics everywhere agreed that Olu Dara's In the World-From Natchez to New York was one of 1998's best albums. The only problem was, in what category? Jazz? Dara came to this album with impeccable... more

Real Gone continues it's Dante-esque descent through the Deicide back catalog with an another vinyl debut... except this time, it's not just an American vinyl debut. Yes, 2000's Insineratehymn is... more

The Awakening were the only 'group' recorded by Black Jazz, for which they made two albums; those two releases happen to be among the most collectible in the label's entire catalog, which, given the... more

Fanny - Mothers Pride REMASTERED BABY Color vinyl, Remastered - First we put out all of Fanny's Reprise albums on CD... now we're doing the same on LP! Yes, that's right, Fanny fans-we're finally... more

Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta described Supremacy as an "all-out onslaught of completely adrenaline-charged, in-your-face brutality," and who are we to argue (in fact, we'd be afraid to)?! Hatebreed... more

This 2002 album was the last of L.A. band Fear Factory's amazing run of albums for the Roadrunner Records, but it was actually the first. Huh? Let us explain-or better yet, you can read the two sets... more

Judy Collins transformed the sound of folk music. With a crystalline voice and a songbook blurring traditional genre lines, the Seattle native came to prominence in the fertile Greenwich Village... more

Letters to Cleo's debut album offers a classic indie rock rags-to-riches story we just don't hear enough of anymore. The band was close to breaking up (vocalist Kay Hanley had already started another... more

The Devil Wears Prada's 2011 album Dead Throne didn't just hit the Top Ten on Billboard's album chart... it also topped the publication's Christian and Independent album charts! Which illustrates why... more

Nonstop touring afforded Letters to Cleo an opportunity to develop a harder-edged, more diverse sound, heard to excellent effect on their second record, 1995's Wholesale Meats and Fish. The single,... more

There's a freedom in knowing we are all doomed, a sense of liberation from society's morals and the considerations of commerce. That's the territory trod by Sorrow on it's lone album, 1992's Hatred... more

The Donnas: Bitchin' (2-LP Expanded, Remastered Lavender Vinyl Edition) This 2007 release was put out by The Donnas' own Purple Feather label, and marks a return to the girls' glam metal and punk... more

Calling a Deicide album "more accessible" is kind of like calling a velociraptor less lethal than a T-Rex... you're gonna die either way. But on 1997's Serpents of the Light, the fourth album from... more

Between movies and TV shows like The Last of Us, The Walking Dead, and 28 Days (and Years) Later, the 2000s have been something of a golden age for zombie horror. But for our money, every bit as... more

A 1964 horror rock classic from the king of the genre, Gary Paxton! Gary was the producer behind the all-time Halloween hit "Monster Mash," and that song rears it's revivified head here (in a little... more

Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life isn't just the most beloved holiday film of all time. It's also arguably the most quintessentially American movie ever made. It's populist message, everyman hero,... more