By: Holly Gleason
courtesy Belkin Mgt
When the Michael Stanley Band took the stage – from their early record-setting mid-70s stands at the original Agora Ballroom or 10-night final run at the rotating stage Front Row Theater, not to mention the record-setting four-night SRO appearances at Blossom Music Center or the two nights at Richfield Coliseum that sold out faster than led Zeppelin – there was an urgency forged by the city of Cleveland’s zeitgeist. No matter how tough things got, MSB created music that swept sometimes tens of thousands of locals up in its expansive view of life in “Our Town.”
In Memoriam: Michael Stanleyâs 10 Albums That Changed My Life
Cleveland music legend and friend of Goldmine, Michael Stanley shared 10 albums that influenced him. His fellow Michael Stanley Band member and long-time friend Jonah Koslen offers his heartfelt remembrances.
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Recent photo, courtesy of Michael Stanley
Singer-songwriter, guitarist and band leader Michael Stanley passed away on March 5, at the age of 72. We had been working with Michael on a 40th anniversary article of The Michael Stanley Band’s Top 40 debut at the time of his passing.
In 1969, while in college, Michael Stanley released his first album as part of the band Silk. After two solo albums featuring “Rosewood Bitters,” “Moving Right Along,” and “Let’s Get the Show on the Road” in the early 1970s, The Michael Stanley Band was formed in the middle of the decade, receiving FM radio airplay and enjoying a live Midwest regional hit single with “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Mind,” writ
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English rock band UFO s 1979 live album Strangers in the Night is being reissued as an 8CD deluxe edition.
Capturing the band at the peak of their powers the original double album was compiled from recordings made at six shows during in October 1978 on an American tour. This new 8CD box set includes all six complete original concerts for the first time (five previously unreleased) as well as a newly remastered version of the original album (across two CDs). Four of the shows have actually been newly mixed from the original tapes.
The discs are contained in a two-part outer slipcase, and the eight CDs come in card sleeves. A 24-page booklet is included and features new sleeve notes by Michael Hann who has interviewed Phil Mogg, Andy Parker and Michael Schenker. A 2LP gatefold vinyl edition is also available, and a special a clear vinyl edition limited to 1000 units. Andy Pearce has done the remastering.
How pop and jazz wrapped up the past in 16 boxed sets
Cream, Goodbye Tour Live 1968 Polydor; four CDs, 66-page book, $69.98.
by Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica, Giovanni Russonello and Lindsay Zoladz
NEW YORK
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.- Reissues and deluxe editions of albums by PJ Harvey, Lil Peep, Charles Mingus and others provide fresh looks at familiar works, and the creative processes that birthed them.
Neneh Cherry, Raw Like Sushi (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Virgin/UMC; three CDs, $63.89; three LPs, $75.98
Alive with isolated, collagelike layers and exuberant ad-libs (Now, the tambourine!), Raw Like Sushi, Swedish pop artist and rapper Neneh Cherrys cult classic debut album, is a remixers dream. This 30th-anniversary set contains a vibrant remastered version of the original LP, along with two entire discs of imaginative remixes: Massive Attack transforms the synth ballad Manchild into a snaking, meditative groove, while early hip-hop producer Art
How Pop and Jazz Wrapped Up the Past in 16 Boxed Sets
Reissues and deluxe editions of albums by PJ Harvey, Lil Peep, Charles Mingus and others provide fresh looks at familiar works, and the creative processes that birthed them.
Iggy Pop’s “The Bowie Years” revisits the two albums David Bowie produced for the Stooges frontman, “The Idiot” and “Lust for Life,” with a host of extras.Credit.UMe
Dec. 23, 2020
(Virgin/UMC; three CDs, $63.89; three LPs, $75.98)
Alive with isolated, collagelike layers and exuberant ad-libs (“Now, the
tambourine!”), the Swedish pop artist and rapper Neneh Cherry’s cult classic debut album, “Raw Like Sushi,” is a remixer’s dream. This 30th-anniversary set contains a vibrant remastered version of the original LP, along with two entire discs of imaginative remixes: Massive Attack transforms the synth ballad “Manchild” into a snaking, meditative groove, while the early hip-hop producer Arthur Baker reworks two different extend