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55 years ago this month, Jimmy Witherspoon released his classic album ‘SPOON, which provides us with an opportunity to take a…DEEP DIVE! Jimmy Witherspoon was a jump blues legend, and if that particular phrase tells you nothing about his music, then let’s try this: the stuff Jimmy was playing back in the day isn’t so terrible far removed from the sounds you were hearing during the short-lived swing revival in the late 1990s. Over the course of his career, he recorded with a host of talented folks, including – but in no way limited to – Long John Baldry, Count Basie, Eric Burdon, Dick Morrissey

56 years ago today, Ray Charles was at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Georgia on My Mind,” which is certainly an anniversary worth celebrating, but since we don’t actually have that track within our catalog, we decided to pay tribute in a different way: by taking a deep dive into the material by Brother Ray that we do have and spotlight something you might not have heard. If you never had a chance to hear Ray Charles in person, you can still do the next best thing and listen to his 1960 live album, RAY CHARLES IN PERSON, which was mostly recorded on May 28, 1959 at Morris Brown College

Welcome to Deep Dive , where we delve into the far end of the Rhino vaults to shine the spotlight on an album that you may or may not be familiar with. This month marks the 50th anniversary of OUTWARD BOUND, the third album by acclaimed folk singer Tom Paxton. Unlike a number of his peers, Paxton had resisted the urge to upgrade his sound and “go electric,” as it were, which kept him squarely in the same musical realm where he’d started but also showed that he wasn’t going to let concerns about commerciality change his music. With his trusty fellow folkies Barry Kornfeld (second guitar) and Bi

Comedy might not have been born on this day in 1937, but one of the greatest comedians ever to walk to earth did arrive on this date: George Denis Patrick Carlin. Although he left us back in 2008, his legacy continues unabated, in no small part lately because of all the people who’ve said, “Man, can you imagine what George Carlin would have to say about Donald Trump?” We can only imagine it would’ve been glorious. In lieu of what can never be, we instead offer you a playlist featuring a collection of albums which were released on Atlantic Records. This isn’t everything, mind you: it’s only the

If you’re a fan of classic ‘60s R&B, then it’s hard to say that anything from within the catalog of Wilson Pickett is truly a deep dive: during that particular decade, it seemed like the man they called “Wicked” was delivering an LP’s worth of instant classics whenever he released a new full-length effort. Still, if there’s one album from Pickett’s ‘60s output that’s worth diving for, then surely it’s the one that features his nickname. Released in 1967 on the heels of his first best-of set, THE WICKED PICKETT kicked off with a track which would go on to serve as one of The Commitments’ signat

If you’re a fan of the classic R&B group The Impressions, then the album cited in the title of this piece has probably got you scratching your head. “Now hang on just a second,” you’re thinking. “I know The Impressions had a single called ‘Fool for You,’ but…when did they release an album called FOOL FOR YOU?” Well, that’s the thing: they didn’t. We, on the other hand, have released a digital playlist called FOOL FOR YOU, one which includes selections from The Impressions’ output between 1968 and 1976. In addition, you will hopefully be pleased to learn that this very playlist is available not

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In today’s installment of Deep Dive, we’re taking a look – and a listen – to Bread’s fifth studio album, an effort which earned the band three top-20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Unlike the band’s previous album, however, it didn’t include any top-10 singles, which has caused it to slip slightly into obscurity over the years. We’re here to try and change that. Produced by the band themselves, GUITAR MAN was preceded in release by its title track, which was issued as a single in the summer of ’72 and climbed to #11. The song, which was written by Gates, featured lead guitar from Larry Knec

If you lived in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s, then you’re almost certainly familiar with the band Hot Chocolate, who were rarely off the UK Singles chart during the former decade and were still making regular appearances in the early part of the latter decade. These days, Hot Chocolate’s career in the US has been simplified by the media to such a degree that you’d be hard pressed to realize that “You Sexy Thing” wasn’t their only big hit. That’s why we’ve taken a look back at BOX SELECTION, a collection of the band’s eight albums on RAK Records, and shined a spotlight on some of the songs

54 years ago this month, Gerry and the Pacemakers released their debut single, a track which was famously recorded and then set aside by The Beatles. One can’t help but suspect that Gerry Marsden continued to thank his fellow Liverpudlians for this decision for the rest of his days. First, a bit of back story about the band: Gerry and the Pacemakers were formed by the aforementioned Mr. Marsden in 1959, along with his brother Fred, Les Chadwick, and Arthur McMahon. Their original name was actually Gerry Marsden and the Mars Bars, but the Mars Company wasn’t having that, so things changed very