A Blowin’ Session is one of the greatest hard bop jam sessions ever recorded; it is filled with infectious passion and camaraderie.It’s also the only time tenor saxophonists Johnny Griffin and John Coltrane would play together on record.Initially Coltrane wasn’t scheduled to be on this date, but Griffin saw him on his way to Rudy […]
Shirley Bassey: Shirley version on vinyl LP in standard edition.This particular edition was released by DOL on October 10, 2025.The album spans the genres of Pop, Jazz and Vocal.
On April 23, 1061, Judy Garland gave a dazzling recital at Carnegie Hall, captured on a double album that stands as a definitive showcase of the genre.The album won four Grammy Awards and spent 95 weeks on the charts, including 13 at number one.At the time, Garland was one Hollywood’s biggest stars, juggling films, songs […]
Famous in the 1950’s for her “femme fatale” film roles, her hit “Cry Me a River”, and her voice of a rare sensuality, Julie London recorded dozens of albums with covers worthy of the finest pin-up imagery, and silky repertoire, whispered by the sultry redhead into the ear of tuxedoed gentlemen sipping champagne.A sexy interpreter […]
Among her seventy albums, Ella Fitgerald often shared the spotlight – with none more memorably than Louis Armstrong.This second installment of their collaboration, accompanied by Oscar Peterson and his group, finds them alternating betwwen duets and solo performances, with Satchmo picking up his trumpet on six tracks.“Autumn in New York”, and Stompin;’ at the Savoy” […]
Album of the Week – Sudan Archives – THE BPM Staff Review THE BPM is the new album from Sudan Archives, the moniker of American singer, songwriter, and violinist Brittney Parks. It’s her third studio effort and the highly anticipated follow-up to 2022’s Natural Brown Prom Queen, one of that year’s standout releases. On THE […]
The four-parts Canadian, one-part Arkansan quintet’s sophomore effort boasts more soon-to-be-staples than any other Band studio recording, what with the likes of the Joan Baez hit “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, “Across the Great Divide”, and “Up on Cripple Creek” standing out among the dozen uniformly memorable tracks. Lesser-known group originals such as […]
Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald released her 2nd studio album A Curious Thing 8th March 2010.It entered the UK album charts at ‘4 reaching platinum status.The album has sold 1,000,000 copies.Spending 65 weeks on the German Albums Chart, A Curious Thing is MacDonald’s second album to stay on that chart for more than a year (her […]
2LP – Black Vinyl In Tri-fold Jacket Vinyl Re-issue In Celebration Of The 20th Anniversary In 2005, Felt 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet brought together two of underground hip-hop’s most respected voices of the time – Murs and Slug – for a second collaboration that felt looser, livelier, and more charismatic than its predecessor.The […]
LP – Standard 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition Black Vinyl. Swindly Cosmic Americana for the boxcar bound.Operating out of a suite in the Roanoke, Virginia Ramada Inn Tiffin Music Enterprises International was but one of hundreds of gray-market record companies offering dubious services to Nashville aspirants. Cut in three days in 1975, 20-year-old Firebaugh wrote and […]
