A distinctive reggae group that has sometimes incorporated soca/calypso touches, Culture hasn't changed much since much since the 1970s. While some reggae artists have turned to slicker, more high-tech sounds, Culture has wisely chosen to keep things simple and unpretentious. Though keyboards are employed on Three Sides to My Story, this unpretentious CD doesn't sound high-tech or overproduced. In fact, songs like "Sufferer," "Babylon Can't Study" and "Armageddon" (all of which underscore the g...   [ read more ]

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Though Traffic broke up at the start of 1969, the band was on a commercial ascent, which led Island Records, their U.K. label, and United Artists, which licensed their product for the U.S., to assemble a posthumous album, Last Exit, released in April 1969, that, like its predecessor, Traffic, peaked in the American top 20. Meanwhile, former band member Steve Winwood formed Blind Faith, which produced a debut album that topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. No wonder {@Island...   [ read more ]

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Back in the late 1950s, Domino was the first record label out of the now burgeoning musical scene of Austin, TX. Formed by 11 adults taking a business night course, the company only lasted for about three years, issuing 16 singles before closing up shop in 1961. But the label found itself leasing product to a bigger label (Liberty) with their first release and having one big hit with the original recording of "You Cheated" by their number one group, the Slades. This 30-track compilation is pre...   [ read more ]

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