Word: rykodisc
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...that it was in… And perhaps there’s that inevitable feeling that the further things are in history, the more important it is to excavate them. Back in 1990, only 10 years on, the first time we re-released it on disc in Britain [on Rykodisc], it didn’t seem that important to dig up all the rest of the archives; they weren’t that far away. As you see us getting younger in the photographs, compared to our present-day selves, to the point where we wouldn’t even...
...plaints about love with the wrong kind of guy. They are what has kept Nashville pulsing through decades of shifting fashion. But the town didn't suit Kelly Willis. After a few albums in the early '90s, she split for Austin, Texas. Her new CD, What I Deserve (Rykodisc), puts a sultry Lone Star spin on the country sound. This cowgirl can sing the blues as if she'd grown up inside them...
...Galaxie 500 (Harvard Bands, Part One). This year, three Harvard alumni re-released their Sterling Morrison-influenced pop albums from the late '80s. Headed by New Zealand's Dean Wareham (now of the band Luna), Galiacie 500's Rykodisc release included the debut Today, On Fire and This is Our Music...
...young black music lovers. It publishes a newsletter and organizes concerts, including a music festival in Bari, Italy, last June and free performances in playgrounds in black neighborhoods all through the summer. It has also produced its first album, The History of Our Future, an eclectic sampler distributed by Rykodisc that features 10 of the association's bands. Says executive director Don Eversley: "We're trying to show that some of the artificial boundaries that have been put up shouldn't exist...
...sound-bite generation, called Play It by Ear. The game is equipped with a compact disc containing 381 different sounds in 12 categories, including speeches, famous sports moments and TV trivia. The package offers nearly 1,800 questions for 24 separate games, and it's a hit. Rykodisc, which makes the $45 game, has sold 50,000 copies in its first month on the shelves...