Pop Culture Roundup: River Song Revived, Star Trek: Prodigy, Disney Fireworks


ITEM! Alex Kingston will reprise her role as River Song as part of the live "Doctor Who: Time Fracture" event in London.

ITEM! Paramount+ has announced the voice cast for it's upcoming "Star Trek: Prodigy" animated series.

ITEM! Fireworks will soon be seen again above Disneyland and Disney World.

Coming Up: "Disco 75"


Out Aug. 20.

Details:

A brand new series of releases devoted to the rise of Disco in the ‘70s, a genre which began when soul music became the most popular sub-genre of Rhythm & Blues within the African American culture in the USA, from where, the cult of the DJ emerged.

‘Disco 75’ features huge hits along with dancefloor essentials that changed the face of dance music mid-decade; including massive radio-friendly tunes from Shirley (And Company), Jackson Five, KC And The Sunshine Band, Archie Bell And The Drells, The O’Jays, Whispers, The Average White Band, Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes, Disco Tex And The Sexolettes and more. 

With the UK dance venues split between R&B (in the classic sense), uptempo Motown which would eventually be known as Northern Soul and the Mod-orientated clubs where jazz was also played, a new generation of Disco DJs emerged including Chris Hill at The Goldmine at Canvey Island, Greg Edwards on London’s Capital Radio, Robbie Vincent on Radio London and Mike Shaft in Manchester.

By late ’74, Billboard and Record World in the States had introduced charts focussing on club DJ returns and by October Billboard launched the Disco Action chart which featured top plays compiled from audience response in the New York clubs; while in the UK Blues & Soul magazine with their Disco Dozen chart featured 12 floor fillers described as “an independent survey of the most played and most requested current releases around Britain’s Discotheques”.

Over three CDs and 55 tracks, Robinsongs has collected the most in demand records that sparked that initial interest in Disco around the world.

Designed by Michael Robson and mastered by Simon Murphy this is the definitive collection of the dancefloor sounds of 1975. The best of 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 will follow.

Track Listing:

DISC ONE:
1. SHIRLEY (AND COMPANY) – SHAME, SHAME, SHAME
2. MOSES DILLARD & The Lovejoy Orchestra – THEME FROM LOVEJOY
3. HERBIE MANN – HI-JACK
4. DORIS DUKE – A LITTLE BIT OF LOVIN’
5. BLACK STASH – MIGHTY LOVE MAN PT 1
6. GENYA RAVAN – FEEL THE NEED IN ME
7. THE KAY-GEES – GET DOWN
8. ARMADA ORCHESTRA – COCHISE
9. AVERAGE WHITE BAND – PICK UP THE PIECES
10. HAROLD MELVIN & BLUENOTES – BAD LUCK
11. GENE PAGE – SATIN SOUL
12. JESUS ALVAREZ – QUEEN BEE
13. SELDON POWELL AND CO – MOR SHAME PT 1
14. MAJOR LANCE – DON’T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU
15. FRANKIE VALLI – SWEARIN’ TO GOD
16. DIONNE WARWICK – TAKE IT FROM ME
17. RHYTHM MAKERS – ZONE

DISC TWO:
1. SEEDS OF THE EARTH – PLANTING SEEDS
2. DE-LITE-FUL – FORGET THAT GIRL
3. CHUCK JACKSON – LOVE LIGHTS
4. CALENDAR – HYPERTENSION
5. RETTA YOUNG – (SENDING OUT AN) S.O.S.
6. BATAAN – THE BOTTLE (LA BOTELLA)
7. DEREK MARTIN – BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
8. SYLVIA – PUSSY CAT
9. THE JACKSON FIVE – FOREVER CAME TODAY
10. CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR – DREAMING A DREAM
11. BROTHER TO BROTHER – LET YOUR MIND BE FREE (VOCAL)
12. BROTHER TO BROTHER – LET YOUR MIND BE FREE (INST)
13. THE REFLECTIONS – THREE STEPS FROM TRUE LOVE
14. THE RIMSHOTS -7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (BLOW YOUR WHISTLE)
15. MOMENTS AND WHATNAUTS – GIRLS (FRENCH VERSION)
16. PAT LUNDI – PARTY MUSIC
17. MFSB – SEXY
18. PEOPLES CHOICE – DO IT ANY WAY YOU WANNA
19. ESTHER PHILLIPS – WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
20. BANZAI – CHINESE KUNG FU
21. THE GLITTER BAND – MAKES YOU BLIND

DISC THREE:
1. AL MATTHEWS – FOOL
2. UNIVERSAL MIND – REACH OUT FOR ME
3. ULTRAFUNK – STING YOUR JAWS – PART 1
4. KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND – THAT’S THE WAY I LIKE IT
5. ARMADA ORCHESTRA – FEEL THE NEED IN ME
6. JOHNNY OTIS – JAWS
7. DISCO TEX & THE SEXOLETTES – GET DANCIN’
8. OSCAR TONEY JaR – CHICKEN HEADS
9. THE O’JAYS – I LOVE MUSIC
10. THE SOUL TRAIN GANG – SOUL TRAIN “75”
11. JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS – I AM SOMEBODY
12. THE WHISPERS – IN LOVE FOREVER
13. BENNY TROY – I WANNA GIVE YOU TOMORROW
14. THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA – CHICAGO BUS STOP
15. JUGGY MURRAY JONES – INSIDE AMERICA
16. ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS – LET’S GROOVE
17. DOOLEY SILVERSPOON – LET ME BE THE NUMBER 1(LOVE OF YOUR LIFE)

Coming Up: "The Comedy of Terrors" Blu-ray


Out Aug. 31. Order now from Amazon.

Details:
Your Favorite Creeps Together Again! Four masters of the macabre star in this sinister and screamingly funny scare-fest! Waldo Trumbull (Vincent Price, The Raven) is running his father-in-law’s (Boris Karloff, Black Sabbath) funeral home business... straight into the ground! Hounded by his landlord (Basil Rathbone, The Magic Sword), Trumbull and his assistant (Peter Lorre, Tales of Terror) devise a way to make death pay: by increasing their customer base through murder and burying the secrets of their success... body by body! Jacques Tourneur, the diabolical director of Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, Out of the Past and War-Gods of the Deep, blended humor and horror for The Comedy of Terrors, written by Richard Matheson (The Last Man on Earth) and co-starring Joyce Jameson (The Apartment) with special guest star Joe E. Brown (Some Like It Hot).

Special Features:
-NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
-Richard Matheson Storyteller
-Theatrical Trailer
-Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase

Comic Art: Frank Frazetta "Johnny Comet" Sunday comic strip

 


Pop Pic: Myrna Loy

 


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