William DeVaughn was working as a government employee when he wrote “A Cadillac Don’t Come Easy”, eventually re-written to become “Be Thankful for What You Got” in 1972, and spent $900 toward it under a development agreement, under which an artist will record a few initial demos or tracks where, if successfully approved, the company…
Tracklicensing have just licensed these two fantastic Brunswick masters to the DNSC Record label for a limited 7″ vinyl. Two great Brunswick sides on one disc from two of the greatest soul vocalists The A Side features Tyrone Davis’ version…
Just one of those rare, magical moments when two memorable artists come together to cover a timeless classic of a legendary icon in an unforgettable, touching way. That’s what the gorgeous Kirsty MacColl and Lemonheads troubadour EvanDando did with PERFECT DAY, one of the highlights on Lou Reed‘s 1972 album Transformer. They turned this reflective diamond into something really touching special. Dreamy,…
https://open.spotify.com/show/3u6jBxydmfBzGT0MKEWhON Listen to a rare interview with Labi on the What Goes Around podcast. Writer of such classic songs as “It Must Be Love”, “My Song” and “Bless the Telephone”. His songs have been covered by artists as varied as Madness, Joss Stone, Rod Stewart, Kelis and Kenny Rogers and been sampled by Hip-Hop royalty…
1970s soul group established after the legendary producers and songwriters Holland, Dozier, Holland left Motown Records to start their own record labels. This album was released on Invictus Records and features the distinctive vocals of General Johnson, the last album with the original quartet. Track highlights include ‘Hanging onto a Memory’, ‘Patches’, ‘Everything’s Tuesday’. Listen…
Demon Music are releasing a new Suede compilation called Beautiful Ones: The Best of Suede 1992-2018 which will be available as a 4CD, 6LP vinyl and 2LPs packages. Limited signed editions are available. The original era (1993 to 2002) saw the band issue five albums including their Mercury music prize-winning self-titled debut (1993), the even better follow-up Dog Man Star (1994) and then…
. T. Rex were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during tonight’s ceremony, which aired on HBO. Ringo Starr inducted the band, honoring the late Marc Bolan in his speech. “People knew him as a great musician, a songwriter, a guitarist, but he was also a poet, and he was very proud of that,” Starr said. “In fact, his poetry was as…
A brand new version of the classic “Why Isn’t Love Enough” to celebrate Pride 2020. Click here to listen https://smarturl.it/Love_Is_Love_Is_Love
Demon Licensing have recently added the Cadence Recordings to our Andy Williams repertoire. Williams’ Cadence material for the label had never been comprehensively collected in one place, until now. Demon Music Group’s Edsel label has just released a deluxe set, The Cadence Albums, featuring all eight of Williams’ Cadence albums plus 15 bonus singles on…
University of Arizona have recently extended their online campaign “Wonder Makes Us” for a 3rd time – Demon have licensed the Labi Siffre’s – “My Song” for this commercial. See it here
