Select-O-Hits

08/30/2024

https://www.newreleasesnow.com/album/tab-benoit-i-hear-thunder

New Releases Now!
Tab Benoit

Listen to I Hear Thunder by Tab Benoit - a new album (release date: August 30, 2024 @ New Releases Now

08/21/2024

08/19/2024

The featured album for this week's New Release Book is "20" by The Grascals . Album courtesy of Mountain Home Music Company and will be available for purchase on August 23rd!

08/16/2024

Select-O-Hits, Icehouse Records and the Phillips Family are deeply saddened to hear of Mark May’s passing.

We first met Mark in 1995 when he recorded his Icehouse Records debut album, "Call On The Blues”

What a talent! Singer, songwriter and one of the best guitarists we’ve ever seen plus he was a great guy.

We continued to keep in touch for many years after he left the label.

Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family.

We truly lost a good one.

08/16/2024

Listen to Miami Moon by Devon Allman - a new album (release date: August 16, 2024 @ New Releases Now

08/07/2024

Congratulations Carley Arrowood Music on your nomination!

Congratulations to Carley Arrowood Music on her nomination for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Industry Award for Songwriter of the Year.

Arrowood, whose sophomore album, Colors, was released earlier this year, has already been recognized by the IBMA as both an instrumentalist and vocalist, winning a Momentum Award in the former category in 2017 and in the latter in 2023. As a songwriter, she is known not only for strong, musically sophisticated gospel and secular originals, but both traditional and contemporary instrumentals, too. Arrowood contributed six numbers in all three categories to each of her two albums, including her debut project’s “Dancing in the Rain,” which took second place in the Hazel Dickens Songwriting contest in 2017; “Moondancer” (Colors) which won first place in the same contest in 2023, and “Tsali’s Run” (Colors), one of the best-charting instrumentals of 2023.

“I’m so honored and grateful for this. It’s such a stout list of the industry’s best songwriters, and to be thought about among them is just way too cool!” says Arrowood. “God has blessed me beyond measure even before this nomination and I’m thankful for every new opportunity He gives me and my band. Thanks, everyone!”

Listen to Arrowood’s latest album, Colors, here 👉 https://clg.lnk.to/0wp1v2

08/05/2024

There are three albums featured for this week's New Release Book: "For the Universe" by Jerry Phillips, "I Hear Thunder" by Tab Benoit and "We Still Believe" by Mississippi Mass Choir. "For the Universe" by Jerry Phillips will be available on August 23rd. "I Hear Thunder" by Tab Benoit and "We Still Believe" by Mississippi Mass Choir will be available on August 30th!

08/01/2024

The legendary Memphis music pioneer Dj Spanish Fly stopped by the office to pick up some of his vinyl "UNFINISHED BUSINESS" available now

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07/03/2024

CONGRATS! Muck Sticky Claims #1 Spot on iTunes Comedy Charts w/ his single "F--k This S--t"! He also broke the Guinness World Records for most original albums released on one day, with 10 albums released on 6/28/24!

07/01/2024

The featured album for this week's New Release Book is "Chemisry: The Duets Collection" by TG Sheppard and Kelly Lang. Album courtesy of Leopard Entertainment and will be available for purchase on June 28th!

07/01/2024

Arturo Torres, the owner of Skalona Music Group (Mexico City),
visiting Select-O-Hits Friday 6/28/24.

06/24/2024

Quarto Valley Records presents "Happy Little Accidents" by Dominic Quarto. This album is laced with touches of humor, great melodies and catchy lyrics while paired with a completely unique vocal style to make this a extremely well balanced collection of get off your chair tunes. Featuring "Song for Nick," "La Verne," "Ely May" and "Hard to Say Goodbye." Album will be available this Friday!

06/20/2024

New Release Alert! REO Classics Band feat. Terry Luttrell "Recorded Live at Shock City Studios" from Song Haus Music! Available 6/28/24! Physical/Digital

REO Classics Band:
This album was recorded to bring you that Live Raw Power and Energy that you will experience at every one of our shows, Honoring the early days, the music, the members and the millions of REO Speedwagon fans that grew up listening to these great classic rock songs.

Longtime fans can now hear “157 Riverside Avenue” again as Luttrell, vocally strong as ever, brings his original magical firepower to this song and six others from REO’s hard-rockin’ roots as part of an exhilarating new band called REO Classics Band. Terry teams up with drummer Michael Mesey (renowned for his longtime stints with Chuck Berry and Illinois hard rock band Head East) to form a recording and soon to be touring unit focused on what they call “the early days,” the greatness of REO Speedwagon’s impactful 70s.
Those who have been REO fanatics from the beginning – fondly remember the powerful vocals Terry Luttrell brought to the group during his tenure as lead singer from 1968-72. He recorded the first album with them – their self-titled Epic Records debut R.E.O. Speedwagon, released in October 1971 - it was the one album that laid the important foundation that was REO Speedwagon.

In addition to “157 Riverside Avenue,” titled after the address in Westport, CT where the band stayed while recording in producer Paul Leka’s studio in Bridgeport. Hailed by the then-popular trade publication Record World as “plain effective boogie music,” it remains an in-concert favorite over 50 years later. REO Classics Band’ explosive seven-track debut album features two other raucous classics from R.E.O. Speedwagon’ self-titled debut, “Anti-Establishment Man” and “Sophisticated Lady”; the hard chugging blues/rocker “Golden Country,” from the second album R.E.O./T.W.O “Riding the Storm Out” and “Son of a Poor Man,” from the third album Ridin’ The Storm Out and “Roll With The Changes,” from You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish. REO Classics Band’ debut album was recorded and mixed in St. Louis at Shock City Studios and mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London. Mesey worked at Abbey Road with Sean Magee as Magee mastered the project. The veteran engineer, thoroughly enjoying the way Luttrell, Mesey and their band kicked contemporary ass into these classic tunes, exulted, “It’s rock and roll. We need rock and roll!”

Paved with exciting and promising musical intentions throughout, the road to REO Classics Band began with a call in 2016 to Mesey from Steve Scorfina, REO Speedwagon’s guitarist in 1969-70 (before the legendary Richrath joined), asking if the St. Louis based drummer wanted to do a gig up in Champaign celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Red Lion, the bar where REO Speedwagon got its start. Mesey, Luttrell and Scorfina jammed together that night on “157 Riverside Avenue” and “Johnny B. Goode” (which Mesey played Many times with Chuck Berry), and the drummer and singer – who met for the first time at that gig – kept in touch and developed a solid musical and personal friendship over the years. While Luttrell mostly performed with his latest band, the Champaign based Tons O’ Fun band, he and Mesey occasionally did shows together in the years before the pandemic.

Knowing that Tons O’ Fun sometimes performed songs from the first REO Speedwagon album, Mesey would often ask the singer, “With all that great history, why are you not doing more REO stuff on your own?” Luttrell’s initial response – “That's something to think about” – and evolved over time into more serious talks about forming a new group dedicated to the band’s early material. Once the concept and name - REO Classics Band featuring Terry Luttrell and Michael Mesey – came together, the key to bringing the concept to fruition, beyond choosing the perfect retro material, was finding the perfect core guys to complement their artistry and fulfill their dual vision. They both began reaching out to musicians they knew around the country who they thought might be open to being in a National Touring Band – some whom they had played with in the past, some not.

Though Mesey had never gigged with him, he knew Mike Baue would be the perfect guitarist for REO Classics Band when Baue told the drummer that he had cut his teeth as a musician by listening to Gary Richrath and that the guitarist had been a major influence his entire life. In searching for the right keyboardist, Mesey and Lutrell knew they needed someone who was amazing on both organ and piano and could handle those wild, boogieing solos.

One day on Facebook, Mesey saw a post by keyboardist Greg Shute, which brought back great memories of the many gigs they did together in the band of Chuck Berry’s daughter Ingrid Berry. Shute had been touring with other artists and announced that he was playing a gig in St. Louis. After the show, Mesey told him about his and Terry’s idea for the REO Classics band, and Shute immediately came on board, agreeing to record and perform shows with them. Baue then suggested Bass player Will Polazzo, whom he had played together in various rock bands for over ten years.
“Terry was living in Nashville, but Mike, Greg, Will and I got together in St. Louis and started playing some classic REO material to see how the music would be and what the chemistry was like,” says Mesey. “Everything clicked right away crazy good. like it was meant to be all along. I called Terry and told him, ‘You will freak out at the power of what we just did!’ Terry came out for the weekend and did exactly that! He couldn’t believe how great it was and how perfectly our new band brought back the memories, magic and dynamic flow of early REO.”

Luttrell says, “I was super excited about revisiting and re-recording the songs from the first REO album and beyond, and about the energy we have with this band. I loved hearing the way the guys performed the music the first time they played for me, and it was so thrilling getting into the studio with them and recording these incredible live versions of the songs. We’re all looking forward to getting out there and playing these timeless tunes for the fans who loved that music and later REO fans and enthusiasts will enjoy hearing.

Mesey adds, “Like Terry, I love that classic 70s rock and roll sound. When I was growing up and started playing the drums, I was listening to all of the great classic rock bands. This kind of music never gets old!”

06/18/2024

Check out the official video for "Down For The Third Time" by Citrus Sun!
Dôme Records

Stream/download the album here: https://ingrv.es/anaconga-97v-bBluey and Citrus Sun pay tribute to the late Bobby Caldwell, who wrote and recorded “Down For...

06/17/2024

The featured album for this week's New Release Book is "Miami Moon" by Devon Allman. Album courtesy of Create Records and will be available for purchase on August 16th!

06/14/2024

Listen to The Blackest Thing On The Menu by Gangstagrass - a new album (release date: June 14, 2024 @ New Releases Now

06/11/2024

We are excited about the release of "Anaconga" by Citrus Sun! It will be available this Friday! Dôme Records

Preorder or pre-save it here: https://ingrv.es/anaconga-97v-b
Down For The Third Time by Bluey aka Jean-Paul Maunick and Citrus Sun jumps from #8 to #2 on the Solar Radio Sweet Rhythms chart while in the US, in its second week, it vaults 93 places into the Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay Top 100. The new album Anaconga is released worldwide this Friday on CD and digital.

06/10/2024

We love to see our labels and artists on the charts! Quarto Valley Records

ON THE CHARTS! Congrats to our Quarto Valley Artists who continue to appear on the RMR Top 50 Album Charts in multiple genres!
T Bear/The Way Of The World: Roots Rock #20
Al Staehely/Somewhere In West Texas: Americana Country #24; Texas #22
Tom Hambridge/Blu Ja Vu: Blues Rock #21; Tennessee #6

06/06/2024

Check out the official music video for "Rome Wasn't Built In A Day" by Babylon A.D.! Perris Records

BABYLON A.D. Rome Wasn't Built In A Day (Official Music Video) Perris RecordsGet the new CD or digital album!https://music.apple.com/us/album/rome-wasnt-buil...

06/05/2024

After obtaining a GRAMMY nomination from his 2023 solo album, "The Soul Side of Sipp," and obtaining his first GRAMMY win for his contribution on "Count Basie Swings the Blues," Malaco Music Group is releasing "The Soul Side of Sipp" on CD. It will be available on June 14th!

06/03/2024

The featured album for this week's New Release Book is "Lost & Found" by Raul Midón . Album courtesy of ReKondite ReKords and will be available for purchase on July 19th!

05/21/2024

We love our friends at Memphis Record Pressing! Happy 10 years!

Celebrating 10 years of making vinyl magic here at Memphis Record Pressing, we are proud to be one of the largest vinyl manufacturers in North America having pressed 15 million records in 2023. Show your love for our city by continuing to support our local record stores this week (and every week) here in M-town during National Travel & Tourism Week 🎶 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣⚫️🟤🎶

05/20/2024

The featured album for this week's New Release Book is "My Foundation" by Jordan St. Cyr. Album courtesy of BEC Recordings and will be available for purchase on June 14th!

05/17/2024

Today is the day!

"ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY" is officially released!
Now Available Worldwide at all digital platforms!
https://music.apple.com/us/album/rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day/1737150933
https://www.amazon.com/Rome-Wasnt-Built-Day-Babylon/dp/B0CYNBRHJ9
https://open.spotify.com/album/6k0pLsV99L5xV7GiWJsUMr
CD available at:
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYNBRHJ9
AEC/WOW HD https://www.wowhd.co.uk/rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day/670573060529
PERRIS RECORDS: https://perrisrecords.com/babylon-a-d
WOWHD worldwide Free Shipping: https://perrisrecords.com/wowhd
GERMANY: https://www.prideandjoy.de

The first listen of the new Babylon AD brings you back to a simpler time of pure fun rock n roll, while keeping your feet planted in the present! It’s a blast in your ears and I can’t wait to hear it and see it LIVE!!
- Larry Mac Program Director / 96.1 KLPX Tucson

This is a record that sounds just like the band back in the day, full of fire, wonderfully heavy and firing on all cylinders: with guitar and vocals that haven’t lost a thing over the decades. Some bands come back with a bang, it seems that Babylon has just gone nuclear. - The Rock Pit.

Too early to spoil it, but I will say 2 things about the record. IMO, it blows "Revelation Highway" out of the water and if you like the first 2 albums you will LOVE "Rome Wasn't Built In A Day". - Brian Basher, BraveWords Radio

This is truly an amazing release! A great album from start to finish... this is truly one of the highlights of 2024 so far.
Pete Eklund, Metal Impact Radio

BABYLON A.D. definitely rekindled the romance of their earlier sound with “Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day”. - Metal Temple

Derek Davis and his Babylonians deliver the cornerstone of their catalog. Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day is a gem-riddled roof of songs that sits firmly atop the Babylon A.D. empire that has been under construction for more than three decades. - Scott Itter / Dr. Music Podcast and All Music Magazine.

Track listing:
1. Wrecking Machine 4:16 *D. Davis - J. Matthews*
2. Pain 4:09 *D. Davis - J. Matthews - R. Freschi*
3. Sometimes Love Is Hell 5:25 *D. Davis*
4. Rome Wasn't Built In A Day 4:27 *D. Davis*
5. Looking For A Heartbeat 4:21 *D. Davis / R. Freschi*
6. I Will Never Break Again 7:00 *D. Davis / J. Matthews*
7. White Hot Bullet 3:45 *D. Davis*
8. Crashed Into The Sun 4:52 *D. Davis / R. Freschi / D. Soto / C. Pepe*
9. Face Of GOD 6:30 *D. Davis*
10. Shut Up 4:31 *D. Davis / D. Soto / C. Pepe*
11. Super Beast 3:43 *R. Freschi / J. Matthews / D. Soto*

Upcoming Babylon A.D. Tour Dates:
June 7th - Whisky go Go - Hollywood CA
Aug 3rd - Fulton 55 - Fresno CA
Aug 9th - Liquid Joes - Salt Lake City UT
Aug 10th - Wild Goose Saloon - Parker CO
Aug 17th - The Boardwalk - Orangevale CA
Aug 25th - Monster On Mountain - Gatlinburg TN
Sept 20th - Feather Falls Casino - Oroville CA
Sept 21st - Horsefest - Newark CA

05/16/2024

The Glenn Miller Orchestra: 80th Anniversary Of The Army Air Force Band vinyl release is tomorrow!

Grammy-winning country artist Crystal Gayle joins the iconic orchestra for an album set for a May 17 vinyl release.

05/06/2024

The featured album for this week's New Release Book is "The Blackest Thing on the Menu" by Gangstagrass. Album courtesy of Rench Audio and will be available for purchase on June 14th!

05/02/2024

Check out the official video for "Wrecking Machine" by Babylon A.D. Their album, "Rome Wasn't Built In A Day," releases on May 17th!
Perris Records

Wrecking Machine - Babylon A.D .- AI Destruction World Domination1st single from the new album "Rome Wasn't Built In A Day" on Perris Records!Buy Links !htt...

05/01/2024

Congratulations on 30 years! One of the best in the business! L. Nix Mastering

This month marks my 30th year as a mastering engineer! I've learned a lot and continue to learn each day. I got a lot of years left in these ears, send in those mixes and help me celebrate this milestone. Thank you all for your continued business and trusting me with your music. Here's to