Liberation Hall
@liberationhall.bsky.social
Home of archival recordings from heritage rock, punk, new wave, jazz, blues, and folk artists available on vinyl, CD and digital plus classic TV, and film DVDs and more!
Career-spanning interview with DOOBIE BROTHERS guitarist JOHN McFEE presented today at Frontman.cz. If you can't read Czech, find an interpreter!
We just reissued Jackdawg's self-titled 1990 album on LP, CD & digital.
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We just reissued Jackdawg's self-titled 1990 album on LP, CD & digital.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Career-spanning interview with DOOBIE BROTHERS guitarist JOHN McFEE presented today at Frontman.cz. If you can't read Czech, find an interpreter!
We just reissued Jackdawg's self-titled 1990 album on LP, CD & digital.
www.frontman.cz/john-mcfee-d...
We just reissued Jackdawg's self-titled 1990 album on LP, CD & digital.
www.frontman.cz/john-mcfee-d...
INTERVIEW: Singer & multi-instrumentalist John McFee of the Doobie Brothers and Southern Pacific settles in for an easygoing chat with @baxie102.bsky.social about the re-release of his 1990 project, JACKDAWG.
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#RHOF #classicrock #liberationhall #newonvinyl
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#RHOF #classicrock #liberationhall #newonvinyl
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
INTERVIEW: Singer & multi-instrumentalist John McFee of the Doobie Brothers and Southern Pacific settles in for an easygoing chat with @baxie102.bsky.social about the re-release of his 1990 project, JACKDAWG.
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#RHOF #classicrock #liberationhall #newonvinyl
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#RHOF #classicrock #liberationhall #newonvinyl
Thanks to @theseconddisc.bsky.social for letting readers know that JACKDAWG, featuring members of @theofficialccr.bsky.social and The Doobie Brothers, is in stores now.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Thanks to @theseconddisc.bsky.social for letting readers know that JACKDAWG, featuring members of @theofficialccr.bsky.social and The Doobie Brothers, is in stores now.
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Pearl Harbour makes a new fan out of Ceci Sylvain in the latest issue of @razorcake.bsky.social. We recently reissued Pearl Harbor & the Explosions' debut album on blue wax, CD & digital.
#newwavemusic #newwave80s #80snewwave #powerpop #primemovermedia #pearlharborandtheexplosions
#newwavemusic #newwave80s #80snewwave #powerpop #primemovermedia #pearlharborandtheexplosions
October 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Pearl Harbour makes a new fan out of Ceci Sylvain in the latest issue of @razorcake.bsky.social. We recently reissued Pearl Harbor & the Explosions' debut album on blue wax, CD & digital.
#newwavemusic #newwave80s #80snewwave #powerpop #primemovermedia #pearlharborandtheexplosions
#newwavemusic #newwave80s #80snewwave #powerpop #primemovermedia #pearlharborandtheexplosions
Interview with veteran SF drummer #GregLangston. He discusses his potential influence on #Metallica's 'Garage Days Revisited' EP, next month's previously unreleased LP from sleaze rockers #SeaHags, and his current gigs with #LosMicrowaves, #TheMutants and #NoAlternative.
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August 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Interview with veteran SF drummer #GregLangston. He discusses his potential influence on #Metallica's 'Garage Days Revisited' EP, next month's previously unreleased LP from sleaze rockers #SeaHags, and his current gigs with #LosMicrowaves, #TheMutants and #NoAlternative.
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Review & radio copies of two new Liberation Hall essentials mailed this week: 'Dead & Gone' by SF sleaze rockers #SeaHags, and 'Jump Blues Live 1972' by #JimmyWitherspoon & #RobbenFord.
Both are out next month and available for pre-order at Bandcamp & Amazon.
#hardrock #bluesmusic
Both are out next month and available for pre-order at Bandcamp & Amazon.
#hardrock #bluesmusic
August 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Review & radio copies of two new Liberation Hall essentials mailed this week: 'Dead & Gone' by SF sleaze rockers #SeaHags, and 'Jump Blues Live 1972' by #JimmyWitherspoon & #RobbenFord.
Both are out next month and available for pre-order at Bandcamp & Amazon.
#hardrock #bluesmusic
Both are out next month and available for pre-order at Bandcamp & Amazon.
#hardrock #bluesmusic
We're reissuing Jackdawg's sole album from the early 1990s on October 24. The trio featured John McFee and Keith Knudsen of #doobiebrothers and Stu Cook of #creedenceclearwaterrevival.
FIRST TIME ON VINYL!
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#classicrock #bayouboogie
FIRST TIME ON VINYL!
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#classicrock #bayouboogie
August 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We're reissuing Jackdawg's sole album from the early 1990s on October 24. The trio featured John McFee and Keith Knudsen of #doobiebrothers and Stu Cook of #creedenceclearwaterrevival.
FIRST TIME ON VINYL!
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#classicrock #bayouboogie
FIRST TIME ON VINYL!
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#classicrock #bayouboogie
COMING SEPT. 12: 'Dead & Gone,' a previously unreleased 1986 live album by Bay Area sleaze rockers #SEAHAGS. Two tracks from this set would later appear on the band's Chrysalis debut produced by Mike Clink of #GunsNRoses fame. Contact @primemovermedia.bsky.social for interviews & review music.
August 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
COMING SEPT. 12: 'Dead & Gone,' a previously unreleased 1986 live album by Bay Area sleaze rockers #SEAHAGS. Two tracks from this set would later appear on the band's Chrysalis debut produced by Mike Clink of #GunsNRoses fame. Contact @primemovermedia.bsky.social for interviews & review music.
Skylight Webzine carries news of a previously unreleased live album from Bay Area sleaze rockers SEA HAGS. We release 'Dead & Gone' on Sept. 12 on CD & download.
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#seahags #sleazerock #hardrock #glamrock #SunsetStrip #80srock #bayareamusic #sfmusic
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#seahags #sleazerock #hardrock #glamrock #SunsetStrip #80srock #bayareamusic #sfmusic
August 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Skylight Webzine carries news of a previously unreleased live album from Bay Area sleaze rockers SEA HAGS. We release 'Dead & Gone' on Sept. 12 on CD & download.
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#seahags #sleazerock #hardrock #glamrock #SunsetStrip #80srock #bayareamusic #sfmusic
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#seahags #sleazerock #hardrock #glamrock #SunsetStrip #80srock #bayareamusic #sfmusic
PODCAST: @mikehipple.bsky.social of LIVED THROUGH THAT interviews Dave Scheff, drummer for @translator-band.bsky.social. Hear what Dave has to say about the band's latest 'Beyond Today' LP.
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#drummer #translatorband @primemovermedia.bsky.social
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#drummer #translatorband @primemovermedia.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
PODCAST: @mikehipple.bsky.social of LIVED THROUGH THAT interviews Dave Scheff, drummer for @translator-band.bsky.social. Hear what Dave has to say about the band's latest 'Beyond Today' LP.
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#drummer #translatorband @primemovermedia.bsky.social
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#drummer #translatorband @primemovermedia.bsky.social
Steve Barton of @translator-band.bsky.social is featured in the August edition of Record Collector Magazine. He's doing his part to promote 'Beyond Today: Live at the Farm 1986,' Translator's first live album. The CD & download also feature two new studio recordings engineered by Ed Stasium.
July 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Steve Barton of @translator-band.bsky.social is featured in the August edition of Record Collector Magazine. He's doing his part to promote 'Beyond Today: Live at the Farm 1986,' Translator's first live album. The CD & download also feature two new studio recordings engineered by Ed Stasium.
Vive Le Rock calls the recently reissued 1980 debut album from PEARL HARBOR & THE EXPLOSIONS "a lively splice of rockabilly, funk, pop and jazz elements, shot through with an unmistakable streak of punk attitude." You can pick it up on LP/CD/DL.
#80smusic #powerpop #newwavemusic #primemovermedia
#80smusic #powerpop #newwavemusic #primemovermedia
July 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Vive Le Rock calls the recently reissued 1980 debut album from PEARL HARBOR & THE EXPLOSIONS "a lively splice of rockabilly, funk, pop and jazz elements, shot through with an unmistakable streak of punk attitude." You can pick it up on LP/CD/DL.
#80smusic #powerpop #newwavemusic #primemovermedia
#80smusic #powerpop #newwavemusic #primemovermedia
WHO ARE THESE STYLISH LADS & LASSES?
It's VIVABEAT!
'The House Is Burning: The Best of Vivabeat' is out now on CD & digital. The Los Angeles synthpop group's lone album, 'Party in the War Zone' is released as an expanded edition on Friday, July 11.
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It's VIVABEAT!
'The House Is Burning: The Best of Vivabeat' is out now on CD & digital. The Los Angeles synthpop group's lone album, 'Party in the War Zone' is released as an expanded edition on Friday, July 11.
vivabeat.bandcamp.com/album/the-ho...
July 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
WHO ARE THESE STYLISH LADS & LASSES?
It's VIVABEAT!
'The House Is Burning: The Best of Vivabeat' is out now on CD & digital. The Los Angeles synthpop group's lone album, 'Party in the War Zone' is released as an expanded edition on Friday, July 11.
vivabeat.bandcamp.com/album/the-ho...
It's VIVABEAT!
'The House Is Burning: The Best of Vivabeat' is out now on CD & digital. The Los Angeles synthpop group's lone album, 'Party in the War Zone' is released as an expanded edition on Friday, July 11.
vivabeat.bandcamp.com/album/the-ho...
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Steve Barton of @translator-band.bsky.social shares conversation w/ The Hustle Podcast. Jon comments on the "ferocity" of the group's new live LP, while Steve reveals that the band's goal was to sound like "the Beatles meet Cream" during this period.
Steve Barton of @translator-band.bsky.social shares conversation w/ The Hustle Podcast. Jon comments on the "ferocity" of the group's new live LP, while Steve reveals that the band's goal was to sound like "the Beatles meet Cream" during this period.
June 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Steve Barton of @translator-band.bsky.social shares conversation w/ The Hustle Podcast. Jon comments on the "ferocity" of the group's new live LP, while Steve reveals that the band's goal was to sound like "the Beatles meet Cream" during this period.
Steve Barton of @translator-band.bsky.social shares conversation w/ The Hustle Podcast. Jon comments on the "ferocity" of the group's new live LP, while Steve reveals that the band's goal was to sound like "the Beatles meet Cream" during this period.
"'Pearl Harbor & the Explosions' is something of a new wave lost classic and deserves a retrospective spin—especially now that it's been re-released with seven additional tracks!" — @bigtakeover.com
Buy it at Bandcamp: pearlharbortheexplosions.bandcamp.com/album/pearl-... #powerpop #newwavemusic
Buy it at Bandcamp: pearlharbortheexplosions.bandcamp.com/album/pearl-... #powerpop #newwavemusic
June 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"'Pearl Harbor & the Explosions' is something of a new wave lost classic and deserves a retrospective spin—especially now that it's been re-released with seven additional tracks!" — @bigtakeover.com
Buy it at Bandcamp: pearlharbortheexplosions.bandcamp.com/album/pearl-... #powerpop #newwavemusic
Buy it at Bandcamp: pearlharbortheexplosions.bandcamp.com/album/pearl-... #powerpop #newwavemusic
Byrds guitarist Clarence White gets a spotlight review in the new issue of @bigtakeover.com. Read what critic Steve Holtje has to say, then, if the spirit moves you, pick up the recent 'Melodies of a Byrd in Flyte: 1963-1973' at all the usual retailers.
#ClarenceWhite #thebyrds #KentuckyColonels
#ClarenceWhite #thebyrds #KentuckyColonels
June 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Byrds guitarist Clarence White gets a spotlight review in the new issue of @bigtakeover.com. Read what critic Steve Holtje has to say, then, if the spirit moves you, pick up the recent 'Melodies of a Byrd in Flyte: 1963-1973' at all the usual retailers.
#ClarenceWhite #thebyrds #KentuckyColonels
#ClarenceWhite #thebyrds #KentuckyColonels
The July issue of DOWNBEAT carries a glowing review of our 1972 live album from celebrated jazz pianist Marian McPartland. It's out now on LP/CD/DL.
#MarianMcPartland #jazzpiano #pianojazz #keyboard #downbeat #liberationhall
#MarianMcPartland #jazzpiano #pianojazz #keyboard #downbeat #liberationhall
June 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The July issue of DOWNBEAT carries a glowing review of our 1972 live album from celebrated jazz pianist Marian McPartland. It's out now on LP/CD/DL.
#MarianMcPartland #jazzpiano #pianojazz #keyboard #downbeat #liberationhall
#MarianMcPartland #jazzpiano #pianojazz #keyboard #downbeat #liberationhall
PODCAST: Robert Dean — guitarist for #JapanBand, #SineadOConnor and #GaryNuman — in conversation with @davidc86.bsky.social. Robert features on new #Vivabeat archival releases out June 6 and July 11.
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Photo: Fin Costello.
#newwavemusic #80smusic #guitarist
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Photo: Fin Costello.
#newwavemusic #80smusic #guitarist
June 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
PODCAST: Robert Dean — guitarist for #JapanBand, #SineadOConnor and #GaryNuman — in conversation with @davidc86.bsky.social. Robert features on new #Vivabeat archival releases out June 6 and July 11.
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Photo: Fin Costello.
#newwavemusic #80smusic #guitarist
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Photo: Fin Costello.
#newwavemusic #80smusic #guitarist
PODCAST: @wfmumichael.bsky.social recently spoke with versatile singer PEARL E. GATES to get the candid story on the creation & promotion of her Warner Bros. album 'Pearl Harbor & the Explosions' (1980). We've recently reissued it on blue vinyl, CD & download.
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June 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
PODCAST: @wfmumichael.bsky.social recently spoke with versatile singer PEARL E. GATES to get the candid story on the creation & promotion of her Warner Bros. album 'Pearl Harbor & the Explosions' (1980). We've recently reissued it on blue vinyl, CD & download.
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INTERVIEW: Steve Barton (left) and Dave Scheff of @translator-band.bsky.social recently shared a chat with @boomerocity.bsky.social. 'Beyond Today: Live at the Farm, San Francisco 1986' is released May 9 on LP/CD/DL.
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#TranslatorBand
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#TranslatorBand
April 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
INTERVIEW: Steve Barton (left) and Dave Scheff of @translator-band.bsky.social recently shared a chat with @boomerocity.bsky.social. 'Beyond Today: Live at the Farm, San Francisco 1986' is released May 9 on LP/CD/DL.
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#TranslatorBand
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#TranslatorBand
Kevin Wierzbicki reviews a roundup of releases for #InternationalJazzMonth, including our previously unreleased 1972 archival concert from #MarianMcPartland. It's available now on LP, CD & download.
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#pianojazz #jazzpiano #newonvinyl #jazzcollector
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#pianojazz #jazzpiano #newonvinyl #jazzcollector
April 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Kevin Wierzbicki reviews a roundup of releases for #InternationalJazzMonth, including our previously unreleased 1972 archival concert from #MarianMcPartland. It's available now on LP, CD & download.
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#pianojazz #jazzpiano #newonvinyl #jazzcollector
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#pianojazz #jazzpiano #newonvinyl #jazzcollector
Charles Waring at Record Collector Magazine reviews a previously unreleased concert recording from esteemed jazz pianist & scholar Marian McPartland. 'At the Peninsula Library 1972' is available now on LP/CD/DL.
#jazzpiano #pianojazz
#jazzpiano #pianojazz
April 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Charles Waring at Record Collector Magazine reviews a previously unreleased concert recording from esteemed jazz pianist & scholar Marian McPartland. 'At the Peninsula Library 1972' is available now on LP/CD/DL.
#jazzpiano #pianojazz
#jazzpiano #pianojazz
"What else is there to say? You just have to listen to The Blasters' music, a task that’s thankfully been made much easier by Liberation Hall, which is doing a wonderful job of restoring the band's catalog and legacy with care, depth, and copious liner notes."
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April 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"What else is there to say? You just have to listen to The Blasters' music, a task that’s thankfully been made much easier by Liberation Hall, which is doing a wonderful job of restoring the band's catalog and legacy with care, depth, and copious liner notes."
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INTERVIEW:
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Robert Darlington of @translator-band.bsky.social recently connected with @davidc86.bsky.social. In this wide-ranging interview, he discusses memories of the 1960s and his early connection to one of the Manson murderers (!).
Robert at left.
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Robert Darlington of @translator-band.bsky.social recently connected with @davidc86.bsky.social. In this wide-ranging interview, he discusses memories of the 1960s and his early connection to one of the Manson murderers (!).
Robert at left.
April 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
INTERVIEW:
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Robert Darlington of @translator-band.bsky.social recently connected with @davidc86.bsky.social. In this wide-ranging interview, he discusses memories of the 1960s and his early connection to one of the Manson murderers (!).
Robert at left.
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Robert Darlington of @translator-band.bsky.social recently connected with @davidc86.bsky.social. In this wide-ranging interview, he discusses memories of the 1960s and his early connection to one of the Manson murderers (!).
Robert at left.
NEWS: #RecordCollector anticipates the arrival of @translator-band.bsky.social's first live album, 'Beyond Today: Live 1986,' out May 9. CD & DL feature new studio tracks mixed by #EdStasium. Pre-order at Bandcamp: translatorlive.bandcamp.com/album/beyond...
#TranslatorBand #newwavemusic #80smusic
#TranslatorBand #newwavemusic #80smusic
April 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NEWS: #RecordCollector anticipates the arrival of @translator-band.bsky.social's first live album, 'Beyond Today: Live 1986,' out May 9. CD & DL feature new studio tracks mixed by #EdStasium. Pre-order at Bandcamp: translatorlive.bandcamp.com/album/beyond...
#TranslatorBand #newwavemusic #80smusic
#TranslatorBand #newwavemusic #80smusic