Reelin’ in the Years Productions 2.105001
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When the Beatles hit number one with “I Want to Hold Your Hand” in January 1964, only one other British act joined them on the charts. Dusty Springfield entered WABC’s weekly survey that week at number 24 with “I Only Want to Be with You.” Springfield is one of the subjects in British Invasion, a five-DVD set from Reelin’ in the Years and the first in a planned series. The set devotes one DVD to Springfield, and one each to Small Faces, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Herman’s Hermits. Each disc is available separately, but the fifth disc is available only with the box set. All the discs feature extensive performance footage from British, European, and US television.
Lin McPhillips 6-6644964442-9
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Lin McPhillips spent 35 years in the Bay Area singing jazz, and she did a stint in the 1970s and ’80s with the jazz fusion group Solar Plexus, where she used synthesizers and electronics to create wordless vocals, becoming in effect a co-soloist with the other band members. McPhillips, who now resides in the Pacific Northwest, took 20 years off from performing so she could raise a family and teach singing, but she’s returned full force with My Shining Hour, a collection of 11 tracks of traditional vocal jazz.