Tag: Sony Music

#TBT #Vinyl Sponge, Rotting Piñata, 1994

Sponge Rotting Piñata

Sponge
Rotting Piñata
WORK Group Records / Sony Music
1994

Sponge was a favorite band of mine in the 90s. My radio station was one of the first to play these guys outside of their native Detroit, so the band’s management and label sent me a gold record when they hit 500,000 units in sales. 

This was my first gold record I ever received from a band and I was thrilled!!!

Then …  I unwrapped it and realized they spelled my name wrong. Oh, well. I still love this album, the band, and the gift. 

 

Sponge Rotting Piñata

Sponge Rotting Piñata

 

 

 

 

TBT Vinyl: Popa Chubby, Sweet Goddess of Love and Beer, 1995

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Popa Chubby
Sweet Goddess of Love and Beer 
Sony Music / Okeh Records
1995

For a few years in the 90s, Sony Music brought back the Okeh Records label for some new blues artists including Popa Chubby. His single of “Sweet Goddess…” was issued on a 10″ vinyl single with a cardboard sleeve to look like a 78 from the 1930s Okeh blues line.  Great blues tune, and great packaging.

 

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