Blaxploitation films

Rudy Ray Moore’s Comedy Album Master Recordings Up for Auction

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
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The master recordings of the entire Rudy Ray Moore main catalogue of comedy albums are up for auction through SongVest.

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  • The master recordings of the entire Rudy Ray Moore main catalogue of comedy albums are up for auction through SongVest.
  • Moores big break came while he was working in an L.A. record store frequented by a regular customer named Rico.
  • In 1970, Moore released his first explicit comedy album as Dolemite, the groundbreaking Eat Out More Often.
  • The SongVest auction will include the master recordings of Moores main catalogue of comedy albums; it will not include the artists music or the soundtracks to his movies.

James Brown's 1973 Original Soundtrack Albums For Blaxploitation Film Classics 'Black Caesar' And 'Slaughter's Big Rip-Off' Reissued Today On Vinyl LPs

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Friday, October 5, 2018
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --James Brown's original soundtrack albums for the 1973 blaxploitation film classics Black Caesar and Slaughter's Big Rip-Off are reissued today on 150-gram vinyl LPs by Polydor/UMe.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --James Brown's original soundtrack albums for the 1973 blaxploitation film classics Black Caesar and Slaughter's Big Rip-Off are reissued today on 150-gram vinyl LPs by Polydor/UMe.
  • Both albums are presented in tip-on jackets with faithfully replicated artwork, including Slaughter's Big Rip-Off's gatefold.
  • James Brown's original soundtrack includes score pieces, plus "Brother Rapp," Brown's previously released single which peaked at No.
  • That track was released as a single from the Slaughter's Big Rip-Off soundtrack, peaking at No.

Brown Sugar to Debut First Original Short Film Blackstar Warrior on June 24

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Thursday, June 7, 2018
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ATLANTA, June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Brown Sugar, the popular subscription video-on-demand service from Bounce featuring the biggest collection of the baddest African-American movies of all-time, will premiere its first-ever original short film this month.

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  • ATLANTA, June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Brown Sugar, the popular subscription video-on-demand service from Bounce featuring the biggest collection of the baddest African-American movies of all-time, will premiere its first-ever original short film this month.
  • Blackstar Warrior, an original new blaxploitation-meets-Star Wars mashup starring Leonard Roberts (Drumline, Love Jones), will debut on Brown Sugar on June 24.
  • Blackstar Warrior was directed by Matt Haley and co-written by Simon Or.
  • Brown Sugar is also celebrating the 45th Anniversary of the iconic film Coffy starring movie legend and Brown Sugar ambassador Pam Grier, who is hosting a special "Brown Sugar Week on Bounce" - a primetime event of blaxploitation classics every night at 9:00 p.m.