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Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez Catalogue Reissue - May 19, 2009 Is your collection missing any of the albums below? Now's your chance, just before the release of the brand-new CD The Deep End, to catch up and complete your Beehive CD LIbrary. Check out the following sites for newly-stocked supplies of all Christine's CDs. (All titles are, of course, also available for download at iTunes, Amazon.com, eMusic, and other outlets). Fans who prefer to hold that little chunk o' musical plastic in their hands (as opposed to downloading from the ether) are urged to help stoke the on-line retail fires NOW! All sites are offering sale prices on the CDs, and your order will pave the way for wider internet pre-ordering opportunities for The Deep End. Get on the Beehive CD bandwagon! (Note: in many cases, cover art has yet to be downloaded. You'll see blank white-on-white slots for the CD covers. Don't be put off if the write-up says something like "CDs not in stock." They're in the warehouse, and your order will speed them on their way to you!) Amazon.com: Christine has a wide presence on Amazon, so scroll down and choose (at $10.98 sale prices) from items #12, 13, 17 and 20 – don't be put off by the "Not in stock; order now and we'll deliver when available" tag. CDs are in the warehouse; never fear! Super Saver free shipping will kick in with Amazon orders of $25 or more. Best Buy: $9.99 sale price! J&R Music World: $9.99 sale price! Items will be listed as "out of stock" but can be obtained from their warehouse. Barnes & Noble: The Hard Way, Radio Queen, Wicked Time and Strip, each available at a great sale price of $8.49! |
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The Hard Way(HMG 1175) Originally released in 1995 on Deluge Records, Christine's first recorded outing with Rebel Montez laid down the Beehive gauntlet with classics like "A Shot Of You," "Then God Created Woman," "Sugar Melts," and "The Seventh Sons." The title track got some major movie action in 2008's "Sex & Lies In Sin City" starring Matthew Modine and Mina Suvari. "The first thing you notice is her tough, rousing, sexy voice" |
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Radio Queen(HMG 1178) This 1997 live outing, originally released on J-Bird Records, was captured during a raging blizzard and in front of an equally raging audience. Here's where you'll find the only recorded version of "Not Fade Away," a staple of any Rebel Montez show, and early live versions of "Turn" and "When The Summer Goes," later to appear on Wicked Time. "Live is where Christine and her group make their living, and it's where they really stand out. And I mean they stand out the way her white beehive 'do does." –Fran Fried, New Haven Register |
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Wicked Time(HMG 1176) 2000 saw the release of brand-new tunes on J-Bird Records, with favorites "Ring Of Flame," "When I Work My Thing On You," "Turn," that good-love-gone-bad anthem that continues to tear it up on live dates, a barn-burning cover of Ike & Tina Turner's "I Idolize You," and the goin'-to-New-Orleans title cut. "'When I Work My Thang' is Johnny Otis singing a swamp theme to a movie Burt Reynolds wished he'd made" –Andrew Loog Oldham |
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Strip(HMG 1177) The Beehive Queen returned with a vengence in 2003 on TNA Records with a more swamped-up sound, evident on lovelorn nuggets "Another Country," "Empty," "The Storm," the sexy bossa-nova title track, and and an incendiary version of "Highway 61." Strip was the swan-song legacy of Rebel Montez guitarist Eric Fletcher, "The Blond God," who would pass away in 2006. "Husky voiced tough gals seldom get any more fiery than Christine Ohlman. Like a female Bruce Springsteen or Southside Johnny, she uses her encyclopedic knowledge of soul, blues and swaggering leader-of-the-pack 60s girl group pop to texture her mini-dramas that exude a distinct urban sensibility." –Hal Horowitz, The All-Music Guide |
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Re-Hive(HMG1189) And don't forget Re-Hive, the 2008 career retrospective, featuring choice cuts from each of the above. Cliff Goodwin comes on board on guitar, big-time, for brand-new Chicago blues classic covers "Killing Floor" and "Dimples." Re-Hive includes seven alternate takes (including a live version of "Then God Created Woman") and previously-unissued versions of the Percy Sledge soul classic "It Tears Me Up" and eighties-era dance floor raver "Charmaine." |