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June 13, 2025October 25, 2025

Ton-Up Records Announces New Campaign Featuring Playlist Series, “Press Play”

By: Ton-Up, Inc. NEW YORK - June 13, 2025 - PRLog -- Ton-Up Records is pleased to announce a new campaign, Press Play. The campaign will feature a series of curated playlists from the label's catalog with a broad selection of tracks, highlighting different aspects of each artist's career and introducing the music to new listeners. The playlists will appear on Spotify and then roll out to other music services, including YouTube Music, Deezer, and Apple Music. The New York City-based label's recent releases include Only the Lonely, a new single by singer/actor Philip Paul Kelly, reissues of the albums......

March 28, 2025October 25, 2025

Toy Machine Gun Returns Fire With Reissue Of First Two Albums Through Ton-Up Records

By: Ton-Up, Inc. Toy Machine Gun's Catalog Return To Music Services NEW YORK - March 28, 2025 - PRLog -- Toy Machine Gun's first two albums, Where's the Mansion (2001), and their 2005 follow-up album, Split the Dayz, return to streaming services today through Ton-Up Records. Their debut album adheres to their influences of classic and alternative rock, channeling it into classics like Dubrighteststar, No Second Guess, and 10 Cent Lemonade. Toy Machine Gun's sophomore album, initially released in 2005, demonstrates their growth with a dynamic set featuring the title track Split the Dayz, 106 Miles, Sonic Legend, and Hippy......

February 27, 2025October 25, 2025

Revisiting Johnny And June’s “Jackson” With A Teenage Bangle And Her Beau

By: Ton-Up, Inc. Greg Davis and Annette Zilinskas NEW YORK - Feb. 27, 2025 - PRLog -- Ton-Up Records is pleased to announce the release of the music video for Blood on The Saddle's version of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash's 1967 Grammy award-winning hit song, "Jackson." Annette Zilinskas (Bass Player in The Bangles; Vocals/Guitar in Blood on the Saddle) was a teenager and a member of The Bangles, and guitar virtuoso Greg Davis was working on putting together his groundbreaking band when the duet was recorded in 1982. "I wasn't even aware I had the song on tape,"......

February 6, 2025October 25, 2025

Ton-Up Records Takes Aim With Toy Machine Gun

By: Ton-Up, Inc. NEW YORK - Feb. 6, 2025 - PRLog -- Ton-Up Records is pleased to announce and welcome Toy Machine Gun to its roster. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Alternative Rock band has signed a worldwide licensing, publishing, and merchandising deal with the New York City-based independent label. "We are pleased to have found the perfect home for our music. Working on putting this together is something Eddie and I started as early as back in Spring of 2024. We can't wait to share our music and story with the world," said Mark Strothmann (Vocals, Bass) "I'm so excited to......

May 31, 2024October 25, 2025

Releases From Blood On The Saddle And 1960s Legend, Dean Ford, Hit Digital Services Today

By: Ton-Up, Inc NEW YORK - May 31, 2024 - PRLog -- Ton-Up Records is pleased to announce the release of "First Blood" by Blood on the Saddle and a re-issue of "Hey My Love" by 1960s legend Dean Ford of Marmalade fame. "First Blood," a collection of early recordings from the original Blood on the Saddle line-up, includes several acoustic duets between founder and guitar virtuoso Greg Davis and co-lead singer Annette Zilinskas. The album features early versions of classics like "Ghost on My Heart," "I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again," and "I Thought I Heard Some......

May 24, 2024October 25, 2025

Blood On The Saddle Revisits History With “First Blood” Release

By: Ton-Up, Inc NEW YORK - May 14, 2024 - PRLog -- In a June 2, 1985 article, Los Angeles Times Music Critic Chris Willman described Blood on the Saddle's self-titled, 1984 debut album as "One of the most absorbing vinyl wonders the city has produced in the last few years." Later that year, in the December issue of Spin Magazine, Andrea 'Enthal wrote, "Blood's album is full of the flying finger-tips and heart-pumping roots-rock that puts cowpunk on the edge where rock is doing something new and a half twist different from what has gone before." Formed in 1983......