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Personnel: Ravi Shankar (sitar); Alla Rakha (tabla).
Producer: Richard Bock.
Reissue producer: Robert LaPorta.
Originally released on World Pacific WPS (21434).
Includes liner notes by Harihar Rao & Ravi Shankar.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of Angel's Ravi Shankar Collection series.
By far the most famous of all sitar players, Ravi Shankar has long been a beacon of light for Indian music worldwide. SOUND OF THE SITAR is made up of four compositions.
The first, "Raga Malkauns: Alap" is a slow, reflective piece. According to Shankar, the section of a raga known as the Alap is difficult to play because it is an invocation, a prayer meant to be performed with great humility. The second piece is, "Raga Malkauns: Jor." The Jor section of a raga is based on a rhythmic pulse and does not a have a strict rhythmic time cycle like the Alap. As this piece develops, much like Western music, it becomes more dense and climactic. The third piece, "Tala Sawari" includes a wonderful tabla solo by Alla Rakha. This piece also uses boles, vocal mnemonics that imitate thevarious tones produced on the drums. The final selection, "Pahar Dhun" is a cheerful improvisation based on the folk melodies of India. SOUND OF THE SITAR is one of Ravi Shankar's best early albums.
SKU: 1053916

Title:Così fan tutte, K588
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Title:(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life'
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Title:(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life'
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Title:Sole e amore
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Title:Tosca
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Title:Gianni Schicchi
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Title:Tannhäuser
Composer:(Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)

Title:Myrthen, Op. 25
Composer:Robert (Alexander) Schumann (1810 - 1856)

Title:In the Bleak Midwinter
Composer:Gustav(us Theodore von) Holst (1874- 1934)

Title:(The) Windmills of your mind
Composer:Michel Legrand (b 1932)


SKU: 5023799

Opeth: Mikael Akerfeldt (vocals, guitar); Peter Lindgren (guitar); Martin Mendez (bass); MartinLopez (drums).
SKU: 1086078

Title:Vocalise, Op. 34/14
Composer:Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Title:Rinaldo, HWV7a
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Title:St John Passion, BWV245
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685- 1750)

Title:Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)


SKU: 1081327

Full title: Blue Wild Angel: Live At The Isle Of Wight.
Includes a 24-page color booklet.
Personnel: Jimi Hendrix (vocals, electric guitar); Billy Cox (electric bass); Mitch Mitchell (drums).
Producers: Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, John McDermott.
Recorded live at The Isle Of Wight, England on August 30, 1970. Includes liner notes by Keith Altham.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Released two weeks before what would have been Jimi Hendrix's 60th birthday, BLUE WILD ANGEL: JIMI HENDRIX LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT is an 11-track highlight sampler of what ended up being the last concert given by the legendary guitarist. Backed by Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell and Band Of Gypsies bassist Billy Cox, Hendrix took the stage on August 30th 1970 at around three in the morning. Despite being less than thrilled with playing at such a late hour, the Seattle native still delivered a dazzling set.
Opening with an instrumental version of "God Save The Queen" meant to rouse the crowd, Hendrix put together a set that found him paying homage to the Beatles ("Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"), Bob Dylan ("All Along The Watchtower"), and his blues roots ("Red House"). Also preserved is much of Hendrix's between-song banter including an anti-war intro to a nearly 20-minute version of "Machine Gun" dedicated to soldiers fighting in Vietnam, which heaves, sighs, and roars through waves of distortion-laced improvisation.Other highlights include killer versions of less-iconic Hendrix gems including "Dolly Dagger" and "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)."
SKU: 1077588

Title:String Quartet No. 14, 'Death and the Maiden' in Dminor, D810
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:String Quartet No. 12, 'Quartettsatz' in C minor, D703
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:String Quintet in C, D956
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)


SKU: 1064538

Title:Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C, Op. 48
Composer:Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (1904 - 1987)

Title:Concerto forCello and Orchestra No. 2 in G, Op. 77
Composer:Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (1904 - 1987)


SKU: 1075888

Title:In the Tatra Mountains, Op. 26
Composer:Vítezslav (Augustín Rudolf) Novák (1870 - 1949)

Title:Moravian Dance Fantasies
Composer:KlementSlavicky (b 1910)

Title:Rhapsodic Variations
Composer:Klement Slavicky (b 1910)


SKU: 2086498

2 LPs on 1 CD: LAST NIGHT (1961)/DO THE POP-EYE WITH THE MAR-KEYS (1962).
The Mar-Keys: Steve Cropper (guitar); Charles "Packy" Axton,Gilbert Caple (tenor saxophone); Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Marvell Thomas (piano); Booker T. Jones (organ); Jerry "Smoochy" Smith (keyboards); Donald "Duck" Dunn, Lewie Steinberg (bass); Curtis Green, Howard Grimes (drums).
Recorded in 1961 & 1962. Originally released on Atlantic (8055) & Atlantic (8062). Includes liner notes by Rob Bowman.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
SKU: 1078677

Three Crooners,The (A Collection Of 54 Classic Standards)
SKU: 1047715

Title:Concerto grosso No. 1
Composer:Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)

Title:Concertogrosso No. 2
Composer:Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)

Title:String Quartet No. 1
Composer:Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)


SKU: 1057477

Title:String Quartet No 8 in D flat, Op 18
Composer:Ernst Toch (1887 - 1964)

Title:String Quartet No 9in C, Op 26
Composer:Ernst Toch (1887 - 1964)


SKU: 8000170

Personnel: Wardell Gray (tenor saxophone); Sonny Criss (alto saxophone); Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Art Farmer, Clark Terry (trumpet); Jimmy Bunn, Hampton Hawes, Phil Hill (piano); Billy Hadnott, John Richardson, Harper Cosby (bass); Chuck Thompson, Larry Marable, Art Madigan (drums); Robert Collier (congas).
Recorded in Los Angeles, California and Detroit, Michegan between 1950 and 1952. Originally released on Prestige (7009). Original liner notes by Ira Gitler.
Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1992, Fantasy Studios,Berkeley).
SKU: 1004589

This album was originally titled AFRICA: SHONA MBIRA MUSIC.
Performers include: Hakurotwi Mude (vocals,mbira).
Recorded in Zimbabwe between 1971 & 1974. Originally released on Nonesuch (72077). Includes liner notes by Paul Berliner.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of the Nonesuch Explorer Series.
SKU: 1074798

Personnel: Steve Winwood (vocals, guitar, keyboards, organ, synthesizer, percussion); Mike Dolan (guitar, programming); Davy Spillane (Uillean pipes); Jim Capaldi (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Recorded at Woodstock, Kilcoole, Ireland.
The fervent, aching timbre of Steve Winwood's voice is one of the enduring sound signatures in contemporary pop. In reviving his career with such hit albums as ARC OF A DIVER, a new Steve Winwood emerged from the ashes of the old--a smooth R&B crooner and song stylist. And as good as all the subsequent albums have been, something in Winwood yearned for the freedom of his youth. Not as an exercise in nostalgia or as a rejection of his current directions, but to pick up the loose threads of stylistic milestones such as MR. FANTASY, JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE and THE LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS.
FAR FROM HOME finds Winwood going back home with longtime collaborator Jim Capaldi, to the countryside of Southern Ireland, to recapture some of the spontaneous, improvisatory spirit of the early Traffic records. With Capaldi providing lyrics plus drums and percussion, Winwood's talents as a vocalist and instrumentalist are center stage. On arrangements such as the title tune and "Nowhere Is There Freedom," Winwood's richly voiced Hammond organ provides a pulsating carpet of sound for his keening voice, and a launching pad for his emotive (and underrated) electric guitar work. Modern sampling technology even allows him to re-capture the breathy elegance of the late Chris Wood's flute counterpoint.
The songs benefit from Winwood's renewed enthusiasm for traditional forms, such as gospel and blues, and Afro-Cuban music. "State Of Grace" in particular addresses the demons which afflicted Winwood for many years, recounting his sense of loss while counting the blessings that afforded him asecond chance. "This Train Won't Stop" finds Winwood returning to his youth, as he reflects on the bitter grind of everday life and again calls for the healing of the spirit. Reading almost like a get well letter to himself, FAR FROM HOME reconciles Winwood's deep spiritual yearnings and jazzy instrumentl skills with the feel-good craftmanship of his pop ascendancy.
SKU: 6512708

Limited Edition BonusDVD included with first 40,000 copies.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nick Cave (vocals, piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Mick Harvey (guitar, organ, bass, percussion, background vocals); Blixa Bargeld (guitar, pedal steel guitar, background vocals); Warren Ellis (violin); Martyn P. Casey (bass); Thomas Wydler, Jim Sclavunos (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Chris Bailey (vocals); The Blockheads.
Recorded at SingSing, Melbourne, Australia in March 2002.
This can be seen as the third installment in the series of Nick Cave albums that started with 1997's THE BOATMAN'S CALL; like it's two predecessors, NOCTURAMA is full of stately piano ballads, and largely absent of the barbed-wire rantings that typified Cave's earlier recordings. While past albums painted Cave as the grisly Edgar Allen Poe of rock, NOCTURAMA and its brethren take a marked turn toward more personal, sometimes even romantic themes. Naturally there's still an underlying darkness and disturbance throughout, but overall Cave seems to have turned himself into something of a Bacharach for the post-Goth set. Colored by the mournful violin of the Dirty Three's Warren Ellis and Cave's own prominent piano and organ, most of the tracks perambulate quietly along, delivering subtly disquieting but masterfully crafted observations on the world.
The two exceptions to the quietude are the garagey "Dead Man in My Bed," hailing back to the sound of TENDER PREY's "Deanna," and the unhinged epic closer "Babe, I'm On Fire." The latter is essentially a 15-minute, psychopathic update of Cole Porter's "Let's Do It," with Cave giving full bore to his gloriously twisted imagination in describing the characters from every walk of life who are slaves to passion. The controlled chaos of the Bad Seeds is at its savage best here as they roar and clang away behind him, like the carnivorous Id that he's barely managing to keep under control. It's a powerful, highly original track, and an easy highlight here.
SKU: 1079631

Title:Weihnachtsbaum, S186
Composer:Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)

Title:Ballade No. 1 in D flat, S170
Composer:Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)

Title:BalladeNo. 2 in B minor, S171
Composer:Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)


SKU: 1046894

Title:Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, B108 (Op. 53)
Composer:Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Conductor:Karel Ancerl
Ensemble:Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Venue:Prague

Title:SymphonyNo. 8 in G, B163 (Op. 88)
Composer:Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Conductor:Karel Ancerl
Ensemble:Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue:Prague


SKU: 2086912

Title:Symphony No. 1, '(A) Sea Symphony'
Composer:Ralph VaughanWilliams (1872 - 1958)


SKU: 1072895

Most tracks are rare or unreleased from 1964-66 studio sessions.
Personnel: Lee "Scratch" Perry (vocals, harmonica, xylophone, percussion).
The Soulettes: Rita Marley, "Dimples" Constantine, "Vision" Walker (vocals).
Skatalites Band: Jah Jerry (guitar); Lester Sterling, Deadly Hedley (alto saxophone); Tommy McCook, Ronald Alphonso (tenor saxophone); Johnny "Dizzy" Moore (trumpet); Don Drummond (trombone); Jackie Mitto (piano); LLoyd Brevett (bass); Lloyd Knibbs (drums).
Includes liner notes by Chris Wilson.
When CHICKEN SCRATCH was released by the archival Afro-Caribbean label Heartbeat Records in 1989, itwas a revelation. These tracks, recorded between 1964 and 1966 at Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's legendary Studio One in Kingston, Jamaica, are among the earliest tracks to feature reggae's mad scientist, Lee Perry. Originally an A&R scout for Coxsone and later a producer and performer in his large stable, Perry proves himself an able ska performer on these 12 brief tracks.
"Please Don't Go" makes plain Jamaican music's debt to American soul and R&B, while "Roast Duck" and "Puss In Bag" show the music's hardscrabble roots. And, of course, the title track provided Perry with his most famous nickname. Most of the tracks in this well-annotated collection also feature the Skatalites, Coxsone's house band, and several also feature Rita Marley on backing vocals. The sound quality is surprisingly good.
SKU: 1009316

Title:Concerto for Cello and Strings in D minor, RV405
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Venue:All Saints Church,East Finchley & Conway Hall, London

Title:Concerto for Cello and Strings in F, RV411
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Venue:All Saints Church,East Finchley & Conway Hall, London

Title:Concerto for Cello and Strings in G, RV414
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Venue:All Saints Church,East Finchley& Conway Hall, London

Title:Concerto for Cello and Strings in G minor, RV416
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Venue:All Saints Church,East Finchley & Conway Hall, London

Title:Concerto for Cello and Strings in G minor, RV417
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Venue:All Saints Church,East Finchley & Conway Hall, London

Title:Concerto for Cello and Strings in A minor, RV420
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Venue:All Saints Church,East Finchley & Conway Hall, London

Title:Concerto for Cello and Strings in A minor, RV421
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Venue:All Saints Church,East Finchley & Conway Hall, London


SKU: 1021218

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 11 in A, K331/K300i
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Title:(6) Variations on 'Salve tu, Domine' by Paisiello in F, K398/K416e
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Title:(10) Variations on 'Unser dummer Pöbel meint' by Gluck in G, K455
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Title:(12) Variations on an allegretto in B flat, K500
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Title:(9) Variations on a minuetby J.P. Duport in D, K573
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)


SKU: 5059177

Regurgitate: Rikard (vocals); Urban (guitar, bass); Jocke (battery).
Additional personnel: Rickard Alriksson,Mieszko (vocals).
SKU: 1054139

Producers: Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Iglauer, Charles Baty, Rick Estrin.
Engineers: Tom Anderson, Justin Niebank, Bill Thompson,Jim Hibbard, Rick Sanchez.
SKU: 5050823

Uriah Heep: Bernie Shaw (vocals); Mick Box (guitar, background vocals); Phil Lanzon (keyboards, string synthesizer, background vocals); Trevor Bolder (bass, background vocals); Lee Kerslake (drums, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Marie Zackojiva (spoken vocals); Brett Morgan (drums); Frank Ricotti (percussion).
Recorded at PRT Studios, London, England between December 13, 1988and February 13, 1989. Originally released on Legacy (LLP 120). Includes liner notes by Robert M. Corich.
Digitally remastered by Mike Brown and Robert M. Corich.
SKU: 4129600

Title:(La) traviata
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Ensemble:Rome Opera Chorus

Title:(La) traviata
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor:Fernando Previtali
Ensemble:Rome Opera Orchestra

Title:(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life'
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor:Sir Georg Solti
Ensemble:London Philharmonic Orchestra

Title:Norma
Composer:Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
Conductor:Carlo Felice Cillario
Ensemble:London Philharmonic Orchestra

Title:(La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny'
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor:Thomas Schippers
Ensemble:New Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:Tristan und Isolde
Composer:(Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Conductor:Henry Lewis
Ensemble:Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:Lakmé
Composer:(Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
Conductor:Alain Lombard
Ensemble:Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra

Title:Madama Butterfly
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor:Erich Leinsdorf
Ensemble:RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Title:(La) traviata
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor:Georges Prêtre
Ensemble:RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Title:(Les) Contes d'Hoffmann, '(The) Tales of Hoffmann'
Composer:Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Conductor:Anton Guadagno
Ensemble:New Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:(Les) Pêcheurs de Perles, '(The) Pearl Fishers'
Composer:Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Conductor:Renato Cellini
Ensemble:RCA Victor Orchestra

Title:Aida
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor:Constantine Callinicos
Ensemble:RCA Victor Orchestra

Title:Pagliacci, 'Players'
Composer:Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858 - 1919)
Conductor:Nello Santi
Ensemble:London Symphony Orchestra

Title:Rigoletto
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813- 1901)
Conductor:Sir Georg Solti
Ensemble:RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Title:Gianni Schicchi
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor:Giuseppe Patanè
Ensemble:Munich Radio Orchestra

Title:Dido and Aeneas, Z626
Composer:Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Conductor:Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Ensemble:RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Title:Turandot
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor:Roberto Abbado
Ensemble:Munich Radio Orchestra


SKU: 2047890

Title:(Le) Souvenir de vous me tue
Composer:Robert Morton (c1430-1476 or later)

Title:Que pourroit plus faire une dame
Composer:Robert Morton (c1430-1476 or later)

Title:Plus j'ay le monde
Composer:Robert Morton (c1430-1476 or later)

Title:Puisque ma dame/Je m'en voy
Composer:Johannes Regis (c1430 - c1485)

Title:Myn hertis lust, sterre of my comfort
Composer:Johannes Bedyngham (d c1459/60)

Title:Dueil angoisseus
Composer:Gilles de Bins dit Binchois (c1400 - 1460)

Title:Ne je ne dors
Composer:Guillaume Dufay (c1400 - 1474)

Title:La pena sincer sabida
Composer:Johannes Vincenet (fl c1400-79)

Title:So ys emprentid
Composer:Walter Frye (flc1450-75)

Title:Ma dame, trop vous mesprenés
Composer:Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold (fl 15th Cent)

Title:Pues serviçio vos desplaze
Composer:Enrique (fl late 15th Cent)

Title:Las je ne puis plus nullement durer
Composer:Anonymous

Title:En amours n'a si non bien
Composer:Anonymous

Title:Mi ut re ut
Composer:Anonymous


SKU: 5019546

The Orb: Dr. Alex Paterson, Thrash.
Additional personnel: Aisha (vocals); Steve Hillage (guitar); Tom Green (flute); MarneyPax (harmonica); Jah Wobble, Guy Pratt (bass); Youth, Orde Meikle, Stuart McMillan, Greg Hunter, Tom Green, Marney Pax, Guy Pratt, Thomas Fehlmann, Miquette Giraudy, Lx.
SKU: 1005015

Title:Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A, Op. 13
Composer:Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Venue:St Peter's Church, Morden

Title:Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108
Composer:Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Venue:St Peter's Church, Morden

Title:Andante in B flat, Op. 75
Composer:Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Venue:St Peter's Church, Morden

Title:Berceuse, Op. 16
Composer:Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 -1924)
Venue:St Peter's Church, Morden


SKU: 1023917

Plastikman: Richie Hawtin.
Anyone who has followed the evolution of techno music to date is doubtless already familiar with Richie Hawtin, the boyish face behind the Plastikman icon. Born in the UK, Hawtin relocated as a pre-teen to Windsor, Ontario and it wasn't long before he began crossing the U.S./Canadian border and immersing himself in the techno sub-culture of nearby Detroit. Often the only white hanger-on in a predominantly black dance scene, Hawtin was later instrumental in ushering in a more multiracial crossover success for techno in the Detroit area with events like his "Hard, Harder, Hardest" series of warehouse parties, forging a missing link of sorts between UK rave culture and classic Detroit techno.
His fourth album chronologically, ARTIFAKTS conceptually falls between his second and third albums. Itrepresents the completion of material left unfinished when he was barred from entering the US for performing illegally and subsequently cut off from releasing material through his Detroit-based label Plus 8. The result is similar to CONSUMED in that it transforms the constantly mutating 303 synth lines of Acid house into abstract forms more at home alongside Tangerine Dream than on the platter of a DJ's turntable.
SKU: 4127790

Title:Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D
Composer:Sir Arthur (Seymour) Sullivan (1842 - 1900)
Venue:Abbey Road Studios & Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Title:Romance, Op. 62
Composer:Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Venue:Abbey Road Studios & Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Title:Symphony in E, 'Irish'
Composer:Sir Arthur (Seymour)Sullivan (1842 - 1900)
Venue:Abbey Road Studios & Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Title:Overture di ballo
Composer:Sir Arthur (Seymour) Sullivan (1842 - 1900)
Venue:Abbey Road Studios & Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool


SKU: 5015206

Frank Black And The Catholics: Frank Black (vocals, guitar); Lyle Workman (guitar); David MacCaffrey (bass, background vocals); Scott Boutier (drums).
Recorded live totwo-track in March 1997.
SKU: 1011384

Personnel: Yngwie Malmsteen (acoustic & electric guitars, electric bass, bass pedals, background vocals); Jeff Scott Soto, Mark Boals, Joe Lynn Turner, Goran Edman (vocals); Jens Johansson (piano, keyboards); Mats Olausson (keyboards, background vocals); Svante Henrysson (bass, contrabass, background vocals); Barry Dunaway (bass, background vocals); Marcel Jacob, Bob Daisley (bass); Barriemore Barlow, Anders Johansson, Michael Von Knorring (drums).
Producers: Yngwie Malmsteen, Jeff Glixman.
Compilation producer: Bill Levenson.
Includes liner notes byJoe Lalaina.
SKU: 1006695

The Band: Robbie Robertson (vocals, guitar, piano); Richard Manuel (vocals, dobro, piano, organ, keyboards, drums); Levon Helm (vocals, mandolin, drums); Rick Danko (vocals, violin, bass); Garth Hudson (accordion, soprano saxophone, horns, piano, pipe organ, organ, keyboards, synthesizer).
Additional personnel includes: Neil Young (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris (vocals, acoustic guitar); Dr. John (vocals, guitar, piano, conga); Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Neil Diamond (vocals, guitar); Paul Butterfield (vocals, harmonica); Ronnie Hawkins, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, Bobby Charles, Mavis Staples (vocals); Ron Wood, Bob Margolin (guitar); Joe "Pine Top" Perkins, John Simon (piano); Ringo Starr, Dennis St. John (drums).
Principally recorded live at Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California on November 26, 1976. Originally released on Warner Brothers (3146). Includes liner notes by David Fricke.
During the late '60s and most of the '70s, The Band were arguably the premier American rock group, combining a host of influences to create a distinctive full-bodied sound. For a primarily Canadian ensemble, their lyrics were pure Americana. With themes ranging from the Civil War to small town fairs, they were set in heartland cornfields and Southern battlefields, and the Band's repertoire came to personify the American people. Eloquent and lyrical, their songs stood apart from the other popular genres of the time. Musically, they were equally inventive, incoporating accordions, organs, mandolins and fiddles. It was all driven by the group's individualized vocals, with harmonies that purposely didn't blend.
THE LAST WALTZ is the recorded document of their 1976 farewell performance. The event was filmed as a documentary by Martin Scorsese, capturing the all-star concert (and Thanksgiving dinner) for posterity. Sort of a rock version of "This Is Your Life," THE LAST WALTZ brought together performers from all phases of the group's career, giving them a chance to pay tribute and join The Band one last time.
There'sno doubt that the songs are the centerpiece. All the group's well-worn hits are reprised, but there are some notable standouts. Famed Canadian rocker Ronnie Hawkins, whom the Band backed in their early days as The Hawks, reprises "Who Do You Love." After their tenure with Hawkins, the group went on to accompany Bob Dylan on some of his earliest electric sessions. Dylan returns the favor by performing a strong folk-blues medley beginning and ending with a fiery, rocking version of "Baby Let Me Follow You Down." Muddy Waters gives a lesson in the blues on "Mannish Boy," with the late great Paul Butterfield on harmonica. Eric Clapton offers his own polished version of the blues with a blistering "Further On Up The Road." Emmylou Harris, a highlight in any setting, duets on the gentle waltz "Evangeline." Dr. John's accurate and rousing "Such A Night" brings a bit of Mardi Gras to t
SKU: 1000583

Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor, Op.37
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Venue:Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G, Op. 58
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Venue:Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam


SKU: 5015729

Includes three previously unreleased tracks.
Van Halen: David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony , Sammy Hagar.
Producers: Van Halen; Ted Templeman; Andy Johns; Bruce Fairbairn; Glen Ballard
Compilation Producer: Van Halen.
Liner Note Author: David Wild.
Recording information: 1978 - 2004.
Bursting forth in the late 1970s, Van Halen made its mark by melding the hammering wallop of hard rock with an iconoclastic approach to the guitar. With striking virtuosity, Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing succeeded in turning the heads and dropping the jaws of a wide range of listeners. Matched with the acrobatic energy of frontman David Lee Roth and the formidable rhythm section of bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Alex Van Halen, these combined elements added up to Van Halen's hugely success musical formula.
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS is a two-disc overview of more than 25 years of Van Halen recordings. The set contains a few of the now-standard new songs included insuch offerings. Placed on the first disc, this trio of tunes finds VH's second singer, Sammy Hagar, back on board (he'd left in '96 when the band planned to record with Roth again). In fact, the compilation's title (taken from the Hagar-era song) is a reference to the band's two major eras, as demarcated by their distinctly different frontmen. The result is a collection that features raucous, hyperactive songs with Roth ("Hot for Teacher," "Jump," "Unchained") and soaring ballads and mid-tempo anthems with Hagar ("Dreams," "Right Now," "Finish What Ya Started").
SKU: 6566010

Title:Lamentationsof Jeremiah
Composer:Robert Whyte (c1538-1574)
Venue:New College Chapel, Oxford

Title:Lamentations of Jeremiah
Composer:Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)
Venue:New College Chapel, Oxford

Title:Lamentationum Hieremiae prophetae liber primus
Composer:Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)
Venue:New College Chapel, Oxford

Title:(9) Lamentations of Jeremiah, 'Lamentationes Hieremiae'
Composer:Orlande de Lassus (1532 - 1594)
Venue:New College Chapel, Oxford

Title:Lamentationes Jeremiae
Composer:Estâvão Brito (c1575 - 1641)
Venue:New College Chapel, Oxford


SKU: 5022109

Full title: The Girl From Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook.
Producers:Creed Taylor (tracks 1, 4-7, 9-10, 12); Quincy Jones (tracks 2, 15); Richard Seidel (track 8); Norman Granz (track 11); Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer (track 13); Aloysio de Oliveira (track 14).
Compilation producer: Michael Lang.
Recorded between 1963 and 1988. Includes liner notes by Zeca Ligiero.
All songs written or co-written by Antonio Carlos Jobim.
SKU: 1019907

This 2000 reissue contains three bonus tracks previously unreleased on CD.
Angel Witch includes: Kevin Heybourne (vocals, guitar); Kevin Riddles (keyboards, bass, backgroundvocals); Dave Hogg (drums, percussion).
Includes liner notes by Kevin Heybourne.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
SKU: 4126281

Title:Gianni Schicchi
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Ensemble:Bavarian State Opera Chorus

Title:Gianni Schicchi
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria)Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor:Wolfgang Sawallisch
Ensemble:Bavarian State Orchestra


SKU: 1042480

Despite the pundits who insist that anything post-ZEIT is scarcely worth a listen, Tangerine Dream's later recordings for Virgin still represent the band's watershed years. WHITE EAGLE, recorded in the waning '80s, brings back to life the startling sounds that crept up in such past achievements as PHAEDRA and FORCE MAJEURE.
The 18-minute-plus "Mojave Plan"is nothing less than fascinating. Whistles erupt from the void, eventually coalescing around a slowly thumping synthesizer croak, while Christopher Franke fires up the sequencers around Froese and Schmoelling's riveting electronic chirrups, chimes, and cordials. It's a heady stew that brings to mind prairies brimming with non-human life and man-machines gasping for breath in desert oases amidst the disinterested chatter of mutant arachnids. "Convention of the 24" contains one of the Dream's more inebriating sequencer motifs, and the closing title track is a luxurious bath in simmering waters of liquid electronics and slippery beat smears. WHITE EAGLE remains one of TD's late-period triumphs.
SKU: 1003532

Title:(Der) Pilgrim, D794
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:(Der) Alpenjäger, D588
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:(Der) Flüchtling, D402
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Ritter Toggenburg, D397
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:(Die) Bürgschaft, D246
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:(Die) Erwartung,D159
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Dithyrambe, D801
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:(Die) Götter Griechenlands, D677
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Hoffnung (first version), D251
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)


SKU: 8001097

Personnel: Stephen Pearcy (vocals, guitar); Mark Zavon, Frank Wilsey (guitar); Matt Thorne (bass); Brian Burwell,Rich Contadino (drums).
Recorded at Entourage, North Hollywood, California; MT Studios, Burbank, California.
SKU: 1081553

ADZ: Tony Reflex (vocals); George Paras, Kirk Mosher (vocals, guitar); Bruce Duff (vocals, bass); Mike Rouse (guitar, bass); Mark Arnold, Roger Ramjet (guitar); Mat Young, Paul Fox (drums).
Additional personnel: Lisa Kekaula-Vennum(vocals); Jon Wahl (harmonica).
Producers include: Mitch Rellas.
Engineers include: Mitch Rellas, Steve Kravek, Jay Gordon.
SKU: 1013768

Title:Missa, 'Pange lingua'
Composer:Josquin Desprez(c1455 - 1521)


SKU: 1020775

Title:Canon and Gigue in D
Composer:Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)

Title:Chaconne for Strings in G minor, Z730
Composer:Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)

Title:(12) Concerti grossi, '(L')estro armonico', Op. 3
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Title:(12) Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
Composer:Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)

Title:Orfeo ed Euridice
Composer:Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (1714 - 1787)

Title:Madrigals, Book 8 (Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi...libro ottavo)
Composer:Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)

Title:(12) Concerti grossi, Op. 6 (HWV319-30)
Composer:GeorgeFrideric Handel (1685 - 1759)


SKU: 5010887

Personnel: Me'Shell NdegeOcello (vocals, bass); Doyle Bramhall II, Joe Henry, Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin, Abe Laboriel Jr., Chris Bruce, Greg Leisz, David Torn, Ronny Drayton, Danny Sadownick, Biti Straug, ArifSt. Michael, Joe Henry, Sandra Park, Sharon Yamata, Alan Stepansky, Robert Rinehart (various instruments).
Principally recorded at Mad Dog Studios, Burbank, California.
"Unless you've tasted the bitter, you can't appreciate the sweet," says singer/songwriter Me'Shell Ndegeocello. BITTER, her third release for Maverick Records, finds the multi-talented artist pointing her career in new and bold directions. The new album touches points of faith, love, loyalty, beauty, and grace. Working with noted producer Craig Street, Ndegeocello welcomed a large host of guest musicians to contribute to the album including Wendy & Lisa, Ronnie Drayton, and Abe LaBoriel, Jr.
Notable tracks include "Satisfy" (with its sweet-sounding guitars and strings), "Sincerity," and "Beautiful," as well as the album's two instrumental tracks, "Adam" and "Eve." Also included is "May This Be Love," a lesser-known Jimi Hendrix song that Ndegeocello reworks into a charming arrangement, complete with Fender Rhodes piano and a psychedelic string section.
SKU: 5059806

Initial pressings of A TYPES include a bonus sampler CD.
Hopesfall: Jay Forrest (vocals); Josh Brigham, DustinNadler (guitar); Mike Tyson (bass guitar); Adam Baker (drums).
Recording information: Vu Du Studios, Freeport, NY.
SKU: 6574341

Producers include:Trevor Jones.
Engineers include: Simon Rhodes.
SKU: 1046984

Personnel: Jimmy Greene (soprano & tenor saxophones, flute); Darren Barrett (trumpet, flugelhorn); Steve Davis (trombone); Aaron Goldberg(piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Dwayne Burno (acoustic & electric basses); Eric McPherson (drums); Khalil Bell (percussion).
Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York on June 6 & 7, 1999. Includes liner notes by Ted Panken.
SKU: 1037833

Title:Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Composer:Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)

Title:May Night
Composer:Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)

Title:Sadko, Op. 5
Composer:NikolayAndreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)

Title:Snow Maiden (second version)
Composer:Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)

Title:(The) Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57
Composer:Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)

Title:(The) Golden Cockerel
Composer:Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)

Title:Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
Composer:Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)

Title:Symphony No. 2, 'Antar', Op. 9
Composer:Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)


SKU: 5009013

Title:Salve regina
Composer:John Browne (1426 - 1498)
Conductor:PeterPhillips
Ensemble:Tallis Scholars Choir

Title:Stabat iuxta Christi crucem
Composer:John Browne (1426 - 1498)
Conductor:Peter Phillips
Ensemble:Tallis Scholars Choir

Title:Stabat mater dolorosa
Composer:John Browne (1426 - 1498)
Conductor:Peter Phillips
Ensemble:Tallis Scholars Choir

Title:O Maria Salvatoris mater
Composer:John Browne (1426 - 1498)
Conductor:Peter Phillips
Ensemble:Tallis Scholars Choir

Title:O regina mundi clara
Composer:John Browne (1426 - 1498)
Conductor:Peter Phillips
Ensemble:Tallis Scholars Choir


SKU: 2090997

Title:Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D, Op. 12/1
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Venue:Unitarian Church, Budapest

Title:Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A,Op. 12/2
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Venue:Unitarian Church, Budapest

Title:Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in E flat, Op. 12/3
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Venue:Unitarian Church, Budapest


SKU: 5018963

Guns N' Roses: W. Axl Rose (vocals, piano, synthesizer, percussion, programming); Slash (acoustic & electric guitars, 6-string bass); Izzy Stradlin (guitar, percussion, background vocals); Dizzy Reed (piano, keyboards, background vocals); Duff McKagan (bass, background vocals); Matt Sorum (drums, background vocals); Steven Adler (drums).
Additional personnel includes: Shannon Hoon, Michael Monroe (vocals); Gilby Clarke, Mike Staggs, Paul Huge (guitar); Matthew McKagan, Rachel West, Robert Clark, Jon Trautwein (horns); Stuart Bailey, Reba Shaw, The Waters (background vocals).
Hard-rock juggernauts Guns 'N' Roses arrived as rock & roll saviors in a dark time of generic hair metal and bloated pop. With only five studio albums to draw from (one being the all-covers SPAGHETTI INCIDENT), nearly a third of the material on GREATEST HITS is unsurprisingly devoted to other people's songs. Inclusions range from a dramatic version of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' On Heavens Door" and an outsized take on Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die" topunk classic "Ain't It Fun" and doo-wop nugget "Since I Don't Have You."
The band's original songs, however, are the heart of G'N'R's appeal. Start with the quintessential heavy-rock anthem "Welcome to the Jungle." Amid the thunderous time-keeping and tasty riffing are slinky grooves, sexy swagger, and quite an aura of danger. The acoustic "Patience" found these tattooed bad boys showing off a softer side, while archetypal power-ballad "Sweet Child O' Mine" is a perfect hybrid of sentiment and soaring guitar solos. Think of GREATEST HITS as a sampler for the sumptuous buffet that is G'N'R's recorded oeuvre.
SKU: 6553317

This package includes an Enhanced bonus CD including 12 rare tracks as well as multimedia computer files.
Marillion: Fish (vocals); Steve Rothery (guitar); Mark Kelly (keyboards); Pete Trewavas (bass); Iam Mosley (drums, percussion).
Principally recorded at WestsideStudios, London, England. Includes liner notes by Fish, Mark Kelly, Mark Wilkinson, Ian Mosley and Avil Mackintosh.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
SKU: 1069361

Title:Werther
Composer:Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Venue:Kingsway Hall,London


SKU: 5071056

Personnel includes: Geddy Lee (vocals, guitar, piano, bass,percussion, programming); Ben Mink (acoustic & electric guitar, violin, viola, programming); Waylon Wall (steel guitar); John Friesen (cello); Matt Cameron, Jeremy Taggart (drums); Chris Stringer (percussion); Ed Wilson (programming).
Producers include: Geddy Lee, Ben Mink, David Leonard.
Recorded at The Peasant's Tent and Reaction Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; The Factory Studios and The Peasant's Tent, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Studio X, Seattle, Washington.
Punchy, melodic bass lines and vocals with soaring, harmony-heavy choruses put Geddy Lee in the context of the modern definition of Canadian art rockers Rush. While Lee is the last of his Rush brethren to embark on solo work, it was unarguably worth the wait. Joining Lee are most notably Ben Mink (k.d. lang), Matt Cameron (Soundgarden/Pearl Jam), and Jeremy Taggart (Our Lady Peace).
The music has its fair share of Rush-isms (the title track could have easily fit in on TEST FOR ECHO), but there are more than enough departures to sate fans looking for a different side of Lee. Whether it be the dramatic strings of "Working at Perfekt," the slamming, bass-heavy "Home on the Strange," or inspired vocals in "Slipping" (where Lee sings with a graceful delivery Rush-heads have never heard), MY FAVORITE HEADACHE is much more than a hold-over until the next Rush opus.
SKU: 1049395

Title:Quartet No. 1 for Piano and Strings in D, B53 (Op. 23)
Composer:Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)

Title:Quartet No. 2 for Piano and Strings in E flat, B162(Op. 87)
Composer:Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)


SKU: 1085785

Title:Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116
Composer:Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Venue:SymphonyHall,Birmingham

Title:(The) Miraculous Mandarin, Sz73 (Op. 19)
Composer:Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Venue:Symphony Hall,Birmingham


SKU: 1077059

Jesus& Mary Chain includes: William Reid, Jim Reid, Douglas Hart, Murray Dalglish.
Recorded between 1984 & 1989.
Contains 21 tracks.
SKU: 1030593

Fulltitle: These Foolish Things: The Classic Balladry Of Etta James.
Producers include: Ralph Bass.
Recorded between 1962 and 1971. Includes liner notes by David Ritz.
SKU: 6536429

Title:String Quartet
Composer:Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm von) Webern (1883 - 1945)
Venue:Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon

Title:(5) Movements, Op. 5
Composer:Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm von) Webern (1883 - 1945)
Venue:Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon

Title:(6) Bagatelles, Op. 9
Composer:Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm von) Webern (1883 - 1945)
Venue:Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon

Title:String Quartet, Op. 28
Composer:Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm von) Webern (1883 - 1945)
Venue:Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musiquede Lyon

Title:Langsamer Satz (Slow movement)
Composer:Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm von) Webern (1883 - 1945)
Venue:Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon

Title:Rondo
Composer:Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm von) Webern (1883 - 1945)
Venue:Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon


SKU: 1021803

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Solas includes: Deirdre Scanlan (vocals); Seamus Egan (various instruments); John Doyle (guitar, bouzouki, background vocals); Winifred Horan (fiddle,background vocals); Mick McAuley (whistle, accordion, concertina, background vocals).
Recorded at MAJA Audio Group, Philadlphia, Pennsylvania.
SKU: 1045730

Next: R.L., Tweety, T-Low (vocals).
Additional personnel: Coffee Brown (vocals); Duganz Shalont (rap vocals); Mike Campbell, Kevin Pierce (guitar); Lamar Kronick (vocoder); Prof T. (background vocals); Naughty By Nature, Adina Howard.
Producers include: KayGee, Darren Lighty, Lance Alexander, Prof T., Eddie Berkley.
Engineers include: KayGee, Darren Lighty, Ken Johnston.
Next is a suave, sexy R&B vocal trio equally at home on the dance-floor or the bedroom, as borne out by their debut recording RATED NEXT. While there's plenty of seductive crooning going on here, R.L., Tweety and T-Low aren't afraid to mix their smooth R&B sound with a little hip-hop, courtesy of their pals in Naughty By Nature, whomake a guest appearance on the infectious "Penetration." Though they know how to accelerate the BPM and keep the party moving, it's the intimate, under-the-covers tunes that are the group's specialty. Titles like "Tastes So Good" and "Phone Sex" leave little room for confusion as to the main subject on Next's collective mind.
SKU: 1017624

Title:(Die) Heinzelmännchen, Op. 83
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe (1796 - 1869)

Title:(3) Gesänge, Op. 123
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe (1796 - 1869)

Title:(2) Balladen, Op. 45
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe (1796 - 1869)

Title:Kaiser Karl V, Op. 99
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe (1796 - 1869)

Title:Odins Meeresritt, oder Der Schmied auf Helgoland, Op. 118
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe (1796 - 1869)

Title:(5) Lieder, Op. 145
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe (1796 - 1869)

Title:(Die) Verfallene Mühle, Op. 109
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe (1796 - 1869)

Title:(3) Balladen, Op. 2
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe(1796 - 1869)

Title:Tom der Reimer, Op. 135a
Composer:(Johann) Carl (Gottfried) Loewe (1796 - 1869)


SKU: 5020454

Producers: Mirwais Ahmadzai, William Orbit, Guy Sigworth, Mark "Spike" Stent, Talvin Singh.
Engineers include: Mark Endert, Sean Spuehler, Barad Munn.
Recorded at Sarm East and Sarm West, London, England; Guerilla Beach, Los Angeles, California; The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
MUSIC won the 2001 Grammy Award for BestRecording Package. The album was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. "Music" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award in the categories of Record Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
With MUSIC, Madonna expands upon the electronic advances made on her previous album, RAY OF LIGHT. RAY producer William Orbit is back on board, joined by French artiste electronique Mirwais Ahmadzai. Both men aid Madonna in pursuing ever more sophisticated electronic soundscapes. The accent here is squarely on club-oriented dance music, as propulsive electronic beats and percolating synthesizers power such pure-pop confections as the title tune and "Runaway Lover." Even Madonna's voice undergoes a fair amount of electronic modification, as on the moody "Nobody's Perfect" which bears a hook that hinges on the same vocoder effect that endeared millions to Cher's "Believe."
There's another side to MUSIC, though. While Orbit and Ahmadzai maintain the sonic thread of loops and samples throughout the album, several songs leave the party atmosphere behind in favor of a more melancholy, balladic approach. "I Deserve It," "Gone," and "Don't Tell Me" are pushed along by drum loops, but are based around acoustic guitar, and it's easy to imagine them being performed effectively with nothing more than guitar and voice. While MUSIC pushes Madonna into the future, it allows her to arrive in her new surroundings with the full emotional range of her vision intact.
SKU: 1041491

This is an Enhanced CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. The Enhanced portion includes music videos for "Holy Smoke" and "Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter."
Iron Maiden: Bruce Dickinson (vocals); Dave Murray, Janick Gers (guitar); Steve Harris (bass); Nicko McBrain (drums).
Following its greatest success yet with the concept album SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON, Iron Maiden changed out Adrian Smith for ex-Ian Gillan guitarist Janick Gers on NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING. Rumors swirled that the band was breaking up, especially when Bruce Dickinson issued a solo album, but the band re-congregated for 1990's NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING. The album marked a musical move back to the basics, as Maiden dropped the synth shadings of its previous two albums in exchange for a more guitar-driven sound. Standouts include "Holy Smoke" and "Bring Your Daughter...To the Slaughter," as well as the album-opening"Tailgunner."
SKU: 1006573

INTERPRETATIONS: A 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION contains three previously unreleased tracks.
The Carpenters: Karen Carpenter (vocals, drums); Richard Carpenter (keyboards, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Tony Peluso, Tim May, Dennis Budimir, Fred Tackett (guitar); Jay Dee Maness (pedal steel guitar); Bob Messenger (flute); Earl Dumler (oboe); Tom Morgan (harmonica); Chuck Findley (trumpet); Pete Jolly (keyboards); Joe Osborn (bass); Hal Blaine, Jim Gordon, Cubby O'Brien, Larrie Londin (drums)
Producers: Richard Carpenter, Jack Daugherty, Karen Carpenter.
Engineers include: Ray Gerhardt, Roger Young, Dave Iveland.
Includes liner notes by Paul Grein & Richard Carpenter.
Digitally remastered by Arnie Acosta.
Although the Carpenters were hardly considered fashionable during their '70s commercial heyday (rock critics particularly detested them), by the time this greatest-hits album (fleshed out with a few previously unreleased tracks) was released, the critical consensus was swinging in their favor.Maybe it was a '90s irony thing (lounge revival, anyone?); more likely it was just that with the passage of time, people could finally hear the melancholy that lurked under the surface-happy face of the Carpenters' lush production style. In any case, this is a terrific best-of, with all the hits plus their all-time weirdest cover, Klaatu's "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft." You make the call: Karen and Richard Carpenter--secret space cadets?
SKU: 3100198

Depeche Mode: David Gahan(vocals); Martin Gore (vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer); Alan Wilder (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Andrew Fletcher (keyboards, synthesizer).
Recorded at Studio Guilliame Tell, Paris, France and Konk, London, England.
One of the bands that not only dominated the charts for most of the 80s, but they also typified the type of music that will be looked back on as 'the sound of the 80s'. Their sometimes Germanic electronic pop became softer on this album. They were becoming more of a band, and they were 'rockin', just a little. Keyboards still dominated but the melody seemed less regimented. Vocalist Dave Gahan excelled, as his voice grew in power. In a year or two they would become stadium rock stars, and change forever. The reissued CD had a number of excellent bonus tracks including some interesting remixed material.
SKU: 1005806

Full title:Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy: Specialty Legend Series.
Contains 9 CD bonus tracks -- 3 of which are previously unreleased.
SKU: 4125164