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Includes recordings originally released on Rhythm, Modern, RPM, and Flair in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Includes liner notes by Opal Nations.
Contains25 tracks.
SKU: 1078170

Title:Mass in F, BWV233
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Kyrie: Christe, du Lamm Gottes in F, BWV233a
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750)

Title:Mass in A, BWV234
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)


SKU: 1042806

Title:(12) Concerti for Violin and Strings, '(Il) cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Op. 8
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Title:(12) Concerti for Violin and Strings, '(La) cetra', Op. 9
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)


SKU: 1089041

Title:Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World' in E minor, B178 (Op. 95)
Composer:Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Conductor:MarissJansons
Ensemble:(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam


SKU: 2089728

Personnel includes: Mutabaruka (vocals); Earl "Chinna" Smith (guitar, bass);
Andy Bassford (acoustic guitar); Augustus Pablo, Phillip Ramacon (melodica, keyboards); Dean Fraser (saxophone); GibbyMorrison (bass); Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace (drums).
Producers: Earl "Chinna" Smith, Mutabaruka.
Recorded at Tuff Gong Studios, Kingston, Jamaica.
SKU: 1065301

Recorded between 1944 and1950.
Contains 81 tracks.
SKU: 1065415

Title:Suleika II, D717
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Venue:Berlin

Title:Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D774
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Venue:Berlin

Title:Wiegenlied, D867
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Venue:Berlin

Title:Rastlose Liebe, D138
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Venue:Berlin

Title:Vormeiner Wiege, D927
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Venue:Berlin

Title:(Die) Forelle, D550
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Venue:Berlin

Title:Fischerweise, D881
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Venue:Berlin

Title:(8) Lieder, Op. 59
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Venue:Berlin

Title:(6) Lieder und Romanzen, Op. 93a
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Venue:Berlin

Title:(5) Lieder, Op. 71
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Venue:Berlin

Title:(5) Lieder, Op. 107
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Venue:Berlin

Title:(5) Lieder, Op. 49
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Venue:Berlin

Title:Peer Gynt, Op 23
Composer:Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Conductor:Hugo Diez
Ensemble:Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Venue:Berlin

Title:Otello
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor:Richard Kraus
Ensemble:Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra
Venue:Berlin

Title:Otello
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor:Richard Kraus
Ensemble:Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra
Venue:Berlin


SKU: 5088064

Freedom: Walter Monaghan (vocals, electric piano, Mellotron, bass guitar); Bobby Harrison (vocals, drums, percussion); Roger Saunders (acoustic guitar, electric guitar).
LinerNote Author: Claes Johansen.
SKU: 6569116

Original scorecomposed by Marilyn Manson.
"My Plague" (Slipknot) was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance.
With a splatter-filled zombie/mutant video-game-cum-horror-film providing the inspiration, all corners of the aggro-rock nation pulled together to serve up seething songs for the RESIDENT EVIL soundtrack. Filled with plenty of previously unreleased material, much of the music is characterized by guttural growling, trip-hammer time signatures, and teeth-rattling guitar playing by groups like Slipknot ("My Plague [New Abuse Mix]"), Mudvayne ("Dig [Everything And Nothing Remix]"), and Static-X ("Anything But This"). Other participants chose to take an equally dark but more melodic approach, including vets Fear Factory ("Invisible Wounds [The Suture Mix]") and Rammstein ("Halleluja") along with rookies Five Pointe O ("The Infinity").
Electronica mavens Crystal Method even pump up the testosterone on "Name Of The Game (Clean Game)," featuring crunchy riffing by guest guitarist Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello. The only other departures from the nu-metal content of this collection come via Depeche Mode's previously unreleased, slithering cover of The Stooges' "Dirt" and Method Man's Prodigy Mix of "Release Yo' Delph" complete with sampled fanfare and chock-a-block rhythms. Most impressive is Marilyn Manson's quartet of murky instrumentals co-written with Tim Skold that include the main title theme and the equally sinister "Seizure of Power."
SKU: 1071075

Title:Concerto for Oboeand Strings in F, BWV1053
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Venue:Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin

Title:Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A, BWV1055
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Venue:Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin

Title:Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor, BWV1059
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Venue:Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin


SKU: 5004629

Producer: Sonny Bono
Compilation producer: Bill Inglot.
Includes liner notes by Ken Barnes.
Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch (1991 DigiPrep).
A nicely thorough collection of Sonny and Cher's classic Atco era, THE BEAT GOES ON covers a lot of ground for a single-disc anthology. Besides the duo's hits, it includes a handful of Sonny's solo singles, most notably the 45 edit of "My Best Friend's Girl is Out of Sight," from his staggeringly weird 1967 solo album INNER VIEWS. None of Cher's solo material is here, which lends a slightly lopsided view of the duo's history.
A handful of their songs, the Spectoresque debut "Baby Don't Go" and their breakout "I Got You Babe" represent the peak of a certain style of commercial folk-pop that was one of the defining sounds of the 1960s. However, it'sthe lesser-known tracks, like the full-on Phil Spector tribute "It's the Little Things," the waltz-time "A Beautiful Story," and a very odd spoken-word b-side called "Hello," that are the most interesting.
SKU: 4112271

Dead Or Alive includes: Pete Burns, Steve Coy.
Producers include: Zeus B. Held, Aitken & Waterman, Dead Or Alive, SteveCoy, S.A.W.
Recorded between 1983 & 2000. Includes liner notes by Pete Burns.
SKU: 1080816

Title:Cantata No. 172, 'Erschallet, ihr Lieder', BWV172
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685- 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 182, 'Himmelskönig, sei willkommen', BWV182
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 90, 'Es reifet euch ein schrecklich Ende', BWV90
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit', BWV106
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 199, 'Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut', BWV199
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 161, 'Komm, du süsse Todesstunde', BWV161
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 99, 'Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan', BWV99
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 35, 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret', BWV35
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 17, 'Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich', BWV17
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 123, 'Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen', BWV123
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 87, 'Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten', BWV87
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 173, 'Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut', BWV173
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 117, 'Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut', BWV117
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 153, 'Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind', BWV153
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 168, 'Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort', BWV168
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)


SKU: 2071576

Title:Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40
Composer:Dmitry (Dmitriyevich) Shostakovich (1906- 1975)

Title:Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147
Composer:Dmitry (Dmitriyevich) Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)


SKU: 2084437

XTC: Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding.
This is a stunning behind-the-scenes look at XTC's APPLE VENUS VOLUME ONE. HOMESPUN offers up the album's demos in identical track order. Nine of the songs are Andy Partridge's--the other two are by Colin Moulding. Regardless of their composers, these demo versions make it clear that the orchestral bearing ofthe finished songs was worked out well in advance. There are few marked differences in these precursors, but that is what is so compelling and instructive.
HOMEPSUN represents masterful pop music as it's being worked out on the drawing board of home studios in preparation for the painstaking work of studio recording. One number, "I'd Like That," is heard first in a brief snippet that was recorded to a simple cassette machine and without its lyrics in place. Moments later, it gives way to a more complete demo. Rare are albums that deserve the sort of examination and celebration that APPLE VENUS does.
SKU: 1080007

The limitededition CRASHING THROUGH contains five Beat Happening albums: BEAT HAPPENING (1985)/JAMBOREE (1988)/BLACK CANDY (1989)/DREAMY (1991)/YOU TURN ME ON (1992) as well as MUSIC TO CLIMB THE APPLE TREE BY, a collection of rare singles and compilations tracks. It also includes a CD-ROM featuring live music and video material and is packaged with a 96-page booklet with an essay by Lois Maffeo.
Beat Happening: Heather Lewis (vocals, guitar, drums); Calvin Johnson (vocals, guitar); Bret Lunsford (drums).
Producers: Steve Fisk, Stuart Moxham.
Compilation producer: Lois Maffeo.
SKU: 1073927

Title:Symphony No. 44, 'Trauersinfonie' in E minor
Composer:(Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Title:Symphony No. 45, 'Farewell' in F sharp minor
Composer:(Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Title:Symphony No. 46 in B
Composer:(Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Title:Symphony No. 47, 'Palindrome' in G
Composer:(Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Title:Symphony No. 48, 'Maria Theresa'in C
Composer:(Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Title:Symphony No. 49, 'La Passione' in F minor
Composer:(Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)


SKU: 5018085

Full title:Hits And Highlights 1962-1968: Coat Your Mind In Honey.
Personnel includes: Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, Barry McGuire, Gene Clark, Larry Ramos, Jerry Yester, Karen Black.
SKU: 4126069

Title:(A) Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
Composer:(Edward) Benjamin (Lord Britten of Aldeburgh) Britten (1913 - 1976)
Conductor:Benjamin Britten
Ensemble:Copenhagen Boys' Choir

Title:(A) Boy is Born_choral variations on old carols, Op. 3
Composer:(Edward)Benjamin (Lord Britten of Aldeburgh) Britten (1913 - 1976)
Ensemble:Purcell Singers Choir

Title:(A) Boy is Born_choral variations on old carols, Op. 3
Composer:(Edward) Benjamin (Lord Britten of Aldeburgh) Britten (1913 - 1976)
Conductor:Benjamin Britten
Ensemble:All Saints Margaret Street Church Choir

Title:Friday Afternoons, Op. 7
Composer:(Edward) Benjamin (Lord Britten of Aldeburgh) Britten (1913 - 1976)
Conductor:Benjamin Britten
Ensemble:Downside School Boys' Choir

Title:Psalm 150, Op. 67
Composer:(Edward) Benjamin (Lord Britten of Aldeburgh) Britten (1913 - 1976)
Conductor:Benjamin Britten
Ensemble:Downside School Boys' Choir


SKU: 5075225

Black Widow includes: Kay Garret, Kip Trevor (vocals); Clive Jones.
Recorded between 1969 &1972. Includes liner notes by David Wells.
SKU: 1081157

Personnel: Donald Byrd (vocals, trumpet, fluegelhorn); Fonce Mizell (vocals, trumpet, clavinet); Fred Perren (vocals, ARP synthesizer); Larry Mizell (vocals); RogerGlenn (flute); Jerry Peters (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); David T. Walker (guitar); Chuck Rainey (electric bass); Harvey Mason (drums); King Erricson (congas); Stephanie Spruill (percussion).
Producer: Larry Mizell.
Reissue producers: Michael Cuscuna, Tom Evered.
Recorded at the Sound Factory, Hollywood, California from June 13-15, 1973.
This is part of the Blue Note Records Rare Groove series.
SKU: 1004481

Title:Sonata for Flute and Piano
Composer:Andre Jolivet (1905 - 1974)

Title:Sonatine for Flute and Clarinet
Composer:Andre Jolivet (1905 - 1974)

Title:Fantaisie-caprice
Composer:Andre Jolivet (1905 -1974)

Title:Ascèses
Composer:Andre Jolivet (1905 - 1974)

Title:Cabrioles
Composer:Andre Jolivet (1905 - 1974)

Title:Incantation, 'pour que l'image devienne symbole'
Composer:Andre Jolivet (1905 - 1974)

Title:Chant de Linos
Composer:Andre Jolivet (1905 - 1974)


SKU: 1080590

Personnel: Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); Shirley Scott (organ); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Otis Finch (drums).
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally released on Bluenote (4162). Includes liner notes by Bob Blumenthal.
Digitally remastered by Rudy VanGelder.
This is part of Blue Note's RVG series.
SKU: 1077420

Title:Almira
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Title:Rodrigo, HWV5
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

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

Title:Silla
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Title:Amadigi di Gaula, HWV11
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Title:Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', HWV17
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Title:Tamerlano, HWV18
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Title:Rodelinda, HWV19
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Title:Scipione, HWV20
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)


SKU: 5005404

New-generation Warp Records wunderkind Chris Clark follows his2001 debut 'Clarence Park' with this second album of crisp and cerebral electronica. Whilst still in debt to Aphex Twin and Squarepusher, this opens up the dirty 80s electro influences glimpsed on his recent, superbly titled EP 'Ceramics Is The Bomb' and goes some way towards establishing Clark as his own man.
SKU: 1085884

Title:Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', BWV147
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Cantata No. 208, 'Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd' (Hunt Cantata), BWV208
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555
Composer:(Giuseppe) Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757)

Title:Mazurkas
Composer:Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)

Title:Nocturnes
Composer:Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)

Title:Suite bergamasque
Composer:(Achille-)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Title:Sonata for PianoNo. 21 in B flat, D960
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)


SKU: 2089059

Personnel: J.J. Cale (vocals, guitar, bass); Bill Boatman (electric guitar, fiddle); Christine Lakeland (guitar, organ, background vocals); Bill Kenner (mandolin); Shelly Kurland, Carl Gorodetzy, Roy Christensen, Marv Chantry (strings); George Tidwell, Don Sheffield, Dennis Goode, Terry Wiliams (horns); David Briggs (piano); Larry Bell (electric piano); Farrell Morris (vibraphone); Billy Cox, Carl Radle, Nick Rather (bass); Karl Himmell, Buddy Harmon, Jimmy Karstein (drums); JimmyKarstein (congas); Sherry Porter (background vocals).
Engineers include: Ron Reynolds, Rick Horton, Les Ladd.
The image on the cover of J.J. Cale's fifth album is apt. It's the numeral five as it appears on paper currency; apt for an album that proves that Cale is indeed money in the bank. The album builds a slow but steady momentum with each song, as sturdy supporting grooves abound. Several songs feature Cale by himself or in the company of one other player or singer, and the cast of musicians expertly carry out his visions throughout. Though the album mines a familiar bluesy and rootsy territory, Cale gives it all his own signature stamp. Cale extends 5 beyond a back-porch, small-combo affair by utilizing strings on two tracks, "Sensitive Kind" and "Mona." The lushness that the strings provide adds a luxuriousness to his version of the blues, in much the same manner as B.B. King and Ray Charles.
SKU: 1019686

This compilation features tracks originally released on Shreveport, Louisiana's Ram Records.
Performers include: James Burton, The Lonesome Drifter, Joe Osborne, Leon Post, Charlotte Hunter, Toby Johnson, Roy Wayne, Larry Lincoln, Linda Brannon, Margaret & Rose Lewis, James Wilson.
Contains27 tracks.
SKU: 1066873

Title:Iberia
Composer:Isaac (Manuel Francisco) Albéniz (1860 - 1909)

Title:(La) Vega
Composer:Isaac (Manuel Francisco) Albéniz (1860 - 1909)

Title:Navarra
Composer:Isaac (Manuel Francisco) Albéniz (1860 - 1909)

Title:Espagne (Souvenirs)
Composer:Isaac (Manuel Francisco) Albéniz (1860 -1909)

Title:Yvonne en visite!
Composer:Isaac (Manuel Francisco) Albéniz (1860 - 1909)

Title:Yvonne en visite!
Composer:Isaac (Manuel Francisco) Albéniz (1860 - 1909)


SKU: 2091460

Full title: Borderlands: From Conjunto To Chicken Scratch - Music Of The Rio Grande Valley Of Texas And Southern Arizona.
Performers include: Narcisco Martinez, Lydia Mendoza,Ramon Ayala Y Los Bravos Del Norte, Roberto Pulido, Southern Scratch, Tohono O'odham.
SKU: 1014898

Personnel includes: The Neptunes, Busta Rhymes, Pharrell, Ludacris, Jay Z, Vanessa Marquez, Nelly, Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss, Nas, I-20, Clipse, Ab-Liva.
As if making their mark as one of the greatest pop and hip-hop production teams to come out of the late '90s wasn't enough, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo took their Neptunes persona to the other side of the recording glass for CLONES. Having worked as producers for a broad array of artists including Britney Spears, Mystikal, Ice Cube, and Perry Farrell, the Neptunes were able to cash in quite a number of chips for this wide-ranging 2003 project. Fueled by the duo's trademark mix of beats and loops, numerous major names make this eclectic scene.
Standouts include Busta Rhymes praising booties ("Light You're A** On Fire"), O.D.B. returning from jail as Dirt McGirt, spitting out rhymes over a sparse cut ("Pop Sh*t"), and Nelly slipping into a slick St. Lunatic-like groove ("If"). Williams and Hugo move easily from an infectious Kelis/Nas duet ("Popular Thug") and an ultra-funky Jay-Z jam ("Frontin'") to whip-smart dancehall reggae with Supercat ("The Don of Dons [Put De Ting Pon Dem]") and straightforward alt-pop by the High Speed Scene ("F**k n' Spend"). Eclectic with a capitol E, CLONES keeps with the Neptunespenchant for casting a wide creative net.
SKU: 1086564

Title:Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Strings in C minor, BWV1060
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings in D minor, BWV1043
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Concerto for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord and Strings in A minor, BWV1044
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings in F minor, BWV1056
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Concerto for Violin and Strings in D minor
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Concerto for Violin and Strings inA minor, BWV1041
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:(6) Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV1030-35
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)


SKU: 2083223

Personnel includes: Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush (vocals); Robert Fripp (guitar); Roy Bittan, Larry Fast (keyboards); Tony Levin (bass); Phil Collins (drums); Dick Wagner, Jim Maelen, Steve Hunter, Allan Schwartzberg.
Recorded at The Soundstage, Toronto, Canada.
Digitally remastered by Tony Cousins (Metropolis).
In 1977, two years after leaving Genesis, Peter Gabriel emerged as a solo artist with the first of three records entitled PETER GABRIEL. He was anxious for a change of musical direction, but after years of fronting one of the foremost art-rock outfits of the era, he hadn't exactly lost his taste for the dramatic. On his own, Gabriel was free to explore his own personal obsessions. Consequently the work is rife with images of isolation, paranoia, and the apocalypse. Aided by the London Symphony Orchestra and the cavernous production of Bob Ezrin (Kiss, Alice Cooper), the record reaches dramatic peaks of symphonic rock.
Musically, Gabriel was clearly in experimental mode. The collection opens with the cheery yet menacing "Moribund the Burgermeister" (which sounds like a twisted fairy tale), followed by the hit "Solsbury Hill," a lilting acoustic ballad which obliquely addresses Gabriel's departure from Genesis and is an enduring fixture on FM radio. "Modern Love," with its larynx-shreddingvocal, rocks as hard as anything Gabriel ever recorded. The just plain odd "Excuse Me," Gabriel's sole foray into barbershop quartet territory, has old-world charm, and "Here Comes the Flood" is Gabriel at his doomiest.
SKU: 1076267

Originally released on Capitol.
Heart followed up their smash 1985 self-titled comeback album with another big seller, 1987's BAD ANIMALS. Producer Ron Nevison was back behind the mixing desk, and the Wilson sisters scored again with an album chock full of prime pop rock tracks.
Highlights include the power ballads "Alone" and"Wait for an Answer," as well as the harder rocking cuts "You Ain't Too Tough" and "Easy Target." Again, singer Ann Wilson turns in a superb vocal performance, confirming her unfortunate status as one rock's all-time underrated singers. With their previous self-titled album and BAD ANIMALS, Heart became one of the '80s biggest rock comeback stories.
SKU: 1076387

Title:Epithalamion
Composer:Edgar (Leslie) Bainton (1880 - 1956)

Title:(An) English Idyll
Composer:Edgar (Leslie) Bainton (1880 - 1956)

Title:(A) Kentish Suite
Composer:Hubert Clifford (1904 - 1959)

Title:(The) Casanova Melody
Composer:Hubert Clifford (1904 - 1959)

Title:(5) English Nursery Tunes
Composer:Hubert Clifford (1904 - 1959)

Title:Shanagolden
Composer:Hubert Clifford (1904 - 1959)


SKU: 1078523

Culture: Joseph Hill, Albert Walker, Kenneth Dayes (vocals).
Additional personnel: Lennox Gordon, Eric Lamout (guitar); Herman Marquis (alto saxophone); Tommy McCook (tenor saxophone); Bobby Ellis (trumpet); Vin Gordon(trombone); Franklyn Waul, Errol Nelson, Harold Butler (keyboards); Lloyd Parks (bass); Sticky (percussion).
Includes liner notes by Randall Grass.
Digitally remastered by Bill Giolando (CMS Digital).
SKU: 1020147

Buddha Bar - Chill Out In Paris Vol.3 (Compiled ByDavid Visan)
SKU: 1088342

Title:(3) Symphonic Movements
Composer:Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
Conductor:Fabio Luisi
Ensemble:Suisse Romande Orchestra

Title:(3) Symphonic Movements
Composer:Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
Conductor:Fabio Luisi
Ensemble:Suisse Romande Orchestra

Title:(3) Symphonic Movements
Composer:Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
Conductor:Fabio Luisi
Ensemble:Suisse Romande Orchestra

Title:Pastorale d'été, H31
Composer:Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
Conductor:Fabio Luisi
Ensemble:Suisse Romande Orchestra

Title:Symphony No. 1 in C, H75
Composer:Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
Conductor:Fabio Luisi
Ensemble:Suisse Romande Orchestra

Title:Symphony No. 2 in D, H153
Composer:Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
Conductor:Fabio Luisi
Ensemble:Suisse Romande Orchestra

Title:Symphony No.3, 'Liturgique', H186
Composer:Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
Conductor:Fabio Luisi
Ensemble:Suisse Romande Orchestra

Title:Symphony No. 4, 'Deliciae basiliensis' in A, H191
Composer:Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
Conductor:Fabio Luisi
Ensemble:Suisse Romande Orchestra

Title:Symphony No. 5, 'Di tre re' in D, H202
Composer:Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
Conductor:Fabio Luisi
Ensemble:Suisse Romande Orchestra


SKU: 2076023

Title:Symphony No. 4, 'Tragic' in C minor, D417
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Venue:Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

Title:Symphony No. 5 in B flat, D485
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 -1828)
Venue:Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

Title:Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, D797
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Venue:Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin


SKU: 5072889

The LIMITED edition of ZIGGY STARDUST: THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK includes silk screen printed clear o-card, poster, and mock ticket.
Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars: David Bowie (vocals); Mick Ronson (guitar); Trevor Bolder (bass); Mick Woodmansey (drums).
Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England. Includes liner notes by D.A. Pennebaker.
Digitally remastered by Tony Visconti.
When David Bowie killed off his fatalistic rock-star character Ziggy Stardust, he also announced his retirement from live performance. His "final" concert was filmed and the soundtrack sat on a shelf for a decade before its release in 1983. ZIGGY STARDUST -THE MOTION PICTURE is an interesting audio snapshot that represents the Ziggy Stardust arc and incorporates a few different facets of Bowie's career up to that point.
Starting with the ragged, garage-rock meter of "Hang on to Yourself," Bowie introduces his beloved alien ("Ziggy Stardust"), and flirts with his flamboyant side (the medley of "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud/All The Young Dudes/Oh! You Pretty Things"). From here, Ziggy's transition ("Changes") into messianic figure takes him through a host of rock-star realities ("Let's Spend The Night Together," "White Light/White Heat") before his meteoric rise gets snuffed out in a flash ("Rock 'N' Roll Suicide.") Throughout this performance, it's easy to see how Bowie's combination of solid rock & roll aesthetics andover-the-top theatricality eventually spawned and shaped everything from glam-rock to later developments such as punk and Madonna. One of Bowie's best and more underrated live performances.
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Full title: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Johnny Cash.
Personnel includes: Johnny Cash (vocals, guitar); Waylon Jennings (vocals).
Producer: Jack Clement.
Compilation producer: Andy McKaie.
Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of MCA's "20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection" series.
Though the '80s are regarded by some as a valley in the long career of Johnny Cash, the country legend's tenure at Mercury Records during that time produced some fine work. Such albums as JOHNNY 99 and ROCKABILLY BLUES found him shedding new light on songs by Bruce Springsteen and Guy Clark, and offering some hard-hitting new material of his own. So it's hard to figure why those albums were ignored on this collection of Cash's Mercury recordings. Instead, 10 of the 12 tunes are reworkings of classic tunes from the Columbia and Sun years.
While it would have been nice to hear the aforementioned gems, it's impressive enough to hear Cash revisit this material some three decades down the road with just as much vigor and (thanks to old pal Jack Clement) a production style amazingly free of any '80s dross.Instead, the rockabilly side of Cash's sound is underlined to fine effect. Of the non-vintage tunes that round out the album, well, only so much can be done for Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle," but Cash and Waylon Jennings offer a hearty run through the self-explanatory story song "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town."
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Title:Adagio in G minor
Composer:Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 - 1751)

Title:Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A, K622
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Title:Suite bergamasque
Composer:(Achille-)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 16
Composer:Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)

Title:Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351
Composer:George FridericHandel (1685 - 1759)

Title:Khovanshchina
Composer:Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)

Title:Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Composer:Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)

Title:(Le) Carnaval des animaux, 'Carnival of the Animals'
Composer:(Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Title:Notre Dame
Composer:Franz Schmidt (1874 - 1939)

Title:(4) Orchestral Suites, BWV1066-9
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Fantasía para un gentilhombre
Composer:Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)

Title:Spartacus
Composer:Aram Il'yich Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)


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Title:Piano Quintet No. 1 in Aminor, Op. 30
Composer:Louise Farrenc (1804 - 1875)

Title:Piano Quintet No. 2 in E, Op. 31
Composer:Louise Farrenc (1804 - 1875)


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King Crimson: Adrian Belew (vocals, guitar); RobertFripp (guitar); Trey Gunn (bass); Pat Mastelotto (drums, percussion).
SKU: 1078031

Title:Sonata for Oboe and Continuo in C minor, RV53
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Title:Sonata for Multiple Instruments in C, RV779
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi(1678 - 1741)

Title:Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G minor, RV28
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Title:(12) Trio Sonatas for 2 Violins and Continuo, Op. 1
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Title:Chamber Concerto in G minor, RV106
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Title:Sonata for Violin and Continuo in B flat, RV34
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Title:Sonata a 4 in C, RV 801
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)


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Title:Noches en los jardines de Espana, 'Nights in the Gardens of Spain'
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Venue:Centre Cultural de Sant Cugat del Vallès

Title:Fantasía bética
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Venue:Centre Cultural de Sant Cugat del Vallès

Title:(4) Pièces espagnoles
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Venue:Centre Cultural de Sant Cugat del Vallès

Title:Homenaje,'(Le) tombeau de Claude Debussy'
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Venue:Centre Cultural de Sant Cugat del Vallès

Title:Homenaje, 'Pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas'
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Venue:Centre Cultural de Sant Cugat del Vallès


SKU: 5082648

Thisis a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by DJ Doran.
SKU: 1074416

Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 9 in E flat, K271
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, "Elvira Min C, K467
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)


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This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser.
AC/DC: Bon Scott (vocals); Angus Young, Malcolm Young (guitar); Mark Evans (bass); Phil Rudd (drums).
Recorded at Alberts Studio, Sydney, Australia between January & February 1977. Originally released as Atco (36151). Includes liner notes by Murray Engelheart.
If possible, AC/DC actually made their sound denser on its sophomore effort, LET THERE BE ROCK. A darker album than its predecessor, HIGH VOLTAGE, this album leans further towards AC/DC's twisted extension in the blues tradition. Which is not to say that the band relented from its three-chord power riffing for one millisecond. The presence of Angus Young's mighty Gibson SG looms over the album like a sheet of lead on a windless day. What has changed is the inclusion of longer songs like"Go Down," "Dog Eat Dog," and the floor rattling "Let There be Rock," all of which feature ripping interplay between Bon Scott's perverse howl and Young's straight for the throat guitar lines.
Where others hint at hormone-driven themes of lust and adolescent rebellion, AC/DC revel in them with abandon. Thus "Bad Boy Boogie" and "Problem Child" are songs your parents are sure to hate with heartfelt passion. The album's highlights are "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be," a mighty fist-waver whose references to warmer climates are something that only the most uptight will take seriously and the near classic "Whole Lotta Rosie," which would become one of the band's live staples and show-stoppers.
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Personnel: Johnny Winter (vocals, guitar); James Cotton, Jon Paris (harmonica); Gene Barge (tenor saxophone); Ken Saydak, Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (keyboards); Johnny B. Gayden, Tommy Shannon (bass); Casey Jones, Uncle John "Red" Turner (drums).
The Mellow Fellows Horns: Terry Ogolini (tenor saxophone); Steve Eisen (baritone saxophone); Don Tenuto (trumpet); Jim Exum (trombone).
Producers: Johnny Winter, Bruce Iglauer, Dick Shurman.
Compilationproducers: Bob DePugh, Bruce Iglauer, David Forte.
Recorded at Red Label Recording Studio, Winnetka, Illinois & Streeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois between 1984 & 1986. Includes liner notes by Bruce Iglauer.
Digitally remastered by Brian Jensen & Bruce Iglauer (MonsterDisc, Chicago, Illinois).
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Title:(12) Concerti grossi, '(L')estro armonico', Op. 3
Composer:Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi(1678 - 1741)


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Title:Mass in D, 'Missa Solemnis', Op. 123
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Title:Massin C, Op. 86
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)


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Title:Guillaume Tell
Composer:Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Conductor:Fritz Reiner
Ensemble:Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Venue:Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Title:(La) Scala di seta, '(The) Silken Ladder'
Composer:Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Conductor:Fritz Reiner
Ensemble:Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Venue:Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Title:(Il) Signor Bruschino (or Il figlio per azzardo)
Composer:Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Conductor:Fritz Reiner
Ensemble:Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Venue:Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Title:(Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville'
Composer:Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Conductor:Fritz Reiner
Ensemble:Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Venue:Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Title:(La)Gazza ladra, '(The) Thieving Magpie'
Composer:Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Conductor:Fritz Reiner
Ensemble:Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Venue:Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Title:(La) Cenerentola, or La bontà in trionfo, 'Cinderella'
Composer:Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Conductor:Fritz Reiner
Ensemble:Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Venue:Orchestra Hall, Chicago


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Title:Concerto forViolin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Ensemble:Geneva Radio Symphony Orchestra

Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 54
Composer:Robert (Alexander) Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Ensemble:Geneva Radio Symphony Orchestra


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Yes: Trevor Rabin (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Chris Squire (vocals, bass); Alan White (vocals, drums, percussion); Jon Anderson (vocals); Tony Kaye (keyboards).
Additional personnel: Jonathan Jeczalik, Dave Lawson (programming).
Engineers: Gary Langan, Julian Mendelsohn, Stuart Bruce.
When Jon Anderson rejoined Yes after DRAMA, he was inserting himself into an unusual situation. Keyboardist Geoff Downes and longtime guitarist Steve Howe had left to form Asia with prog rock vets John Wetton (King Crimson, Roxy Music etc.) and Carl Palmer (ELP). Chris Squire and Alan Whitebrought original Yes keysman Tony Kaye back and recruited vibrant young Australian guitarist/vocalist/composer Trevor Rabin. The quartet had already begun writing and recording, but Anderson was able to insert himself into the proceedings with such ease that the new combination sounds completely natural on 90125.
Mostly, the band was concerned with trimming the musical fat to keep pace with the onslaught of the '80s. Thus, tracks like "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and "City of Love" are full of samples, splices and almost funky beats and riffs. The unusual time changes and complex riffs of tunes like "Changes" and "Cinema" leave little doubt that this is still a Yes album, but the band succeeds in giving their sound a contemporary overhaul on 90125.
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Title:Bachanten-Quadrille, Op. 8
Composer:Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870)

Title:Tarantel-Polka, Op. 6
Composer:Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870)

Title:(Die) Zeisserln, Walzer, Op. 114
Composer:Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870)

Title:Galoppin-Polka, Op. 237
Composer:Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870)

Title:Prinz Eugen-Marsch, Op. 186
Composer:Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870)

Title:Sturm-Polka, Op. 75
Composer:Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870)

Title:Potpourri aus Natinalliedern und Tänzen aller österreichischer Kronländer
Composer:Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870)

Title:Mille Fleurs, Op. 4a
Composer:Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870)

Title:Mille Fleurs, Op. 4b
Composer:Josef Strauss(1827 - 1870)


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Title:(6) Motets, BWV225-30
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Venue:Wardour Chapel, Tisbury

Title:Choral Preludes from the Kirnberger Collection, BWV690-713
Composer:JohannSebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Venue:Wardour Chapel, Tisbury


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Title:(Der) Beherrscher der Geister, J122 (Op. 27)
Composer:Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826)

Title:Invitation to the Dance, 'Aufforderung zum Tanze', J260 (Op.65)
Composer:Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826)

Title:Abu Hassan, J106
Composer:Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826)

Title:Euryanthe, J291
Composer:Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826)

Title:(Der) Freischütz, J277
Composer:Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826)

Title:Oberon, J306
Composer:Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826)

Title:Peter Schmoll und seine Nachburn, J8
Composer:Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826)


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Alice Cooper: Vincent "Alice Cooper" Furnier (vocals); Michael Bruce (guitar, keyboards); Glen Buxton (guitar); Dennis Dunaway (bass); Neal Smith (drums).
Alice Cooper scored their first global #1 hit with this album, but it would be the last "classic" release by the original line-up (who would split one year later). The band sheds the raw garage-rock of earlier albums in favor of a glossier production, but grit and sleaze can still be detected at the music's core. With their highly theatrical stage show (which featured Cooper getting his head chopped off by a guillotine), Alice Cooper became a household name, but the material onBILLION DOLLAR BABIES was so exceptional that there was no danger of the music being overshadowed by gimmicks.
While mission statement "No More Mr. Nice Guy" is the best-known song, the rest of the album is just as strong. The title track features a backing vocal by Donovan and a mammoth backbeat from drummer Neal Smith, while sweet melodicism plays an important role in "Generation Landslide" and "Mary Ann." But Cooper's trademark disturbing music and lyrics can still be detected on such self-explanatory titles like "Sick Things" and "I Love the Dead," all these elements working together to make this one of the best, most popular hard rock releases of the early '70s.
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Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 25 in C, K503
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Title:Concerto forPiano and Orchestra No. 19 in F, K459
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)


SKU: 2080554

Alaska includes:Robert Hawthorn (vocals); Bernie Marsden (guitar); Don Airey (keyboards); Brian Badhams (bass); John Marter (drums).
SKU: 1034273

This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compliedand mixed by James Lavelle.
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Debut album by the actress from Brookside who won the first celebrity Big Brother competition. 'Claire' includes her versionsof material previously performed by artists such as Brian May, Westlife and Celine Dion. The single, 'When You Believe', is included.
SKU: 1074145

In what amounts to the greatest crossover attempt since Mork crash-landed onto the set of Happy Days, two of Nickelodeon's most successful franchises have a head-on collision at the cinema and one of the results is RUGRATS GO WILD: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE. With the casts of bothTHE RUGRATS and THE WILD THORNBERRYS as principals, the resulting collection is a charming showcase for voice-over vets.
Cheryl Chase, Nancy Cartwright, Cree Summer, and Tommy, (aka Angelica, Chuckie, Susie and Tommy) team up on the kooky, Mark Mothersbaugh-composed "Island Princess." Bruce Willis, voice of beloved family dog Spike, also makes his mark on a duet with animated nemesis Chrissie Hynde on the catchy-but-sinister "Big Bad Cat" and an amusing lyrical rewrite of the thumping Iggy Pop classic "Lust For Life." Kids at heart get their musical mojo filled with previously released songs by The Clash ("Should I Stay Or Should I Go"), George Clinton ("Atomic Dog"), Train ("She's On Fire"), and Flashlight Brown ("Ready to Roll"). Those looking for newer fare can turn to Aerosmith's rowdy rocker "Lizard Love" and fellow Beantowners American Hi-Fi's sneering take on The Police classic "Message In a Bottle."
SKU: 1086341

Title:Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Composer:HavergalBrian (1876 - 1972)

Title:Festival Fanfare
Composer:Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972)


SKU: 1024282

Title:(3) Romanzen, Op. 94
Composer:Robert (Alexander) Schumann (1810 - 1856)

Title:Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op. 70
Composer:Robert (Alexander) Schumann (1810 - 1856)

Title:(5) Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102
Composer:Robert (Alexander) Schumann (1810 - 1856)

Title:(3)Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Composer:Robert (Alexander) Schumann (1810 - 1856)

Title:(3) Romances, Op. 22
Composer:Clara (Josephine) Schumann (1819 - 1896)

Title:(12) Klavierstücke, Op. 85
Composer:Robert (Alexander) Schumann (1810 - 1856)


SKU: 8002019

Nazz includes: Todd Rundgren, Carsten Van Osten.
Compilation producers: Antony Amos, Steve Hammonds.
Recordedbetween 1968 & 1984. Includes liner notes by Kieron Tyler.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
SKU: 1078525

Title:Welcome Song, 'Swifter Isis, swifter flow', Z336
Composer:HenryPurcell (1659 - 1695)

Title:Welcome Song, 'What, what shall be done in behalf of man?', Z341
Composer:Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)

Title:Yorkshire Feast Song_Of old when heroes thought it base, Z333
Composer:Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)


SKU: 5008247

Title:Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82
Composer:Jean (Julius Christian) Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Conductor:Colin Davis
Ensemble:London Symphony Orchestra

Title:Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op.104
Composer:Jean (Julius Christian) Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Conductor:Colin Davis
Ensemble:London Symphony Orchestra


SKU: 2086909

Contains an untitled hidden track which follows "I'm A Hog For You."
The Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan (vocals, harmonica, organ); Phil Lesh (vocals, bass); Bill Kreutzmann (drums).
Additional personnel: Merl Saunders (organ).
Recorded live at The Manhattan Center, New York, New York on April 4-6, 1971; Fillmore East, New York, New York on April 26-29, 1971; Winterland, San Francisco, California. Includes liner notes by Paul Nichols and Hale Milgrim.
One of the things that made the Dead such a unique live act was the sheer variety of their influences. The vastness of the musical terrain they covered is well demonstrated on 1971's GRATEFUL DEAD, nicknamed "Skull & Roses" because of its cover art. It captures the band's live sound at a time when their marathon, acid-inspired concerts were swiftly becoming the stuff of legend and earning them legions of new fans.
This set conveys the typical arc of a Dead show. The band couldbe economical and straightforward, with brisk, stripped-down numbers like the lilting "Bertha," the straight-forward country of "Me and My Uncle" and Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried," and the country-folk of "Me and Bobby McGee." They could just as easily go into lugubrious album-side-filling improvisations like "The Other One" and pump out loose-limbed, groovy versions '50s rockers like Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" and Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode." The set concludes with the laid-back, joyous jam of the traditional "Goin' Down the Road Feelin'Bad." Conspicuous in his absence is singer/keyboardist Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, whose alcoholism was beginning to take its toll.
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Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals); The Sweet Inspirations, Sherrill Nielson, Kathy Westmoreland, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps, Myrna Smith (background vocals).
Engineers: Brian Christian, Mike Moran, Clair Brothers.
Recorded between February 4, 1976 & April 25, 1977. Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.
Elvis' last studio album is, in fact, a hodgepodge of recordings from several 1976 studio sessions and four concert tracks. Also included among the live songs are the Olivia Newton John hit, "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)," a pretty silly take on the Gladiolas' "Little Darlin'," and one of Elvis' favorite songs, "Unchained Melody."
Studio tracks include covers of Jim Reeves' country hit "He'll Have to Go," the George Jones hit "She Thinks I Still Care," and two singles that reached the pop Top 40, "Way Down" and the title track. The abundance of country songs on MOODY BLUE reflects the shift in Presley's audience, as does the chart performance of both singles (each reached the numberone position on Billboard's country chart). Presley's vocals for the studio tracks were recorded in his den at Graceland.
SKU: 1057883

El Guapo: Justin Moyer, Rafael Cohen, Pete Cafarella.
Principally recorded atTiptoe Studios, New York, New York.
SKU: 1083788