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Personnel includes: Paul Simon (vocals, guitar); Vincent Nguini (guitar, bass, clave); Georges Seba, Martin Atangana (electric guitar); Ringo Star, Ray Phiri (guitar); C.J. Chenier (accordion); Charles Doherty (alto & tenor saxophones); Jude Bethel (tenor saxophone); Errol Ince (trumpet); Dave Bargeron (euphonium); Clifton Anderson (trombone); Greg Phillinganes (synthesizer); Bakithi Kumalo (bass); Grupo Cultural Olodum, Steve Gadd (drums); Mingo Araujo, Remy Kabocka, Ya Yo De La Nelson, Sidinho, Dom Chacal (percussion); Briz, Karen Bernod, Myrna Lynn Gomila, Kia Y. Jeffries, Florence Gnimagnon, Charlotte Mbango, Djana'd, Elolongue Mbango Catherine, Ladysmith Black Mambazo (background vocals).

Principally recorded at The Hit Factory, New York; Transamerica Studios, Impressao Digital Studios and Multi Studios Rio De Janiero, Brazil; Studio Guillhaume Tell, Paris, France.
As singer/songwriter Frank Tedesso once put it, GRACELAND is the mountaintop and RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS is the mist around the peak. The latter certainly does seemto pick up where it's South African-flavored predecessor left off. Though RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS relies on the traditional musical forms of a different part of the world (Brazil), Simon uses a somewhat similar strategy. He wraps his very American voice and lyrics around the rhythms and harmonies of a culture much more dependent on polyrhythms. In the process, he creates a new paradigm that is simultaneously familiar and excitingly fresh.
A new development is the undercurrent of social protest in the lyrics, something that GRACELAND only hinted at. A running lyrical theme is the intrusion of science and civilization upon nature, and the catastrophic results. When he finds no solutions in the world of men, Simon turns to the divine. On "The Cool, Cool River," he supplicates himself, with the understanding that "these prayers are the memory of God." However close he may get to heaven, RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS definitely finds Simon treading a step or two north of the earth.
SKU: 1003228

Title:(Il) Guarany
Composer:(Antonio) Carlos Gomes (1836- 1896)


SKU: 2082522

Personnel: Bill Frisell (acoustic & electric guitars, loops, music box); Ry Cooder (electric & Ripley guitars); Greg Leisz (pedal steel, lap steel, National steel & Weissenborn guitars, mandolin, dobro); Wayne Horvitz (piano, organ, samples); Viktor Krauss (bass); Jim Keltner (drums, percussion).
Recorded at O'Henry Sound Studios, Burbank, California.
Bill Frisell is like a chef or an alchemist. He brings together the characteristics and properties of diverse players to make one unique amalgam. With GOOD DOG HAPPY MAN, Frisell seeks the common ground between such musicians as bluegrass bassistViktor Krauss, erstwhile New York downtown jazzbo keyboardist Wayne Horvitz, blue country steel guitarist Greg Liesz, and journeyman rock drummer Jim Keltner. What these very different players have in common is the inability to fit into easily defined categories or molds. Similarly, Frisell's own musical voice draws from all corners of American tradition.
GOOD DOG is an album steeped in locale. It exudes a sense of place. Frisell's compositions range from subtle groove frameworks ("Big Shoe") to fragile ballads ("Rain, Rain"). The lone cover, a traditional "Shenandoah," features guest guitarist Ry Cooder. This album falls beautifully between the earthiness of Frisell's NASHVILLE album and the spontaneous combustion of GONE, JUST LIKE A TRAIN.
SKU: 1017757

Title:Dixit Dominus, HWV232
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Title:Salve Regina, HWV241
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 -1759)

Title:Nisi Dominus, HWV238
Composer:George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)


SKU: 5091043

Performers include:Moonstomp, The Kicker Boys, The Boneshakers, The Aniti-Heroes, The Bootboys, Madhatters, Grievance Committee, Immoral Discipline.
Contains 21 tracks.
SKU: 4116421

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); Cliff Williams (bass); Phil Rudd (drums).
Recorded at Albert Studios, Sydney, Australia between February & March 1978. Originally released as Atlantic (19180). Includes liner notes by Ernie Welch.
With AC/DC's third release, POWERAGE, the band was dispensing even heftier ammo from their hook-laden cartridge belt. With the rock-steady rhythm section pounding out 4/4 beats as if it were overtaking a small country, guitarists (and brothers) Angus and Malcolm Young trade towering riffs that belie their pint-sized physical stature. The real change on POWERAGE is a noted improvement in songwriting skill. The six-minute "Down Payment Blues" actually has a sense of restraint and building tension, as opposed to the band's usual hit-the-ground running approach.
"Sin City," an ode to Las Vegas, featuresthe band's most colorful lyrics (that don't have to do with bathroom humor, that is) and again displays a dynamic variety not previously heard from the Aussie rockers. The more familiar pounders, "Rock 'n Roll Damnation," "Riff Raff," and "What's Next to the Moon" are tighter, focused bursts of energy that point towards the total mastery of the form the band would display on its next release, HIGHWAY TO HELL.
SKU: 1082941

Title:Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet
Composer:Francis (Jean Marcel) Poulenc (1899 - 1963)

Title:(3)Pièces brèves
Composer:Jacques (François Antoine) Ibert (1890 - 1962)

Title:(La) Cheminée du roi René, Op. 205
Composer:Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)

Title:Wind Quintet No. 1
Composer:Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997)


SKU: 2090728

Title:Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Concerto in the Italian style, 'Italian Concerto' in F, BWV971
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Title:Overture (Partita) in the French style in B minor,BWV831
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)


SKU: 1080585

Title:Lied, 'Mutter geht durch ihre kammern', D373
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797- 1828)

Title:Lodas Gespenst, D150
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Klage, D371
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Lorma, D376
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:(Der) Herbstabend, D405
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:(Die) Einsiedelei (first version), D393
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:(Der) Herbstnacht, D404
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Lied in der Abwesenheit, D416
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Frühlingslied, D398
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Winterlied, D401
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Minnelied, D429
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Aus Diego Manazares (Ilmerine), D458
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Pflicht und Liebe, D467
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:An den Mond, D468
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D343
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Geheimnis (An Franz Schubert), D491
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Am Grabe Anselmos, D504
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:An die Nachtigall, D497
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Klage um Ali Bey, D496a
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Phidile, D500
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Herbstlied, D502
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Lebenslied, D508
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Lieden der Trennung, D509
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:An mein Klavier, D342
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)


SKU: 1022609

Producers include: William Orbit, Shep Pettibone, Nigel Wright, Mirwais Ahmadazi, Madonna.
Includes liner notes by Dan Cadan.
The 90's proved to be an interesting time for MTV's First Lady as she dabbled with different music styles while pursuing movies, music and motherhood (not necessarily in that order). Like its perfect predecessor THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION, GHV2 features edited and remixed versions of her hits. Run in loosely chronological order, this collection kicks off during Madonna's overtly naughty face (the hypnotic "Erotica" and club anthem "Deeper And Deeper") to specific film fare (a sweeping "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" and the delightfully psychedelic "Beautiful Stranger").
Madonna's most impressive moments came as a result of brilliant collaborations with electronica artists William Orbit and Frenchman Mirwais. Orbit's touch on songs from the critically acclaimed RAY OF LIGHT can be heard onthe chilly sparseness of "Frozen," infectious nature of the pulsing title track and ambient brilliance of "The Power Of Good-Bye". The Gallic producer/performer helped Madonna greet the millennium with MUSIC and a string of hits including stop-and-stutter thump of "Don't Tell Me" and the serpentine electro-funk that is the title track. Constantly changing her image the way most people change clothes, Madonna's equally quirky stylistic unpredictability maintains her hold on being pop's greatest musical chameleon.
SKU: 1067616

Title:Kismet
Composer:George Forrest (b 1915)

Title:Carmen
Composer:Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Title:Carmina Burana
Composer:Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)

Title:Ave Maria
Composer:Charles (François) Gounod (1818 - 1893)

Title:(The) Man I Love
Composer:George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)

Title:Don Giovanni, K527
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Title:(The) Mikado (or The Town of Titipu)
Composer:Sir Arthur (Seymour) Sullivan (1842 - 1900)

Title:(The) Dancing Years
Composer:Ivor Novello (1893 - 1951)

Title:(Die) Fledermaus, '(The) Bat'
Composer:Johann (Baptist) II Strauss (1825 - 1899)

Title:(Le) nozze di Figaro, '(The) Marriage of Figaro', K492
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

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

Title:Requiem
Composer:Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber (b 1948)

Title:Chants d'Auvergne
Composer:(Marie) Joseph Canteloube (de Calaret) (1879 - 1957)

Title:O Holy Night
Composer:Adolphe (Charles) Adam (1803 - 1856)

Title:Martha
Composer:Friedrich (Adolf Ferdinand) von Flotow (1812 - 1883)

Title:(The) Enchantress
Composer:Victor August Herbert (1859 - 1924)

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

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


SKU: 2088508

Personnel: Brad Mehldau (piano); Larry Grenadier (bass); Jorge Rossy (drums).
Recorded atRight Track Studios, New York, New York on May 27 & 28, 1998.
Mehldau is a strikingly original young jazz pianist, an innovator in a world too often bound by tradition. Combining classically influenced harmonic sensibilities with a sensitive, panoramic approach that owes to both Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, Mehldau burst onto the '90s jazz scene, taking the world by storm. SONGS is the third volume in a series of trio works that find Mehldau deftly accompanied by the stalwart rhythm section of drummer Jorge Rossy and bassist Larry Grenadier. As usual, Mehldau's explorations of the trio format are unique and unparalleled, combining bravado with a cerebral, almost meditative quality. Instead of flat-out improvisational vehicles, this recording (as the title indicates) concentrates on jazzy elaborations on the pop song format. Mehldau reaches far and wide for material, even tapping Radiohead ("Exit Music [For a Film]") and Nick Drake ("River Man"). Ultimately, though, it's Mehldau's distinctive touch that is the most prominent element of this intriguing collection.
SKU: 1005503

Personnel includes:John McCutcheon (vocals, guitar, hammered dulcimer, fiddle); Wayne Erbsen (vocals, fiddle); Tina Liza-Jones (vocals, concertina); Bob Jordan (guitar, snores); Paul Resiler (guitar); Rich Kirby (banjo, mandolin).
Includes liner notes by John McCutcheon.
SKU: 1049151

Full title: Blue Valentines: From Blue Note With Love.
This is part ofBlue Note's The Blue series.
SKU: 1028756

Personnel: Irmin Schmidt (piano,keyboards); Kumo (programming).
SKU: 1068123

Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor (vocals, various instruments).
Additional personnel: Martin Atkins, Chris Vrenna (drums), Maise (background vocals).
Having caught the public's attention with his catchy, chart- topping PRETTY HATE MACHINE, Trent Reznor was free to experiment with music less accessible to the mainstream. While his more fickle fans were disappointed with BROKEN, the faithful heard in it Reznor's true genius. Dark and edgy, BROKEN cuts the silence like a dirty knife--no singalong anthemshere. Only hard-hitting rhythms and no-holds-barred metal riffs flavor this sophomore effort.
In BROKEN one can hear the artist maturing and simplifying his craft; Reznor succeeds here without relying on the trappings of pop formulas. The product of a burst of creative energy, BROKEN spawned a companion release of remixes, titled FIXED. From the tight, rapid-fire succession of chords that begins "Pinion" to the beautiful and dreamy jingling guitar of "Help Me I Am in Hell," BROKEN proved that Reznor was to remain a force in the alternative music scene.
SKU: 1006241

Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.
Digitally remastered by Pat Martin.
Hall & Oates: Daryl Hall, John Oates (vocals, guitar, synthesizer).
Additional personnel: Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (guitar, synthesizer, bass guitar); G.E. Smith (guitar); Charlie DeChant (saxophone); Robbie Kilgore (keyboards, programming); Wells Christy (Synclavier); Mickey Curry (drums); Jimmy Bralower (drum); Bashiri Johnson (timbales); Jay Burnett (percussion); Clive Smith.
Liner Note Author: Ken Sharp.
This was Hall and Oates' most commercially successful album, and in retrospect it's not hard to figure out why; almost every track is either diabolically catchy (just try listening to "Out of Touch" without immediately having the chorus resonate in your head for the next few weeks), danceable ("Method of Modern Love"), arena-rock bombastic ("Bank On Your Love") or all three at the same time ("Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid"). It also helped that H&O had an ear towardhip-hop before most of their contemporaries, as witness the brief mostly instrumental "Dance on Your Knees" that opens the album; it's practically a homage to the Sugar Hill Gang's "White Lines".
SKU: 6560865

This is a continuous in-th-mix CDcompiled and mixed by Julien Jabre.
SKU: 1083373

Includes liner notes by Tony Harlow.
This is part ofBlue Note's The Blue series.
SKU: 1014088

Title:Paris (The Song of a Great City), RTVI/14
Composer:Frederick (Theodore Albert) Delius (1862 - 1934)
Venue:St Augustine's Church, London

Title:In a Summer Garden, RTVI/17
Composer:Frederick (Theodore Albert) Delius (1862 - 1934)
Venue:St Augustine's Church, London

Title:Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RTVI/16
Composer:Frederick (Theodore Albert) Delius (1862 - 1934)
Venue:St Augustine's Church, London

Title:(A) Village Romeo and Juliet, RTI/6
Composer:Frederick (Theodore Albert) Delius (1862 - 1934)
Venue:St Augustine's Church,London

Title:On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring, RTVI/19
Composer:Frederick (Theodore Albert) Delius (1862 - 1934)
Venue:St Augustine's Church, London

Title:Summer Night on the River, RTVI/19
Composer:Frederick (Theodore Albert) Delius (1862 - 1934)
Venue:St Augustine's Church, London


SKU: 1063948

Title:Quintet for Piano and Strings No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1
Composer:Ernö Dohnányi (1877 - 1960)
Venue:St Silas Church,Kentish Town, London

Title:Quintet for Piano and Strings No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 26
Composer:Ernö Dohnányi (1877 - 1960)
Venue:St Silas Church,Kentish Town, London

Title:Suite in theOld Style, Op. 24
Composer:Ernö Dohnányi (1877 - 1960)
Venue:St Silas Church,Kentish Town, London


SKU: 1023996

Title:Symphony No 3, 'Rembrandt' in 1905
Composer:Cornelius Dopper(1870 - 1939)

Title:Symphony No 6, 'Amsterdam'
Composer:Cornelius Dopper (1870 - 1939)


SKU: 8002138

Title:Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Composer:Ludwigvan Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Title:Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral' in F, Op. 68
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)


SKU: 1020892

Personnel: Ewan MacColl (vocals); Peggy Seeger (guitar, banjo, dulcimer, concertina); John Faulkner (guitar, mandolin, fiddle,tin-whistle, background vocals), Terry Yarnell (background vocals).
Producers: Harley Usill, Kevin Daly.
Reissue producer: Tony Engle.
Orginally released on Argo. Includes liner notes by Laurence Aston.
SKU: 1062434

Title:Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma', Op. 36
Composer:Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Title:Inthe South, 'Alassio', Op. 50
Composer:Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Title:Serenade in E minor, Op. 20
Composer:Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)


SKU: 1084344

Personnel includes: Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone); Judi Silvano (vocals, flute); Byron Olsen (arranger, conductor); Herb Robertson (trumpet); John Clark (French horn); Gary Valente (trombone); Billy Drewes (clarinet); Charlie Russo (bass clarinet); Gil Goldstein (accordion); Michael Bocian (acoustic guitar); Ed Schuller, Scott Lee(bass); Joey Baron, Jamey Haddad Mazar, Carmen Castaldi (drums).
Recorded in October 2001. Includes liner notes by Will Friedwald.
SKU: 1071720

Personnel includes: Clifford Brown (trumpet); Neal Hefti, Quincy Jones (arranger, conductor); Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill (vocals); Lou Donaldson, Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone); Harold Land, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone); John Lewis, Richie Powell, Horace Silver (piano); Percy Heath, Milt Hinton, George Morrow, Curley Russell (bass); Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Max Roach (drums).
Producers: Alfred Lion, Bob Shad.
Compilation producer: Richard Seidel.
Recorded between 1953 & 1956. Includes liner notes by DonaldElfman.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
SKU: 1077266

Track 13, "Do You Know Where You're Coming From," is listed on the album packaging only as "Bonus Track."
Jamiroquai: Jay Kay (vocals); Simon Katz (guitar); Toby Smith (keyboards); Stuart Zender (bass); Derrick McKenzie (drums); Wallis Buchanan (percussion).
Additional personnel includes: Simon Hale (conductor, arranger); M-Beat (arranger).
TRAVELLING WITHOUT MOVING was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. "Virtual Insanity" won the 1998 Grammy for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
Hailing from the same neo-R&B scene that spawned Soul II Soul and Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai continues to filter 1970s soul through asieve of '90s acid jazz on its third album. Sounding remarkably like Stevie Wonder, singer Jason Kay's airy vocals float over fat bass lines, disco rhythms and lush strings on "Cosmic Girl." "High Times" takes more of a bottom-heavy, P-Funk-meets-the-EWF-horns approach. Other up-tempo jams include "Use The Force," with its Afro-Cuban beat, and the equally funky, scratch-laden title track.
Jamiroquai's eclectic bag of influences includes reggae (the loping "Drifting Along") and world music. Two instrumentals center on the otherworldly sounds of a didjeridoo. "Didjerama" is an ambient track that accentuates the instrument's hollow timbre with chirping birds and assorted percussion. "Didjital Vibrations" is quiet-storm music. An unlisted, drum-and-bass collaboration with M-Beat, "Do You Know Where You're Coming From," wraps up this vibrant package of Brit-soul.
SKU: 1000520

Title:(16) Polonaises
Composer:Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Venue:Kulas Auditorium, Baldwin-Wllace College, Berea, Ohio

Title:Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise in E flat, Op. 22
Composer:Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Venue:Kulas Auditorium, Baldwin-WllaceCollege, Berea, Ohio

Title:Introduction and Variations on a Theme from Hérold's 'Ludovic' in B flat, Op. 12
Composer:Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Venue:Kulas Auditorium, Baldwin-Wllace College, Berea, Ohio

Title:Mazurkas
Composer:Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Venue:Kulas Auditorium, Baldwin-Wllace College, Berea, Ohio

Title:Contredanse in G flat
Composer:Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Venue:Kulas Auditorium, Baldwin-Wllace College, Berea, Ohio

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Composer:Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Venue:Kulas Auditorium, Baldwin-Wllace College, Berea, Ohio


SKU: 8002088

Title:Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
Composer:(Louis-)Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)

Title:(L') Ascension
Composer:OlivierMessiaen (1908 - 1992)


SKU: 2073894

Title:Solemn Overture for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op. 72
Composer:Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956)

Title:Circus Polka
Composer:Igor (Fyodorovich) Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)

Title:(4)Marches in 1935-37, Op 69
Composer:Sergey (Sergeyevich) Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)

Title:Concerto for Trombone and Military Band in B flat
Composer:Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)

Title:March for the Soviet Militia, Op. 139
Composer:Dmitry (Dmitriyevich) Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)

Title:National Anthem, Op 98
Composer:Sergey (Sergeyevich) Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)

Title:(The) Battle for Stalingrad
Composer:Aram Il'yich Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)


SKU: 1089150

Classy compilation from a popular American chart act of the 90s, collecting all their poppy, new wave inspired hits from the breakthrough cuts 'Don't Speak'and 'Just A Girl' right up to their reggae-inflected later work such as 'Hella Good' and 'Hey Baby'. Also includes a cover of Talk Talk's 'It's My Life'.
SKU: 6542301

Title:Symphony No.6 in A
Composer:(Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)


SKU: 5051499

Echo & The Bunnymen: Ian McCulloch (vocals, guitar); Will Sargeant (12-string & electric guitars, tambourine, samples, loops).
Additional personnel: Ceri James (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards); Alex "Kong" Germains (bass, background vocals); Vincent Jamieson (drums, congas, shaker, tambourine).
Producers: Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Pete Coleman.
Recorded at Elevator Studios, Liverpool, England and Bryn Derwyn Studios, Snowdonia,North Wales.
SKU: 1058123

Zebrahead: Justin (vocals, guitar); Ali (vocals); Greg (guitar); Ben (bass); Ed (drums).
Additional personnel: Tavis Werts (horns, background vocals); Howard Benson (keyboards, programming); Gabe McNair (keyboards); Bobby Brooks (loops); A. Jay Popoff, Needham Park (background vocals).
Recorded at The Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California and Sparky Dark, Calabasas, California.
Zebrahead's PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR is quintessential turn-of-the-century pop-rock, blending an impressive variety of styles to arrive at a set of perfect pop radio fodder. Barenaked Ladies-style white-boy rap, Nirvana-flavored power riffs, Beck-influenced, loopy electronic touches, retro-'80s moves, and catchy, alt rock choruses are all combined here, to the great credit of producer Howard Benson, who manages to make the whole thing cohere.
The album's upbeat title tune is a perfect case in point, as cheesy organ, breakbeats, rap, Big Rock guitar, and Cheap Trick-influenced vocal harmonies rub up against each other, but somehow never seem to clash. There are no grand artistic aspirations here; PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR is intended as fast-paced, breezy fun, which exactly what itturns out to be.
SKU: 1073035

3 LPs on 2 CDs.
The Clash: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones (vocals, guitar); Paul Simonon (vocals,bass); Topper Headon (drums).
Additional personnel: Mickey Gallagher, Timon Dogg, Norman Watt-Roy, J.P. Nicholson, Ellen Foley, David Payne, Ray Gasconne, Band Sargeant Dave Yates, Den Hegarty, Gary & Bill Barnacle, Luke & Ben & Maria Gallagher, Jody Winscott, Ivan Julian, Noel Tempo Bailey, Anthony Nelson Steelie, Lew Lewis, Gerald Baxter-Warman, Terry McQuade, Rudolph Adolphus Jordan, Battersea.
Digitally remastered by Ray Staff & Bob Whitney (Whitfield Street Studios).
SANDINISTA! was The Clash's affirmation of their support for the Nicaraguan revolution, the movement that overthrew President Somoza and aroused the ire of U.S. President Reagan. The music was a more conscious exploration of reggae and dub music than the Clash had ever attempted. The group fought their record company to keep the 3-LP set affordable to their fans, accepting lower royalty rates so the price would be as low as a single LP.
SKU: 1070814

Caught The Blast includes:Eric Fifteen (vocals, guitar).
SKU: 1083723

Title:Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13
Composer:Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Title:Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Composer:Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Title:Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44
Composer:Sergey(Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Title:(The) Isle of the dead, Op. 29
Composer:Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Title:Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Composer:Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

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

Title:Aleko
Composer:Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)


SKU: 1081438

Personnel includes: Jimi Hendrix (electric & acoustic guitar, vocals); Steve Winwood (organ); Jack Casady, Billy Cox, Noel Redding (bass); Buddy Miles, Mitch Mitchell (drums).
Engineers include: Bob Cotto, R. Beekman, Mike Ross.
Includes liner notes by Michael J. Fairchild.
When the American expatriate James Marshall Hendrix made his triumphant return to the United States with ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?, he'd just smelted British pop psychedelia, R&B, Bob Dylan and Cream into a gleaming rock and roll alloy. Nothing quite looked or sounded like the musical melting pot that was the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Yet the American release of ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? differed from the British version in one significant respect: "Everybody was scared to relase `Red House' in America," Hendrix recalled, "because they said `America don't like blues, man!'"
Yes, it's hard to believe, but the Experience's original rendition of Jimi's epic "Red House" (recorded in London on December 13, 1966) appears stateside for the very first time on this superb compilation of Hendrix rarities (including 8 previously unreleased tracks), simply entitled BLUES.
BLUES is probably the best packaged, richest sounding, most coherent post-mortem release from the Hendrix archives. Fleshed out by Michael J. Fairchild's detailed, informative essay, BLUES portrays Jimi Hendrix as a classic bluesman, a devout student of the tradition from down home delta stylings to sophisticated urban forms. Framed by his poignant 1967 acoustic 12-string rendition of "Hear My Train 'A Comin'" and a stirring 1970 trio performance, these 11 rough and ready tracks illustrate Hendrix's deep spiritual connections tohis blues roots, and his daring experimental take on the shape of future blues to come.
Thus you have a moody studio outtake of his autobiographical "Voodoo Chile Blues" and a ruminative "Born Under A Bad Sign" (in which his Albert King tribute evolves with raga-like complexity). Hendrix's "Catfish Blues" is a powerful evocation of tribal elders Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, while his abstract chord changes and soaring, strident leads on the shuffling "Jelly 292" are an affectionate parody of classic urban blues lines such as "After Hours" and "Sweet Home Chicago." Taken as a whole, Jimi Hendrix's BLUES is the portrait of a great American original who was (like Stevie Ray Vaughan a generation later) just beginning to scratch the surface of his awesome talent.
SKU: 1019779

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
CLINT BLACK GREATEST HITS II includes 4 songs of new material.
Personnel includes: Clint Black (vocals, guitar, classical guitar); Lisa Hartman Black, Steve Wariner, Martina McBride (vocals); Dean Parks, George Doering (acoustic guitar); Hayden Nicholas (electric guitar); Thomas Peterson (saxophone); Lee Thornberg (trumpet); Wendell Kelly (trombone); Randy Kerber (piano, celeste, music box); Matt Rollings (piano); Leland Sklar, Chuck Domanico (bass); John Robinson (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion).
Producers: Clint Black, James Stroud, Mark Wright.
Compilation producer: Clint Black.
Any artist who's able to put out a second volume of hits must be doing something right. In the case of contempo-country megastar Clint Black, that particular something is a knack for striking just the right balance between old-school country music values and modern, pop-oriented songcraft and production. As GREATEST HITS II makes undeniably clear, Black walks that line with commitment and aplomb. On "Nothing's New" Black observes that "there's nothing like a steel guitar crying at night" and his assertion is borne out by the tune's arrangement. Traditionalist signifiers like this brush up shoulder to shoulder against the widescreen, pop-friendly production of "The Shoes You're Wearing" and "Still Holding On" (wherein Black duets with country thrush Martina McBride). It's just this kind of juxataposition and resultant cross-contextualization that enlivens Black's work. And for hardcore fanswho've already got all Black's albums, four new tunes are included as a pot-sweetener.
SKU: 1067941

Company Flow: El-P, Mr. Len (various instruments, programming).
Additionalpersonnel: Appleseed, Don (bass).
Recorded at Ozone, New York, New York.
After blindsiding the industry with one of the more impressive hip-hop debuts, Company Flow here delivers a remarkable hip-hop instrumental album. After DJ Shadow's debut, "Endtroducing," many indie labels and producers tried to capitalize on the concept of a hip-hop album with original instrumentals, mostly without success.
While a few of the tracks suffer from monotonous loops, the lion's share of the songs thrive on musical maturity and subtle twists. "Suzy Pulled a Pistol on Henry" and "Wurker Ant Uprise" are prime examples of what it takes to be a top producer in hip-hop's uncharted underground. Company Flow's El-P and Mr. Len have produced a masterpiece that has left hip-hop's cognoscenti hungry for a new release.
SKU: 1077277

Title:Quartet for Piano and Strings
Composer:William (Turner) Walton (1902 - 1983)

Title:Anon in love
Composer:William (Turner) Walton (1902 - 1983)

Title:Façade
Composer:William (Turner) Walton (1902 - 1983)

Title:Passacaglia
Composer:William (Turner) Walton (1902 - 1983)

Title:Sonata for Violin and Piano
Composer:William (Turner) Walton (1902 -1983)


SKU: 1076617

The Damned: Dave Vanian (vocals); Brian James (vocals, guitar); Captain Sensible (vocals, bass); Rat Scabies (drums).
Additional personnel: Roman Jugg (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Lu Edmonds (guitar); Paul Gray, Bryn Merrick, Algy Ward (bass); Jon Moss (drums).
Producers include: Nick Lowe, Jon Kelly, Tony Mansfield, Hein Hoven, Roger Armstrong.
Includes liner notes by Herb Fenstein.
Released in the late '80s by MCA, this compilation is an excellent two-disc introduction to the work of punk pioneers The Damned, covering pretty much everything of note, from their first singles to their 1986 hit "Eloise." It's an overview of the development of British pop from the mid-'70s, when punks ruled, to the fuller-sounding, over-the-top style of hit-making popularized by bands like Sparks and ABC. Of course the Damned knew exactly what they were doing with their more commercially acceptable later sound--hence the ring of the cash register at the end of the hit "Grimly Fiendish (The Bad Trip mix)."
While not in chronological order, the recording dates for all tracks are listed, and the songs blend together nicely. The early hits are all here, including the punk smashes "Neat Neat, Neat," "New Rose," "I Feel Alright," "Plan 9 Channel 7," and "Love Song." These tracks, and the new wave XTC-like sounds of "Alone Again Or," "Is It a Dream," "Psychomania," and "In Dulce Decorum," arean excellent introduction to the Damned.
SKU: 1019920

Title:Symphony No. 4, 'Prayer'
Composer:Galina Ivanova Ustvol'skaya (b 1919)
Ensemble:Barton Workshop
Venue:Amsterdam

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 5
Composer:Galina Ivanova Ustvol'skaya (b 1919)
Venue:Amsterdam

Title:Grand Duet
Composer:Galina Ivanova Ustvol'skaya (b 1919)
Ensemble:Barton Workshop
Venue:Amsterdam

Title:Trio
Composer:GalinaIvanova Ustvol'skaya (b 1919)
Ensemble:Barton Workshop
Venue:Amsterdam


SKU: 5056913

More than 35 years after the release of his debut album, the genius William Shatner (alias Captain Kirk) teams up with Ben Folds to create "Has Been", a surprisingly pop driven lyrically potent collection of songs written by the duo. The exceptions being "Trying" co-written by Folds and novelist Nick Hornby "Real" by Brad Paisley and Pulp's "Common People". Shatner proves to be a witty and self depreciating poet while Folds' talent for crafting the perfect pop melody has never been more evident. Guests on the album include Joe Jackson on "CommonPeople" Aimee Mann Lemon Jelly Henry Rollins and Brad Paisley.
SKU: 6570758

Fila Brazillia: Steve Cobby,Man (various instruments).
Additional personnel: Steve Edwards (vocals); Archie Deacon (guitar); Dan Eldon (harmonica, accordion); Julian Taylor (drums); Aaron Gammon (percussion).
SKU: 1069469

Title:Maria Stuarda
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 -1848)
Conductor:David Parry
Ensemble:Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:Marino Faliero
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Conductor:David Parry
Ensemble:Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:Caterina Cornaro
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Ensemble:Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Title:Caterina Cornaro
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Conductor:David Parry
Ensemble:Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:(L')Ajo nell'imbarazzo
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Conductor:David Parry
Ensemble:Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:Gianni da Calais
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Ensemble:Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Title:Gianni da Calais
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Conductor:David Parry
Ensemble:Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:Maria di Rohan
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Conductor:David Parry
Ensemble:Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:Ugo, Conte di Parigi
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Conductor:David Parry
Ensemble:Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:Anna Bolena
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Conductor:David Parry
Ensemble:Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:Pia de' Tolomei
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Ensemble:Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Title:Pia de' Tolomei
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Conductor:David Parry
Ensemble:Philharmonia Orchestra


SKU: 1024897

'Love Songs' is the definitive one disc collection of love themed tracks by the Texan-born soul artist, Barry White. He shot to fame in the early 1970's and his sound went on to fuse disco with smooth soul. Seven UK top 40 hits are featured here, including the no.1single, 'You're The First The Last My Everything'.
SKU: 1079802

Title:(El) Amor Brujo
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Conductor:Rafael Frühbeckde Burgos
Ensemble:New Philharmonia Orchestra

Title:Concerto for Harpsichord and Five Instruments
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Conductor:Simon Rattle
Ensemble:London Sinfonietta Orchestra

Title:Homenaje, '(Le) tombeau de Claude Debussy'
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)

Title:Psyché
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Conductor:Simon Rattle
Ensemble:London Sinfonietta Orchestra

Title:Noches en los jardines de Espana, 'Nights in the Gardens of Spain'
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Conductor:Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Ensemble:London Philharmonic Orchestra

Title:(La) Vida breve
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Conductor:Ernest Ansermet
Ensemble:Suisse Romande Orchestra

Title:(La) Vida breve
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Conductor:Ernest Ansermet
Ensemble:Suisse Romande Orchestra

Title:(7) Canciones populares espanolas
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)

Title:(4) Pièces espagnoles
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)

Title:(El) Sombrero de tres picos, 'Three-cornered Hat'
Composer:Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)
Conductor:Charles Dutoit
Ensemble:Montreal Symphony Orchestra


SKU: 8000191

Title:Lyric Pieces, Book5, Op. 54
Composer:Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Venue:Norwegian State Academy of Music,Oslo

Title:Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Op. 57
Composer:Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Venue:Norwegian State Academy of Music,Oslo

Title:Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Op. 62
Composer:Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Venue:Norwegian State Academy of Music,Oslo


SKU: 1024460

Deep Purple: David Coverdale (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Jon Lord (keyboards); Glenn Hughes (bass); Ian Paice (drums).
Recorded live in Europe in 1975.
This previously unreleased concert album documents the final days of Deep Purple Mark III, the edition of the band that featured David Coverdale and Glen Hughes. Derived from two shows in France and Austria, from the same tour that produced the heavily-doctored LIVE IN EUROPE album, it's far better than that critically-derided effort, featuring the band sonically unadorned, doing what they do best--making the audience's ears bleed.
Perhaps because they knew this was the end, the players are unusually relaxed, especially guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. In his big solo section on "Mistreated," he noodles around flamenco-style during the French show, and on the alternate version included here from Austria he cheekily quotes from "Deutschland Uber Alles." Keyboardist Jon Lord also displays a sense of humor on "Space Trucking,"working in an extended bit from "Thus Spake Zarathustra," while vocalist Coverdale is even more over-the-top than usual, sounding for all the world like an opera singer who's just stuck his finger in an electric socket.
SKU: 5089744

Title:(Der)Zigeunerbaron, '(The) Gipsy Baron'
Composer:Johann (Baptist) II Strauss (1825 - 1899)

Title:Wiener Blut, 'Vienna Blood'
Composer:Johann (Baptist) II Strauss (1825 - 1899)

Title:(Eine) Nacht in Venedig, '(A) Night in Venice'
Composer:Johann (Baptist) II Strauss (1825 - 1899)


SKU: 1057904

Title:(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung'
Composer:(Wilhelm)Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)


SKU: 1061488

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 8, 'Pathétique' in C minor, Op. 13
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight' in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 15, 'Pastoral' in D, Op. 28
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827)

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 24 in F sharp, Op. 78
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)


SKU: 5020244

Gang Starr: Guru (vocals); DJ Premier (DJ).
Additional personnel: Lisle Leete (piano).
Recorded at Calliope Productions, New York, Firehouse Studios and Such-A-Sound Studio, Brooklyn, New York.
Reflecting the combination of inner-city upbringing and college education which both members share, Gang Starr manages to attain the perfect balance of intellect and street credibility; harder than so-called hard-core, more experimental than "experimental hip-hop" and funkier than 99.9 percent of mainstream rap's party jam output. In a culture based on battles and an industry known for feuds and ego-clashes, Gang Starris perhaps the only outfit to command respect from every corner of the hip-hop spectrum. Individually or as a unit, Guru & Premier have collaborated with "alternative" hip-hop crews (De La Soul, Digable Planets, Dream Warriors), jazz artists (Donald Byrd, Branford Marsalis) R&B stars (Janet Jackson, K-Ci & Jo-Jo) and hard-core MC's (KRS ONE, M.O.P., Notorious B.I.G) without ever compromising their cult status in the underground.
Their second album STEP IN THE ARENA is the release that truly put the duo on map after "Manifest" and "Jazz Thing" first garnered public attention. In addition to pioneering the incorporation of jazz samples into the hip-hop canon of funk & soul drum breaks, this record witnessed DJ Premier single-handedly lifting the orchestration of turntable cuts to the level of a jazz soloist improvising on another musician's phrase.
SKU: 1014694

Burning Spear: Winston Rodney (vocals); Michael Wilson, Devon Bradshaw (guitar); Bobby Ellis (horns, percussion); Herman Marquis (horns); Richard Johsnon (piano, Clavinet, organ, synthesizer); Aston "Family Man" Barrett (Clavinet, organ, bass, background vocals); Anthony Bradshaw (bass, percussion, background vocals); Nelson Miller (drums, octoban); Elias Rodney (percussion).
Recorded at Tuff Gong Studios, Kingston, Jamaica in 1982. Includes liner notes by Roger Steffens.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Though Burning Spear will probably always and forever be known for his 1975 classic MARCUS GARVEY and its astonishing dub version, GARVEY'S GHOST, he's had one of the longest and most artistically fruitful careers in reggae history. FAROVER, a 1982 session,is one of his most powerful albums, combining his one-of-a-kind vocals with some of the strongest compositions of his career.
The brooding title track sets the tone, with Aston "Family Man" Barrett's impossibly deep, dread-filled bass and pulsating clavinet moving the track along under Burning Spear's passionate declamations. It's a true reggae classic. Though perhaps not all of the songs are quite up to that opener, the no-nonsense "Education" and devotional "Jah Is My Driver" are also Burning Spear classics. Throughout, Richard Johnson adds tasteful synthesizer to the usual clavinet-and-organ grooves, foreshadowing the instrument's eventual domination of reggae, but FAROVER is pure roots-reggae all the way.
SKU: 1072719

Solo performer: Joan Baez (vocals, guitar).
Producer: Maynard Solomon.
Reissue producer: Mark Spector.
Recorded live between August 1962 and November 1963. Originally released on Vanguard (9112). Includesliner notes by Maynard Solomon and Arthur Levy.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of Vanguard Records Original Masters Series.
The 'queen of folk' was an accomplished live performer as this, the first of two In Concert albums proved. Accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, Baez brought her pure, virginal soprano to contrasting material. Her interpretations of Childe ballads 'Matty Groves' and 'The House Carpenter' are particularly moving, but an empathy with American folklore, including Woody Guthrie and the Carter Family, is equally apparent. Baez's reading of Malvina Reynolds' protest song, 'What Have They Done To The Rain', is especially arresting and inspired a later pop hit for the Searchers. This album helped take folk music out of the coffee-house circuit and into national consciousness.
SKU: 1073236

Ugly Duckling: Young Einstein, Dizzy, Andy.
Additionalpersonnel includes: Double K.
Recorded at Sunnyside Studios, Los Angeles, California.
SKU: 6548934

This CD commemorates Willie Nelson's 70th Birthday (April 30, 2003).
Personnel includes: Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Ray Price, Leann Womack, Julio Iglesias, Leon Russell, Merle Haggard, Aerosmith.
Producers include: Felton Jarvis, Arif Mardin, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Booker T. Jones.
Compilation producers: Nich Shaffman, Al Quaglieri.
Recorded between 1961 & 2002.
The catalog of Willie Nelson is so vast and rich that assembling an "essential" collection of only one or two discs seems nearly impossible. RCA's single-disc 1995 attempt was admirable and worthy,but doomed by space limitations. With a bit more room to move, Legacy's roomier two-disc collection is about close as anyone could hope to come. We get the full view of the great singer/songwriter's artistic journey.
"Hello Walls" and the evergreen "Crazy" hail from the days when Nelson was tooling around Nashville as a songwriter for hire but mystifyingly unable to connect as a solo artist. His transformation into a counterculture icon via the '70s "outlaw country" movement is marked by the likes of "Me and Paul" and "Bloody Mary Morning." His tremendous skill as in interpreter can be heard in such standards as "Blue Skies" and "Georgia on Mind," which helped make him a crossover success in the STARDUST era. Latter-day collaborations with everyone from Aerosmith ("One Time Too Many") to U2 ("Slow Dancing") show Willie's mercurial, eclectic nature. Add it all up and a portrait comes together of a man whose artistic vision has carried him across decades and stylistic shifts aplenty and seen him through in style.
SKU: 1082871

Full performer name: Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin/Sammy Davis Jr.
Compilation producers: Frank Collura, Charles Pignome.
Includes liner notes by James Ritz.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Sure, Bing Crosby might pop more quickly to mind when thinking of Christmas songs, but Frank, Dean, and Sammy had their shareof Yuletide ditties as well, a fact effectively borne out by the holiday collection CHRISTMAS WITH THE RAT PACK. If you're sick of the usual pap that passes for Christmas music from all corners of the stylistic map, try something from the swingin' side of town. Really now, wouldn't you rather hear such chestnuts (pun intended) as "Silver Bells," "The Christmas Song," and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" from the likes of these cats than some contemporary prefab pop or country cardboard cutout? Those aren't sleighbells you hear in the background, they're ice cubes clinking in a martini glass.
SKU: 1077635

Matchbox Twenty: Rob Thomas (vocals, piano); Paul Doucette (acoustic & electric guitar, piano, Clavinet, Mellotron, drums, percussion); Kyle Cook, Adam Gaynor (guitar, background vocals); Brain Yale (bass).
Additional personnel includes: Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar); Carol Webb, Enrico Dicecco, Jonathan Minklage, Maura Giannini, Jan Mullen, Ricky Sortomme, Bonna Tecco (violin); Sue Pray, Sarah Adams, Crystal Garner, Vincent Lionti (viola); Eric Ralshe, Jerome Ashby (French horn); Paul Doucette (synthesizer); Matt Serletic (congas); Vanesse Thomas, Lydia Mann-Jaime, Melanie Daniels, Cheryl Pepsi Riley (background vocals).
Recorded at Bearsville Studio, Woodstock, New York and The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
In between his commitments to the band, Matchbox Twenty singer-songwriter Rob Thomas had spent the time leading up to the group's third album collaborating with everyone from Willie Nelson to Mick Jagger (his resuscitation of Carlos Santana's career already being old news by this point). Despite all these star turns, Thomas returned dutifully to the fold, and MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE definitely sounds like a band effort, not just Rob-and-the-other-guys.
While the catchy "Disease" (no pun intended) occasionally comes a little too close to Carly Simon's "You Belong to Me" for comfort, its musical insistence and inventive production make it stick in the memory. "Bright Lights," with it's piano-laden elegiac feel, is somewhat akin to the Train hit "Drops of Jupiter." "Downfall" starts out like a rowdy piece of alt-rock, but eventually drops into a surprising gospel feel, complete with choir. Like the opening track "Feel," "You're So Real" is a hard-charging rocker full of nasty riffs, but it's followed by album-closer (not counting a subsequent hidden track) "The Difference," apower-ballad that's the closest thing on the album to what longtime fans might have been expecting from their mercurial heroes.
SKU: 1080200

Personnel includes: Thad Jones (flugelhorn); Mel Lewis (drums); Jerome Richardson (soprano & alto saxophones; flute); Jerry Dodgion (alto saxophone, flute, clarinet); Eddie Daniels (tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet); Billy Harper (tenor saxophone, flute); Richie Kamuca (baritone saxophone, clarinet); Danny Moore, Snooky Young, Al Porcino, Marvin Stamm (trumpet); Eddie Bert, Benny Powell, Jimmy Knepper (trombone); Cliff Heather (bass trombone); Roland Hanna (piano, electric piano); David Spinoza (guitar); Richard Davis (acoustic & electric basses).
Recorded atA&R Studios, New York, New York in January & May 1970. Includes liner notes by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
SKU: 1076546

Title:String Quartet No. 1, 'Narcisse'
Composer:Ashot Zograbian (b 1945)

Title:Ritual
Composer:Ashot Zograbian (b 1945)

Title:Parable
Composer:Ashot Zograbian (b 1945)

Title:Serenade
Composer:Ashot Zograbian (b 1945)

Title:BoomerangGames I
Composer:Ashot Zograbian (b 1945)


SKU: 2073095

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


SKU: 5020384

LeVert: Gerald LeVert, Sean LeVert, Marc Gordon.
Additional personnel includes: Heavy D. (rap vocals); David T. Walker, Gene Robinson, Johnny "T" Jones, Norman Harris (guitar); Sam Peak (saxophone); Jim Salamone (keyboards, programming, samples, sequencing); Craig Cooper, David Ervin (keyboards, programming); Joel Davis, Odeen Mays Jr. (keyboards); Mike Ferguson (bass) Toi Horn, Audrey Maupin (background vocals).
Producers: Keg Johnson, Wilmer Raglin, Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Gerald Levert.
Compilation producers: Barry Benson, J.R. Reynolds.
Engineers: Gary Dobbins, Craig Burbridge,Jim Krause.
Includes liner note by J.R. Reynolds.
Digitally remasterd by Dan Hersch (Digi Prep).
SKU: 1062509

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

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

Title:Andrea Chénier
Composer:Umberto Giordano(1867 - 1948)

Title:(Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville'
Composer:Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Title:(La) Sonnambula
Composer:Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Title:(La) Sonnambula
Composer:Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Title:(La) Sonnambula
Composer:Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Title:Rigoletto
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Title:(La) traviata
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

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

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

Title:(La) Wally
Composer:Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)

Title:Dinorah, '(Le) pardon de Ploërmel'
Composer:Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)

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

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

Title:Carmen
Composer:Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Title:Carmen
Composer:Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Title:Samson et Dalila
Composer:(Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Title:Samson et Dalila
Composer:(Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Title:Roméo et Juliette, 'Romeo and Juliet'
Composer:Charles (François) Gounod (1818 - 1893)

Title:Manon
Composer:Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet (1842 - 1912)

Title:Orphée et Eurydice
Composer:Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (1714 - 1787)

Title:Norma
Composer:Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Title:Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor'
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Title:Lucia di Lammermoor, '(The) Bride of Lammermoor'
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Title:Anna Bolena
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Title:Macbeth
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Title:Macbeth
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Title:Aida
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Title:(La) Gioconda
Composer:Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)

Title:Otello
Co
SKU: 1080232

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 19 in C minor, D958
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 20 in A, D959
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 21 in B flat, D960
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Title:Impromptus
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)<