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Compilation of singles, album tracks and a few rarities from this 80's Liverpool band. Featuring the hits 'Reward', 'Passionate Friend' and 'Treason' which adds up toa concise introduction to Julian Cope's first band.
SKU: 1069483

Title:(Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', K620
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Conductor:Johannes Müller
Ensemble:Berlin Radio Orchestra

Title:(Die) Entführung aus dem Serail, '(The) Abduction from the hareem', K384
Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Conductor:Franz Schönbaumsfeld
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:(I) Vespri siciliani, '(The) Sicilian Vespers'
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor:Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:Ernani
Composer:Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor:Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:Mireille
Composer:Charles (François) Gounod (1818 - 1893)
Conductor:Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:(Les) Contes d'Hoffmann, '(The) Tales of Hoffmann'
Composer:Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Conductor:Franz Schönbaumsfeld
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:(The) Tsar's Bride
Composer:Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
Conductor:Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:(The) Golden Cockerel, '(Le) Coq d'Or'
Composer:Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
Conductor:Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:Lakmé
Composer:(Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
Conductor:Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:(La) Zingara
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Chorus

Title:(La) Zingara
Composer:(Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Conductor:Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:Soirées musicales
Composer:Gioachino (Antonio)Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Chorus

Title:Soirées musicales
Composer:Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Conductor:Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:Funiculì-Funiculà
Composer:Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922)
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Chorus

Title:Funiculì-Funiculà
Composer:Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922)
Conductor:Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:Liebe kleine Nachtigall
Composer:Moritz Moszkowski (1854 - 1925)
Conductor:Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Ensemble:Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Title:Deh! torna mio bene (Air and Variations), Op. 164
Composer:Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878)
Conductor:Johannes Müller
Ensemble:Berlin Radio Orchestra

Title:(The) Nightingale
Composer:Alexander Alexandrovich Alabiev (1787 - 1851)
Conductor:Johannes Müller
Ensemble:Berlin Radio Orchestra

Title:(Il) Bacio
Composer:Luigi Arditi (1822 - 1903)
Conductor:Franz Schönbaumsfeld
Ensemble:Berli
SKU: 5082397

Title:Songs of the Sea, Op. 91
Composer:Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)

Title:Songs ofthe Fleet, Op. 117
Composer:Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)

Title:Sea Drift, RTII/3
Composer:Frederick (Theodore Albert) Delius (1862 - 1934)


SKU: 1045362

'Don't Believe The Truth' is the sixth studio album by 60's influenced stadium rock giants Oasis. Taking their base influences of The Beatlesand The Rolling Stones, yet again Oasis have crafted an album that is packed with swagger and style, sounding classic without sounding dated. Includes the single 'Lyla'.
SKU: 6588884

Title:Sonata for Piano, Op. 26
Composer:Samuel Barber (1910- 1981)

Title:Sonata for Piano
Composer:Henri Dutilleux (b 1916)


SKU: 2086882

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 8 in B flat, Op. 84
Composer:Sergey (Sergeyevich) Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Venue:Salle Adyar, Paris

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 9 in C, Op. 103
Composer:Sergey (Sergeyevich) Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Venue:Salle Adyar, Paris

Title:Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60
Composer:Sergey (Sergeyevich) Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Venue:Salle Adyar, Paris


SKU: 5008540

Title:Mass in B minor, BWV232
Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Venue:Bunka-Kaikan,Tokyo


SKU: 5021313

Recorded between 1967 & 1975. Includes liner notes by Cliff White.
Digitally remastered by Suha Gur (UniversalMastering Studios East).
SKU: 1048569

Title:Sonatina
Composer:Ernesto Halffter (1905 - 1989)

Title:Rapsodia Portuguesa
Composer:Ernesto Halffter (1905 - 1989)

Title:Automne Malade
Composer:Ernesto Halffter (1905 - 1989)

Title:Dos Canciones
Composer:Ernesto Halffter (1905- 1989)


SKU: 2073728

Personnel: Fred McDowell (vocals, guitar); Mike Russo (guitar); Johnny Woods (harmonica); John Khan (bass); Bob Jones (drums); Annie Mae McDowell (background vocals).
Recorded in Como, Mississippi, Berkeley, California and Memphis, Tennessee between 1964 and 1969.Includes liner notes by Chris Strachwitz.
SKU: 1070842

Silver Jews: David Berman (vocals, guitar); William Tyler (pedal steel guitar); Tony Crow (electric guitar); Phil Niehaus (piano); Tim Barnes (percussion).
Recorded at HVM Oepot, Berry Hill, Tennesse.
When the Silver Jews first appeared in the mid-'90s, the band's singer-songwriter David Berman was backed by some of his pals from Pavement, whose sound helped define the sonic parameters of the first couple of Silver Jews releases. In short order, though, the group weaned itself of Pavement connections both aural and physical, and developed its own sound, which seems to reach an apex on BRIGHT FLIGHT. While Berman and company have been moving in a vaguely country-rock direction for a while, this album probably the contains the largest quotient of country influence, as heard most plainly on the classicNashville-mode male/female duet "Tennessee" and the disfigured honky-tonk of "Friday Night Fever." While he's keeping busy turning his band into the New Riders of the Purple Sage, though, real-life poet Berman's lyrics are sharper than ever, encompassing everything from death and time to alcohol and an admiration for Royal Trux.
SKU: 1067945

This is the debut album from Canadian duo Death From Above 1979 and sees Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler playing their own brand of indie rock with just bass, drums, and the occasional Moog squelch. Their trashy, overdrivensound, with pounding, almost dance style beats have been likened to The Rapture, Rocket From The Crypt, and Blood Brothers.
SKU: 6583991

Personnel: Martin Carthy (vocals,guitar); John Kirkpatrick (accordion, concertina); Roger Bucknell (mandolin); Howard Evans (trumpet); Bruce Rowlands (drums).
Recorded at Riverside Studios, London, England in 1979. Includes liner notes by Martin Carthy.
SKU: 1012320

Slayer: Tom Araya (vocals, bass);Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman (guitar); Paul Bostaph (drums).
Recorded at The Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, Canada.
"Disciple" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
Don't blink. Otherwise, Slayer's eighth studio release will scoot right by at hyper-speed. In fact, morbid images and jackhammer guitar riffs are the only traces that GOD HATES US ALL leaves behind on its demolition path. Heavy, indeed. If lead screamer Tom Araya slows down just for a second, dark mantras such as "I won't be force-fed prophecy" and "My hate is contagious" become frighteningly intelligible. Slayer might not be pretty, but no one can accuse the band of campiness--this is as real (and scary) as it gets.
GOD HATES US ALL is another searing slab of classic Slayer. Highlights include "Disciple" and "Threshold," which capture the group at its bombastic best. Stylistically, the album has all of the characteristics of great thrash metal--grinding guitars, crisp bass drums, and convincing shout-speak vocals. GOD HATES US ALL is not for everyone, however. It will offend many, which is the very reason that the band's fans will embrace it all the more.
SKU: 1063234

In the early-'80s, the new wave movement was disintegrating into a million fragments, as those who embraced guitars and those who embraced synthesizers drew lines in the sand and began to vehemently territorialize. An adjunct arm of the synth-pop scene (see Gary Numan, OMD,The Human League) grew from out of the new wave, and, armed to the teeth with the Germanic sequencers of the '70s and state-of-the-art synthesizers, these groups became part of what was known as the New Romantics. Some grew large (Duran Duran, ABC), others receded into the cut-out bins--Ultravox grabbed the brass ring for a short while, courtesy of their brilliant VIENNA album. QUARTET followed two releases later, produced by former Beatles director George Martin, featuring a fairly stripped-down, but still illustrious Ultravox.
The opening "Reap the Wild Wind," with its gigantic drumbeats, soaring strings, and windswept synths remains a high point for the band, and remains the album's finest moment. Ultravox were in something of a disarray at the time of QUARTET's release, but their glorious sound--the sort of stuff the Romans might have danced to had they installed sub-woofers in the Coliseum--remained fresh and invigorating.
SKU: 4124507

UP! includes 2 CDs: a "red" disc featuring a pop-electric mix plus a second "green" disc featuring a country-acoustic mix of the same tracks.
Personnel includes: Shania Twain (vocals); Jon Willis (acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin); Heitor Perreira (acoustic, electric & Spanish guitar, mandolin); Michael Thompson (electric guitar, slideguitar, bouzouki); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Cory Churko (slide guitar); Paul Franklin (pedal steel); Jonathan Yudkin (mandolin, violin, cello); Irish Film Orchestra, The Leahy's (strings); Simon & Diamond Duggal (percussion).
Includes liner notes by Shania Twain.
UP! marks Shania Twain's emergence from a five-year hiatus that found her absconding to Switzerland and having a child with husband/producer/collaborator Robert "Mutt" Lange. As ever, Twain continues to be the master of the pop crossover. This time around, she takes 19 songs presents two different versions of each, divided between a pair of discs. CD 1 (the "Red CD") features more rock-flavored versions as opposed to CD2 (the "Green CD"), which includes considerably more pedal steel guitar et al.
Regardless of the genre, Twain and Lange continue to make a formidable pop-writing team. The two manage to craft catchy cuts on topics ranging from mundane situations in a relationship like who's behind the wheel (the sassy "In My Car [I'll Be The Driver]") to weightier fare like rampant materialism (a mechanized "Ka-Ching!") and female empowerment (the soaring "She's Not Just A Pretty Face"). Otherwise, Twain tills the fertile nuances of romance via convincing balladry that touches on dalliances with the green-eyed devil (a heartfelt "I'm Jealous") and rock-solid pledges of fidelity (an ethereal "Forever And For Always") guaranteed to be 2003's quintessential wedding song.
SKU: 6540498

Tricky's 'Blowback' fuses many styles including rock, dancehall reggae and downtempo pop. The album includes cameo appearances from John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Cyndi Lauper. The single 'Evolution Revolution Love' is included, aswell as a cover version of Nirvana's 'Something In The Way'.
SKU: 1060817

THE CREAM OF CLAPTON includes songs released between 1966 and 1981 by Cream, Blind Faith, Derek And The Dominos and Eric Clapton as a solo performer.
Personnel includes: Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar).
Producers include: Robert Stigwood, Felix Pappalardi, Jimmy Miller, Delaney Bramlett, Tom Dowd.
Compilation producers: Chris Griffin, Bill Levenson, George McManus.
Includes liner notes by Ray Coleman.
Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio.
If you only have the funds or shelf space to own one Eric Clapton album, THE CREAM OF ERIC CLAPTON is the one to get. Featuring 19 songs that span from Cream's 1966 hit "I Feel Free" to Clapton's 1981 single, "I Can't Stand It," this amplecollection of career highlights from the legendary English guitarist is essential classic rock. The album opens with five tracks by Cream, the psychedelic-blues power trio that Clapton led in the sixties. The heavy riff-rocker "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Badge," his 1968 collaboration with Beatle George Harrison, feature some of his best playing ever.
Clapton's post-Cream bands, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominos (his 1970 supergroup with Duane Allman) are also represented with such remarkable blues-rock performances as "Presence of the Lord," Bell Bottom Blues" and the timeless rock classic, "Layla." The remainder of the album is devoted to Clapton's seventies solo hits like "After Midnight," I Shot The Sheriff," "Cocaine" and "Wonderful Tonight." Though this collection does not include latter-day Clapton hits like "Tears in Heaven," it's safe to say that the spectacular performances on this album are truly THE CREAM OF ERIC CLAPTON.
SKU: 1006819

Title:Impromptus
Composer:Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797- 1828)
Venue:Musikverein, Vienna


SKU: 5011341

Title:(The) Maltese Falcon
Composer:Adolph Deutsch (1897 - 1980)
Conductor:William T. Stromberg
Ensemble:Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Title:(The) Mask of Dimitrios
Composer:Adolph Deutsch (1897 - 1980)
Conductor:William T. Stromberg
Ensemble:Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Title:George Washington Slept Here
Composer:Adolph Deutsch (1897 - 1980)
Conductor:William T. Stromberg
Ensemble:Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Title:High Sierra
Composer:Adolph Deutsch(1897 - 1980)
Conductor:William T. Stromberg
Ensemble:Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Title:Northern Pursuit
Composer:Adolph Deutsch (1897 - 1980)
Conductor:William T. Stromberg
Ensemble:Moscow Symphony Orchestra


SKU: 2090738

Personnel: Art Stamper (fiddle); Dirk Powell (guitar); John Herrmann (banjo); Meredith McIntosh (bass).
Includes liner notesby John Hermann.
SKU: 1050004

Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40
Composer:Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Title:Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Composer:Igor (Fyodorovich) Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)

Title:Prometheus, '(Le) poeme du feu', Op. 60
Composer:Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)


SKU: 1078104

St. Lunatics: Nelly, Murphy Lee, Kyjuan, Ali, City Spud (rap vocals).
Additional personnel includes: Brian McKnight (vocals); Cardan, Penelope (rap vocals); Amber Tabares, Little Rock, Donneash Ferguson (spoken vocals); Steve Eigner (guitar); Bashiri Johnson (percussion).
Producers: Jason "Jay E" Epperson, Lavell "City Spud" Webb.
Engineers: Steve Eigner, Duro, Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton.
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, Sound On Sound Recordings and Unique Studios, New York, New York.
It's a testament to the collective spirit of the St. Louis rappers that even after one of their members (Nelly) managed to snag a record deal before they did, and subsequently became a multi-million selling hip-hop star, they continued working. It's even more heartening to see that Nelly is still a member of the group, but FREE CITY isn't just a star's side-project, St. Lunatics are a real group, and all the members contribute equally.
Sure, Nelly brings his instantly recognizable (at least it should be, after all the airtime he's gotten) style to the table, and even makes reference to the after-effects of his huge success. But he's not the dominant voice; each of the St. Lunatics has his own sound, and when they come together they create a sound that is the compound result of working together towards acommon goal. While they're capable of the occasional trenchant social observation, St. Lunatics generally avoid gritty thug scenarios in favor of a celebratory, party atmosphere that makes FREE CITY enjoyable on its own terms, regardless of the inherent star power.
SKU: 1065680

Personnel: Al Green (vocals); Tennie Hodges (guitar); The Memphis Strings (strings); Ed Logan, Andrew Love (tenor saxophone); James Mitchell (baritone saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Jack Hale (trombone); Archie Turner (piano); Charles Hodges (piano, organ); Leroy Hodges (bass); Howard Grimes, Al Jackson (drums); Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes, Charles Chalmers (background vocals).
Producers: Willie Mitchell, Al Green.
Reissue producer: Tom Cartwright.
Recorded at Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. Includes liner notes by Robert Gordon.
Continuing on a successful roll that found his previous two albums go gold, Al Green released CALL ME in 1973. It's another soul classic founded on thewinning tandem of Green and producer Willie Mitchell. Wielding his voice like a precision instrument, Green truly amazes, whether it's harmonizing with his fluttering falsetto on "Have You Been Making Out O.K." or casually crooning along on a carpet of horns, billowing organ and a gentle string section on the title track.
Always one to acknowledge his influences, Green covers two country classics, Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away," with slow, steady beats that allow him to brand each with his unique sense of phrasing. And religion's powerful pull (it would draw him away from the secular world by the end of the decade) manifests itself on "Jesus Is Waiting," a self-penned testimonial that turns the studio into a church led by Al Green plucking on an acoustic guitar alongside his musical flock.
SKU: 1008568

Personnel: Sonny Terry (guitar, vocals) and Brownie McGhee (harmonica, vocals).
Recorded in San Francisco in December, 1961. Originally released on Fantasy (8091). Includes original release liner notes by Chuck Ellsworth.
Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1991, Fantasy Studios,Berkeley).
SKU: 3105020

Personnel: Paul Motian (drums); Joe Lovano, Dewey Redman (tenor saxophone);
Geri Allen (piano); Bill Frisell (electric guitar).
Recorded at A&R Studios, New York, New York in March 1988.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
SKU: 6503515

Tool: Maynard James Keenan (vocals); Adam Jones (guitar); Justin Chancellor(bass); Danny Carey (drums).
Recorded at Cello Studios, Hollywood, California, The Hook, Big Empty Space and The Lodge, North Hollywood, California.
"Schism" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
Approaching Tool's LATERALUS with a casual ear would be a careless endeavor, to say the least. The sheer magnitude of the musical and emotional textures is as heady as it is primal. Standing out as one of the defining traits of the Tool sound is Justin Chancellor's hauntingly melodic bass playing, which often launches into a role reversal with the mountainous guitar work of Adam Jones. The best examples of said phenomenon are found in "The Grudge" and "Reflection." Drummer Danny Carey slips easily into the pocket, fearlessly tackling odd time signatures and tasty percussion like few contemporary metal percussionists (best evidenced in "The Patient.") Lyrically, LATERALUS crawls through the cerebral catacombs of vocalist Maynard James Keenan, exploring themes such as the fallout from failed communication ("Schism") and clutching to past pain in a desperate attempt at control ("Grudge"). LATERALUS is yet another art-metal tour de force displaying the collective mastery of Tool.
SKU: 1058358

This 1998 reissue contains two bonus tracks not on the original release.
Personnel includes: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Frank DeVol, Russell Garcia, Marty Paich, Nelson Riddle, Paul Weston (arranger, conductor); Clint Neagley (alto saxophone); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Conrad Gozzo, Cappy Lewis, Vito Mangano, Shorty Sherock, Philip Candreva, Buddy Childers, Stu Williamson, John Best, Pete Candoli, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Don Fagerquist, Manny Klein, Ray Linn, George Werth (trumpet); Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, George Roberts, Juan Tizol, Harry Betts, Lloyd Ulyate, Edward Kusby, William Sheafer, Milt Bernhardt (trombone); Gene Cipriano, Buddy Collette, Chuck Gentry, Plas Johnson, Ronald Langinger, Jay Corre, Bill Holman, Ted Nash (woodwinds).
Producer: Norman Granz.
Reissue producer: Jerry Rappaport.
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California on July 24, 1957 & January 7, 1959; Radio Recorders Annex, Hollywood, California on March 19, 1958 & July 11, 1959; United Recorders, Hollywood, California on September 3, 1959. Originally released on Verve (4036). Includes liner notes by Benny Green.
Digitally remastered using 22-bit technology by Kevin Reeves (Polygram Studios).
This is part of Verve's By Request Series.
GET HAPPY! is a potpourri of an album, with no less than five name arrangers contributing to the mix, as well as material ranging from Ella's girlhood hit "A-Tisket, A Tasket" to faux "beatnik" numbers like "Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar" and "Like Young." If allthis sounds like a mish-mosh, let's not forget that Fitzgerald herself is on the scene to provide the continuity. The challenge posed by the too-many-cooks syndrome brings out the spirited best in the singer, making GET HAPPY! a jazz tour-de-force, worthy of inclusion in Verve's superior By Request series.
It's a good idea to get away from the traditional and slightly formal Songbook Ella once in a while and dig what she does best: sing exhilarating jazz with the fine tunes, skillful arrangers, and superior musicians. Sinatra had all of these at his disposal too but then he didn't sing jazz, not the way Ella Fitzgerald did. When it comes to pure singing, there is no one to beat her, eight to the bar or otherwise.
SKU: 6535162

Title:Symphony No. 1, 'Jeremiah'
Composer:Leonard Bernstein (1918- 1990)

Title:Symphony No. 2, '(The) Age of Anxiety'
Composer:Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)

Title:Divertimento
Composer:Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)


SKU: 1064678

Personnel includes: Bill Janovitz (vocals, various instruments); Phil
Aiken (piano, organ); Chris Toppin(background vocals).
Principally recorded at Fort Apache Studios, Cambridge, Massachusetts in
October 2000. Includes liner notes by Bill Janovitz.
SKU: 1070804

This is a multi-channel Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.
Personnel includes: Celine Dion, R. Kelly, Peabo Bryson, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Walter Afansieff (acoustic guitar, Synclavier acoustic gutiar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, programming); Michael Thompson, Eddie Martinez, Dan Huff, Esbjorn Ohrwall, Jacques Saugy, Dean Parks, Tim Pierce (guitar); Taro Hakase (violin); Joel Peskin (electronic oboe); Jon Gilutin (piano, keyboards); Jeff Bova, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin (keyboards, programming); David Foster (keyboards); Guy Roche (synthesizer); Yoshinobu Takeshita (bass, programming); Steve Buslowe, Thomas Lindberg (bass); Kenny Aronoff, John Robinson (drums); Shania Twain, Todd Rundgren, Mutt Lange, Philip Ingram, Sue Ann Carwell (background vocals).
Producers include: David Foster, Guy Roche, R. Kelly, Max Martin, Rene Angelil.
"All The Way" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
This greatest-hits package, the first from pop icon Celine Dion, gathers Dion's biggest chart-toppers of the '90s and also includes a handful of new compositions. In the album's liner notes, the honey-voiced singer offers heartfelt thanks to her fans and confirms speculation that she plans take time away from music to focus on her family.
Hits include "Beauty and the Beast," "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," and "My Heart Will Go On," the impassioned theme song from TITANIC. Among the new songs, her dramatic, tremolo-drenched rendering of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is marked by Dion's typical midsong climaxes. "All the Way" is a tribute to Frank Sinatra, delivered in a manner similar to Natalie Cole's tribute to her father, Nat "King" Cole, on "Unforgettable" -- Dion's vocals float with eerie effect among theghostly strains of Ol' Blue Eyes. The song is also dedicated to Dion's husband, Rene, the man for whom Celine saves her greatest passion.
SKU: 1025064

All songswritten by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris.
SKU: 1083895

Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson (vocals, guitar, mandolin, flute); Martin Barre (guitar); John Evan (piano, organ); David Palmer (portative pipe organ, keyboards); John Glascock (bass); Barriemore Barlow (drums).
Additional personnel: Darryl Way (violin).
Recorded at Maison Rouge Studio, Fullham, London in January 1978.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
HEAVY HORSES brings together the best elements of Jethro Tull's sonic arsenal: heavy guitars, intricate, evolving song structures, folk tendencies, and Ian Anderson's inimitable growl. The album opens with the bouncy "And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps," a fairy tale-like song about the adventures of a group of forest animals. "Acres Wild" features a disco-esque groove held down byfunky drums and bass.
The album's out-and-out highlight is the nearly eight-minute "No Lullaby," a song that undergoes the sort of musical metamorphoses present in Tull's best material. Another exceptional effort is the multi-textured title track, a song written as a tribute to the farm horses in England (which, at the time of the album's release, were declining in number). HEAVY HORSES is one of the band's most heartfelt efforts.
SKU: 1080789

Title:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 inD minor, Op. 30
Composer:Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Venue:National Concert Hall,Dublin

Title:Prince Rostislav
Composer:Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Venue:National Concert Hall,Dublin


SKU: 5021145

Title:Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G, Op. 78
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Venue:Studio No 1, Abbey Road Studios

Title:Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A, Op. 100
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 -1897)
Venue:Studio No 1, Abbey Road Studios

Title:Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Venue:Studio No 1, Abbey Road Studios


SKU: 5012798

This is a Hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both Super Audio and regular CD players.

FLOWERS is a compilation of UK tracks and singles put together by Decca Records (UK)in 1967, including tracks that appeared on the English versions of AFTERMATH and BETWEEN THE BUTTONS.
The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger (vocals); Brian Jones, Keith Richards (guitar, background vocals); Bill Wyman (bass); Charlie Watts (drums).
Though the Stones would not fully integrate their baroque pop aspirations into their music during the period covered by this collection of mid-'60s material, the Beatles influence had nonetheless begun to take root. While all the earlier elements of the Stones sound are still firmly in place in the folky "Backstreet Girl" and the relentlessly rocking "Let's Spend The Night Together," new sounds also crop up. Cuts like the woodwind-sweetened ballad "Ruby Tuesday," the Middle Eastern-tinged "Mother's Little Helper," and the elaborately produced "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow" set the stage for the full-blown head-trip that would soon unveil itself on THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST.
SKU: 1076772

Title:(La) Bohème,'Bohemian Life'
Composer:Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Venue:Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem


SKU: 5020268

Personnel: Peter Martin (piano); Brice Winston (tenor saxophone); Nicholas Payton (trumpet, flugelhorn); Reginal Veal (bass); Adonis Rose (drums).
Engineers include: David Baker, Ktsuhiko Naito, Chris Miller.
Recorded live at TheJazz Bistro, St. Louis, Missouri on November 24 & 25,
2000. Includes liner notes by Mary Ellen Sullivan.
SKU: 1076317

Title:Ave Maria...virgo serena
Composer:Josquin Desprez (c1455 -1521)

Title:Stabat mater dolorosa/Comme femme desconfortée
Composer:Josquin Desprez (c1455 - 1521)

Title:Salve regina
Composer:Josquin Desprez (c1455 - 1521)

Title:Ave noblissima creatura/Benedicta tu
Composer:Josquin Desprez (c1455 - 1521)

Title:O bone et dulcissime Jesu
Composer:Josquin Desprez (c1455 - 1521)

Title:Usquequo, Domine, oblivisceris me in finem
Composer:Josquin Desprez (c1455 - 1521)

Title:Miserere mei, Deus
Composer:Josquin Desprez (c1455 - 1521)


SKU: 1024001

Title:Ulysses' Gaze
Composer:EleniKaraindrou (20th Cent)
Venue:Sound Studios, Athens


SKU: 2021165

This is a compilation featuring tracks from two out-of-print Ovation Records.
Personnel includes: Mighty Joe Young (vocals, guitar); Ron Steele, William Chinnock (guitar); Floyd Morris (piano, Clavinet, organ); Kenneth Saydak (keyboards); Ed Tossing (synthesizer); Cornelius Boyshaw, Louis Satterfield (bass);Ira Gates, Alvino Bennett (drums).
Producers: Scott Cameron, Dick Schory.
Compilation producer: Joe Young, Jr.
Recorded between 1974 and 1976. Originally released on Ovation Records. Includes liner notes by Ken Saydak.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
SKU: 1074634

Title:Symphonie fantastique (Berlioz), S470
Composer:Franz Liszt (1811- 1886)
Venue:Clara Wieck Auditorium, Heidelberg


SKU: 5022725

Full title: Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956-99.
Personnel includes: Johnnie Taylor (vocals, guitar); The Highway Q.C.s, The Soul Stirrers (vocals); Steve Cropper, Raymond Jackson, Don Davis, Eddie Hinton, Jimmy Johnson, Bobby Manuel, Dino Zimmerman, Will Macfarlane (guitar); Booker T. Jones (piano, organ); Isaac Hayes (piano); Frederick Knight (keyboards, programming); Bernie Worrell, Marvell Thomas, Barry Beckett, Rudy Robinson, Carson Whitsett, Clayton Ivey, Butch Bonner, (keyboards); Duck Dunn, Bootsy Collins, David Hood, Ray Griffin (bass); Al Jackson, Jr., Roger Hawkins, James Robertson (drums); The Dramatics, Thelma Hopkins (background vocals); The Memphis Horns.
Producers include: Sam Cooke, Don Davis, Steve Cropper, Calvin Carter, Al Jackson, Jr.
Compilation producer: Lee Hildebrand.
Recorded between 1956 and 1999. Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand, Don Davis, Wolf Stephenson and Al Bell.
Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
From his days singing gospel for the Highway Q.C.'s and as Sam Cooke's replacement in the Soul Stirrers, to his bluesy 1996 regional hit "Last Two Dollars," Johnnie Taylor covered an amazing breadth of musical ground. The 3-CD box set LIFETIME presents all sides of Taylor: spiritual singer, blues wailer, and soul superstar. Included are early cuts with the aforementioned Highway Q.C.'s ("I Dreamed That Heaven Was Like This") and the Soul Stirrers ("Out on a Hill," "Until Then"), along with Taylor's first forays into secular music, including his initial recordings for Stax (Merle Travis' "Sixteen Tons," Sam and Dave's "You Don't Know Like I Know"), and his short-lived stint on Cooke's SAR label ("Rome Wasn't Built in a Day").
Also included are the Arkansas native's greatest Stax successes, notably "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)," and "Who's Making Love." Taylor's '70s material is drawn from his time with Columbia andfeatures his biggest hit, the chart-topping "Disco Lady," which also became the first platinum-certified single. By the mid-'80s Taylor was recording for Southern soul label Malaco, represented here by tracks including the prophetic "Soul Heaven," recorded a few months before his death.
SKU: 1064851

Gang Starr: Guru (rap vocals); DJ Premier (programming, scratches).
Additional personnel: Lil Dap, Jeru The Damaja (rap vocals).
Recorded at D&D Studios, New York, New York.
Few groups in hip-hop have remained as consistent as Gang Starr, much of whose product is regarded as having classic or near-classic status. DAILY OPERATION is another such collection. Gang Starr's MC Guru paired up with super-producer DJ Premier in the late '80s; heads began turning with their first smash, NO MORE MR. NICE GUY's "Manifest," in 1989.
DAILY OPERATION is an unparalleled blend of street-smart rhythm and carefully woven jazz samples. Guru is at the top of his game, sharing his social insights with a generous helping of street knowledge and wit. Tracks like "Much Too Much" and "Take It Personal" illustrate the duo's hit-making formula, as does "I'm the Man" a collaboration which introduces Gang Starr Foundation members Jeru The Damaja, and Li'lDap of Group Home. DAILY OPERATION amply illustrates Gang Starr's importance in the history of hip-hop.
SKU: 1078197

Personnel includes: Andre Popp (arranger); Pierre Fatosme (effects).
Recorded in Paris, Francein 1957. Includes original liner notes by Boris Vian and reissue liner notes Piet Schruders.
All trackks have been digitally remastered.
SKU: 3108231

THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE is a collection of rare and previously-unreleased songs spanning Van Morrison's career from 1971-88. The package includes a booklet with track-by-track annotations.
Personnel includes: Van Morrison (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar,
harmonica, saxophone); June Boyce (vocals); John Platania (acoustic & electric guitars); Ronnie Montrose (guitar, background vocals); John Blakey, Herbie Armstrong (guitar); Toni Marcus (violin); Jules Broussard (flute, horns); Boots Houston (flute); Jack Schroer (alto saxophone, horns); Colin Titon (tenor saxophone); Pee Wee Ellis (saxophone); Mark Isham (trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards); John Allair (piano, keyboards); Jeff Labes (piano); Bernie Kraus (Moog synthesizer); John Klingberg, Bill Church, David Hayes (bass); Gary Mallaber, Connie Kay (drums); Jackie DeShannon, Judy Clay (background vocals).
Recorded between 1971 & 1988.
This two-disc set of previously unreleased material has been whispered about in the world of Van fans for ages, and it languished on the Polydor release schedule for so long thatit became a running joke before it was finally released. It turned out to be worth the wait. These cuts, mostly from the '70s, are Van at his funkiest and most soulful, preaching the blues and digging deep into his heart to deliver the goods. Listening to these thirty tunes, one has difficulty wondering how Morrison could have decided against initially releasing them.
"Naked In the Jungle" is a funky, percolating workout on par with his classic "I've Been Workin'." "Not Supposed To Break Down" is a touching ballad that pulls unsentimentally at the heartstrings in the manner of MOONDANCE's "Crazy Love." On "Foggy Mountaintop" we find the usually-earnest bard in a playful mood, as he glides atop a 12-bar blues, professing his heartfelt desire for "a plain glass of water, vanilla ice cream with a cherry on top." Covering all phases of facets of Van's career, PHILOSOPHER'S STONE is a revelation that ranks among his finest albums.
SKU: 1004860

This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by DJ Ben Watt & Jay Hannan.
Recorded on November 26& 27, 2001. Includes liner notes by Ben Watt and Jay Hannan.
SKU: 1070849

Title:(The) Ephesian Matron;or The Widow's Tears
Composer:Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814)

Title:(The) Brickdust Man
Composer:Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814)

Title:(The) Grenadier
Composer:Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814)


SKU: 5016900

'Love Whitney' is a collection of Whitney Houston's love songs from her 1985 debut album through to 1999's 'My Love Is Your Love'. The album includes the UK number one singles 'Saving All My Love ForYou' and 'I Will Always Love You' as well as Whitney's other top ten hits.
SKU: 1068362

Title:There is balm in Gilead
Composer:Anonymous
Venue:New York City

Title:Chassidic Chant
Composer:Lehman Engel (1910 -1982)
Venue:New York City

Title:Quiet flows the Don
Composer:Ivan Dzerzhinsky (1909 - 1978)
Venue:New York City

Title:Elijah
Composer:(Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) (1809 - 1847)
Venue:New York City

Title:No for an Answer
Composer:Marc Blitzstein (1905 - 1964)
Venue:New York City

Title:Joe Hill
Composer:Earl (Hawley) Robinson (1910 - 1991)
Venue:New York City

Title:Moorsoldaten
Composer:Anonymous
Venue:New York City

Title:(The) Four Insurgent Generals
Composer:Anonymous
Venue:New York City

Title:Native land
Composer:Isaac Donayevsky (1900 - 1945)
Venue:New York City

Title:Song of the Plains
Composer:Lev Konstantinovich Knipper (1898 - 1974)
Venue:New York City

Title:Lullaby, Op. 1/5
Composer:Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov (1864 - 1956)
Venue:New York City

Title:Sunless
Composer:Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
Venue:New York City

Title:By and by
Composer:Traditional
Venue:New York City

Title:Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile
Composer:Traditional
Venue:New York City

Title:John Henry
Composer:Traditional
Venue:New York City

Title:Water Boy
Composer:Avery Robinson (1878 - 1965)
Venue:New York City

Title:My curly headed baby
Composer:George H. Clutsam (1866 - 1951)
Conductor:Emanuel Balaban
Ensemble:Columbia Concert Orchestra
Venue:New York City

Title:Mah Lindy Lou
Composer:Lily Teresa Strickland (1887 - 1958)
Conductor:Emanuel Balaban
Ensemble:Columbia Concert Orchestra
Venue:New York City

Title:(The) House I live in
Composer:Earl (Hawley) Robinson (1910 - 1991)
Conductor:Emanuel Balaban
Ensemble:Columbia Concert Orchestra
Venue:New York City

Title:Show Boat
Composer:Jerome (David) Kern (1885 - 1945)
Conductor:Emanuel Balaban
Ensemble:Columbia Concert Orchestra
Venue:New York City

Title:Sylvia
Composer:Oley Speaks (1874 - 1948)
Conductor:Emanuel Balaban
Ensemble:Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Venue:New York City

Title:Porgy and Bess
Composer:George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
Conductor:Emanuel Balaban
Ensemble:Columbia Concert Orchestra
Venue:New York City


SKU: 5015732

Patti Smith Group: Patti Smith (vocals, guitar); Lenny Kaye (guitar, bass, background vocals); Ivan Kral (guitar, bass); Richard Sohl (keyboards, synthesizer); Jay Dee Daugherty (drums, percussion).
Engineers: Jay Messina, Brian Sperber.
Recorded at The Record Plant East, New York, New York.
1976's RADIO ETHIOPIA, the follow-up to HORSES, turned out to be both more conventional in some ways and more challenging in others. A deciding factor was Jack 'Aerosmith' Douglas replacement of John Cale as producer--the songs were more succinct (for the most part) this time around. The group continued to strive for the perfect balance between thought-provoking poetry and rough rock n' roll, and while RADIO ETHIOPIA contains it's share of highlights, many Smith fans consider it a transitional album not quite upto par with either HORSES or EASTER.
The opening "Ask the Angels" was perhaps The Patti Smith Group's most straight-ahead rocker up to that point, while the exploratory reggae-tinged "Ain't It Strange" would be extended concert staple. The tempo is brought down a notch or two on the cool "Poppies," "Abyssinia," and "Chiklets" (the latter a bonus track on the '96 CD remaster), but soon returns to furious rock with "Pumping (My Heart)." Also included is the album's best track, the haunting and heartbroken "Distant Fingers," while the 10-minute title cut features a repetitive heavy metal riff amongst a backdrop of sonic experimentation and a frantic recitation by Smith.
SKU: 1002959

This is a Hyper CD which, besides containing regular audio tracks, provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser.
Original score by Ralph Schuckett, John Lissauer, Manny Corallo & John Loeffler.
Compilation producers: Darren Higman, Craig Kallman.
The Pokemon phenomenon probably seems as incomprehensible to adults circa 2000 as did the Smurfs in the '80s and mood rings in the '70s. However, even the most casual observer of youth culture knows how little difference that makes, as long as the kids are sufficiently enthralled. The children who flock to theaters to see POKEMON 2000 would probably listen happily to Bulgarian folk music as long as it accompanied their beloved Pokemon characters. But the adults (or teenagers) who bring them to these theaters will appreciate the high production values applied to the film's pure pop soundtrack.
'70s disco queen Donna Summer proves her own staying power with "The Power of One," while Alysha provides anear-fatal dose of cuteness with "Dreams." Veteran parodist Weird Al Yankovic applies his accordion know-how to (what else?) "Polkamon," and the B-52's, old hands at pop whimsy, will ring some nostalgic bells with the children of the '80s on "The Chosen One." Don't try to fight it--Pokemon will win in the end.
SKU: 1050081

'Guilty' is the third album from Duncan, Lee, Antony, and Simon better known as Blue. Recorded in Copenhagen, Norway, and London over nine months the band helped in the process of writing and producing the album adding a more mature feelto their urban pop sound. The album also features a collaboration with Stevie Wonder and Angie Stone on the soul classic 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours'.
SKU: 1088511

As the title would suggest a compilation of all 21 singles from this influential Scottish band in chronological order. From the screaming feedbackof the classic debut 'Upside Down' on to their only top 10 hit 'April Skies' for Blanco Y Negro and finally their last single 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' for Creation Records, the label they started out on. And 18 others released between 1984 and 1998.
SKU: 1072393

Pedro The Lion includes: David Bazan (vocals, guitar).
All tracks have been digitallyremastered.
SKU: 1082427

Personnel: Robert Plant (vocals); Phil Johnstone (vocals,keyboards); Doug Boyle (guitar); Phil Scragg (bass); Chris Blackwell (drums).
Producers: Robert Plant, Tim Palmer, Phil Johnstone.
With his fourth solo release, 1988's NOW & ZEN, Robert Plant finally began to let the influence of his former band Led Zeppelin seep into his current songwriting. While his first three solo albums had a more modern production and were keyboard or synth-based, NOW & ZEN signaled Plant's return to a more direct sound.
It's dominated by guitar (comparable at times to U2)--no doubt due to the fact that a whole new line-up is backing him. Highlights include the uptempo hit "Tall Cool One" (which features a cameo by his old buddy Jimmy Page, as well as several samples from past Zep classics), the majestic rock of "Heaven Knows," and the grand ballad "Ship of Fools."
SKU: 5084557

Full performer name: Elvis Costello & The Attractions.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Elvis Costello (vocals, guitar, anvil); Steve Nieve (keyboards, synthesizer); Bruce Thomas (bass); Pete Thomas (drums).
Additional personnel: Nick Lowe, Daryl Hall, Green (vocals); Gary Barnacle (saxophone, electric saxophone); Jim Paterson (trombone); Luis Jardim (percussion); Maurice Worm.
Producers: Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Bassman.
Principally recorded at Sarm West Studios,London, England in 1984. Originally released on Columbia (39429). Includes liner notes by Elvis Costello.
Don't believe the hype. Critics (and Costello himself) generally regard this as Elvis' worst album, but that's far from true. For one thing, it's hard to dispute the overblown MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE's claim to said title. For another, there are too many damn good songs to permit GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD to be overlooked. There may be a lack of focus in the production and arrangements, but any album that opens with the pop-soul artistry of "The Only Flame in Town" and closes with the stirring anthem "Peace In Our Time" has plenty going for it. In between, there's media satire ("Worthless Thing"), classic Costello neurosis ("Inch by Inch") and effective R&B reverence ("I Wanna Be Loved"). Not a good starting point for neophytes, but recommended to true EC fans.
SKU: 1019922

Pink Floyd: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, programming); Rick Wright (vocals, keyboards); Nick Mason (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Tim Renwick (guitar); Dick Parry (tenor saxophone); Bob Ezrin (keyboards, percussion); Guy Pratt (bass); Gary Wallis (percussion, programming); Jon Carin (programming, keyboards); Sam Brown, Durga McBroom, Carol Kenyon, Jackie Sheridan, Rebecca Leigh-White (background vocals).
Engineers: Keith Grand, Andrew Jackson, Steve McLaughin.
The slow melodious instrumental overture that announces "Cluster One" trumpets the return of one of rock's most enigmatic ensembles; art rockers supreme--Pink Floyd. And in reclaiming center stage in the arena, THE DIVISION BELL straightaway tolls a characteristic chime of ambivalence, as a voice cries out from the heart of a massed chorale and strings, "What Do You Want From Me."
But for longtime fans of Pink Floyd, THE DIVISION BELL offers an immense, reassuring sense of scale, as David Gilmour and company continue to expand upon the dark subtexts, rich orchestral textures and densely detailed arrangements that are the band's psychic and sonic signatures. A song such as the moody film noire jazz-pop intro of "Wearing The Inside Out" suggests the mysterious futuristic romanticism of the BLADE RUNNER soundtrack (or vice versa), with lyrics that offer a typically mordant view of life: the outcast in the center of his (or her) self-destructed world, striving for peace and redemption.
And somewhere in the heart of all this darkness, David Gilmour's arching, anthemic guitar provides a powerful melodicfocus, especially when he can provide all the "vocal" intensity himself, as on the moody instrumental tone poem "Marooned," where he seems to be floating out of Earth orbit until Nick Mason's strong, centered drumming grounds his elisions in the gravitational pull of a simple backbeat. The closing "High Hopes" mixes mysticism with a dream-the-impossible groove, as Pink Floyd looks back longingly at old times and old friends. THE DIVISION BELL was nominated for Best Engineered Album.
SKU: 1005914

Personnel includes: Duncan Sheik (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonium, piano, organ, glockenspiel, bells); Simon Hale (arranger, conductor); Bill Frisell (electric guitar); Gerry Leonard (guitar, banjo, dobro, dulcimer); Gavyn Wright, Dave Woodcock, Rita Manning, Jaejy Shave, Pat Kiernan (violin); Roger Chase, Bruce White, Garfield Jackson (viola); Tony Pleeth, Martin Loveday (cello); Andy Findon (flute); Nick Rodwell (clarinet); Jon Anderson (oboe); Julie Andrews (bassoon); Richard Watkins (French horn); Jeff Allen, Mary Scully (upright bass); Matt Johnson (drums, tambora); Mino Cinelu (drums, percussion); The London Session Orchestra.
Recorded at Sear Sound Incorporated, TMF, New York, New York; Angel, London, England; Other Room Studios,Seattle, Washington.
SKU: 1062527

Personnel includes: Yma Sumac (vocals); Les Baxter, Moises Vivanco (arranger).
Compilation producers: Tom Cartwright, Alan Eichler, Cheryl Pawelski.
Includes liner notes by Alan Eichler.
Digitally remastered by Odea Murphy (Tower Mastering).
Yma Sumac is an outrageous Goddess of the exotic and the unusual. Her music conjures images of an imaginary ancient Peru as filtered through cartoon-like 1950s Hollywood, filled with pagan sacrifices, sun rituals, Amazon headhunters, and her, a high priestess, reigning over the proceedings with that incredible five octave voice.
Yma Sumac was born in the tiny mountain village of Ichocan, Peru to a family allegedly descended from Atahualpa, the last Inca. While in her teens she and Peruvian composer Moises Vivanco began making the music that combined Peruvian folk themes with complex orchestral arrangements over her exotic vocalizations. THE ULTIMATE YMA SUMAC COLLECTION brings together the best tracks from her decade-long recording career for Capitol (which spanned the '50s).
Included in this collection is the eerie "Chuncho (The Forest Creatures)" from her classic INCA TAQUI album where she imitates all the creatures of the rainforest over a hypnotic guitar-based groove, and the exotic standard "Wimoweh," which later became a hit for the Tokens as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." The collection also includes rare tracks andpreviously unreleased material, as well as a collectible booklet that has reproductions of all Sumac's album covers and other wonderful photos of her in her Peruvian drag.
SKU: 5084612

Title:Bruder Lustig, Op. 4
Composer:Siegfried(Helferich Richard) Wagner (1869 - 1930)


SKU: 1072065

Funkadelic: Ed Hazel (vocals, guitar); Bill Nelson (vocals, bass); Tiki Fulwood (vocals, drums); George Clinton, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Calvin Simon, Raymond Davis (vocals); Tawl Ross (guitar); Mickey Atkins (organ).
Engineers include: Milan Bogden, Russ Terrana, Ed Wolfrum.
Recorded at Terra Shirma Sound Studios, Detroit, Michigan.
Funkadelic's self-titled 1969 debut may not be on the same plateau as the group's later, all-encompassing masterpieces (MAGGOT BRAIN, COSMIC SLOP, etc.), but does serve as the strong foundation upon which their early 70's masterworks were built. Along with Jimi Hendrix's band, Funkadelic is one of the first units to inject funk with hard rock. Whereas funk pioneer James Brown concentrates on creating air-tight, precise grooves, Funkadelic keeps things loose, raw, and groovy. Drug experimentation also plays a prominent role in the band's early work, perhaps never as evidently as on FUNKADELIC.
From the beginning, singer George Clinton has been the band's undisputed leader. He wrote or co-wrote nearly all of FUNKADELIC's seven tracks and also served as the album's producer. Bassist Billy Nelson and guitarist Eddie Hazel are superb instrumentalists, as heard on the slowly evolving "Music For My Mother," the frantic "I Got A Thing," and the album's Motown soul-inflected hit single "I Bet You" (the latter featuring great vocal interplay between all members). And the seeds for such future Funkadelic epicsas "Maggot Brain" and "Wars of Armageddon" can be traced to the album's longest compositions, "Mommy, What's A Funkadelic?" and "Good Old Music."
SKU: 4124767

Personnel includes: Spice 1, Jay-O Felony, The Outlawz, Rappin' 4-Tay, Spade,
Tray-Deee, Kokane (rap vocals).
Recordedat Hard Time, Las Vegas, Nevada.
SKU: 1086523

Title:(3) Sonatas and 3 Partitas, BWV1001-06
Composer:JohannSebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

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

Title:Sonata for Piano No. 3 in C, Op. 2/3
Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Title:(28) Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35
Composer:Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Title:Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Op. 47
Composer:Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)

Title:Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Op. 68
Composer:Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)

Title:Cançons i danses
Composer:Federico Mompou (1893 - 1987)

Title:Recuerdos de viaje, Op. 71
Composer:Isaac (Manuel Francisco) Albéniz (1860 - 1909)

Title:(12) Danzas espanolas, Op. 37
Composer:Enrique Granados (y Campina) (1867 - 1916)


SKU: 5072517

Title:Marian Vespers
Composer:Giovanni Battista Pergolesi(1710 - 1736)


SKU: 1077789

Blur: Damon Albarn (vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Graham Coxon (acoustic & electric guitars, Moog synthesizer, percussion, tambourine, background vocals); Alex James (bass, hand claps); Dave Rowntree (drums,timpani, handclaps).
Additional personnel: Kate St. John (oboe, cor anglais, soprano saxophone); Stephen Street (keyboards, drumbox, percussion); The Duke String Quartet, The Kick Horns.
Producers: Steve Lovell, Blur, John Smith, Stephen Street.

SKU: 1006061

Personnel: Joanna Newsom (vocals, vocals, harp,piano, Wurlitzer piano, harpsichord); Noah Georgeson (guitar, background vocals).
Joanna Newsom plays the harp, looks like an elf princess, and sings in a squeaky child-like voice, all of which contribute to her unique charm. Like her pal and frequent collaborator Devendra Banhart, she's also a shining light of the early 2000s neo-folk movement, which bonds quirky wordplay and fuzzy eccentricity with a deep reverence for authentic rural folk.
Whether accompanying herself on harp, harpsichord, or piano, Newsom plunges into the archaic depths of American roots music and cherry-picks the most heartbreaking passages, weaving everything together with lyrics of shockingly formal eloquence that present dense poetic imagery in the vein of BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME-era Dylan. Songs like "Sprout and the Bean," "Peach, Plum, Pear," and "Sadie" weave enough elaborate visions for a dozen ballads, adding something more than the expected folksy tweeness. Throughout THE MILK-EYED MENDER, Newsom's lulling harp and odd vocalizing combine to create something utterly original, yet deeply familiar, standing firm at the crossroads between outsider art and genuine brilliance.
SKU: 6556595

Personnel: James Carter (saxophone); Marc Ribot, Jef Lee Johnson (guitar); Jamaaladeen Tacuma (bass); G. Calvin Weston (drums