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Alone II features another strange and powerful chapter in the life story of Weezer's Rivers Cuomo. The 19 tracks here include his best unreleased songs from the past 16 years, three rare gems from the space-rock-musical "Songs from the Black Hole," a Weezer-ized cover of the Beach Boys' "Don't Worry Baby" and a stunning collaboration with Jermaine Dupri entitled "Can't Stop Partying." The booklet contains more than 30 pages of intimate photos and a 12,000 word personal essay from Rivers himself. This collection allows for a fascinating insight into the creative process of one of modern music's true pioneers. This is the second volume in Rivers Cuomo's Home Recordings series.

Track Listing:

1. Victory On The Hill
2. I Want To Take You Home Tonight
3. The Purification Of Water
4. I Was Scared
5. Harvard Blues
6. My Brain Is Working Overtime
7. I Don't Want To Let You Go
8. Oh Jonas
9. Please Remember
10. Come To My Pod
11. Don't Worry Baby
12. The Prettiest Girl In The Whole Wide World
13. Can't Stop Partying
14. Paper Face
15. Walt Disney
16. I Admire You So Much
17. My Day Is Coming
18. Cold And Damp
19. I'll Think About You

A Cross The Universe is a live album and documentary from the French electro-house duo Justice's 2008 American spring tour. This recording was captured during Justice's show in San Francisco in March of 2008. Now available for the first time on Double Import vinyl.

Track Listing:

1. Intro
2. Genesis
3. Phantom Part 1
4. Phantom Part 1.5
5. D.A.N.C.E.
6. D.A.N.C.E. Part 2
7. DVNO
8. Waters of Nazareth (Prelude)
9. One Minute to Midnight
10. Tthhee Ppaarrttyy
11. Let There Be Light
12. Stress
13. We Are Your Friends (Reprise)
14. Waters of Nazareth
15. Phantom Part 2
16. Encore
17. NY Excuse
18. Justice X Metallica

Out of the serenity of Milton, Ontario returns their most ambitious export, the young sextet known as The Most Serene Republic. Their third full-length, ...And The Ever Expanding Universe is produced by Dave Newfeld (Broken Social Scene, Super Furry Animals, Los Campesinos!) and it shows the band confidently striding forward with a more mature, diverse and exhilarating sound.

With two acclaimed albums and an EP already under their belts, these just now 24-year old musicians have already been performing together for a half-dozen years. Very much a product of their wide ranging personalities, the band is led by Ryan Lenssen’s classical piano and obsession with musical history, and singer/lyricist Adrian Jewett’s Joycian stream-of-conscious lyrics and larger then life stage personality. The entire band’s excellence with their instruments is undeniable and is proven both live and on album.

Track Listing:

1. Bubble Reputation
2. Heavens to Purgatory
3. Vessels of a Donor Look
4. Phi
5. The Old Forever New Things
6. All of One is the Other
7. Patternicity
8. Four Humours
9. Catharsis Boo
10. Don't Hold Back, Feel a Little Longer
11. No One Likes a Nihilist

Fred Eaglesmith's 17th release Tinderbox has earned high praise and is considered a masterwork: “Eaglesmith masterfully blends country, folk, gospel and rock to create an 18-track musical odyssey through the Bible belt,” observes the McKeesport [PA] Daily News of Tinderbox, which it describes as pure Americana. Award-winning singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith inspires comparisons to icons like Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen, tops the roots music charts, and boasts devoted fans that include a slew of his fellow songwriters. Eaglesmith’s music has been described by reviewers as a “blend of aching country and barroom rock” and a “mixture of hard-edged honky-tonk balanced betweenrock’n’roll and early ‘60s country music.”

Track Listing:

1. Sweetcorn
2. Chaingang
3. Shoulder to the Plow
4. Quietly
5. Tinderbox
6. Killing Me
7. Worked Up Field
8. I Pray Now
9. You Can't Trust Them
10. Get On Your Knees
11. Fancy God
12. Wheels
13. Killing Me
14. Stand
15. Reprise
16. The Light Brigade
17. Shoeshine
18. When

Aim And Ignite is the highly anticipated Nettwerk Music Group debut from Fun. Produced by Redd Kross' Steven McDonald, the debut offers a stunning array of musical diversity from three extraordinary musicians; former front man of The Format Nate Ruess; ex-Anathallo multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost; and Steel Train's Jack Antonoff. When combined, they create an irresistible album that rethinks classic 70s pop, where ornate arrangements and inspired orchestrations meet present-day rock 'n' roll.

From the album opener "Be Calm" which melds finely wrought chamber-pop orchestrations with guitar-fueled rock 'n' roll, to the richly intricate melodic twists and turns of "All The Pretty Girls," to the brash and brassy blue-eyed soul of "Barlights" and the Randy Newman-esque "Light A Roman Candle With Me," Aim And Ignite is an irresistible collection of freewheeling pop songcraft full of passion, imagination and creative vigor.

Track Listing:

1. Be Calm
2. Benson Hedges
3. All The Pretty Girls
4. I Wanna Be The One
5. At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)
6. Light A Roman Candle With Me
7. Walking The Dog
8. Barlights
9. The Gambler
10. Take Your Time (Coming Home)

Reminiscent of the great Rickie Lee Jones, the fresh voice and stream of consciousness story telling of Lorna Hunt grabbed Classic's attention in 1998 and the results on this 45RPM box set surely show you why. Recorded live to 2-track analog at the ambient Lompoc Theater by Paul duGre’ (Leo Kottke, Dave Alvin, Los Lobos), Lorna’s voice and guitar is backed by Danny Frankel on percussion, Greg Liesz and pedal steel, electric guitar, mandolin and weisnborn, Dave Jackson an accordion and Dave Pilch on bass. Features photography by legendary lens man William Claxton. Available for the first time as a 45RPM Deluxe Box Set on Classic Records Clarity SV-P II 200g vinyl.

Track Listing:

1. Long Hard Road
2. Crazy Mary
3. All in One Day
4. Trying Not to Blink
5. Piece of My Heart
6. Powdered Diamonds
7. Wintertime Cowboy
8. Cut Glass Flowers
9. Don't Forget Me
10. Whipping Post
11. How Long
12. Lovesick
13. She Rises
14. Anyonelike You

Production notes:

Clarity Vinyl represents the ultimate in vinyl formulations because it is comprised of over 90% percentage of the highest quality co-polymer available - a key component in vinyl pellets used for manufacturing vinyl records. Further, Clarity Vinyl has no carbon black additive, common in vinyl formulas for LP’s. Carbon Black contains trace metals that become magnetized and cause “electrical distortions” in cartridges during playback that smears the sound. By taking out the Carbon Black, Classic Records is able to dramatically reduce the “electrical distortions” and thus bring more “Clarity” to the playback process, providing a more realistic musical experience to the listener and LP enthusiast.

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"Come Away With Me has never sounded better!" - Michael Fremer

2003 Grammy Award Winner for Best New Artitst, Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Pop Vocal Album, Song of the Year ("Don't Know Why") and Female Pop Vocal Performance ("Don't Know Why"). Also earned Best Engineered Album and Producer of the Year honors for Arif Mardin.

Norah Jones' debut on Blue Note is a mellow, acoustic pop affair with soul and country overtones, immaculately produced by the great Arif Mardin. Jones is not quite a jazz singer, but she is joined by some highly regarded jazz talent: guitarists Adam Levy, Adam Rogers, Tony Scherr, Bill Frisell, and Kevin Breit; drummers Brian Blade, Dan Rieser, and Kenny Wolleson; organist Sam Yahel; accordionist Rob Burger; and violinist Jenny Scheinman. Her regular guitarist and bassist, Jesse Harris and Lee Alexander, respectively, play on every track and also serve as the chief songwriters. Both have a gift for melody, simple yet elegant progressions, and evocative lyrics. Jones, for her part, wrote the title track and the beautifully restless "Nightingale." She also includes convincing readings of Hank Williams's "Cold Cold Heart," J.D. Loudermilk's "Turn Me On," and Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You."

The definitive version of this recording is pressed on Classic Records Clarity 200g SV-P II as a 45RPM single sided four disc deluxe box set.

Track Listing:

1.Don't Know Why
2. Seven Years
3. Cold Cold Heart
4. Feelin' The Same Way
5. Come Away With Me
6. Shoot The Moon
7. Turn Me On
8. Lonestar
9. I've Got To See You Again
10. Painter Song
11. One Flight Down
12. Nightingale
13. The Long Day Is Over
14. The Nearness Of You

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Originally released in 1987, Sex Bomb Baby is actually a collection of Flipper material dated no later than 1982, comprised of singles, b-sides, and compilation tracks. The single version of "Sex Bomb" is an all out classic, a frenetic, yelping punk answer to "Louie, Louie" and the rest is no slouch either. Outrageous, harsh, sludge-punk from San Francisco's finest.

Track Listing:

1. Sex Bomb
2. Love Canal
3. Ha Ha Ha
4. Sacrifice
5. Falling
6. Ever
7. Get Away
8. Earthworm
9. The Game's Got A Price
10. The Old lady Who Swallowed A Fly
11. Brainwash
12. Lowrider
13. End The Game

Ella Fitzgerald was in prime form during her 1960 tour of Europe and her Berlin concert, which opened the tour, won her critical acclaim and two Grammys (Best Female Vocal Performance (Single) and Best Vocal Performance (Album). It's most remembered for her hilariously inventive performance of "Mack the Knife," during which she forgot the lyrics and substituted her own without losing stride. Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog master tapes.

Track Listing

1. Gone with the Wind
2. Misty
3. Lady Is a Tramp
4. Man I Love
5. Summertime
6. Too Darn Hot
7. Lorelei
8. Mack the Knife
9. How High the Moon

Two of the most influential and popular voices in modern music, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong form a jazz dream team on Ella and Louis. A once-in-a-lifetime masterpiece, their distinctive vocals meld seamlessly together along with Armstrong's exceptional trumpet playing. This recording has become the touchstone and template for jazz vocal duets.

Track Listing:

1. Can't We Be Friends?
2. Isn't This A Lovely Day?
3. Moonlight In Vermont
4. They Can't Take That Away From Me
5. Under A Blanket Of Blue
6. Tenderly
7. A Foggy Day
8. Stars Fell On Alabama
9. Cheek To Cheek
10. The Nearness Of You
11. April In Paris

Ella Fitzgerald was in prime form during her 1960 tour of Europe and her Berlin concert, which opened the tour, won her critical acclaim and two Grammys (Best Female Vocal Performance (Single) and Best Vocal Performance (Album). It's most remembered for her hilariously inventive performance of "Mack the Knife," during which she forgot the lyrics and substituted her own without losing stride. Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog master tapes.

Track Listing

1. Gone with the Wind
2. Misty
3. Lady Is a Tramp
4. Man I Love
5. Summertime
6. Too Darn Hot
7. Lorelei
8. Mack the Knife
9. How High the Moon

The three outstanding arrangers Don Sebesky, Joao Donato, and Claus Ogerman produce a variety of orchestral settings here to perfectly enhance Astrud Gilberto's performances. And, as on her other Verve LP programs, Astrud's voice is beautifully complemented by top of the line jazz soloists.

Track Listing:

1. The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from The Sandpiper)
2. (Take Me to) Aruanda
3. Manhã de Carnival
4. Fly Me to the Moon
5. The Gentle Rain
6. Non-Stop to Brazil
7. O Ganso
8. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
9. Day by Day
10. Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness)
11. Funny World (Theme from Malamondo)

Track Listing:

1. Amputee
2. Abandoned
3. Prescription
4. Ballad Dear
5. Little Bird
6. Laziest Lie
7. Upside down
8. Habit
9. In the End
10. Surgery
11. Market me to Children

John Coltrane's 1964 release, Crescent brilliantly represents the musical values 'Trane' was reaching for at a very crucial time in the tenor legend's career. The album not only re-emphasizes Coltrane's expressive power as a composer, it further underlines the fact that his lyricism is as direct and as free of posturing as any in jazz history. In excellent support here are Jimmy Garrison on double bass, Elvin Jones on drums and McCoy Tyner on piano. Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original Analog Master Tapes and pressed on double 180g 45RPM vinyl. Only 1000 Numbered Limited Edition Copies! John Coltrane Crescent Track Listing

1. Crescent
2. Wise One
3. Bessie's Blues
4. Lonnie's Lament
5. The Drum Thing

Ballad singer Johnny Hartman's third and final Impulse session has several near-classic performances including "My Ship," "Waltz for Debby" and "It Never Entered My Mind," along with several songs from movies or shows such as "Sunrise, Sunset." Hartman is in fine form throughout here whether backed by the Hank Jones quartet or accompanied by an octet arranged by pianist Bob Hammer.

Johnny Hartman The Voice That Is Track Listing

1. My Ship
2. More I See You, The
3. These Foolish Things
4. Waltz For Debbie
5. It Never Entered My Mind
6. The Day the World Stopped Turning, The
7. A Slow Hot Wind
8. Funny World
9. Joey, Joey, Joey
10. Let Me Love You
11. Sunrise, Sunset

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An Evening With Diana Ross is a live double album originally released in 1977. The recording comes from Ross' one-woman show on Broadway which received a special Tony Award. The album showcases Ross' live performances of tunes celebrating the Motown story, The Supremes and songs made famous by Billie Holiday, Josephine Baker, Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith and much more!

Track Listing:

LP 1

1. Overture
2. Here I Am
3. I Wouldn't Change a Thing
4. The Lady Is a Tramp
5. Touch Me in the Morning
6. Smile / Send In the Clowns
7. Love Hangover
8. Girls
The Point
9. Everybody's Got 'Em
10. Me and My Arrow
11. Lifeline
12. Everybody's Got 'Em (Reprise)
The Working Girls
6. Lady Sings the Blues
7. T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
8. I Cried For You
9. Aux Iles Hawaii
10. Stormy Monday
11. Jump In the Pot (And Let's Get Hot)
12. I Need a Little Sugar In My Bowl
13. My Man

LP 2

The Motown Story
1. Motown Overture
2. Money (That's What I Want)
3. Please Mr. Postman
4. I Want You Back
5. Fingertips
6. You Keep Me Hanging On
7. Baby Love
8. Someday We'll Be Together
The Supremes
9. Stop! In the Name of Love
10. You Can't Hurry Love
11. Reflections
12. My World Is Empty Without You
13. I Hear A Symphony
Reach Out
14. Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
One Giant Step
15. The Music In the Mirror
16. What I Did For Love
17. Improvisations
18. Dance: Ten; Looks: Three
19. Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
20. Ain't No Mountain High Enough

One of the top girl groups of all time and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas dominated the female side of Motown in the mid-'60s. Unlike The Supremes, led by the breathy and demure Diana Ross, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas had a stronger, more soulful sound, which made Top 10 hits of the Holland-Dozier-Holland creations "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave," "Nowhere to Run," "Honey Chile" and their anthem, "Dancing In The Street." This classic 1965 release is one of their best full-length albums and not only does it feature the hits, it's also packed with Motown dance standards of the day including "Hitch Hike" and "The Jerk."

Track Listing:

1. Dancing in the Street
2. Dancing Slow
3. Wild One
4. Nowhere to Run
5. Nobody'll Care
6. There He Is (At My Door)
7. Mobile Lil the Dancing Witch
8. Dance Party
9. Motoring
10. The Jerk
11. Mickey's Monkey
12. Hitch Hike

Freddie Hubbard arrived in New York in 1960 and set the jazz scene on its ear with a gorgeous tone, perfect technique and great ideas. This was his third album in less than a year and it yielded several masterpieces including the title tune and a powerful reading of Randy Weston's "Cry Me Not."

Freddie Hubbard, trumpet Julian Priester, trombone Jimmy Heath, tenor saxophone Cedar Walton, piano Larry Ridley, bass Philly Joe Jones, drums

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Alice In Chain's sophomore 1992 masterpiece Dirt was a milestone of the early '90s grunge-genre and it stands up against anything from the era. Dirt finds enigmatic frontman Layne Staley and his afflictions perfectly matched by the moody songwriting and tuned down guitars of Jerry Cantrell. Alice In Chains' ability to document their torment was like no other and most of the rumors that surrounded the album and Staley's lifestyle have proven to be true which makes it as captivating a listen today as ever.

Track Listing:

1. Them Bones
2. Dam That River
3. Rain When I Die
4. Down In A Hole
5. Sickman
6. Rooster
7. Junkhead
8. Dirt
9. God Smack
10. Iron Man
11. Hate To Feel
12. Angry Chair
13. Would?

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Though not released until 1983 the Avengers' self-titled record (aka The Pink Album) features the band's recorded output from 1977-78, from the glorious first wave of punk rock. The Avengers were San Francisco's pre-eminent punk band, led by Penelope Houston's snarling vocals and Greg Igranham's distorted guitar riffs.

Track Listing:

1. We are the one
2. Car crash
3. I believe in me
4. Open your eyes
5. No martyr
6. Desperation
7. Thin white line
8. Paint it black
9. The Amerikan in me
10. White n*gger
11 Uh-Oh
12. Second to none
13. Corpus christie
14. F**k You/Live

Josh Reichmann’s first band, Tangiers, brought a rock/post-punk sound that began a trail of critical acclaim with their first release Hot New Spirits and spread over two more records (Never Bring You Pleasure and The Family Myth). Tangiers caught the attention of indie rock fans across Canada and the U.S. and earned rave reviews.

Reichmann returns to music with an entirely new line up of collaborators, gathered from a pool of soul, early-funk, roots and dark punk influences. Josh Reichmann Oracle Band is a five piece band incorporating heavy saxophone, Stevie Wonder-meets-The Stooges keyboards, Soul-style drumming, a live dancer and thick roots bass, with Reichann as the main songwriter and frontman.

Paper Bag Records takes great pride in creating the sort of offerings that fellow vinyl fans will appreciate as a proper addition to their collections. All PBR vinyl releases are numbered pieces produced in limited quantities featuring unique silk screened covers and additional artwork.

Track Listing:

1. Spirits Don't Leave
2. Trade Names
3. Sea At Night
4. Aztec Hive
5. Time Chimes
6. Shivering Black
7. Best In Dreams
8. Brothers II
9. Fractal Web
10. Believing

Desafinado was Coleman Hawkins' excellent addition to the Bossa Nova craze of the early 1960s. The tenor-great recorded eight Bossa Nova and Jazz Samba tunes here with bass, two guitars, and three percussionists including a classic version of "O Pato" and a strong bossa reinterpretation of "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover" among others. Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original Analog Master Tapes and pressed on double 180g 45RPM vinyl. Only 1000 Numbered Limited Edition Copies!

Track Listing:

1. Desafinado
2. I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Closer (Jazz Samba)
3. Samba Para Bean
4. I Remember You
5. One Note Samba (Samba de Uma Nota So)
6. O Pato (The Duck)
7. Un Abraco No Bonfa (An Embrace to Bonfa)
8. Stumpy Bossa Nova

Naim Label stalwart, and virtuoso acoustic guitarist Antonio Forcione introduces his highly successful Ghetto Paradise on 180g virgin vinyl. Originally released in 1999, Ghetto Paradise was Forcione’s third studio album to be released on the Naim Label. The album has enjoyed the same rigorous quality control of an Abbey Road remaster for the vinyl edition (by Steve Rooke) which has been pressed at the legendary Portalspace Records in the UK.

Ghetto Paradise features the rhythmic midas touch of legendary world jazz percussionist Trilok Gurtu (who has worked with everybody from John McLaughlin to Neneh Cherry), Liberian/German fretless bass extraordinaire Kai Eckhardt (also of John McLaughlin Trio and well known for his work in the 1990s with Billy Cobham) and additional musical textures from saxophonists Roberto Manzin and Ed Jones, bassist Davide Mantovani and percussionist Bosco de Oliveira. Both visually and sonically, Ghetto Paradise was highly inspired by the sight and sounds of Antonio’s upbringing in the Italian hilltop town of Montecilfone and the importance of family oriented life; even the cover photograph is the work of Forcione’s late father, Michele Forcione. Recorded by Peter Williams at September Sounds, London and originally mastered by Julian Vereker.

“Ghetto Paradise is a sophisticated mixture of Antonio’s unique style, and an amazing world class rhythm section. All ten tracks on the album have been written and arranged by Antonio, a glowing testimony to his abilities as a composer and to the fact that Antonio’s already considerable talent is just getting better and better! This album is a true high-point for Antonio’s original and popular guitar playing.” - Notes from Original Press Release

Track Listing:

1. Alhambra
2. Maurizio’s Party
3. Night Passage
4. Horserun
5. Indian Café
6. Sereno
7. Salsa & Basilico
8. If…

Originally released in 1971, just shy of Stevie Wonder's 21st birthday, Where I'm Coming From was groundbreaking in that it was the first in which Stevie had complete control of its production. From the love ballad "Think of Me as Your Soldier" to the funky "Do Yourself a Favor" to the Top Ten pop hit "If You Really Love Me," Where I'm Coming From has something for everyone and it remains a distinctive presage in the development of the music legend.

Track Listing:

1. Look Around
2. Do Yourself A Favor
3. Think Of Me as Your Soldier
4. Something Out of the Blue
5. If You Really Love Me
6. I Wanna Talk To You
7. Take Up a Course in Happiness
8. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer
9. Sunshine In Their Eyes

With an angelic voice and songs full of faith, grace and vulnerability, acclaimed singer/songwriter Mindy Smith has been embraced by critics and fans alike with each recording she unveils. With her fourth release, Stupid Love on Vanguard Records, Mindy takes another step forward both lyrically and musically. Stupid Love finds Mindy co-producing along with Ian Fitchuk and Justin Loucks. The three explore and expand with different sounds making an impressive backdrop to the thirteen tracks on the record, which were written over a two-year period. Stupid Love is Mindy’s first studio record since 2007’s My Holiday, preceded by Long Island Shores, released in 2006. The world first discovered Mindy Smith in 2004 with the release of her debut, One Moment More, featuring the hit single “Come To Jesus” which inspired critics and artists to sing her praises.

“Her voice carves melodies so sharp and fine you can almost see them.” — New York Times

Track Listing:

1. What Went Wrong
2. Highs and Lows
3. If I Didn’t Know Any Better
4. Love Lost
5. Telescope
6. What Love Can Do
7. Couldn’t Stand the Rain
8. Bad Guy
9. Surface
10. Disappointed
11. True Love of Mine
12. Love Chases After Me
13. Take A Holiday

Originally released in 1965, this is Roscoe Holcomb’s first full album for Folkways. The man for whom the term “The High Lonesome Sound” was coined certainly shows why here. This is Appalachian folk music both beautiful and harsh, harrowing and tender. Essential recordings from this Kentucky native lovingly reissued in a perfect replica of the original Folkways jacket and including a reproduction of the original information booklet.

Track Listing:

1. Moonshiner
2. Old Smokey
3. Little Birdie
4. House in New Orleans
5. Trouble in Mind
6. Wandering Boy, The
7. Hook and Line
8. Married Life Blues
9. Omie Wise
10. Willow Tree
11. Boat's up the River
12. In the Pines
13. Fox Chase
14. Little Gray Mule
15. I'm a Free Little Bird
16. Little Bessie
17. Motherless Children
18. Darlin Corey
19. Roll on Buddy
20. Village Churchyard, A
21. Walk Around My Bedside

In 1962, Duke Ellington's greatest creative achievements lay outside the realm of his orchestra in stunning small-group collaborations with Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. But 1963 would prove a different story from the first week of the year when he completed work on Afro-Bossa, which according to the late pianist and Ellington scholar Mark Tucker "ranks among the best albums he ever made." The title is a bit of a misnomer as there is not a bossa nova or samba rhythm anywhere on the album. Instead it is a head-on fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and pure blue-hued Duke.

Despite the inclusion of three older pieces ("Absinthe," "Pyramid" and "Eighth Veil"), the album is a cohesive and startling vivid original 12-part suite. Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves, Ray Nance, Cootie Williams and Lawrence Brown are the principal soloists and each are in superb form here. The title tune, "Caline (Silk Lace)" and "Pyramid" found their way into the band's regular performance book and perhaps the greatest composition in the suite, "Purple Gazelle" became a favorite among other musicians. This is Ellington at his best when the compositions, the orchestra and the soloists fuse into a single element that brings rich, colorful music to life.

Track Listing:

1. Afro-Bossa
2. Purple Gazelle
3. Absinthe
4. Moonbow
5. Sempre Amore
6. Caline (Silk Lace)
7. Tigress
8. Angu
9. Volupte
10. Bonga
11. Pyramid
12. Eight Veil

In Prism is the best Polvo record even before you get to the majestic "A Link in the Chain," serene and tempestuous like few other things you'll ever hear. Polvo spent 1990–98 giving voice to a chorus of discrete rock & roll ideas that really hadn't been heard before. While there was nothing wrong before, it's now so much more right, perhaps because after ten years, after other bands and and tours and records and worries (if they had any), none of the peripheral stuff matters anymore. The album was recorded with Brian Paulson and Polvo has never sounded better.

Track Listing:

1. Right the Relation
2. D.C. Trails
3. Beggar's Bowl
4. City Birds
5. Lucia
6. Dream Residue/Work
7. The Pedlar
8. A Link in the Chain

East Of Eden is the new album by Taken By Trees, the result of an extraordinarily adventurous recording process in Pakistan with local musicians. Production skills were handled in Sweden by Dan Lissvik (partner in the Swedish duo ‘Studio”) with guest vocals from Noah Lennox of Animal Collective on “Anna.”

Taken by Trees is the nom de plume of Victoria Bergsman, previously best known for her work with The Concretes and Peter Bjorn & John’s worldwide smash hit single “Young Folks.” This new offering follows in the footsteps of Taken By Trees' critically acclaimed debut album Open Field which was released in 2007.

Victoria wanted to travel to record in a mysterious, relatively uncharted area, and avoid the usual clinical studio experience. In order to provide herself with both an interesting challenge and an inspirational recording environment, she chose Pakistan. The rhythm, drums and flutes of Pakistani music had long captivated Victoria and this coupled with a deep admiration for one of her favorite singers Abida Parveen and the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan helped her choose Pakistan as the place to record her new album.

While it’s practically a miracle that the album was made at all, the experience and environment there has created a masterful work with a depth of expression and feeling that is breathtaking. Victoria is one of the very few, if not the only, Western women, to record in this region, and the bureaucracy, cultural differences and prejudicesshe had to overcome to see this project through are beyond belief.

Track Listing:

1. To Lose Someone
2. Anna
3. Watch The Waves
4. Greyest Love Of All
5. Tidens Gång
6. Wapas Karna
7. My Boys
8. Day By Day
9. Bekännelse

Wild Beasts released their critically acclaimed debut album, Limbo Panto in November of 2008, garnering a huge amount of attention in the U.K. After several months of building a small buzz in the U.S. the band played 6 amazing shows at SXSW. Now they are quickly following up with their sophomore album, Two Dancers which features pure liquid pop energy grounded by driving loose limbed rhythms. Their sound here is streamlined, minimal, and all Wild Beasts.

Track Listing:

1. The Fun Powder Plot
2. Hooting and Howling
3. All The King’s Men
4. When I’m Sleepy...
5. We Still Got the Taste Dancing On Our Tongues
6. Two Dancers
7. Two Dancers II
8. This Is Our Lot
9. Underbelly
10. The Empty Nest

Several years after releasing his million selling album Stop All The World Now, which spawned the #1 smash hit “Collide," singer and songwriter Howie Day breaks his silence with his long-awaited third studio album Sound The Alarm. This album comes after more than a decade of touring, during which the Bangor, Maine native self-released his 2000 debut Australia and became a full-time traveling musician. He became known for his powerful one-man shows, connecting with audiences through his charm, humor, and the strength of his songwriting.

“The new album very obviously echoes my own life, in all of its highs and lows,” Day says. “Some of the songs draw inspiration from people and places I’ve observed, and then bits of my own experiences find their way in. People often ask me what certain songs are about, and it’s like, Well, I don’t know, it’s a story that just happened subconsciously. I didn’t resist it or fight it. In a simple way, the album is a post-coming-of age story about that dream-like period of your early 20s, when you’re trying to figure out how grown up you actually want to be. But in the process of all of that moving around during the recording, the album became a diary of those experiences as well.”

Track Listing:

1. So Stung
2. Weightless
3. Longest Night
4. 40 Hours
5. Be There
6. Everyone Loves To Love A Lie
7. Undressed
8. Sound The Alarm
9. No Longer What You Require
10. Postcard From Mars
11. Counting On Me

Following upon the success of last year’s Gone, Just Like A Train, Bill Frisell reunites with his much-admired partners from this last outing plus a handful of others for another session of inspired music-making. Joined by renowned drummer Jim Keltner and Lyle Lovett bassist Viktor Krauss, the core band is further expanded to a quintet with the addition of Greg Leisz (Joni Mitchell, k.d. lang) on dobro, mandolin and steel guitars, Wayne Horvitz on organ and Billy Cox on guitar, with a special guest appearance by Ry Cooder.

With the gut-first feeling of rock, the subtleties of jazz, and the earnestness of country, Bill Frisell continues to create a genre unto himself. As with his last two albums, he continues in a musical vein that has brought him a new level of sales success and radio play, all the while maintaining the respect he has commanded as an innovator for nearly 20 years.

“What Frisell has begun to fashion on his latest releases is a sensibility as unmistakably American as that of Charles Ives or Duke Ellington, with the harmonic and tonal complexity of both and a seductive melancholy all his own.” – L.A. Weekly

Track Listing:

1. Rain, Rain
2. Roscoe
3. Big Shoe
4. Buffalo Roam
5. Shenandoah
6. Cadillac 1959
7. The Pioneers
8. Cold, Cold Ground
9. That Was Then
10. Monroe
11. Good Dog, Happy Man
12. Poem for Eva

"Mingus is also all about the ensemble...this reissue has a life and immediacy I've not heard before with this title, whose stunning music overwhelms any flaws of the recording." - Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound, June/July 2009

Produced by Impulse! A&R director Bob Thiele in 1963, this recording is a major showcase of the talented Charles Mingus as a bassist, pianist and writer. In his 1963 original liner notes, critic-at-large Nat Hentoff said that of all the musicians, it is impossible to remain indifferent to Mingus. This recording more than any other testifies to Hentoff's claim. More so today than in 60's, there is truly only one Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus.

Charles Mingus, bass, piano, vocals Jay Berliner, guitar Don Butterfield, trombone, tuba Jaki Byard, piano Eric Dolphy, flute, alto saxophone Rolf Ericson, trumpet Booker Ervin, tenor saxophone Dick Hafer, clarinet, flute, oboe, tenor saxophone Quentin Jackson, trombone Charlie Mariano, alto saxophone Walter Perkins, drums Eddie Preston, trumpet Jerome Richardson, flute, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone Dannie Richmond, drums Richard Gene Williams, trumpet Britt Woodman, trombone

Track Listing:

1. II B.S.
2. I X Love
3. Celia
4. Mood Indigo
5. Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul
6. Theme for Lester Young
7. Hora Decubitus

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Jordan and Gilmore were big guns in Chicago and unknown elsewhere when they made this album with the dream team of Horace Silver, Curly Russell and Art Blakey. Jordan would become a kingpin of the New York hard bop scene and Gilmore would immerse himself in the world of Sun Ra, but these tenor masters were completely in sync for this great Blue Note session.

Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophone John Gilmore, tenor saxophone Horace Silver, piano Curly Russell, bass Art Blakey, drums

Track Listing:

1. Staus Quo
2. Bo-Till
3. Blue Lights
4. Billie's Bounce
5. Evil Eye
6. Everywhere

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This hard-swinging February 9, 1958 date with Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Charlie Persip was the last in a run of outstanding albums that Mobley and Morgan made for Blue Note in the two years prior.

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What's remarkable about Introducing The 3 Sounds is how the trio's lightly swinging sound arrived fully intact. From the basis of this album, it sounds as if pianist Gene Harris, bassist Andrew Simpkins and drummer William Dowdy have been playing together for years. There's empathetic, nearly intuitive interplay between the three musicians and Harris' deft style already sounds mature and entirely distinctive.

Bill Dowdy, drums Gene Harris, piano, celeste Andrew Simpkins, bass

Track Listing:

1. Tenderly
2. Willow Weep for Me
3. Both Sides
4. It's Nice
5. O Sole Mio
6. Blue Bells
7. Goin' Home
8. Woody 'N You

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New Soil wasn't the first session Jackie McLean recorded for Blue Note, but it was the first one released, and as the title suggests, the first glimpses of McLean's desire to push beyond the limits of bop are already apparent. They're subtle, of course, and nowhere near as pronounced, as they would be in just a few years' time, but – as with the 1959 material later issued on Jackie's Bag – hints of Ornette Coleman's stream-of-consciousness melodic freedom are beginning to find their way into McLean's improvisations. His playing is just a touch more angular than the ear expects, especially given the very bluesy nature of pieces like McLean's 11-minute vamp, "Hip Strut," and pianist Walter Davis Jr.'s infectious boogie-woogie "Greasy." Coleman's influence is most apparent on McLean's "Minor Apprehension," where the freewheeling, Coleman-esque main theme is paralleled by trumpeter Donald Byrd in a definite nod to Don Cherry.

Jackie McLean, alto sax Donald Byrd, trumpet Paul Chambers, bass Walter Davis Jr., piano Pete LaRoca, drums

Track Listing:

1. Hip Strut
2. Minor Apprehension
3. Greasy
4. Sweet Cakes
5. Davis Cup

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The Three Sounds were part of the trio explosion. Begun in 1956 in Benton Harbor, Michigan as the Four Sounds and consisting of Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on bass and Bill Dowdy on drums (the saxophonist was dropped by the time the group moved to Washington, D.C. in 1957), the Sounds eventually migrated to New York City where they were "discovered" by Lou Donaldson. After a single record for Riverside with Nat Adderley, the Three Sounds signed an exclusive contract with Alfred Lion on Blue Note Records. Over the course of five years, the Sounds released nine LPs and appeared on albums by Lou Donaldson and Stanley Turrentine.

Bill Dowdy, drums Gene Harris, piano Andy Simpkins, bass

Track Listing:

1. Besame Mucho
2. Angel Eyes
3. Time After Time
4. Love Walked In
5. I Could Write a Book
6. Jinne Lou
7. Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You
8. Falling in Love With Love

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Although a Blue Note regular at the time on sessions by Donald Byrd, Art Blakey and others, Walter Davis made only one album for the label. With Byrd, Jackie McLean, Sam Jones and Art Taylor, he explores six of his finest compositions. Davis possessed the ability to write music that was funky and catchy, but still progressive, which explains why he was one of Art Blakey's favorite pianists and composers. "Minor Mind," "Make It" and "Millie's Delight" are among the album's highlights.

Walter Davis Jr., piano Donald Byrd, trumpet Sam Jones, bass Jackie McLean, alto saxophone Art Taylor, drums

Track Listing:

1. 'Smake It
2. Loodle-Lot
3. Sweetness
4. Rhumba Nhumba
5. Minor Mind
6. Millie's Delight

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A 1959 live date at the legendary club, with Art Blakey driving a band that includes Tina Brooks and alternating pianists, Bobby Timmons and Roland Hanna. Recorded live on August 25, 1959 at the Five Spot Café, New York.

Kenny Burrell, guitar Art Blakey, drums Tina Brooks, guitar, tenor saxophone Roland Hanna, piano Bobby Timmons, piano Ben Tucker, bass

Track Listing: 1. Birk's Works
2. Hallelujah
3. Lady Be Good
4. Lover Man
5. 36-23-36

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"A soul survivor in every sense of the term, this alto saxophonist is one of the few remaining jazz artists who made a major impact on the jazz community via an extensive run with producer Alfred Lion and the Blue Note label (Horace Silver being another Blue Note legend that comes to mind). From his first recordings for the label with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, it was clear that Lou Donaldson put melody and sound at a premium, coming up with an amalgam that combined the creamy smoothness of Johnny Hodges with the quicksilver bop inflections of Charlie Parker." – All About Jazz

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This 1960 trio date was pianist Parlan's first of many great releases for Blue Note. The Pittsburgh native, who overcame polio as a child that left his right hand crippled, had gained some serious props with his contributions on two of Charles Mingus' best albums the year prior (Mingus Ah Um, Blues And Roots), and was now ready to step out on his own. Choosing to tackle mostly standards, Parlan channels his idol Bud Powell's classic trio dates with the able assistance of Blue Note regulars Sam Jones, bass and drummer Al Harewood. The result is an eclectic mix, interpreting the works of Tadd Dameron, Duke Ellington, Milt Jackson and Burke-Van Heussen plus a Parlan original, "Up In Cynthia's Room," which became one of his signature pieces.

Horace Parlan, piano Al Harewood, drums Sam Jones, bass

Track Listing:

1. C Jam Blues
2. On Green Dolphin Street
3. Up in Cynthia's Room
4. Lady Bird
5. Bags' Groove
6. Stella By Starlight
7. There is No Greater Love
8. It Could Happen to You

Maybe not exactly the first Dizzy that comes to mind when discussing jazz, this Jamaican-born, British-raised trumpeter overcame whatever burdens that nickname may have wrought to become a highly respected player in the New York scene. He enhanced that rep by recording some truly excellent albums for the Savoy, Blue Note and Prestige labels among others. His robust and passionate playing styles always seemed to inspire other musicians in his company. The contributions of the esteemed trio invited; pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art Taylor unilaterally match the front man's fire and bold approach to each tune.

Dizzy Reece, trumpet Walter Bishop, Jr., piano Art Taylor, drums Doug Watkins, bass

Track Listing:

1. A Ghost of a Chance
2. Once in a While
3. EB Pob
4. Yesterdays
5. Our Love is Here to Stay
6. Blue Streak

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In the late fifties and early sixties, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded primarily with his own quartet with pianist Herman Foster or with organ trios. Occasionally, he'd break the mold as he did on this February, 1960 session that was strictly a hard bop affair which includes trumpeter Bill Hardman and pianist Horace Parlan. There's still plenty of funk in evidence as "Goose Grease" bears out, but "Hardman's Politely," "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" and "The Man I Love" find Lou digging deep into his bop roots.

Lou Donaldson, trumpet, alto sax Bill Hardman, trumpet Al Harewood, drums Laymon Jackson, bass Sam Jones, bass Horace Parlan, piano

Track Listing:

1. Blues for J.P.
2. The Man I Love
3. Polietly
4. It's You or No One
5. The Truth
6. Goose Grease
7. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise

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Track Listing:

1. Come Rain or Come Shine
2. Love for Sale
3. Summertime

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Jimmy Smith's April 25, 1960 session with the perfect cast of Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell and Donald Bailey produced this classic album that is the pinnacle of the organ-tenor style. A perfect selection of material played at the perfect tempo by great musicians who connect on the deepest, most soulful level.

Jimmy Smith, organ Stanley Turrentine, tenor sax Kenny Burrell, guitar Donald Bailey, drums

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Yusef Lateef and Brother Jack McDuff, then Green's employer, make a rare Blue Note appearance on this soulful Grant Green classic, which includes the magnificent slow blues "Blues In Maude's Flat."

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Ike Quebec's timeless, big-toned tenor was a frequent visitor to Rudy Van Gelder's studio in the early sixties. But this album from December 1961 with spare, soulful backing from Grant Green, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones is his masterpiece. The leaner setting works perfectly, evoking an aura of relaxation and monumentality, with the deepest blue of accents.

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Already the most formidable new trumpeter in jazz in 1962, Freddie Hubbard came into his own as a composer with this album with great originals that range from the complex, ferocious swinger "Hub-Tones" to his poignant "Lament For Booker," written for the later Booker Little. James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock, Reggie Workman and Clifford Jarvis are all at their peak, bringing the brilliant music to life with artistry and feeling.

Freddie Hubbard, trumpet Herbie Hancock, piano Clifford Jarvis, drums James Spaulding, flute, alto saxophone Reggie Workman, bass

Track Listing:

1. You're My Everything
2. You're My Everything (alternate take)
3. Prophet Jennings
4. Hub-Tones
5. Hub-Tones (alternate take)
6. Lament for Booker
7. For Spee's Sake
8. For Spee's Sake (alternate take)

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Jimmy Smith's April 25, 1960 session with the perfect cast of Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell and Donald Bailey produced these two classic albums that are the pinnacle of the organ-tenor style. A perfect selection of material played at the perfect tempo by great musicians who connect on the deepest, most soulful level. Not a bad day's work.

Jimmy Smith, organ Stanley Turrentine, tenor saxophone Kenny Burrell, guitar Donald Bailey, drums

Track Listing:

1. Back At The Chicken Shack
2. When I Grow Too Old To Dream
3. Minor Chant
4. Messy Bessie
5. On The Sunny Side Of The Street

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One of Mobley's best, this album features two 1963 all-star quintets: one with Lee Morgan and Andrew Hill, the other with Donald Byrd and Herbie Hancock. Philly Joe Jones is the driving force throughout.

Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone Andrew Hill, piano John Ore, bass Philly Joe Jones, drums Donald Byrd, trumpet Herbie Hancock, piano Lee Morgan, trumpet Butch Warren, bass

Track Listing:

1. Three Way Split
2. Carolyn
3. Up A Step
4. No Room For Squares
5. Me 'N You
6. Old World, New Imports
7. Carolyn (Alternate Take)
8. No Room For Squares (Alternate Take)

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The Sidewinder, Lee Morgan's 24-bar blues with an infectious bass line and backbeat, instantly became one of the most popular pieces in modern jazz history. Every track on this classic album is a gem.

Lee Morgan, trumpet Bob Cranshaw, bass Barry Harris, piano Joe Henderson, tenor sax Billy Higgins, drums

Track Listing:

1. The Sidewinder
2. Totem Pole
3. Gary's Notebook
4. Boy, What a Night
5. Hocus Pocus
6. Totem Pole

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Lee Morgan, Harold Mabern, Larry Ridley and Billy Higgins join the great tenor saxophonist on this 1965 session featuring four Mobley originals, a beautiful ballad reading of "I See Your Face Before Me" and a terrific version of "Recado Bossa Nova."

Hank Mobley, tenor sax Lee Morgan, trumpet Harold Mabern, piano Larry Ridley, bass Billy Higgins, drums

Track Listing:

1. The Dip
2. Recado Bossa Nova
3. The Break Through
4. The Vamp
5. I See Your Face Before Me
6. Ballin'

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Although for many fans the equation Count Basie = Big Band Jazz is quite undisputable, one has to agree that when one listens to these eight numbers: less is more when it comes to swing. Bob Thiele, Impulse producer, came to the conclusion that even with a meager budget a whole lot of music with a terrific sound could be squeezed into the grooves. As always, the great soloists of the Basie big band are on top form: first and foremost Frank Wess who demonstrates how rightly popular the flute is for its sound-coloring and as a solo instrument. Thad Jones on the trumpet is quite outstanding in all the numbers – and is equally important as composer and arranger. The "All American Rhythm Group Number 1" consisting of the Count, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones and Sonny Payne deliver one adrenaline-like thrill after another – without ever neglecting the jazz beat. All in all this is an important LP from the Impulse label, whose quality is greatly enhanced by the transparent sound.

Count Basie, piano, organ Eric Dixon, flute, tenor saxophone Frank Foster, clarinet, tenor saxophone Freddie Green, guitar Ed Jones, bass Thad Jones, trumpet Sonny Payne, drums Frank Wess, flute, tenor saxophone

Track Listing:

1. Oh Lady Be Good
2. Secrets
3. I Want a Little Girl
4. Shoe Shine Boy
5. Count's Place
6. Senator Whitehead
7. Tally Ho, Mr. Basie!
8. What'cha Talkin?

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A 1962 set from the Roy Haynes Quartet – which, at the time, consisted of Haynes, Henry Grimes on bass, Tommy Flanagan on piano and Roland Kirk on saxes, manzello, stritch and flutes. The album is a delightful mix of technique in arrangement and performance, with all of the musicians delivering terrific work – Haynes' drumming is absolutely wonderful here, lightly dancing around the other instruments. Flanagan's piano playing is equally light and delicate, and Grimes' bass work is outstanding. There's not much that can be said about Kirk's sax and flute work that hasn't already been said a hundred times.

Roy Haynes, drums Tommy Flanagan, piano Henry Grimes, bass Rahsaan Roland Kirk, flute, percussion, tenor saxophone

Track Listing:

1. Moon Ray
2. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
3. Raoul
4. Snap Crackle
5. If I Should Lose You
6. Long Wharf
7. Some Other Spring

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Never Too Loud was recorded in the Foo Fighters owned Studio 606 in LA together with Grammy Award winning producer Nick Raskulinecz and it’s the follow up to We Sweat BloodSleep Is The Enemy and that came out on Razor & Tie a few years back. The previous albums received great exposure in magazines like Spin and Maxim and earned them extensive airplay in the Active Rock, Modern Rock, Mainstream Rock, College Rock and Specialty formats. The new album has an even greater radio potential, as proven by the amazing results at radio in Europe, where the album entered the sales charts in 7 countries, including a top 10 chart position in Sweden! They have previously toured the U.S. extensively with bands like Flogging Molly, Our Lady Peace and Supersuckers and will be spending a lot of time on the road in the months to come. In other territories they have supported The Rolling Stones, Nickelback, Motorhead and many more. The Raconteurs are also covering one of their early tracks.

Track Listing:

1. Code of the Road
2. City Streets
3. Still in High School
4. Take Me Home
5. Let’s Get Undressed
6. King of Magazines
7. Forest for the Trees (feat. John Garcia/Kyuss and Pete Stahl/Scream)
8. Your Tears, My Smile
9. Something Better
10. Ravenous
11. Never Too Loud

How Big Can You Get? is a career milestone for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and not only as an illuminating revival of Calloway’s often hilarious songbook, in the most skilled and enthusiastic hands imaginable. It’s also a revelatory moment for the band, whose musicianship, fire and interpretive powers are at an all-time high.

According to bandleader Scotty Morris “making the album was one of our biggest musical moments. Delving into Cab's music made us see the high level that his songs were written and arranged at, and why they've lasted. We went top-to-bottom live in the studio and chose the best takes for the album, because Cab's originals were live performances and radio broadcasts. People got a glimpse of him when he stole the show in the Blues Brothers movie. We want people to know he was more than the King of Hi-De-Ho-we want to put a light on Cab's legacy more fully."

Produced by Morris and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the record includes some of Calloway’s classics including “Minnie the Moocher,” “The Ghost of Smokey Joe” and “The Jumpin’ Jive” alongside some of his less obvious, yet just as powerful tunes like “Reefer Man,” “Calloway Boogie” and “The Old Man of the Mountain” all performed with the band’s usual enthusiastic approach and great interpretation.

Track Listing:

1. Come On
2. Calloway Boogie
3. Jitterbug
4. Hey Now
5. Jumpin’ Jive
6. How Big
7. Old Man of the Mountain
8. Ghost of Smokey Joe
9. Reefer Man
10. Minnie The Moocher
11. Tarzan of Harlem

Bass player Luke Top and guitarist Lewis Pesacov were longtime friends with a shared love for world music when they started fronting informal African-inspired dance sessions two years ago at Los Angeles clubs such as the famed Spaceland and The Echo. The sound caught on, and soon musicians from across the city were clamoring to sit in with the ever expanding ensembles.

With a current roster of 10 to 12 musicians on any given night, including current and former members of bands such as Foreign Born, The Fall, We Are Scientists, Glasser, Cass McCombs' Band and even the Argentinean pop star, Erica Garcia (who's been nominated for Grammy's and won Rolling Stone Latin America best female singer three years in a row!), Fool's Gold plays a distinctive hybrid of dance sounds from West Africa, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.

Track Listing:

1. Surprise Hotel
2. Nadine
3. Ha Dvash
4. The World Is All There Is
5. Poseidon
6. Yam Lo Moshech
7. Night Dancing
8. Momentary Shelter

Kris Kristofferson returns to the essentials of his finely honed craft on his new album Closer To The Bone. Like the master singer/songwriter's 2006 New West bow This Old Road, this album is produced by Grammy Award winner Don Was. The previous collection was hailed by critics as "one of the finest albums of his storied career" (Rolling Stone), "a stripped-down stunner" (Esquire) and "a return to his best work" (Q).

Closer To The Bone is a deftly observed, honestly executed work about love, separation, loss and mortality. The subject matter ranges from the musician's family ("From Here to Forever," "The Wonder"), to his late friend Johnny Cash ("Good Morning John").

"I like the intimacy of the new album. It has a general mood of reflecting on where we all are at this end of life." - Kris Kristofferson

Track Listing:

1. Closer To The Bone
2. From Here To Forever
3. Holy Woman
4. Starlight And Stone
5. Sister Sinead
6. Hall of Angels
7. Love Don't Live Here Anymore
8. Good Morning John
9. Tell Me One More Time
10. Let The Walls Come Down
11. The Wonder

David Bowie's 1975 release Young Americans finds him amidst a nicely assembled band of smooth session players as well as an army of back-up singers that included Luther Vandross. Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, the home of Philadelphia International, the album confirms the chameleon singer's growing love of soul and R&B as heard on the standout tracks "Fame" "Young Americans" and "Can You Hear Me."

All 'From The Capitol Vaults' titles feature carefully replicated artwork and packaging true to their original single or gatefold jacket LP releases.

Track Listing:

1. Young Americans
2. Win
3. Fascination
4. Right
5. Somebody Up There Likes Me
6. Across The Universe
7. Can You Hear Me
8. Fame