Format > 180 Gram Vinyl

Fandango! was ZZ Top's blazing follow-up to their first full fledged hit album, Tres Hombres, and it features a side of smokin' live tracks and a side of new studio cuts including "Thunderbird," "Backdoor Medley," "Heard It On The X" and their all time classic "Tush." With their revved up blues 'n' boogie, ZZ Top always make the most of their Texas birthright with a distinctive sound that shakes up rock, blues, soul, garage-funk, Americana and more. Pressed on 180-gram HQ vinyl, mastered from the original analog tapes. Features all original packaging.

This LP was cut by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Grey from the original tapes and the sound is stellar!

1. Thunderbird Bird
2. Jailhouse Rock
3. Backdoor Medley:
4. Backdoor Love Affair
5. Mellow Down Easy
6. Backdoor
7. Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings
8. Blue Jean Blues
9. Balinese
10. Mexican Blackbird
11. Heard It On The X
12. Tush

Austin's Shearwater returns with their hugely ambitious followup to 2006's Palo Santo. Rook meditates on man's intersection with the natural world. Images of animals and landscapes act as metaphors for human relationships, a dark fairy tale encased in a cycle of songs.

Jonathan Meiburg's bold, soaring voice, occasionally falsetto, still anchors the songs, which broaden his pastoral pro-folk chaotic celestial mindbend into new realms. Beyond the continuing touchstones of late Talk Talk, Nico and John Cale, there are now allusions to Van Morrison and hints of Joni Mitchell. All this is set in a newly lush sonic gorgeousness of harp, strings and woodwinds atop the magnificent rhythm section of Thor Harris and Kim Burke. This LP version comes on 180g Vinyl in a Stoughton gatefold jacket and includes MP3s and a bonus track.

“Frontman Jonathan Meiburg has the finest voice of anyone making music today and his songs are absolutely magical.� - NPR

1. On The Death Of The Waters
2. Rooks
3. Leviathan, Bound
4. Home Life
5. Lost Boys
6. Century Eyes
7. I Was A Cloud
8. South Col
9. The Snow Leopard
10.The Hunter's Star

The debut album by Gary Numan’s Tubeway Army includes the single “Are 'Friends' Electric?”. Numan’s influence extended far beyond his lone American hit “Cars" and echoed strongly in the work of many goth rock and industrial artists to come. Remastered from the original tapes, pressed on 180 gram vinyl with heavyweight 350g double white heavy board jackets.

1. Me! I Disconnect from You
2. Are 'Friends' Electric?
3. The Machman
4. Praying to the Aliens
5. Down in the Park
6. You Are in My Vision
7. Replicas
8. It Must Have Been Years
9. When the Machines Rock
10. I Nearly Married a Human

Marvin Gaye's masterpiece What's Going On is one of the most important and passionate soul records ever made and it directly influenced other artists to take greater responsibility in the meaning of their music. Gaye co-wrote the songs and produced the album, which was a social commentary on the American dream that had given itself to urban and environmental problems including unemployment and poverty. Now available on this 180g Import LP. An absolute must have for the title track alone!

1. What's Going On
2. What's Happening Brother
3. Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)
4. Save the Children
5. God is Love
6. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
7. Right On
8. Wholy Holy
9. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

Remaster Reissue of the Original 1971 Album

Every Picture Tells A Story was the album that made Rod Stewart a bonafide star. Released in 1971, the album hit #1 in the U.S. and the U.K. and the single “Maggie May” has gone down in history as one of the greatest songs in Rock & Roll. Also features definitive versions of Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow Is Such a Long Time" and Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe.” This 180g Import LP version is housed in a gatefold cover and includes poster.

1. Every Picture Tells a Story
2. Seems Like A Long Time
3. That's All Right
4. Amazing Grace
5. Tomorrow is a Long Time
6. Link Music - Henry's Time
7. Maggie May
8. Mandolin Wind
9. (I Know) I'm Losing You
10. Reason To Believe

1. Keep the Faith
2. All These Things
3. She's Got Everything
4. I'm the One
5. G Minor
6. Honkey Donkey
7. Catch the Groove
8. Cottonmouth
9. Day Before Tomorrow
10. You Made Me Feel Like I Belong

1. Mississippi Murderer
2. Surrender to Your Kings
3. Flight of the Byrd
4. Scottish Tea
5. Dr. Slingshot
6. Journey to the Center of the Mind
7. Ivory Castles
8. Why Is a Carrot More Orange Than an Orange
9. Missionary Mary
10. Death Is Life
11. Saint Philips Friend
12. I'll Prove I'm Right - The Amboy Dukes
13. Conclusion - The Amboy Dukes
14. You Talk Sunshine, I Breath Fire [*] - The Amboy Dukes

Got To Be Somebody
Feeling Blue
The Fool
'Cause I've Been Trying
She's The One
Five O'Clock Sun
Save Your Love For Me
I've Got You Under My Skin
Life Is A Purple Antelope

Track Listing

1. Siseler
2. Laz
3. Nubar Nubar
4. Basha Bella
5. Arabaya
6. Dzage Bunch
7. Whyek
8. Taksim

1. Country Son (D Kleinman - Leroy Markish) - 5:55
2. Mr. Fear (D Kleinman) - 5:20
3. Electric Holy Man (D Kleinman) - 8:30
4. Dear Mr. Fantasy (Jim Capaldi - Steve Winwood - Chris Wood) - 7:30
5. Lady Of Day (D Kleinman) - 3:50
6. Penfield Town (Charles McLaughin) - 2:55

It's a Brand New Morning
I Need Your Lovin'
Just What You Need
What She's Done
Nonsense
Old Man
Call Yourself the Wind
Forty Long Faces
Lend a Hand

Bald Peach
B.S. Creek
America
I'm Gettin' On
Sefus Blues
Jimmy, Jimmy
Feelin' Good
Condition
I Saw A Killin'
Such Is Life

Mahalia Jackson's deep soulfulness, the passion of her Christian conviction and a belief in the power of her music led her to breakthrough in the U.S. where she appeared at Carnegie Hall and took her to Europe where she performed at the Vatican. It did not, however, though many had wished it so, lead her to jazz, blues and rock ’n’ roll. The public’s wide acceptance of her music proved her right in pursuing her own spiritual path first and foremost, although some critical listeners claimed to have spotted commercial undertones in her inimitable, highly expressive singing.

This live recording from the Newport Festival from 1958 cannot be accused of having been made for commercial reasons because it by no means reflects the common cliches of gospel singing. There is no rhythm group, no chorus and no clapping of hands so no sound is left unheard here. Mahalia’s soft, raucous voice retains its volume and warmth in moments of drama as well as in whispered passages. In this performance she is accompanied only by a piano or occasionally a Hammond organ with a cloud of chords. This is a pure, authentic musical experience that is free of style and trends, making it all the more meaningful and rare all these years later. Hear it in all its sonic glory here on this 180g Import LP!

1. An Evening Prayer
2. I’m On My Way
3. A City Called Heaven
4. It Don’t Cost Very Much
5. Walk Over God's Heaven
6. The Lord’s Prayer
7. Didn’t It Rain
8. God Is Real
9. He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands
10. I’m Going To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song
11. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
12. His Eye Is On The Sparrow

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Three famous and famous-sounding Ballets by Stravinsky, all conducted by Antal Dorati and packaged together here by Speakers Corner. This extensive 180g Import 3 LP Box Set also includes a slip case and deluxe 12 page booklet.

Stravinsky Ballets Dorati Included Works:

Mercury SR90216 Stravinsky: Petrouchka/Dorati/The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Petrushka was born of Stravinsky’s vision of a long-haired musician hammering indiscriminately at the piano keys and engaging in a furious contest with the orchestra answering with vehement protests and acoustic fisticuffs. As was the case with The Rite of Spring and The Firebird, Sergei Diaghilev and his Russian ballet had their share in ensuring that the “burlesque” in the four scenes would be suitable for the stage.

The clown-doll Petrushka revels in his spiteful teasing and pranks at the Shrovetide fair. The orchestra contributes swirling dance figures, blaring brass and scurrying strings to his high-spirited clownery but then the Moor enters and dances with the Ballerina, arousing jealousy in Petrushka. Although the clown-doll does not survive this bitter-sweet story, he triumphs at the end, his ghost mocking the crowd at the fair.

This highly inventive music combines folksong, popular music and the waltz, all bounded together by exhilating rhythms which are often taken to thunderous extremes. With its outstanding sound, this recording is a must-have in any Stravinsky collection.

Mercury SR90226 Stravinsky: The Firebird/Dorati/The London Symphony Orchestra. The Firebird can almost be described as a work of fate, since it is not only the first of several ballets that Stravinsky wrote for Sergei Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes but also marks his international breakthrough as a composer. In comparison with his other earlier stage works, the ecstatic, sharply contoured Rite of Spring for example, The Firebird, with its melodic character, is a far gentler work altogether. There are unmistakable reminiscences of the musical language of Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky as well as snatches of late-Romantic harmonies; all this lends the music the charm of the Russian tradition.

In his performance, Dorati chooses the golden mean in that he has his ensemble produce a highly colorful but by no means glaring sound. Thus the listener is given the opportunity to follow the development of the finely chiselled motifs which are so characteristic of this early composition. Happily, the chamber-music-like transparency is preserved even in the loud, more exposed passages and the sound leaves the loudspeakers with a sprightly, athletic tread.

Mercury SR90253 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring/Dorati/The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. While he was finishing the score of The Firebird, the idea came to Stravinsky for a pagan, ritual scenario. The background history of Le Sacre du printemps is well known: while the modernists praised the work, the conservative public thought they were being hoaxed. The reason for their irritation and the scandalous fiasco of the premiere is still audible to this day. Stravinsky carries the aggressive, hammering rhythms to the extreme, casting them in atonal harmonies which feed on the alternation between a red-hot and a mild mixture, as Stravinsky put it.

Dorati urges on his ensemble with robust tempi, and the orchestra is quick to respond to all the refinements of the tightly knit movement. It appears to cope effortlessly with the extremes of contrast and manages to amalgamate the rhythmic excesses with the tenderness of the numerous tiny motifs and figures which seem to sprout like flowers out of hard rock. The excellent recording technique captures both the extreme loudness and the finely pulsating tones, resulting in a sound in which no detail goes unheard. The listener can be sure that this Stravinsky deserves the rating "excellent" both for the interpretation and for the sound.

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One of Stevie Wonder's best albums and most important works, Innervisions swings between delicate and airy ballads, Latin-influenced rhythms and synth-heavy funk-soul, all while addressing the themes of love, drugs, spirituality and the American dream. This masterpiece includes the smash hits "Too High," "Higher Ground" and "Living for the City." Now available on this 180g Import LP.

1. Too High

2. Visions

3. Living For The City

4. Golden Lady

5. Higher Ground

6. Jesus Children of America

7. All In Love Is Fair

8. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing

9. He's Misstra Know-It-All

180g Import LP With 8 Bonus Tracks

The Jam's second album, This Is The Modern World, was released in 1977 just after their In The City debut. Despite generally bad reviews from critics at the time, the album does have its shining moments including "Life From a Window" and the “The Modern World.” But it's also interesting as a piece of history for its lyrical content, which, as the album’s title promised, is a snapshot of a day in the life of the declining British Empire during the late 1970s. This 180g Import Vinyl version is housed in a gatefold cover and contains 8 bonus tracks from the BBC sessions.

1. The Modern World
2. London Traffic
3. Standarts
4. Life From A Window
5. The Combine
6. Don’t Tell Them You’re Sane
7. In The City* 8. Art School (Bonus Track)
9. I’ve Changed My Address (Bonus Track)
10. The Modern World (Bonus Track)
11. In The Street Today
12. London Girl
13. I Need You (For Someone)
14. Here Comes The Weekend
15. Tonight At Noon
16. In The Midnight Hour (Bonus Track)
17. All Around The World (Bonus Track)
18. London Girl (Bonus Track)
19. Bricks And Mortar (Bonus Track)
20. Carnaby Street (Bonus Track)

Released in 1970, this was the third album from Os Mutantes, the geniuses of wacked out Brazilian psychedelic rock. They may have been trying to pay homage to their better known icons back in the States, but in doing so they created something that went beyond all that until, 30 years later, they became the ones that everyone was trying to imitate. This album, further testimony to their limitless creativity and considered by many to be their best, was recorded during the height of the Brazilian military regime’s crack down on artists, and fellow members of the Tropicalia movement, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil had already been sent into exile in the U.K. Available here on 180g Import LP.

1. Ando meio desligado
2. Quem tem medo de brincar de amor
3. Ave, Lúcifer
4. Desculpe, Babe
5. Hey Boy
6. Meu refrigerador não funciona
7. Preciso urgentemente encontrar um amigo
8. Chão de estrelas
9. Jogo de calçada
10. Haleluia
11. Oh! Mulher infiel

Along with the Stooges, the New York Dolls were largely responsible for pioneering the sound and attitude of punk, and this, their self-titled debut, is one of the founding documents of post-'60s rock. Outrageous, shambolic and bursting with energy, the Dolls borrowed from the amped-up, bluesy swagger of the Rolling Stones, the pop confections of Phil Spector, and the campy theatrics that would flower with the glam movement, yet brought it all together with a visceral impact that recalled the jolt of early rock & roll. Now available here on 180g Import LP.

1. Personality Crisis
2. Looking for a Kiss
3. Vietnamese Baby
4. Lonely Planet Boy
5. Frankenstein
6. Trash
7. Bad Girl
8. Subway Train
9. Pills
10. Private World
11. Jet Boy

Released shortly after Stevie Wonder completed his 1972 tour with the Rolling Stones, Talking Book went on to reach #3 in the U.S. and it serves as the second release in what is widely regarded as his classic period. Despite the strong initial disapproval from label execs, Wonder broke completely from the Motown sound and philosophy here and the record's phenomenal success forced Motown to grant him complete artistic freedom over his work. Talking Book also helped prove to the music industry that R&B artists could find widespread appeal with rock audiences. Features the #1 pop and R&B staple, “Superstition.” Now available on this 180g Import LP housed in a gatefold jacket.

1. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

2. Maybe Your Baby

3. You And I (We Can Conquer The World)

4. Tuesday Heartbreak

5. You've Got It Bad Girl

6. Superstition

7. Big Brother

8. Blame It On The Sun

9. Lookin' For Another Pure Love

10. I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)

Marvin Gaye's masterpiece What's Going On is one of the most important and passionate soul records ever made and it directly influenced other artists to take greater responsibility in the meaning of their music. Gaye co-wrote the songs and produced the album, which was a social commentary on the American dream that had given itself to urban and environmental problems including unemployment and poverty. Now available on this 180g Import LP. An absolute must have for the title track alone!

What's Going On
What's Happening Brother
Flyin' High
Save the Children
God is Love
Mercy Mercy Me
Right On
Wholy Holy
Inner City Blues

Turning Point was recorded live in 1969 during a show at NYC’s famed Fillmore East just after Mick Taylor left to join the Rolling Stones. The album instead featured the guitar playing of Jon Mark and John Almond on sax and flute but no drums which created a sound that was radically different from their previous releases. This Double 180g Vinyl Import is housed in a gatefold jacket and include 3 bonus tracks!

1. The Laws Must Change
2. Saw Milch Gulch Road
3. I'm Gonna Fight For You J.B.
4. So Hard To Share
5. California
6. Thoughts About Roxanne
7. Room To Move
8. Sleeping By Her Side
9. Don't Waste My Time
10. Can't Sleep This Night

PJ Harvey’s second album, 1993’s Rid Of Me, is an art-punk classic that pushes the genre and the listener to extremes. Alternating between searing noise/feedback and sparse open spaces, Rid Of Me is truly an emotional experience. As usual, legendary producer Steve Albini maximizes every space and sound, working with that exacting, mechanical precision that he has become known for, the perfect complement to Harvey’s harsh, stark, disturbed songwriting. #52 on Pitchfork’s 'Top 100 Albums of the 1990s,' PJ Harvey’s best album is back in print here on 180g vinyl for the first time in years!

1. Rid of Me
2. Missed
3. Legs
4. Rub 'Til It Bleeds
5. Hook
6. Man-Size Sextet
7. Highway '61 Revisited
8. 50ft Queenie
9. Yuri-G
10. Man-Size
11. Dry
12. Me-Jane
13. Snake
14. Ecstasy

Keb' Mo's self-titled debut is an edgy, ambitious collection of gritty country blues. The contemporary blues-based artist pursues new ground here, trying to incorporate some of the sensibilities of the slacker revolution without losing touch of the tradition that makes the blues the breathing, vital art form it is. His gutsy guitar playing and impassioned vocals, as well as his surprisingly accomplished songwriting, make Keb' Mo' a debut to remember.

1. Every Morning
2. Tell Everybody I Know
3. Love Blues
4. Victims Of Comfort
5. Angelina
6. Anybody Seen My Girl
7. She Just Wants To Dance
8. Am I Wrong
9. Come On In My Kitchen
10. Dirty Low Down And Bad
11. Don't Try To Explain
12. Kindhearted Woman Blues
13. City Boy

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Outstanding '60s electric blues, featuring a young Charley Musselwhite as he hones his distinctive harp style and Harvey Mandel with incredible guitar accompaniment. Vanguard may have spelled his name wrong (on every record hereafter he was named "Charlie"), but Stand Back is a very solid debut regardless, especially for a 22 year old.

1. Baby Will You Please Help Me
2. No More Lonely Nights
3. Cha Cha The Blues
4. Christo Redemptor
5. Help Me
6. Chicken Shack
7. Strange Land
8. 39th And Indiana
9. My Baby
10. Early In The Morning
11. 4 P. M.
12. Sad Day

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Any Day Now is Joan Baez's all-Dylan album, including a cover of the Richard Manuel/Bob Dylan song "Tears of Rage," first released on The Band's Music From Big Pink.

1. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
2. North Country Blues
3. You Ain't Going Nowhere
4. Drifter's Escape
5. I Pity the Poor Immigrant
6. Tears of Rage
7. Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
8. Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word
9. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
10. The Walls of Redwing
11. Dear Landlord
12. One Too Many Mornings
13. I Shall Be Released
14. Boots of Spanish Leather
15. Walkin' Down the Line
16. Restless Farewell

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Smiley Lewis made several fabulous singles, had a booming, terrific voice and received the same great backing and support that defined the city's R&B sound. But Lewis' records seldom made it outside of New Orleans, even though they were frequently brilliant. This great anthology contains the four that did make the charts, among them the signature song "I Hear You Knocking."

1. Bells Are Ringing
2. Standing on the Corner
3. Blue Monday
4. Down the Road
5. Lost Weekend
6. Real Gone Lover
7. Bumpity Bump
8. I Hear You Knocking
9. I Can't Believe It
10. Hey Girl
11. One Night
12. Nothing But the Blues

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The 1970 self titled debut from Detroit's nastiest, most shredding funk-rock group. Arising from the ashes of George Clinton's Plainfield, New Jersey-led R&B group, The Parliments, Funkadelic formed in the late '60s and, in addition to Clinton, included the blazing guitar of Eddie Hazel, organist Mickey Atkins, rhythm guitarist Tawl Ross and drummer Tiki Fulwood. Though firmly rooted in funk and soul, Funkadelic incorporated a dark psychedelic element, influenced by Hendrix and Sly Stone, to create a sound that was unparalleled at the time and since. Sampled by everyone from DJ Shadow to Ice Cube, De La Soul and the Beastie Boys, Funkadelic still sounds fresh today and is the first solid example of George Clinton's eccentric genius.

1. Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?
2. I'll Bet You
3. Music For My Mother
4. I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing
5. Good Old Music
6. Qualify and Satisfy
7. What is Soul
8. Can't Shake It Loose (1969 Version)
9. I'll Bet You (1969 Version)
10. Music For My Mother (1969 Version)
11. As Good As I Can Feel (1969 Version)
12. Open Our Eyes (1969 Version)
13. Quality and Satisfy (45 Version)
14. Music For My Mother (Instrumental 45 Version)

Maggot Brain, released in 1971, is Funkadelic's all-out masterpiece. Absolutely no one working in soul and funk at the time had the scope, vision and, let's be honest, sheer lunacy to pull off the kind of record that George Clinton and his collaborators have made here. Eccentric funk jams are bookended with tracks like "Maggot Brain" and "Wars Of Armageddon," which are some of the heaviest tracks ever committed to tape. The title track and album opener are nothing short of mind-blowing. An essential classic and the deepest album to come out of the Parliament-Funkadelic canon.

1. Maggot Brain
2. Can You Get To That
3. Hit It and Quit It
4. You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
5. Super Stupid
6. Back In Our Minds
7. Wars of Armageddon
8. Whole Lot of BS (1972 Version)
9. I Miss My Baby (1972 Version)
10. Maggot Brain (Alternate Mix)

Originally released in 1978, Brian Eno's second album collaboration with Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius of Cluster is full of blissed-out instrumentals, made up of repeated synthesizer patterns and sustained guitar. Reminiscent of the ambient style from Eno's collaborations with Robert Fripp, After The Heat is a classic piece of German kosmische musik.

1. Foreign Affairs
2. The Belldog
3. Base & Apex
4. Tzimi N'arki
5. Luftschloss
6. Oil
7. Broken Head
8. Light Arms
9. The Shade
10. Old Land

Moebius and Roedelius, a.k.a. Cluster, released this, their fourth album in 1976. Electronic rhythms combine with bubbling synths, piano and guitar to create sonic landscapes of pure bliss. Some of the greatest ambient electronic music ever, Cluster was on the cutting edge of German space-rock and their influence can still be felt today.

1. Sowieoso
2. Halwa
3. Dem Wanderer
4. Umleitung
5. Zum Wohl
6. Es War Einmal
7. In Ewigkeit

Newman's second album from 1970 finds him much more comfortable performing his own material in the studio and as an artist. Opposite of his debut, the songs on this album were cut with a small combo (featuring Ry Cooder) allowing more of Newman's blusey vocal style. The songs are much stronger than his first album and 'Have You Seen My Baby', 'Let's Burn Down the Cornfield', 'Mama Told Me Not To Come' and 'Suzanne' particularly shine.

1. Have You Seen My Baby? (Newman) - 2:32
2. Let's Burn Down the Cornfield (Newman) - 3:03
3. Mama Told Me Not to Come (Newman) - 2:12
4. Suzanne (Newman) - 3:15
5. Lover's Prayer (Newman) - 1:55
6. Lucinda (Newman) - 2:40
7. Underneath the Harlem Moon (Botnick/Herschberg) - 1:52
8. Yellow Man (Newman) - 2:19
9. Old Kentucky Home (Newman) - 2:40
10. Rosemary (Newman) - 2:08
11. If You Need Oil (Newman) - 3:00
12. Uncle Bob's Midnight Blues (Newman) - 2:15

The Material Girl's 1998 return to pop after a four-year hiatus. Sonically, this the most adventurous Madonna record ever made. It is also the most mature and restrained album, which makes it extremely accessible.

1. Drowned World/Substitute for Love
2. Swim
3. Ray of Light
4. Candy Perfume Girl
5. Skin
6. Nothing Really Matters
7. Sky Fits Heaven
8. Shanti/Ashtangi
9. Frozen
10. Power of Goodbye
11. To Have and Not to Hold
12. Little Star
13. Mer Girl

Track Listing:

1. Warped
2. Aeroplane
3. Deep Kick
4. My Friends
5. Coffee Shop
6. Pea
7. One Big Mob
8. Walkabout
9. Tearjerker
10. One Hot Minute
11. Falling Into Grace
12. Shallow Be Thy Game
13. Transcending

The Healer was oddly a major mainstream breakthrough for John Lee Hooker. The album was one of the first to feature a wide array of guest stars, including Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos and Carlos Santana. The album immediately captured widespread media attention because of all the superstar musicians involved in its production and has to date been John Lee's most successful release. Recorded in analog and mixed to 1/4" 15ips analog tape, the sound is better than almost any other Hooker recording. Transferred from the original 1/4" analog tapes by Bernie Grundman using Classic's "all tube" cutting system, gives this release a warmth and comfort it has never had. If you're a John Lee Hooker fan then this a must! Great sound and classic Hooker guitar and vocal performances.

1. The Healer
2. I'm In The Mood
3. Baby Lee
4. Cuttin' Out
5. Think Twice Before You Go
6. Sally Mae
7. That's Alright
8. Rockin' Chair
9. My Dream
10. No Substitute

MIKE OLDFIELD's TUBULAR BELLS: A quintessential "studio production" in pop music lore, Mike Oldfield conceived an eclectic mix of both standard and odd instruments, along with classical and rock elements, to achieve a steadily building, layered texture, totally unheard of at the time. After being shopped and rejected at other labels, Richard Branson chose it as the first release for his Virgin Records in 1972. Originally tagged with the working title Opus 1, Oldfield, who had been playing and recording professional since his teens, oversaw the entire production and played most of the parts himself, eventually layering over thirty different instruments and sounds. Listeners had fun trying to identify each and remember the order they appeared, as the late Vivian Stanshall (Bonzo Dog Band) ceremoniously announced each as it joined the mix. The original LP eventually sold over 16 million copies and topped the UK charts for weeks. The eerie opening section was famously featured in the soundtrack to the motion-picture The Exorcist, winning the Grammy in 1974 for Best Instrumental Composition. The original master tapes were used to cut both the original issue and this reissue making the original issue hard to best. With Chris Bellman doing the mastering honors using Classic's "all tube"� cutting system and being pressed on Classic's proprietary Super Vinyl Profile sheds new light on, and a slight nod to the Classic reissue of, this longstanding audiophile favorite.

1. Part One
2. Part Two

On their fifth album originally released in 1977, ABBA demonstrated a new sense of ambition: longer tracks, more complex structures and lyrics that aspired to be more than just words that fit the melody. It worked as The Album went platinum on the strength of Top 20 hits "The Name Of The Game" and "Take A Chance On Me." Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Eagle
2. Take A Chance On Me
3. One Man, One Woman
4. The Name Of The Game
5. Move On
6. Hole In Your Soul
7. Thank You For The Music
8. I Wonder (Departure)
9. I'm A Marionette

Aerosmith's Pump was originally released in 1989 and it made it to #5 on the charts and went seven times platinum. The album featured a string of classics including the Grammy-nominated true-life account "Love In An Elevator" (#5, gold); the Grammy-winning and critically acclaimed cinematic tale of "Janie's Got A Gun" (#4); "What It Takes" (#9) and the Top 30 "The Other Side," not to mention the hard rock blues of "Monkey On My Back," the down 'n' dirty "Young Lust" and the in-your-face "F.I.N.E." Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Young Lust
2. F. I. N. E.
3. Going Down / Love In An Elevator
4. Monkey on My Back
5. Water Song / Janie's Got A Gun
6. Dulcimer Stomp / The Other Side
7. My Girl
8. Don't Get Mad, Get Even
9. Hoodoo / Voodoo Medicine Man
10. What It Takes

In 1969, Blind Faith fused the psychedelic blues of Eric Clapton and the soundful vocals and keyboards of Steve Winwood with the superstar drumming of Ginger Baker and their self-titled, lone release is one of classic rock & roll's absolute masterpieces. "Can't Find My Way Home" and "In The Presence of the Lord" are enduring impressions from a promising endeavor that ended way too soon. Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Had To Cry Today
2. Can't Find My Way Home
3. Well All Right
4. Presence Of The Lord
5. Sea Of Joy
6. Do What You Like

Release Date: July 8th

Live At The Apollo left no doubt in anyone's mind that James Brown was a live, dynamic performer without peers and that his talent could come across just as strongly on tape as in person. It was a watershed album, both for the 'hardest working man in show business' and for the burgeoning soul music movement. Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Introduction By Fats Gonder/ Opening Fanfare
2. I'll Go Crazy
3. Try Me
4. Instrumental Bridge
5. Think
6. Instrumental Bridge
7. I Don't Mind
8. Instrumental Bridge
9. Lost Someone
10. Medley: Please Please Please/You've Got The Power/I Found Someone/Why Do You Do Me Like You Do/I Want You So Bad/I Love You, Yes I Do/Strange Things Happen/Bewildered/Please Please Please
11. Night Train

Jimi Hendrix's mind blowing 1967 debut album, Are You Experienced, launched him as a major International star and it's widely regarded as one of the best albums in rock & roll history and perhaps the best debut of all time. Hendrix's R&B based, psychedelic, feedback-laden electric guitar playing and imaginative song writing style turned the music world on its ear and songs like "Purple Haze," "Foxey Lady," "Hey Joe," "Stone Free" and "Are You Experienced" have remained absolute ageless wonders. Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Purple Haze
2. Manic Depression
3. Hey Joe
4. Love Or Confusion
5. May This Be Love
6. I Don't Live Today
7. The Wind Cries Mary
8. Fire
9. Third Stone from the Sun
10. Foxey Lady
11. Are You Experienced
12. Stone Free
13. 51st Anniversary
14. Highway Chile
15. Can You See Me
16. Remember
17. Red House

Jimi Hendrix followed up his groundbreaking debut effort with this solid collection of great tunes, featuring even better songwriting and a much more conscious incorporation of studio techniques. Axis: Bold As Love boasts some of Hendrix's greatest compositions such as "Up from the Skies," "If 6 was 9," "Spanish Castle Magic," "Little Wing" and "Castles Made of Sand." Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. EXP
2. Up From The Skies
3. Spanish Castle Magic
4. Wait Until Tomorrow
5. Ain't No Telling
6. Little Wing
7. If 6 Was 9
8. You Got Me Floatin'
9. Castles Made Of Sand
10. She's So Fine
11. One Rainy Wish
12. Little Miss Lover
13. Bold As Love

More than 30 years after the 1975 release of Elton John's landmark #1 album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Elton John and Bernie Taupin produced its autobiographical sequel entitled, The Captain & The Kid. The album chronicles not only the events of their lives and their dynamic relationship, but also touches on the fantastic records of the '60s and '70s when music was the voice of our culture and when the album was its prime vehicle. In typical Elton John fashion, the music stretches across multiple genres including pop, rock, blues, folk and country with his signature piano riffs throughout. Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Postcards From Richard Nixon
2. Just Like Noah's Ark
3. Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC)
4. Tinderbox
5. And The House Fell Down
6. Blues Never Fade Away
7. The Bridge
8. I Must Have Lost It On The Wind
9. Old 67
10. The Captain and The Kid

The fact that Alive! is arguably Kiss' best album reinforces the fact that they are as much performers as they are musicians. Alive!, originally released in 1975, is a stone cold metal classic and don't worry they're all here: "Deuce," "Strutter," "Hotter than Hell," "Black Diamond," "100,000 Years," and "Rock and Roll All Nite." Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Deuce
2. Strutter
3. Got To Choose
4. Hotter Than Hell
5. Firehouse
6. Nothin' To Lose
7. C'mon And Love Me
8. Parasite
9. She
10. Watchin' You
11. 100,000 Years
12. Black Diamond
13. Rock Bottom
14. Cold Gin
15. Rock And Roll All Nite
16. Let Me Go, Rock 'N Roll

Van Morrison's unique blend of Irish mysticism, spiritual yearning, literary allusion and blue-eyed R&B can be as beautiful and deeply emotional as any music ever made and that's certainly the case on his 1971 release Tupelo Honey. On the uplifting and organic affair, Morrison fuses his R&B foundation with elements of folk, country and gospel, producing a significant album with a lasting impact. Highlights include "Wild Night," "Old Old Woodstock," "You're My Woman" "Tupelo Honey" and "Moonshine" among others.

1. Wild Night
2. (Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannonball
3. Old Old Woodstock
4. Starting A New Life
5. You’re My Woman
6. Tupelo Honey
7. I Wanna Roo You (Scottish Derivative)
8. When The Evening Sun Goes Down
9. Moonshine Whiskey
10. Wild Night (alternate version)
11. Down By The Banks Of The Ohio (alternate version)

It was Zenyatta Mondatta that firmly established The Police as one of the biggest bands in the world upon its release in 1980 and it ranks along with Synchronicity as their best overall record. Their unique blend of reggae-rock was perfected on this release and the elastic interplay among Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers was better than ever. Stand out tracks include "Don't Stand So Close To Me," "Driven to Tears," "Canary in a Coalmine" and "Man In A Suitcase" among others. Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Don't Stand So Close To Me
2. Driven To Tears
3. When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What Is Still Around
4. Canary In A Coalmine
5. Voices Inside My Head
6. Bombs Away
7. De Do Do Do, De Da Da
8. Behind My Camel
9. Man In A Suitcase
10. Shadows In The Rain
11. The Other Way Of Stopping

Gaucho, released in 1980, was Steely Dan's last until the release of Two Against Nature twenty years later. The album has all the Steely Dan trademarks: impeccable production, cynical and venemous lyrics and undeniably catchy songs. "Babylon Sisters" opens the album with silky aplomb and is wonderfully anchored by the classics "Hey Nineteen" and "Time Out Of Mind." Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Babylon Sisters
2. Hey Nineteen
3. Glamour Profession
4. Gaucho
5. Time Out Of Mind
6. My Rival
7. Third World Man

Cat Stevens' highly regarded 1970 release, Tea for the Tillerman came only seven months after the start of his comeback with Mona Bone Jakon and its arrangements, performances and songs are all enveloped in a confident grace and beauty. Stevens was able to pull off a rare feat with Tea for the Tillerman in that he was able to achieve pop accessibility without having to sacrifice artistic relevance. The album is also noteworthy for having four of its songs "Where Do the Children Play?," "On the Road to Find Out," "Tea for the Tillerman" and "Miles from Nowhere" featured in Hal Ashby and Colin Higgins' 1971 black comedy Harold and Maude. Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Where Do The Children Play?
2. Hard Headed Woman
3. Wild World
4. Sad Lisa
5. Miles From Nowhere
6. But I Might Die Tonight
7. Longer Boats
8. Into White
9. On The Road To Find Out
10. Father And Son
11. Tea For The Tillerman

Supertramp's sixth album Breakfast in America was originally released in 1979 and it's both the bands most creative as well as their best selling. The album featured the four hit singles: "The Logical Song," "Goodbye Stranger," "Take the Long Way Home" and "Breakfast in America." Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Gone Hollywood
2. Logical Song, The
3. Goodbye Stranger
4. Breakfast in America
5. Oh Darling
6. Take the Long Way Home
7. Lord Is It Mine
8. Just Another Nervous Wreck
9. Casual Conversations
10. Child of Vision

Eric Clapton's solo career truly caught fire on his 1974 release 461 Ocean Boulevard. The album is best remembered for his hit version of Bob Marley's "I Shot The Sheriff," but it's also an album on which emotions run high, especially on two Clapton originals, the prayerful "Give Me Strength" and the pleading "Let It Grow." Following a dark period of reclusiveness and a battle with drug addiction, 461 Ocean Boulevard was a powerful comeback for Clapton. Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Motherless Children
2. Give Me Strength
3. Willie And The Hand Jive
4. Get Ready
5. I Shot The Sheriff
6. I Can't Hold Out
7. Please Be With Me
8. Let It Grow
9. Steady Rollin' Man
10. Mainline Florida

It was the landmark record Disraeli Gears that turned Cream into the greatest super group of all time, and the one against which all others would be compared to after. The album's masterful blend of psychedelic blues and strong pop songwriting sensibilities awarded the timeless classics "Tales of Brave Ulysses," "SWLABR," "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love." Reissued here on Vinyl LP by Universal Records.

1. Strange Brew
2. Sunshine Of Your Love
3. World Of Pain
4. Dance The Night Away
5. Blue Condition
6. Tales Of Brave Ulysses
7. Swlabr
8. We’re Going Wrong
9. Outside Woman Blues
10. Take It Back
11. Mother’s Lament

Def Leppard’s Hysteria, the follow-up to their 1983 smash album Pyromania, is not only the band’s best-selling album, it's a true ’80s classic . Released in 1987, Hysteria has sold over 16 million copies worldwide. Over a two year period, the album spawned six international smash hit singles: “Animal” (#19 US / #6 UK), “Hysteria” (#10 US / #26 UK), “Pour Some Sugar On Me” (#2 US / #18 UK), “Love Bites” (#1 US / #11 UK), “Armageddon It” (#3 US / #20 UK) and “Rocket” (#12 US / #15 UK).

Produced by the legendary Mutt Lange and completed after nearly three years of preparation and studio work, Hysteria was a milestone album, expanding the boundaries of the rock album. It was, without doubt, the most technically advanced and best written rock album of its age.

1. Women
2. Rocket
3. Animal
4. Love Bites
5. Pour Some Sugar on Me
6. Armageddon It
7. Gods of War
8. Don't Shoot Shotgun
9. Run Riot
10. Hysteria
11. Excitable
12. Love and Affection

1. Here Comes the Nice [Mono Version]
2. Talk to You [Mono Version]
3. Tin Soldier [Mono Version]
4. I Feel Much Better [Mono Version]
5. Lazy Sunday [Mono Version]
6. Rollin' Over [Mono Version]
7. Universal [Mono Version]
8. Donkey Rides, a Penny, a Glass [Alternate Mix]
9. Afterglow (Of Your Love) [Mono Version]
10. Wham Bam Thank You Mam [Guide Vocal]
11. My Way of Giving [Version Two]
12. Collibosher [Alternate Mix]
13. Itchycoo Park [Mono Version]
14. I'm Only Dreaming [Mono Version]
15. Wide Eyed Girl on the Wall [Alternate Mix]
16. Every Little Bit Hurts [Studio Version]
17. Don't Burst My Bubble
18. Tell Me Have You Ever Seen Me [Version Three]
19. Picaninny
20. Tin Soldier [Instrumental Version]

Following on one of the most well received 16 minutes of music in recent history (2006's A Lesson In Crime EP), Ontario's favorite sons Tokyo Police Club confirm the completion and release of their first full length album, Elephant Shell, on Saddle Creek in North America and Memphis Industries in the UK. Tokyo Police Club was formed in 2004 by David Monks (vocals, bass), Josh Hook (guitar), Graham Wright (keyboards) and Greg Alsop (drums) during their senior year in high school. Within two years they had released the aforementioned debut EP, immediately eliciting rave reviews. Since then, TPC has been touring virtually non-stop, pausing only to release last year's Smith EP and digital-only single "Your English Is Good" / "Swedes In Stockholm," and of course to record the highly anticipated Elephant Shell. LP Version includes a code for a free download of album in MP3 format!

1. Centennial
2. In A Cave
3. Graves
4. Juno
5. Tessellate
6. Sixties Remake
7. The Harrowing Adventures Of...
8. Nursery Academy
9. Your English Is Good
10. Listen To The Math
11. The Baskervilles

Includes Bonus CD!

On her third Nonesuch disc, Emmylou Harris assembles an extraordinary cast of veteran musicians and fellow singers, all of them longtime friends, for a set that indeed showcases this Nashville icon, and 2008 CMA Hall of Fame inductee, as all she has intended to be, a singularly expressive vocalist, a brilliant interpreter of other people’s songs and a graceful and confident songwriter. In particular, the album displays Harris’s ability to bring new life to songs that may have been overlooked, forgotten or lost along the way. Some of the most affecting material here may be the least well-known, though not for long: John Wesley Routh’s celtic/country “Shores Of White Sands” and trucker-poet Michael Germino’s heartrending story-song, “Broken Man’s Lament.” Harris has chosen these songs with conceptual care. Like much of the gently uplifting All I Intended To Be, the stories may be bittersweet, the characters may be downtrodden, but somehow a sense of redemption always vanquishes regret. The shared history of all the artists involved deepens the feeling of hard-won wisdom that informs All I Intended To Be. Producer Brian Ahern was behind the boards for such early Harris classics as Elite Hotel, Pieces of the Sky and Blue Kentucky Girl. The players and guest stars are not only a veritable who’s-who from the worlds of country, bluegrass and folk, but they have each intersected with Harris throughout her four-decade career as a recording artist. They include Dolly Parton, singers Pam Rose and Maryann Kennedy, dobro player (and longtime Seldom Scene member) Mike Auldredge, keyboardists Glenn D. Hardin (of Harris’s Hot Band and Elvis Presley’s legendary TCB combo) and Bill Payne (of Little Feat). Two songs; the June Carter tribute, “How She Could Sing The Wildwood Flower” and the breathtakingly beautiful “Sailing Round the Room,” were co-written by and performed with Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Singer-songwriter Karen Brooks, whose own eighties-era version of “Shores of White Sands” was the inspiration and thematic jumping-off point for this entire album, contributes backing vocals throughout; Randy Sharp, Brooks’ singing partner, did the vocal arranging. (Harris won a 2005 Best Country Vocal Performance Grammy for her rendition of Sharp’s “The Connection.”) Harris’s own songs, like the heartache ballad “Gold” and the elegiac “Not Enough,” blend seamlessly with work by Patty Griffin (“Moon Song”), Merle Haggard (“Kern River”) and Billy Joe Shaver (“Old Five and Dimers,” from which the album title is taken). Harris revives what is arguably Tracy Chapman’s most eloquent song, “Fast Car” notwithstanding, “All That You Have Is Your Soul,” a cautionary tale with a simple but profound prayer of a chorus. Displaying the maturity, elegance and ease that distinguished All The Road Running, her best-selling 2006 collaboration with Mark Knopfler, All That I Intended To Be is everything a listener and fan could hope for. This 2 LP Version also includes a bonus CD!

1. Shores of White Sand
2. Hold On
3. Moonsong
4. Broken Man’s Lament
5. Gold
6. How She Could Sing the Wildwood Flower
7. All That You Have is Your Soul
8. Take That Ride
9. Old Five and Dimers
10. Kern River
11. Not Enough
12. Sailing Around the Room
13. Beyond the Great Divide

Marc Cohn's debut album is masterfully produced and features brilliantly crafted musical arrangements that perfectly accentuate his soulful, rich baritone timbre and graceful, contemplative piano performances.

Marc Cohn (born July 5, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a sophisticated singer-songwriter, famous for his song 'Walking in Memphis' from his self titled debut. The album is masterfully produced and features brilliantly crafted musical arrangements that perfectly accentuate Marc's soulful, rich baritone timbre and graceful, contemplative piano performances - all tastefully brought to full and exceptional sonic fruition via the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab proprietary G.A.I.N. (Greater Ambient Information Network 2) mastering process. Songwritng styles vary from the Memphis/Elvis/Graceland mythic imagery of the hit single to the seemingly Springsteen inspired writing of 'Silver Thunderbird'.

*In 1992 Marc Cohn won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist

*In 1993 Marc Cohn won an achievement award from VH1.

1. Walking in Memphis
2. Ghost Train
3. Silver Thunderbird
4. Dig Down Deep
5. Walk on Water
6. Miles Away
7. Saving the Best for Last
8. Strangers in a Car
9. Twenty-Nine Ways to My Baby's Door
10. Perfect Love
11. True Companion

In the early 1950's, Snooky Pryor and Johnny Shines recorded sides for the J.O.B. label that helped lay the groundwork for Chicago's electrified, small band blues. Reunited four decades later in the Texas hill country, they took the opposite approach with a set of acoustic, country blues that returned them to their roots in the Mississippi delta. Robert Johnson, the proud, tormented genius of Delta blues, is the spirit hovering over Back To The Country. In the forty years since Snooky and Johnny first recorded together, blues has undergone unlikely transformations, growing first into popular music, then disappearing almost entirely, before being revived several times. Back To The Country remains as close as you're likely to get to the source, the Delta. Released by Blind Pig in 1991, the recording went on to win the Living Blues "Country Blues Record Of the Year" award among many other accolades. Now availabe here on 180g Vinyl.

Johnny Shines And Snooky Pryor Back To The Country Track Listing

1. Trouble In Mind
2. Corrine Corrina
3. Cool Driver
4. They're Red Hot
5. Crossroads
6. Lost A Good Woman
7. Evening Sun
8. Peace In Hell
9. Send Your Man To War
10. Come On In My Kitchen
11. Blues Come To Texas
12. Moon Is Rising
13. Hey Bobba Re Bop
14. Terraplane
15. I Make You Happy