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Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid 1983-1988
:Album Description:Full Title - Finally, The Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid. The first, and largest, of two archival sets from Restless which collects nearly all the material released by the Flaming Lips before they left independent rock for one of the most unexpected major-label deals in history. Over the course of three discs, it tells the story of what Wayne Coyne calls 'a talentless, inexperienced, poorly conceived, poorly equipped drug damaged group of friends and family who had an enthusiasm ...
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Promise
:Album Description:The Jezebels were always attuned to the darker side of romance and sex, unlike the shiny, neutered pop yearnings of their contemporaries. Like most early 80's bands, they'd been weaned on glam rock, but it was the underground that was receptive to their punk-funk undertones and vision. Fronted by androgynous twins Jay and Michael Aston and featuring an evolving cast of musicians, the early recordings had an experimental edge that has kept the music fresh. Long unavailable, this classic ...
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The Big Horn: The History of the Honkin' & Screamin' Saxophone
:Album Description:Subtitled - The History Of The Honkin' & Screamin' Saxophone. Not for the faint hearted, this compilation of 106 tracks bursts at the seams with the sound of 50 hard blowing saxophonists who, between 1942-1952, formed the nucleus of what became known as the Honkers & Screamers. Artists include Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Wild Bill Moore, Paul Williams, Hal Singer, & many more. Includes 68-page illustrated booklet with biographies of the players & full discography details. Four standard jewel ...
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Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story
:Album Description:Sire Records was formed in 1966 by record entreprenuers Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer. Just as the latter left for other pursuits in 1976, the label teamed with Warner Bros. Records, an association that would last for two decades and propel numerous careers. During that time-highlighted herein-Sire became synonymous with groundbreaking music, launching many of the most popular artists of the era. A true believer, Stein's uncompromising passion and willingness to take risks set a new standard for artist ...
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Woodstock 94
:Album Description:Sire Records was formed in 1966 by record entreprenuers Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer. Just as the latter left for other pursuits in 1976, the label teamed with Warner Bros. Records, an association that would last for two decades and propel numerous careers. During that time-highlighted herein-Sire became synonymous with groundbreaking music, launching many of the most popular artists of the era. A true believer, Stein's uncompromising passion and willingness to take risks set a new standard for artist ...
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The Complete Studio Recordings
:Album Description:Sire Records was formed in 1966 by record entreprenuers Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer. Just as the latter left for other pursuits in 1976, the label teamed with Warner Bros. Records, an association that would last for two decades and propel numerous careers. During that time-highlighted herein-Sire became synonymous with groundbreaking music, launching many of the most popular artists of the era. A true believer, Stein's uncompromising passion and willingness to take risks set a new standard for artist ...
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Kid A (Limited Edition)
: : Radiohead Photos More from Radiohead OK Computer The Bends Hail To The Thief Pablo Honey Amnesiac Airbag/How Am I Driving? Amazon.com's Best of 2000:How is it that Kid A's opening track, laden with an electronic vocal stuttering 'bleh, bluh-bleh bleh bluh' is the most fascinating statement made in rock & roll this year? Because somehow, even when Radiohead blathers and blips nonsense, it's profound. The band's future-perfect musical grammar may be hard to decipher, and ...
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Volume I
:Album Description:'Trying to change the world by singing about it is a dirty business but someone has to do it.' --Billy Bragg, 1988Billy Bragg, once-described as a 'one-man Clash,' has spent the last two decades writing and performing passionate, witty, socially conscious music. In doing so, he's forged a career that has seen the London Times declare him a 'national treasure,' while in the States, Woody Guthrie's daughter, Nora, handpicked Bragg to resurrect the spirit of America's own radical dissenter, ...
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I Could Have Been a Contender
:Album Description:Jah Wobble is perhaps the only man who could safely assume the mantle of the UK's King Of Dub. 'I Could Have Been A Contender' is the first true major retrospective that chronicles the entirety of Jah Wobble's dazzling career. Includes three PIL classics, 'Public Image', 'Poptones', & 'Death Disco'. Three tracks featuring 37 tracks total. Trojan. 2004.
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Volume II
: :English singer/songwriter Billy Bragg's Volume 2 box set picks up where Volume 1 left off, but most of the four albums covering 14 years chronicled here involve alterations in the Bragg repertoire: more love songs to balance his social and political rants, and a full band playing behind him. Bragg is nothing if he isn't revolutionary. He mixes adoration ('She's Got a New Spell') and angst ('Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards') on Workers Playtime (1988); covers Fred Neil ('Dolphins') ...
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