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Solo Collection
: :Queen's American stock may have fallen somewhat in the 1980s. By following singer Freddie Mercury's lead and embracing more club- and cabaret-oriented music, however, the band saw its international appeal explode. During that era, Mercury also launched a promising solo career that produced two wildly disparate albums, a handful of singles, and contributions to other projects that are documented in this three-disc collection. While 1985's 'Mr. Bad Guy' finds Mercury's melodramatic vocal flair struggling to overpower his sometimes patchy songwriting and the dated Euro-disco production of Reinhold Mack, the singer rose ...
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Zombie Heaven 4-CD Box Set
:Album Description:Thorough release covering the band's career, including 41 unissued tracks (outtakes, early demos, home recordings, etc.), a 30 track compilation of live recordings 1964-1971, top quality packaging as a four CD digipak, a 64 page booklet with rare photos and memorabilia and sleeve notes made in cooperation with all band members. A total of 119 digitally remastered tracks, including the timeless hits 'She's Not There', 'Time Of The Season' and 'Tell Her No'. 6 x 10in digi-book packaging. 1997 Big Beat release. :When this 4 CD, 119-song collection appeared, there ...
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King of the New York Streets
: :The city of New York oughta build a statue of Dion. Like only a handful of rock-era singers--Frankie Valli and Lou Reed come to mind--the Bronx's Dion DiMucci embodies the city's swagger and energy. The amply annotated and illustrated King of the New York Streets neatly captures three phases of Dion on a trio of discs: 'The Wanderer' (the doo-wop/pop idol years), 'Abraham, Martin & John' (chronicling his confessional singer-songwriter period), and 'Brooklyn Dodger' (on the comeback trail). The cocksure leader of the Belmonts and young solo sensation who scored hits ...
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Singles 1963-1965
: :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: ROLLING STONESTitle: SINGLES 1963-65Street Release Date: 05/04/2004DomesticGenre: ROCK/POP :The first in a series of three box-set collections, 1963-1965 pulls together the US and UK singles and EPs from the onset of the legendary band's recording career. The 12 discs are individually packaged in sleeves that feature original artwork. However, that also means listeners are required to either do a little CD-player-programming or switch discs every few minutes; the longest of the discs here is the six-track, UK-only Got Live if You Want ...
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Oscillons from the Anti-Sun
:Album Description:This box set contains three CDs with 35 songs, 28 of which are previously unreleased in the US, plus a DVD with rare videos and UK TV performances, all for a low list price. The CD tracks were culled from eight EPs previously only available as imports. Seven of these had matching videos that are featured on the DVD. The first pressing includes a limited edition sticker set featuring early EP album art. '...this Anglo-Franco-Australian partnership whips up Velvet Underground buzz, Krautrock groove, easy listening lightness, and vintage French pop ...
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Woodstock 94
:Album Description:This box set contains three CDs with 35 songs, 28 of which are previously unreleased in the US, plus a DVD with rare videos and UK TV performances, all for a low list price. The CD tracks were culled from eight EPs previously only available as imports. Seven of these had matching videos that are featured on the DVD. The first pressing includes a limited edition sticker set featuring early EP album art. '...this Anglo-Franco-Australian partnership whips up Velvet Underground buzz, Krautrock groove, easy listening lightness, and vintage French pop ...
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Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection
:Album Description:86-track boxed set contains the cream of the Vee-Jay label's run, from 1953 to 1966, including hits by Jimmy Reed,Jerry Butler & The Impressions, John Lee Hooker, The Four Seasons,Little Richard, The Staple Singers, The Dells, Betty Everett, The Swan Silvertones, Dee Clark, The El Dorados, Gene Chandler, The Spaniels, and many others, as well as amazing obscurities by less-well-known artists. Vee-Jay Records was the first nationally successful African-American owned record company. At one point it was bigger than even such powerhouses as Motown Records and Chess Records. Though Vee-Jay ...
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Orphans [Deluxe Limited Edition -- Bound 94 page booklet]
:Album Description:This collection goes far beyond a simple career retrospective, with over thirty new songs, from his own versions of songs he gave to other artists to things recorded in the garage with his kids. Also includes Tom's unique interpretations of songs by such diverse talents as The Ramones, Daniel Johnston, Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht, and Leadbelly. Each of the three CDs is separately grouped and sub-titled 'Brawlers', 'Bawlers' and 'Bastards' to capture the full spectrum of Waits' ranging and roving musical styles. 'Brawlers' is chock full of raucous blues ...
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Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story
: :Onstage, nobody could match the wham of Sammy Davis Jr. Best known now as arguably the coolest member of the Rat Pack, Sammy Davis Jr. was one of the world's great entertainers, a guy capable of funny impersonations, heartwarming ballads, and lively jazz-inspired songs--usually in the same set. Granted, Sinatra's vocal skills overshadowed Davis on record, but what other musician has found such success as a writer, Broadway star, vocalist, dancer, and comedian (all the while helping to break down racial barriers)? With Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story, ...
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Stray Cats/Gonna Ball/Rant N' Rave with the Stray Cats
:Album Description:Triple CD set containing the first three original albums by The Stray Cats (featuring Brian Setzer). All three albums are currently unavailable in the U.S.!. The first two albums in this box have never been released in the U.S. although tracks from each made up most of their American debut LP, Built For Speed. The self-titled album from 1981 features the band's biggest hits including 'Rock This Town', 'Stray Cat Strut' and 'Runaway Boys'. Their second album, the raw and rootsy Gonna Ball, also from '81, is now considered to ...
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Diesel vehicles have nearly a 50-percent market share in Europe, thanks to tax incentives and diesel-friendly legislation across the EU. Diesels are so passé there that you can buy a BMW 730d and no one will think it odd that your luxury car burns oil. Pull up in a diesel 7-Series in America and people would leer at you like you've alighted from an amphibious vehicle reeking of saltwater and dead trout.