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I Want My 80's Box
: :God bless punk and new wave. Without them, '80s pop music might well have ended up as vapid and ghettoized as, well, pop music of the '90s. Those late '70s movements were frankly reactionary at heart (seeking to counter what was perceived as the overwrought tendencies of rock's prog and hard-rock elite and calling for a return to the diverse energy of '60s Top 40), but their influences can be felt on nearly every cut of this triple-disc hits ...
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Still on Top: The Greatest Hits
:Album Description:STILL ON TOP: THE GREATEST HITS is a career-spanning anthology of hits by mercurial Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. Starting with two key tracks by his Rolling Stones-like 1960s band, Them--'Gloria' and 'Here Comes the Night'--the set passes over Morrison's legendary 1968 album, ASTRAL WEEKS, a jazzy mood piece that works best as a whole, but otherwise cherry-picks a ton of FM radio classics. 'Wild Nights,' 'Domino,' 'Moondance,' and 'Have I Told You Lately That I Love You' are ...
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The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971
:Album Description:The story of the great Memphis soul label, Stax/Volt. This 9-disc box concerns itself with the period between 1968 and 1971 and contains all 216 soul singles issued by Stax/Volt during that time- featured are some of the biggest and best-loved hits of the day, as well as a number of little-known gems by both major and less familiar artists. Artists include Shirley Walton, Booket T. & The MGs, The Soul Children, Sonny Stitt, Darrell Banks, Ollie & ...
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Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings...Plus!
: :The seven studio albums Neil Diamond recorded for Uni Records between 1968 and 1972 are all collected on the three-disc collection Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings. And it's quite a revelation to listen to them front to back in succession like this, as these records highlight the most dramatic artistic evolution in Diamond's career. Diamond was no neophyte when he signed with Uni in '68; he'd already penned million-sellers like 'I'm a Believer' and 'Cherry Cherry.' But ...
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Down Every Road
: :For a long time, Merle Haggard has been best known for his least-important music--'Okie from Muskogee' and its sequels, 'The Fighting Side of Me' and 'Are the Good Times Really Over.' All three of these patriotic novelty songs are included on this four-CD box set, but they are dwarfed by the riches around them. Songs such as 'Running Kind,' 'If We Make it Through December,' and 'I Started Loving You Again' eschew sloganeering to draw powerful portraits of working-class ...
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Zaireeka
: :For a long time, Merle Haggard has been best known for his least-important music--'Okie from Muskogee' and its sequels, 'The Fighting Side of Me' and 'Are the Good Times Really Over.' All three of these patriotic novelty songs are included on this four-CD box set, but they are dwarfed by the riches around them. Songs such as 'Running Kind,' 'If We Make it Through December,' and 'I Started Loving You Again' eschew sloganeering to draw powerful portraits of working-class ...
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The Complete Hank Williams Jr.
: :Hank Jr.'s career stands as the most frustrating of all modern honky-tonkers', as much for the way the industry has managed his immense catalogue as for the way he has managed his undeniable gifts as a songwriter and singer. At three CDs, Curb's overview is a far cry from 'complete': his best work, especially the tough, bluesy songs of Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound, is slighted in favor of a play-the-hits approach, even though Williams's singles haven't always been ...
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Back to Mono (1958-1969)
: :Among producers, his name remains the simile of choice. If some hotshot studio whiz emerges in, say, hip-hop, he's inevitably labeled 'the Phil Spector of rap.' That's quite a statement given that decades have passed since this boy from the Bronx remodeled rock & roll to suit his own visions of grandeur. The story of the girl-group auteur is a fascinating one. Spector composed a No. 1 hit at 17 (the Teddy Bears' 'To Know Him Is to Love ...
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Malt Shop Memories
: :Among producers, his name remains the simile of choice. If some hotshot studio whiz emerges in, say, hip-hop, he's inevitably labeled 'the Phil Spector of rap.' That's quite a statement given that decades have passed since this boy from the Bronx remodeled rock & roll to suit his own visions of grandeur. The story of the girl-group auteur is a fascinating one. Spector composed a No. 1 hit at 17 (the Teddy Bears' 'To Know Him Is to Love ...
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Chrome, Smoke & BBQ: The ZZ Top Box
: :Among producers, his name remains the simile of choice. If some hotshot studio whiz emerges in, say, hip-hop, he's inevitably labeled 'the Phil Spector of rap.' That's quite a statement given that decades have passed since this boy from the Bronx remodeled rock & roll to suit his own visions of grandeur. The story of the girl-group auteur is a fascinating one. Spector composed a No. 1 hit at 17 (the Teddy Bears' 'To Know Him Is to Love ...
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