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Richard Pryor: ...And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968-1992)
: :One can't help but feel both elated and sad when listening to this colossal overview of Richard Pryor's recorded work. Multiple sclerosis has silenced the greatest humorist of his generation, and that's tragic for Pryor. But it's also a heartbreaking loss for comedy, for, as these discs amply illustrate, the man who exploded the parameters of stage comedy in the '70s could have taken it in wild new directions. As it was, Pryor fleshed out Lenny Bruce's commitment to brutal honesty--and with a keener acting ability. This nine-CD set includes the ...
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The Complete A&M Recordings
: :One can't help but feel both elated and sad when listening to this colossal overview of Richard Pryor's recorded work. Multiple sclerosis has silenced the greatest humorist of his generation, and that's tragic for Pryor. But it's also a heartbreaking loss for comedy, for, as these discs amply illustrate, the man who exploded the parameters of stage comedy in the '70s could have taken it in wild new directions. As it was, Pryor fleshed out Lenny Bruce's commitment to brutal honesty--and with a keener acting ability. This nine-CD set includes the ...
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The Closing of Winterland
:Album Description:This 4 CD set contains the entire Grateful Dead performance from the Closing of Winterland on 12/31/78, mixed from the 24-track analog master tapes, and includes a 24-page booklet containing photos and essays.
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The Columbia Studio Recordings: 1964-1970
: 's Best of 2001:Though the American folk movement of the early '60s would influence bands like the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield and a score of oh-so-sensitive '70s singer-songwriters, its two most looming successes during the decade--Bob Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel--couldn't have seemed more disparate. While Dylan turned hard-left, outraging many a folk purist by zealously embracing rootsy blues-rock and its electrified cacophony, S&G veered toward the center, equally infuriating snooty pundits by embracing a Top 40 pop sense whose ostensible shallowness often belied its rich musical diversity. In retrospect, Simon ...
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The Best of the Soul of Rock and Roll
:Album Description:2008 best of the box collection from the Rock 'N' Roll legend spanning his entire career from early hits like 'Ooby Dooby' straight through to hits from his final albums including 'You Got It'. Orbison remains one of the true godfathers of Rock 'N' Roll and Pop with his deep catalog still fondly remember by millions of people around the world. He was known for his smooth tenor voice, which could jump three octaves with little trouble. While not as rebellious as his Rock 'N' Roll brethren, Orbison's talents have ...
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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 folks pulled in one direction by a longing for footloose freedom and ...
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Goodbye, Babylon
:Album Description:Goodbye Babylon is a 6 CD gospel reissue collection. 5 CDs contain 135 songs from 1902-1960 and the 6th disc is comprised of 25 sermons recorded between 1926-1941. Also included is a 200 page book complete with Bible verses, lyric transcriptions, and notes for each recording, plus over 200 illustrations. - Art direction and design by World of anArchie, the Grammy® winning team behind 'Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton,' and other fine works such as 'Dock Boggs Country Blues,' and 'Harry Smith's Anthology of American ...
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Zaireeka
:Album Description:Goodbye Babylon is a 6 CD gospel reissue collection. 5 CDs contain 135 songs from 1902-1960 and the 6th disc is comprised of 25 sermons recorded between 1926-1941. Also included is a 200 page book complete with Bible verses, lyric transcriptions, and notes for each recording, plus over 200 illustrations. - Art direction and design by World of anArchie, the Grammy® winning team behind 'Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton,' and other fine works such as 'Dock Boggs Country Blues,' and 'Harry Smith's Anthology of American ...
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Invictus Soul Box Set
:Album Description:Three CD set dedicated to the short-lived Soul record label. Invictus was started by former Motown hit songwriters Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland in 1968. The label had a series of successes before folding in 1973 when the trio's partnership ended. 68 tracks including Freda Payne's 'Band Of Gold', The Chairmen Of The Board's 'Give Me Just A Little More Time' plus other hits by Honey Cone, Flaming Ember, 8th Day, Laura Lee, Glass House, Brenda Holloway, Holland Dozier Holland, Melvin Davis and others. Castle. 2006.
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Peel Slowly and See
:Album Description:Limited edition Japanese pressing of the 1967 album, re-released on CD and packaged in a 12 x 12 inch album sized LP replica sleeve with all the original artwork and tracks. Universal. 2005. essential recording:This comprehensive five-disc retrospective of the Velvet Underground chronicles the band from its earliest demo tapes, recorded in 1965, to Lou Reed's final work with band, in 1970. At their notorious peak, Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Mo Tucker epitomized the sound of intellectual art punks being spontaneously creative in Andy Warhol's Manhattan. Rock ...
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