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Timeless: The Selah Collection
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Luminous Groove
: :The second in a series of Robyn Hitchcock retrospective box sets from Yep Roc, the five-disc ''Luminous Groove'' box set shines a light on Robyn's rock & roll renaissance with the Egyptians. In 1985 Robyn's newest group, with ex-Soft Boys Andy Metcalfe and Morris Windsor plus keyboardist Roger Jackson, marked the next stage in the career of one of popular music's most unique creators. ''Fegmania!'' is a return to band format, showcasing the new outfit through sonic tapestries around Hitchcock's signature skittered melodies and private lyrics. On ''Element of Light,'' ...
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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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Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas
from: Deutsche Grammophon
: :Wilhelm Kempff was the premier German pianist of the postwar period, so it's no surprise that he was considered one of the supreme interpreters of Beethoven. He recorded complete sets of the sonatas and concertos twice, and just about all the rest of the chamber music with piano as well. Kempff was a classicist by nature, and his approach to Beethoven was clear and poised rather than impulsive, but it was never lacking in sheer power or virtuosity when necessary. His last cycle of Beethoven sonatas is rightly regarded as his ...
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Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America, Vol. 1, The Early Years, And Vol. 2, The Middle Years
: :When Stan Freberg released The United States of America in 1961, it was one of the first comedy concept albums ... and perhaps the funniest musical comedy never performed onstage. With a cast that included Jesse White and June Foray (as well as a dead-on Orson Welles impression by voice-over master Paul Frees), Freberg presented a madcap version of history that began with Christopher Columbus's insistence that 'It's a Round, Round World.' His crew, however, was unconvinced: Crazy kind of scheme It's a cockamamie dream If we don't sight land we're ...
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The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954
: :A founding father of electric blues in general and Texas blues in particular, guitarist T-Bone Walker influenced countless blues players and, by extension, countless rock & rollers as well. The Complete Imperial Recordings date from the early to mid-1950s, when the idea of electric blues was really taking hold, and the two-disc set is a wealth of classic songs exquisitely performed. While definitely blues, there's more difference between this and the acoustic blues that predated Walker than amplification can account for; there's jazz and swing mixed in as well, as on ...
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Different Stages: Live
:Album Details:Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track: Force Ten.
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Baby Einstein: Classical Music Collection
:Album Description:BABY EINSTEIN, CLASSICAL MUSIC COLLECTION is COLLECTOR'S EDITION 6 CD SET all wrapped up inside a cute little carrying case. Perfect for that mom on the Go! Includes Baby Bach, Baby Beethoven, Meet The Orchestra, Baby Mozart, Baby Mozart 2, and Baby Galileo.
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Enchanted: The Works of Stevie Nicks
: :The California girl who wanted to be a Welsh witch has always been best when her mysticism and mooniness has been offset by harder-headed collaborators. Though this box set doesn't include the Fleetwood Mac stuff that made her name, it does pull together curious stuff she's done elsewhere: pre-Mac work with Lindsey Buckingham from the Buckingham Nicks days, duets with the likes of Tom Petty and Don Henley, and a few soundtrack numbers. The first two discs have everything worth saving from her five solo albums (actually, one disc would have ...
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The Doo Wop Box
: :Born on street corners, doo wop came to symbolize a lush vision of idyllic teen romance. This comprehensive survey of doo wop music contains 101 vocal group gems and spans three decades. Among the classic sides are \''Sh-Boom,\'' \''Earth Angel,\'' \''Come Go With Me,\'' \''16 Candles,\'' \''Stay\'' and \''Why Do Fools Fall in Love?\''No Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: DOO WOP BOXTitle: DOO WOP BOXStreet Release Date: 05/17/1994DomesticGenre: OLDIES COLLECTIONS :The unwritten rules for doo-wop groups were deceptively simple: name your group after a bird (the Wrens, the Flamingos) or ...
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