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This landmark compilation has introduced generations of fans to the incredible history of the most storied band in music. For its 50th anniversary, the collection has been expanded with 12 additional tracks added chronologically, including for the first time some of George Harrison’s earliest songs and some classic Beatles versions of R&B and rock ‘n’ roll hits that were so influential on the band. The 2CD collection now contains 38 tracks, 30 of which have new mixes for 2023. The booklet contains new sleeve notes by journalist and author John Harris. For current fans and future generations alike, the new 1962–1966 collection is a joyous celebration of The Beatles’ timeless musical legacy.
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This landmark compilation has introduced generations of fans to the incredible history of the most storied band in music. For its 50th anniversary, the collection has been expanded with 9 additional tracks, including “Blackbird,” “Glass Onion” and the new song “Now and Then.” The last Beatles song “Now and Then” completes John Lennon’s 1970s vocal and piano demo recording with parts played by Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, as well as a new arrangement for strings. The 2CD collection now features 37 tracks, 6 of which have new mixes for 2023. The booklet contains new sleeve notes by journalist and author John Harris. For current fans and future generations alike, the new 1966–1970 collection is a joyous celebration of The Beatles’ timeless musical legacy.
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These landmark compilations have introduced generations of fans to the incredible history of the most storied band in music. For its 50th anniversary, the collections have been expanded: ‘Red’ has 12 additional tracks, including for the first time some of George Harrison’s earliest songs and some classic Beatles versions of R&B and rock ‘n’ roll hits that were so influential on the band. ‘Blue’ has 9 additional tracks including “Blackbird” and “Glass Onion” including the last new Beatles song “Now And Then,” for a total of 21 new additions which are all compiled onto the 3rd disc, effectively creating a ‘new’ LP for each set. Together the 6LPs contain 75 tracks, 36 of which have new mixes for 2023. The inserts contains new sleeve notes by journalist and author John Harris. For current fans and future generations alike, the new 1962–1966 & 1967-1970 collections are a joyous celebration of The Beatles’ timeless musical legacy. Half-Speed 6LP set on 180g black vinyl.
This recording has never before been released or even bootlegged. It captures the Jimi Hendrix Experience at a unique moment in their illustrious career. Before a sold out audience of 17,000 people, the Experience overwhelmed an unsuspecting audience with a superb show that encompassed his renditions of songs by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters as well as signature songs such as “Purple Haze” and “The Wind Cries Mary”. Are You Experienced, the group’s debut album, had not yet been released by Jimi’s label Reprise.
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Live In Paris in 1968 features a fiery live performance that highlight Jimi Hendrix’s rapidly evolving music repertoire as the rock trio embarked on a worldwide tour in support of their sophomore release, Axis: Bold As Love. The album is a rousing performance at Paris’ famed L’Olympia Theatre on January 29, 1968, marking The Experience’s third performance at the venue in just over a year. Live in Paris 1968 is highlighted by two rousing Blues classics “Killing Floor” and “Catfish Blues;” six unforgettable live performances featuring some of Jimi Hendrix’s most celebrated self-penned compositions including “Foxey Lady,” “Red House,” “The Wind Cries Mary,” “Fire,” “Little Wing” and the ageless “Purple Haze;” plus “Drivin’ South,” a composition Hendrix first recorded and performed in 1965 while serving as a sideman for Curtis Knight & The Squires.
Last November in London, Cat Power took the stage at Royal Albert Hall and delivered a song-for-song recreation of one of the most fabled and transformative live sets of all time. Held at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in May 1966—but long known as the “Royal Albert Hall Concert” due to a mislabeled bootleg—the original performance saw Bob Dylan switching from acoustic to electric midway through the show, drawing ire from an audience of folk purists and forever altering the course of rock-and-roll. In her own rendition of that historic night, the artist otherwise known as Chan Marshall inhabited each song with equal parts conviction and grace and a palpable sense of protectiveness, ultimately transposing the anarchic tension of Dylan’s set with a warm and luminous joy.
Now captured on the live album Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert, Marshall’s spellbinding performance both lovingly honors her hero’s imprint on history and brings a stunning new vitality to many of his most revered songs. 1. She Belongs To Me 2. Fourth Time Around 3. Visions Of Johanna 4. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 5. Desolation Row 6. Just Like A Woman 7. Mr. Tambourine Man 8. Tell Me, Momma 9. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 10. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 11. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 12. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 13. One Too Many Mornings 14. Ballad Of A Thin Man 15. Like A Rolling Stone.
Imagine what Elvis Presley would think if he could hear how 21st century A.I. technology has produced the most advanced stereo versions of three of his great early hits. You'll be as amazed as the King when you hear these original 50s classics, along with Frank Sinatra's original recordings of "Witchcraft," "Love and Marriage" and "All the Way," Dean Martin's "Memories Are Made of This," and a dozen great doo wop faves like the Moonglows' "Sincerely," the Crows' "Gee," the Clovers' "Devil or Angel," the Heartbeats' "A Thousand Miles Away," the Robins' "Smokey Joe's Cafe" and Johnnie & Joe's "Over The Mountain," all now in brilliant modern stereo.
The process is pure genius. The master audio engineers of our time have done what's never been done before - using advanced A.I. technology, they have taken the most iconic hits of the '50s and '60s and given them new stereo life without changing any of the original elements. The amazing energy of Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" and "Keep A Knockin'" explode with brilliant clarity as do Barrett Strong's Motown classic "Money," Gary U.S. Bonds' "New Orleans," Elvis Presley's "A Fool Such As I" and "One Night," Bobby Rydell's "Sway" and Swingin' School" and the great group sounds of the Chimes, the Fireflies and Phil Spector's first masterwork, the Teddy Bears' "To Know Him Is To Love Him," plus much more. Open your ears and your minds as your listen to your favorite songs like it's the first time.
What was once tinny on a transistor radio and scratchy on your turntable is no longer so, thanks to the 21st century audio engineers who have used state-of-the-art A.I. technology to shine a well-deserved stereo spotlight on some of the biggest hits of the first half of the 1960s. You'll be amazed at the never-heard-before clarity in stereo on the Vogues' "Five O'Clock World," the Crystals' Spector masterpiece "He's Sure The Boy I Love" (in it's best stereo yet), Brian Hyland's summer hit "Sealed With A Kiss," the Tymes' "Wonderful! Wonderful!" and iconic R&B from Joe Tex ("Hold What You've Got"), Otis Redding ("Mr. Pitiful"), Barbara George ("I Know"), Ketty Lester ("Love Letters"), the Tams' ("What Kind Of Fool"), and Motown's Brenda Holloway ("Every Little Bit Hurts"), plus excellent new balanced stereo mixes of the Four Seasons' (Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Connie-O.") Plus the long-lost Chicano classic "Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero (The More I Love You) and an early Herb Alpert fave, "Mexican Shuffle" both now in Stereo!
Limited 14 CD box set. This career-spanning set contains more than 300 tracks including highlights from each of Billy's twelve studio albums, non-album singles and B-sides, session tracks, rare live recordings, collaborations, and previously unreleased material from across his career. The 14 CD box set is packaged with a 12-inch sized perfect bound book containing images of 40 significant objects from Billy's career, each stunningly photographed and accompanied by descriptions and reminiscences by the man himself. To be expected from a career that has straddled many genres, Billy has worked with a wealth of celebrated musicians from different musical backgrounds that appear on this box set.
Wes Montgomery - "The Complete Full House Recordings" Released to celebrate influential jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery's centennial, The Complete Full House Recordings brings together all the recordings from the Full House sessions with two previously unreleased performances. Featuring Johnny Griffin, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, this collection has new liner notes by journalist Bill Milkowski and is mastered from the original analog tapes by Joe Tarantino on 2 CDs.
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