STUNNING IN HOUSE SESSIONS FROM IAN ANDERSON WHILE ON THE DIVINITIES TOUR Best known, of course, for his work as lead vocalist, flautist, acoustic guitarist and leader of Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson is a multi-instrumentalist who, in addition to flute and acoustic guitar, plays keyboards, electric guitar, bass, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone, harmonica and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with the 1983 album Walk into Light; since when he has released another five works, including the sequel to the Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick (1972) in 2012, titled Thick as a Brick 2. Anderson was planning to start a solo career in 1980, while Jethro Tull was taking a break following the death of bassist John Glascock in 1979, and wrote the album A as a solo record.

In 1993, Duran Duran released a second self-titled record: this Duran Duran album is known as The Wedding Album (for Nick Egan's cover art featuring the wedding photos of the band members' parents) to distinguish it from the 1981 album, and it was produced and recorded with John Jones. The release of this first "comeback" album was initially delayed, but listener demand for leaked single ‘Ordinary World’ forced it onto radio playlists months earlier than planned; it reached number 3 on the US chart and number 6 in the UK and won a prestigious Ivor Novello Award for song writing. • ‘Come Undone’ made number 7 in the US and number 13 in the UK. Both the band and the record label seemed to be caught by surprise by the album's critical and commercial success (No. 4 in the UK, No. 7 in the US).

STUNNING 1985 RADIO BROADCAST British synth-pop duo Tears For Fears, featuring Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, were enjoying life at the top of the charts when they made this live recording for the King Biscuit Flower Hour in June of 1985. Their successful sophomore album, Songs from the Big Chair, had just been released and it was on the promotional tour that they played this lively set at London’s prestigious Hammersmith Odeon. Orzabal and Smith were childhood friends who both came from broken homes and discovered music together, giving their group a name inspired by psychologist Arthur Janov's "Primal Scream Therapy" (the controversial system publicized by John & Yoko after the breakup of The Beatles)

On September 4th, 1992, Mike Oldfield performed at Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. This was recorded from a live FM broadcast. Collects 14 tracks including Dark Star; Clear Light; Blue Saloon; Weightless; Altered State; Maya Gold; Moonshine; and more.

To mark his 95th birthday Decca releases this outstanding CD edition: 'Christoph von Dohnányi - The Cleveland Years'. Born in Berlin in 1929, Dohnányi, who is still conducting today at the age of 94, is, together with Herbert Blomstedt, one of the true grand masters of the orchestral business. Decca's collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra and Dohnányi lasted from 1984 to 1997. Dohnányi's relationship with Cleveland was one of the most successful partnerships between an orchestra and a conductor, a collaboration that was captured in many critically acclaimed recordings. In addition to Mozart and the great Romantic works of Schumann, Mahler and Bruckner, this edition offers impressive recordings of 20th century composers: Varèse, Ives, Schönberg and Lutoslawski, to name but a few. Wagner's 'Rheingold' and 'Walküre' complete the set and offer a well-rounded portrait of the conductor's Cleveland years. The 40-CD set includes the original covers, photos of the recordings and an essay by Andrew Stewart.

STUNNING 1983 SHOW WITH IAN GILLAN ON VOCALS  Following a three-year stint as Black Sabbath’s vocalist following the departure of Ozzy Osbourne in 1979, Ronnie James Dio left Sabbath himself in 1982 to form his own band, and took drummer Vinny Appice with him.  The remaining original members, Tommy Iommi and Geezer Butler, began auditioning singers for the band's next release. Deep Purple and Whitesnake's David Coverdale, Samson's Nicky Moore and Lone Star's John Sloman were all considered and Iommi states in his autobiography that Michael Bolton auditioned. The band settled on former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan to replace Dio in December 1982.

Despite being born a Canadian citizen - between 1960 and 1966 he lived with his mother in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which he calls his ‘hometown’ and where his music career began - from 1967 Neil Young lived outside Canada, until he returned in 2020. After becoming successful, he bought properties in California, one of which, in Malibu, burned to the ground in the 2018 Woolsey Fire. In 1970. Young purchased Broken Arrow Ranch (which he named after the Buffalo Springfield song) , a property of about 1,000 acres near La Honda, California (population 979 at the 2020 census) for US$350,000 (US$2.7 million in 2023 dollars); the property was subsequently expanded to thousands of acres.

Men I Trust Drop Second New Album Of The Year 'Equus Caballus'.

Men I Trust Drop Second New Album Of The Year 'Equus Caballus'.

Influence of hallucinations induced by chewing roots from the iboga plant on the works of Joaquin Joe Claussell's Edits & Overdubs IBOGA Compilation. The iboga plant is indigenous to the humid, tropical climates of West Central Africa, including Gabon, Cameroon, Congo, and Angola, which are home to the 2nd largest rainforest in the world. It has been used for centuries in spiritual initiation ceremonies and practices, particularly by the Bwiti tradition and religion in Gabon. Joaquin Joe Claussell was inspired by these influences and went into the studio to create a compilation of edits and overdubs of African vibrational sounds and rhythms. The result is a collection of eleven compositions that showcase the future possibilities of this influential work.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII, the groundbreaking 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben. Digitally re-mastered from the original 35mm footage, with enhanced audio newly mixed by Steven Wilson. Set in the hauntingly beautiful ruins of the ancient Roman Amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy, this unique film captures Pink Floyd performing an intimate concert with additional rare behind-the-scenes footage of the band beginning work on The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road Studios.

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich may not be a household name across the pond, but the British five-piece spent more time on the U.K. charts in the late '60s than the Beatles did. Universal's Very Best of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich collects 22 cuts from the infectious, Wilshire-based pop/bubblegum quintet, including "Legend of Xanadu," "Bend It," "Zabadak!," "Okay!" and "Hold Tight!" The latter was resurrected by director Quentin Tarantino in 2007 for the film Deathproof. Like 2000s Polygram International collection Best of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, all of the major hits are here, though this time around they're buffered by an oddball caché of bonus tracks that includes covers of the Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love," "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison, and a medley of "Stairway to Heaven" and "Pinball Wizard" by Led Zeppelin and the Who, respectively.

Made in Russia. Manufacturer: OOO "SMART". Active since the early '90s, Jamiroquai have amassed a steady stream of hits in their native U.K. and experienced chart success in just about every other area of the world, with an irresistible blend of house rhythms and '70s-era soul/funk (the latter, especially, leading early on to claims of Stevie Wonder imitations).

1980 was a huge year in pop music with every genre competing for hits. We have already included more than 150 tracks on the CDs of the 1980 Yearbook, the 80-84 Final Chapter, and their extras so far in our appreciation of the year… Those tracks were generally the bigger hits of the year, with their chart achievement a factor in their inclusion – however – that’s not the whole singles story of the year, and our celebration of 1980 wouldn’t be complete without shining a light on some of the years’ singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the years. Welcome to THE VAULT for 1980…

Nice collection of 20 Classic Tracks From Every Year of the 1950s.
All tracks on The 50s Pop Years Songs Collection are original artists and original recordings. Take a look at the track listing below where I'm sure you'll find plenty of those great old favourites!