This is an excellent compilation of some of Muddy Waters's lesser-anthologized singles, all of them dating from the late '50s. Some of these were surprisingly hard to acquire in any form until this appeared; the original version of "Got My Mojo Working," and for instance, as well as some of his higher-profile tracks, like "Rock Me," "Trouble No More," "Close to You," and "Don't Go No Further."

Great straight work from the legendary Sonny Stitt - recording here in a mode that's different than his funky sides of the time - and a lot more back to basics! The group's a quintet - as Sonny blows both tenor and alto, with help from Joe Newman on trumpet, Duke Jordan on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Roy Brooks on drums - and excellent combo who really keep things interesting.

Pierre de la Rue wurde möglicherweise um 1452 in Doornik/Tournai im heutigen Belgien geboren. Dort arbeitete sein Vater Jehan als Illuminator (Buchmaler), seine Mutter, Gertrude de la Haye, stammte ebenfalls aus Tournai. Im 15. Jahrhundert waren dort beide Familiennamen geläufig. Wir nehmen an, dass Pierres Ausbildung, besonders als Musiker, mit einer Verbindung als Chorsänger an der berühmten Kathedrale der Stadt anfing. Als solcher bekam er dann, wie dort alle Chorsänger, die Tonsur. Wenn so, dann war das die erste entscheidende Situation seines Lebenslaufs, den er letztlich als Diaconus beschließen sollte. Zum Priester wurde de la Rue anscheinend nie geweiht.

Foremost among Swedish Baroque composers, Johan Helmich Roman travelled to England (1716-21) then to France, Italy, Austria and Germany (1735-37), gaining valuable firsthand knowledge of European music. At home in Stockholm he conducted the court orchestra, introduced Handel’s music, and was active in developing public concert life. His rich output includes these twelve charming and highly accomplished Flute Sonatas, the first such published in Sweden, whose galant character combines the baroque and emerging pre-classical styles.

Mozart and Gluck may make natural bedfellows for a program of arias, but Josef Myslivecek is not a name that would jump to most minds to join them. Czech mezzo Magdalena Kozená may be about to change that. In his time (1737-1781), the Czech composer was up there with the greats after his studies in Italy. He couldn't have a more persuasive champion than Kozená, who sets out to show why Myslivecek was counted among the country's 10 most successful composers. The young Kozená's mantelpiece is already crowded with competition trophies, including a 2001 Gramophone Award for her CD of eastern European love songs with Graham Johnson.

All That Might Have Been, issued in the same year as Other World, is Peter Hammill's excellent duet offering with guitarist Gary Lucas, and it's among the most intellectually challenging, conceptually sprawling, and musically satisfying offerings in his career. Given its heft, it is more than likely that this is a record he couldn't have made when he was younger. It is the work of a master in full control of his vision. Described by Hammill as "cinematic by design," it features 21 tracks which were deliberately edited to be incomplete. Taken together they create a conscious narrative; its scenes are sonic episodes that move backwards and forwards just as an actual film would. This is not the same thing as creating a soundtrack without a movie, this is both: a soundtrack and an aural movie. Hammill wrote and recorded the songs in full, then slashed them apart, and stitched the story together from the fragments…

With One Times One, released in late 2007, Eastgate started to issue so-called 'cupdisc' releases, that is, CDs with a running time of about 40 minutes (about the time classic vinyl albums offered back in the 70s and 80s), wrapped in a simple cardboard sleeve instead of a jewel case.
The album contains four completely new compositions by Edgar Froese as well as an instrumental version of a vocal track originally released on Madcap's Flaming Duty (2007) and another remix of Loved By The Sun. This one is based on the version released on Plays Tangerine Dream (2006) but is overlayed with an additional guitar line.

Southern roots rockers Larkin Poe were formed around core members Rebecca and Megan Lovell, formerly the Lovell Sisters. A bit edgier and rockier than the Lovell Sisters, Larkin Poe's electric and slide guitar riffs quickly earned them comparisons to the Allman Brothers. After introducing their sound on a set of seasonal EPs in 2010, they topped the Billboard blues chart with their fourth long-player, 2018's Venom & Faith. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Larkin Poe took shape after the Lovell Sisters called it a day in 2009. The sisters, a bluegrass/Americana trio comprised of siblings Rebecca, Megan, and Jessica Lovell, had started performing professionally in 2005 when all three were still in their teens.

STUNNING LIVE BROADCAST RECORDING FROM EVERONE S SECOND FAVOURITE BAND TO FEATURE PHIL LYNOTT Formed in 1984 as the brainchild of - by then - ex-Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, following the break-up of Lynott s legendary former group, the birth of Grand Slam can be traced back to the solo band Lynott formed during his July/August 1983 a tour of Scandinavia. This line-up featured Magnum keyboard player Mark Stanway, Thin Lizzy members Brian Downey (drums) and John Sykes (lead guitar) plus rhythm guitarist Doish Nagle (ex of The Bogey Boys). When Thin Lizzy completed its farewell tour in September 1983, Lynott continued working with this configuration as a band project that eventually became known as Grand Slam. Sykes departed following an offer to join Whitesnake and was replaced with ex-Stampede guitarist Laurence Archer. Prior to the band's first shows, Downey left to be replaced by Robbie Brennan. With the line-up of Lynott, Stanway, Archer, Nagle and Brennan, Grand Slam played its first show in Waterford, Ireland on 26 April 1984. The band's live set contained a mixture of new songs, written by various combinations of Lynott, Stanway and Archer, as well as songs from Lynott's solo career plus selected Lizzy songs. Grand Slam toured extensively in the UK and Eire throughout 1984, with shows favourably received by both audiences and media. The band also appeared at high-profile festivals such as Crystal Palace (as special guests of Status Quo), Nostell Priory (as special guests of Marillion) and the Kerrang Weekender festival in Great Yarmouth. It is the extraordinary show that Phil and Grand Slam put on in Great Yarmouth on 12th October 1984 that is the subject of this new CD release, a performance recorded for live FM broadcast at the time ad which today still sounds as fresh, dynamic and exciting as the day it was recorded more than 35 years ago. Available here for the first time, this release is certain to become a live favourite among Lynott, Lizzy and Grand Slam fans and collectors the world across.

Southside Johnny and Little Steven go back a long way. Both original members of the Jersey Shore music scene, when Johnny Lyon formed the Asbury Jukes in the mid-1970s, Little Stevie Van Zandt was a founding member too, and he produced the first three Jukes albums. The pair has often performed together too, both within and without the confines of the Asbury Dukes, and indeed on November 21st 1993 such an occasion took place, at the K-Rock Hungerthon Rent Party, a charity event for the homeless and the hungry in New York. Performing a strictly acoustic set alongside early Jukes members Bobby Bandiera and David Hayes on guitar and bass respectively, and Soozie Tyrell from the E Street Band on violin, the show was a vibrant one. Playing an extraordinary set, including covers-a-plenty and a few home-grown numbers too, this in-studio recording is now available on this CD in its entirety for the first time.

EARLY BROADCAST SHOW FROM SRV & DOUBLE TROUBLE It was Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble s electric appearance on the blues night of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982 that got the ball rolling. Prior to this event, SRV was little known outside his native Texas, but following this show he was written about in the music press world-wide, and invited by David Bowie to perform on his upcoming album. In March 83 the group were signed collectively to Epic Records, who financed a music video for Love Struck Baby , filmed at the Cherry Tavern in New York City. Bowie requested Vaughan to perform as the featured instrumentalist on his upcoming Serious Moonlight Tour, realizing that he was an essential aspect of the album's ground-breaking success. In late April, Vaughan began rehearsals for the tour in Las Colinas, Texas. When contract renegotiations for his performance fee failed, Vaughan abandoned the tour days before its opening date; he was replaced by Earl Slick.

Sun Kil Moon is an American folk rock act from San Francisco, California, founded in 2002. Initially a continuation of the defunct indie rock band Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon is now the primary recording moniker of vocalist and guitarist Mark Kozelek. The project is named after the Korean super flyweight boxer Sung-Kil Moon.

As this was the Allman Brothers Band's last ever show with Duane Allman (who would die in a motorcycle accident just over a month later), this unofficial CD is a historic and emotional document of the concert the Macon, Georgia band gave on September 16, 1971 at the Warehouse Music Venue in New Orleans, the site of many of their performances. Fresh from the great success, also commercial, of the live 'At Fillmore East' released about two months earlier, Duane (lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals and keyboards), together with Dickey Betts (lead guitar), Berry Oakley (bass), Butch Trucks (drums and percussion) and Jai Johanny Johanson 'Jaimoe' (drums) propose exciting versions of pieces also included in the legendary double album (Blind Will McTell's 'Statesboro Blues', Elmore James's 'Done Somebody Wrong', T Bone Walker's 'Stormy Monday', the tour force 'In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed' and 'Whipping Post', 'Hot 'Lanta') and other warhorses of the period such as Muddy Waters's 'Trouble No More', 'Don't Keep Me Wondering', Elmore James's 'One Way Out', 'Midnight Rider', 'Revival' and the 'Blue Sky' later released on 'Eat A Peach'

SUPERB SELECTION OF LIVE RARITIES FROM NEIL YOUNG While few would question the brilliance of most of Neil Young s studio recordings, it would surely be a similar sized group who believe that the way to hear Young in his rawest, most primitive and altogether finest setting, is to witness the man in live concert. The new CD contains twenty such live recordings and studio rehearsals, all made for FM Radio Broadcasts between 1967 and 1984, and all rare cuts which Neil would only rarely play in concert, and which remain some of the more obscure tracks from his catalogue. With recording details provided for each track and excellent audio quality throughout, this CD is sure to become a live favourite among Neil Young albums and this compilation will prove a delight for fans of this maverick composer, performer and musician.

Sparks 1974 compiles Sparks’ two 1974 albums Kimono My House and Propaganda alongside a bonus CD containing demos, unreleased and live takes and B Sides. 1974 saw the group relocate from L.A. to London where they recorded some of their most memorable output. Packaged in a deluxe 7” 3CD fold out card set with an illustrated booklet containing a liner note from Guardian critic Jude Rogers.