Nine CD box set featuring of the complete Atco Recordings by Vanilla Fudge made between 1967 and 1969. Newly remastered from the original master tapes. Includes the albums 'Vanilla Fudge' (Mono & Stereo Versions), 'The Beat Goes On' (Mono & Stereo Versions), 'Renaissance', 'Near The Beginning' And 'Rock & Roll', along with a 2CD live recording at the Fillmore West in 1969, session out-takes and rare singles. With an illustrated booklet with a new essay featuring exclusive band interviews. The band were originally known as The Pigeons and gained notoriety thanks to their radical, slowed down and heavy interpretations of current hits. They signed to Atco Records, a division of Atlantic in April 1967 and changed their name at the insistence of Atlantic founder Ahmet Ertegun to Vanilla Fudge. Their radical cover version of The Supremes' hit "You Keep Me Hanging On" was issued as a single in June 1967. Dominated by the hard hitting approach of their rhythm section and the powerful Hammond organ playing of Mark Stein it became a US top 10 hit. The band's self-titled debut album was released in August 1967 and was a psychedelic rock tour-de-force, featuring a seven-minute version of 'You Keep Me Hanging On', it also featured imaginative cover versions of compositions by The Beatles, The Zombies and Curtis Mayfield among others. Over the next two years, VANILLA FUDGE would record a series of albums that would evolve from psychedelic rock to heavy rock and influence many emerging bands, among them Deep Purple, before disbanding in 1970.

This unique 5-CD collection brings together some of the most unforgettable works in Swedish music history, presenting 100 carefully selected Swedish songs written and performed between 1965 and 1995.

2014 two CD set, a 38-track anthology of the first 30 years of Zang Tuum Tumb, one of most eclectic and influential labels of the '80s and beyond. Disc One features 19 hit singles from 1983 to the present day while Disc Two, THE DISORGANIZATION OF POP, takes a tour of ZTTs archive of experiments, overtures, remixes and special projects. Dreamt up by record producer Trevor Horn, his wife and manager Jill Sinclair and NME journalist Paul Morley (who has written a new essay about ZTTs reorganization of pop in the accompanying 24-page booklet) ZTT was founded in 1983 and their ethos was: To deliver a 'surreal variety show - a European cabaret a dream department producing perfect pop.' with a style and a sound that no other record label has managed to equal, ZTT produced 45 UK Top 40 hits and somehow managed to not only discover brand new talent but turn some of it's artists into icons by the release of their second single. Includes tracks by Seal, Grace Jones, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the Art of Noise, 808 State and many others.

Gene Harris (born Eugene Haire, September 1, 1933 - January 16, 2000) was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is often referred to as soul jazz. • This dynamic boxed set includes all eight of these early albums by The Three Sounds, and includes such classic records as Introducing The 3 Sounds (Blue Note, 1958), Bottoms Up (Blue Note, 1959) Moods (Blue Note, 1960), Feelin’ Good (Blue Note, 1961) and Hey There (Blue Note, 1962). • Despite the group continuing as a trio until 1973, they initially left Blue Note in 1963, and despite re-signing with the label in 1967, their first tenure with the label is generally considered the group’s golden years. There were of course many moments of glory still to come on labels such as Verve, Limelight, Mercury and of course during their second tenure with Blue Note. But for both newcomers to Gene Harris and The Three Notes, as well as those ready versed but in need of a delightful reminder of this trio’s majestic sound, fans need go no further than this 4 CD Collection which displays perfectly the Three Sounds at their very finest.

This six-CD box set, released to celebrate the 80th birthday of Norwegian jazz singer Karin Krog is intriguing. It is not a straightforward chronological retrospective, nor a greatest hits collection – she has released anthologies of her work before now, most recently in 2015’s Don’t Just Sing. For this new collection she has selected favourite recordings from the last 60 years – to the Krog connoisseur this will be an fascinating compilation, as it contains rarities and previously unreleased tracks. For the newcomer it provides evidence of the incredible variety within Krog’s work in the last 60 or so years of her jazz career.

2023 will see Billy Bragg and Cooking Vinyl celebrating forty years of music from the singer, songwriter, activist and author, with a selection of releases to appeal to casual admirers and die hard fans alike. The career spanning 14 CD box 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 Spinners topped their Motown success when they jumped to Atlantic (and Philly-soul producer Thom Bell) in the early ’70s. Here are every one of the quintet’s A- and B-sides helmed by Bell: the R&B Top 10s “I’ll Be Around,” “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love,” “One of a Kind (Love Affair),” "Ghetto Child,” “Mighty Love,” “I’m Coming Home,” “Love or Leave,” “The Rubberband Man,” “Games People Play,” “Sadie,” “You’re Throwing a Good Love Away,” “Then Came You” (their #1 duet with Dionne Warwick) and more. Every song here is in its original single version…43 tracks in all, more than half of which are unique edits (and some of the B-sides are rarely compiled). A deluxe booklet with rare photos and memorabilia caps off this 2-CD celebration of these paragons of sweet ’70s soul! Real Gone Music.

ive years in the making and representing the twenty-year story of a pioneering British jazz-rock fusion band with strong Latinesque influences… whose alumni over that period included over thirty well-known British jazz musicians… but a band you might not have heard of… or have any of their eight albums… we have finally come up with ‘Variation and Creation: The Story of PAZ’. The album was produced in cooperation with the families of Dick Crouch and Geoff Castle, the heart of the of the band over its lifetime. Its available on download, streaming and limited edition CD.

An outstanding nine CD collection of rare jazz, blues, country, pop, cowboy, march, ragtime, vaudeville and gospel recordings that form our musical legacy, compiled by jazz historian Allen Lowe. More than10 hours of music in a presentation slipcase with a 127 page booklet containing many photos and a wealth of interesting information about the music. Space here only permits artist and song title listings of the first 4 CD's in the 9 CD set.

The first complete overview of Willy Deville's carreer. The three CDs are divided in The Mink DeVille Years, The Willy DeVille years and a rarities Bonus disc.

Recorded live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 9th May 1985. Audience recording. 2 different sources: CD1&2: from original master cassette version. CD3&4: from digital remaster version (Masterport version).

The album is a broad showcase of Nu Jazz and related intermediary styles, blending electronic beats with jazz elements. Ideal for relaxed moments, background music, cafes, or late-night chill sessions.

This 4 CD collection features Wes Montgomery's complete recorded output between 1960 and 1965 - the finest music Wes Montgomery was ever to make. Jazz guitarist John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery, born March 6, 1923, is widely considered one of the major guitarists from the jazz genre, emerging in the late 1950s. Coming after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian before him, he went on to influence countless others, from Kenny Burrell to Jimi Hendrix. This 4 CD collection features Wes Montgomery's complete recorded output between 1960 and 1965 - the finest music Wes Montgomery was ever to make during his short life.

Originally released in 1972, 'Living in the Past' was a double LP compilation album which featured album tracks, outtakes and singles. Now mixed by Steven Wilson, this release is next in the series of Tull boxed sets with related recordings, associated original mixes & the full November 1970 Carnegie Hall concert remixed to stereo and 5.1 Surround sound.

Ray Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music. Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a great deal to pioneer the form, but Charles did even more to devise a new form of black pop by merging '50s R&B with gospel-powered vocals, adding plenty of flavor from contemporary jazz, blues, and (in the '60s) country. Then there was his singing; his style was among the most emotional and easily identifiable of any 20th century performer, up there with the likes of Elvis and Billie Holiday. He was also a superb keyboard player, arranger, and bandleader. The brilliance of his 1950s and '60s work, however, can't obscure the fact that he made few classic tracks after the mid-'60s, though he recorded often and performed until the year before his death.