John McLaughlin - The Heart Of Things (1997) {Verve}

John McLaughlin - The Heart Of Things (1997) {Verve}

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© 1997 Polydor / PolyGram / Verve | 539 153-2

Jazz / Fusion / Jazz Rock / Guitar

Many great musicians experience peaks and valleys throughout their careers. Legendary guitarist John McLaughlin, however, always seems to be perched firmly at the top of his game. Whether with former Mahavishnu bandmates, trios with Paco DeLucia and Al Dimeola, or with contemporary jazz/fusion monsters like Kai Eckhardt and Trilok Gurtu , McLaughlin continues to remain the master of all he surveys. With THE HEART OF THINGS, the guitarist once again unleashes his dynamic sense of color and texture, as well as those unbelievable chops.

Brian Eno - Neroli (1993) [2CD] {2014 All Saints Records Deluxe Expanded Edition}

Brian Eno - Neroli (1993) [2CD] {2014 All Saints Records Deluxe Expanded Edition}

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© 2014 All Saints Records / Opal Ltd. | WAST012CD

Ambient / Electronic / Avant-Garde / Experimental

Brian Eno will soon issue expanded versions of four of his albums originally released in the 1990s: Nerve Net (1992), The Shutov Assembly (1992), Neroli (1993) and The Drop (1997) will each be reissued as a two-CD deluxe editions containing the original album and an additional disc of unreleased and rare Eno work specific to each record. Each album comes in deluxe casebound packaging and is accompanied by a 16-page booklet compiling photos, images and writing by Eno that is relevant to each release. Reissue of Brian Eno’s critically acclaimed 1993 single-track album. Named after the precious sensual oil derived from the flowers of the Seville orange, Neroli is more than any other Eno work intrinsically linked with the idea of perfume and fragrance. The piece is formed from a single Phrygian mode melody which Eno constructs and deconstructs throughout the work with the subtle flair that has become his trademark.

Willie Nelson - Heroes (2012) {Sony Music}

Willie Nelson - Heroes (2012) {Sony Music}

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© 2012 Legacy / Sony Music | 88691960482

Country / Country Pop / Progressive Country

Willie Nelson delivers his first new album, Heroes, as part of his homecoming to Legacy Recordings. No themes or gimmicks to this album, just 13 brand new recordings produced by Buddy Cannon (Academy of Country Music' producer of the year 2006). Scheduled for release on May 15th 2012 , just in time for Willie's 79th birthday, the songs take on a reflective, emotional tone and move from heartfelt (a stunning rendition of Pearl Jam's "Just Breathe") to humor (on "Roll Me Up" with guest vocalist Snoop Dogg). Other guest vocalists on the album include Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Jamey Johnston, Billy Joe Shaver and Sheryl Crow. Sons Lukas and Micah Nelson also feature prominently, making this a real family affair. This beautiful album, sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, should have broad appeal among Nelson's core fans and followers and beyond.

Eberhard Weber - Encore (2015) {ECM Records}

Eberhard Weber - Encore (2015) {ECM Records}

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© 2015 ECM Records | ECM 2439 

Jazz / Post Bop / Chamber Jazz / Fusion / Bass

Encore is a companion volume to Résumé the widely-praised solo album issued in 2011. Eberhard Weber returns once more to the many live recordings of his tenure with the Jan Garbarek Group, isolating his bass solos and reworking them into new pieces with the addition of his own keyboard parts. “I became what you might call a composer of New Music,” says Weber, “with the proviso that I make use of old things.”This season’s special guest is veteran Dutch flugelhorn player Ack van Rooyen.

John Lewis - Sensitive Scenery (1976) {2014 Japan Jazz Collection 1000 Columbia-RCA Series}

John Lewis - Sensitive Scenery (1976) {2014 Japan Jazz Collection 1000 Columbia-RCA Series}

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© 2014 Columbia / Sony Music Japan | SICP 4051

Jazz / Bop / Cool / Third Stream / Piano

Reissue. Comes with new liner notes. 2014 remaster. Available only for a limited period of time until March 20, 2015. Available as CD for the first time in the world. Overlooked solo work from John Lewis – a lesser-known, Japanese-only session that features the pianist in a relaxed trio setting! The mode here is as spacious as some of Lewis' more contemplative records – still very much wrapped up in that careful sense of tone and timing – but the overall feel is maybe more personal and spontaneous, as John takes the lead in the company of Connie Kay on drums and Michael Moore on bass. There's a nicely mature feel to the music – but mature in a way that gets past some of Lewis' too-serious modes of a decade or two previous – and titles include "Lela", "Sacha's March", "Visitor From Mars", "Natural Affection", and "Monday In Milan".

Apollon Musagete Quartett - Russian Soul: Tchaikovsky Prokofiev Shostakovich (2014) {OehmsClassics}

Apollon Musagete Quartett - Russian Soul: Tchaikovsky Prokofiev Shostakovich (2014) {OehmsClassics}

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© 2014 OehmsClassics / BR Klassik | OC 874

Classical / Romantic / Chamber Music / String Quartet

It's hard to know what to make of the Russian Soul title of this release by Poland's young Apollon Musagète Quartet. Is the program, with only Shostakovich from the truly nationalist side of the Russian compositional roster, supposed to represent "the Russian soul?" Or just a Russian brand of soul? In any event, only the Shostakovich String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83, fits the general stereotype of the inward, melancholy, perhaps self-destructive Russian soul. Tchaikovsky's popular String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11, of 1871, is both the first true efflorescence of the composer's proto-neo-classic Mozartian side and nearly the first evidence of his ability to write a real heartbreaker of a good tune, in the slow movement (track 2).

Silver Convention - Silver Convention (Save Me) (1975) {2014 Big Break Records Remaster}

Silver Convention - Silver Convention (Save Me) (1975) {2014 Big Break Records Remaster}

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© 2014 Big Break Records / Cherry Red / Jupiter Records | CDBBR 0266

Disco / Funk / Dance / Pop

SILVER CONVENTION started life in Munich in 1974 as Silver Bird Convention when German songwriting and producing partners Michael Kunzte and Sylvester Levay released the single ‘Save Me’ on Jupiter Records, enlisting three session singers to take care of the minimal vocal refrain on the track. With the "Bird” soon dropped from the acts name ‘Save Me’ became an international Disco hit charting at #30 in the U.K. and across the board in the U.S. at #10 Disco and #103 Pop, heralding the start of continued success throughout the 70's. With a settled line up of Ramona Wolf, Penny McLean and Linda G. Thompson as Silver Convention the group released this, their eponymously titled debut LP (titled "Save Me” outside of Germany) to great acclaim as the Euro-Disco sound made waves across the world with Giorgio Morodor, also based in Munich, surfing the highest.

Frank Zappa - Civilization Phaze III (1994) [2CD] {Barking Pumpkin, UMRK 01}

Frank Zappa - Civilization Phaze III (1994) [2CD] {Barking Pumpkin, UMRK 01}

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© 1994 Barking Pumpkin | UMRK 01

Rock / Experimental Rock / Avant-Garde / Comedy Rock / Spoken Word

Official Release #63. This is Zappa's masterpiece of electronic music, conceived, composed and performed on his Synclavier, a computer system for music composition and recording. Civilization Phaze III is an astounding work, taking Zappa nearly ten years to finish. Released posthumously, this 2 CD set is a testimony to Zappa the composer, containing the pure fruits of his imagination and the hard work he continued until his death in 1993. Continuing the story of the piano people from Lumpy Gravy (and utilizing much of the same tape source material for it's interludes) the album fulfills on the promise of his Grammy-winning Jazz From Hell, the first album released of his Synclavier music.

Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk +9 (1965) {2008 Japan Blu-spec 24-bit Remaster}

Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk +9 (1965) {2008 Japan Blu-spec 24-bit Remaster}

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© 2008 Columbia / Sony Music Japan | SICP 20017

Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Piano

Reissue in the high-fidelity Blu-spec CD format (fully compatible with standard CD players). The mystery and haunting angular beauty of Thelonious Monk's unadorned keyboard sides are the focus of Solo Monk. As if possessing the history of jazz in his hands, Monk's solo recordings and performances from every phase of his career remain pure. The components of what made Monk such an uncompromising composer, arranger, and especially bandmember are evident in every note he plays. The disc includes both Monk originals as well as several covers of pop music standards.

Legends Of The Canyon: The Music and Magic Of 1960s Laurel Canyon (2013) [2xDVD] {Universal}

Legends Of The Canyon: The Music and Magic Of 1960s Laurel Canyon (2013) [2xDVD] {Universal}

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© 2013 Bounce Productions / Universal | 602537290529

Rock / Documentary / Musical & Performing Arts

LEGENDS OF THE CANYON delivers the story of the advent of rock music spawned in the garden of the Hollywood Hills, Laurel Canyon. Many of rock music's legendary artists of the late 1960's brought to life the anthems of a generation in these hills, in a commune-like setting. CROSBY STILLS and NASH, The Mamas and the Papas, Joni Mitchell, America,, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds and many others. Adding depth, color and certainly authenticity to the film, famed rock photographer Henry Diltz, (CSNY official photographer) contributes as narrator and with a variety of original photographs, some never before exhibited, and rare footage shot amongst the musicians' tribe of Laurel Canyon. Visually stunning, intensely captivating and musically inspiring, this CLASSIC ARTISTS' film brings us to a time and place where some refused to let go of a dream of a life where harmony ruled the Earth, their music still echoes through the hills of Laurel Canyon to this day.

Tommy Vig - 1978 {2011 Essential Media Group Digitally Remastered} (ft. Don Ellis)

Tommy Vig - 1978 {2011 Essential Media Group Digitally Remastered} (ft. Don Ellis)

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© 2011 Dobre Records / Essential Media Group | 94231 41912

Jazz / Post Bop / Vibes / Trumpet

An internationally recognized child prodigy by the age of 6, Hungarian drummer/percussionist Tommy Vig grew to become one of the premier European jazz players. In the late 1950's he migrated to New York and became a much in demand percussionist, over the years performing with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Tony Curtis, the Miles Davis-Gil Evans big band, Woody Allen, Diana Ross, and The Carpenters, to name a few. Vig is also the percussionist on all the Rod Stewart albums. Presented here is Vig's classic 1978 recording simply titled "1978," featuring Tommy Vig on vibes with Don Ellis (trumpet); Milcho Leviev (piano); Ed Green (drums) and Abraham Laboriel (bass). All selections newly remastered.

Janis Joplin - The Pearl Sessions (1970) [2CD] {2012 Columbia Remaster}

Janis Joplin - The Pearl Sessions (1970) [2CD] {2012 Columbia Remaster}

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© 2012 Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music | 88697842242

Rock / Classic Rock / Blues Rock / Psychedelic Rock

A collection of never-before-heard studio outtakes, live recordings, and other rarities, The Pearl Sessions documents the legacy of Janis Joplin's masterpiece album. In 1971, the posthumous release of Pearl topped the charts, yielding the hit single "Me and Bobby McGee" and going on to sell nearly 8 million copies. For the first time in one package, the original mono versions of the album's 45s can be heard alongside the original LP tracks, as well as intriguing newlydiscovered alternate versions, outtakes and vocal takes of Pearl classics. With this exciting discovery of previously uncatalogued tapes, listeners can hear Janis in the studio, joking with producer Paul Rothchild (the Doors) and Full Tilt Boogie band mates, and working through what would become some of her best known songs. Joplin's way-too-short life is memorialized perfectly with this upbeat expression of joy she found in the studio: her singular, impassioned vocals,boundless energy, and the greatest music of her career.

Seether - Isolate And Medicate {The Bicycle Music Company}

Seether - Isolate And Medicate {The Bicycle Music Company}

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© 2014 The Bicycle Music Company / Concord

Rock / Alternative / Alternative Metal / Post-Grunge

At 15 years old, Seether are starting to slide into middle age and, appropriately, their music is beginning to mature on Isolate and Medicate, their sixth studio album. Once again working with Brendan O'Brien, the grunge-era superstar who helmed Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray, Seether gravitate toward the melodic, a shift apparent in both the verses and the riffs, although there's still a tendency to grind out thick neo-grunge guitar workouts both slow ("My Disaster") and fast ("Suffer It All"). These bursts of heaviosity are the exceptions to the rule, though, for much of Isolate and Medicate finds Seether uncannily re-creating the sound and style of Nickelback, to the point where "Nobody Praying for Me" seems to follow the cadences of "How You Remind Me."

Cathy Krier - Rameau & Ligeti (2014) {Deutschlandradio / Avi Service for music, Cologne}

Cathy Krier - Rameau & Ligeti (2014) {Deutschlandradio / Avi Service for music, Cologne}

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© 2014 Deutschlandradio / Avi Service for music, Cologne | 8553308

Classical / Baroque / Contemporary Classical / Piano

In 2014 we celebrate Jean-Philippe Rameau s 250th anniversary. To highlight his wonderful compositions, this disc also presents works by 20th-century musical pioneer Ligeti. Rameau and Ligeti have a similar approach to generating music, and their short pieces are of similar drama and effect. Krier steers her own path between sentimental and spiky, with a bright, forthright tone. “Does it make sense to combine the music of a French Baroque master with avant-garde works written in the 1950‘s? Can one place these two composers – Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) and György Ligeti (1923-2006) – side by side? Do they have anything in common, and, if so, how can such traits be viewed from the vantage points of two entirely different centuries?

Sam Jones - Seven Minds (1974) {2015 DSD Japan East Wind Masters Collection 1000}

Sam Jones - Seven Minds (1974) {2015 DSD Japan East Wind Masters Collection 1000}

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© 2015 East Wind Music / Universal Japan | UCCJ-9140

Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop

Reissue with DSD remastering. A strong 70s recording by a group that was mostly known as the Cedar Walton trio – the group of Sam Jones on bass, Walton on piano, and Billy Higgins on drums – recorded only for the Japanese market, and a heck of a record! The set's got one standout feature that sets it apart from some of the other sides by the Walton group at the time – the use of a string quartet on a few of the tracks, which creates some great interplay between the core trio and the augmented strings.