Every Capitol hit and his original versions of songs others turned into hits 12 essentials by the revered country-soul singer-songwriter: Games People Play; Walk a Mile in My Shoes; Don't It Make You Want to Go Home; Children; Hush; Birds of a Feather; I Knew You When; Rose Garden , and more!

Best remembered in the U.S. for the classic "Hitchin' a Ride," harmony pop ensemble Vanity Fare formed in Kent, England in 1968. Comprising vocalist Trevor Brice, guitarist Tony Goulden, bassist Tony Jarrett, and drummer Dick Allix, the group originally dubbed themselves the Avengers; soon local entrepreneur Roger Easterby signed on as manager, orchestrating a contract with the Page One label and instructing the group to cover the Sunrays' "I Live for the Sun" for their debut single. With their sophisticated harmonies and clean-cut image.

With her hauntingly beautiful album, "Parallelograms," Linda Perhacs offers each listener a stunning gift: a magical journey into the world of psychedelic folk music as the gods meant it to be. Her lyrics and music mirror a love of nature, along with the personal and most intimate parts of her soul. Listening to her, one is continually struck by the perfection of Linda's voice; you cannot help being emotionally moved. This wonderful CD personifies perfection…with taste, warmth, sensitivity, feeling, perception, and all the womanly virtues…

Four CD set. One of the first generation of British rock 'n' roll stars, Marty Wilde celebrates his 80th birthday with this very personal quartet of discs from across a musical career which spans over six decades. During the late 1950s, Marty was one of the biggest UK pop stars, with a string of Top 10 hits for Philips Records, on which he was often backed by The Wildcats. As the '60s dawned, Marty continued to enjoy chart success while evolving his sound away from American rock 'n' roll. In the mid-'60s, he also recorded as folk-pop trio The Wilde Three with wife Joyce (ex-Vernons Girls) and future Moody Blues star Justin Hayward. During the late 1960s, Marty became a hit songwriter for other artists, penning originals for The Casuals ('Jesamine'), Status Quo ('Ice In The Sun') and Lulu ('I'm A Tiger'). While his own career continued apace throughout the 1970s, Marty was also heavily involved with the launch of daughter Kim's career in the early 1980s. In recent years, Marty has fronted one of Britain's most respected rock 'n' roll bands. Marty is a unique celebration of Marty's long and illustrious career. While Discs One and Two are devoted to all of his early A's and B's, Disc Three unveils a hitherto unissued Radio Luxembourg performance from 1959 while Disc Four boasts a whole CD's worth of previously unheard demo recordings handpicked from Marty's own archive. Beautifully presented with remastered sound, detailed sleeve-notes and a booklet awash with images from across the years, Marty perfectly commemorates the musical legacy of one of Britain's most enduring talents who was awarded an MBE for his achievements.

Legendary band The Damned were the first UK punk band to release a single back in 1976. Along with the Sex Pistols and the Clash, they helped to spearhead the punk movement in the UK. As their career developed they became one of the first gothic rock bands and were a major influence on the goth subculture. They’ve had 9 UK Top 40 hit singles during their illustrious career and their latest album ‘Evil Spirits’ was their first top ten album upon its release last year. This new anthology will be the first ever, spanning the bands career and fully curated by them. •Features five Top 40 singles including 1986’s hit “Eloise” •“New Rose” was the first single released by a UK punk band •“Neat, Neat, Neat” also features on the critically-acclaimed soundtrack of 2017 film “Baby Driver”

100 Eurosong Klassiekers is a various artist compilation album. Released in 2010 on Universal.

The 2023 release of Dr. John - Malcolm Rebennack (The Crazy Cajun Recordings) is a compilation of early recordings by the legendary New Orleans musician, Dr. John (real name: Malcolm Rebennack). These tracks were recorded during his formative years in the mid-1960s, long before he adopted the "Dr. John" persona that made him famous. The compilation highlights his roots in New Orleans R&B, blues, and early rock and roll, showcasing his distinctive piano work and unique vocal style that would later shape his career.

The Main Ingredient were one of the best smooth soul groups of the early '70s, but they've never been given much respect in terms of CD retrospectives. They were given two comps in 1990 – Collectables' good but cheap Golden Classics and RCA's lengthier All Time Greatest Hits, which had more tunes but bad sound – and in 1996 RCA issued Quiet Storm, a collection of their romantic ballads, but the group still needed a well-produced, remastered collection of their biggest hits.

Try Anything Once is the first solo album by Alan Parsons, released in 1993. It was his first album since the split of The Alan Parsons Project. This album features vocals by Ambrosia's David Pack, Jacqui Copland, former Mindbender and 10cc guitarist Eric Stewart, and Manfred Mann's Earth Band frontman Chris Thompson. The album features completely digital recording and mixing. It was recorded at Parson's first "Parsonics" studio in Sussex England with the orchestra recorded at Air Studios in London.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt präsentierte 2009 einen der spannendsten Beiträge zum Haydn-Jubiläumsjahr. Seine Neueinspielung der berühmten Jahreszeiten von Haydn mit dem Originalklangorchester Concentus Musicus Wien bietet einen liebevoll im Detail ausgemalten, kontraststarken und spannungsreichen Bilderbogen - mit wild brausenden Winterstürmen, brütender Sommerhitze, heftigem Gewitter und einem ausschweifenden Winzerfest. Das Solistenterzett mit Genia Kühmeiers mädchenhaften Sopran, dem kultivierten Tenor von Werner Güra und dem ausdruckstarken, lyrischen Bariton von Christian Gerhaher lässt keine Wünsche offen. 2010 erhielt Nikolaus Harnoncourt für diese Einspielung den Echo Klassik für die beste Chorwerk-Einspielung des Jahres.

“Brilliant singer … a lean, straightforward voice animated by a subtle flatée … real ‘vocal artistry’,” raved German early music expert Bernhard Morbach of Kulturradio Berlin Brandenburg about Amaryllis Dieltiens’ debut on AEOLUS in 2011. With her own ensemble Capriola Di Gioia, Dieltiens now presents a deeply touching Stabat mater in Boccherini’s original version from 1781.

François Couperin was the greatest keyboard composer of the French Baroque, and his achievement, in both quality and quantity, is comparable only to Scarlatti's and Bach's. His fourth (and last) book of harpsichord music was published in 1730, a few years before the composer's death, and it represents a summing up of his career as a composer for his favorite instrument. These eight suites (or "ordres") contain fewer works than in the earlier books, but each one is a gem. Christophe Rousset's performances are simply the finest available, both in terms of interpretation and sound. These two discs are a fitting conclusion to a sensational series.

If I could pick a musical premiere out of the past that I could have attended, I would probably choose one of those evenings when Mozart and Haydn took the two viola parts in the first performances of Mozart's string quintets. It's something to wonder at, anyway. The string quintets are not only Mozart's greatest chamber music, they are among the most profoundly inspired pieces of music by anyone for any instruments. Three of them can be found on this budget priced set, superbly performed, along with the Horn Quintet, and the Quintet for Piano and Winds, which inspired Beethoven to compose a not quite as successful sequel. Greatness, folks, pure and simple.

The pioneering Chandos recordings of Parry’s symphonies by Matthias Bamert and the London Philharmonic confirmed that the concert world of Victorian England was not just a void waiting to be filled by Elgar. More than one expressive vein considered typically Elgarian was first tapped by Parry, and extended by him with professional flair. His symphonies established an independent vision, and cannot be dismissed as mere precursors of a greater composer.

Five years after the release of his album “Joys and Solitudes” on ECM, pianist Yonathan Avishai is back on jazz&people, the label that discovered him. Celebrating a decade of fertile collaboration with his trio, with Yoni Zelnik on double bass and Donald Kontomanou on drums, the musician releases “Shapes and Sounds” an album in which he magnifies everything that has made the strength of his style and its reputation: a way of playing with the forms and sounds of jazz, focusing on building from elements reduced to their quintessence (pure swing, the texture of a cymbal, the sound of a double bass, a few piano notes, a touch of blues…) moments of pure music. Inherited from Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Ahmad Jamal, his sensitive and spare touch gives rise to a series of eight pieces, six original compositions, which range from pure and sweet moments of happiness to the expression of more painful tensions, as well as two covers: “When You're Smiling”, made famous by Louis Armstrong, which will bring a smile to all those who hear it; and “La Mélancolie”, a magnificent song by the great French songwriter and performer Léo Ferré, which the pianist turns into a sad and romantic ballad that will speak to everyone through its simplicity. A favorite of musicians such as trumpeter Avishai Cohen or bassist Omer Avital, Yonathan Avishai reminds us with “Shapes and Sounds” that he is one of the most singular and touching pianists on the current jazz scene. Too good to be missed!