CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX: New Dark Age Tour EP 2015 A.D. (Vinyl LP)

Led by multi-instrumentalist Justin Greaves (ex-ELECTRIC WIZARD, ex-IRON MONKEY) • Recommended if you like: ELECTRIC WIZARD, PINK FLOYD, KYLESA • 57-minute EP! • Including a lengthy, 2-part mind-blowing cover of PINK FLOYD’s classic “Echoes” • The B-side of the vinyl editions is beautifully etched • Transparent clear vinyl edition strictly limited to 250 copies worldwide […]

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JESSE WINCHESTER: A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble (CD)

When Southern-based singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester died in April 2014 after the cancer that had threatened his life in 2011 fatally recurred, he left behind a legacy of much-covered songs, awards, grieving musicians and thousands of fans – and A Reasonable Amount of Trouble, a 12-song CD containing nine new Winchester compositions written and recorded while his cancer was […]

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RY COODER: Vigilante Man (6CD Box)

Whether serving as a session musician, solo artist, or soundtrack composer, Ry Cooder’s chameleon-like fretted instrument virtuosity, songwriting, and choices of material encompass an incredibly eclectic range of North American musical styles, including rock & roll, blues, reggae, Tex-Mex, Hawaiian, Dixieland jazz, country, folk, R&B, gospel, and vaudeville. The 16-year-old Cooder began his career in […]

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SMALL FACES; All Or Nothing 1965-1968 (DVD)

Despite a relatively short career of just 4 years from 1965 to 1969, Small Faces stand as one of the most influential British groups of the sixties. They produced a string of hugely successful singles from their debut “Whatcha Gonna Do About It” through to “The Universal” and one of the truly classic psychedelia albums […]

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VIOLIN CONCERTOS: An introduction to 10 of the greatest with highly recommended recordings

Along with the piano, the violin is the instrument best served with concertos, and what a variety there is! Here’s a violin concerto Top 10 that embraces all the great works at the centre of every violinist’s repertoire ranging from the poise of the Mozart via the red-blooded Romantic works like the Tchaikovsky to the […]

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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition (5CD+DVD Box Set)

Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition will follow in the footsteps and format of the deluxe sets previously released by UMe for the VU’s first three albums The Velvet Underground and Nico,White Light/White Heat, and The Velvet Underground.  This 6-disc box will feature: The original 1970 album remastered in both its stereo and mono mixes; Demos, singles, early versions […]

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SIMON and GARFUNKEL: Massachusetts 1967 (Ltd Japanese Digpak CD)

Recorded valuable concerts at Massachusetts’ prestigious big tufts on March 11, 1967! Eternal Ballad ‘Sound of Silence’, Pop Sense ‘Red Rubber Ball’, ‘Emily Emily’ In addition to unreleased mega · rare song “Tineei · Moron” added bonus track 3 songs including masterpieces on parade, masterpieces on parade etc. Existing masterpiece album “parsley · Sage, rosemary […]

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JAMES TAYLOR; Live Pittsburgh, 1976 (CD)

Recorded at the legendary Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, PA in 1976, this FM stero broadcast concert is superbly reproduced here in crysatal clear quality. The 19 tracks admirably display the artist’s sublime song-writing abilities during the early to mid-70s, and the fine selection of self-penned songs is augmented by a solitary cover. Tracks Include: Fire & Rain, […]

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EMILY DICKINSON: The poet who offers composers potentially limitless possibilities

Philip Clark celebrates the American poet who was a kindred spirit of the composers she has inspired As an intellectual loner, a disrupter of poetic convention, an instinctual progressive, a sensual philosopher, an obstinate believer in the validity and vitality of her own work, a transformer of small-town 19th-century America into impassionedly passionate poetic visions […]

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SUPERTRAMP: Crime Of The Century revisited

This 40th anniversary celebration features the remastered original album and brings together the previously unreleased concert from London’s Hammersmith Odeon in March 1975, mixed from the original tapes by Crime’s original producer Ken Scott. It showcases the band at the zenith of their powers, playing of all of Crime and introducing numbers from their forthcoming […]

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THE BAND; Carter Barron Amphitheater, Washington DC, July 17th 1976 (Vinyl 180g 2LP) Track titles included

‘This show runs through nearly every great song the Band ever wrote and recorded since their original inception… remarkably fresh and exciting’ – concertvault.com Classic live show Recorded shortly before The Last Waltz Superb audio fidelity Background notes included First time on Vinyl 2x 180g Vinyl w/ insert in sleeve After more than 15 years […]

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN; The Roxy Theater, West Hollywood July 7, 1978 (3CD)

Recorded for broadcast on KMET-FM, and regarded as one of Springsteen’s best ever performances, this outstanding show captures the Boss at the height of his powers, near the outset of his legendary Darkness Tour. The remarkable set list includes live premieres of his classics Point Blank, Raise Your Hand and Independence Day (performed solo on […]

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IRON BUTTERFLY: Live At The Galaxy LA July 1967 (CD)

We are told ….. ‘Captures psychedelic wrecking crew Iron Butterfly in a particularly sharp club performance from early in their career… Spirited jamming that all but wrote the acid rock rulebook’ – www.allmusic.com Recorded live at the Galaxy club in Sunset Boulevard in July 1967, this captures Iron Butterfly’s early five-piece, two-guitar line-up on fiery […]

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WAGNER: The completion of the Solti/Wagner Decca Ring cycle in the late ‘60s was something of a Watershed.

Reassuringly Expensive. The Solti Decca Wagner Ring cycle in the big wooden presentation box (Ring 1-22) was like that. In the mid ‘70s it retailed for about £49 – at a time when I earned around £30 a week before tax. There it was, this magnificent edifice – ‘The Greatest Achievement in the History of […]

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STEPHEN STILLS: Las Vegas 21st July 1995 (CD)

Fascinating insight into a Stills live performance in the mid 90’s.  Stunning versions of classics “Love The One You’re With”, “Long Time Gone”, “For What It’s Worth” and an explosive eight minute “Dark Star”. Joined by Joe Vitale on drams, Gerald Johnson on bass and Mike Finnegan on keyboards. Broadcast by WHCN-FM from The Joint […]

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