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The Definitive Ray Charles
~Ray Charles |
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Wsm (Audio CD) - July 5, 2004 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
All Ray Charles fans will want to check out The Definitive Ray
Charles, because it's the first time a compiler has been able to
combine the chart-topping hits from his Atlantic and ABC-Paramount years
into one package. This means that we get the Genius's hits from 1953's
"Mess Around" right through... |
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Experience Hendrix
~Jimi Hendrix
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Universal Music TV (Audio CD) - April 15, 2002 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Experience Hendrix brings together the major singles with a stack
of majestic album tracks and the career-defining live Woodstock version
of "The Star Spangled Banner" on a fat 20-tracker. While best used as a
sampler to direct new listeners to the immortal Are You Experienced,
Electric Ladyland,... |
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Live from Mars [LIVE]
~Ben Harper & The
Innocent Criminals |
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Virgin America (Audio CD) - May 7, 2001 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
After four studio albums, Ben Harper has finally released Live from
Mars, his first official live set, a 25-song double-disc collection
that surveys each of his four albums and adds a couple of well-executed,
if not terribly inventive, covers. Disc one is electric and finds Harper
and the Innocent... |
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First Rays of the New Rising Sun
~Jimi Hendrix
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Mca (Audio CD) - April 1997 |
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music fan, July 9, 2004
Absolutely brilliant.
This is the hendrix amlbum poised for release when hendrix died. roughly
80% finished, all it lacked for a release was the official approval and
the final hendrix "touch".
Sadly, little of the material will be new to serious fans, as most of it
has been in unauthorised compilations etc. But that... |
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Electric Ladyland
~Jimi Hendrix
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Mca (Audio CD) - April 1997 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
If it's true that songwriters have a vision in their head of what their
dream album would be, Electric Ladyland was the project Jimi
Hendrix hoped would be as close to perfection as possible. No longer
content with the rush-recorded psychedelic pop-rock of Experienced
and
Axis, Ladyland was an... |
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Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton
~Eric Clapton
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Reprise (Audio CD) - January 6, 2003 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
If this is your first exposure to Eric Clapton, a bit of bewilderment
would be in order. This is the legendary guitar icon. This is (as his
early apostles once proclaimed) God. Ranging from the mid-80s through to
the late 90s, The Clapton Chronicles owes less to the
groundbreaking blues-rock of... |
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Are You Experienced
~Jimi Hendrix
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Mca (Audio CD) - April 28, 1997 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
As emblematic of its time as of its sorcerer-like creator, 1967's Are
You Experienced? unleashed Jimi Hendrix onto a world in the midst of
such cultural and musical shake-ups that it really didn't seem as "far
out" as it actually was. It wasn't just Hendrix's virtuosic skill as a
pure player... |
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Straight From the Heart
~Carlos Guitarlos
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Nomad (Audio CD) - March 22, 2004 |
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Blues Breakers
~John Mayall, Eric
Clapton |
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Decca (Audio CD) - June 8, 1998 |
Album
Review
Rarely has any single record album induced such a shift in popular
music. Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton not only catapulted
Clapton to the helm of the burgeoning British blues-rock scene, it
likewise made significant noise on the other side of the Atlantic--where
the blues had literally been... |
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New York City
~Peter Malick Group feat.
Norah Jones |
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Koch (Audio CD) - September 1, 2003 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
The talented Norah Jones came to New York and got famous in spectacular,
multi-platinum fashion. So it's inevitable that recordings she made
before she hit it big are starting to come to the fore--case in point,
this CD by lyricist, songwriter and guitarist Peter Malick. Malick
recorded these tunes... |
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Fight for Your Mind
~Ben Harper |
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Virgin (Audio CD) - July 1995 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Fragile in most spots, ferocious in others, Harper's second album makes
for a stirring listen. Harper's music preaches awareness--whether it is
political, social, spiritual or personal--though he is more concerned
with getting people to look for answers themselves than with providing
answers for... |
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Band of Gypsies
~Jimi Hendrix
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Mca (Audio CD) - April 1997 |
From
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Tired of the showboating image that his early live performances had
saddled him with--and that his black audience viewed as demeaning and
degrading to his musical talent--Hendrix dissolved his Experience in
1969 in search of a more terra-firma-grounded, blues-oriented persona.
On New Year's Eve,... |
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Eric Clapton Unplugged [LIVE]
~Eric Clapton
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Warner (Audio CD) - January 6, 2003 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Clapton caught the "unplugged" trend just at the right time, when the
public was hungry to hear how well rock stars and their material could
hold up when stripped of elaborate production values. Clapton himself
seemed baffled by the phenomenon, especially when picking up the armload
of Grammys ... |
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Blues Brothers - Music from the Film [ORIGINAL RECORDING
REMASTERED] [SOUNDTRACK]
~Blues Brothers
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Atlantic (Audio CD) - October 26, 1995 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Inspired by the lovable Saturday Night Live white-boy blues
schtick of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, director John Landis seemingly
threw every harebrained stunt he could imagine--and millions of dollars
in production costs and wrecked autos--onto the screen. The resulting
film could have been... |
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The Best of Bonnie Raitt
~Bonnie Raitt
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Capitol (Audio CD) - May 12, 2003 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Guitar-slinging blues mama, erudite songwriter and social activist,
Bonnie Raitt has become a veritable institution within American music
over her three-decade plus career. This overdue Best of… features
some of her greatest hits since she signed up with Capitol in 1989. The
songs included date... |
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The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
~Stevie Ray Vaughan &
Double Trouble |
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Sony (Audio CD) - February 10, 2003 |
Rip,
Middleton, Lancashire United Kingdom, July 23, 2004
Texas' Pride And Joy
If you've never heard SRV, you'll probably wonder what all the fuss is
about, especially if you read guitar magazines (where his name crops up
quite frequently).
In a nutshell: he's the complete package. Tone, technique and a
magnificent singing voice that wouldn't be out of place on a soul
record. |
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Power of the Blues
~Gary Moore |
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Sanctuary (Audio CD) - June 7, 2004 |
A
music fan, Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom, August 30, 2004
Power of the blues- Gary moore
Great cd. Excellent vocal and guitar work.If you like good raw blues get
this cd.Great sound . |
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Welcome to the Cruel World
~Ben Harper |
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Virgin (Audio CD) - July 14, 1994 |
A
music fan, Bristol, UK, February 25, 2004
A lone voice?
The full range of Harper's influences doesn't come to bear until some of
his later albums, but this debut lays a strong foundation.
"Like a King" and "Take That Attitude to Your Grave" burn with a
political conviction rarely heard during the 1990s. "Forever" has a
tenderness which demonstrates... |
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30 Years of Rock - The Greatest Hits
~George Thorogood & The
Destroyers |
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Emi (Audio CD) - May 17, 2004 |
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Double Bill
~Bill Wyman's Rhythm
Kings |
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Papillon (Audio CD) - April 23, 2001 |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
No doubt sporting a wry grin when he decided to call this two-CD set
Double Bill, the old Stones bassist is further consolidating his
second roll. Wyman's done well from old material since 1997 and this
project is even more explicitly nostalgic, involving a very thorough
excavation of his record... |
