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Did you know that Billy Gibbons started out playing Texas psychedelia in the Moving Sidewalks, much like his friend Roky Erickson in the 13th Floor Elevators? He's generally thought of as a career... more

A new box set, Mark Knopfler The Studio Albums 1996-2007, will be released on December 10, 2021. The box will feature Mark Knopflers first five studio albums as a solo artist Golden Heart (1996),... more

Six CDs. Every Ray Charles album post-1960 is represented here, along with singles not available on any of his previously released albums. Released on Ray Charles own Tangerine Records and remastered... more

Recorded while the band was at their most potent (guitar wizard Michael Schenker would leave the band soon after), this 1979 live double album came during the peak years of UFO's stateside success.... more

Four CD set. The Greatest Soul / Funk & Disco 12" Inch Singles of The 70s & 80s is packed with some of the greatest 12-inch versions from that era. With liner notes by journalist Charles Waring... more

DESCRIPTION::Black Sabbath embraced change in 1976 when the heavy metal innovators started managing themselves and began exploring different sounds on the bands seventh studio album, TECHNICAL... more

Starting out as a prolific songwriter and ending up as one of the quintessential pop stars of his time, Neil has enjoyed quite an amazing half century in music. Here are 50 essential hits and tracks... more

Even as Bolton shifted from rock to pop he never lost the grit and soul in his voice, and that helped him soar to stardom with these 1987–93 LPs: "The Hunger," "Soul Provider," "Time, Love &... more

Mixing jazz-rock invention with pop-chart conquest, BS&T packed a lot of brilliance and success into their 1968–72 prime. This set covers that whole stretch, from the band's creation by Al Kooper to... more

Even though they are one of the highest-ranking pop groups of all time, having spread 62 hits and dozens of albums across the charts in the '60s and '70s (between the group and Frankie's solo... more

Heart reached their apex of pop success with their 1985 self-titled LP full of synths and ballads. This set, though, takes us to the "heart" of the era when the Wilson sisters led one of the baddest... more

This grizzly of a Bear Family box packs 307 tracks into 10 CDs, bringing together their best (and rarest) blues, R&B and gospel sides plus Sam Phillips productions that were issued by Chess, RPM,... more

Big chart hits join hard-to-find LPs and a rapturously beautiful posthumous release from this soul-jazz saxophone superstar. Along with his smooth jazz gems "Strawberry Moon" ('87, with B.B. King and... more

Expanding Beatles-esque hooks with orchestral grandeur, ELO brought an epic new sound to rock. Here's their early gem On the Third Day ('73), Top 10 LPs Face the Music ('75), A New World Record ('76)... more

The Steve Perry era well underway, Journey voyaged to the upper reaches of the charts on the back of that majestically soaring voice with Departure ('80), Escape ('81) and Frontiers ('83). Here are... more

Carlos reunited with Buddy Miles and many original Santana members on 1987's Freedom. Leading up to that are four Top 40 LPs: Inner Secrets ('78), Marathon ('79), Zebop! ('81) and Shango ('82). Whole... more

A 5-CD, 159-track set containing his COMPLETE recordings from 1953 to 1964! This is the Big Bang of the Bakersfield Sound, featuring demos, LPs and legendary singles like Under Your Spell Again;... more

The first five (and best) LPs by the band who led the early-'70s jazz-rock charge. Follow their evolution from tight and rocking to symphonic through these charting LPs: The Inner Mounting Flame... more

All 84 sides Sam recorded with the Soul Stirrers—many featuring him trading lead vocals with the awesome Paul Foster—on one spirit-lifting, soul-shaking 3-CD set! Inside are such touchstones as Jesus... more

A jazz tenor saxophonist of huge merit, Stanley Turrentine, often fondly nicknamed "The Sugar Man", pursued an illustrious career in jazz and R&B which spanned an impressive five decades. Finding his... more

Joni Mitchell was at a turning point 50 years ago. After making four acclaimed albums with Reprise Records, including her 1971 masterpiece Blue, she left the label to join the brand-new Asylum... more

Jeff's golden voice, prodigious pop-song craftsmanship and unparalleled mastery of the studio are on shining display as you hear his solo LPs "Armchair Theatre" (1990) and "Long Wave" (2012) plus the... more

"Surf Age Nuggets" is a four-disc box set featuring the unsung heroes of the surf instrumental genre, "Surf Age Nuggets" traces the attitude of surf instrumental music from 1959 through it's demise... more

The album that saw the Eagles fly from country-rock stars to arena-rock superstars—thanks to the arrival of Joe Walsh, the ascendance of Don Henley and a positively brilliant set of new songs—turns... more

Synth-pop trailblazers Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh left Human League in 1980, forming this electro-funk group with singer Glenn Gregory and debuting with the 1981 LP "Penthouse and Pavement."... more