After her teenage-phenom years with Johnny Otis, this oh-so-soulful chanteuse made her own mark on Lenox, Atlantic and Roulette. This first-of-its-kind comprehensive celebration of this R&B pioneer... more
Recorded while Traffic was on hiatus, Jim’s solo debut ("Oh How We Danced") features Steve Winwood along with Chris Wood, Paul Kossoff, Dave Mason, Ric Grech, Jim Gordon and other special guests.... more
While soft-rock and singer-songwriters dominated the U.S., the UK pop/rock scene grew increasingly eccentric in ’71. The progressive sounds of the underground bubbled up into the mainstream, as... more
UK three CD clamshell boxed set celebrating the so-called underground rock music 1968, a year that saw huge changes, both musical and social. 1968 was a pivotal year for creativity in British rock,... more
Lou Adler’s Ode Records signed Spirit when guitarist Randy California was just 16. The label saw something special in the band’s inspired fusion of psychedelia, rock and jazz, and so have record... more
The expanded edition here brings fans a treasure trove of rarities. First, you get the bonus song "She’s Still Alive" and all four previously unreleased songs from the post-album 1986 sessions. Then,... more
This isn’t the flower-child side of UK psychedelia—this is the visceral stuff spawned by the likes of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. You’ll hear sought-after obscurities as well as the giants... more
The amazingly prolific, endlessly energetic Randy California sure left us a whole lot to still discover. Joined by a booklet with a new essay and period photos, these 6 CDs gather 1979–83 studio and... more
Three CDs. By 1965, the British R&B boom was over. Cyril Davies was dead, Alexis Korner was employed as MD on a children's TV show, and the legion of young acolytes the two men had inspired had... more
Six CD set. SoulMusic Records is very proud to present a 97-track box set of the eight full albums (plus bonus tracks and mixes) recorded for Atco, Cotillion and Atlantic by the... more
Samson were at the forefront of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal—but disc three here, "Blues Nights: Slight Return" (1981–1997), reveals the many interests and talents they evinced over the years.... more
In the U.S., Pilot scored a #5 smash with "Magic" and two minor hits with "January" and "Just a Smile." In the UK, they hit #1 with "January" and the Top 40 with "Magic," "Call Me Round" and "Just a... more
Robin Trower left Procol Harum a month after the release of this 1971 LP, the band’s fifth. A diverse delight, this album features a tighter sound than their earlier work (due, in part, to the... more
Cream’s famed drummer returned to hard-charging blues-rock territory with the Baker Gurvitz Army, teaming with Adrian and Paul Gurvitz of UK hit-makers Gun and recording a trio of LPs. Here are all... more
Four complete original LPs, remastered from the best possible sources, plus rare mono and stereo edits and B-sides to boot! Rock, blues, jazz and gospel come together across Edgar’s 1970 debut... more
In the wake of his tragic passing, it’s something special to revisit this 2002 collection of diverse, dynamic performances by this rock keyboard legend. He thrills on the classical pieces, funky... more
There have been other Tremeloes comps, but this new set is their definitive anthology, boasting every note recorded during their halcyon days at CBS. You get big hits by the beloved British... more
It started as an underground UK scene, then flourished into a phenomenon that produced and influenced countless arena-filling bands. These 44 thundering tracks—hits and obscurities alike—take us to... more
These unspeakably influential Detroit rockers (ask everyone from the MC5 to Bruce Springsteen) are STILL, somehow, not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Even as we lament that, let’s celebrate this:... more
UK three CD set. Harmony In My Head is another of Cherry Red's celebrations of a bygone era - this time, the boom in Power Pop and New Wave which followed the Punk explosion in 1977. New Wave was a... more
Once a backup singer for the Whispers, this L.A.-born songstress scored her own streak of R&B hits for the Solar and Constellation labels between 1979 and 1985. This first-ever round-up of Carrie’s... more
Five of the seven LPs that these revered Southern rockers sent to the pop charts came between ’80 and ’85, and all five are here plus a bounty of bonus cuts. Live versions of their hits "Flirtin’... more
Prior to the early Sixties, folk and pop musicians inhabited largely different worlds. There were folk records that had become crossover pop hits, but in essence there was little or no common ground... more
The Beatles opened the door, and all these bands stepped through—but these were no opportunists. You’ll hear one legendary group and UK classic after another amidst these 185 tracks, and disc six... more
Merseyside’s "second wave" produced an outpouring of crucial cuts: post-punk, new wave, synth-pop, dance-pop…a whole new generation of talented tunesmiths and sonic innovators made Liverpool, once... more
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