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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

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

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

The cerebral productions and orchestrated arrangements of baroque pop exploded in the UK after the Beatles and Beach Boys turned pop into a place for the auteur. Melancholy moods and flourishes of... 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

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

Three CD collection. Surrender To The Rhythm charts the origins and development of the London pub rock scene throughout the Seventies, featuring Eggs Over Easy, Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, Bees... more

Four CD box. Having created a grassroots buzz with their homemade proto-power pop classic Black Vinyl Shoes, Illinois band Shoes duly attracted major label interest, and they signed to Elektra in... 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

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

Across these 4 CDs—the first set to collect every Atomic Rooster album and single side recorded in the '70s—you'll hear this one-of-a-kind UK prog band dip into folk, funk, blues, jazz and... 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

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

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

Losing guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen to a solo career could have been a death sentence to Alcatrazz, but singer Graham Bonnet and his partners-in-rock triumphed over adversity by securing a young Steve... more

Forget all about genre boundaries, for these albums find this rock guitar hero joined by Joe Walsh, Suzi Quatro, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Chick Corea and David Johansen and feature songs penned by... 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

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

Four CD set. Climax Blues Band: The Albums 1973 - 1976 is the second collection of Climax Blues Band albums and features their work issued between 1973 and 1976, a period of commercial and concert... more

Before co-founding ELO, guitarist/songwriter Roy Wood poured his pop craftsmanship and eccentric English humor into this art-rock band. Their deliciously off-kilter 1968 debut LP features the UK... more

UK three CD set. Having documented the British psychedelic scene with anthologies devoted to the years 1967, 1968 and 1969, Grapefruit's ongoing series fearlessly confronts the dawn of the Seventies... more

Their fusion of pop, glam and music hall was not destined to reach U.S. shores, but Sailor blew up at home in England and across Europe in the mid-to-late-'70s. "A Far Out Disc," "Trouble," "The... 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

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