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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Those years take us across 17 albums (from 1975s "Taking Off" to 1988s "Close-Up" to 1999s "Inside") that saw this sublime saxophonist rise from sideman to star. Rare radio edits ("Lesley Ann"),... 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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