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Simon Wright’s on the drums and Craig Goldy lays down some wicked guitar on this 2000 album, which finds Ronnie returning to the vivid fantasy imagery of his earlier work. His voice is in prime form, too, as you hear "Lord of the Last Day," "Fever Dreams," "Turn to Stone," "Feed My Head" and more. Double-vinyl edition includes the 18-minute "Magica Story" (studio/spoken word) and a 7" vinyl disc with the studio track "Electra." Double-CD edition includes "Magica Story" and "Electra" plus Magica tour recordings of "Eriel," "Losing My Insanity," "Otherworld," "Chalis" and more! BMG.4050538489972 That’s Vinny Appice bringing the drum thunder on this 1996 LP (it would be his final Dio album). Ronnie and guitarist Tracy G hurl lightning across "Institutional Man," "Don’t Tell the Kids," "Black," "Golden Rules" and more. Second CD features 1997 tour performances of "The Mob Rules," "The Last in Line," "Double Monday," "Holy Diver," "We Rock," "Heaven and Hell" and more! BMG.4050538505894 This Chicago native soared to pop stardom with platinum-selling albums and #1 smashes. His first new album in five years leads off with the single "Another One Down," written with his son Lucas, who has followed in his father’s footsteps as a singer-songwriter. This modern spin on Richard’s tried-and-true pop-rock sound also includes "Let Go," "This One," "All Along," the title song and more! BMG.4050538525069 Modern beats entered the horn-powered sound of these R&B icons on this 2005 album, which went Top 40 pop and Top 10 R&B on its way to winning a Grammy. Brian McKnight, Raphael Saadiq, Big Boi, will.i.am, Kelly Rowland, Kenny G and other guests have a ball with Philip Bailey, Maurice White and the band as you hear "Lovely People," "Show Me the Way," "Pure Gold," "To You," "This Is How I Feel" and more. This glorious return to form now comes to vinyl (double vinyl) for the first time; that and the CD both boast two previously unissued bonus instrumental tracks! Sanctuary.4050538534498 The ageless vocal power of Ronnie James Dio amazes on this 2006 album, which pits good against evil across "One More for the Road," "The End of the World," "Shivers," "The Eyes," the title track and more. Two-CD edition also includes Master of the Moon tour recordings of "Rainbow in the Dark," "Rock and Roll Children," "The Eyes" and more plus the bonus studio cut "Prisoner of Paradise"! BMG.4050538543643 It’s been almost 20 years…their fans are ready…Huey and the band are ready…and here it is: their first album of new songs since 2001. There is one cover here—Eugene Church’s soul burner "Pretty Girls Everywhere"—but the rest is all original, and a superlative throwback to Huey’s ’80s heyday. Rock ’n’ roll, soul, R&B and even a bit of country twang swirl across "One of the Boys," "While We’re Young," "Hurry Back Baby," "Her Love Is Killin’ Me" and more tracks mixed by Bob Clearmountain. Fans both new and old are gonna love this, and can get it here on CD or vinyl! BMG.4050538548303 Sammy himself picked 14 favorites for this collection of key cuts from his 1999–2016 recordings: "Stand Up," "Serious Juju," "Ten 13," "Little Bit More," "One Sip," "No Worries," "Maui Wowie," "Shag" (outtake mix), "Sam I Am," "The Real Deal" and more! BMG.4050538548464 The rocker goes unplugged! Sammy sang his solo and Van Halen favorites in an acoustic setting for this 2014 release; a strummed 12-string guitar backs his rich vocals on VH’s "Finish What Ya Started" and "Dreams" plus "Eagles Fly," "Sailin’," "Red Voodoo," "One Sip," "The Love," "Father Sun," "Halfway to Memphis" and more! BMG.4050538548501 Hagar returned to the no-funny-business of RAWK on this 2008 album, a heavy-duty all-star affair featuring guests Billy Gibbons, Neal Schon, Bootsy Collins and VH’s own Michael Anthony. His grinding cover of the Beastie Boys’ "Fight for Your Right to Party" joins "Psycho Vertigo," "When the Sun Don’t Shine," "Loud," the title track and more! BMG.4050538548549 Sammy sings songs co-written by Toby Keith ("I Love This Bar") and Kenny Chesney ("One Sip")? Yep—he mixed rock and country on this 2006 release, and fans dug it, sending the album to #50 pop. Those and a boozy, woozy spin on Dylan’s "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" join his self-penned rockers "Living on a Coastline," "Mexico," "The Way We Live" and more! BMG.4050538548563 Sammy kept the energy at 11 on this 2002 album, belting out his love of Led Zeppelin on "Whole Lotta Zep." He wails and the guitars blaze across that plus "Stand Up," "Hallelujah," "The Big Nail," the title cut and more! BMG.4050538548587 This came out in October 2000, and its title is a shout-out to Sammy’s October 13th birthday. The whole album (which reached #52) is a rockin’ good time—a boisterous party with the windows thrown open—with guitars and vocals roaring across "Let Sally Drive," "Serious Ju Ju," "The Message," "Ten 13" and more! BMG.4050538549041 They opened for U2, toured the U.S. (including multiple SXSW shows), won worldwide acclaim—but Ash’s bracing mix of pop-punk and Brit-pop didn’t tear up the U.S. charts like it did the UK’s. Now, though, those of us on both sides of the Atlantic can dig the special power and songcraft of Ash as this new comp pulls together the best from their LPs and their "A–Z" singles series. The new song "Darkest Hour of the Night" joins their UK hits "Girl from Mars," "Angel Interceptor," "Goldfinger," "Oh Yeah," "A Life Less Ordinary," "Jesus Says," "Shining Light," "Burn Baby Burn," "Sometimes," "Orpheus," "You Can’t Have It All"…21 tracks on double vinyl or 36 on 2 CDs! Echo.4050538557305 One of the most seductive funk/soul songstresses on Earth returns home to Chicago’s Harris Theatre to thrill the crowd with a set of solo and Rufus hits—and now you can watch the show on DVD or listen on CD. The video’s in 4K and the band is 12 members strong as she sings her smashes "Tell Me Something Good," "Sweet Thing," "At Midnight," "Ain’t Nobody," "I’m Every Woman," "What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me," "I Feel for You," "Everlasting Love," "This Is My Night" and more! BMG.4050538592344 Quickly and dramatically transforming from punchy punk to boldly inventive pop over just a couple years, Bob Geldof and his mates emerged as one of the most unique, intriguing bands of the new-wave era. Now, 36 years after their last studio album, these Irish legends return with 10 glorious new songs: the rousing, anthemic guitar rocker "Trash Glam, Baby" plus "Sweet Thing," "Monster Monkeys," "She Said No," "Passing Through," "K.I.S.S." and more. A momentous release, to say the least, available here on CD or vinyl! BMG.4050538593204 For his first solo album, Dulli looked to one-man-band visionaries like Todd Rundgren and Prince for inspiration. Greg wrote and performed almost everything here, though members of his bands Afghan Whigs and Twilight Singers contributed, too. Setback and victories vie for dominance across "Pantomima," "Sempre," "Marry Me," "The Tide," "It Falls Apart," "A Ghost" and more. Fans have been waiting for this; it arrives now on CD or vinyl! BMG.5013929088900 After this pop-soul superstar’s epic run of hits on Scepter, she began an exciting new chapter with Arista in ’79. That year, Barry Manilow bathed her voice in opulent orchestration on her self-titled Arista debut, which soared to #12 on its way to becoming the first platinum album by the beloved songstress. Along with a multitude of bonus cuts, this 12-CD set collects (for the first time anywhere) ALL of Dionne’s Arista LPs: "Dionne," "No Night So Long" (a #23 LP), "Hot! Live and Otherwise," "Friends in Love," "Heartbreaker" (a #25 LP, produced by Barry Gibb), "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" (produced by Luther Vandross), "Finder of Lost Loves," "Friends," "Reservations for Two," "Sings Cole Porter," "Friends Can Be Lovers" and "Aquarela Do Brasil," her bewitching 1994 album of Brazilian delights. A 64-page booklet joins the remastered albums, with detailed essays on each album and quotes by Dionne, Clive Davis and producer Steve Buckingham. The bonus tracks alone, as mentioned above, are abundant: "Never Gonna Let You Get Away" (with Manilow), "Let It Be Me" (demo, with Barry Gibb), "Finder of Lost Loves" (with Vandross), "Two Strong Hearts" (with Johnny Mathis), "Take Good Care of You and Me" (with Jeffrey Osborne), "I Don’t Need Another Love" (with the Spinners), live versions of "Touch Me in the Morning," "Welcome to My World" and more. On the albums: the biggest hit of her long career, "That’s What Friends Are For" (with Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder), and her hits "I’ll Never Love This Way Again," "Déjà Vu," "No Night So Long," "Friends in Love" (with Mathis), "Heartbreaker," "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" (with Vandross), "Love Power" (with Osborne) and more. Scores and scores of divine performances from Dionne’s second journey across the charts! SoulMusic.5013929089006 You can’t get funkier than the Meters, and you can’t find a comprehensive set with more bang for the buck than this! Their entire recorded output for Josie (1968–71), Reprise and Warner Bros. (1972–77) is here: eight albums plus non-LP singles, bonus cuts, single edits and a rare 1977 disco mix of "Disco Is the Thing Today" (CD debut). The 116 tracks join a 40-page booklet in a luxurious package (almost TOO luxurious for all these nasty grooves and gritty tones). An extensive essay with quotes from Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr. and Cyril Neville sets the scene as you hear "Cissy Strut," "Sophisticated Cissy," "Stormy," "Look-Ka Py Py," "Funky Miracle," "Chicken Strut," "Tippi-Toes," "Ride Your Pony," "Meter Strut," "A Message from the Meters," "Cabbage Alley," "Hey Pocky A-Way," "Fire on the Bayou," "Africa," "Big Chief," "Mister Moon," "People Say," those bonus mixes and edits and more! SoulMusic.5013929089105 This Philly sister act reeled off 19 hits on those three labels during that stretch—but there’s a wealth of stellar album tracks missing from the hits collections. Disco, funk and club classics sit alongside the silkiest of ballads as this nicely priced set brings you eight full albums plus a whole disc of collectible mixes. The LPs "Circle of Love," "Together," "We Are Family," "Love Somebody Today," "All American Girls," "The Sisters," "Bet Cha Say That to All the Girls" and "When the Boys Meet the Girls" include the hits "Love Don’t You Go Through No Changes on Me," "He’s the Greatest Dancer," "We Are Family," "Lost in Music," "Got to Love Somebody," "Reach Your Peak," "All American Girls," "Next Time You’ll Know," "He’s Just a Runaway," "My Guy," "Frankie" and more. You get first-class mastering, 10,000-word liner notes, club mixes, Tom Moulton and Nile Rodgers mixes, dub and club mixes and more! SoulMusic.5013929108806 Overlooked by the masses but revered by connoisseurs of post-punk, the Monochrome Set earned ardent acclaim (and inspired the Smiths and so many other bands) with sharp hooks, jangly guitars and singer Bid’s inimitable vocal style. They disbanded in ’86, but fans were thrilled when they reunited in 1990 and churned out a streak of inspired records before parting ways again in ’95 (only to re-form again later). That second wave is chronicled across these 5 CDs: the albums "Dante’s Casino," "Jack," "Charade," "Misère" and "Trinity Road" plus bonus tracks. Everything here is long out of print and only that first album was ever reissued on CD. A detailed booklet joins this overdue spotlight on this fertile period in the band’s long career: "Forever Young," "I Love Lambeth," "All Over," "Pauper," "Bella Morte," "Big Wheel," "Hate Male," "Blood Act," "Two Fist," "Clover," "Her Pain," "UFO," "Up," "Jack," "House of God" (live) and more! Cherry Red.5013929108905 They became a big live draw around the globe, but the Primitives didn’t earn the worldwide chart success they deserved. They hit the alternative charts in the U.S. but only reached the pop charts at home in the UK, where their jangly indie-rock and infectious hooks sent them to the charts eight times from ’87 to ’91. With Tracy Tracy as their enigmatic front man and Paul Court as their chief songwriter, the Primitives won raves with their LPs "Lovely," "Pure" and "Galore," which are here along with a large sampling of their earlier, more punky and experimental Lazy-label recordings plus 1986–87 BBC sessions and "Live at Bath Moles" performances of "Outside," "All the Way Down," "Give This World to You," "Sick of It," "Slip Away," "You Are the Way" and more. You also get the studio versions of those songs and of "Crash," "Out of Reach," "Way Behind Me," "Thru the Flowers," "Stop Killing Me," BBC performances of "Spacehead," "Shadow," "Buzz Buzz Buzz" and more including unissued tracks. Sleeve notes include interviews with both Court and Tracy! Cherry Red.5013929109193 After their power-pop perfection "Black Vinyl Shoes" created a big buzz, this Illinois band signed to Elektra and recorded the LPs "Present Tense," "Tongue Twister" and "Boomerang." They became critics’ darlings but never triumphed commercially, and that fact will bewilder you as you listen to those excellent LPs plus single sides. Shoes’ Elektra recordings accompany pre-album demos, lost songs, live tracks, alternate versions and a 32-page booklet full of liner notes and rare photos. Demo and album versions of "Tomorrow Night," "Too Late," "Every Girl," "Now and Then," "Burned Out Love," "Karen," "When It Hits," "In Her Shadow," "Curiosity," "Too Soon" and "Mayday" join live versions of "Cruel You," "Hate to Run,'" "She Satisfies" and more! Cherry Red.