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The songs of Donovan, the psychedelic minstrel whose records colored the late-'60s landscape, are celebrated across 24 tracks performed by a wide array of artists. Eartha Kitt's slinky spin on "Hurdy... more

Double vinyl LP pressing. Soul music has always been in Paul Weller's blood from early Jam covers of Martha & the Vandellas 1963 classic 'Heatwave'. Along with other forms of music, soul found it's... more

2023 collection. Latin Freestyle was a dizzying, passionate, ultra-modern music. It was the aural equivalent of a can of thirst-quenching Quatro or a Spanish Harlem dance-off, and it became the... more

Mighty Baby evolved out of the Action, club favourites who released a number of poor-selling singles. Dropped by Parlophone, musical chairs saw Ian Whiteman (keyboards/flute) and Martin Stone... more

This ought to "tide" girl-group buffs over: 25 female-fronted surf, drag and hot-rod songs from the golden age of the genre! The Supremes' piece of the action, "Surfer Boy," joins "Pray for Surf,"... more

John Lee Hooker is not an artist who plays by the rules that govern what we generally accept as "traditional" blues music-he very rarely plays in 12-bar format when he performs his songs. On his most... more

UK twofer combines two of the rock & roll legend's gospel albums, 'I Put Away My Idols' (1983) & 'Kingdom in the Streets' (1985), both are unavailable domestically. 20 tracks. Ace. 2003.

Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs are always highly conceptual with their indie-pop releases as Saint Etienne. They take the same approach when they curate the comps in this series; these... more

Strikes, food and oil shortages, inflation…England was in a grey place in the early-to-mid-'70s, and these were the pop-music outcries: "When Work Is Over" Kinks, "I'm on Fire" Troggs, "Urban... more

The sheer number of Otis Redding's songs that were covered during his lifetime and posthumously is a testament to the tremendous impact he made on his peers during an all-too-short five-year career.... more

Little Miss Dynamite was burnin' up the charts when she released these two albums in '59 and '60, both together here on one 24-track CD! Her biggest-ever hit, I'm Sorry, joins two more that cracked... more

They didn't come from New York, and their mentor was Roy Orbison—what kind of doo wop group was this? The Velvets brand of doo-wop was laced with pop, soul and even country; this CD not only brings... more

30 tracks, mostly huge hits but some not all that easy to find, presented in the best possible sound! Includes "Don't Let Me Cross Over" Carl Butler; "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" Marvin Rainwater;... more

Clapton, Mayall, Peter Green and just about every white blues group of the '70s covered the songs of this King. It's his early stuff that was most influential; here are his 1961 hits Hide Away;... more

His third and fourth Decca albums, both released in 1964 and including a lot of tracks that have never been on CD. 24 songs!

32 up-tempo Nelson numbers, each starring the one-and-only James Burton on guitar. Includes Be-Bop Baby; Believe What You Say; It's Late; Waitin' in School; Milk Cow Blues; Stood Up; Mighty... more

Includes Click Clack Dickey Doo & the Don'ts; It Was I Skip & Flip; The Joker Billy Myles; The Beat Rockin' R's; La Dee Dah Billy & Lillie; Endless Sleep Jody Reynolds, and more.

These seminal late 40s sides cannot be given enough exposure in the welter of Hooker material that has surfaced since his late found chart success.

UK collection. This compilation of '60s Motown magic from the company's stable of fabulous female talent features many tracks previously available only as digital downloads, and six unreleased in any... more

Not only did Brel's dark, dramatic, evocative songs fascinate Walker, who covered Brel on his first three LPs—but they profoundly influenced his own development as a deeply compelling songwriter.... more

Throughout their career, the Ramones peppered their albums and live shows with revved-up revamps of their favorite songs. This 24-track collection offers up the original versions of the classics they... more

Here are the original versions of 24 tunes that Elvis dug enough to record himself: "Guitar Man" Jerry Reed; "Bossa Nova Baby" Tippie & the Clovers; "Pieces of My Life" Charlie Rich; "For Ol' Times... more

In '64, in the midst of their Motown prime, the Contours recorded this LP—but it was never released. This reissue expands it from 12 tracks to 26 via mostly up-tempo dance tunes and a few ballads. In... more

2003 reissue of 1963 album features 18 tracks including 8 bonus tracks, 'The Road I Travel' (aka 'Hard Luck Blues'), 'Eyesight to the Blind', 'Green & Lucky Blues', 'Dust My Broom', 'Just a Dream',... more

Ace set their sights on Chi-town for this third collection of girl-group gems, featuring 1961–1969 recordings from the Chess family of labels! As one might surmise, there's a decidedly soulful bent... more