is the first album by , released in 1962. It's one of the rare folk albums to reach US # 1 - staying for over a month. The lead-off singles "If I Had a Hammer" and "Lemon Tree" reached numbers 10 and 35 respectively on the Billboard Pop Singles chart.

is a 1970 greatest hits release by American folk singers . It is the last album released before the group split up in 1970. The album includes all of their greatest hits, such as their only #1 hit "Leaving On A Jet Plane", "If I Had a Hammer", and their version of the Bob Dylan song "Blowin' in the Wind", along with others. is an excellent introduction to the group for anyone who's not familiar with their work. It shows off their seamless, sumptuous harmonies, their willingness to step back and let the songs be the stars of the show, and the ease with which they move from ballads to more upbeat tunes.

Their fourth studio album, "Empire" spawned a number of singles and placed well on the Billboard charts, as well as in the hearts of the fans, especially "Silent Lucidity". This was the most commercially successful Queensryche album of the early days, eventually reaching triple-Platinum--and this DCC Gold treatment just capped the success.

Not only was this the first solo album from Beatles alumnus Paul McCartney, but he played every single instrument on it--in fact, except for some backing vocals from Linda McCartney, he did it all. The most enduring track on this album is "Maybe I'm Amazed", but there are others well worth listening to, especially from this audiophile copy.

Though George Harrison's solo albums for most of the 1970s and early '80s were uneven, often slapdash affairs, 1970's ALL THINGS MUST PASS is a brilliant piece of work. Produced by Phil Spector, whose expansive, majestic arrangements and sonic flourishes suit Harrison's songs perfectly, ALL THINGS MUST PASS eclipses everything the other Beatles recorded at the time (excepting John Lennon's PLASTIC ONO BAND). This sprawling triple record set gives the impression of Harrison being uncorked and pouring forth all of the songs and ideas edged out by Lennon and McCartney during the Beatles years.