Cyndi Lauper began her career as a playful rebel, and matured into one of the best respected artists in American music. Lauper rose to fame in 1983 with the release of She's So Unusual, an album that provided an ideal showcase for her strong but girlish voice and her thrift-shop-genius personality. The album made her an overnight star and a darling of MTV, spawning two major hit singles ("Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time") and briefly making her a symbol of hip female empowerment on a par with Madonna.

Glenn Frey has had a mixed solo career, alternating between Top Ten hits and outright commercial disasters. Solo Collection performs a welcome service by collecting the highlights from his decidedly uneven solo albums, including all of his biggest hits. Not only is it a perfect introduction, it's arguably the most consistent solo record Frey ever released.

2CD including a 20 page book featuring new liner notes by Anthony Bozza in conjunction with Mick Fleetwood and live and behind the scenes photos from the concert and rehearsals. Legendary drummer, Mick Fleetwood enlisted an all-star cast for a one-of-a-kind concert honouring the early years of Fleetwood Mac and its founder, Peter Green which was held on 25th February 2020 at the London, Palladium. The bill included Neil Finn (Crowded House), Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), John Mayall (Blues Breakers), Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac), Jeremy Spencer (Fleetwood Mac), Pete Townshend (The Who), Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) and Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones). Legendary producer Glyn Johns (Small Faces & The Beatles) joined as the executive sound producer and the house band featured Mick Fleetwood himself along with Andy Fairweather Low, Dave Bronze, Rick Vito, Zak Starkey, Jonny Lang and Ricky Peterson.

“1961: King Of The Whole Wild World” – an exclusive 3-CD box set that takes a detailed look at the defining year of 1961 in Elvis Presley’s career. Experience the magic and the King’s unparalleled influence at the peak of his career, captured in a carefully curated collection of studio recordings, hits, and rare live moments. This comprehensive collection is not only an auditory feast but also a visual highlight for any collection. The high-quality packaging reflects the significance of this year and offers you a deep insight into Elvis’s world in 1961. Each of the three CDs is packed with musical treasures that underscore the King’s versatility and charisma.

While Def Leppard had obviously wanted to write big-sounding anthems on their previous records, Pyromania was where the band's vision coalesced and gelled into something more. More than ever before, the band's songs on Pyromania are driven by catchy, shiny melodic hooks instead of heavy guitar riffs, although the latter do pop up once in a while. But it wasn't just this newly intensified focus on melody and consistent songwriting (and heavy MTV exposure) that made Pyromania a massive success – and the catalyst for the '80s pop-metal movement.

Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler is the third compilation album by Dire Straits, released in 2005 by Mercury and Vertigo internationally, and Warner Bros. in the United States. Named after their 1982 hit single, the album consists of material by Dire Straits, with songs selected from the group's six studio albums (excluding the 1979 album Communiqué) from 1978 up through the group's dissolution in 1995. It also features work from the solo career of the group's singer, songwriter, and guitarist Mark Knopfler, including some of his soundtrack material. The only previously unreleased track on the album is "All the Roadrunning", a duet with country music singer Emmylou Harris.

After nearly a decade struggling for recognition, Houston's King's X finally obtained a record deal with Megaforce Records, issuing their debut Out of the Silent Planet in 1988. The band's unique sound combines Beatles-esque vocal harmonies and melodies with heavy guitars, complex arrangements, and singer Doug Pinnick's incredible, gospel-tinged voice. After the space age intro of "In the New Age," one is swept away by the ethereal beauty of album highlights "Goldilox," and the driving "King," where the band comes closest to revealing their Christian beliefs. The drum intro and main riff of "Far, Far Away" mark another remarkable moment, but this is an astonishing record from start to finish, with further kudos going to "Wonder," "Shot of Love," and "Power of Love."

Rhino's 2001 collection, The Best of Bread, is the definitive single-disc collection of Bread's hits, spanning 20 tracks and all of the group's hits, including lesser-known hits that didn't reach the heights of "Make It with You," "Everything I Own," "If," or "Baby I'm a Want You." Though this isn't as comprehensive as Rhino's double-disc set – which means it doesn't contain the David Gates solo cuts that the first one does – it still provides most casual listeners with all the Bread they'd need, in a highly listenable fashion, too.

Made in England could as easily be the follow-up to Elton John's self-titled 1970 album as his first recording since the success of his songs for the Lion King soundtrack. John has brought back some of his old associates, including percussionist Ray Cooper, guitarist Davey Johnstone, and, particularly, orchestrator Paul Buckmaster, who gave the Elton John album its distinctive sound 25 years ago and contributes four string charts here. John remains a musical jukebox: "Please" has a twangy guitar riff that sounds like the Searchers, circa 1965, while guest organist Paul Carrack brings a soulful Booker T.-like feel to "Man."

This album has until now been an exclusive collector's item for subscribers of the Phaedrus digital magazine, which was active from 2016 to 2018. Now, for the first time, it is available for sale to the general public. Triptych is a collection of pieces composed by Carlos Plaza, with the collaboration of exceptional musicians: César G. Forero - Guitars, Omar Acosta - Flute, José Luis Espejo - Clarinet, Jaime Pascual - Bass, Carlos Franco - Drums and Miguel Rosell - Cello. It is an eclectic album, featuring symphonic progressive rock, chamber music and some jazz touches.

C.B. Busser’s 1978 solo debut Movies drenches its symphonic-meets-psych soundscapes in glorious Mellotron, conjuring the laid-back Teutonic grandeur of Schicke, Führs & Fröhling and Novalis, with jazzy, Camelesque detours along the way. A one-man tour de force on every instrument, it’s undercut only by uneven CSN style folk numbers and weaker vocal tracks, leaving a fine Swiss-prog gem that shines brightest in its atmospheric instrumentals.

The 7 Voyages of Sinbad is a concept album based on the fairy tale collection One Thousand and One Nights. It tells the story of the many voyages and adventures of Sinbad the Sailor - based partly on the experiences of Middle Eastern sailors, partly on the mythological traditions of ancient Greece, India, and Persia. The album features 8 compositions by Beppe Crovella, Stefano Vicarelli, Octavio Stampalia, Alessandro Di Benedetti, Rafael Pacha, Mimmo Ferri, Marco Grieco and Chris Engels.

Pondus's sole 1979 obscurity Myrornas Frammarsch is a virtuosic Swedish jazz/rock feast, threading Soft Machine "Bundles" fusion,Canterbury whimsy, Zappa quirk and Mahavishnu fire through knotty time signatures, flamenco guitar runs and lush piano-flute interludes. Only the occasional Swedish vocal track dents the momentum, leaving a forgotten but thoroughly recommended gem of light, virtuosic prog/fusion.

Def Leppard's second album, High 'N' Dry, continues in the vein of the anthemic, working-class hard rock of their debut. While still opting for a controlled musical attack and melodies as big-sounding and stadium-ready as possible, the band opens up its arrangements a bit more on High 'N' Dry, letting the songs breathe and groove while the rhythm section and guitar riffs play off one another. MTV helped break the album in the U.S. with its heavy rotation of the video for the unabashedly dramatic rock ballad "Bringin' on the Heartbreak."