Elvis Presley mag dan de belangrijkste persoon zijn in de Amerikaanse populaire muziek van de 20e eeuw, maar daarmee is hij nog niet de beste en zeker niet de meest consistente. Niemand kan echter ontkennen dat deze muzikant het meest verantwoordelijk is geweest voor de groei van de internatational populariteit van rock & roll. Zijn muziek uit de vijftiger jaren legde de basis voor rock & roll; zijn explosieve en seksuele uitstraling tijdens optredens werden standaards voor het visuele imago van de muziek; zijn stem was ongelooflijk krachtig en veelzijdig.

Emerging from the Liverpool group scene during the goldrush years, The Merseybeats' combination of Everly Brothers-style vocal harmonies and adroitly-chosen beat boom ballads saw them record several hit singles (including 'I Think Of You', which reached the Top Five), a brace of very popular EPs and a self-titled album that spent a couple of months in the LP charts. After their superb version of 'I Stand Accused' (a big favourite of local teenager Elvis Costello, later to cover the song) failed to become the huge success that it deserved to be, group leaders Tony Crane and Billy Kinsley reinvented themselves as vocal duo The Merseys, who recorded one of the classic mid-Sixties pop hits in 'Sorrow', subsequently quoted in Beatles track 'It's All Too Much' and taken back into the charts a few years later by David Bowie. 'Sorrow' was followed by a handful of Merseys singles that, although less successful, are now highly regarded by admirers of late Sixties British pop and psychedelia, and are now legitimately assembled under one roof for the first time.

To end the year in style, Buddha-Bar is joining forces with the Berlin duo Dole & Kom in a Deep, Ethnic and Organic House project. Internationally renowned German producers and DJs, Dole & Kom are regulars on the Buddha-Bar compilations. From Ibiza to Mykonos, Tulum, Cairo or Dubai, their Electro Deep signature with mystical and ethnic touches makes clubbers and jetsetters from all over the world dance. Between underground and mainstream, their unique, dynamic and captivating vibe spreads throughout the tracks and enhances the always sharp, meticulous and magic work of Ravin, resident DJ at Buddha-Bar Paris for over 20 years.

Three CD anthology containing every song recorded by Merseybeat group, The Swinging Blue Jeans between 1963 and 1969. Plus their sole UK album 'Blue Jeans A' Swinging' (1964) in full in both mono and stereo versions and all of the tracks from their rare 1966 Canadian only LP 'Don't Make Me Over', believed to have been withdrawn soon after release. These tracks include versions of The Beatles' 'This Boy', The Lovin' Spoonful's 'Do You Believe In Magic' and soul man Rufus Thomas' 'Jump Back'. The Swinging Blue Jeans had a residency at Liverpool's legendary Cavern Club where The Beatles once appeared as their guests and, like the Fab Four, they cut their teeth playing Hamburg's The Star-Club. The huge success of their 1963 single 'Hippy Hippy Shake' made The Swinging Blue Jeans stars in the UK, Canada, Scandinavia, Germany, Australia and the USA. Terry Sylvester from The Escorts joined The Swinging Blue Jeans in early 1966, appearing on singles, 'Sandy', 'Rumours, Gossip, Words Untrue' and 'What Have They Done To Hazel' and the Canadian album, 'Don't Make Me Over', before leaving to replace Graham Nash in The Hollies in 1968. Singers Madeline Bell and Kiki Dee guest on the 1967 single 'Tremblin'.

Sir Simon Rattle Over a career that has included extended tenures with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle has become recognized as one of the world's top conductors. Mostly focusing on symphonic music, he has also conducted major operatic productions. His recording catalog is vast and includes music from Haydn to contemporary works, but he performs music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries especially often.A native of Liverpool, Rattle was born on January 19, 1955. He studied piano, violin, and percussion as a youngster, joining the Merseyside Youth Orchestra as a percussionist and later playing with Britain's National Youth Orchestra.

Music from Faye Adams, Charlie & Ray, Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, and more – 50 tracks in all.

Reissued for the first time in decades as a standalone title the 47th (and a bit) anniversary 3D EP CD. 1977 was a classic year for singles, the year when ‘Punk’ mutated into New Wave producing a seemingly endless run of great 45s – from The Ramones to The Jam, Elvis Costello to Jonathan Richman, Sex Pistols to Richard Hell. With David Bowie (Heroes), Kraftwerk (Showroom Dummies) and Bob Marley (Jamming) also, releasing key singles – it was as if Marley’s Punky Reggae Party had plenty of wonderful music from the mainstream to broaden the 7” mix still further… but that’s only one side of the story… Mainstream music buyers seemed oblivious to much of the above as - Elvis Presley (death), David Soul (TV, twice), Rod Stewart (preventing Sex Pistols from reaching No.1) and Mull of Kintyre (ending the year and the start of 1978), dominated the pole position in the singles charts.

Wagram Music Presents Soul Men Classics by the Kings of Soul Music album original hits and the original artists genre Soul.

The enormously successful Dreamboats & Petticoats series returns, following on from the previous three #1 Gold-certified albums. The year’s edition, Silver Linings, is a huge 100-track collection of the very best of early rock ‘n’ roll, pop, Merseybeat and soul from the swinging heyday of 1950s-60s. The four-disc set includes the likes of Jeff Beck, Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys, Manfred Mann, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Cat Stevens, Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich, Marty Wilde, Ricky Nelson, Helen Shapiro, The McCoys, Chuck Berry, Dusty Springfield, The Drifters and many, many more!

Jeff Dale is an award winning songwriter and performer, born and raised on the south side of Chicago.

A Classic lost Post-Punk era album- originally released on A&M Records in 1981 - CTR are delighted to bring you this touchstone album on heavyweight 180g vinyl , (300 copies only) remastered & with 5 bonus tracks for Bandcamp. Artwork restoration for 2025 by Dave Twist.

Pianist McCoy Tyner's first full-length trio album since 1964 was one of his most popular. Accompanied by bassist Ron Carter and Elvin Jones, Tyner (who uses harpsichord and/or celeste for flavoring on three of the six pieces) shows why he was considered the most influential acoustic pianist of the era (before Bill Evans began to surpass him in that category). Whether it be Jobim's "Once I Loved," "Impressions," "Ruby, My Dear" or Tyner's three powerful originals, this set finds Tyner in peak form.

If Hits seems a little inadequate, even though it weighs in at 16 tracks, that's because Phil Collins had such a long, productive run. Also, to casual listeners (and possibly even some fans), it's hard to tell which singles are by Genesis and which ones are solo cuts. So, it's almost a certainty that listeners will find something missing from this disc – and not just because Genesis cuts are absent, but because there's not enough space to fit all of Collins' solo hits, especially since the compilers decided to include a couple of lesser, latter-day hits at the expense of some earlier, bigger ones, while adding his non-LP cover of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" to entice hardcore fans. Thus, there are only 13 hits, which means some other big hits and good songs are absent - "I Missed Again," "I Don't Care Anymore," "Don't Lose My Number," "Do You Remember?" are all MIA…

111 Adagio Masterpieces is a compilation album. Released on August 10, 2023.

Killer Swedish progressive rock with loads of wonderful instrumentation and bushels of mellotron. Sinkadus in many ways actually remind us of Anglagard at times with uniquely shaped song structures and outbursts of deep melodies. This is rich music with some grand song writing and nice deep harmonic structures throughout. Sinkadus are highly talented musicians who deliver some great emotion in thier music. Vocals are rather sparse, but are well done (sung in Swedish) and explore some great vocal harmonies.