Ravens were early pre- Beatles /British Invasion rock `n' rollers influenced by Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly , and Link Wray , with a substantial regional following in New York. * No Place for Pretty contains five band originals from 1962/3, plus five new originals--all intense, hard-slamming guitar-driven rock `n' roll designed for noisy dance halls.  (less)

comprising Valli, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi and Tommy DeVito. They scored their first U.S. #1 hit with `Sherry' in the summer of '62 and were one of the few Stateside groups whose reign of hits was uninterrupted by The Beatles and the British Invasion. The Four Seasons had 10 UK Top 20 hits including their #1 smash hit `December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night!). This compilation provides the perfect musical backdrop to a year full of news about the new Jersey Boys musical! Warner. 2008.  (less)

a void left by The Beatles when they broke up in 1970. Throughout the early ’70s, several bands, most notably Badfinger, Raspberries and Big Star, established the sound of Power Pop, with a whole array of like-minded bands emerging in the later part of the decade. Groups like Cheap Trick, The Knack, The Romantics, Dwight Twilley, Raspberries, and Badfinger had the biggest hits, but The Flamin’ Groovies, Shoes, and 20/20 among others became Power Pop favorites. This is the first comprehensive single disc overview of Power Pop ever assembled. It includes just about every major band of the genre and is filled with non-stop Power Pop classics. Featured here are several tracks previously unavailable on CD, including the single version of The Knack’s Top 10 hit "Good Gir...  (less)

classic essence of a band working together on all planes to deliver a distinctive brand of magic. The Atlanta, GA band joined forces with Livewire Recordings in 2006 and released an EP in early 2007 GOLD DUST TRAIL. Receiving strong College and AAA Radio support, debuting at #10 most added in the country on CMJ s Top 30 chart, the critically acclaimed release introduced Warm in the Wake to their new audiences. Riding the strength of the EP, the boys headed into Atlanta s Vintage Vibe Productions with Livewire president/producer Colin Cobb (The Rewinds, Ashton Allen, The Winter Sounds) and mastered in London's Abbey Road Studios by Steve Rooke (Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Wilco) in the spring of 2007 to flesh out the most imp...  (less)

was the most popular pop group in the world. The Boy George-led group racked up nine Top 10 singles in the US. In 1982 the band signed to Virgin Records and that same year the single 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me' exploded as a massive breakthrough hit. This French release of that first single coincides with the CD and DVD release of the Culture Club's Greatest Hits. EMI. 2005.  (less)

comprising Valli, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi and Tommy DeVito. They scored their first U.S. #1 hit with `Sherry' in the summer of '62 and were one of the few Stateside groups whose reign of hits was uninterrupted by The Beatles and the British Invasion. The Four Seasons had 10 UK Top 20 hits including their #1 smash hit `December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night!). This compilation provides the perfect musical backdrop to a year full of news about the new Jersey Boys musical! Warner. 2008.  (less)

Puppy Love, Put Your Head On My Shoulder , and for writing pop hits such as She’s A Lady , as well as legendary anthems including My Way . Today, part of Paul Anka’s legacy is his place on the Billboard Top 25 list of artists with the most charted Top 40 singles in history, where he’s keeping company with fellow music legends like The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson and Madonna. In 1998, he became the only artist in history to have a hit in five consecutive decades as the single My Hometown hit the Top 10. Featuring rare film clips and interviews with his friends and colleagues, Paul Anka: Music Man is the remarkable story of one of the all-time greatest singer/songwriter...  (less)

the Zombies had left their Merseybeat sound far behind by the late '60s, pursuing instead a moodier, more sophisticated sound. ""Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914),"" a grimly haunting accordion-led WWI narrative would have been unimaginable on an earlier Zombies record, and the simmering, ominous classic ""Time of the Season"" is as far from ""She's Not There"" as ""Strawberry Fields Forever"" is from ""She Loves You."" Still, the peerless pop craftsmanship of keyboardist Rod Argent and bassist Chris White (the group's principal songwriters) makes for plenty of richly melodic gems, as realized by Colin Blunstone's breathy, angelic voice. The delicately beautiful ""A Rose for Emily"" and the sunny, optimistic ""This Will Be Our Year"" can melt even the coldest of hearts. The 2004 reissue's bonus cuts (equally as entrancing as the initial tracks) and top-notch remastering further secure ODESSEY & ORACLE's status as an absolute must-own.Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.114) - Ranked #80 in Rolling Stone's ""500 Greatest Albums Of All Time"" - ""...Its baroque psychedelic arrangements continue to exert a powerful influence..."" Rolling Stone (2/1/69, p.28) - ""...a very high level of musicianship and creativity....they have handled the problems of added orchestration and elaborate production quite well [here]...one of England's very best rock bands."" Mojo (Publisher) (p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 -- ""[T]he album has become an evergreen thanks to its Beach Boys-styled voices, its very English strain of melancholy and bassist Chris White's idiosyncratic writing..."""  (less)

(bass); Richard Roseborough, Tarp Tarrant (drums). Engineers include: Jim Dickinson, John Fry, Richard Roseborough. Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. Includes liner notes by Rick Clark. Big Stars's third album, THIRD (also known as SISTER LOVERS) was recorded in 1974 but not released until 1978 and was never widely available. Two bonus tracks have been added. Digitally remastered Japanese edition features an LP-style sleeve. CD comes in Jpn LP Sleeve. After Big Star released RADIO CITY, they fell apart, leaving Alex Chilton to record in 1975 what was later released as THIRD (AKA SISTER LOVERS). The album is strikingly different from everything Chilton has done before or since. With pained outpourings such as the haunting ""Holocaust,"" it holds its own against rock's greatest monuments to existential angst, from TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT to BRYTER LATER. It also ranks alongside the Beach Boys' SMILE as perhaps the only ""classic"" album with no set sequence. Chilton never bothered to sequence it because, upon its completion, no label wanted to release it. It finally came out four years later, and since then, while it has appeared on several labels, no two have used the same track order.Rolling Stone (3/19/92, p.87) - 5 Stars - Classic - ""...Chilton's untidy masterpiece...baroque, guitar-driven pop...one of the most idiosyncratic, deeply felt and fully realized albums in the pop idiom..."" Q (5/8/92, p.90) - 4 Stars - Excellent - ""...Never did depression bordering on psychosis sound so compelling in popular music..."" Village Voice (3/2/93, p.5) - Ranked #4 in the Village Voice's list of the 10 Best Reissues Of 1992. Mojo (Publisher) (3/01/04, p.55) - Included in Mojo's The 67 Lost Albums You Must Own! - ""SISTER LOVERS was desolate, nocturnal, frosty, but translated Chilton's frustrations into sublime music."" NME (Magazine) (8/12/00, p.28) - Ranked #1 in The NME ""Top 30 Heartbreak Albums"" - ""...Their final album...highly melodic, Beatles-derived music...adding a desperate sadness..."" NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #90 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.' NME (Magazine) (9/18/93, p.19) - Ranked #39 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of The '70s.'"  (less)

and now Zildjian has brought it all back. Introducing The Armand Zildjian Cymbal Series... The Avedis Zildjian Co, the world's leading cymbal manufacturer is proud to introduce a new line of cymbals named for the man who helped guide Zildjian into the 21st Century. The Armand Zildjian Cymbal Series includes nine new models and is based on the popular 19-inch Armand Beautiful Baby Ride. This series captures the classic A sound of the 1960's that helped define a musical era and includes 20 and 21-inch Rides, 16 and 18-inch Medium Thin and Thin Crashes, 13 and 14-inch HiHats and a 10-inch Splash. All are available in a Traditional finish. The new Armand Series is part of the A Zildjian range of cymbals, but offers its own unique characteristics. New shaping techniques create a slightly lower profile than the current A Zildjians and help to offer a special warm and smooth blend of overtones. Lighter weight specifications promote a faster cymbal response with special lower pitched overtones without loss of projection potential, and a tighter lathe pattern on the top of each model results in a unique feel. The 20 and 21-inch Armand Rides are medium-thin in weight and offer a sweet shimmering quality of overtones without loss of control or Ride articulation and feature a larger sized cup for excellent bell access. The existing 19-inch Armand Ride features a three-rivet cluster and Armand's signature and Beautiful Baby laser etched into the cymbal. The 16 and 18-inch Armand Medium Thin Crashes contain a robust body of overtones while cutting easily through with a bright and fast response. The 16 and 18-inch Armand Thin Crashes are extra fast, bright and shimmering with a warm full blend of overtones. Perfect for bright and clear accents, the paper-thin weight 10-inch Armand Splash will complement any set-up. Featuring a medium-thin weight top and a medium weight bottom, the 13 and 14-inch Armand HiHats have a fast response and an articulate cymbal sound with a warm chick and are versatile enough for almost any style of music. During the explosion of rock and pop music of the 60's, the great drummers of groundbreaking bands used A Zildjian cymbals to make their mark. You can hear Zildjian's distinctive sound in the great recordings of that era, from The Beatles to The Beach Boys, from Cream to The Jimi Hendrix Experience, from The Rolling Stones to Chicago. The new Armand Series resurrects those sounds with these exciting new models.  (less)

Johnny Mercer, Glenn Wallichs and Buddy DeSylva in the summer of 1942. This exquisitely designed, digitally-remastered 96-track, 6-CD boxed set pays tribute to the defining artists of popular music history - from Stan Kenton, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra to Peggy Lee, the Kingston Trio and the Beach Boys; from the Beatles (the first time their music has ever been included on a multi-artist compilation), the solo careers of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, the Band and Pink Floyd to Merle Haggard and Duran Duran; from Bonnie Raitt, Everclear and Garth Brooks to Kylie Minogue, Radiohead, Coldplay and The Vines. CAPITOL RECORDS: 1942-2002 is released in two versions: the Deluxe version is packaged in a 10x10 box, with a full-size 144-page clothbound coffee table collector's volume of classic artist photographs by the world's greatest photographers. The Special version is packaged in a brick format, with a smaller 72-page photograph booklet. Both boxed set versions will contain the same CDs, along with booklets containing extensive discography information, including many track annotations that have been compiled for the very first time. Each of the six CDs cover a decade's worth of landmark performances - starting with Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack's Orchestra's Cow-Cow Boogie, Capitol's top 10 pop/R&B crossover hit from the summer of 1942 - to current Capitol hits from Coldplay, Kylie Minogue and The Vines. The massive compendium of hits features dozens of RIAA gold, platinum, multi-platinum, Grammy, Down Beat, Billboard, CMA, Juno, and Brit award-winning recordings. Capitol Records President and CEO Andrew Slater served as compilation producer for CAPITOL RECORDS: 1942-2002 and authored the project's introductory essay. In some ways, this collection is the story of three generations of American music, says Slater. It pays homage to the artists who make up the legacy of Capitol Records, and for anyone who has ever been touched by them. CAPITOL RECORDS: 1942-2002 also includes newly-commissioned liner note essays recalling each decade, written by a specially chosen team of respected music journalists and critics including Nat Hentoff (the '40s); Alan Light (the '50s); Anthony DeCurtis (the '60s); Ashley Kahn (the '70s); Charles M. Young (the '80s); and David Fricke (the '90s). Capitol Records was born of the friendship between hit songwriter Johnny Mercer and renowned record and electronics store owner Glenn Wallichs. Their desire to create an artist-friendly West Coast-based record company to rival the New York-based major labels came to fruition when Buddy DeSylva, the head of Paramount Pictures, agr  (less)

Doors Down, Avril Lavigne). There's also country, R&B, Christian and more. To complete your package there's also an alphabetical songbook, song request forms and a CD disc opener. Now add your own FREE Chartbuster's T-Shirt and you?ll be ready to get the party started. Disc 1 Stay - Maurice Williams Fraulein - Bobby Helms I Wanna Be Loved - Andrews Sisters, The Making Whoopee - Frank Sinatra Candy Man, The - Sammy Davis, Jr. Quando, Quando, Quando - Englebert Humperdinck Three Coins In A Fountain - Andy Williams Good Morning Heartache - Billie Holliday You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You - Dean Martin Everybody Loves A Lover - Doris Day Chicago - Frank Sinatra Answer Me My Love - Nat ""King"" Cole It's Magic - Doris Day Lady Is A Tramp, The - Frank Sinatra Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra Disc 2 Rag Doll - Four Seasons, The Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean This Girl Is A Woman Now - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones Half-Breed - Cher Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap Yesterday Once More - Carpenters, The Holly Holy - Neil Diamond Saturday In The Park - Chicago Give Peace A Chance - Plastic Ono Band Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell Easy To Be Hard - Three Dog Night Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John Muskrat Love - Captain & Tennille Disc 3 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder 7-Rooms of Gloom - Four Tops, The Freeway Of Love - Aretha Franklin Psychedelic Shack - Temptations, The Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young That'll Be The Day - Linda Ronstadt Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is - Chicago If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder Everything I Own - Bread Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin Rocket Man - Elton John My Maria - B. W. Stevenson Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers, The Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John Disc 4 Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group Spooky - Classics IV Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult Get Together - Youngbloods, The Break On Through - Doors, The Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police, The Some Like It Hot - Power Station Unchain My Heart - Joe Cocker Just An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night Precious Declaration - Collective Soul Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple High Enough - Damn Yankees Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms Dizzy - Goo Goo Dolls It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M. Disc 5 Rock On - David Essex Piano Man - Billy Joel Solitaire - Laura Branigan I've Got A Name - Jim Croce Rock And Roll Music - Beach Boys, The Hurts So Good - John Conlee This Is It - Kenny Loggins Lady Madonna - Beatles, The Lookin' Out My "  (less)