one/two punch/kiss combo that sets the band's wide parameters: The fiercely rocking road tale "51 Pieces" followed by a sweet taste of the Texas Hill Country springtime on "Bluebonnets," whose sparse and lovely arrangement features harmonium by Joe Hardy (the star recording engineer who mixed the album) and dobro by noted musician and producer Lloyd Maines (also the father of Dixie Chick Natalie Maines). And then it only gets better. Marking the band's 15th year together, Happiness and All The Other Things follows on the heels of Mission California, which hit #6 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and #30 on the Top 100 week of release. The band has sold over one million albums and plays over 250 shows annually, rocking an estimated half a m...  (less)

in music rather than stone - a very personal remembrance of human suffering and proclamation of hope by the band members of Fractal. This Limited Edition CD single (containing the song Aftermath by itself at 9 minutes and 11 seconds running time) is offered as a separate release (as CD and as digital download) in anticipation of Fractal's forthcoming new album. The Limited Edition CD features stunning graphic artwork by Ben Garvie, complementing and commenting upon the music. Fractal is: Josh Friedman - vocals, guitars Jim Mallonee - bass guitar Nic Roozeboom - guitars, guitar synthesizers, keyboards, background vocals Paul Strong - drums Music performed and produced by Fractal. Lead mixing engineer Paul Strong. Illustrations by Ben...  (less)

Sheridan , Trent Reznor Engineer - Alan Moulder Mastered By - Tom Baker (3) Mixed By - Alan Moulder Producer - Alan Moulder , Atticus Ross , Trent Reznor Programmed By - Atticus Ross Written-By - Atticus Ross , Trent Reznor This is the Deluxe Edition release which includes a data DVD with all 36 tracks in multi-track format, and a Blu-ray disc with Ghosts I-IV in high-definition 96/24 stereo and accompanying slideshow. Box is covered in a black fabric slipcase with a metal NIN logo on the front.  (less)

Hoboken, New Jersey. Limited edition version includes eight cut bonus disc. On its 10th, and undoubtedly sexiest album, Yo La Tengo creates a smoky, sonic novella to love and lovers, a lonesome pop record as beautifully stark as it is happy, and as full of detailed nooks and crannies as its riddling title implies. Songs like ""Our Way to Fall,"" ""Last Days of Disco"" and especially ""You Can Have It All"" are simple pop love notes destined to become standards in some brave romantic world better than ours (if they are diary entries from the Kaplan/Hubley marriage, that is one happy union). The farfisa/guitar combo still propels most of these songs, but as Yo la Tengo has evolved as a band, its appetite for studio creations has been greatly broadened. Soft but thick sonic textures adorn nearly all these tracks, particularly the bookends--the opening drone-pop mantra ""Everyday"" is fine indie-dub, and ""Night Falls on Hoboken,"" the 13-minute guitar space-out that closes the record, is hued psychedelic ambience for people with long attention spans.Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.118) - Included in Rolling Stone's ""Top 50 Albums of 2000"". Rolling Stone (3/2/00, pp.91-2) - 4 stars out of 5 - ""...a quiet, delicate meditation on their bond [as one of the most creatively fierce married band mates in music history]...singing their most confessional, intimate lyrics ever...It's a spell of blissful, psychedelic make-out music..."" Spin (4/00, pp.189-90) - 8 out of 10 - ""...Brooding and staid....[their] classic elements appear in fine form....slow dances evoking the deep calm of disappointment made familiar, even comfortable, by redemption - a pattern that over time has its own beauty..."" Entertainment Weekly (3/3/00, p.75) - ""Listening to this gentle musical love story is like eavesdropping on a whispered late-night conversation between Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley....their prettiest album, and it's guaranteed to make you jealous."" - Rating: A Q (4/00, p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 - ""...continues to play slow and loose with that same ascetic blueprint....a thoroughly life-affirming reverie."" Uncut (3/00, p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 - ""...A gentle, reflective album about love from three maturing noiseniks..."" Alternative Press (3/00, p.96) - 4 out of 5 - ""...Yo La Tengo aqre playing together wonderfully well here....the hushed, often beautifully harmonized vocals...are the most pleasant surprise here....their most mature fully realized work to date..."" Magnet (1-2/01, p.45) - Included in Magnet's ""20 Best Albums of 2000"" - ""...A jazz-like, hypnotic quietude, yeilding an introspective...tension that squalls beneath the surface..."" The Wire (2/00, p.56) - ""...Imaginatively paced pop d"  (less)

Gary Carey , Ian Read , J.R.P. , John Balance , Rose McDowall Mastered By - Dave Lokan Performer - Douglas Pearce 20th anniversary edition with original album artwork and carved soapstone round box, limited to 1,000 copies, each with a unique colour + 4 round inserts and 4 patches. CD1: Heilige Tod/Touch Defiles/Hail! The White grain/Runes and Men/To Drown a Rose/Red Dog-Black Dog/The Fog of the World/We Are the Lust/Punishment Initiation/Brown Book/Burn Again. CD2: Heilige Tod/Touch Defiles/Hail! The White Grain/To Drown a Rose/The Fog of the World/Europa-The Gates of Heaven and Hell/Punishment Initiantion/Brown Book re-read/Burn Again/Zuimmerit/Europa/Brown Book. Tracks 1-1 to 1-11 : From the original 'Brown Book' Tracks 2-1 to 2-7 : Remastered tracks from ...  (less)

a communicable language and catalyzing malaise. Now for the first time, THE SHAPE OF THINGS a rare, coveted, live performance is available exclusively from Morphius Distribution. Recorded at The Mistake in Cleveland Ohio on April 7th, 1976, the CD captures two distinct sets featuring classic Ubu cuts like 30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO and FINAL SOLUTION. Adding to the mystique of the album, is the unknown source of the second set recorded by an anonomyous engineer and mysteriously discovered years later. Previously available only at Ubu live shows, a limited edition pressing of THE SHAPE OF THINGS is not just for fans of PERE UBU, by a true doecument of the genesis of punk as an art form.  (less)

previously successfully worked on mixing the debut album by Hail Of Bullets, the band featuring Asphyx vocalist Martin van Drunen and guitarist Paul Baayens. This is also the limited edition version of the album includes additional slipcase packaging and the impressive ASPHYX live-show at Party San 2007 as bonus DVD! ASPHYX "Live at Partysan Open Air Festival 2007" Bonus DVD track-listing: 1. Vermin 2. M.S. Bismarck 3. Serenade In Lead 4. The Sickening Dwell 5. Food For The Ignorant 6. The Krusher 7. Wasteland Of Terror 8. Asphyx (Forgotten War) 9. Pages In Blood 10. The Rack 11. Last One On Earth Total playing time: over 60 minutes!  (less)

and mixed by Matt Wallace (Blues Traveler, Maroon 5). Mastered from the original «, 2-track, 30 i.p.s. master mixes. MFSL engineers were quite impressed with the dynamic range and natural tonality present on the master tapes. When compared to previous versions, the new MFSL GAIN 2 mastering is much more dynamic, and reveals detail and subtleties not heard on other versions. This new MFSL Gold CD allows the full dynamic range to shine through, giving fans the chance to hear this album the way it was heard at Scream Studios, where mixing was expertly performed by Matt Wallace and David Bryson.  (less)

flood of limited edition solo EPs and albums, but this is the first one to feature proper chord changes "Curvature Of The Earth" was recorded at Sergeant’s own studio, The Pod in Lancashire, over a 4 week period with engineers Dave Buchanan and Mike Hunter. Sergeant, who plays all the instruments on the album, picked the final eleven tracks from over seventy compositions he had stored on his computer, and spent a day completing each one.  (less)

the most important sound system operators active in Britain during the 1970s: because Fatman hailed from Waterhouse and still had family members in the area, he enjoyed a close association with many of the leading producers and artists that hailed from that vibrant west Kingston slum; he was a regular visitor to King Tubby's legendary dub studio in Waterhouse and also regularly cut special exclusive mixes of new material at various rival studios such as Lee Perry's Black Ark, Channel One and Joe Gibbs. As Fatman had already been releasing Prince Jammy's early productions in Britain, and as Jammy was rapidly rising to be one of the most respected producers and engineers of the period, it came as no surprise that Jammy mixed the first side of this ...  (less)

archives and interviews with artists, historians, producers, and engineers, it is a treasure trove of memorabilia, stories, and photographs that are assembled in this lavish book recounting 111 years of DG's recordings. At over 200 pages, and including the six CDs featured in the 111 Classic Tracks product, this is easily the most lavish history of a record label produced in quite some time. State of the Art traces the progress of the label from its founding in 1898 up to its contemporary status and includes features on such artists as Karajan, Böhm, Abbado, Boulez, Domingo, The Emerson String Quartet, Mutter, Fischer-Dieskau, Pollini, Pires and countless others. For the expert and the casual fan alike, ...  (less)

Sentinel "A lot of art and technique on display ... the sonatas emerge gracefully from Victoria Drake's skillful hands and fingers." -- Stereo Review No one has ever before recorded these complete works on the harp! Recorded by Grammy Award-winning producer/engineer Adam Abeshouse. Bach wrote the solo cello suites between 1717 and 1720. They were largely forgotten after his death until the thirteen-year-old Pablo Casals turned up an edition in a tiny music shop in Barcelona and began to learn them. Only fifty years later (1937-39) did he record them and make them famous again. Another forty years passed until a young harp student, Victoria Drake , went to study in France. Unsatisfied with the limited repertoire for her ins...  (less)