The 1973 debut from a band who became cult figures on the blues-rock scene, mainly because there was a real crunch to the music. Greg Lake (of Emerson, Lake and Palmer) signed them to the bands Manticore label, and he produced three of the tracks on this album. This release (along with While You re Down There by Stray Dog) is the first to be issued on the reactivated Manticore label, under an exclusive license to Cherry Red Records and managed by the people who brought you Esoteric Recordings and Atomhenge.

Paganini - Swiss group, formed in 1983, playing styles Heavy Metal and Melodic Death. It was named in honor of frontman Marco Paganini. Her story began before the date of the official foundation. In the late 1970s, Marco Paganini leaves his native Switzerland and moved to England, where some time playing in a heavy metal band Tygers Of Pan Tang.The debut album Paganini, "Weapon Of Love", released in 1985. Major hit was the song of the album "Berlin By Night", climbed to the top of the German charts and became the soundtrack to the movie "Alpha City".

The Platinum Collection is the first greatest hits collection of American singer Laura Branigan that was released posthumously. It was released only in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2006, however is available as an import in other regions. The album is part of the Warner Platinum series released by Rhino Records.

Haute couture downtempo back for your enjoyment. With more and more attention to the growing diversity of current electronic music and cool tempo. Saint Germain also pays homage to the roots, to the great names of downtempo, the lounge, and trip-hop by dedicating a full selection of legendary American label CD: Thievery Corporation.

Instrumental music with vocal addition at its best! A bastard meeting between some musical individualists resulted in a series of records that stunned the world. High quality performance combined with musical integrity gives you a unique amount of satisfaction. They were, at the end of the Seventies and in the Eighties, the Swedish representative of the collective Rock In Opposition founded by Chris Cutler. Their music is a blend of mostly instrumental 70's progressive rock, Scandinavian folk, jazz-fusion, avant-garde, RIO (Rock In Opposition) and World Music. The vocals in Swedish, the use of accordion, handbells, marimbas and percussions of all kinds gives a very personal touch to this music…

What begins like a fairy-tale turns into a whimsical fantasy halfway between magic farce and Masonic mysticism: The Magic Flute links a love story with the great questions of the Enlightenment, juxtaposes bird-catcher charm with queenly vengeance, and bewitches the listener with music that mixes cheerful melodies, lovers’ arias, show-stopping coloraturas and mysterious chorales.

“What a pleasure to listen to Demetrio e Polibio”, wrote major Italian daily La Stampa after the premiere of Rossini‘s very first opera at the 2010 Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, attributing it „an undeniable fascination“. The work was given its first performance in Rome in 1812. It is still unclear whether Rossini was 14 or 18 when he wrote it; what is beyond doubt, however, is the anticipation of great things to come.

Limited 10 CD box set containing every Motown #1, and we mean EVERY - from every U.S. and International chart and from every genre adding up to a staggering 191 tracks that hit the top, plus 10 bonus tracks whose cover versions were #1. These classic, memorable performances come from 50 different Motown artists from all eras. This special once-in-a-lifetime set is housed in a replica of the original Motown headquarters: the Hitsville U.S.A. house on Detroit's West Grand Boulevard, now the home of the internationally renowned Motown Museum. It's a true collectible. Inside the house are five digipaks - containing 10 CDs - fronted by a classic image of an artist in front of Motown. Universal.

Straight Between the Eyes is the sixth studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow, released in 1982.Straight Between the Eyes undoubtedly has one of the worst album covers in rock history, but the record is an unexpected return to form from the journeyman hard rockers. Just a record before, Rainbow sounded as if they were verging on Billy Squier territory, but here, they reverse course and deliver a solid, no-frills hard rock record. It isn't just that the material is stronger, though it certainly is, it's that Roger Glover abandoned his smoothed-out, radio-ready production that marred Difficult to Cure. That's not to say that Straight Between the Eyes doesn't sound dated - Rainbow was a band that was forever tied to its era - but the album does have a harder-hitting, muscular sound that is more appropriate for the band. Similarly, vocalist Joe Lynn Turner sounds more comfortable with the group, and the entire band just seems to gel, turning even the generic numbers on the album into enjoyable, straight-ahead hard rock.

Ray Conniff was at his very best in the early 60s. His style of orchestral pop produced dozens of charting albums. This collection features two original LPs from that era plus bonus tracks. The fabulous trumpet of Billy Butterfield is also showcased on the popular recordings Beyond The Blue Horizon, South Of The Border Down Mexico Way and A Love Is Born.

Wild Cat is the debut album by the British heavy metal band Tygers of Pan Tang. It was released in 1980 on MCA Records. The album was re-issued in 1989 in a double-LP package with Spellbound, and on CD in 1997 with bonus tracks.One of the most promising acts of the first NWOBHM, Tygers Of Pan Tang were also one of the earliest pioneers of that brand new sound of the 80’s. Their single Don’t Touch Me There remains as a legendary release, truly essential for the consolidation of the movement back then, featuring already a kinda characteristic methodology, preceding their imminent debut. Along with Angel Witch, Samson, Iron Maiden, Saxon and Fist, these guys set the rules of the new decade heavy metal, clearly alternative from the tiring classic rock dinosaurs, becoming highly influential outside the British frontiers, from the rest of the old continent to America. 34 years after it was originally released, Wild Cat still rocks hard and sounds as fresh and entertaining as before.