Though much less expansive than Mangione's other Mercury concerts (only 37 minutes on a single CD or LP), Land of Make Believe is the most successful of the lot, a winning combination of attractive tunes, big-thinking orchestrations, just enough jazz content, and a genuinely felt sense of idealism. Here there is no dead weight; all of the material is very engaging and the combined forces of Mangione's quartet and the Hamilton (Ontario) Philharmonic are on fire.

Dushan Petrossi joined the ranks of many prominent power metal artists of the late 90s revolution in choosing the nadir of the genre as the appropriate time for a few years of studio silence. Between his two projects, Magic Kingdom has proven to be the more geared towards innovative ventures, while Iron Mask has been a more conservative affair, and consequently comes off as the more dominant of his two projects…

In his career, Brian Bromberg has recorded bop, fusion, and smooth with equal fluency and creativity on acoustic and electric basses. Choices is somewhat commercial, with funky rhythms, R&B-ish solos, and fade-outs. In general, the solos are more memorable than Bromberg's originals and grooves. While the material is mostly routine, the improvisations of Bromberg and altoist Eric Marienthal are excellent and the musicianship is impressive. But no real surprises occur, making this a lesser and generally easy listening effort by the hugely talented Brian Bromberg.

Friedrich Hartmann Graf - Six Flute Quartets
Konrad Hünteler, flute / Members of the Festetics Quartet
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Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 311 0520-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1994
Genre: Classical | Style: Classical Period, Quartet, Flute

“Hünteler’s disc is a gem. The tone of Hünteler’s flute is luscious, the passagework sparkling and limpid, the shaping of the phrases intimate and expressive, and the sounds of the strings blend beautifully … Highly recommended.“ (Fanfare)

Visions Of Disfigurement are a Slamming Death Metal band based in Manchester, UK. Formed originally as an internet project, summer 2014 saw VOD completing the line up with the addition of a vocalist, bassist and second guitarist. Influenced by Devourment, Kraanium and Pathology among others, Visions Of Disfigurement released their debut EP "Miscreated" receiving exceptional response across the UK as well as mainland Europe, USA and Asia.

2007 digitally remastered two CD collection from the '70s and '80s British glamsters. Rockers is an the perfect companion to any Slade 'hits' collection, as it documents of one of the UK's greatest bands doing what they do best - Rockin' and Rollin'! Here are 37 blistering tracks spanning the period 1969-87. Stylish double digipak with 20 page booklet containing previously unseen photographs by Barry Plummer plus informative track by track notes by Mojo's Chris Ingham.

Various Artists - Front Line Presents Reggae Discomixes: 24 Killer Extended Mixes (2015) {2CD Virgin SPECXX2112}
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© 2015 Front Line Records / Virgin Records / Universal | SPECXX2112
Reggae / Roots Reggae

This collection highlights the very best extended mixes released by Virgin Records on the company’s famed Front Line label, from 1976 to 1981. The 2CD set brings together the most sought-after reggae discomixes of the late 70s and early 80s and includes numerous recordings new to CD. Despite the fact that front line have already produced compilations recently that feature a fair number of discomixes ('presents roots' and 'sounds of reality'), they have still been able to squeeze out a mighty fine collection of such, as a stand alone set. Despite the brevity of the label's existence, the quality of material produced is nothing short of phenomenal, but i imagine that this will be the last in the series, as front line's timespan precludes both rocksteady and dancehall. The only real possibility for a further volume would be a 'deejay' set' although, again, a fair number of these were included in the 'roots' album (and here!).