ROCKHANGAR

The Beatles
Artifacts - The Definitive Collection Of Beatles Rarities
1958-1970




1. That'll Be The Day (Allison/Holly/Petty)
2. The One After 909 (Lennon/McCartney)
3. I'll Follow The Sun (Lennon/McCartney)
4. Matchbox (Perkins)
5. Cayenne (McCartney)
6. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (Lockhart/Seitz)/Flaming Pie
7. Catswalk (McCartney)
8. The One After 909 (Lennon/McCartney)
9. I Saw Her Standing There (Lennon/McCartney)
10. Like Dreamers Do (Lennon/McCartney)
11. Hello Little Girl (Lennon/McCartney)
12. Some Other Guy (Leiber/Stoller/Barrett)
13. How Do You Do It (Murray/Edmond)
14. A Taste Of Honey (Marlow/Scott)
15. I Saw Her Standing There (Lennon/McCartney)
16. There's A Place (Lennon/McCartney)/There's A Place (Lennon/McCartney)
17. Misery (Lennon/McCartney)
18. From Me To You (Lennon/McCartney)
19. Please Please Me (Lennon/McCartney)
20. Long Tall Sally (Johnson/Penniman/Blackwell)
21. Money (That's What I Want) (Bradford/Gordy)
22. I'll Be On My Way (Lennon/McCartney)
23. I'm In Love (Lennon/McCartney)
24. Bad To Me (Lennon/McCartney)
25. Hold Me Tight (Lennon/McCartney)
26. Don't Bother Me (Harrison)
27. Roll Over Beethoven (Berry)
28. Twist And Shout (Russell/Medley)
29. On Moonlight Bay (Madden/Wenrich)

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1. If I Fell (Lennon/McCartney)
2. One And One Is Two (Lennon/McCartney)
3. Can't Buy Me Love (Lennon/McCartney)
4. All My Loving (Lennon/McCartney)
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand (Lennon/McCartney)
6. Please Please Me (Lennon/McCartney)
7. A Hard Day's Night (Lennon/McCartney)
8. From Us To You (Show Theme) (Lennon/McCartney)
9. You Can't Do That (Lennon/McCartney)
10. Shout (Isley/Isley/Isley)
11. Leave My Kitten Alone (John/Turner/McDougal)
12. I'm A Loser (Lennon/McCartney)
13. She's A Woman (Lennon/McCartney)
14. I Feel Fine (Lennon/McCartney)
15. If You've Got Trouble (Lennon/McCartney)
16. You're Going To Lose That Girl (Lennon/McCartney)
17. That Means A Lot (Lennon/McCartney)
18. Help! (Lennon/McCartney)
19. Yesterday (Lennon/McCartney)
20. I'm Down (Lennon/McCartney)
21. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Lennon/McCartney)
22. Day Tripper (Lennon/McCartney)
23. We Can Work It Out (Lennon/McCartney)
24. I'm Looking Through You (Lennon/McCartney)
25. 12-Bar Original (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
26. Girl (Lennon/McCartney)

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1. He Said He Said (Lennon/McCartney)/She Said She Said (Lennon/McCartney)
2. Tomorrow Never Knows (Lennon/McCartney)
3. Paperback Writer (Lennon/McCartney)
4. Nowhere Man (Lennon/McCartney)
5. Paperback Writer (Lennon/McCartney)
6. Strawberry Fields Forever (Lennon/McCartney)
7. Penny Lane (Lennon/McCartney)
8. A Day In The Life (Lennon/McCartney)
9. Good Morning Good Morning (Lennon/McCartney)
10. It's All Too Much (Harrison)
11. All You Need Is Love (Lennon/McCartney)
12. Your Mother Should Know (Lennon/McCartney)
13. I Am The Walrus (Lennon/McCartney)
14. The Fool On The Hill (Lennon/McCartney)
15. Aerial Tour Instrumental (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
16. Jessie's Dream (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
17. Hello Hello (Lennon/McCartney)
18. Blue Jay Way (Harrison)
19. Cry Baby Cry (Lennon/McCartney)
20. Daddy's Little Sunshine Boy (Starkey)


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1. The Inner Light (Harrison)
2. Lady Madonna (Lennon/McCartney)
3. She Can Talk To Me (Lennon/McCartney)
4. Across The Universe (Lennon/McCartney)
5. Instrumental (unknown)/Blowin' In The Wind (Dylan)/Hare Krishna Mantra (Trad.)
6. Thank You Guru Dev (McCartney)/Happy Birthday Mike Love (McCartney)
7. The Happy Rishikesh Song (Lennon)
8. Dear Prudence (Lennon/McCartney)
9. Back In The U.S.S.R. (Lennon/McCartney)
10. Piggies (Harrison)
11. Jubilee (McCartney)
12. Child Of Nature (Lennon)
13. Sour Milk Sea (Harrison)
14. Circles (Harrison)
15. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Lennon/McCartney)
16. Revolution (Lennon/McCartney)
17. Brian Epstein Blues (Lennon)
18. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison)
19. Hey Jude (Lennon/McCartney)/Las Vegas Tune (McCartney)/St. Louis Blues (Handy)
20. Not Guilty (Harrison)
21. What's The New Mary Jane? (Lennon/McCartney)
22. Everyone Had A Hard Year (Lennon)
23. Heather (McCartney)
24. Don't Let Me Down (Lennon/McCartney)
25. Goodbye (McCartney)

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1. Another Day (McCartney/McCartney)/Chat
2. Comments/Suicide (McCartney)
3. Act Naturally (Russell/Morrison)/Two Of Us (Lennon/McCartney)
4. Piano Theme (McCartney)/Strawberry Fields Forever (Lennon/McCartney)
5. Madman A Comin'(Lennon)
6. Watching Rainbows (Lennon)
7. Commonwealth (McCartney)
8. Get Back (Lennon/McCartney)
9. Old Brown Shoe (Harrison)
10. For You Blue (Harrison)
11. I Lost My Little Girl (Lennon/McCartney)
12. Maggie Mae (Trad. Arr Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr)/Fancy Me Chances (Lennon/McCartney)
13. Dig It (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)
14. Get Back (Lennon/McCartney)
15. Dig A Pony (Lennon/McCartney)
16. Let It Be (Lennon/McCartney)
17. Something (Harrison)
18. Golden Slumbers (Lennon/McCartney)/Carry That Weight (Lennon/McCartney)/The End (Lennon/McCartney)
19. Her Majesty (Lennon/McCartney)
20. Oh! Darling (Lennon/McCartney)
21. Come And Get It (McCartney)
22. Because (Lennon/McCartney)
23. I Me Mine (Harrison)

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Tracks:
01 I Wanna
02 Fallin' Apart
03 Damn Girl
04 Gives You Hell
05 Mona Lisa [When The World Comes Down]
06 Breakin'
07 Another Heart Calls [Feat. The Pierces]
08 Real World
09 Back To Me
10 Believe
11 The Wind Blows

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12 Sunshine

UK Bonus Tracks:
13 I Wanna [Demo]
14 Damn Girl [Demo]
15 Fallin' Apart [Demo]
16 Mona Lisa [Demo]
17 Real World [Demo]
18 Here I Sit [Demo]
19 The Wind Blows [Steve Aoki Hurricane Mix]


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Son Volt returns with ‘American Central Dust,’ out July 7 on Rounder Records, a plaintive 12-song collection that recalls the melodic succinctness of the band’s debut album ‘Trace.’ After the musical experimentation of 2007’s ‘The Search, ’ ‘American Central Dust,’ the band’s first album on Rounder, refines the band’s robust sound. Fiddle, pedal steel, lap steel and sparkling piano add an atmospheric nuance to Son Volt’s Americana inspired rock, surrounding band leader Jay Farrar’s stream of consciousness lyrical imagery.

Album highlights include; the rootsy shuffle of album opener “Dynamite,” on which Farrar declares “this love is like celebrating the 4th of July with dynamite,” the tremolo soaked rocker “Down To The Wire,’ the gorgeous, piano led “Cocaine And Ashes,” an empathetic tribute to Keith Richards, references a man who’s “the same as everyone, just kind of lucky,” and ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’-esque rocker “No Turning Back.”

When asked about signing to the new label, Farrar said "Rounder has shown a long term commitment to music forms, like folk and blues, that I have a lot of respect for. Going with Rounder has been a kind of a full circle continuum -- the first Rounder person I met with was instrumental in booking Uncle Tupelo gigs years ago"

1. Dynamite
2. Down To The Wire
3. Roll On
4. Cocaine And Ashes
5. Dust Of Daylight
6. When The Wheels Don’t Move
7. No Turning Back
8. Pushed Too Far
9. Exiles
10. Sultana
11. Strength And Doubt
12. Jukebox of Steel

Audio-Visions is the seventh studio album, and eighth album overall, by American rock band Kansas, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). Kerry Livgren's recent conversion to Christianity is first heard on this album, primarily in the lyrics to "Hold On" (which was written as an evangelistic plea to his wife) and "No One Together." The album was to be the last album with the band's original lineup until 2000's Somewhere to Elsewhere and coincidentally the band's last studio album to be certified Gold by the RIAA (which it did in December 1980)

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01. Relentless
02. Anything for You
03. Hold On
04. Loner
05. Curtain of Iron
06. Got To Rock On
07. Don't Open Your Eyes
08. No One Together
09. No Room for a Stranger
10. Back Door

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The music of Elmore James is celebrated on this Masters of Blues outing, which includes performances from Johnny Winter, Dr. Hector and the Groove Injectors, Albert King, the Nighthawks, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Alan Haynes, the Bluebirds, Fred James, Dave Hole, Tony Sarno and the Allman Brothers.

Tracks:
1. Johnny Winter - Stranger Blues 4:08
2. Dr. Hector - Pickin' The Blues 4:28
3. Albert King - The Sky Is Crying 4:11
4. The Nighthawks - Shake Your Moneymaker 3:13
5. Homesick James - 12 Year Old Boy 8:30
6. Buddy Guy/Junior Wells - It Hurts Me Too 2:48
7. Alan Haynes - My Bleeding Heart 5:24
8. The Bluebirds - Dust My Broom 4:40
9. Fred James - Whose Muddy Shoes 4:01
10. Dave Hole - The Sun Is Shining 5:12
11. Tony Sarno - Talk To Me Baby 3:39
12. Allman Bros. - One Way Out 4:55

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Tracklist:
01. Adrian Smith Interview 12:00
02. Churchill's Speech, Aces High 05.14
03. Wrathchild 02.51
04. 2 Minutes to Midnight 06.46
05. Children Of The Damned 04.36
06. The Phantom Of The Opera 07.43
07. The Trooper 04.06
08. Wasted Years 07.52
09. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner 13.24
10. Powerslave 07.19
11. Run To The Hills 04.20
12. Fear Of The Dark 07.36
13. Hallowed Be Thy Name 07.11
14. Iron Maiden 06.25
15. The Number Of The Beast 05.07
16. The Evil That Men Do 04.09
17. Sanctuary 09.45
Total time 1.56.24


Lineup:
Bruce Dickinson - vocals
Steve Harris - bass
Dave Murray - guitars
Adrian Smith - guitars
Janick Gers - guitars
Nicko McBrain - drums

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Originally dismissed as a Led Zeppelin knockoff, Whitesnake, fronted by ex-Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, clattered around their hometown of Yorkshire, England for about six years before being discovered in the U.S. Their U.S. debut (fourth album) Slide It In (1984) captured the libidinous, restless spirit of frustrated youth, and climbed to No. 40 on the Billboard album chart. Eventually, it went double platinum on the back of the stealthy, pulsing "Slow An' Easy" and the propulsive title track. Shortly before recording the album, Coverdale recruited former Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes, who provided the band with the flair and technical wizardry it needed to become a contender in the big-hair, pop metal sweepstakes.

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1. SLIDE IT IN
2. SLOW AN' EASY
3. LOVE AIN'T NO STRANGER
4. ALL OR NOTHING
5. GAMBLER
6. GUILTY OF LOVE
7. HUNGRY FOR LOVE
8. GIVE ME MORE TIME
9. SPIT IT OUT
10. STANDING IN THE SHADOW


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When Whitesnake broke into the spotlight with Slide It In (1984), a battalion of cynical critics predicted the band's success couldn't last, but Coverdale and company silenced all the naysayers with 1987's self-titled album, which rocketed to No. 2 on the Billboard album chart. The record was driven by the pumping rocker "Here I Go Again" and the tender power ballad "Is This Love," but the band's mainstream appeal might have had as much to do with their unabashedly sexual videos as with their bubblegum metal. The clips, which seemed to splash across MTV every 20 minutes, starred Coverdale's girlfriend and B-movie actress Tawny Kitaen, and highlighted her busty, scantily clad body in various provocative poses. Volume and T&A--a metalhead's wet dream.


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1. CRYING IN THE RAIN
2. BAD BOYS
3. STILL OF THE NIGHT
4. HERE I GO AGAIN
5. GIVE ME ALL YOUR LOVE
6. IS THIS LOVE
7. CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT
8. STRAIGHT FOR THE HEART
9. DON'T TURN AWAY


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Tracklist:

01. Intro - 00:04
02. Flash And The Pan - Early Morning Wakeup Call (12" Version) - 08:25
03. Michael Chambosse - Timemachine (12" Version) - 05:04
04. Toy - Survive - 04:12
05. Ian Cussick - Wonderlove (12" Version) - 06:25
06. The Motels - Footsteps - 03:43
07. Night - Hot Summer Night - 03:54
08. Gary O' - Watching You - 06:11
09. Axe - Rock'n Roll Party In The Street - 03:28
10. Underworld - Underneath The Radar (12" Version) - 08:00
11. Tommy Morrison - How Come The Weak Man - 03:26
12. Doc Holliday - City Night - 03:44
13. Outside Edge - Don't Be A Hero - 04:53
14. Martin Briley - Rainy Day In New York City - 04:47
15. Billy Rankin - Baby Come Back - 03:02
16. Chillywack - Who's Winning - 04:30
17. Lee Clayton - Oh How Lucky I Am - 03:36
18. The End - 00:07

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This 1991 concert film was shot in the IMAX format and was originally presented on enormous IMAX screens, with outstanding visual and audio clarity. The dimensions may have been scaled down for this DVD release, but the show is still huge in energy and talent. Filmed during a European leg of the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels tour, this production boasts 15 songs and an extraordinary stage set with inflatable floozies (for "Honky Tonk Woman") and wild dogs (rather cleverly for "Street Fighting Man"). The Stones' set emphasizes material from the late 1960s and early '70s ("Tumbling Dice," "Happy," "You Can't Always Get What You Want"), but the band's performance is so furious that the show is far from a pandering oldies act. Highlights include "Paint It Black," at once brutal and delicate, as well as a muscular "Rock and a Hard Place," a psychedelicized "2,000 Light Years from Home," and a cheeky "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll." Once kings of a gloriously sloppy sound, the Stones prove to be as effective in their artistic maturity with small, breathtaking touches as they are with chunky orchestration. Guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood play as if they are of one mind, Richards providing powerful leads while his partner captures some of the texture of the group's original recordings. Bassist Bill Wyman, still in the band at this phase, offers wit and an encyclopedic grasp of rhythm & blues history, while drummer Charlie Watts adds control and swing. Mick Jagger prowls, climbs around the set, and delivers all the charismatic goods for adoring audiences, even touching the forbidden fruit again in a feverish peformance of "Sympathy for the Devil." The DVD also includes a full Stones discography. --Tom Keogh

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To see the Stones "live" is an unbeatable experience. For quality, this video is the closest to it you can get. Shot in the "IMAX" format during tour stops in London, Berlin and Turin, this is a classic concert film of the Rolling Stones' blockbuster "Steel Wheels" tour. Play it to the max. Songs: Start Me Up, Sad Sad Sad, Tumbling Dice, Ruby Tuesday, Rock and a Hard Place, Honky Tonk Woman, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Happy, Paint It Black, 2000 Light Years from Home, Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Man, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, Brown Sugar, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.


Tracks:
01 OPENING LOGOS
02 CONTINENTAL DRIFT
03 START ME UP
04 SAD SAD SAD
05 TUMBLING DICE
06 RUBY TUESDAY
07 ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
08 HONKY TONK WOMAN
09 YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
10 HAPPY
11 PAINT IT BLACK
12 2.000 LIGHTS YEARS FROM HOME
13 SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
14 STREET FIGHTING MAN
15 IT’S ONLY ROCK’N ROLL
16 BROWN SUGAR
17 (I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION
18 END CREDITS

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Tracklist:
01. Host
02. Coma
03. Pink Ego Box
04. Forced In
05. Agitated
06. Yes Please
07. Fillip (Live)
08. Do We Need This (Live)

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Rock Around The Clock [CD 1]
Tracklist:
01 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - Bill Haley / Rock around the clock
02 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - Jerry Lee Lewis / Great Balls of Fire
03 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - Johnny & The Hurricanes / Red River Rock
04 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - The Coasters / Along comes Jones
05 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - Gene Chandler / Duke of Earl
06 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - Fats Domino / Ain't that a shame
07 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - Pat Boone / Speedy Gonzales
08 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - The Swinging Blue Jeans / Good Golly Miss Molly
09 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - Clarence Frogman Henry / But I do
10 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - The Drifters / Saturday Night at the movies
11 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - The Platters / The Great Pretender
12 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - Lloyd Price / Personality
13 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - Danny & The Juniors / At the hop
14 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - The Four Aces / Love is all around
15 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - The Diamonds / Little Darlin
16 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 1) - The Penguins / Earth Angel

Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On [CD 2]
Tracklist:
01 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - Chubby Checker / Let's Twist Again
02 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - Bill Haley / See You Later Aligator
03 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - The Starlighters / Peppermint Twist
04 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - Frankie Ford / Sea Cruises
05 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - The Crystals / Da Doo Ron Ron
06 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - Fats Domino / Kansas City
07 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - Little Richard / Long Tall Sally
08 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - The Drifters / Sweet For My Sweet
09 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - Jerry Lee Lewis / Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
10 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - Carl Perkins / Blue Suede Shoes
11 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - Bobby Freeman / Do You Wanna Dance
12 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - Little Richard / Lucille
13 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - The Champs / Tequilla
14 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - Chris Montez / Let's Dance
15 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - The Ventures / Walk Don't Run
16 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 2) - The Surfaris / Wipe Out

Da Doo Ron Ron [CD 3]
Tracklist:
01 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - The Everly Brothers / All I Have To Do Is Dream
02 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - Pat Boone / What a Wonderful Time Up There
03 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - Percy Sledge / Warm And Tender Love
04 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - Gene Pitney / I'm Gonna Be Strong
05 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - The Searchers / Don't Throw Your Love Away
06 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - Fats Domino / I Want To Walk You Home
07 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - The Troggs / With A Girl Like You
08 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - Dolly Parton / Little Blossom
09 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - Ben E. King and The Drifters / Stand By Me
10 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - Jerry Butler / Let It Be Me
11 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - The Platters / Unchained Melody
12 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - Kenny Rogers / My Washington Woman
13 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - Patti Page / Tennessee Waltz
14 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - The Crystals / Da Doo Ron Ron
15 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - Jan and Dean / Surf City
16 - The best of Rock&Roll (CD 3) - The Drifters / Save The Last Dance For Me

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Creed weren't just one of many two-album wonders of the post-grunge late '90s, they were the biggest of the two-album wonders, selling more records and crashing harder than any other their peers. All the while they produced unflappably earnest heavy rock -- music that sounded like Pearl Jam, only not nearly as much fun. They also traded on Pearl Jam's unfortunate tendency to place sheer emotion and sound over hooks, and since Creed weren't as powerful or interesting musically as the Seattle quartet, that meant that their albums could sound rather samey in the long haul. Nevertheless, their sincerity resonated among mainstream listeners irritated that Pearl Jam went weird after Vs., and with 2000s "With Arms Wide Open," they had a power ballad hit with universal appeal that helped break them through to an even wider audience than they had before. It, naturally, is the literal centerpiece of Creed's 2004 Greatest Hits, arriving in the middle of the 13-song album. Since it remains their biggest and best song, it's only appropriate that it has such a prominent position on this album, because a listen to the entire album reveals that the rest of their material hasn't aged all that well. Still, for those listeners who want to dig back to the halcyon year or two where Creed were one of the biggest bands in the land, Greatest Hits is the way to do it, since it has all of their charting hits, minus the minor radio hit cover of "Riders on the Storm" from the 2000 Doors tribute album Stoned Immaculate. It may not be timeless music, but Greatest Hits does gather all the noteworthy Creed tracks for those who care. [The initial pressings also contained a bonus DVD, containing all of Creed's music videos, along with some live performances. Unfortunately, the menu interface is not well designed -- it is only possible to play the videos individually, there is no "Play All" function.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide


Track Listing:
[01].Torn
[02].My Own Prison
[03].What's This Life For ?
[04].One
[05].Are You Ready?
[06].Higher
[07].With Arms Wide Open
[08].What If?
[09].One Last Breath
[10].Don't Stop Dancing
[11].Bullets
[12].My Sacrifice
[13].Weathered

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When the prevailing guitar jingle of "Mr. Jones" cascaded over radio in the early '90s, it was a sure sign that the Counting Crows were a musical force to be reckoned with. Their debut album, August and Everything After, burst at the seams with both dominant pop harmonies and rich, hearty ballads, all thanks to lead singer Adam Duritz. The lone guitar work of "Mr. Jones" coupled with the sweet, in-front pull of Duritz's voice kicked off the album in full force. The starkly beautiful and lonely sounding "Round Here" captured the band's honest yet subtle talent for singing ballads, while "Omaha" is lyrically reminiscent of a Springsteen tune. The fusion of hauntingly smooth vocals with such instruments as the Hammond B-3 organ and the accordion pumped new life into the music scene, and their brisk sound catapulted them into stardom. On "Rain King," the piano takes over as its aloof flair dances behind Duritz with elegant crispness. The slower-paced "Raining in Baltimore" paints a perfectly gray picture and illustrates the band's ease at conveying mood by eliminating the tempo. Most of the songs here engage in overly contagious hooks that won't go away, making for a solid bunch of tunes. Containing the perfect portions of instrumental and vocal conglomeration, the Counting Crows showed off their appealing sound to its full extent with their very first album. ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide

Track Listing
[01]. Round Here
[02]. Omaha
[03]. Mr. Jones
[04]. Perfect Blue Buildings
[05]. Anna Begins
[06]. Time And Time Again
[07]. Rain King
[08]. Sullivan Street
[09]. Ghost Train
[10]. Raining In Baltimore
[11]. A Murder Of One

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The final album with Jim Morrison in the lineup is by far their most blues-oriented, and the singer's poetic ardor is undiminished, though his voice sounds increasingly worn and craggy on some numbers. Actually, some of the straight blues items sound kind of turgid, but that's more than made up for by several cuts that rate among their finest and most disturbing work. The seven-minute title track was a car-cruising classic that celebrated both the glamour and seediness of Los Angeles; the other long cut, the brooding, jazzy "Riders on the Storm," was the group at its most melodic and ominous. It and the far bouncier "Love Her Madly" were hit singles, and "The Changeling" and "L'America" count as some of their better little-heeded album tracks. An uneven but worthy finale from the original quartet. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Track Listing
[01]. The Changeling
[02]. Love Her Madly
[03]. Been Down So Long
[04]. Cars Hiss By My Window
[05]. L.A. Woman
[06]. L'america
[07]. Hyacinth House
[08]. Crawling King Snake
[09]. The Wasp (Texas Radio And The
[10]. Riders On The Storm

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An expanded, remastered version of the group's original 1972 compilation. With two extra songs and all the familiar hits restored to their original album version lengths (as opposed to the radio-edit single versions), pound for pound, this is probably the best single-disc Blood Sweat & Tears hits package available.

Sometimes, a greatest-hits set is timed perfectly to gather together a group's most successful and familiar performances just at the point when that group has passed the point of their maximum exposure to the public, but before the public memory has had a chance to fade. That was the case when Columbia Records assembled this compilation for release in early 1972. At that point, Blood, Sweat & Tears had released four albums and scored six Top 40 hits, each of which is heard here. But lead singer David Clayton-Thomas had just quit the group, so that the unit that recorded songs like "You've Made Me So Very Happy" was not working together anymore. And even when Clayton-Thomas returned, the band would continue to decline commercially. As such, BS&T's Greatest Hits captures the band's peak in 11 selections--seven singles chart entries, plus two album tracks from the celebrated debut album when Al Kooper helmed the group, and two more from the Grammy-winning multi-platinum second album. This 1999 reissue contains two bonus tracks not included on the original release. Digitally remastered by Chris Athens (Sony Music Studios, New York)

Personnel:
* Dave Bargeron - trombone, tuba, bass trombone, baritone horn, acoustic bass
* Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
* David Clayton-Thomas - lead vocals except as noted, guitar on "Go Down Gamblin'"
* Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, vocals
* Jim Fielder - bass
* Dick Halligan - organ, piano, electric piano, harpsichord, celeste, trombone, flute, alto flute, baritone horn, vocals
* Jerry Hyman - trombone, bass trombone, recorder
* Steve Katz - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin, vocals (lead vocals on "Sometimes In Winter")
* Fred Lipsius - alto saxophone, piano, organ, clarinet, vocals
* Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
* Jerry Weiss - trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
* Chuck Winfield - trumpet, flugelhorn

Tracklist:
1. You've Made Me So Very Happy
2. I Can't Quit Her
3. Go Down Gamblin'
4. Hi-de-Ho That Old Sweet Roll
5. Sometimes in Winter
6. And When I Die
7. Spinning Wheel
8. Lisa, Listen to Me
9. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
10. Lucretia Macevil
11. God Bless the Child
12. So Long Dixie - (bonus track)
13. More and More - (bonus track)

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A terrific retrospective of one of the most enigmatic rock groups ever, "The Best of the Doors," opens with "Break On Through," then takes you on a wild ride through nineteen cuts that illustrate just exactly why this is such an enduring group. Jim Morrison's mesmerizing vocals, Robbie Krieger's "bottle neck" guitar, Ray Manzarek's keyboards and John Densmore's drums combined to create a unique sound, later imitated, but never duplicated by anyone else since. The songs included on this two-disc album open the doors that lead you into the ethereal, sometimes spiritual world of Morrison's poetry. His use of imagery and metaphor is remarkable, especially on such cuts as "Light My Fire," "The Crystal Ship," "People Are Strange," the impassioned "When The Music's Over," the subtly disquieting "Riders On The Storm," and the quintessential Door's song, the spellbinding "The End." Then there's the hard-driving "Roadhouse Blues," and "L.A. Woman;" the admonishing "Five To One;" and the stoic "The Unknown Soldier." There's a lyrical, almost mystic, quality to the music here; a substance that is rare in rock music, and delivered with a pulsating force that is transporting. Morrison's magnetism prevails throughout, and the more you listen to it, the more you realize how good this music really is. I got into The Doors kind of late into my long musical appreciation life. It may have something to do with the fact that, while in college, I was next-door to a guy who was Morrison-nuts...the kind of guy that insisted that Jim Morrison had faked his death and was just waiting for the right moment to come out of hiding. As such, he blasted The Doors' albums incessantly for the school year 1981, and I was over the whole thing pretty much by the time I'd graduated.

However, time has unburdened me of this irrational Doors-disgust. Which means that I was really happy to see this CD reissued as a precursor to the massive Doors campaign of 2007. A new box set, all the individual albums remastered, etc. But as a casual fan, "The Best of The Doors" is all I really need. It covers all the obvious radio hits along with some choice album tracks. (And just as obviously, ignores the postmortem Morrison records, 1971's Other Voices and 1972's Full Circle.) It also re-established Morrison's shamanistic personality. There was a deep, deep charisma about the man and it comes through on all the songs here. The other 3/4 of The Doors were just as unique.

Jim Morrison's ghost and the subsequent collapse of the band after his death - not to forget the incessant squabbling since - tends to cloud the surviving members' contributions. Ray Manzarek's keyboards are one of the reasons The Doors never needed a bass player. Those psychedelic swirls and heavy foundations provided The Doors with their pulse. Guitarist Robbie Krieger added classical fills next to Manzarek's keyboards and also wrote many of The Doors' biggest hits (including "Light My Fire"). John Densmore was a jazz drummer who brought that influence to the band, and he remains the member most opposed to the "reunion" projects. The Doors were always greater than the sum of their parts, and once the cloaking charisma of Morrison was gone, the atoms just blew apart.

The band, as members to a whole, mixed all those influences up. From the pop sense of "Light My Fire" to the Oedipal weirdness that fueled "The End," they were totally fearless about following their collective muse. They responded to accusations of pop-sellout by going to the deep blues of "LA Woman" and by nailing a cabaret number like Brecht/Weill's "The Alabama Song." They even managed one of the most paranoid mellow songs ever in "Riders On The Storm."

That is what makes "The Best Of The Doors" worth it. You may find yourself tempted to get some of the singular CD's later (I'd suggest the debut and "LA Woman"), but for a load into the MP3 player, this double CD set fills the gap. Jim Morrison remains a mystery, a loaded question that exited the world before the answers had time to form. (Or he got old enough to be boring.)

Track Listing

CD1
[01].Break On Through
[02].Light My Fire
[03].The Crystal Ship
[04].People Are Strange
[05].Strange Days
[06].Love Me Two Times
[07].Alabama Song
[08].Five To One
[09].Waiting For The Sun
[10].Spanish Caravan
[11].When The Music's Over

CD2
[01].Hello, I Love You
[02].Roadhouse Blues
[03].L.A. Woman
[04].Riders On The Storm
[05].Touch Me
[06].Love Her Madly
[07].The Unknown Soldier
[08].The End
[09].Moonlight Drive [Bonus]
[10].Backdoor Man [Bonus]

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Presenting radio with one of the best rock ballads ever, Cornerstone gave Chicago's Styx their big break with the number one single "Babe," which held that spot for two weeks in October of 1979. "Babe" is a smooth, keyboard-pampered love song that finally credited Dennis De Young's textured vocals. While this single helped the album climb all the way to the number two spot on the charts, the rest of the tracks from Cornerstone weren't nearly half as strong. "Why Me" made it to number 26, and both "Lights" and "Boat on the River" implement silky harmonies and welcoming choruses, yet failed to get off the ground. De Young's keyboards are effective without overly dominating the music, and the band's gritty rock & roll acerbity has been slightly sanded down to compliment the commercial market. The songs aren't as tight or assertive as their last few albums, but Shaw's presence can be felt strongly on most of the tracks, especially where the writing is concerned. Outside of "Babe," Cornerstone tends to sound a tad weaker
than one would expect.

Personnel:
Dennis De Young - keyboards, vocals
James (JY) Young - guitars, guitar synthesizer, autoharp, vocals
Tommy Shaw - electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, autoharp, vocals
John Panozzo - percussion, vocals
Chuck Panozzo - bass guitar, string bass, vocals

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This is the eighth Huntingtons CD to add to my collection, and I hear there's two more to follow within the next year! I get worn out just trying to comprehend this feat. The Huntingtons rock and they rock hard!

This album could be called both a "tribute album" and a "covers album." The Huntingtons certainly pay tribute to the Ramones by performing their songs, but they do it so accurately close and straight–ahead that it would be more fitting to call this a "covers album." Besides making the choice to perform the songs straight–up like this, the band needs two key ingredients to pull it off — musicians who know the material and can play it; and a singer who is on key and doesn't sound too drastically different from the original. Thankfully, Mikey's bass, Cliffy and AJ's guitars, and Mikee's drums fit the bill. And most importantly, Mikey's lead vocals are dead–on accurate.

This album is pure (punk) pop. At times it's even so clean–sounding that even your mom (if she was a teenager in the 50's) will love it (Give "She's A Sensation" a spin for her!). The biggest question left for this audience would be the obvious: Where is the spirituality? Why is this being sold in Christian bookstores (actually, it's not. We found this out after going to press. This is a general market release only), and why is a Christian magazine covering it? Good question. While not full of rebellion, vulgarity, or any other "R–rated" lyrical material, this is certainly a secular album. It's basically a piece of punk rock fun that's wrapped up and packaged by Christians. When a Christian artist makes an apparent departure from their previous work (which is debatable here), it is certainly an expectation from fans to read about it in their Christian rock magazine or see it in their local Christian bookstore. So, the reason for the attention here is obviously based upon the performers' lifestyle and faith, rather than the content therein.

Band Line-up:
Mikey Huntington: Vocals/Bass
Cliffy Huntington: Guitar/Vocals
Mikee Huntington: Drums
C. J. Huntington: Guitar

Additional Musicians:
Terry Holt - harmony vocals
Nicky Rotundo - guitar solos on track 3
Richie Murphy - Add'l handclaps

Track List:
01. Durango 95 (0:54)
02. Havana Affair (1:50)
03. Poison Heart (3:47)
04. Chainsaw (1:56)
05. She's A Sensation (3:15)
06. I Believe In Miracles (2:56)
07. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment (1:35)
08. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You (1:39)
09. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World (2:01)
10. Loudmouth (1:59)
11. I Don't Care (1:30)
12. Pet Semetary (3:06)
13. Bonzo Goes To Bitburg (3:45)
14. Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy (2:10)
15. Why Is It Always This Way? (2:03)
16. I Remember You (2:02)
17. Strength To Endure (2:48)
18. I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement (2:29)
19. Commando (1:48)
20. Life's A Gas (5:03)

Hidden tracks after track 20:
at 3:00; Joey Ramone speaks
at 3:30; R.A.M.O.N.E.S.

All songs written by Ramones, except for "Life's A Gas" (T. Rex) and "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." (Lemmy Kilmister).

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Blind Faith is the self-titled album by the British supergroup Blind Faith, which consisted of Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream), Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation, Cream), Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic) and Rick Grech (Family). There was an intense buzz about the band and its debut album Blind Faith, which on release topped Billboard's Pop Albums chart in America (as it did the UK and Canadian charts) and peaked at #40 on the Black Albums chart, an impressive feat for a British rock quartet. In addition, Rolling Stone published three reviews of the album in their September 6, 1969 issue, which were written by Ed Leimbacher, Lester Bangs, and John Morthland.

Live Cream is a live compilation album by Cream released in 1970. This album is comprised of four live tracks recorded in 1968 and one studio track "Lawdy Mama" from 1967. The instrumental track for "Lawdy Mama" is the same chord progression as heard on "Strange Brew" with a different vocal and guitar solo by Eric Clapton.


Live Cream Volume II is a live compilation album by Cream released in 1972. This album contains six tracks recorded at various performances in 1968.