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Three CD set including a bonus disc of remixes. Formed in Oldham in 1980, Inspiral Carpets rose to prominence alongside such bands as The Stone Roses, The Charlatans, and The Happy Mondays, as part of the Madchester scene in the late 80s/early 90s. They have released five studio albums; Life (1990), The Beast Inside (1991), Revenge of the Goldfish (1992), Devil Hopping (1994) and Inspiral Carpets (2014), achieving four UK Top 20 Albums and UK Top 20 Singles. Their biggest singles include 'This Is How It Feels', 'She Comes In The Fall', 'Saturn 5', 'I Want You' and 'Dragging Me Down'.

Immediately upon their debut at the 1969 Marlboro Festival, four brilliant young American musicians calling themselves the Cleveland Quartet were hailed as a chamber ensemble of exceptional quality.

First complete anthology of late 60s recordings by highly-regarded Irish singer/ songwriter. Includes his best-known song, the huge European hit 'Days Of Pearly Spencer', as well as more than a dozen tracks making their CD debut. At the height of the protest singer boom that spawned the likes of Dylan and Donovan, Irish-born music industry heavyweight Phil Solomon received a demo tape from a young Ballymena-based singer/songwriter by the name of David McWilliams. Sensing the possibilities, the entrepreneur added McWilliams to his Irish-based roster of acts (The Bachelors, The Dubliners, Van Morrison's Them, etc) and placed the youngster on his fledgling record label Major Minor. Launched in a blaze of publicity in mid-1967, McWilliams coupled voguish songs about social deprivation with lighter, more romantic material, with producer and occasional Beatles/ Rolling Stones associate Mike Leander providing the striking string arrangements.

Sixten Ehrling was one of the most famous Swedish conductors. He studied violin and piano as a child. When he entered the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm he continued with those instruments and also studied conducting and composition. He pursued conducting studies in London (with Albert Wolff) and in Paris. He briefly pursued the career of a concert pianist, but soon became an assistant to Karl Böhm in Dresden while also taking conducting lessons from him.

Although early advocates such as Robert Kajanus, Sir Thomas Beecham, and Serge Koussevitzky had conducted many of Sibelius's symphonies for gramophone in the 1930s and 1940s, none of these Sibelians recorded all seven. Instead, the earliest complete traversal dates to 1953, four years before the composer's death on 20 September 1957; it is by Sixten Ehrling and the Stockholm Radio Orchestra, recorded from 1952–1953 for the Swedish label Metronome Records (released by Mercury Records in the United States).

NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series – and taking our longest trip back in pop history so far – 50 Years – with 83 tracks on 4 CDs, to celebrate a landmark year of Pop singles… NOW – Yearbook 1973.

"After the famine, the feast! Neglected for years - except for a few favourite works - recordings of Haydn’s keyboard works must now be coming close to the surfeit mark and this latest contender may well be the best qualified of all…besides revealing an evident affinity for, and insight into, the Haydn idiom, she brings to her task a well-honed technique, a colourful array of nuances, beauty and variety of tone, the requisite rhythmic vitality and an inner warmth that make her performances of the slow movements particularly rewarding." - Rafael Kammerer, AMERICAN RECORDGUIDE, May 1979.

The Beatles' legendary Red & Blue compilations have been part of every record cabinet and CD shelf for fifty years.

New Order are delighted to announce a remastered set of formats of Substance 1987, released via Warner on November 10th. Originally released via the legendary Factory Records, Substance compiled all of the band's singles to that point in their 12” versions with many of their respective B-sides and specially new recorded versions of ‘Temptation’ and ‘Confusion’. The album also included the biggest selling 12” single of all time, Blue Monday, alongside other classic singles The Perfect Kiss, Bizarre Love Triangle and the band’s debut single release Ceremony.The album is the band’s biggest selling to date, with over one million copies sold, going platinum in the US with a Top 5 hit in True Faith which was accompanied by the seminal video, directed by French choreographer Philippe Decouflé. The 4CD version includes the original 2CD set remastered with two additional CDs. CD3 expands the collection with alternate versions and extra b-sides. CD4 features an unreleased concert, Live from Irvine Meadows, California, September 12, 1987, where the band uniquely played the entire album in sequence.

Today, Devo's innovative music and thought-provoking performances are celebrated for their profound influence on generations of new-wave, industrial, and electronic artists. The album stands as a testament to the band's legacy, compiling key tracks from all nine of Devo's studio albums, as well as rarities like the 1974 demo for 'I'm A Potato' and single mixes for 'Come Back Jonee', 'Snowball', and 'What We Do'.