American Craft 2014 Full

One of the greatest stars of the rock & roll era, Elton John exploded like a supernova in the early 1970s and sustained a career that kept him at the top of the charts for the next five decades. He had a Billboard Top 40 hit single every year between 1970 and 1996, a sign that he knew how to both change with the times and mold the times to fit him. John's earliest records were part of the moody, introspective post-'60s singer/songwriter movement, but once he had a hit with "Your Song," the pianist revealed he could also craft Beatles-like pop and pound out rockers with equal aplomb. As "Rocket Man," "Crocodile Rock," "Daniel," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," and "Bennie and the Jets" – songs John wrote with his lifelong collaborator Bernie Taupin – climbed into the Top Ten on either side of the Atlantic, John was inescapable during the first half of the '70s. His versatility, combined with his effortless melodic skills, and flamboyant stage shows, became his calling cards, sustaining him through shifts in fame and fortune. Eventually, John reached outside of pop music, writing songs for Disney's The Lion King and collaborating with Tim Rice on Aida, yet he never abandoned the form: during the 2010s and 2020s, he balanced fashionable collaborations with emerging stars with albums that hearkened back to his moody records of the early '70s. In 2024, he joined the elite group of EGOT winners after earning an Emmy Award for his concert special Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium.

Grunge pioneers who took the heavy sludge of '70s metal and infused it with the raw aesthetic of '80s punk to become an important band of the '90s. Collection includes: 'Louder Than Love' (1989); 'Badmotorfinger' (1991); 'Superunknown' (1994); 'Down On The Upside' (1996).

Sundance Trio was formed in 2005 to explore and perform trios written for oboe, bassoon and piano. Based in Utah, members of the trio include oboist Geralyn Giovannetti, bassoonist Christian Smith, and pianist Jed Moss. Giovannetti and Smith are faculty colleagues at Brigham Young University’s School of Music where they also perform together in the resident woodwind quintet, Orpheus Wind Quintet. Moss is a much sought after solo and collaborative artist. Together, the Trio has performed throughout the United States and the United Kingdom at colleges, chamber music series and at conferences.

Paramore is an American alternative rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. Their blend of emo-pop and slick, anthemic rock & roll eventually made them stars on both sides of the Atlantic. From the start, Paramore's poppy melodies and zippy songwriting seemed to contradict the fact that most of the bandmates were older than 18. To help attract a younger audience, Atlantic Records decided to share the band with Fueled by Ramen, a Florida-based label with a strong roster of emo-pop acts. By now, the band have released five studio albums. All of them includes in this Hi-Res collection.

The Silver Globe Expands
As one of the most industrious female multi-instrumentalist songwriters in modern pop Jane Weaver literally doubles the content of her Best Record Of 2014 for this synth-ridden special release.