At Berkeley 2013

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Box. The Complete Fisherman's Blues Sessions 1986-88 (2013) [6CD Box Set] {Chrysalis}
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© 2013 Chrysalis / Warner / Ensign | 825646413300
Rock / Folk Rock / Blues Rock / Celtic Rock

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of The Waterboys’ ‘Fisherman’s Blues’, Mike Scott has trawled the vaults to create the ultimate companion to this seminal album. ‘Fisherman’s Box’ comprises the complete Fisherman’s Blues sessions 23rd January 1986 to 2nd June 1988, across 6 CD’s. The edition will contain the 6 CDs of the sessions and a 64page 5x5 booklet containing the introduction and annotation with rare and unseen photographs.

Frans Bruggen - Das Alte Werk (2013) {12CD Set Warner Classics 2564 65836-1}
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© 2012 Warner Classics / Teldec Classics | 2564 65836-1
Classical / Baroque / Recorder / Flute

This monumental set of recordings, originally on Das Alte Werk LP, collects Frans Bruggen performing a variety of pre-baroque, baroque and rococco works for recorder(s). Frans Bruggen put the recorder on the map as a solo instrument, and no one before or since has made such a huge impact, nor had Bruggen's musicality and expressiveness. Once the world's most famous recorder player, today Frans Brüggen is considered among the foremost experts in the performance of eighteenth century music. He studied the recorder with Kees Otten and flute at the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum. In addition, he took courses in musicology at the University of Amsterdam.

The Lonely Island ft. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar - YOLO (2013)
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Videos American comedy group The Lonely Island for the new single "YOLO", a recorded with the participation of Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar.

The Doobie Brothers - Original Album Series Vol. 2 1971-1984 (2013) {5CD Box Set Rhino-Warner}
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Rock / Classic Rock / Soft Rock / Blue-Eyed Soul

Five vintage albums from '70s hitmakers the Doobie Brothers are included in this special box set. Released in 1971, The Doobie Brothers was the group's first album, and finds the Doobies beginning to work out the sound that would make them famous. Livin' on the Fault Line from 1977 would prove to be their last album with guitarist and founder Tom Johnston, and found them expanding their jazz influences. Issued in 1978, Minute by Minute featured two major hits, the title cut and "What a Fool Believes," and with Michael McDonald handling all the lead vocals, the group refined its R&B sound and came up with a commercial blockbuster.

Born of a Monterey Jazz Festival commission in 2012, Bill Frisell’s “Big Sur” features an hour of original music, 19 compositions that explicitly reference the coastal-mountain environment known as Big Sur; a region that occupies 90 miles of spectacular central California coastline. Titles such as “A Good Spot”, “Going to California”, “A Beautiful View”, “Big Sur”, and “On the Lookout” evoke the remote and pastoral setting with musical blends of chamber jazz, country, classical, folk, and rock. Joined by violinist Jenny Scheinman, violist Eyvind Kang, cellist Hank Roberts, and drummer Rudy Royston, the group premiered the music at the festival in September 2012. Six months later, the quintet recorded “Big Sur” at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, with longtime Frisell collaborators Lee Townsend and Adam Muñoz producing and engineering, respectively.

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of Man’s classic 1976 album “Welsh Connection”. Recorded in 1976 following Man’s departure from United Artists records, the album saw a new line-up of the band featuring Micky Jones (Guitar / Vocals), Deke Leonard (Guitar, Vocals), Phil Ryan (Keyboards / Vocals), John McKenzie (Bass) and Terry Williams (Drums). Featuring tracks such as ‘The Ride and the View’, ‘Out of Your Head’, ‘Something is Happening’ and ‘Born With a Future’, the record reached the UK Top 40 and was to be Man’s last studio album of the 1970s. This Esoteric Recordings edition has been newly remastered from the original master tapes and features the bonus track “I’m a Love Taker”, along with the entire recording of Man’s concert at The Keystone, Berkeley, California on 9th August 1976…

”IRR Outstanding” International Record Review, October 2013: ”This wonderful recording is a delight. Throughout, Sharon Bezaly declares herself to be consistently a superb player – technically without peer, her musicianship is of the highest order over a surprisingly wide range of music, and she is partnered most admirably by Neeme Järvi and the excellent Dutch orchestra. … this disc is a palpable ’hit’ and I recommend it with considerable enthusiasm.”