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Welcome to the debut of our brand new ‘Masterclass’ series, and who better to usher us in than the incredible Al Joseph! Al says ‘In this tutorial I'm going to answer a lot of the questions I've been getting over the last couple of years: ‘How do I write solos?’, ‘How do I come up with melodies?’,’What facilities on the guitar do I use when it comes to phrasing?’, ‘What am I looking at when it comes to visualising all these patterns and things on the fretboard?. I'm going to explain all this to you.

Stunning digitally remastered two CD reissue of this 1975 solo album from the maniacal drummer for The Who. Disc One features the album's original 10 tracks with an additional 15 tracks of out-takes, alternate mixes, single mixes and more. Disc Two features 25 more alternate takes, demos, studio sessions, etc. featuring musical support from Ringo Starr, John Sebastian, Joe Walsh, Harry Nilsson and others. 50 tracks total.

I Am the Cosmos is the only solo album by the American pop-rock musician Chris Bell, eventually released in 1992 by Rykodisc, having been recorded over a period of two to three years during the mid-1970s. Bell had previously been a member of Big Star. Omnivore’s Looking Forward: The Roots of Big Star Featuring Chris Bell was the first of several planned releases from the Grammy Award-winning label showcasing the talents of Big Star co-founder Bell, who passed away in 1978. The label recently announced their next two Bell projects: a new expanded edition of the quintessential Bell collection I Am The Cosmos, and a definitive archive of his work as a 6LP box set.