Big Youth – Natty Universal Dread 1973 1979

Featuring all 14 of Love Unlimited Orchestra’s US 7” singles released between 1973-1979, as well as the 12” Single Disco versions of a further 7 tracks, this set is the first compilation to pull together all the group’s A- and B-sides. Perfectly positioned for all Barry White collectors and soul / R&B aficionados, it includes the hits: Love’s Theme, Rhapsody In White, Satin Soul, My Suite Summer Suite, and Theme From “Shaft”.

Bill Evans - The Complete Fantasy Recordings (1989) {9CD BoxSet Fantasy FCD-1012-2 rec 1973-1979}
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© 1973-79, 1989 Fantasy / ZYX Music | FCD-1012-2
Jazz / Post Bop / Modal Music / Piano

Bill Evans' Fantasy recordings of 1973-1979 have often been underrated in favor of his earlier work but, as this remarkable nine-CD set continually shows, the influential pianist continued to grow as a musician through the years while holding on to his original conception and distinctive sound. The collection has all of the 98 selections recorded at Evans' 11 Fantasy sessions, including nine numbers from a previously unreleased 1976 concert with his trio. In addition, Evans' appearance on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz radio program is tacked on as a bonus and it is actually among McPartland's finest shows, a fascinating hour of discussion and music with Evans.

Ruphus is probably one of the most important 70's Norwegian heavy prog rock band (there were a few of those back then: Aunt Mary, Titanic, Popol Vuh/Ace etc.) but their music evolution would differ greatly from those groups. Their debut "A New Born Day" is certainly one of the best Norwegian albums with a very exciting sound and its extraordinarily communicative enthusiasm, even if a bit dated. But three members left after the album release and a new singer was found for their second album "Ranshart", a more progressive record looking towards Yes and Focus, but it was not quite as exciting as the debut…

Franco Battiato - L'era del cinghiale bianco (2019) {40th Anniversary Remastered Edition, Universal 060257795600 rec 1979}
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Rock / Pop / Progressive Rock / Pop Rock / Neo-Classical / Spiritual

On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the release, Franco Battiato's disc was reprinted on 19 July 2019. The era of the white boar - 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition (1979-2019) on Universal. The album - which in the original version was released on September 10th - marks the pop turning point of the Sicilian artist and is considered by many to be a transitional masterpiece, between past and future, between experimental prog and intellectual pop totally influenced by New Wave. In fact, in the work there are many references to esotericism, exoticism, spirituality, to the philosophy of René Guenon, who defined the era of the white boar as "a mythological and magical age, during which every man reaches absolute knowledge in a spiritual sense".