Deep Purple 1973 'who Do We Think We Are [2000 Remaster Emi, # 7243 5 21607 2 3, Eu]'

On the heels of Metallica's similarly conceived S&M comes the Scorpions' Moment of Glory, a presentation of past favorites (plus three new songs) with full orchestral backing courtesy of the Berlin Philharmonic. The rock instrumentation blends in best on the ballads, but some of the up-tempo rockers can also be pretty exciting, if a little bombastic…

Turtle Island String Quartet is funked up, cooled down, turned asunder, "rhythmatized" jazz played by a string quartet that goes way beyond the intellectual restrictions placed on the string quartet. Turtle Island String Quartet blows away any staid notions about the violin and cello on Thelonius Monk's "Who Do You Think We Are?," the album's title cut and the piece that sets the stage for musical acrobatics. Even Jimi Hendrix's "Gypsy Eyes" is fair game for the group's new musical tricks.

Eloy´s second album is such a departure from their first that it´s hard to believe it was released by the same band in such a short time. Well, not really the same band, since Frank Bonnemann was now in charge, and he was the new singer too. Manfred Wieczorke also moved form guitar to organ, and - wow! - does he play that Hammond Organ! The man does a great job in the whole album, his textures are incredible and some of them are really stunning…

David Bowie - Bowie At The Beeb, The Best Of The BBC Radio Sessions 68-72 (2000) {2CD+bonus CD, EMI 7243 5 28958 2 3}
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© 1968-72, 2000 EMI / BBC / Jones–Tintoretto | 7243 5 28958 2 3
Rock / Contemporary Pop / Glam Rock / Experimental Rock / Blue-Eyed Soul

Comprehensiveness isn't always a virtue, as this three-CD set proves. It gathers together everything David Bowie recorded for the BBC between the years referenced in its title, plus a third disc taken from a June 2000 London concert for the famed British radio broadcasting company. Head first to disc two, which focuses on Bowie's in-studio recreations of material from Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust, and marvel at the glam-rockabilly heat generated by Bowie's Spiders from Mars band.

Matt Monro was a regular feature of the British singles charts between 1960 and 1965, after which he had only one other UK hit (And you smiled, a top thirty entry in 1973, not released on an original album, only on compilations). Despite the lack of hits, Matt's music remained popular with adult audiences. So there are none of Matt's own hits on the two albums presented here, but you'll find plenty of familiar (and not-so-familiar) songs via Matt's covers of pop songs from the sixties and early seventies, as well as older songs from the Great American Songbook.