Everything Is Recorded Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell

Luther Vandross was one of the most successful R&B artists of the 1980s and '90s. Not only did he score a series of multi-million-selling albums containing chart-topping hit singles and perform sold-out tours of the U.S. and around the world, but he also took charge of his music creatively, writing or co-writing most of his songs and arranging and producing his records. He also performed these functions for other artists, providing them with hits as well.

During the years 1994-1996 Time-Life produced a CD & Magazine called "Grooves". Veteran New York City DJ Vin Scelsa was given full control of the project, and a total of 14 wonderful issues were produced. They each highlighted Vin's selections of the best tracks from the best new albums/artists of the time. In addition, the last track on every CD was a bonus acoustic track by one of the featured artists recorded in the studio just for "Grooves". It was the next best thing to listening to Vin's radio show, "Idiot's Delight".

Bunk Johnson & Louis Armstrong - Bunk & Louis (2002) {GHB Records BCD-101 rec 1938-1945}
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© 1938-45, 2002 GHB Records | BCD-101
Jazz / Early Jazz / New Orleans Jazz / Trumpet

This is the Bunk Johnson World Transcription session, beautifully recorded in World's superior recording studios. It's not a typical Bunk session with George Lewis and Jim Robinson, but a West Coast studio session with well-known artists such as Floyd O'Brien, Wade Whaley, Frank Pasley, Red Callender and Lee Young (includes alternate and incomplete takes). This CD also includes tracks by the man who learned the art of playing the blues by absorbing everything Bunk played…Louis Armstrong. With him are J.C. Higginbotham, Jack Teagarden, Sidney Bechet, Bud Freeman, Fats Waller, Al Casey, Paul Barbarin and others. Includes material from the Second Esquire Jazz Concert, Louis' only recording with Bunk, and a 1938 Saturday Night Swing Club broadcast.

Scottish Opera - Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore (2016) {2CD Set Linn CKD 522}
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© 2016 Linn Records | CKD 522
Classical / Opera / Romantic / Musical Comedy

The Scottish Opera's live concert performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore was given at the 2015 Edinburgh International Festival, and the one-night-only show was well received by both the audience and critics. Featuring a charismatic cast including John Mark Ainsley as Sir Joseph Porter, Elizabeth Watts as Josephine, Andrew Foster-Williams as Captain Corcoran, Toby Spence as Ralph Rackstraw, Hilary Summers as Buttercup, and comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor as the Narrator, the production was especially noteworthy for conductor Richard Egarr's historically informed approach to the music.

David Sylvian - Camphor (2002) {2CD Set Virgin Records Limited Edition CDVEX962}
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© 2002 Virgin Records | CDVEX962 / 7243 8 12201 2 2
Experimental Rock / Experimental Ambient / Electronica

A predominately instrumental compilation album, a companion piece to 'Everything And Nothing', this release also featured a number of remixes and previously unreleased material. The original 2002 limited edition release also included a remix of the 'Plight and Premonition' CD. Limited edition comes in a digipack with a bonus CD. Beautiful packaging. 'Booklet' is a fold-out poster, with a magnificent picture by Kevin Westenberg. Album is dedicated to David's manager and best friend, Richard Chadwick and to Declan Colgan. Design of the artwork is (of course) by Russell Mills, with assistance of Michael Webster.