Icon January 2014

Before becoming the driving force behind Led Zeppelin, guitarist Jimmy Page was a session man, hawking his talent to dozens of bands on the British beat scene, including this 1968 session for fledgling singer Keith De Groot's debut album. However, whatever talent De Groot had was swiftly eclipsed by the sheer force of his backing band, which included future Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, keyboard legend Nicky Hopkins and guitar hero Albert Lee, whose lightning fast licks and Fender Telecaster soon made him an icon of British rock…

Released on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Alaska's debut single with Pegamoides, this new compilation of quintessential Spanish pop icon Alaska covers her work between 1980 and 2006 with her three bands, Pegamoides, Dinarama, and Fangoria, the latter for the Subterfuge label, but misses their four albums for DRO. The standard edition consists of a single 20-track CD, while the Special Edition Box adds a rarities disc, a remix disc, and a DVD with live performances and video clips.