The Rising Gold

Waylon Jennings begins here. One of the epochal careers in country music took root in September 1958 when Buddy Holly produced his first single. This 6-CD boxed set traces Waylon Jennings' early career from that first single to April 1968. After Holly's death, Waylon Jennings went to Arizona. His legendarily rare Phoenix album, 'Waylon at J.D.'s' is here, together with singles and demo's from the years in Arizona. The early folk-country recordings for A&M are also complete for the first time, including Four Strong Winds, Just To Satisfy You, and several unissued recordings.

JAMES LAST The Album Collection (2019 UK limited edition 90th Anniversary box set, featuring more than 40 classic albums digitally remastered on 25 CDs, with many on Compact Disc for the first time.

Three CD set charting the birth and early development of American hard rock. In the late 60s, the parallel emergence of psychedelia and the blues-based power trio format saw pop evolve into rock. In America, bands became harder, heavier, rawer and louder to a backdrop of the Vietnam War, street drugs and increasingly powerful amps. Commercially successful acts like Vanilla Fudge, Steppenwolf, Blue Cheer and Iron Butterfly spearheaded a new wave of bands whose sound would later be codified as heavy metal. Over three CDs and four hours of music, 'We're An American Band' charts hard rock's evolution during the late 60s and early 70s, culminating in Grand Funk's game-changing, chart-topping late 1973 single of the same name.

'The Nina Simone Story' is a 3-cd career-spanning collection of studio and live recordings made in her heyday years between 1959 and 1985 and includes songs from all these musical genres. Included are studio recordings she made for the Bethlehem label in 1959 which launched her extraordinary career and gave her two of her biggest hits, 'My Baby Just Cares For Me' and 'I Loves You Porgy'. The set closes with some of her last studio recordings.

American instrumental rock group formed in 1958 by Bob Bogle and Don Wilson in Tacoma, Washington.Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 (Performer).

Nina's voice is so incredibly deep and soulful, and soul-filled. I was immediately drawn to several of the tracks, realizing that just one listen wasn't enough. Nina manages to incorporate the power of her life and times into each song, as a reflection of where she's been and yet a hope of things to come. She's simply unlike any artist I've heard.
This CD is taking a prime place in my stereo for months to come. For relaxing, for reflection, for memories, for living, this CD and Nina Simone is a requisite.

The title, The Nina Simone Collection, and the sheer number of tracks assembled here. This box set offers a carefully compiled overview of this great singer's catalog. Confirm this: many of Simone's most important benchmarks are accounted for: "I Loves You Porgy," "To Be Young, Gifted and Black," "My Baby Just Cares for Me," "Mississippi Goddam," "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," et. al.