Now compiled into a single handy package, Judee Sill's first two albums here resurface with extensive bonus tracks included. Sill's place in history is assured by the fact that she was the very first artist to sign to David Geffen's Asylum label at the beginning of the '70s, recording the two now legendary albums (her eponymous 1971 debut and 1972's Heartfood) found on this release. Sill's lyrical concerns tended to converge upon particularly eccentric Christian themes, never more successfully than on her debut single 'Jesus Was A Crossmaker', produced by Graham Nash.
As a solo artist and a collaborator, Andrew Gold defined a strand of mainstream pop during the late 1970s. His work with Linda Ronstadt – he led her band and arranged her blockbuster albums of the mid-'70s – catapulted him to a position where he was given the chance to score his own hits, which he did with 1977's "Lonely Boy" and 1978's "Thank You for Being a Friend," not to mention "Never Let Her Slip Away," which was a U.K. smash in '78. Gold stepped away from this solo career after 1980's Whirlwind, re-emerging in the late 1990s when he was acknowledged as the cult figure he is.
The Eagles original Asylum Records studio albums, including each of the chart-topping albums the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers released between 1972 and 1979, is now on 180-gram vinyl in The Studio Albums 1972-1979, a limited-edition, six-LP boxed set…
Rising from the scene and sound of idyllic 1970’s California, Eagles delivered six spectacular albums between 1972 and 1979 - each yielding instant classics such as ‘Take It Easy’, ‘Life In The Fast Lane’, Lyin’ Eyes’, ‘Take It To The Limit’, ‘Already Gone’ and of course, ‘Hotel California’- all of which are still in heavy rotation on radio stations worldwide, testament to the band’s timeless success. Eagles have sold more than 120 million albums worldwide, scored five #1 singles, played countless sold-out tours throughout the world and earned six Grammy awards. This Limited Edition Box Set with 6 CDs tells the Eagles’ legendary story!
In the 1970s, Tom Waits combined a lyrical focus on desperate, low-life characters with a persona that seemed to embody the same lifestyle, which he sang about in a raspy, gravelly voice. From the '80s on, his work became increasingly theatrical as he moved into acting and composing…