Transformers Issue #56 Vol. 1

Power pop is a form of pop rock based on the early music of bands such as the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Byrds. It originated in the mid 1960s as young music fans began to rebel against the emerging pretensions of rock music, and developed mainly among American musicians who came of age during the British Invasion. The genre typically incorporates melodic hooks, vocal harmonies, an energetic performance, and "happy"-sounding music underpinned by a sense of yearning, longing, or despair.

Stephen Kovacevich's survey of the 5 Beethoven concertos has been a staple item in the Philips catalogue for years. They are the sort of performance that is regularly referred back to as a benchmark issue. The following remarks apply to the four concertos included in this coupling. The two Romances for violin are attractive make-weights. All four performances have the same hallmarks as all are strongly presented with sharply underlined accents and with the most being made of the dynamics.

Dr. Ebbett produced the two volume UK singles collection in 2005 and according to the announcement made at the time of its release: It features the A and B sides of every regular issue British 45 rpm record the Beatles releases during their time together. This set is sourced entirely from 7 inch vinyl records – some of them being the original first-issue Parlophone 45s, some from the vinyl boxed set released in the 1970s…

PINK FLOYD "JOURNEY THROUGH TIME & SPACE VOL 1" 12CD and DVD limited edition of 600 individually numbered copies, original issue factory press silver in heavy duty color glossy hardcover box w/28-pg booklet. Comprehensive compilation of Floyd material including: Wolverhampton Mar 18, 1967 / Outer Zabriskie Nov & Dec 1969 / Various rare live from 1966 to 1974 / Lund, Sweden, Mar 20, 1970 / San Diego Oct 17, 1971 / Philadelphia Mar 15, 1973 / NY Artc Center June 17, 1973 / Nassau, NY June 17, 1975 plus DVD. See images for details. Individually numbered limited edition of 600…beautifully put together and great one-stop shopping for this material.

PINK FLOYD "JOURNEY THROUGH TIME & SPACE VOL 1" 12CD and DVD limited edition of 600 individually numbered copies, original issue factory press silver in heavy duty color glossy hardcover box w/28-pg booklet. Comprehensive compilation of Floyd material including: Wolverhampton Mar 18, 1967 / Outer Zabriskie Nov & Dec 1969 / Various rare live from 1966 to 1974 / Lund, Sweden, Mar 20, 1970 / San Diego Oct 17, 1971 / Philadelphia Mar 15, 1973 / NY Artc Center June 17, 1973 / Nassau, NY June 17, 1975 plus DVD. See images for details. Individually numbered limited edition of 600…beautifully put together and great one-stop shopping for this material.

Naxos intend to record Vivaldi’s entire orchestral corpus, and Raphael Wallfisch’s integral four-disc survey of the 27 cello concertos inaugurates this visionary, though plainly Herculean undertaking. Soloist and orchestra employ modern instruments; director Nicholas Kraemer contends that authentic protocols can be ably met by contemporary ensembles and, in articulation, style and ornamentation, these pristine, engaging readings have little to fear from period practitioners. Wallfisch’s pointed, erudite and spirited playing is supported with enlightened restraint by the CLS, directed from either harpsichord or chamber organ by Kraemer, whose sensitive continuo team merits high praise throughout. Without exception, these Concertos adopt an orthodox fast-slow-fast three-movement format. Wallfisch, dutifully observant in matters of textual fidelity, plays outer movements with verve, energy and lucidity, such that high-register passagework, an omnipresent feature of these works, is enunciated with the pin-sharp focus of Canaletto’s images of 18th-century Venice, which adorn the covers of these issues.