Abc 1996

Kanno Yoko is a prolific Japanese songwriter and music producer under flying DOG. She also known for her composition for CM songs and popular Japanese pop artists, especially her collaboration with Sakamoto Maaya. She is currently the leader of Japanese jazz band The Seatbelts. Kanno writes lyrics under the name Gabriela Robin.

This release had been recorded live by ABC-TV on 6th April 1974 at the Ontario Speedway near Los Angeles, California. First released in 1981 on VHS-Video in the UK on BBC Video. First time released on CD and on Compact Cassette in the UK in June 1996 by EMI Premier. Released in the US 1996 on BMG/Mausoleum Classix/King Biscuit Ent. with different release title: "Live at the California Jam". Another later reissue was released in the UK in 2003 on Purple Records, titled "Just Might Take Your Life". All mentioned releases have different cover-artworks!

Two good Impressions albums from the mid-'60s, combined onto one CD, making them handier to collect in this fashion than hunting down good-quality copies of the rare original vinyl editions…

Nick Cave is a singular figure in contemporary rock music; he first emerged as punk rock was making its presence known in Australia, but though he's never surrendered his status as a provocateur and a musical outlaw, he quickly abandoned the simplicity of punk for something grander and more literate, though no less punishing in its outlook…

Johnny Cash was one of the most imposing and influential figures in post-World War II country music. With his deep, resonant baritone and spare percussive guitar, he had a basic, distinctive sound. Cash didn't sound like Nashville, nor did he sound like honky tonk or rock & roll. He created his own subgenre, falling halfway between the blunt emotional honesty of folk, the rebelliousness of rock & roll, and the world-weariness of country. Cash's career coincided with the birth of rock & roll, and his rebellious attitude and simple, direct musical attack shared a lot of similarities with rock. However, there was a deep sense of history – as he would later illustrate with his series of historical albums – that kept him forever tied with country. And he was one of country music's biggest stars of the '50s and '60s, scoring well over 100 hit singles…

«Sonaron clarines. Señal de inicio del ataque. El alférez real cabalgó con el pendón a lo largo de las filas cristianas entre vítores de entusiasmo. Las gentes se persignaban, encomendándose al dios de las batallas. Luego, por unos instantes, se hizo silencio denso de sepulcro, roto sólo por el revoloteo de un bando de perdices.» Tras la humillación por la derrota de Alarcos, las órdenes militares hispánicas y el Temple - unidad militar de élite, con su estricto código de honor- son los últimos diques de la cristiandad frente a la marea almohade…