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Digitally remastered two CD set containing a trio of albums from the acclaimed vocalist. This set features Nicolette Larson's first three solo albums from 1978, 1979 and 1981. Larson had been a singer with Commander Cody and on the back of that obtained her Warner Bros contract. All three albums made the US Top 100, with Nicolette peaking at #15 and the single 'Lotta Love' making the Top 10. Larson was very much an interpreter of other people's songs, with producer Ted Templeman coaxing the best from her. Larson sadly died in 1997.

During 1985, White released a solo album entitled "Maurice White". The album rose to #12 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. Appearing upon the LP was a cover of Ben E. King's "Stand by Me", with a guest appearance by jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright. White's version of "Stand by Me" got to #6 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles and #11 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart. Another song from the album called "I Need You" rose to #20 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart and #30 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.

"Barking at Airplanes" is the 9th studio album by Kim Carnes, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). Despite strong critical reviews, the album stopped short of the Top 50 on Billboard's album chart and sold less than 200,000 copies. The album spawned two hit singles, "Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)" and "Abadabadango", which peaked at #15 and #67 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100, respectively.

"The Way We Were" is the fifteenth studio album recorded by American vocalist Barbra Streisand. It was released on January 1, 1974 by Columbia Records. The record was compiled immediately following the commercial success of lead single "The Way We Were". A majority of the material on the album was meant for the singer's unreleased project The Singer while other songs included were previously released in prior years. Following the distribution of the soundtrack for the 1973 film of the same name, Columbia added a caption to Streisand's LP (Featuring the Hit Single "The Way We Were" and "All in Love Is Fair") in order to minimize confusion between the two albums.

"The Key" is the 8th studio album by the British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released on 28 February 1983 by A&M Records. The album was recorded at Townhouse Studios in Shepherd's Bush, London; Polar Studios in Stockholm and also in New York. The album spawned the single "Drop the Pilot", which became one of Armatrading's biggest hits, reaching #11 in the UK Singles Chart over a 10-week stay. It also quickly became a staple of Armatrading's live performances and has featured on many of her compilation albums. Armatrading and her backing band also performed the song on Top of the Pops in early 1983.

"Finder of Lost Loves" is an album recorded by Dionne Warwick, her sixth for the Arista label. It was recorded during 1984 and was released in early 1985. The album peaked at #106 on the Billboard albums chart. The LP was originally issued as number AL8-8262 in the Arista Catalog. In some non-US territories, including the UK, Japan and Australia, the album was released under the title "Without Your Love". The album reunited Warwick with Burt Bacharach for the first time in over a decade.

"Un Hombre Solo (A single man)" is a Julio Iglesias album released in 1987. It achieved worldwide success. The album was composed, arranged and produced by Manuel Alejandro. In 1988, it won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album. The album was released in LP, CD and Digipack format, with 2 editions: worldwide and Brazil. He received platinum distinction in different countries like: Argentina (8×); Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Spain, Brazil (5×); Venezuela and Sony Discos (4×).

"Street Life" is a studio album by the American jazz band The Crusaders. It was a Top 20 album on three Billboard charts and represents the peak of the band's commercial popularity. The title track, featuring singer Randy Crawford, was a Top 40 Pop single (#36) and became the group's most successful entry on the Soul chart (#17). It was #5 on the UK Singles Chart. "Street Life" also hit the disco chart, peaking at #75, and was re-recorded by Doc Severinsen with Crawford reprising her vocal for the opening sequence of the noir crime drama Sharky's Machine, directed by Burt Reynolds in 1981.

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a brand new 2CD deluxe anthology of the complete recordings by the legendary C.C.S. Formed in 1970, C.C.S. (Collective Consciousness Society) was the brainchild of musician and arranger John Cameron, guitarist Alexis Korner (the father of British Blues) and producer MIckie Most. The group was initially conceived as a recording band only, but following the success of their legendary cover version of Led Zeppelin’s "Whole Lotta Love” (used as the theme for "Top of the Pops” for many years) and "Tap Turns on the Water”, the band also undertook live work. C.C.S. featured the cream of jazz and blues talent such as flautist Harold McNair, bass players Herbie Flowers and Spike Heatley, sax players Tony Coe and Ron Ross, trumpet players Henry Lowther, Kenny Wheeler and Harold Beckett and drummers Barry Morgan and Tony Carr. Between 1970 and 1973 C.C.S. released three albums and seven singles for RAK Records, with one album and four singles all reaching the UK Top Forty.

"Caravanserai" is the fourth studio album by Santana, released on October 11, 1972. It marked a major turning point in Carlos Santana's career as it was a sharp departure from his critically acclaimed first three albums. Original bass guitarist David Brown left the group in 1971 and was replaced by Doug Rauch and Tom Rutley, while Armando Peraza replaced original percussionist Michael Carabello after his departure. During this period, Santana's relationship with longtime keyboardist/vocalist Gregg Rolie rapidly deteriorated; consequently, keyboardist Tom Coster performed on one song before replacing Rolie shortly after the album's release. Caravanserai reached #8 in the Billboard 200 chart and #6 in the R&B Albums chart in 1972.