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First-ever complete anthology of hotly-tipped early 70s British rock band led by pre-Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody and former Freedom singer Bobby Harrison. Includes their three albums, singles, studio out-takes, live recordings and BBC sessions. Formed in early 1973, Snafu were something of a minor British rock/blues supergroup, featuring former members of such bands as Procol Harum, Skip Bifferty, Ginger Baker's Airforce, Juicy Lucy, Paladin and Tramline
Immediately pushed by their management company World-Wide Artists (who also handled Black Sabbath) as a major new force in British rock music, Snafu promoted their debut LP – the second album to be recorded at Richard Branson's new studio The Manor, with ‘Tubular Bells’ the first - with an appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test, various BBC radio sessions and tours with the era's leading bands.

Dedicated to Bramwell Tovey, this album of world premiere recordings by celebrated composer Roderick Elms features soloists Carlos Bonell (guitar), Derek Hannigan (bass clarinet) and Joanna Smith (piano) and Roderick Elms himself, with the BBC Concert Orchestra under the baton of Barry Wordsworth.

Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine’s 1992 album is reissued as this four-disc box set. The first CD features the remastered album, while CD 2 offers rarities, B-sides and BBC ‘Live in Norwich’ recordings. CD 3 includes the complete 1992 Glastonbury headline performance which is available in its entirety for the very first time and the DVD includes the 55 minute ‘What Do You Think Of The Programme So Far?’ feature, plus three Top Of The Pops performances, all appearing on DVD for the first time and accompanied by exclusive new commentary by Jim Bob and Fruitbat! A 2LP edition offers a bonus LP of B-sides and non-album tracks.

Featuring many world-premiere recordings, this album highlights the work of one of Britain’s most accomplished composers in performances by BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers with conductor Alice Farnham.

You have in your hands music by one of the most remarkable pianists to emerge from jazz. Hyperbole? No, Howard Riley is as unique as he is steeped in the jazz tradition but then, if you’re a fan, you know this already. If, however, you’re a newcomer to his art, you’re in for a precious series of glimpses of a truly inspired and inspiring pianist.
Between 1968-1974, Riley released four trio albums with a fifth set of performances from 1974/5 appearing as Overground on Emanem in 2001. All are essential. All of those albums featured bass-meister Barry Guy, while the drum chair was occupied first by Jon Hiseman, then Alan ‘AJ’ Jackson and latterly by Tony Oxley. The first of these sets, all from BBC broadcasts with excellent sound, has Hiseman behind the kit, the others Jackson. If you are new to Howard Riley’s music, this could well be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Will Gregory Moog Ensemble announce their debut album, Heat Ray, an album inspired by the work of Archimedes, the Greek mathematician who lived and worked in the third century BC. The album - recorded by the ensemble on analogue synthesizer, alongside the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

'The BBC Collection’ is an all-encompassing collection of the many recorded performances of Rory Gallagher at the BBC. Featuring eighteen CDs worth of radio concerts and sessions from 1971 to 1986, roughly 75% of this material has not been officially released before. Also included is two Blu Ray discs of BBC TV concerts and studio performances from 1973 to 1984, all of which has not been officially released previously. Amassed from the BBC archives and Rory Gallagher’s own transcription discs and off-air cassette recordings, the boxset spans 16 years of his career (1971-1986), taking in highlights such as the 1977 dual television and radio broadcast Sight & Sound concert, Rory’s headlining set at the Reading Festival in 1980 to the emotional ‘At Midnight’ concert live from the Ulster Hall in Belfast, 1984. A ‘best of’ from this collection will be available on 2CD and 3LP, titled “The Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC” These releases celebrate the importance of the artist Rory Gallagher, who was possibly the most recorded musician of the 1970s by the BBC.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales is an integral part of Welsh culture, giving frequent premieres of works by Welsh composers. The orchestra is often active beyond Wales, recording a variety of material that includes many BBC television soundtracks. The origins of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales lay in the Cardiff Station Orchestra, which was founded in 1924. In 1928, it was renamed the National Orchestra of Wales. This orchestra dissolved under funding pressures in 1931 but was revived as the BBC Welsh Orchestra in 1935.

Acclaimed composer Patrick O'Malley's The Horizons constitutes a musical odyssey, curated by O'Malley and featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Constantine, with virtuoso violist Brett Deubner. The album explores depths of emotion, dichotomies, and the joys of orchestral expression.