Released by Legacy in the U.K., this compact box set contains 20 albums – inside adequate LP replica sleeves – released by Philadelphia International. When it was issued, it retailed at a price that was roughly equivalent to the sum of three or four full-price titles, which made it a significant bargain. These albums don't represent the absolute best that PIR had to offer; instead, the box offers an assortment of commercial hits and misses, creative masterpieces and not-quite-failures, and showcases a significant portion of the label's roster.
Number 1's The Ultimate Collection features 100 hits that reached the much-coveted top UK chart top spot. Each of the 5 CDs features a carefully sequenced selection from one of 5 decades from the 60s right up to the noughties. Featuring a stunning array of rock, pop and soul anthems this is the very best of the UK chart in one poptastic box set.
Cracker Island is the eight studio album from Gorillaz, an energetic, upbeat, genre-expansive collection of 10 tracks featuring yet another stellar line-up of artist collaborators: Thundercat, Tame Impala, Bad Bunny, Stevie Nicks, Adeleye Omotayo, Bootie Brown and Beck. Recorded in London and LA earlier this year, it is produced by Gorillaz, Remi Kabaka jr. and eight-time Grammy Award-winning producer / multi-instrumentalist / songwriter extraordinaire Greg Kurstin.
2017 two CD set inspired by Lux And Ivy's record collection, a veritable stash of cool and super groovy sounds. Featuring 60 super strange songs originally released on vinyl back in the late '50s and early '60s. Including demented doo-wop, insane instrumentals, monsters and cavemen, canned laughter, loungecore weirdness, raucous rockabilly and out-there beatnik anthems. Jam packed with no hit wonders that fetch maximum dollars on vinyl. Selected from The Cramps' gargantuan record collection, radio shows and interviews over the years, it's a hi-octane romp through the best in obscure and magnificent wax from the greatest period of American music. Remastered from the original sound sources.
2017 two CD set inspired by Lux And Ivy's record collection, a veritable stash of cool and super groovy sounds. Featuring 60 super strange songs originally released on vinyl back in the late '50s and early '60s. Including demented doo-wop, insane instrumentals, monsters and cavemen, canned laughter, loungecore weirdness, raucous rockabilly and out-there beatnik anthems. Jam packed with no hit wonders that fetch maximum dollars on vinyl. Selected from The Cramps' gargantuan record collection, radio shows and interviews over the years, it's a hi-octane romp through the best in obscure and magnificent wax from the greatest period of American music. Remastered from the original sound sources.