Little Woman 1984

The Fixx had a banner year in 1983, as their second album, Reach the Beach, broke down doors and gave the band a huge hit with "One Thing Leads to Another." Phantoms wasn't as good, not just because Reach the Beach had that hit but also because it was simply a really good mainstream new wave record. Phantoms was a little more serious, a little more lugubrious, a little directionless, but it still is a pretty good record, all the same. The reason why? The Fixx were a good band. They had an original sound, thanks to the echoing synths, clean-processed guitars, cavernous drums, and Cy Curnin's soaring voice, which soared over the precise arrangements to make it sound human. The wondrous thing about this combination is that it sounded appealing even when the material wasn't the equal of the sound, which is often the case on Phantoms. That's not to say it's a disaster, because it hardly is – the band sounds good, and the record is a shining example of post-new wave production.

An odd catalog repackaging timed to coincide with the spring 2015 release of Tokyo Dome in Concert, Van Halen's first-ever live album with David Lee Roth, Deluxe contains that two-disc set and adds the new 2015 remasters of Van Halen and 1984, all housed in a simple little box. It's an affordable way to get good-sounding remasters of two of VH's best, along with a solid latter-day live album, but the lack of so many other great Van Halen records only makes you wonder why this couldn't feature all of the band's Warner albums with Diamond Dave.

The classic Bob Marley album, the one that any fair-weather reggae fan owns, Legend contains 14 of his greatest songs, running the gamut from "I Shot the Sheriff" to the meditative "Redemption Song" and the irrepressible "Three Little Birds." Some may argue that the compilation shortchanges his groundbreaking early ska work or his status as a political commentator, but this isn't meant to be definitive, it's meant to be an introduction, sampling the very best of his work, and it sticks to his later output for Island Records…

Singles Collection: 1984-1990 (August 1991, only 10,000 copies produced) (also known as E.P. Collection 84 - 90, with only 500 copies produced). Many, many non-LP tracks on this very rare and out of print EP's. This collection contains 10 EP's Beggars Banquet released between 1989 (the first 3) & 1991 (the other 7). They are labeled "BBP 1 CD" up to "BBP 12 CD". (BBP 4 CD was a Bauhaus release; BBP 5 CD was a Gary Numan release). All releases contain hard to find B-sides, mixes, rarities & live-tracks that are taken mostly from out of print 7-inches, 12-inches & CD-maxis. Included are: Love Removal Machine/Lil' Devil, Rain/Revolution, Fire Woman/Edie (Ciao Baby)/Sun King, Spirit Walker/Go West, Sweet Soul Sister (Live 1987 / 1989), The Electric Mixes, The Manor Sessions, Resurrection Joe/She Sells Sanctuary and Wild Flower (Live 1986 / 1987).

The Rolling Stones Collection was originally released in October 1984 (only 10,000 sets were pressed). This "Limited Edition Library of Original Master Recordings" transferred direct from the original 1963 to 1969 master recording tapes, includes a softcover book that reproduces The Rolling Stones original album cover graphics (front and back), a Geo-Disc cartridge alignment platter and a color, four page folded leaflet with band photo and information about the Collection…

7 EP's in a box that includes space for three more ep's. Included are: Love Removal Machine(7 tracks), Fire Woman (8 tracks), Sweet Soul Sister (9 tracks),Wildflower (8 tracks), Rain (6 tracks), Ressurection Joe (6 tracks),Spiritwalker (6 tracks.) Many, many non-LP tracks on this very rare and out of print box…

All six of the albums Hanoi Rocks made in their original incarnation – Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks, Oriental Beat, Self Destruction Blues, Back to the Mystery City, Two Steps from the Move, and All Those Wasted Years – are packaged together, one album to one CD, in this straightforward six-CD set. There are no extras, just the albums as they were originally released, though there's a 12-page booklet with a solid history of the band and numerous (if small) reproductions of sleeves from their original releases. It's too much at once even for many fans, but for the more dedicated of that lot, it's a handy encapsulation of their primary recorded work. Hearing all of it does make it clear that, although they're often classified as a heavy metal band, they might be more accurately pegged as a hard rock band with substantial traces of glam and pop (and even some bar band blues-rock) along with the metal.