The standard line on Nanci Griffith's five-year sojourn at MCA Records is that Griffith, a Texas-born singer/songwriter, earned a major-label Nashville contract after four independent folkie releases on the basis of Kathy Mattea's Top Ten country recording of her song "Love at the Five and Dime," at a time when country music seemed more open to new sounds and MCA's Tony Brown was also signing such mavericks as Steve Earle and Lyle Lovett.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD Sounds Of The South/MCA Years 1973-1988 (Limited edition 2007 promotional Japanese box set) contains Lynyrd Skynyrd's original MCA albums digitally remastered and expanded and housed in miniature LP sleeves [One More For The Road is a double CD], all of whichare promo-stamped. Five of the albums include bonus tracks and each includes replica liner notes or picture inserts. Not least there are two booklets: an extensive 80-page booklet with English lyrics and specific notes onthe bonus tracks + a 28-page booklet about the boxand album reissues themselves.
MCA Nashville's One More Time: The MCA Recordings was released on the heels of the independent success Kelly Willis enjoyed in 1999 with What I Deserve. Though it may have appeared after a success, the compilation isn't really a cash in. It's really quite useful, as a matter of fact, since it summarizes her three MCA albums – 1990's Well Travelled Love, 1991's Bang Bang, and 1993's Kelly Willis – while adding "Little Honey," her contribution to the Thelma & Louise soundtrack. For anyone looking to catch-up after What I Deserve, this is an excellent place to go (especially since two of her three MCA albums were out of print at the time of One More Time's release), and it's a satisfying listen in its own right.
UK three CD collection of digitally re-mastered recordings which collates the output of the NWOBHM pioneers during their years as major label recording artists.
WISHBONE ASH - Sometime World: An MCA Travelogue (2010 issue UK 2-CD album set - Among the most enduring rock bands of all time, Wishbone Ash are creators of exciting and innovative music. As progenitors of the twin-guitar sound later adopted as standard by countless followers, Wishbone Ash's creative restlessness is a thing of legend. To celebrate their 40th anniversary, 'Sometime World: An MCA Travelogue' is a 26 track collection that focuses on the years Wishbone Ash spent living beneath the roof of MCA Records.
Often thought of as a cross between Black Sabbath and Rush, the underappreciated outfit has influenced countless acts. This 3CD compilation contains their 3 classic albums that were recorded for MCA and are regarded as classics of the Genre; Never Turn Your Back On A Friend, In For The Kill and Bandolier…
"Gangsta's Paradise" is a rap song by Coolio featuring L.V.. The song was released on the Coolio album Gangsta's Paradise, as well as the Dangerous Minds soundtrack in 1995. Coolio was awarded a Grammy for the song/album. The song was voted as the best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll.