Merry me

2009 compilation from the Glam popsters. This holiday-themed release brings together some of the band's best loved hits (including, of course, 'Merry Xmas Everybody'), creating the perfect Rock compilation for your annual Christmas party. With their unique blend of Pop-perfect Rock 'n' Roll, outrageous flamboyance and sense of fun, Slade are one of the best loved British bands of all time. Since forming in 1966, they notched up 23 Top 20 singles (including six #1s) and six hit albums. In the early '70s, Slade were, without doubt, the biggest band in the UK charts: they scored an incredible eleven Top 5 singles between 1971 and 1974 alone. Features 'Mama Weer All Crazee Now', 'C'mon Feel the Noize' and 'Skweeze Me Pleeze Me'.

Albert King doesn't require much of an introduction, he was one of the 'Three Kings of the Blues' and arguably next to B.B. he was perhaps the most popular of the many genuine blues guitarists to have been adopted by the rock world during the mid-1960s. Albert began playing in the late 40s and made his first recordings in 1953 and it is these early sessions that are the focus of this outstanding collection from Jasmine. Includes tracks "Blues At Sunrise", his fine version of Tampa Red's "Little Boy Blue" and his hit song "Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong" plus many other superb tracks. Albert King influenced many artists including Mick Taylor, Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield and Stevie Ray Vaughan. This then is Albert King's first tentative steps towards global popularity compiled in chronological order and with fully detailed liner notes.