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With three UK Top 10 hits, three Grammy nominations and a succession of classics such as ‘Superstylin’’, ‘Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)’, ‘I See You Baby’, ‘Paper Romance’ and ‘At The River’, Groove Armada are one of the most influential forces in dance music. Now the duo – Tom Findlay and Andy Cato – add a new chapter to their storied history with the release of the new album ‘Edge of the Horizon’.

The famous Red Rocks venue plays host to The Moody Blues on this DVD that offers a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack does a fine job of capturing the music. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making it quite difficult to recommend this disc to anyone who is not already a fan of the band. Some of the songs performed include "Nights in White Satin," "Days of Future Past," and "Tuesday Afternoon."
The Moody Blues, as they came to be known, made their debut in Birmingham in May of 1964, and quickly earned the notice and later the services of manager Tony Secunda.

ROLLING STONES Greatest Albums In The Sixties (2008 Japanese Universal promotional-only 6" x 8" 8-page fold-out booklet, advertising the incredible 17-disc SHM-CD/paper sleeve box set; contains detailed info and tracklisting for each included album [with full colour image], plus full colour images of the additional empty paper sleeves included in the set, reproducing the group's original 60s Japanese albums - a unique collectible!)

We can all agree that Jimi Hendrix has been one of the most charismatic and creative guitar players of all time, with his influence spanning generations of musicians. In The Many Faces Of Jimi Hendrix we will immerse into his career and his works, his first steps in the music industry collaborating with different artists, the side projects of his two main backing bands’ members (Experience and Band Of Gypsys) and also, we will pay homage to his songs, one of the most essential treasures of rock music’s culture. If you are a rock fan, you can’t miss the most recent volume of our The Many Faces releases. It’s presented with extended liner notes, a luxurious cover art and remastered sound.

This recording has a couple of pluses, especially in the expressive soloists: the fiery tenor Ivan Sharpe does a magnificent job with "Comfort Ye My People" and "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted" and the boy soprano Max Emmanuel Cencic is glorious on "There Were Shepherds Abiding" while Countertenor Charles Humphries is also fine, if not absolutely proficient, on his solos. This performance is definitely worth hearing for the soloists.

René Jacobs' performance of Handel's 1750 version of Messiah is remarkable for the fresh insights he brings to such a familiar work. His reading is fleet but never hurried, and movements flow fluidly from each other, virtually without pause. This Messiah is an integrated whole, whose ebbing and flowing move it inexorably toward its climaxes, avoiding the usual sense that the oratorio is merely a string of separate, thematically related numbers. The speed of some sections, and certain unconventional articulations, can at first seem eccentric, but Jacobs' interpretive decisions are always guided by the meaning of the texts, and when the initial surprise fades, seem obviously to be the best choices possible.