Rock Classics 100 Songs

The 80s Compilation market is a minefield - a lack of variety, re-recorded versions, poor sound quality among the pitfalls - but Demon Music Groups' "100 Hits" series have been the pick of the bunch in recent times…

Ultimate Rock Legends delivers 100 of the most popular Rock classics performed by the greatest legends who helped shape the genre. Whether you like modern or classic rock, glam or metal, this superb collection will be enjoyed by all Rock lovers. The mighty Rock Gods gathered include Kiss, Thin Lizzy, Dio, Rainbow, Status Quo, Free, Nazareth, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Rod Stewart to name but a few. Also included are heavy metal classics from Motörhead, Anthrax, Venom, Kreator, Angel Witch, Helloween plus a strong line of contemporary bands such as Marilyn Manson, Queens of The Stone Age, Puddle of Mudd, Soundgarden, Papa Roach, Hoobastank, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182 and many more. This is a must have collection for all Rock fans.

Broke, Black & Blue delivers multiple surprises within its 100 songs of prewar blues. Arranged chronologically by Joop Visser, the set admirably covers the first 22 years of recorded blues, 1924 to 1946, from vaudeville and Delta to boogie-woogie and jump blues. It's a swell gift for anyone wanting to learn more about the history of blues. But old-timers will be pleased, too, as special attention has been paid to culling rare and idiosyncratic tracks by the well-known and the obscure. The first three discs present single tracks by artists as diverse as the Memphis Jug Band, De Ford Bailey, Tommy Johnson, Son House, Skip James, Peetie Wheatstraw, Lonnie Johnson, and Bukka White, alongside unknowns such as Isaiah "The Mississippi Moaner" Nelson, Barbecue Bob and Laughing Charley, Ed Andrews, Chicken Wilson, and Bumble Bee Slim. On the fourth disc, this convention is jettisoned to luxuriate in a series of very rare sides of lovely, oddly subdued boogie-woogie and jump blues by Jimmie Gordon, Johnny Temple, and Lee Brown.

This second volume in Sony's EU Original Album Classics series looks at five albums over a ten-year period. The first four of these – Inner Secrets, Marathon, Zebop, and Shango – catch the band during a renaissance of singles and a decline in album sales in the marketplace…