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This compilation features so many multi-talented artists: Marilyn Monroe, Linda Lawson, Diana Dors… listening to these songs takes you into the world of classic Hollywood films and their stars.

A 3-CD, four-hour celebration of the post-Brumbeat late '60s/early '70s rock scene in the West Midlands. Tracing the evolution and development of that scene as local musicians embarked on an epic journey that embraced mod pop, psychedelia, blues, progressive rock, glam-rock and heavy metal, inspired by the emergence of chief catalysts The Move. Revolving around the area's big hitters, with key selections from The Move, The Moody Blues, The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, The Idle Race, Slade, The Electric Light Orchestra, Roy Wood and Wizzard, Judas Priest and others. When the beat/R&B explosion died out around 1965, so did the influence of cities like Liverpool and Manchester. However, the live scene in Birmingham and surrounding towns went from strength to strength. By the end of the decade, the West Midlands had become the smelting house of the nascent hard rock/metal revolution. Including a bunch of classic cult 45s (The Craig, Locomotive, Medicine Head, The Ghost) and essential cuts from enduring local legends like Steve Gibbons and his band The Ugly's, Denny Laine, The Montanas and Jimmy Powell. Also featuring several previously unreleased tracks, including music from post-World Of Oz outfit Kansas Hook, Big Bertha, Cathedral and the first-ever recording (made in 1967) to feature future Magnum vocalist Bob Catley.

‘Next Wave Acid Punx’ is a 38 track journey across nearly 40 years of dark club music compiled and curated by Berlin-based Musician and DJ, Luca Venezia aka Curses. Inviting friends with a like-minded affection for an 80s rooted sound, and diving deep into his record collection, Curses has put together a three CD/double vinyl set that takes us from music by Colourbox and Suicide to EBM pioneers, Front 242 through to recent club hits from Zombies in Miami, and 12 brand new, totally exclusive tracks from the likes of Shubostar, Chinaski, and Curses himself.

A stylish selection of city pop, funk and modern soul from Japanese label Nippon Columbia, selected by DJ Notoya and featuring cult classics and rarities by Hiroshi Sato, Hatsumi Shibata, Hitomi 'Penny' Tohyama & many more. Annotated by Notoya with journalist Nick Luscombe and artwork by Optigram. Newly remastered audio.
The selection on 'Tokyo Glow' starts with 'Kimugare' a relaxed mid tempo track by Kumi Nakamura, actually a famous actress who only recorded one album in 1980 for Columbia. The set continues and flows effortlessly with the sunshine grooves of Miyuki Maki, Hatsumi Shibata and cult keyboard player Hiroshi Sato before the pace starts going faster and funkier with New Generation Company, Kengo Kurozumi - with his superb boogie, 'Juggler' - and one of the queens of the genre, Hitomi 'Penny' Tohyama with 'Tuxedo Connection'. Another fine example on the set is the mid-tempo groove of "I Wander All Alone Part III" by New Generation Company, an aggregate group of some of the best Japanese session musicians led by arranger Katz Hoshi and including Hiroyuki Namba (key), Kazuo Shiina (gtr) and Yutaka Uehara (ds) who all played with Tatsuro Yamashita among many others.

Ministry of Sound's '30 Years: Three Decades of Dance' celebrates the 30th anniversary of the iconic institution with a collection of the most important dance tracks of the past three decades. Featuring underground anthems and crossover hits from 1991-2021, this collection of tracks tells a story of U.K. dance music like no other Ministry compilation.

2021 release. Although for many decades it was principally the domain of jazz-styled singers and musicians, The Great American Songbook has undergone a significant revival in recent years, in terms of the mass market's rediscovery of the genre. Loosely defined, these are the most popular and enduring songs from the 1920s through to the 50s, most of which were written for Broadway theatre, musical theatre and/or Hollywood musical movies. And although regular Pop Music has generally endured a somewhat difficult relationship with what has always been perceived as "serious" music, many R&B and early Soul performers dabbled in the Great American Songbook over the years. This unique compilation presents thirty memorable examples, featuring artists like Ray Charles, Big Maybelle, Jackie Wilson, Little Willie John, LaVern Baker, James Brown, Etta James, Bobby Bland, Timi Yuro, Ruth Brown and many more. Many of these sides are hard to find elsewhere on CD.

"Impulse! 60: The Best of Impulse Records" is a comprehensive compilation album released on February 12, 2021, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the legendary jazz record label Impulse! Records.

"Impulse! 60: Legendary Live Performances" is a compilation album released on April 16, 2021, by Universal Music, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the iconic jazz label Impulse! Records.

Club Sounds 96 - Because you are the DJ! 3CDs with more than 60 tracks in a chic digipack - packed with the best electronic music has to offer!

The second compilation approaches the roots of Daft Punk !? The name is "Funky Flamenco", which bears the blockbuster number of the soul Iberica band! What a music critic and DJ Masaharu Yoshioka's first remix in Japan. A 12-inch promo version of "Funky Flamenco", which is also a compilation title song, is included as a miracle world's first CD bonus!
Based in Belgium and France, Jean Kluger is a Belgian disco producer who dominated the world disco scene in the 1970s. Introducing a disco compilation album that collects a wide range of songs from world-famous disco hits to rare songs that he sent out from Belgium and France. From Gibson Brothers, Ottawan, L.A.X., which was a big hit in the US and Europe, to Soul Iberica Band, which was a big hit in Japan, there are a lot of disco hits that everyone has heard once. The world's first CD version of the precious promo 12-inch version of Soul Iberica Band "Funky Flamenco", the first remix work in Japan by music critic and DJ Masaharu Yoshioka, has been miraculously realized! Daniel Vangarde is the father of Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk. This is a valuable collection of works that can be enjoyed as the roots of Daft Punk.