The original, genuine and best selling Pop-Classical crossover. Hooked on Classics was the first of a series of albums first released in 1981 and featuring the worldwide hit single that bears the same nomenclature. ELO arranger Louis Clark conducts a moonlighting Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing hooks from well-known classical pieces set to an up-tempo dance beat. Features not only the original 'Hooked On Classics' album but also the two follow ups 'Can't Stop The Classics' and ' Journey Through The Classics'.

2004 reissue of the Scottish new wavers' 1983 album produced by Tony Visconti, features 14 tracks including 6 bonus tracks, 'Surprise Me', 'I Don't Want To Know', 'Last Goodbye', 'Bring Me Closer' (Dance Mix), 'Don't Talk To Me About Love' (Extended Version), & 'Love To Stay' (Dance Mix). Includes 12-page booklet with extensive updated liner notes & photos.

Vienna Mandolin Stories is Alon Sariel's first full concerto album, inviting listeners on a journey through late-18th- and early-19th-century Vienna. The album features works for mandolin and orchestra by Haydn, Mozart, Krahmer, and Paisiello. While some pieces were originally composed for mandolin, others have been skillfully adapted by Sariel. The album thrives on Sariel's inventive and playful approach, as represented in "Haydn's Mandolin Concerto", an imaginative rearrangement combining movements from different concertos, including one by Malzat long misattributed to Haydn.

No Jacket Required is the third solo studio album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was released on 18 February 1985 by Virgin Records in the UK and by Atlantic and WEA internationally. For more about Phil Collins: No Jacket Required and the Phil Collins: No Jacket Required Blu-ray release, see Phil Collins: No Jacket Required Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on August 31, 2025 where this Blu-ray release scored 5.0 out of 5. In our recent Foreigner: 4 Blu-ray review, I mentioned how seemingly inescapable that band was on both radio and the then nascent MTV when 4 was first released in 1981. A few years later, much the same could be said about Phil Collins, who kind of suddenly seemed to be omnipresent, achieving huge single and album hits while also becoming a mainstay of the fledgling music video scene. It may be debatable how much music videos promoting (because, let's face it, that's what music videos were designed to do) Sussudio and One More Night helped propel those singles to Number 1 on the singles chart from Billboard, but one way or the other those videos were in regular rotation for quite some time. In that regard, it may be salient to mention that No Jacket Required managed to crack the Top 10 albums of the year for two consecutive years (1985 and 1986), again testament to the long lived nature of its appeal.

Joe Walsh is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he has been a member of five successful rock bands: James Gang, Barnstorm, Eagles, the Party Boys, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. Walsh was also part of the New Zealand band Herbs. In the 1990s, he was a member of the short-lived supergroup The Best. Walsh has also experienced success both as a solo artist and as a prolific session musician, being featured on a wide array of other artists' recordings. In 2011, Rolling Stone placed him at the No. 54 spot on its list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". "So What" is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. It was released in late 1974 on ABC-Dunhill Records. It contains hard rock songs such as "Welcome To The Club" and a remake of the Barnstorm track, "Turn To Stone". It also contains more introspective material such as "Help Me Through the Night" and "Song For Emma". On a few tracks, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Randy Meisner of Eagles contributed backing vocals. Over a year and a half later, Walsh would be drafted into Eagles to replace founding member Bernie Leadon, playing on their best-selling studio album Hotel California.

Drummer and songwriter best known as a member of million-selling album hard rock/glam band Queen. Collection includes: Fun In Space (1981); Strange Frontier (1984); Happiness? (1994); Electric Fire (1998).

To celebrate 40 years of music, DARE proudly present The Best of DARE — a stunning double CD featuring some of the band's most loved songs from across their entire catalogue. Hand-picked by Darren Wharton and the band, this special collection brings together fan favourites and classic tracks from albums including Out of the Silence, Blood From Stone, Calm Before the Storm, Belief, Arc of the Dawn, Sacred Ground, and Road to Eden. Whether you're a long-time supporter or a new fan discovering DARE for the first time, this is the perfect way to experience the heart and soul of one of Britain’s most enduring melodic rock bands. Over two hours of timeless music — celebrating four decades of powerful songs, soaring melodies, and unforgettable moments.

On this, their second album for A&M, Humble Pie proved that they were not the "minor league Rolling Stones" as people often described them. Led by the soulful Steve Marriot, the Pie was a great band in every sense of the word. Although Peter Frampton elevated himself to superstar status in just a few years, this album proves what an excellent lead guitarist he was. The record has an undeniable live feel to it, due in part to Glyn Johns' humble yet precise recording, framing the group as if they were a boogie version of the Band. When all of these elements come together on songs such as "Sour Grain" and "Stone Cold Fever," it's an unbeatable combination.

Sailing to Philadelphia is the second solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 25 September 2000 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album contains featured vocal performances by James Taylor, Van Morrison, and Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze. The pre-order window for the Mark Knopfler Sailing to Philadelphia SDE exclusive blu-ray is about to close. The blu-ray features a Guy Fletcher Dolby Atmos Mix, an exclusive instrumental mix (in Atmos) and the original stereo mix. This has 14 songs, based on the original UK CD tracklisting, which featured ‘Do America’ (omitted from the International release) and ‘One More Matinee’ (missing from the US release).

This compilation is a perfect work/study/contemplation CD, when you want to reduce the hum and din of modern life. It's wonderfully played, and has 23 tracks for a total of 72:45 minutes of melodic, serene music. The famous Adagio in G minor, so often heard in films, etc., is here given a lovely rendition. Played a little faster than most other versions, with the individual instruments (especially the harpsichord) being heard clearly. It's not as lush and smooth as some recordings, but crisper, and to my ears, absolutely delightful. It's hard to pick favorites among the other selections…each piece is a baroque beauty that flows well from one track to the next. I'm sure this CD will please most people who like 18th century music.

Baptism is the seventh studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on May 17, 2004, by Virgin Records. The album produced five singles and reached number 14 on the Billboard 200 and number 74 on the UK Albums Chart. Lenny Kravitz originally intended this album to be a 1970s style funk album, simply titled The Funk Album. However, he changed his mind when he picked up an acoustic guitar to write the songs for the album. Having stated that songs started pouring out of him, Kravitz decided that his special project could wait.

Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Blu-ray features video and reference-quality audio in this exceptional Blu-ray release.The sixth studio album by Genesis, and their last featuring Peter Gabriel. It is a concept album about a young Puerto Rican man named Rael, who goes on a bizarre adventure of self-discovery. Enterprising internet sleuths might have a field day (comedic or otherwise) looking into the history of so-called rock operas, an idiom which most folks would probably say began in earnest with The Who: Tommy , but which at least some nooks and crannies of the world wide web have stuffed with (of course questionable) assertions claiming everyone from Frank Zappa to The Beatles may have beaten The Who to the punch, at least in terms of "concept albums" if not with regard to actual "operatic" formulations. That said, after both Tommy and then Jesus Christ Superstar (the link points to the film since an audio Blu-ray isn't out as of the writing of this review) became hits over the course of the late sixties morphing into the early seventies, suddenly seemingly everyone wanted in on the "rock opera" action. That of course included The Who themselves, who returned in 1973 with Quadrophenia, but there are some who also insist David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars should be included in any "rock opera" list (though others would probably argue this might be more of a "concept album"), which arrived in 1972, the year before Quadrophenia. 1974 had its own rock opera, but in the annals of this particular musical subgenre, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway doesn't seem to be as generally well remembered as some of its "siblings".

David Gilmour released his second solo venture in 1984, following the apparent dissolution of Pink Floyd. He had released a record on his own in 1978, but About Face is much more accessible. Gilmour has a stellar band backing him, including Jeff Porcaro (drums), Pino Palladino (bass), and Anne Dudley (synthesizer). The songs on About Face show a pop sensibility that Pink Floyd rarely was concerned with achieving. Although the album didn't attract the attention of a Floyd release, several cuts did manage to get airplay. "Until We Sleep" is rife with shimmering synthesizers and cavernous drums, and "Blue Light" was a minor pop hit, with Gilmour's trademark delay-drenched guitar giving way to a driving, horn-laced rocker. Pete Townshend wrote two of the tracks: "Love on the Air" and the propulsive "All Lovers Are Deranged." Of course, there's more than enough of Gilmour's fluid guitar playing to satisfy…

Originally publised as a double album including his '83 concert as well, now it's released as a single edition with remastered sound. This is the album with '87 performance of Dio at Castle Donington. It was recorded when Dream Evil went out so almost all the songs are from Dio's band unlike the '83 release with a lot of material from Black Sabbath and Rainbow.

Mighty ReArranger is an album by English rock singer Robert Plant and the first one with his band, Strange Sensation. It was released internationally on 25 April 2005, on 9 May in the United Kingdom and 10 May in the United States. It contains a blend of world and Western music influences (with a psychedelic twist) alongside mystical, oblique, and somewhat cynical references to religion and destiny. The Mighty ReArranger is a fate-like entity that controls the affairs of humanity, and the album explores themes of mysticism and fate. "Freedom Fries" is critical of the presidency of George W. Bush and the climate of United States politics after the September 11 attacks. A Special Tour Edition of the album was released in France containing a bonus live disc with songs recorded at Studio 104 in Paris on 9 June 2005.