FRANK ZAPPA (WITH ADDED CAPTAI..
2024. Frank Zappa with special guests Captain Beefheart and Jimmy Carl Black, County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, 23rd May 1975. Zappa's 1975 tour was unique, with its new virtuoso drummer, a dedicated slide guitari..
VICE SQUAD
2024. Vice Squad was formed in 1979 in Bristol. Their first single 'Last Rockers' was released in 1981. This track, as well as the follow-up 'Resurrection' has been included on this 12". Both tracks remastered...
NINA SIMONE
2024. Nina Simone's enduring status amongst contemporary musicians speaks to her musicality but also to her single-mindedness, her unique vision, the artistic integrity and power she brought to her lengthy car..
ETTA JAMES / TAJ MAHAL
2024. Etta James was sixty-one at the time of this gig and after nearly a decade in the wilderness had just released a well-regarded comeback LP Seven Year Itch. What she delivers in Oakland is raunchy R&B, powe..
JONI MITCHELL & JAMES TAYLOR
2024. Here we have Joni and James together in London. Two weeks earlier they had played at the event in Vancouver which launched Greenpeace. They were truly a golden couple, displaying unguarded affection toward..
STEVIE WONDER
2024. Stevie Wonder live form Berkeley Community Theatre, California, March 4, 1973. This concert comes in the two year purple patch that saw Stevie Wonder cross out of his designated genre into the mainstream. ..
TINA TURNER
2024. Incredible performance, live from Tokyo. Includes the entire NHK radio broadcast. Full colour 4-page booklet with background liners and many rare archival photographs. Professionally remastered.
JANIS JOPLIN AND THE KOZMIC BL..
2024. This concert documents the second of Janis Joplin's three working groups. The Kozmic Blues Band were modelled on Otis Redding's Stax-Volt R&B sound with arrangements that were designed to showcase he..
ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGE..
2023. This early incarnation of Art Blakey's seminal post-bop band is bristling with energy and ideas. There are barnstorming solos from "middleweight tenor champ" Hank Mobley and the most exciting trum..
BILL EVANS TRIO
2023. During a four week residency at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, the Bill Evans Trio took part in the historic 'Jazz 625' show at the BBC Television Theatre, Shepherd's Bush on 19th March 1965 for broadcast by the ..
HORACE SILVER WITH THE BRECKER..
2023. Described once as "Ray Charles meets be-bop meets Latin", Horace Silver has a unique piano style instantly recognisable and totally compelling. This fiery and funky set by a later version of his quin..
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
2023. The original incarnation of the Mahavishnu Orchestra was extraordinarily successful. Their debut LP 'Inner Mounting Flame' (1971), achieved crossover nirvana, climbing the Billboard Jazz chart before breaki..
HERBIE HANCOCK AND THE HEADHUN..
2023. After Mwandishi, his early '70s experimental sextet, met with critical and commercial indifference, Herbie Hancock turned his gaze to Sly and the Family Stone and James Brown. The result was Headhunters, a new..
NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
2023. Essentially, NRPS were initially formed as a vehicle for the Grateful Dead to indulge their tastes for country music beyond the albums 'Workingman's Dead' and 'American Beauty.' Although they never remotely a..
TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME
2023. This is the lost incarnation of Tony Williams Lifetime, formed to tour in support of his 1978 all-star release 'The Joy Of Flying.' A band of young unknowns including guitarist Tod Carver and fretless bassi..
ROLAND KIRK QUARTET
2023. Roland Kirk is known for his ability to play several saxophones simultaneously but if he had only played one at a time he would still be regarded as one of the greats. These two concerts exemplify what an ex..
VAN HALEN
2023. Seeing Van Halen in the 1980s was a mammoth live concert event. While fans can eternally argue over which line-up of Van Halen was the best, no-one could deny the sheer entertainment value of seeing or hearing..
FRANK ZAPPA
2023. Word on the street among serious Zappaphiles is that the greatest line-up of all was the '74 Roxy & Elsewhere' band. For official releases this may be the case but the short lived group that immediately pr..
DEVO
2023. Devo live from Wollman Skating Rink, Central Park, New York July 21st 1980. Devo will forever be known as the band of guys in plastic hats cracking whips at cowboys while urging us to "whip it good."..
CLAIRE MARTIN AND THE ROYAL PH..
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