Ministry Of Sound bring us the ultimate summer soundtrack of classic smooth rock from the 60's, 70's and 80's. A 3 CD set featuring 60 songs from Chicago, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Toto, Carly Simon, Cutting Crew, REO Speedwagon, Meat Loaf, Mr Mister, John Farnham, Steve Winwood, Air Supply, Gerry Rafferty, 10CC, Survivor, Cars, Boston, Sad Cafe and more.

The Fireballs moved on from the successes of "Torquay" and "Vaquero" for Top Rank and cut this gem of an album for Warwick in 1961. The leadoff single was "Rik-A-Tik," which they had already cut for Top Rank, followed by "Quite a Party," another Top 30 hit for the band. The resulting album was another collection of crisply played instrumentals, most with a Spanish theme, all expertly produced by Norman Petty. Another one to add to your Fireballs collection, and superior to many of their later Dot albums.

One of the most popular saxophonists of all time, Grover Washington, Jr. was long the pacesetter in his field. His roots were in R&B and soul-jazz organ combos, but he also fared very well on the infrequent occasions when he played straight-ahead jazz. A highly influential player, Washington pushed himself with the spontaneity and risk-taking of a masterful jazz musician. Grover Washington, Jr.'s, father also played saxophone and was his first influence. The younger son started playing music when he was ten, and within two years was working in clubs. He picked up experience touring with the Four Clefs from 1959-1963 and freelancing during the next two years, before spending a couple years in the Army.

The most exotic actress of the 1930s and '40s, Marlene Dietrich performed her cabaret act around the world and recorded for Decca, Columbia and Capitol in the post-war period, after her film career had slowed. A thick German accent and her odd sung-spoken vocal style proved no barrier to international popular success and adoration.

2007 two CD set celebrating the life and music of the world-famous entertainer who has won numerous Grammy and Tony awards, appeared on television and in feature films and recorded enchanting music for over six decades. Features 40 tracks including 'Stormy Weather', 'Prelude To A Kiss', 'What The Word Needs Now Is Love', 'On A Wonderful Day Like Today', 'Softly As I Leave You' and many more.

In an odd twist on the way these things usually work, this U.K. release is a CD reissue of the Bachelors' first American album, Presenting: The Bachelors, with the addition of seven tracks that appeared on non-LP singles in 1963 and 1964 in Britain. The format might be something of an excuse to round up and repackage the Bachelors' earliest recordings, but if that's what you want, this reissue does a good job of it. The Presenting: The Bachelors LP itself only differed a little from their first U.K. album, the big difference – and one that helped the quality of the record – being the addition of "Diane," a U.K. chart-topper that was by far their biggest hit in the U.S. (where it reached the Top Ten), and its follow-up single "I Believe."

PTG Records proudly presenta volume 14 of this popular compilation series. It was as always difficult to make a good selection and avoiding tracks which have featured on compilations dozens of times over the years. Mission accomplished again however & the label has found exclusive songs which are still highly in demand among 80s music fans, making Disco Giants, Vol. 14 another outstanding mix of both known and lesser known tracks. Includes Chic, Commodores, Earth Wind & Fire, The Jacksons, Marvin Gaye, Dazz Band, Patrice Rushen, Klique, Sister Sledge, Larry Graham, Ozone and many others. All tracks have been digitally remastered.

S’inspirant de la correspondance entre Marcel Proust et son ami, le compositeur vénézuélien Reynaldo Hahn, Jean-Yves Patte retrace une cartographie sonore de la France de la Belle Époque. Loin des salons mondains, tous deux adoraient le Café Concert, ses chansons mordantes et poétiques, en témoignent les nombreuses références aux chansons dans « À la recherche du temps perdu » de l’écrivain et les écrits du compositeur. Une restauration originale à partir d’archives sonores permet de retrouver les voix de Charlus, Mayol ou Yvette Guilbert et la portée sociale de ces oeuvres populaires du début du XXè siècle.

Singer, songwriter, and pianist Neil Sedaka enjoyed two distinct periods of commercial success in two slightly different styles of pop music: first, as a teen pop star in the late '50s and early '60s, then as a singer of more mature pop/rock in the '70s. In both phases, Sedaka, a classically trained pianist, composed the music for his hits, which he sang in a boyish tenor. And throughout, even when his performing career was at a low ebb, he served as a songwriter for other artists, resulting in a string of hits year in and year out, whether recorded by him or someone else. For himself, he wrote eight U.S. Top Ten pop hits, including the chart-toppers "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," "Laughter in the Rain," and "Bad Blood." The most successful cover of one of his compositions was Captain & Tennille's recording of "Love Will Keep Us Together," another number one.

Born in Texas, Orbison began singing in a rockabilly and country-and-western band in high school. He was signed by Sam Phillips, of Sun Records, in 1956, but his greatest success came with Monument Records. Soon afterward, Orbison was struck by a number of personal tragedies while his record sales declined. In the 1980s, he experienced a resurgence in popularity through the success of several cover versions of his songs, and in 1988, co-founded the Traveling Wilburys, a rock supergroup with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne. He died of a heart attack later that year, at the age of 52. One month later, his song "You Got It" (1989), co-written with Lynne and Petty, was released as a solo single and became his first to break the U.S. Top 10 in twenty-five years.

Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to start his own record label, Reprise Records, and released a string of successful albums. In 1965, he recorded the retrospective September of My Years and starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. After releasing Sinatra at the Sands, recorded at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Vegas with frequent collaborator Count Basie in early 1966, the following year he recorded one of his most famous collaborations with Tom Jobim, the album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. It was followed by 1968's Francis A. & Edward K. with Duke Ellington.

Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. He joined an R&B vocal group, the Gospel Starlighters (which later evolved into the Flames) founded by Bobby Byrd, in which he was the lead singer. First coming to national public attention in the late 1950s as a member of the singing group The Famous Flames with the hit ballads "Please, Please, Please" and "Try Me", Brown built a reputation as a tireless live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. His success peaked in the 1960s with the live album Live at the Apollo and hit singles such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".

Universal Music Presents Top Of The Pops Disco album original hits by the original artists. Includes tracks by Diana Ross, Kool & The Gang, Rose Royce, Coffee, Tina Charles, Andrea True Connection, Edwin Starr, Patrick Juvet and more.

Top Of The Pops 3CD Boxset Standard All Orders will be shipped to be delivered around the release date and subject to Royal mail domestic and International Delivery. Our items are brand new and usually sealed depending on how we receive them from the labels. Featuring: Elton John, UB40, Westlife, Barry White, Smokey Robinson, The Jam, Pulp, The Style Council, Roxy Music, Culture Club, Wet Wet Wet, T'Pau,Stevie Wonder, The Housemartins & many more. Edition: Universal Music Catalogue is a variety of stylistically useful material, which is, however, a possible platform, simply decipher. This is how you can use your collections and archive. And a non-familiar apprehension definitely sustainable attitude!

Top of the Pops Summer of Love features 3CDs of the finest songs to come out of the iconic era. Including tracks by The Mamas & Papas, The Troggs, The Kinks, Small Faces, The Band and many more.