1970 found Fairport Convention reduced to a quartet after the departure of their singer Sandy Denny. They decided not to replace her and recorded FULL HOUSE, a ferocious blend of high intensity rock dynamics with traditional British Isle fiddle-filled forms. With accolades accumulating for both FULL HOUSE and its predecessor, the beloved LEIGE AND LEIF, another tour of America was mounted in the late summer. HOUSE FULL was recorded in Los Angeles at the Troubador. A fine companion piece to its alternately-ordered namesake, these eight songs are a revamped set of the live album released only in the UK. The line-up of the band is extremely impressive, but it was not to last. Richard Thompson left the following year before another studio album was made. UK remastered reissue of 1986 album for Hannibal that's out-of-print in the U.S. with 2 added bonus tracks, 'Bonnie Kate/Sir B.McKenzies' & 'Yellow Bird' both taken from the album Live At The Troubadour (1976).

This midline-priced best-of surveys Gregg Allman's stop-and-start solo career of the 1970s, which he conducted during hiatuses in the career of the Allman Brothers Band that, at the time, were thought of either as temporary or permanent. The first track, "Melissa," actually is an Allmans recording from the 1972 Eat a Peach album that was a minor singles chart entry and that serves as a good introduction to the set, since it is a Gregg Allman-written and -sung ballad. Following the success of 1973's Brothers and Sisters, Allman cut a solo album, the aptly titled Laid Back, from which five tracks have been excerpted, among them his remake of the Allman Brothers song "Midnight Rider," which became a Top 20 hit.

Subtitled The Love Songs Collection, this collection promotes the idea of Cher as torch ballad singer, a notion not as far-fetched as one would imagine. Taken from five different albums recorded during her '70s stay at the MCA and Kapp labels, Bittersweet states a strong case for the lung power of Cher's vocal range, as well as her taste for challenging and off-the-beaten-path material. Her Bittersweet White Light album from 1973 (her first with a full orchestra) is here in its entirety, along with selections from Foxy Lady, Dark Lady, Half Breed and Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves, all from Sonny & Cher's second wave of popularity and many featuring Sonny Bono at the production helm.

Martin Barre is an English rock musician best known for his work with progressive rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he recorded and toured from their second album in 1969 to the band's initial dissolution in 2012. In the early 1990s he went solo, and has recorded four studio albums and made several guest appearances.

Secret Records are proud to release Ken Hensley & Live Fire 'Live In Russia'. The former Uriah Heep member Ken Hensley -on Keyboards and Vocals performing with his band Live Fire: Roberto Tiranti - Vocals and Bass Guitar, Ken Ingwersen - Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals , Tom Arne Fossheim - Drums. Recorded in concert in the City Centre of Novokuznetsk, Russian Federation on the 07 July 2018. Released in a CD/DVD combo pack.

Go Go Berlin hat sich den Ruf als eine der fleißigsten Live-Bands mehr als wohlverdient: In den ersten Jahren seiner Karriere war das niederländische Rock-Ensemble fast ununterbrochen auf Tour, spielte Konzerte und Festivals in den USA, Asien und weiten Teilen Europas. Dieser intensive musikalische Streifzug zahlte sich aus – Fans weltweit fiebern heute den Auftritten von Go Go Berlin entgegen und auch die ersten beiden Alben haben international große Anerkennung gefunden.

Doppelter Festakt im Hause Freedom Call: Die Band um Sänger/Gitarrist Chris Bay feiert in diesem Sommer nicht nur ihr 20-jähriges Jubiläum, sondern am 23. August 2019 auch die Veröffentlichung ihres zehnten Studioalbums mit dem vielversprechenden Titel M.E.T.A.L. Seit ihrem 1999er Debüt Stairway To Fairyland steht die süddeutsche Formation für hymnischen Melodic Metal mit eingängigen Melodien und rasanten Grooves, für stimmungsvolle Botschaften mit optimistischen Texten. All dieses und noch viel mehr findet man nun auch auf M.E.T.A.L., einem uneingeschränkt überzeugenden Werk mit außergewöhnlichem Titel, den man laut Bay durchaus augenzwinkernd verstehen darf. Denn jeder weiß, dass wir nicht unbedingt ultraderben Death Metal spielen. Unsere Musik darf ebenso wie der Albumname gerne polarisieren, was seit seiner Ankündigung auf Facebook auch bereits lebhaft passiert.

The Hunter is the sixth studio album by American band Blondie, released in May 1982. It was Blondie's last album of new material until 1999's No Exit. It was recorded in December 1981. The Hunter, as stated in the press release, is loosely a concept album based on the theme of "searching, hunting. or pursuing one's own Mt. Everest." The album peaked at No. 9 in the UK, No. 15 in Australia and No. 33 in the US. Six months after its release, the band splintered. The Hunter was digitally remastered and reissued by Chrysalis Records UK in 1994, and again by EMI-Capitol in 2001, both times with the 12" version of "War Child" as the only bonus track.

Canadian born singer songwriter Robert Ross is now based in Cairns, Australia. He shares his love of music with audiences in pubs, clubs, resorts, private functions and festivals throughout Australia and Canada, being drawn to the people that have welcomed and inspired him. Robert's style is influenced by country greats Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and other country artists such as Randy Travis and Sawyer Brown, as well as good ole Rock n' Roll. His original songs are rich with life experiences which connects him directly to his fans.

The Seventh One is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Toto. It was released in 1988, and became the best-received Toto album since Toto IV. The title track, "The Seventh One," is only featured on the Japanese version of the album and on the B-side of the single "Pamela". It was also released on some compilations on a later date. "Stop Loving You" was the first single released in Europe and went on to rise to number one or at least be top ten in several countries. As a result of the album's success, Toto had a strong tour of sold-out arena shows in Europe.

Roden was singer with the Alan Bown Set ('60s) and Bronco ('70s) before going solo on the Island label. Only two Roden albums have ever been available on CD anywhere in the world. This CD picks the best of his six albums for Island and is the first best of on either vinyl or CD. Roden has sung/played on albums by Robert Palmer, Paul Kossoff, John Martyn, Mott the Hoople and Jim Capaldi and came from the same West Midlands music scene as Led Zeppelin. He stepped into the late Jim Morrison s shoes when remaining Doors became the Butts Band and worked with legendary New Orleans producer Allen Toussaint.

If ever there were a manifesto for 1970s rock, one that prefigured both the decadence of the decade's burgeoning heavy metal and prog rock excesses and the rage of punk rock, "This Ain't the Summer of Love," the opening track from Agents of Fortune, Blue Öyster Cult's fourth album, was it. The irony was that while the cut itself came down firmly on the hard rock side of the fence, most of the rest of the album didn't. Agents of Fortune was co-produced by longtime Cult record boss Sandy Pearlman, Murray Krugman, and newcomer David Lucas, and in addition, the band's lyric writing was being done internally with help from poet-cum-rocker Patti Smith (who also sings on "The Revenge of Vera Gemini").

In the late seventies, 5 young friends formed the band in the middle of magnificent panoramas in the city of Borello. The first line-up of the band featured Cecilio LUCIANO (drums, vocals), Giovanni DI NUNZIO (guitar, sax, vocals), Mario ROSATO (Keyboards), Bruno DI NUNZIO (bass) and Luca LUCIANO (vocals, guitar). They started to work on a rock opera entitled "La Bestia Umana". Unfortunately, the band split up in the 80's. It's only in 2011 that the band reunited with a new line-up and guest musicians. The album was completed in 2016 with music containing the vintage atmosphere of the 70's Italian bands.

With …Twice Shy, Great White followed through on the promise of Once Bitten…, turning in a tight, hard-rocking album that featured well-chosen covers (Ian Hunter's "Once Bitten Twice Shy") and impressive originals that replicated the classic arena rock sound of the '70s ("House of Broken Love," "Mistah Bone"). The result was the band's best album and its most popular – the album broke into the Top Ten and sold over two million copies.

For many, Frank Zappa is an acquired taste. Few would dispute his genius or the stunning complexity of his compositions and arrangements, but not everyone is up to the demands Zappa places on an audience. If you count yourself among those who scratch their heads listening to a Zappa album, you might find a new appreciation for his work by seeing it performed. Zappa’s acerbic humor and his band’s white-knuckle musicianship are both well served by the visual medium of a concert DVD.