Spread over four generously filled discs, this set contains every released recording The Yardbirds made under Giorgio Gomelskys (the legendary original manager of The Rolling Stones) mentorship. In addition to several rarities & alternate takes, it also contains outtakes from two recording sessions from 1966, which give a fascinating insight into the groups creative process in the studio. Including their four smash top ten hits, Shapes Of Things, For Your Love, Still Im Sad & Heart Full Of Soul, the set traces the groups development from hesitant Chicago R&B copyists with Eric Clapton on lead guitar to the swaggering, ear-bending psychedelic rock of the Jeff Beck-fronted line-up. Digitally remastered from the best available audio sources, these seminal recordings have never sounded better. Housed in deluxe hard-back book-style format & meticulously researched & compiled by Yardbirds

As well as the classic original version of `Back to Black, which includes the hit singles `Rehab, `You Know Im No Good and `Tears Dry On Their Own, the album is presented here with a bonus disc of 8 tracks; bringing together live recordings, demos and B-sides. This 2disc set also features the Mark Ronson hit single `Valerie.

2007 five CD set, a great installment in Sony/BMGs Original Album Classics series that brings together rare and out of print titles with some best sellers from the Sony/BMG Jazz catalog. Many of these albums have been unavailable on CD for some time and are sought after by collectors. Each set is presented in a high quality, rigid cardboard slipcase containing five vinyl replica mini LP sleeves. This collection from the Jazz great includes the albums Straight No Chaser, Underground, Criss Cross, Monks Dream and Solo Monk.

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For years, as playlists and multidisc players put Led Zeppelin tracks into a mix, there was a perpetual need to adjust the volume when Zep came on. Their tunes languished in the haze of substandard remastering--until now, at least for the 24 tracks on Mothership and the final fullness of the new Song Remains the Same reissue. For its part, Motherships crisper, warmer audio owes its heft to the troika of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, who helped oversee the mastering, bringing out untold shades even in the throes of "Heartbreaker" and the sinews of "No Quarter." Its an impressive sonic leap. Where tinny high-ends and muffled lows used to co-exist, fatter and louder depths prevail. Its ever more astonishing that Zep got on with just four blokes. You can quibble with the 24 tracks here (wheres "The Ocean"?), but the band picked each track here, from the stone-cold locks ("Communication Breakdown" and "Stairway to Heaven," no, duh) to the robust throb of "When the Levee Breaks." As for "The Ocean," you can find that in fantastically full form, along with five other gems on the newly remastered Song Remains the Same, which shows up for 2007s holiday season on DVD, too. Only rarely have four lads from England made so memorable an auditory and visual blast. --Andrew Bartlett

2007 release of a 3 CD box set that showcases the American singer/songwriters best recordings, including all of her singles released between 1982 and 1991, her favourite album tracks, 16 extended song versions, 15 songs released on CD for the first time ever and five tracks that have been previously unreleased in any form. CDs 1 & 2 feature all the hit singles (extended versions wherever possible) while CD3 features the "precious ones" and rarities. Among those are four Spanish recordings, 4 James Bond film theme songs recorded in February 1984, considered the rarest Rush recordings ever, and a 2007 club remix of "I Come Undone" by DJ Dave Kurtis.

Being that J.S. Bach is arguably the most influential classical composer in history, its fair to say that his most crucial works ought to form the foundation of every classical-music collection. This 5-CD set (especially at that price) is the place to start, as it brings together Bachs Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6; Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor; Violin Concerto No. 2 in E; Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor; Goldberg Variations (Andr+?s Schiff); Tocatta and Fuge in D Minor; Suite No. 3 in D: Air on the G String/Fugue in G Minor "The Little"; Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C; Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Strings in D Minor , and more!

Several other Baroque composers are represented, but this 5-CD set is dominated by the three titans of the era: Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Along with Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D Major Pachelbel; Adagio for Organ and Strings in G Minor Albinoni, and Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in E Major: 3rd Movement, Minuet in A Boccherini, youll hear The Four Seasons; Concerto for Flute in F Major: La Tempesta Di Mare Vivaldi; Suites for Orchestra Nos. 1-4; Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring Bach; Ariodante: Musette; Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Concerto for Organ in F Major Handel, and more!

Composers for centuries have been enthralled by the rich, soul-stirring sound of the cello. Here are hours of wondrous cello works: Concerto for Cello in B Minor Dvor+?k; Adagio for Organ and Strings in G Minor Albinoni; Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring Bach; Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo Theme Tchaikovsky; Concerto for Cello in E Minor Elgar; Concerto for Cello No. 1 in A Minor Saint-Sa+«ns; Suites for Cello Solo Nos. 1-6 Bach; Liebesleid Kreisler; Introduction and Variations from Rossinis Mos+? "Dal Tuo Stellato Soglio" Paganini; Music for Children, No. 10: March Prokofiev; Ave Maria Gounod, and more!

Composers have had a long time to try, but no one has yet trumped Fr+?d+?ric Chopin when it comes to instilling profound emotion into pieces for the piano. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Claudio Arrau, Jorge Bolet and Zolt+?n Kocsis are among the celebrated performers here, playing his first and second piano concertos plus Nocturnes Nos. 1-20; Nocturne in C Minor (1837); Ballades Nos. 1-4; 24 Preludes, Op. 28; Preludes Nos. 25 & 26; Impromptus Nos. 1-4 , and Waltzes Nos. 1-19 .