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Virtuoso guitar player TAKAYOSHI OHMURA is considered a kind of god in Japan but in the rest of the world is not well known. Devils In The Dark will be his international debut and surely it's a blast. His hr/hm is extremely polished and production, first rate.

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The CD features all their best loved tracks from their 'heyday', with the cult singles "Streetplayer-Mechanik", "Move On", "Love Shadow" and "Something In Your Picture" all included. Other essential Fashion tracks on the CD are "Do You Wanna Make Love", "White Stuff" and "Love Shadow Smokey Dialogue". The CD booklet includes an extensive discography featuring all of their ultra rare sleeves sourced from around Europe. Fashion still enjoy a strong reputation for their pioneering recordings that paved the way for many other artists in the 80's. They, together with cult German record producer Zeus B Held, made recordings that influenced many recording giants including Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Trevor Horn, Depeche Mode and many more.

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Jazz pianist Kenny Barron celebrates the music of Brazil on his 2013 studio album, Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights. Here, Barron performs a variety of songs from the late Johnny Alf, as well as composer/harmonica player Maurício Einhorn, who also joins Barron on the album. Also joining Barron are such luminaries as trumpeter Claudio Roditi, saxophonist Idriss Boudrioua, drummer Rafael Barata, guitarist Lula Galvão, bassist Sérgio Barrozo, and keyboardist Alberto Chimelli. This is highly engaging Brazilian jazz.

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The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was released in October 1984. The band wanted a different musical direction following the harder-hitting rock of their 1983 album War. They employed Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois to produce and assist them experiment with a more ambient and abstract sound. The resulting change in direction was at the time the band's most dramatic.

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This is French opera at his best, before this authentic style was gone: beautiful silver tones from a now lost period. I bought this record more than 40 years ago and it is still unpassed.

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Compilation album by the two most important works of Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo (Sagunto, 1901-1999), popularly known as the 'Maestro Rodrigo'. Both recordings were interpreted by Spanish guitarist Narciso Yepes, joined on the front of them for the 'Philharmonia Orchestra' and the second by the 'English Chamber Orchestra', directed by Spanish director Luis Antonio García Navarro (Valencia, 1941-2001 ) in recordings made in 1978 and 1979. For devotees of classical guitar and Spanish music.

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The genius of their first special was how it favored neither man's immediate, obvious specialty: Nelson is, of course, a country music icon, while Marsalis is one of the nation's foremost jazzmen, but for that show, they met in the middle and played some blues. This time, in taking on the Charles songbook, they allow themselves to hopscotch all over the melodic map, as he did. Charles was, of course, the "genius of soul," but he was also a musical journeyman who experimented in pop, blues, jazz, and country (most famously on his classic Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music albums). And they don't restrict themselves to Charles' own compositions, just songs he performed throughout his career.

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A distinct voice emanating from Western Canada, the Hutchinson Andrew Trio is excited to release their third album 'Prairie Modern'. The album consists of 13 original tracks that are a reflection of the vast array of musical and personal influences growing up in Canada's Prairie's. The album features 6 tracks with Grammy-nominated saxophonist Donny McCaslin and 3 tracks with Brazilian percussion star Rogerio Boccato. The music represents the harmony, beauty, energy and excitement of the modern Canadian West.

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"Greatest Hits" is a six-time platinum-selling compilation album by the new wave band The Cars. It was released in October 1985 on Elektra Records.

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Christian McBride's 2013 studio album, People Music, is the bassist's fourth release on Mack Avenue Records and second with his quintet Inside Straight. Although the lineup has changed slightly, this is the same group of musicians that delivered the equally as stellar 2009 album Kind of Brown. Featured here are vibraphonist Warren Wolf, pianist Peter Martin, alto saxophonist Steve Wilson, and drummer Carl Allen, with drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. jumping on board for a few cuts as well. As with Kind of Brown, People Music features McBride in straight-ahead, acoustic jazz mode with a bent toward the expansive and soulful '60s and '70s recordings of the Bobby Hutcherson-Harold Land quintet.

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Live at the Bamboo Room album by Pat Travers was released Jun 04, 2013 on the Purple Pyramid label. Get down and dirty with a true blues rock legend Pat Travers on this epic live document recorded late last year and presented here on CD only. Includes performances of Travers best known tunes including Boom Boom Out Go The Lights, Snortin Whiskey, Crash And Burn and more! Special guest performance by Pete Mars Cowling who played on the original recording of Boom Boom!

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Hook after hook, “Rise Up” is another one of these albums where you can enjoy the dynamics of a brilliant partnership bringing out a unique result. Melodic bullet rockers are followed by haunting ballads and fabulous arena rockers in an album that leaves the listener in awe from start to finish.

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Blues.. for Listening, Swingin & Dancing! "Blues '65" is a celebration of the sounds that influenced him during his teenage years. This was an era when recordings of every genre were made to be radio friendly and charts saw Pop, Rock, Soul, R&B, and even Blues nestled comfortably together. There are no guitar pyrotechnics here - just straightforward danceable, Swingin' and listening grooves (Rumba Conga Twist). Otis, truly a master of his instrument in an age of 'guitar heroes', still plays in that authentic Blues style with simplicity, feel, lyricism and rhythmic attack to the fore. 'PRETEN'D was a big hit for Nat King Cole in 1953.

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Richard Thompson is the sort of artist destined to be a cherished cult item rather than a bona fide star, which at the dawn of the 21th century puts him in an uncomfortable place in the music industry -- being able to reliably sell 100,000 copies of an album makes you too small for a major label, no matter how long they've kept you on the roster. In 2000, after a dozen years with Capitol Records...

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