Recorded between February 4, 1976 & April 25, 1977. Includes liner notes by Colin Escott. Elvis' last studio album is, in fact, a hodgepodge of recordings from several 1976 studio sessions and four concert tracks. Also included among the live songs ...

A three-disc grab-bag of tunes by country supergroup the Highwaymen, this self-titled collection actually consists ofsolo tracks by each of the quartet's famous members--Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings. A number of the tracks are live versions. Triple ...

Unlike many of the single-disc Johnny Rivers anthologies available, the Capitol edition of GREATEST HITS includes the original singles from Rivers's tenure at Liberty Records and his own imprint, Soul City. This 10-track compilation is a concise summation of his ...

George Thorogood & the Destroyers have never made their debt to Chess Records a secret, so an album-length tribute to the home of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley is a logical move for the ...

Recorded between 1957 & 1973. Includes liner notes by Ernst Mikael Jorgensen and Roger Semon. Whether or not you're an aficionado of Christmas music, it's difficult to deny the effectiveness of Elvis Presley's numerous ventures into that area. The two-disc CHRISTMAS ...

The original greatest-hits package, Johnny's Greatest Hits stayed on the charts for ten years. The collection includes "Chances Are," "It's Not for Me to Say," "Wonderful! Wonderful!," and "The Twelfth of Never." It seldom gets more romantic than this. ~ ...

Those who need more than the single-disc set of number-one singles, but less than the full box sets covering Elvis's1950s, '60s and '70s output, will be most pleased with BMG's two-disc compilation, THE ESSENTIAL ELVIS PRESLEY. With 40 tracks in ...

Recorded bewteen 1968 & 1973. Includes liner notes by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Things were changing on the musical landscape in the late 1960s, and the Temptations--stalwarts of Motown's golden age of matching suits, choreographed moves, and songs about innocent romance--were changing ...

Culling 24 classics from 1957 to 1981, THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION is one of the finest single-disc Jerry Lee Lewis compilations available. Beginning with Lewis's raucous landmark singles for Sun Records ("Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On," "Great Balls of Fire"), ...

While many Neil Sedaka compilations focus on either the Brill Building pop crooner's youthful 1950/'60s heyday or his '70s easy-listening comeback, 2007's DEFINITIVE COLLECTION includes both of those eras and even extends into the '90s, making it a set that ...

Between 1967 and 1973, the 5th Dimension enjoyed 29 U.S. hit singles on the Soul City and Bell labels. This compilation selects all of their Top 40 hits (bar two live tracks) and tops up the running order with five ...

With the recent success of the musical Jersey Boys, interest in Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons is at an all-time high. This comprehensive anthology contains 26 timeless classics that Valli and The Four Seasons recorded between 1962 and 1978. ...

This is an 18-track anthology by 1960s teen pop singer Lesley Gore. The pop vocalist's first 18 chart hits for Mercury from 1963-67, and in chronological order. Includes 'It's My Party', 'You Don't Own Me', 'Judy's Turn To Cry' & 'Sunshine, ...

There have been many, many Chuck Berry compilations released by Chess over the years, but as of the spring of 2006, there was no comprehensive single-disc set in print; there was the double-disc 2005 set Gold, which itself was a ...

True, this 25-track, single-disc compilation isn't as extensive as the two-CD set usually hailed as the best Johnny Rivers collection, Rhino's Anthology, 1964-1977. It's also true that it's missing a few of the Rivers singles that tickled the bottom half ...

This set compiles two albums from crooner Rivers, 1965's IN ACTION and the following year's CHANGES. On both sessions, the vocalist demonstrates the ability to straddle the fence between jazz/pop and rock/pop. Features 24 cuts including "By The Time I ...

This 2010 box rounds up the best Little Feat studio albums -- Little Feat, Sailin' Shoes, Dixie Chicken, Feats Don't Fail Me Now, and The Last Record Album -- in a slipcase. Each of these five albums is presented as ...

Although Manfred Mann have never been looked at as a front-line British band throughout the group's nearly five-decade history, and few would call the group (or the individual whose name the band bears) particularly innovative, being instead an incredibly inventive ...

Recorded between 1939 and 1946. Includes liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo. The Ink Spots were the first modern black vocal group, and although chiefly known for their wonderful harmonies, which bridged the gap between 1940s pop styles and the street ...

Digitally remastered by Peter Mew (2000, Abbey Road Studios, London, England). For the six years the Beatles were recording for Capitol Records, the Fab Four ascended to top of the American and British charts an astonishing 27 times. This single-disc compilation ...

The Ink Spots were the first modern black vocal group, and although chiefly known for their wonderful harmonies, which bridged the gap between 1940s pop styles and the street corner doo wop styles of the 1950s, they were also a ...

Guitarist and songwriter Dave Alvin left the Blasters in 1986, and it wasn't until 2004 that the band, under the leadership of lead vocalist and guitarist Phil Alvin, got around to cutting a new studio album, 4-11-44, so the gap ...

It is not as if Graham Parker never found another sympathetic backing band after he parted ways with the Rumour in 1980. Notably, he joined forces with the power pop band the Figgs in the mid-'90s, having them as his ...

Elvis Presley's breakout year was 1956, and his shows and tours that year with the Jordanaires were exciting media events, particularly in the South, where Presley was as polarizing and controversial as he was riveting and electric as an entertainer. ...

To commemorate the 35th anniversary year of his passing, Sony Music has released The Perfect Elvis Presley Collection, which features the 20 albums Elvis Presley released between 1956 and 1977, including, in order, Elvis Presley (1956), Elvis Is Back (1960), ...