EMI's U.K. collection of Edith Piaf, titled Éternelle, is quite a nice set that includes many of Piaf's numerous hits, such as "La Vie en Rose" and "La Goualante du Pauvre Jean." Overall, Éternelle is comparable to the U.S. mainstay on Capitol Records, The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Edith Piaf, but with only seven of the 18 songs overlapping. ~ Gregory McIntosh
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$7.79 "Put me in coach, I'm ready to play." These are lines familiar to any baseball fan, for John Fogerty's "Centerfield" has become the unofficial song of our national pastime. Those lines also signaled Fogerty's return to the music business after a ten-year absence. The music is mighty familiar, as Fogerty works the same terrain he mined for gold with Creedence Clearwater Revival from 1968-1972. The riff of the opening track, "The Old Man Down the Road," sounds so much like the Creedence hit "Run Through the Jungle" that Fogerty was sued by his former record company for plagiarizing himself. (He won the suit, the court upholding a composer's right to sound like himself.) "Old Man" was a Top Ten single, and this album reached number one itself. "Big Train (From Memphis)" is a rockabilly salute to Elvis, while "I Saw It on TV" takes us on a trip through the '50s and '60s "from Hooter to Doodyville," via the boob tube. "Searchlight" recalls "Keep On Chooglin" and the other extended one-chord jams of the Creedence days. Fogerty also lashes out at his old nemesis Saul Zaentz, head of that former label, Fantasy Records, with whom he had battled (and lost) over rights to his own catalog of Creedence songs. On "Mr. Greed" and "Zanz Kant Danz" (renamed "Vanz Kant Danz" on later pressings due again to the threat of lawsuit), he vents his anger over these past legal battles and foretells the one to come over "Old Man." Fans hoped Centerfield would indeed mark the return of John Fogerty to the playing field, but after releasing the bitter Eye of the Zombie the following year, he disappeared again, not to return until 1997's Blue Moon Swamp. ~ Jim Newsom
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Recorded at The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California.
Personnel: John Fogerty (vocals, guitar).
Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig.
Recording information: The Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA.
Photographer: Stuart Watson .
Arranger: John Fogerty.
$12.15 With this album, years of personnel changes ended for Fleetwood Mac with the departure of guitarist Bob Welch. The remaining core of the group (Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Christine McVie) invited guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham and singer Stevie Nicks to join, and thus began the most commercially successful period for Fleetwood Mac. With 3 strong songwriters in Nicks, Buckingham and Christine McVie, FLEETWOOD MAC was their first number-1 album.
Remastered W/ 5 Bonus Tracks.
Recorded at Sound City, Los Angeles, California. Originally released on Reprise (2225). Includes liner notes by Parke Puterbaugh.
Personnel: Lindsey Buckingham (vocals, guitar); Christine McVie (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Stevie Nicks (vocals); Mick Fleetwood (drums, percussion).
Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Recording information: Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA.
Photographer: Herbert Worthington III.
Fleetwood Mac: Lindsey Buckingham (vocals, guitar); Christine McVie (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Stevie Nicks (vocals); John McVie (bass); Mick Fleetwood (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Waddy Watchel (guitar).
$11.55 Digitally remastered collection of the "Little Songbird's" hits that she re-recorded in English.
Includes liner notes by Alain-Guy Aknin and Phillippe Crocq.
$13.10 A companion CD to Sting's 2010 world tour, this album pairs the artist's greatest hits with new symphonic arrangements. Multiple conductors lend their help to the project, which also includes orchestral versions of Police songs.
Liner Note Author: Anthony DeCurtis.
Editor: Lars Fox.
Photographer: Fabrizio Ferri.
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