Elvis Presley - Platinum: A Life in Music CD

Platinum: A Life in Music songs All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. "Trouble Is..." was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. After releasing a debut that drew raves from people such as James Brown and B.B. King, Kenny Wayne Shepherd followed it up with an album that demonstrates how much musical growth this childhood prodigy has experienced in two years. On TROUBLE IS..., Shepherd's playing still reflects the huge influence of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan (particularly on the instrumental title track that finds him joined by Double Trouble and Reese Winans), but new singer Noah Hurt also colors everything with a growl reminiscent of Paul Rodgers. Moving slightly away from the country-blues of LEDBETTER HEIGHTS, Shepherd's strong rhythmic touch shines on everything from juke-joint exercises ("[Long] Gone" with James Cotton) to the transformation of Dylan's "Everything's Broken" into a roadhouse rave-up. Although this Shreveport native's guitar lends itself to more up-tempo material (check out "Chase The Rainbow"), slower songs are where the 20-year old digs deep into the heart of the blues. The pure emotion found in "Blue On Black" and "I Found Love (When I Found You)" shows that Shepherd can carry on the legacy of the blues for many years to come. Live Recording Recorded at The Plant Recording Studio and Studio D, Sausalito, California; Dogma Studio, New York, New York. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band: Kenny Wayne Shepherd (vocals, guitar); Noah Hunt (vocals); Joe Nadeau (guitar); Jimmy Wallace (keyboards); Robby Emerson (bass); Sam Bryant (drums). Personnel: Kenny Wayne Shepherd (vocals, guitar); Noah Hunt (vocals); James Cotton (harmonica); Jay Blakesberg (piano); Jimmy Wallace, Reese Wynans (keyboards); Sam Bryant (drums, cymbals); Chris Layton (drums); Stephanie Spruitt, Patricia Hodges (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Joe Chiccarelli; Tom Lord-Alge. Recording information: Dogma Studio, NY, NY; Plant Recording Studio, Sausalito, CA. Photographer: Mark Seliger. Unknown Contributor Roles: Jimmy Wallace; Joe Nadeau; Sam Bryant; Noah Hunt; Robby Emerson; Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Arrangers: Jerry Harrison; Kenny Wayne Shepherd; Bill Pfordresher. Additional personnel: James Cotton (harmonica); Reese Wynans (keyboards); Tommy Shannon (bass); Chris ...

Platinum: A Life in Music CD music There were 2 different versions of this LP, each with slightly different tracks. The CD contains all tracks from both versions. Led by singer-guitarist Peter Green, the first version of Fleetwood Mac was one of England's premier bands and possibly the greatest white blues band ever to emerge from the '60s blues revival. 1969's THEN PLAY ON is their best album and Green's pinnacle achievement. Heavily influenced by Otis Rush, Green had an unusually lyrical style for a blues musician, able to draw on flamenco, folk, even classical guitar--all of which make an appearance in the ambitious instrumental coda to his major opus, "Oh Well." Despite the inclusion of superior modern blues songs like "Rattlesnake Shake" and "Show-Biz Blues," THEN PLAY ON is notable for its instrumentals. Standout cuts range from the dream-like voyages "My Dream" and "Underway" to virtuosic three-guitar jams like "Searching For Madge" and "Fighting For Madge," both of which feature Green's inspired guitar work. Additional personnel includes: Christine Perfect (background vocals). Live Recording Personnel: Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, Peter Green (vocals, guitar); Big Walter Horton (harmonica); Mick Fleetwood (drums). Fleetwood Mac: Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwin (vocals, guitar); John McVie (bass); Mick Fleetwood (drums).

Platinum: A Life in Music buy CD music Recognized as one of Young's (and hence one of rock & roll's) finest albums, HARVEST put the singer on the mainstream map with the mega-hit "Heart of Gold," which defined a soft folk-rock style frequently revisited by lesser artists throughout the 1970s. It also features some of his darker compositions, like the entropy-obsessed "Old Man" and the junkie eulogy, "The Needle and the Damage Done," one of Young's most haunting and compelling songs. Deceptively laid-back-sounding country-rock plaints like "Out on the Weekend" and the title cut caress the ear unassumingly, pulling you into the more ominous subtext that is present even in the rollicking "Are You Ready for the Country." As always, Young has an ear for contrasts, laying down heavy rock ("Alabama") beside his balladry, and even employing the London Symphony Orchestra on the excellent confessional "A Man Needs a Maid." Due to back troubles, Young recorded much of this material while wearing a brace, a fact that seems audible in the tension and unease that underlies the friendly, acoustic surface of this superb release. Composer: Neil Young. Personnel: Neil Young (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Neil Young; James Taylor Move (vocals, guitar, banjo); David Crosby (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Graham Nash, James Taylor , Stephen Stills, Linda Ronstadt (vocals, background vocals); Teddy Irwin (guitar); James McMahon, John Harris , John Harris (piano); Tim Drummond (bass instrument, drums); Ben Keith (vocals, guitar, steel guitar, dobro); Jack Nitzsche (guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, piano, keyboards); Kenny Buttrey (drums); London Symphony Orchestra. Recording information: Barking Town Hall, London, England; Broken Arrow Studio #2, CA; Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN; Royce Hall, UCLA, CA; Royce Hall, University of CA, Los Angeles, CA. Photographer: Joel Bernstein. Unknown Contributor Role: London Symphony Orchestra. Arranger: Jack Nitzsche.

Platinum: A Life in Music album for sale All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. WRECKING BALL won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Not many modern country legends have traveled through their careers with the wherewithal, grace and vision of Emmylou Harris. More than twenty years after helping Gram Parsons reinvent country with so-called "Cosmic American music," Harris is still tinkering with the genre's songwriting conventions and the sounds she uses to illustrate the words she sings. Enter Daniel Lanois: erstwhile protege of Brian Eno, producer to U2, Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson, and a visionary artist in his own right who mixes the Louisiana music of his Acadian ancestry with the ambient settings of his modernist mentor. On WRECKING BALL, he is the perfect foil for Harris' spiritual explorations, casting her in a light that has little in common with Nashville's neon glow. Lanois' reverb-soaked recording technique and odd instrumentation decisions give WRECKING BALL its aura, wrapping the album in a mystical veil. They also free Harris to dive deeper into the lyrical ideas of the songs, and emerge with clear spiritual conveyances. Steve Earle's "Goodbye" is a rhythmically sprawling reopening of an old wound, as Earle himself sits in on the proceedings, gently fingerpicking the melody in front of Lanois' electric-guitar washes. "Deeper Well" is Harris and Lanois' idiosyncratic take on gospel bluegrass--U2's Larry Mullen, Jr. pounds a rolling north African beat over a gray din, while acoustic guitars, piano progressions and irreverent vocal snippets echo around Harris' search for "a holier grail." WRECKING BALL's move away from traditional foundations is most apparent in a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "May This Be Love." Instead of taking a storyteller's approach, Harris and Lanois treat the song as a declaration--a duet between their voices and multiple guitar tracks, with Mullen adding a faint rhythm. The singers give themselves over to the upliftment and blind trust the lyrics describe, as the prickly distortions and loops that accompany them supply the reality check of their drab modern surroundings. Recorded at Woodland Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana; Natoma, San Francisco, California. Personnel: Emmylou Harris (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); Daniel Lanois (chant, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dulcimer, mandolin, percussion); Darryl Johnson (chant, keyboard bass, tom tom); Steve Earle (guitar, acoustic guitar); Lucinda Williams (acoustic guitar); Malcolm Burn (slide guitar, piano, vibraphone, drums, tambourine); Neil Young (harmonica); Tony Hall (drums, shaker); Larry Mullen, Jr., Brian Blade (drums). Audio Mixers: Malcolm Burn; Mark Howard. Editor: Trina Shoemaker. Photographers: Jim Merrill; Bob Lanois. Unknown Contributor Role: Richard Bennett . Personnel: Emmylou Harris (vocals, acoustic guitar); Daniel Lanois (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, dulcimer, bass, percussion); Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams (acoustic guitar); Richard Bennett (guitar); Malcolm Burn (slide guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, vibraphone, bass, drums, tom-tom, tambourine, background vocals); Neil Young (harmonica, background vocals); Daryl Johnson (keyboards, bass, tom-tom, percussion, background vocals); Tony Hall (bass, stick drum, shaker); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, hand drum, cymbal); Brian Blade (drums, Indian hand drum); Sam O'Sullivan (roto wheel); Kufaru Mouton (percussion); Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle (background vocals). Engineers include: Malcolm Burn, Sandy Jenkins, Mark Howard.

Platinum: A Life in Music CD music Elvis' '68 COMEBACK SPECIAL was his chance to prove to countless TV viewers that the Elvis who embarrassed himself and his fans in countless lame films and sub-par albums throughout the early-to-mid-'60s was not the real Elvis. This was his attempt to reclaim his rightful place in the world of rock & roll, which had come so far since he helped invent it in the mid-'50s. Over the course of two discs, MEMORIES documents the entire evening, both the prearranged portion of the evening (disc one) and the ad hoc acoustic jam session that was the real highlight of the performance. The real hook here is the presence of several previously unreleased cuts from the latter, which go a long way toward portraying the 1968 Elvis as a man with nothing to prove, possessed of a rock & roll soul he couldn't lose no matter how many white jumpsuits he donned. Additional Tracks Recorded at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California and live at NBC Studios, Burbank, California on June 20-25 & 27, 1968. Includes liner notes by Colin Escott. Personnel: Elvis Presley (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Billy Goldenberg (conductor); The Blossoms; B.J Baker, Sally Stevens, Bob Tebow, John Bahler (vocals); Scotty Moore (acoustic & electric guitars); Charlie Hodge (acoustic guitar); Tommy Tedesco, Mike Deasy, Alvin Casey, Joseph Gibbons, Neil Levang, Charles Britz (guitar); Tommy Morgan (harmonica); Don Randi (piano); Larry Knechtal (keyboards, bass); Charles Berghofer (bass); Hal Blaine, Gary Coleman (drums); Lance Legault (tambourine); Frank DeVito (bongos); John Cyr, Elliot Franks, D.J. Fontana (percussion). Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon.

Platinum: A Life in Music buy CD music Track Listing of songs: DISC 1: Make Me Know It; Soldier Boy; Stuck on You; Fame and Fortune; Mess of Blues, A; It Feels So Right; Fever; Like a Baby; It's Now or Never; Girl of My Best Friend, The; Dirty, Dirty Feeling; Thrill of Your Love; I Gotta Know; Such a Night; Are You Lonesome Tonight?; Girl Next Door Went A'Walking; I Will Be Home Again; Reconsider Baby; Surrender; I'm Comin' Home; Gently; In Your Arms; Give Me the Right; I Feel So Bad; It's a Sin; I Want You With Me; There's Always Me; DISC 2: Starting Today; Sentimental Me; Judy; Put the Blame on Me; Kiss Me Quick; That's Someone You Never Forget; I'm Yours; His Latest Flame; Little Sister; For the Millionth and the Last Time; Good Luck Charm; Anything That's Part of You; I Met Her Today; Night Rider; Something Blue; Gonna Get Back Home Somehow; Easy Question,; Fountain of Love; Just For Old Time Sake; You'll Be Gone; I Feel That I've Known You Forever; Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello; Suspicion; She's Not You; Echoes of Love; Please Don't Drag That String Around; Devil in Disguise,; Never Ending; What Now, What Next, Where To; Witchcraft; Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers; Love Me Tonight; DISC 3: Long Lonely Highway,; Western Union; Slowly But Surely; Blue River; Memphis Tennessee; Ask Me; It Hurts Me; Down in the Alley; Tomorrow Is a Long Time; Love Letters; Beyond the Reef; Come What May; Fools Fall in Love; Indescribably Blue; I'll Remember You; If Every Day Was Like Christmas; Suppose; Guitar Man / What'd I Say; Big Boss Man; Mine; Just Call Me Lonesome; Hi-Heel Sneakers; You Don't Know Me; Singing Tree; Too Much Monkey Business; U.S. Male; DISC 4: Long Black Limousine; This Is the Story; Wearin' That Loved on Look; You'll Think of Me; Little Bit of Green, A; Gentle on My Mind; I'm Movin' On; Don't Cry Daddy; Inherit the Wind; Mama Liked the Roses; My Little Friend; In the Ghetto; Rubberneckin'; From a Jack to a King; Hey Jude; Without Love; I'll Hold You in My Heart; I'll Be There; Suspicious Minds; True Love Travels on a Gravel Road; Stranger in My Own Home Town; And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind; Power of My Love; DISC 5: After Loving You; Do You Know Who I Am; Kentucky Rain; Only the Strong Survive; It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin'; Any Day Now; If I'm a Fool; Fair Is Moving On, The; Who Am I?; This Time / I Can't Stop Loving You; In the Ghetto; Suspicious Minds; Kentucky Rain; Big Boss Man; Down in the Alley; Memphis Tennessee; I'm Yours; His Latest Flame; That's Someone You Never Forget; Surrender; It's Now or Never; Love Me Tender / Witchcraft (from "The Frank Sinatra Timex Special");