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Focus Songs | 1. | Ship Of Memories |
| 2. | Hocus Pocus |
| 3. | Harem Scarem |
| 4. | Sylvia |
| 5. | Focus II |
| 6. | Brother |
| 7. | Mother Focus |
| 8. | Glider |
| 9. | Tommy |
| 10. | House Of The King |
| 11. | Sneezing Bull |
| 12. | Anonymus |
| 13. | Can't Believe My Eyes |
| 14. | Bennie Helder |
| 15. | Focus IV |
| 16. | Red Sky At Night |
| 17. | No Hangs Up |
| 18. | Focus (Vocal) |
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Purchase Focus CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Jimmy Page Coverdale/Page CD (1993)
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After a planned collaboration with Robert Plant fell through in the early 1990s, Jimmy Page did the next best thing--he hooked up with ex-Whitesnake singer David Coverdale, who's often compared to Plant vocally, for a single album, 1993's COVERDALE/PAGE.
As you'd assume, the duo's sound is similar to the mighty Led Zeppelin--bluesy heavy metal dripping with machismo. While many of the highlights are hard rock-based ("Shake My Tree," "Waiting on You," "Pride and Joy"), there are a few slow blues numbers that are just as strong ("Take Me For a Little While," "Over Now"). Although COVERDALE/PAGE caused quite a stir with Zep/classic rock fans worldwide, the duo only played a handful of live dates together in Japan, and split up shortly thereafter when Plant finally agreed to re-join forces with Page (under the name Page/Plant).
Recorded at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver, British Columbia; Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida; Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Highbrow Productions, Hook City, Nevada.
Personnel: David Coverdale (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); Jimmy Page (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, dulcimer, harmonica); John Harris (harmonica); Lester Mendez (keyboards, percussion); Denny Carmassi (drums); John Sambataro, Tommy Funderburk (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: David Coverdale; Jimmy Page; Mike Fraser.
Recording information: Criteria, Miami, FL; EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Highbrow Productions, Hook City, NV; Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver, British Columbia, Can.
Unknown Contributor Roles: John Kalodner; Jimmy Page.
Personnel: David Coverdale (vocals, acoustic guitar); Jimmy Page (electric & acoustic guitars, electric harmonica, dulcimer, 6-string bass); John Harris (harmonica); Lester Mendez (keyboards, percussion); Jorge Casas, Ricky Phillips (bass); Denny Carmassi (drums); Tommy Funderburk, John Sambataro (background vocals).
| | Free Fire & Water CD (1970) Remastered
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Free emerged from the British blues boom with a tight, muscular style that framed Paul Rodgers' throaty voice. Guitarist Paul Kossoff provides the perfect foil with incisive, measured solos exemplified by his contribution to "All Right Now." This successful single transformed the group from club to festival status. Free's unhurried, careful intensity is captured perfectly on the album's title track and "Oh I Wept," two songs charged with emotion. Where many contemporaries tended towards excess, Free implied a resonant power, particularly through Andy Fraser's liquid bass work, which weaves between the melody lines, rather than asserting them. FIRE AND WATER is a high spot in heavy rock; rather than merely asserting masculine qualities, this album also shows a rare vulnerability.
Remastered and expanded with 6 bonus tracks. Includes alternate take of 'Oh How I Wept', new stereo version of 'Fire and Water', the 'Songs of Yesterday' version of 'All Right Now' and more. 12 tracks
Digitally remastered German issue features six bonus tracks.
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| Lonely Cow Weeps At Dawn DVD (2009)
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A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law, Shukichi, on a farm. He believes his favorite cow, long gone, is still alive. Noriko pretends to be the cow and lets him milk her - a satisfying arrangement for them both. Shukichis daughter discovers their bizarre relationship and tries to put an end to it. Its known as director Gotos (Scorpions Revenge, Zero Woman) best film.
| | Peter Hammill Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night CD (1973) RMS
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Boasting much stronger compositions than the preceding Fools Mate, Chameleon In the Shadow of the Night is regarded as one of Peter Hammill's best albums. Although Hammill is still in piano/acoustic guitar mode, the passion in his vocals is nearly unparalleled. But what separated Hammill from other early-'70s folk-rockers was that he had a knack for injecting art rock into his compositions and singing his mellow songs in a rough (rather expectedly laid-back) style. The opening track "German Overalls" could be compared to David Bowie's early acoustic period, as well as "What's It Worth" (the latter containing flute work that complements Hammill's acoustic strumming nicely). But Hammill successfully slips back into rock territory with "Rock and Rôle," which contains some great, dirty sax work. The album's production is very straightforward (nearly without any studio enhancement), which helps bring out the intensity of Hammill's stark arrangements. Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night could fall into the concept album category, since the theme of growing old seems to be repeated throughout. ~ Greg Prato
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| | Maxi Priest Greatest Hits And Rarities CD (2004) Japan
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Japanese only 17 track collection includes his hits, 'Some Guys Have All the Luck', 'Wild World', 'That Girl' feat. Shaggy, soundtrack material, 'The Tide Is High' ('Speed 2 Cruise Control') and previously unreleased tracks, 'Everything I Own', 'Waiting For A Girl Like You' and 'Never Had A Love SoGood'. 2000 release. Standard jewelcase.
| | Pentagon Like-S-Miles CD (2007)
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Born at shizuoka city in Japan,I grow up naturally rich in there are a mountain and a river.It runs until the middle high school days, it nothing but devotes my time to play, and it spends it.It is said that young life with little reration to music was spend.However, the music Beethoven's piano sonata to which it listens only once with cousin has rung in my heart clealy.I enters the high school and life with music and deep rerationsby the thing that belongs to the orchestra club starts.The music Mozart Beehtoven Tchaikovsky and etc,that touch was deep,it remained in my mind ,and it infuluenced the music life afterwards it wasa poor performance.It comes in 3rd place in a nationwide contest of NHKprize at the third grader.I retire for one year though it starts as a company employee once after I graduates of the high school.Afterwards, life wihtout the regular occupation to concentrate on the studyof music is continued.And the shizuoka reed orchestra is organized and I became the conductor.In addition, I act along with the startup of the Shzuoka Baroque Chorus sa theconductor.On the other hand, it awakes me to the world of jazz with the piano to be played for life.1979,I went to the Boston Barkree College of Music further sa a musicianfor the leap. Chiehly learn piano and composition.1983,Graduate Berklee.The group-EAST is formed while acting as a free-lance pianistafterwards. However, the group dissolves. Bat I had a vaginal synovitis by the hard practice. Therefore, it was not possible to touch the piano for a long time.However,I concentrated on the composition meanwhile.1997, The group-PENTAGON is formed.2000,PENTAGON's The first album 「Mosquito Road」released.2001,The group-HYBRID is formed with vocalist TOMIY.2005,HYBRID's The first album 「Hybrid」released.2007,August 21, Second album of PENTAGON 「Like-s-Miles」release.
| | Franco Ambrosetti Close Encounter (Mini LP Sleeve) CD (2008) (Import)
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Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve.
| | De Scalzi Pivio & Aldo Crimini CD (2008) (Import)
$27.59 | | Jefferson Pitcher Residue CD (2008)
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Inspired, as he details in the liner notes, by everything from concepts of home to the course of a cross-country bicycling trip, Jefferson Pitcher creates one of his warmest and, for lack of a better term, traditional releases on The Residue. A strange description, perhaps, but for a student of experimental music Pitcher has always had an ear for direct lyrics and strong, conventional rock instrumentation, helped by a variety of collaborators including Christian Kiefer. The opening "The Edges of the Earth" sets the tone -- piano-led, soft, then softly charging playing, an understated kick that is almost classic rock as soother. From there, The Residue gently explores variations on the familiar -- a "home" that he subtly tests as much as celebrates, collaging martial beats and accordion melodies, moody feedback drones with gentle, forlorn twang. Pitcher is more than fine in straightforward terms -- "I Will Save You My Son" is his best lyric on an album full of good examples, but it's not all he can do. When the guitars suddenly arc up in volume at a dramatic moment in "The Sooner You Go," the assembled singers come together to help drive "Work of Kings" to a stirring conclusion, and distant melodies introduce the increasingly tense "Eubulides the Hero," each moment shows fine skill at work beyond strong songwriting in general. ~ Ned Ragett, All Music GuideFrom the Artist: Before riding his bicycle across the United States in the summer of 2004, Jefferson Pitcher’s band Above the Orange Trees recorded twenty-two songs about the notion of home. As it turns out, this was the death of the band. Jefferson was married at the end of the trip and moved to a small village of 700 people in Ontario, Canada, where the snow fell and fell and fell. Five years, one son, and four cities later, The Residue is complete. Half of the songs were cut, and what remains are the remains of Above the Orange Trees. Produced and mixed by Ron Guensche, Christian Kiefer, and Jefferson Pitcher, the record walks the line between the giant, orchestral, indie-rock Above the Orange Trees was known for (ala Smashing Pumpkins, and Radiohead) but also explores a quieter side of songwriting garnering comparisons to Rufus Wainwright and Okkervil River. Pitcher is joined on this recording by jazz great, Scott Amendola on drums, Christian Kiefer on acoustic instruments, Kristina Forester on piano and organ, and Ron Guensche on bass. Similar to Above the Orange Trees songs on compilations from Tract Records, and Words On Music, The Residue is layered with dense and melodic electric guitars, and Brian Eno laden ambience. The residue begins with Pitcher singing of his grandfather's death as the first step in a journey from the familiar. He then examines the nostalgia inherent in the loss of home and the myriad ways that we deal with life's changing tide. Themes and influences from authors like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jim Harrison, Jane Urquhart, Rick Bass, and Federico Garcia Lorca all rear their heads in this project full of literary reference. The songs grow from a quiet beginning on "The Edges of the Earth" reminiscent of Damien Rice, moving through bigger arrangements and Sonic Youth inspired guitar freakouts, until we reach Pitcher alone with an acoustic guitar on “Perfect Man,” where he sings “I am offering my secrets for you to tear down…”. At the end of the collection, the listener finds themselves contemplating unrequited dreams in “Boats on a Hill,” with its Sigur Ros-like wall of guitar ending, and the record finishes with the beautiful and dreamy lullaby titled, “On a Train in Germany,” which could easily have been pulled from a late night Cure b-side recording. It is in the quiet and contemplative end of this record, where Above the Orange Trees say goodbye. We are carried into the other world on a train drifting and gliding through the German countryside, a quiet farewell, hinting at earlier work from the band's record titled
| | Magnus Hjorth Old New Borrowed Blue CD (2009)
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