Deluxe Edition Two CD set. Cadillac Records stars Beyonce, Mof Def, Jeffrey Wright and Adrien Brody with the soundtrack featuring Beyonce, Mof Def, Columbus Short, Mary Mary, Raphael Saadiq, Solange, Little Walter and Nas with Olu Dara. The movie is about Leonard Chess who co-founded Chess Records, the pre-eminent blues label of the Fifties and Sixties, with …
Legendary blues and rock singer Janis Joplin first rose to stardom as the lead singer for San Francisco psychedelic band Big Brother & the Holding Company and maintained prominence later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. Joplin redefined the role of women in music with her …
2010 collection from singer, songwriter and global superstar. The Hits presents all of Billy’s best and most popular songs for the fi rst time on 1 CD in the US. All songs have been remastered from the original album tapes, and The Hits contains songs from all of his albums. All of his best are represented, including the …
In 1986, Graceland sold 14 million copies worldwide and garnered both the Album and Song of the Year Grammy in 1987. Simon and the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo performed on Saturday Night Live and appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone. It generated three hit singles and it kept Paul Simon and the Graceland tour on the …
2008 digitally remastered and expanded edition of the Funk band’s 1969 opus featuring five bonus tracks. Stand! is the pinnacle of Sly & the Family Stone’s early work, a record that represents a culmination of the group’s musical vision and accomplishment. Music journalists have often hinted at this record’s boundless enthusiasm and blurred stylistic boundaries, yet everything simply …
Head Hunters was a pivotal point in Herbie Hancock’s career, bringing him into the vanguard of jazz fusion. Hancock had pushed avant-garde boundaries on his own albums and with Miles Davis, but he had never devoted himself to the groove as he did on Head Hunters. Drawing heavily from Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, and James Brown, Head Hunters …
Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the release of The Essential Dixie Chicks, the career-spanning collection of chart-topping hits, classic tracks and personal favorites selected by the all-time top-selling female group. The Dixie Chicks are one of a handful of acts with multiple albums achieving “Diamond” sales status – both Wide Open Spaces (1998) and Fly (1999) hit …
The Colour and The Shape is the second Foo Fighter album, and followed the band’s multi-platinum debut Foo Fighters. Despite the first album’s success, few people at the time thought that drummer-turned-frontman Dave Grohl could possibly have a second great album in him. Nonetheless,The Colour and The Shape exceeded all artistic and commerical expectations and established Foo Fighters …
A major milestone for Cheap Trick, back 30 years ago! Yes it was Budokan! This is 2008 and lets celebrate the 30th anniversary with this collector’s edition of three CDs, DVD and book. For the first time, the DVD premieres the previously unseen historic 1978 Tokyo concert, aired only once on Japanese TV. …
As a singer, Carol King won over millions of fans with her honest portrayals of love and life. As a songwriter, she penned dozens of hits for others, many which became American pop standards. Now for the first time, these two aspects of a long and celebrated career are combined , telling the complete story of an extraordinarily …