Illusion

1. Love Goes On 2. Golden Thread 3. Love is All 4. Mr. Pine 5. Face of Yesterday 6. Past Orbits of Dust

Fire It Up

‘Fire It Up’ is a return to form for Steve Cropper. It has its roots in sessions with Felix Cavaliere. They did some basic tracks that wound up not fitting on their two releases, but captured good grooves, which were salvaged by album producer Jon Tiven. Cropper is both guitarist and producer on this album. […]

Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert

1958 album reissued, including the songs: 1. Lady Sings the Blues 2. Aint Nobodys Business If I Do 3. Please Dont Talk About Me When Im Gone 4. Ill Be Seeing You 5. Billies Blues (Aka “I Love My Man”) 6. Body and Soul 7. Dont Explain 8. Yesterdays 9. My Man 10. I Cried […]

The Jfk Inauguration Hot 100 20th January 1961

As adjuncts to our highly popular “America’s Greatest Hits” series of collections for each calendar year in the 50s and early ‘60s, we have already produced collections based on landmark moments in the Billboard charts – “The First Top 100 Nov. 1955” (ACQCD7062), “The First Hot 100 Aug. 1958” (ACQCD7083), “The First Hot 100 of […]

Americas Greatest Your Hit Parade Hits 1936

One of Acrobat’s most popular and successful series are the America’s Greatest Hits collections – 4-CD sets featuring the biggest hits from the Billboard charts from 1940, when the Billboard record sales chart was launched, through to 1962. However, before the Billboard chart was first published, the popular US weekly radio show Your Hit Parade, […]

Jersey Boys 4 Ever + 2

Frankie Valli’s vocal-Pop-group The Four Seasons remains one of America’s bestselling music groups with 100 million records sold worldwide. This collection brings together hits and other recordings showing the rise to stardom of the group, including the # 1 hit singles ’Sherry’, ’Big Girls Don’t Cry’, the two bonus tracks, ’Come Si Bella’ and ’Real […]

Only The Lonely

“Only the Lonely is arguably Sinatra’s greatest ballads album. He never forces emotion out of the lyric, he lets everything flow naturally, with grace. It’s a heartbreaking record, the ideal late-night album.” (Original sessions produced by Dave Cavanaugh. Featuring the bonus track Sleep Warm. 1. Only the Lonely 4:10 2. Angel Eyes 3:45 3. Whats […]

Do It If You Wanta: The Best Trumpet & Checker A-Sides 1951-62

There are perhaps few characters in the history of popular music who were as mysterious, as they were brazen than Aleck Ford, AKA Sonny Boy Williamson II.The true story of Sonny Boy Williamson II remains shrouded in mystery and uncertainty, and it seems this was Ford’s intention, but to what ends, nobody can say. One […]

Collected

Singer James Ambrose Johnson, born on February 1, 1948, in Buffalo, New York, fled to Toronto, Canada, to avoid the draft.There, he started The Mynah Birds, a rhythm & blues band and changed his name to Rick James.In 1966, Neil Young joined the band, but their journey ended when James was exposed as a draft […]

Instant Holograms On Metal Film

Album of the Week: Stereolab – Instant Holograms on Metal Film Staff Review They’re back! After a 15-year hiatus, Stereolab return with Instant Holograms on Metal Film, a brand-new album from the beloved avant-pop pioneers. Unsurprisingly, anticipation has been sky-high… and we’re happy to report it’s an absolute gem. If you’re new to the groop […]