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The
essential collection
Progressive bands.
Fantastic, mesmerizing sound.
Alternative and classic music.
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From "S" to
"Z"
Santana: Supernatural 
Customer review: "Supernatural
makes me hope for the day that Carlos teams up with Sting..."
Joined in the studio by contemporary chart-toppers like Dave
Matthews, Wyclef Jean, Lauryn
Hill, Everlast, Eagle Eye Cherry,
and Eric Clapton, Santana's
fluid and fiery guitar blends with Afro-Cuban percussion and soul-filled hip-hop for an
exhilarating exhibition of multi-culturalism. The percussions are Latin perfect throughout
the CD. Santana's guitar playing is always present and
commanding as he weaves in and out of ballads, punches up hip-hop numbers, and stretches
through his own style. No black magic, just sheer talent.
The Sebadoh - The Sebadoh.
With its self-titled release, lo-fi band Sebadoh welcomes its newest member, drummer Russell Pollard.
Carly Simon: The Best Of Carly
Simon
Tangerine Dream: Mars Polaris
Thanks to the big-selling soundtracks for in-planetarium dozing which they recorded for
Virgin in the mid-'70s (Ricochet, Stratosfear etc), Tangerine Dream are hardly credited as
Krautrock pioneers in the same league as Can or Faust. If you are a fan of such works as
Brian Eno's Descreet Music or Music for Films, this album will fit nicely between those
two in your cd changer.
James Taylor: Greatest Hits
Everybody knows his version of You'Ve Got A Friend. Here,
still more beautiful hits like Carolina in My Mind (in
a newly recorded version) and Steamroller, which let
us repute James Taylor as one of the best minstrels of the pop age.
Trainspotting - Soundtrack The...TRAINSPOTTING album is like one long, druggy crawl through the U.K. underground, taking in subterranean techno, dance music and the pop daydreams of bands like Pulp and Blur. It's SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER for the Ecstasy generation... Including Lou Reed's Perfect Day and Iggy Pop's Nightclubbing.
Van Der Graaf Generator: Pawnhearts
Various Artists
- "Hot Rods & Custom Classics: Cruisin' Songs & Highway Hits" The folks at Rhino have provided the perfect collection of summertime driving music. This four-disc set includes tracks from Johnny Cash, the B-52's, Jan & Dean and Chuck Berry as well as fuzzy dice.Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons (von Karajan, Mutter)
Tom Waits -"MuleVariations" The beautifully rumpled teller of tales both strange and sublime returns with his first new album in six years. Though some songs teeter on the edge of breakdown, there isn't a wasted note or lyric to be found. And who else can come up with titles -- from "Chocolate Jesus" to "Eyeball Kid" to "Filipino Box Spring Hog"--that evoke such vivid imagery?
Rick Wakeman- "Return to the Center of the Earth" Thirty over-the-top tracks by the famed former keyboardist of YES. This is a reprise to Wakeman's early '70's opus "Journey to the Center of the Earth," which made him a solo star (however brief). Includes accompaniment by a full orchestra from London.
The Wallflowers: Bringing Down The Horse
Yanni: Live At The Acropolis This album captures the unique, trademark sounds only Yanni can produce - both from his early and present years.
Neil Young: After The Gold Rush
Neil Young: Zuma
Neil Young: Comes A Time
Neil Young: Dead Man -
Sountrack.
Books by and about NEIL
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Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps
Frank Zappa: Broadway The Hard
Way 
Broadway
revue-style comic dissection of the contemporary American cultural and political scene,
with Frank Zappa naming names - Jimmie Swaggart, Pat Robertson, Oliver North, George Bush
and Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms and Michael Jackson - and Ike Willis's Sammy Davis
impression. Nasty and funny.
