Rock & Pop. Behind the hits.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Welcome To My Nightmare

Alice Cooper

With Dick Wagner, Steve “Deacon” Hunter, Prakash John, Pentti “Whitey” Glan

Have a listen “Devil’s Food” – Vincent Price’s spoken role as “The Curator” is credited here.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

America

America

Have a listen “A Horse with No Name” – its original working title was “Desert Song”, an apt description of its imagery.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Homecoming

America

With Dan Peek, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell

Have a listen “Ventura Highway” – the most familiar point of entry – then “To Each His Own” (Beckley) and “Don’t Cross the River” (Peek) bring in the band’s other two writers.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Bad Company

Bad Company

With Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Boz Burrell, Simon Kirke

Have a listen “Seagull” – the acoustic closing song, with Paul Rodgers handling the instruments himself.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Burnin' Sky

Bad Company

With Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke, Boz Burrell

Have a listen “Knapsack” – brief, derived from “The Happy Wanderer” – another surprise.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Desolation Angels

Bad Company

With Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Boz Burrell, Simon Kirke

Have a listen “Oh, Atlanta” – by Mick Ralphs – Alison Krauss recorded it in 1995.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Run With The Pack

Bad Company

With Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Boz Burrell, Simon Kirke

Have a listen “Young Blood” – originally made famous by the Coasters.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Straight Shooter

Bad Company

With Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Boz Burrell, Simon Kirke

Have a listen “Feel Like Makin’ Love” – Rodgers began it as a young singer in Free; Ralphs contributed the chorus.

Analogue Productions

Little Deuce Coupe

The Beach Boys

With Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Pet Sounds (Mono)

The Beach Boys

With Al Casey, Al de Lory, Alan Jardine, Alan Robinson

Analogue Productions

Pet Sounds (Stereo)

The Beach Boys

With Al Casey, Al de Lory, Alan Jardine, Alan Robinson

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Pet Sounds (Stereo)

The Beach Boys

With Al Casey, Al de Lory, Alan Jardine, Alan Robinson

Analogue Productions

Bloodlines (+ Booklet)

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Bloodlines (+ Booklet) 45

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Boz Scaggs

Boz Scaggs

With Duane Allman, Eddie Hinton, Jimmy Johnson, David Hood

Have a listen “Loan Me A Dime” – the longest performance, giving Duane Allman considerable space – with a side of its own on this edition.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Buffalo Springfield

Buffalo Springfield

Have a listen “For What It’s Worth” – works by leaving space: the guitar harmonic, measured rhythm and watchful vocal.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

Have a listen “Expecting to Fly” – Neil Young’s orchestral dream, far from the sound of a conventional guitar band.

Chess RecordsAAA

Berry Is On Top

Chuck Berry

With Johnnie Johnson, Lafayette Leake, Willie Dixon, George Smith

Chess RecordsAAA

St. Louis To Liverpool

Chuck Berry

Analogue Productions

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

With Margo Timmins, Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Peter Timmins

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

The CCR Box Set – Absolute Originals (45 rpm)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Analogue Productions

Buddy Holly

The Crickets/Buddy Holly

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Crosby, Stills and Nash

With David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Dallas Taylor

Have a listen “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” – opens the album with a form unfolding through several connected sections.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

CSN

Crosby, Stills and Nash

With David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Joe Vitale

Have a listen “Just a Song Before I Go” – Graham Nash wrote it in Hawaii – by his recollection in about twenty minutes.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Daylight Again

Crosby, Stills and Nash

Have a listen “Southern Cross” – expands from Stills’s lead vocal into a wide refrain; its journey by sea becomes a way to think about heartbreak.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Have a listen “4 + 20” – just Stephen Stills and acoustic guitar.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Abandoned Luncheonette

Daryl Hall and John Oates

With Christopher Bond, Bernard Purdie, Rick Marotta, Steve Gelfand

Have a listen “She’s Gone” – written by both – a hit that took time.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

With Graham Nash, Jerry Garcia, Neil Young, Jorma Kaukonen

Have a listen “Laughing” – Jerry Garcia plays pedal steel, and Joni Mitchell contributes vocals.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

L.A. Woman

The Doors

With Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore

Analogue Productions

L.A. Woman UHQR

The Doors

With Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore

Have a listen “Riders On The Storm” – closes the record, opening another atmosphere at the end.

Analogue Productions

Live At The Aquarius Theatre – The First Performance

The Doors

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

With Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Strange Days

The Doors

With Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore

Analogue Productions · 45 RPMAAA

The Doors

The Doors

With Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

The Soft Parade

The Doors

With Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Waiting For The Sun

The Doors

With Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Gris Gris

Dr. John

With Harold Battiste, Plas Johnson, Lonnie Boulden, Steve Mann

Have a listen “I Walk On Guilded Splinters” – the closer, which later travelled well beyond the album – here with the complete fourth side to itself.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

24 Karat Hits

Elvis Presley

With Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D. J. Fontana, The Jordanaires

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Elvis is Back

Elvis Presley

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Stereo '57 (Essential Elvis Volume 2)

Elvis Presley

With Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D. J. Fontana, The Jordanaires

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Foghat

Foghat

With Dave Peverett, Rod Price, Tony Stevens, Roger Earl

Have a listen “Trouble, Trouble” – according to Roger Earl, made with Todd Rundgren at AIR Studios in London – Rundgren also played piano.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

4

Foreigner

With Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, Rick Wills, Dennis Elliott

Have a listen “Waiting For A Girl Like You” – Thomas Dolby created the floating introduction.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Double Vision

Foreigner

With Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald, Al Greenwood

Have a listen “Double Vision” – Lou Gramm heard the expression during a televised hockey game.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Foreigner

Foreigner

With Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald, Al Greenwood

Have a listen “Starrider” – the flute part opens a space beyond the stronger guitar emphasis of the opening tracks.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Head Games

Foreigner

With Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald, Al Greenwood

Have a listen “The Modern Day” – Mick Jones takes the lead vocal.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

A Trick Of The Tail

Genesis

With Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks

Have a listen “Ripples” – connects Rutherford’s guitar ideas with Banks’s extended middle section.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Abacab

Genesis

With Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, EWF Horns

Have a listen “No Reply at All” – brings the Phenix Horns, associated with Earth, Wind & Fire, into the Genesis studio.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Foxtrot

Genesis

Have a listen “Horizons” – Steve Hackett’s solo acoustic guitar – leading directly into “Supper’s Ready”.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Genesis

Genesis

With Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford

Have a listen “Mama” – grew from a drum-machine pattern played by Rutherford.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Nursery Cryme

Genesis

With Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett

Have a listen “For Absent Friends” – features Phil Collins’ first lead vocal on a Genesis album.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

Have a listen “Firth of Fifth” – begins with Tony Banks’s piano introduction and gives Steve Hackett room for an extended guitar melody.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

Have a listen “The Carpet Crawlers” – a gentle, circular accompaniment supports one of the album’s most memorable refrains.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Wind & Wuthering

Genesis

With Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks

Have a listen “Blood on the Rooftops” – co-written with Phil Collins – a particularly useful introduction to Steve Hackett’s contribution.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Sundown

Gordon Lightfoot

Have a listen “Sundown” – the title song became a US number-one single in 1974.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Songs For Beginners

Graham Nash

With Dave Mason, David Crosby, Jerry Garcia, Rita Coolidge

Have a listen “Military Madness” – opens the album – Joel Bernstein, who supplied photographs, plays piano.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Cracked Rear View

Hootie & The Blowfish

With Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker, Jim "Soni" Sonefeld

Have a listen “Let Her Cry” – takes more time over its narrative – Darius Rucker as storyteller.

Analogue Productions

Smokin'

Humble Pie

With Steve Marriott, Clem Clempson, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Smokin' (45 RPM)

Humble Pie

With Steve Marriott, Clem Clempson, Greg Ridley, Jerry Shirley

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Kick

INXS

With Michael Hutchence, Andrew Farriss, Tim Farriss, Kirk Pengilly

Have a listen “Need You Tonight” – Andrew Farriss programmed the groove on a Roland TR-707.

Analogue Productions

The Best Of The James Gang

James Gang

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Breaking Silence

Janis Ian

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Benefit

Jethro Tull

With Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Glenn Cornick, Clive Bunker

Analogue Productions

Are You Experienced? (200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

With Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, The Breakaways

Have a listen “The Wind Cries Mary” – chord voicings, silence and a conversational solo reveal Hendrix’s lyrical side.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Axis: Bold As Love (Mono)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

With Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Graham Nash, Trevor Burton

Have a listen “She’s So Fine” – Noel Redding’s own composition, with his lead vocal.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Axis: Bold As Love (Stereo)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

With Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Graham Nash, Trevor Burton

Have a listen “EXP” – begins with an invented radio scene.

Analogue Productions

The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get

Joe Walsh

With Kenny Passarelli, Joe Vitale, Rocke Grace, Joe Lala

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Dixie Chicken

Little Feat

With Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Bill Payne, Kenny Gradney

Have a listen “Roll Um Easy” – its restrained presentation changes the perspective before the band closes in again.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Sailin' Shoes

Little Feat

With Lowell George, Bill Payne, Roy Estrada, Richie Hayward

Have a listen “Tripe Face Boogie” – written by Payne and Hayward – brings the band’s rhythmic workings to the foreground.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Gimme Back My Bullets

Lynyrd Skynyrd

With Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Nuthin' Fancy

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Analogue Productions

Second Helping

Lynyrd Skynyrd

With Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Ed King

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Second Helping

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Yourself Or Someone Like You

Matchbox Twenty

With Rob Thomas, Kyle Cook, Adam Gaynor, Brian Yale

Have a listen “Back 2 Good” – with a documented woodwind group: bassoon, flute, oboe, clarinet.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Montrose

Montrose

Have a listen “Bad Motor Scooter” – Ronnie Montrose does more than accompany here – he invents its entrance.

Analogue Productions

Acoustic Live

Nils Lofgren

With Tom Lofgren, Paul Bell, Michael Lofgren, Mark Lofgren

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Acoustic Live (45 RPM 180 Gram 4 LP Box Set)

Nils Lofgren

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Face Value

Phil Collins

With Daryl Stuermer, Alphonso Johnson, John Giblin, L. Shankar

Have a listen “In The Air Tonight” – opens side A – listen beyond the famous drum entrance.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Hello I Must Be Going!

Phil Collins

With Daryl Stuermer, John Giblin, Mo Foster, J. Peter Robinson

Have a listen “I Don’t Care Anymore” – opens with an attitude that runs directly against the politeness of the album title.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Ramones

Ramones

With Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Tommy Ramone

Have a listen “Let’s Dance” – an outside composition in the programme: Jim Lee’s song, familiar from Chris Montez’s recording.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

It's Like This

Rickie Lee Jones

Analogue Productions

Amused To Death

Roger Waters

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Amused To Death (45 RPM 180 Gram 4 LP Box Set)

Roger Waters

With Patrick Leonard, Jeff Beck, Andy Fairweather Low, Tim Pierce

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Buena Vista Social Club

Ry Cooder

With Eliades Ochoa, Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Chicken Skin Music

Ry Cooder

Have a listen “Chloe” – follow the exchange between guitars – Gabby Pahinui on steel guitar, Atta Isaacs on guitar.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Paradise And Lunch

Ry Cooder

With Milt Holland, Jim Keltner, Russ Titelman, Chris Ethridge

Have a listen “Ditty Wa Ditty” – the final number: Earl “Fatha” Hines plays piano in a duet with Cooder.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Paris, Texas

Ry Cooder

Have a listen “Canción Mixteca” – sung by Harry Dean Stanton.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

A Meeting By The River

Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Afterglow

Sarah McLachlan

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Diamond Girl

Seals & Crofts

With Jim Seals, Dash Crofts

Have a listen “We May Never Pass This Way (Again)” – released as a single alongside the title track.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Summer Breeze

Seals & Crofts

Have a listen “Summer Breeze” – the Isley Brothers and, much later, Type O Negative made strikingly different versions.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPMAAA

Aja (45 RPM 200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

Steely Dan

With Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Chuck Rainey, Paul Humphrey

Have a listen “Aja” – the extended title track – with Wayne Shorter’s tenor solo and Steve Gadd on drums.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Can't Buy A Thrill (45 RPM 200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

Steely Dan

With Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Denny Dias

Have a listen “Do It Again” – begins with percussion and electric piano before its circular groove carries the story.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Countdown To Ecstasy (45 RPM 200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

Steely Dan

With Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Denny Dias

Have a listen “My Old School” – personal grievance turned into bright horn-driven momentum.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Everything Must Go

Steely Dan

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Gaucho (45 RPM 200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

Steely Dan

With Rob Mounsey, Diva Gray, Gordon Grody, Lani Groves

Have a listen “Third World Man” – Larry Carlton plays the solo here.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Katy Lied (45 RPM 200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

Steely Dan

With Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Denny Dias, Rick Derringer

Have a listen “Doctor Wu” – gives Phil Woods’s alto saxophone a prominent role.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Pretzel Logic (45 RPM 200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

Steely Dan

With Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Denny Dias

Have a listen “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” – begins with Victor Feldman’s percussion and a piano figure.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

The Royal Scam (45 RPM 200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

Steely Dan

With Walter Becker, Paul Griffin, Don Grolnick, Larry Carlton

Have a listen “Kid Charlemagne” – the most familiar introduction to Larry Carlton’s role on the album.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Two Against Nature

Steely Dan

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Stephen Stills

Stephen Stills

With Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Booker T. Jones, Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuel

Have a listen “Love the One You’re With” – Stills plays steel drums here.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Steppenwolf Gold: Their Great Hits (180 Gram)

Steppenwolf

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Core

Stone Temple Pilots

With Scott Weiland, Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo, Eric Kretz

Have a listen “Plush” – reveals how much melody this lineup could carry.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Purple

Stone Temple Pilots

With Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo, Eric Kretz

Have a listen “Interstate Love Song” – Robert DeLeo recalled it beginning on a nylon-string guitar in an RV, with something of a bossa nova feel.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Tony Joe White

Tony Joe White

With Robert McGuffie, Sammy Creason, Mike Utley, Wayne Jackson

Have a listen “Copper Kettle” – Albert Frank Beddoe’s song among his own collection of narratives.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

Have a listen “Cyprus Avenue” – connects the album’s imagery with a specific Belfast place name.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

His Band And The Street Choir

Van Morrison

Have a listen “Crazy Face” – Van Morrison himself contributes tenor saxophone.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Moondance

Van Morrison

Have a listen “Crazy Love” – with backing vocals from Cissy Houston, Judy Clay and Jackie Verdell.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Loaded

The Velvet Underground

With Lou Reed, Doug Yule, Sterling Morrison, Tommy Castanaro

Have a listen “Who Loves The Sun” – opens the album – sung by Doug Yule, the bassist, singer and multi-instrumentalist here.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Elephant

The White Stripes'

With Jack White, Meg White, Holly Golightly, Mort Crim

Have a listen “In the Cold, Cold Night” – brings Meg White forward as a singer.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Live At Leeds

The Who

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

My Generation (Mono)

The Who

Analogue Productions

Tommy (33 1/3 RPM 200 Gram LP Clarity Vinyl)

The Who

Have a listen “Pinball Wizard” – The Who date the session to 7 February 1969 at Morgan Studios.

Analogue Productions

Who's Next (33 1/3 RPM 200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

The Who

Have a listen “Baba O’Riley” – its insistent keyboard foundation is a Lowrey organ.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Argus

Wishbone Ash

With Martin Turner, Andy Powell, Ted Turner, Steve Upton

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

90125

Yes

With Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, Alan White

Have a listen “Owner of a Lonely Heart” – opens the record and became a US number-one single.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Close To The Edge

Yes

With Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman

Have a listen “Close to the Edge” – Rick Wakeman’s pipe organ was recorded at St Giles-without-Cripplegate in London.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Fragile

Yes

With Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman

Have a listen “Mood For A Day” – Steve Howe steps forward with flamenco guitar.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

The Yes Album

Yes

With Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye

Have a listen “Clap” – Steve Howe’s solo acoustic performance, recorded live at London’s Lyceum on 17 July 1970.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Tres Hombres (45 RPM 200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

ZZ Top

Have a listen “Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers” – a rougher, more outward-facing personality.