Hope Masike - Exorcism Of A Spinster - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Fronted by the distinctive voice of Hal Miller, New York quartet the Rays scored one of the most memorable double sided hits of the classic Rock 'n' Roll era in 1957 with the original versions of 'Silhouettes' and 'Daddy Cool', two Hall Of Fame classics that have endured for almost 70 years, and that will live on in Doo-Wop history forever. As the title of this CD containing 30 examples of their craft (almost everything they ever recorded) implies, they were indeed 'Bob's Crew'- the 'Bob in question being songwriter-producer Bob Crewe who, with his own writer-producer partner Frank Slay Jr. , discovered the group in 1955 and worked with Hal Miller and an ever-changing line up of Rays through to the mid-60s. The Double Dynamite of 'Silhouettes' and 'Daddy Cool' may have provided the Rays with their career hit, but it was not their only hit and several more of the fine tracks collected here also breached the lower reaches of the US Hot 100. From the Rays, Slay moved on to work extensively with Freddy Cannon while Crewe steered the Four Seasons (who appear on two tracks here as incognito Rays!) to global superstardom in the 60s. These, though, are the recordings that shaped their future success as 'backroom boys'. Here are 30 great slices of Big Apple Doo-Wop and early soul that mostly should have fared better than they did back in the day, and that now show the Rays to be an important bridge between the black American music of the 1950s and the 1960s, collected by Jasmine for the first time on a UK CD.

33 1/3 years after it's first Piranha Records reissues the groundbreaking Stella Chiweshe international debut Ambuya! (InchGrandmotherInch) on quality 180g vinyl, 102% remastered from analog tapes, together with a bonus John Peel session from 1988.01 CHACHIMURENGA During War 02 NEHONDO CauSED BY War 03 NJUZU MErMaiDS 04 MUGOMBA in ThE VallEY 05 CHAMAKUWENDE MYSTEriouS Man06 KASSAHWA TinY FiSh BonE 07 CHIPINDURA anSWEr noW08 NDINOGAROCHEMA Will ForEVEr BE Mourning 09 SARURA WAKO ChooSE YourSJOHN PEEl SHOW BROADCAStED fIRSt ON 14tH MARCH 1988 10 KACHEMBERE an olD SkinnY FEMalE Frog 11 CHAPfUDZAPASI ThE FaMouS Song 12 NDIKAfA WhEn i DiE 13 VANA VAKO VOPERA Your ChilDrEn arE PEriShing

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH THE FIRST CANTATA YEAR. 2 CDs / Vol. 3. BWV 105, 46, 179, 199. 3, 69. 1, 77, 25, 119. GAECHINGER CANTOREY // HANS-CHRISTOPH RADEMANN- This is the third in a series of ten double CDs releases forming the year-long VISION. BACH project marking the 300th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's taking up the post of Thomaskantor in Leipzig in May 1723. The aim is to perform all 62 cantatas from Bach's first year in Leipzig, in chronological order. Rademann conducts with feeling and tries to make the sound round and harmonious. The musicians of the Gaechinger Cantorei play excellently and show that historically informed performance practice and romantic music-making are not necessarily mutually exclusive. It is the result that counts. Inch pizzicato