The Music Tapes - Mary's Voice - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This album stpotlights Julian Koster's songcraft and distinctive vocals, his almost religious devotion to the singing saw, and numerous contributions from other musicians in the Elephant 6 orbit. As on previous efforts, recording was done using an array of antique hardware, giving the record a timeless, texturally rich sonic palette.

Limited six vinyl LP box set. Following on from the highly successful first two editions of Dance Masters, featuring the classics mixes from maestros Shep Pettibone and Arthur Baker, the spotlight turns to another remix legend, John Luongo. Boston born, John is one of the truly legendary DJ's and remixers of the Disco era. John got his break at Epic by overdubbing percussion from saltshakers and spoons onto a promo and then passing them back the tape. This resulted in him being flown to New York and put in a studio (of his choice) to mix and produce Melba Moore's InchYou Stepped Into My LifeInch. From this point everything he touched was a hit. He went onto remix Disco classics by Jackie Moore InchThis Time BabyInch, Dan Hartman InchVertigo Relight My FireInch and Patti Labelle InchMusic Is My Way Of LifeInch. John, however, was not afraid of remixing artists that didn't fit into the disco genre, and this attitude is borne out by the tracklisting of this compilation on which Gladys Knight and The Pips rub shoulders with ZZ Top, and Billy Idol and Baltimora appears alongside Bill Nelson and I Level.

Marlene Dietrich was one of the most enduring and iconic stars of the 20th century, re-inventing herself as a stage actress, silent movie actress, and then a movie star whose exotic persona made her one of the highest-paid screen performers of the 30s and '40s, before becoming singer who commanded the concert stage with ease in her later career. Having made her mark in Germany in her early career, she turned to Hollywood during the 1930s spurning lucrative offers by Germany's Nazi government to return there and took US citizenship in 1937. All through her film career, she made notable musical contributions, and she built a legitimate career as a studio and 'live' singer, with a highly individual and recognisable vocal style to match her striking looks and image. This great-value 51-track 2-CD selects a representative range of her recordings, encompassing her film performances, commercial studio recordings (some of which were of her movie songs) and 'live' recordings, which combine to showcase the breadth of her talent and repertoire. It includes her duet recordings with Rosemary Clooney, which gave a her her only chart hit with InchToo Old To Cut The MustardInch, selected tracks from her albums InchMarlene Dietrich OverseasInch, InchLive at the Café de ParisInch, InchLive In RioInch and InchWiedersehen Mit MarleneInch and from her collaboration with Burt Bacharach in the late '50s and early '60s which added another dimension to her oeuvre. It features songs or recordings from the films InchThe Blue AngelInch, InchMoroccoInch, InchBlonde VenusInch, InchDesireInch, InchSeven SinnersInch, InchDestry Rides AgainInch, InchManpowerInch, InchA Foreign AffairInch, InchRancho NotoriousInch, InchI Am A CameraInch, InchMonte Carlo StoryInch, InchWitness For The ProsecutionInch. It's a fascinating and enjoyable celebration of unique and distinctive star.