The Rolling Stones - Big Hits: High Tide & Green Grass (Us) - VINYL LP

Shortly before cutting the hard-rock classic Smokin', Humble Pie played the biggest US gig of them all Shea Stadium, opening for Grand Funk Railroad. It was a make-or-break moment for the U.K. band, and just as the set was heating up, it began to rain. Playing during a storm is a risky situation in the best of times, but in 1971 it meant taking your life in your hands. Frontman Steve Marriott took the mic and dramatically announced that the group didn't care 'It's comin' down rain, and we don't give a f*! We're gonna rock your asses all night long!''The audience went absolutely berserk,' drummer Jerry Shirley recalls. Even Grand Funk's fastidious manager Terry Knight was impressed enough to allow a couple of encores. The band managed to avoid getting killed. And America was now Humble Pie territory.Lucky for the group, the next studio album they released had just as much rock 'n roll bravado - seasoned with deep blues roots and a whole lot of soul. Smokin', Humble Pie's fifth studio set, made Steve Marriott a star for a second time, gave the band it's most enduring song - '30 Days in the Hole' - and made them U.S. headliners.It was also the sound of a band in transition, both in sound and personnel. When Humble Pie formed in 1969, everybody had something of a profile Marriott had been in the Small Faces; guitarist/singer Peter Frampton, fresh from the Herd, was known both for his chops and his good looks (the U.K. press called him the 'face of '68'). Bassist Greg Ridley and drummer Jerry Shirley, meanwhile, came from cult favorite hard-rock bands Spooky Tooth and Apostolic Intervention. So Humble Pie initially functioned as a democratic supergroup Everybody wrote songs, everybody sang lead, and the sound seesawed from heavy rock to the acoustic direction of their second LP, Town & Country.Eventually, they acquired a U.S. manager and booking agent - Dee Anthony and

Vinyl LP pressing. Considered one of the best rock & pop albums of all time, the Mamas and the Papas' debut LP features the smash hits InchMonday, Monday,Inch InchCalifornia Dreamin',Inch InchGo Where You Wanna GoInch and much more. Produced by Lou Adler, it was a No. 1 chart hit in it's day and is among the '1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.' Album Tracks 1. Monday, Monday 2. Straight Shooter 3. Got a Feelin' 4. I Call Your Name 5. Do You Wanna Dance 6. Go Where You Wanna Go 1. Side Two 2. California Dreamin' 3. Spanish Harlem 4. Somebody Groovy 5. Hey Girl 6. You Baby 7. In Crowd

Limited vinyl LP repressing in gatefold jacket. Off the Wall is the fifth solo studio album by Michael Jackson. It was released on August 10, 1979, following Jackson's critically well-received film performance in The Wiz. While working on that project, Jackson and Quincy Jones had become friends, and Jones agreed to work with Jackson on his next studio album. Recording sessions took place between December 1978 and June 1979 at Allen Zentz Recording, Westlake Recording Studios, and Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles, California. Jackson collaborated with a number of other writers and performers such as Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Rod Temperton. Five singles were released from the album. It was his first solo under Epic Records, the tag he would record on until his death roughly 30 years later. Album Tracks 1. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 2. Rock with You 3. Workin' Day and Night 4. Get on the Floor 1. Off the Wall 2. Girlfriend 3. She's Out of My Life 4. I Can't Help It 5. It's the Falling in Love 6. Burn This Disco Out