Various Artists - Pure Hard Rock / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This 2-CD collection chronicles the InchGolden AgeInch of rock, almost every track is a top 50 pop radio hit. Album Tracks 1. Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf 2. Evil Ways - Santana 3. American Woman - Guess Who 4. All Right Now - Free 5. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull 6. Walk Away - the James Gang 7. Maggie May - Rod Stewart 8. I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After 9. Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - the Hollies 10. Frankenstein - the Edgar Winter Group 11. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John 12. We're An American Band - Grand Funk 13. Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh 14. China Grove - the Doobie Brothers 15. Radar Love - Golden Earring 16. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd 17. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive 1. Bad Company - Bad Company 2. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth 3. Never Been Any Reason - Head East 4. Slow Ride - Foghat 5. Show Me the Way [Live] - Peter Frampton 6. (Don't Fear) the Reaper - Blue =D6Yster Cult 7. Cold As Ice - Foreigner 8. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent 9. Just What I Needed - the Cars 10. Two Tickets to Paradise - Eddie Money 11. I Want You to Want Me [Live] - Cheap Trick 12. Hold on Loosely -.38 Special 13. Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider 14. White Wedding (Part 1) - Billy Idol 15. Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions 16. Here I Go Again

The Goldberg Variations, composed for harpsichord, have a potential that allows various instrumentalists to discover completely new sound and expressive values in them. They are most often played on the piano, but there are arrangements for organ, harp, guitar, orchestra, jazz trio... The list goes on and on. Each of the arrangements is met with scepticism at first, only to gain a group of enthusiasts over time. The genius of The Goldberg Variations is based on the fact that the work operates in it's own universe, and each of the new interpretations or arrangements reveals something different here. The version for a string trio was developed in 1984 by a well-known Russian violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky, working, as he admitted, under a strong influence of Glenn Gould's famous interpretation. This album presents the first Polish recording in this arrangement, made by excellent chamber musicians in the sensational acoustics of the concert hall of the Academy of Music in Lódz.

The Tubular All Stars are a collection of musicians who have either played alongside, or have been influenced by, Mike Oldfield, have come together to record some of Oldfield's music. These include Barry Palmer, who sang on the European hit 'Crime Of Passion', Les Penning who played on the Christmas hit 'In Dulci Jubilo', and the original Tubular Bells producer Tom Newman. Alongside these luminaries, a new generation of gifted musicians have taken up the mantle and produced some amazing material as a tribute to Mike as Tubular Bells celebrates 50 years in popular culture. These tracks have, in some cases, never been released or were rare B-sides. They have been reimagined and produced to a high standard and this CD is a meant as a big thank you to Mike Oldfield Album Tracks 1. Musica Universalis - Hubert Razack 2. Ommadawn Pipe Tune - Manu Herrera / Robert Reed 3. Early Stages - Phil Toms / Steve Smith / Rich Nolan 4. Platinum Theme - John Ayton 5. Legend - Manu Herrera / Eduardo D. Sánchez 6. Woodhenge - Ryan Yard 7. Sally (I'm Just a Gorilla) - Tom Newman / Richard García / Ruben Alvarez Alvarez / Les Penning / Robert Reed 8. Crime of Passion - Barry Palmer / Robert Reed 9. Pipe Tune - Robert Reed / Les Penning 10. Taurus 1 Medley - Manuel Galan 11. The Path - Xavier Alern / Olaia Brugada 12. In the Pool - Silverio Carmona / Juan García / Iván García / Pablo Egío / Manu Herrera / Nacho Soto / Víctor Cano 13. Mike Oldfield's Single - Theme from Tubular Bells - Robert Reed / Les Penning 14. The Royal Wedding Anthem - Ruben Alvarez Alvarez / Robert Reed 15. Mike's Reel - Miguel Engel de la Llave 16. Sally (I'm Just a Gorilla) (BBC Mix) - Tom Newman / Richard García / Ruben Alvarez Alvarez / Les Penning / Robert Reed 17. Crime of Passion (Orchestral Mix) - Barry Palmer / Robert Reed