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The Allman Brothers Band: Midnight Rider: Essential Collection

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2013-04-02

Tracks: Ramblin' Man; Jessica [Single Version]; Statesboro Blues [Live at the Fimore East, 1971]; Whipping Post; Dreams; Ain't Wastin' Time No More; Melissa; Black Hearted Woman; Southbound; In Memory of Eli...
Artists: The Allman Brothers Band

Wishbone Ash: The Essential Collection *

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2013-04-02

Artists: Wishbone Ash

One track longer than 2006's Sometime World: An MCA Travelogue and four deeper than 1993's Time Was: The Wishbone Ash Collection, 2013's Essential Collection makes up for what it lacks ("Phoenix," "Ti...continue...

Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Takin' Care of Business: The Collection

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2013-03-19

Tracks: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet; Roll on Down the Highway; Let It Ride; Takin' Care of Business; Heartaches; Take It Like a Man; Four Wheel Drive; Hold Back the Water; Down to the Line; Shotgun Rider; Hey...
Artists: Bachman-Turner Overdrive

The ultimate meat-and-potatoes rock band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive hardly changed the face of rock & roll with their output, but the everyman approach that shone through in their hits in the early '70...continue...

Peter Frampton: Show Me the Way: The Collection *

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2013-03-19

Tracks: Baby (Somethin's Happening); Show Me the Way [Live]; All I Want To Be (is By Your Side); Baby, I Love Your Way [Live]; (I'll Give You) Money; Breaking All the Rules; It's a Plain Shame; I Can't Stand...
Artists: Peter Frampton

Liner Note Author: Daryl Easlea.

Spectrum's Show Me the Way: Collection stays true to similar Peter Frampton compilations' penchant for including the iconic live versions of tracks like "Do You...continue...

Various Artists: Island Presents: Rock Steady

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2013-03-05

Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Island Presents: Ska

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2013-03-05

Artists: Various Artists

Demis Roussos: For Ever & Ever: Essential Collection

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2013-02-26

Tracks: Happy to Be on an Island in the Sun; Goodbye My Love, Goodbye; Can't Say How Much I Love You; When Forever Has Gone; Forever and Ever; Sing an Ode to Love; So Dreamy; My Friend the Wind; I Dig You; V...
Artists: Demis Roussos

Burt Bacharach: The Essential Love Songs of Burt Bacharach *

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2013-02-05

Artists: Burt Bacharach

Few songwriters captured the nuances of romance with the down to earth yet transporting style that Burt Bacharach did, and this collection gathers some of his best-known love songs as performed by art...continue...

Chris de Burgh: Lady in Red: The Collection *

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2013-01-29

Tracks: Lady in Red, The; When I Think of You; Missing You; High on Emotion; Say Goodbye to It All; Sailing Away; Separate Tables [1997 Version]; Don't Pay the Ferryman; Lonely Sky [1997 Version]; Borderline...
Artists: Chris de Burgh

Liner Note Author: Matthew White.

A more manageable option for casual fans than 2006's triple-disc box set Much More Than This, Spectrum's Lady in Red: The Collection offers up a concise, 18-tr...continue...

Eddie & the Hot Rods: Do Anything You Wanna Do: The Best Of *

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2012-11-27

Tracks: Writing On the Wall; Crusin' (In the Lincoln); Woolly Bully; Horseplay (Wearier of the Schmaltz); Teenage Depression; Shake; Get Across To You; Why Can't It Be?; All I Need is Money; Been So Long; On...
Artists: Eddie & the Hot Rods

Liner Note Author: Barrie Masters.

There have been many Eddie & the Hot Rods compilations released over the years, but 2012's Do Anything You Wanna Do: The Best rivals the previous standard-bea...continue...

Diana Ross: Upside Down: The Collection

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2012-11-06

Tracks: Love Hangover; I'm Coming Out [Single Version]; Touch Me in the Morning [Single Version]; Endless Love; Boss [Single Version], The; My Old Piano; I'm Still Waiting; Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Ha...
Artists: Diana Ross

The Cranberries: Dreams: The Collection

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2012-10-23

Tracks: Dreams; Linger; Zombie; Ode to My Family; I Can't Be with You; Ridiculous Thoughts; No Need to Argue; Dreaming My Dreams; Daffodil Lament; Salvation; Free to Decide; When You're Gone; Hollywood; Prom...
Artists: The Cranberries

Texas (Scotland): Say What You Want: The Collection *

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2012-06-26

Tracks: Say What You Want; Inner Smile; I Don't Want a Lover; Summer Son; Black Eyed Boy [Live]; Sleep; Getaway [Acoustic Version]; Insane [Mary Anne Hobbs BBC Session, 1997]; I'll See It Through; In My Hear...
Artists: Texas (Scotland)

Rod Stewart: Maggie May: The Essential Collection

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2012-06-19

Tracks: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl; I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town; Dirty Old Town; Man of Constant Sorrow; Every Picture Tells a Story; Handbags & Gladrags; Street Fighting Man; Gasoline Alley;...
Artists: Rod Stewart

The Who: Pinball Wizards: The Collection

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2012-06-05

Tracks: My Generation; Batman; Run Run Run; I Can See for Miles; Armenia City in the Sky; Circles; Pinball Wizard; Baba O'Riley; Won't Get Fooled Again; Naked Eye; Young Man Blues; I'm Free; Love Reign O'er ...
Artists: The Who

Bert Jansch: Angie: The Collection

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2011-08-30

Tracks: Angie; Blackwater Side; Needle of Death; Harvest Your Thoughts of Love; Little Sweet Sunshine, A; Nottamun Town; Train Song; Tree Song; Stepping Stones; Soho; Rosemary Lane; No Love Is Sorrow; Waggon...
Artists: Bert Jansch

Liner Note Author: Peter Paphides.

Bert Jansch was a wonderfully maverick musician, as much a gypsy as he was anything, but he was also remarkably consistent to his own vision as a guitarist an...continue...

Level 42: Lessons in Love: The Collection

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2010-10-26

Tracks: Lessons in Love; Sun Goes Down, The (Living It Up); Running in the Family; Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?; Children Say; Love Games; Love Meeting Love; Lying Still; Wings of Love; Three Words; Turn I...
Artists: Level 42

Liner Note Author: Daryl Easlea.

Issued the year the band celebrated its 30th anniversary, Lessons in Love: The Collection is a close-to-ideal two-disc anthology of Level 42's output, containin...continue...

Various Artists: The Christmas Dinner Album

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2010-09-07

Tracks: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Ella Fitzgerald; Jingle Bells; Blue Christmas - Dean Martin; Christmas Alphabet; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland; Christmas Song, The - ...
Artists: Various Artists

Christmas Dinner Album is a nice addition to any holiday music collection. This well-rounded 28-track compilation includes Bing Crosby ("Jingle Bells"), Louis Armstrong ("'Zat You, Santa Claus?"), and...continue...

Status Quo (UK): Essential Status Quo

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2010-06-15

Artists: Status Quo (UK)

Various Artists: Space Hymns: An Introduction to Prog Rock

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2010-05-18

Tracks: Fire - Arthur Brown; Question - The Moody Blues; Notting Hill Gate - Quintessence; Tomorrow Night - Atomic Rooster; Life Child - Ramases; Stranded - Khan; So Far - Faust; Waterloo Lily - Caravan; Blo...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Jerry Ewing....continue...

Dave & Ansel Collins (Reggae): Double Barrel

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2010-05-04

Tracks: Double Barrel; Wild Bunch; Elfrego Bacca; Monkey Spanner Version; My Best Girl; Secret Weapon; I the Third (Karate); That Girl (Groovy Situation); Impossible Mission; Ten To One; I Count the Days (Lo...
Artists: Dave & Ansel Collins (Reggae)

Personnel: Ansel Collins (vocals, organ); Dave Collins (vocals); Lyn Tate, Bow Pee, Rad Bryan, Earl Chinna Smith (guitar); Tommy McCook, Cedric Brooks, Herman Marquis, Bobby Ellis, Tromy (horns); Wins...continue...

Rush: Time Stand Still: The Collection

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2010-03-30

Tracks: Spirit of Radio, The; Tom Sawyer; Freewill; Fly by Night; Big Money, The; Time Stand Still; Limelight; Finding My Way; By-Tor and the Snow Dog: At the Tobes of Hades/Across the Styx/Of the Battle/Epi...
Artists: Rush

2010 collection from the Canadian Classic Rock trio. Features 13 tracks including 'The Spirit of Radio', 'Tom Sawyer', 'Freewill' and more. Spectrum....continue...
Liner Note Author: Philip Wilding....continue...

Michael Ball: Encore [Box]

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2010-03-30

Tracks: Love Changes Everything [From Aspects of Love]; I Dreamed a Dream [From Les Misérables]; Phantom of the Opera [From The Phantom of the Opera], The - (featuring Lesley Garrett); You Can't Stop th...
Artists: Michael Ball

Import only 3 CD collection from the British vocalist, actor and entertainer. Encore features essentials songs of Stage, Screen and Love, performed as only Ball...continue...
Photographer: Rex Features....continue...

Various Artists: Ska Madness! 20 Reggae Classics Which Inspired the Two Tone Revolution

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2010-03-23

Tracks: Rudy, a Message to You - Dandy Livingstone; Long Shot Kick de Bucket - The Pioneers; (People Get Ready) Let's Do Rocksteady - Dandy; Jackpot - The Pioneers; Carry Go Bring Come - Justin Hinds/The Dom...
Artists: Various Artists

Ska Madness Brings Together 20 Tracks That Inspired The Two-Tone Explosion & Includes Classic Originals Of 'Rudy, A Message To You', Rough Rider' & 'Train...continue...
Liner Note Author: Rhoda Dakar.

British bands like the Specials took Jamaican ska and rocksteady and then speeded the whole thing up and tossed in just a dash of punk to create the British pop ...continue...

Alex Harvey (Rock): Live at the BBC

2 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2009-04-28

Tracks: Midnight Moses; St. Anthony; Framed; There's No Lights on the Christmas Tree Mother, They're Burning Big Louie; Hole in Her Stocking; Dance to the Music; Faith Healer, The; Midnight Moses; Gang Bang;...
Artists: Alex Harvey (Rock)

2009 two CD set. When someone says 'you had to be there', never was a truer word spoken than in the case of The Sensational...continue...
Recording information: Golders Green Hippodrome (11/02/1972-01/25/1977); Old Grey Whistle Test (11/02/1972-01/25/1977); Paris Theatre (11/02/1972-01/25/1977); Top Of The Pops (11/02/1972-01/25/1977)....continue...

Various Artists: British Rock 'n' Roll Anthology [Box]

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2009-03-17

Tracks: Rock with the Caveman - Tommy Steele & the Steelmen; Cumberland Gap - Lonnie Donegan; Be My Girl - Jim Dale; Hoots Mon! - Lord Rockingham's XI; Teenager in Love, A - Marty Wilde; Shakin' All Over - J...
Artists: Various Artists

2009 five CD anthology. Between 1956 and 1964, the years that this set spans, there were many big changes in the music world. The music...continue...
Liner Note Author: Dave McAleer....continue...

Rod Stewart: Classic Rod Stewart [Spectrum]

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2009-02-17

Tracks: Maggie May; You Wear It Well; (I Know) I'm Losing You; Country Comforts; Every Picture Tells a Story; Angel; Gasoline Alley; It's All Over Now; Reason to Believe; True Blue; Twistin' the Night Away; ...
Artists: Rod Stewart

2009 installment in this series, entitled Classic... The Masters Collection. Each release features hits, album tracks and fan favorites from the artist's beloved catalog. This...continue...
Liner Note Author: Daryl Easlea.

With his Sam Cooke phrasing and rough as sandpaper voice, Rod Stewart has been both brilliant ("Maggie May") and shameless ("Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?") throughout ...continue...

ABBA: Classic ABBA [Spectrum Audio]

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2009-02-17

Tracks: Thank You for the Music; Winner Takes It All, The; Fernando; One of Us; Angeleyes; Day Before You Came, The; Eagle; So Long; Why Did It Have to Be Me?; Ring Ring; Way Old Friends Do, The; Slipping Th...
Artists: ABBA

2009 installment in this series, entitled Classic... The Masters Collection. Each release features hits, album tracks and fan favorites from the artist's beloved catalog. This...continue...
Liner Note Author: Daryl Easlea.

Photographers: Anders Hanser; Bengt H. Malmqvist.

Although Spectrum Audio's budget-priced Classic ABBA collection skips over most of the cuddly Swedish q...continue...

Steppenwolf: Collection

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2008-07-22

Tracks: Born to Be Wild; Rock Me; Magic Carpet Ride; Faster Than the Speed of Life; Hey Lawdy Mama; Tenderness; Screaming Night Hog; Earschplittenloudenboomer; I'm Movin' On; Children of the Night; Twisted; ...
Artists: Steppenwolf

Liner Note Author: Dave Ling.

Steppenwolf came roaring out of Canada in 1968 with their enduring road anthem "Born to Be Wild" and, riding the back of lead singer John Kay's throaty growl, reco...continue...

The Bluetones (England): Collection *

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2008-04-22

Tracks: Slight Return; Last of the Great Navigators, The; U.T.A.; Autophilia (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Car); Bluetonic; Putting out Fires; Nae Hair On't; Solomon Bites the Worm; Tiger Li...
Artists: The Bluetones (England)

2008 compilation from the Britpopsters sees the band cherry-pick their personal Bluetones mix-tape; featuring 20 hand picked B-sides and album favorites. Includes 'Slight Return', 'The...continue...
Personnel: Mark Morriss , Scott Morriss (vocals); Adam Devlin (guitar); Eds Chesters (drums).

Liner Note Author: F. Beddow....continue...

Aswad: Don't Turn Around: The Best of Aswad

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2008-01-22

Tracks: Don't Turn Around; Woman; Justice; Give a Little Love; Message, The; Gave You My Love; Babylon; Chasing for the Breeze; Sons of Criminals; 54-46 Was My Number; Hulet; Behold; Smokey Blues; Bubbling
Artists: Aswad

A deceptively packaged 16 song collection, ultra-budget priced and with the right song line-up, but that's the best that can be said for it. Seemingly...continue...

Jags: Best of Jags *

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2008-01-22

Tracks: Evening Standards; Party Games; Tune Into Heaven; Last Picture Show; Tourist, The; Desert Island Discs; Woman's World; Back of My Hand; She's So Considerate; Little Boy Lost; Single Vision - BMW; Her...
Artists: Jags

The absolute greatest from the late '70s & early '80s by this English new wave/ power pop outfit, including 'Back Of MyHand'. Contains all of...continue...

Various Artists: Stax Chartbusters, Vol. 4

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-11-20

Tracks: Time Is Tight - Booker T. & the MG's; I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do); Testify (I Wonna) - Johnnie Taylor; Dedicated to the One I Love - The Temprees; Between You and Me - Shirley Br...
Artists: Various Artists

2007 release, the fourth installment in this great series featuring the best in Soul and R&B from the Stax and Volt labels, who may not...continue...

Various Artists: Stax Chartbusters, Vol. 2

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-11-20

Tracks: Woman to Woman - Shirley Brown; I Forgot to Be Your Lover - William Bell; Killing Floor - Albert King; By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Isaac Hayes; Take Him ( You Can Have My Man) - Jean Knight; Don't...
Artists: Various Artists

2007 release, the second installment in this great series featuring the best in Soul and R&B from the Stax and Volt labels, who may not...continue...

Various Artists: Stax Chartbusters, Vol. 5 [#1]

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-11-20

Tracks: I'll Always Have Faith in You - Carla Thomas; Private Number - William Bell; Sweetback's Theme; Melting Pot - Booker T. & the MG's; Bring It on Home to Me; Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor; Explain...
Artists: Various Artists

2007 release, the fifth installment in this great series featuring the best in Soul and R&B from the Stax and Volt labels, who may not...continue...

Ocean Colour Scene: The Collection

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-08-28

Tracks: Sway; Giving It All Away; Do Yourself a Favour; Riverboat Song, The; You've Got It Bad; Day We Caught the Train, The; Circle, The; Day Tripper [Electric Ballroom Live Version]; Hundred Mile High City...
Artists: Ocean Colour Scene

UK 2007 enhanced CD from the Britpop rockers comprising a collection of hits and classic album tracks including 'The Riverboat Song', 'The Day We Caught...continue...
Liner Note Author: Michael Heatley.

This budget-priced Collection features 18 seemingly random tracks from '90s British trad rock outfit Ocean Colour Scene. While it may pique the interest of s...continue...

Barry White: Greatest Hits [Spectrum]

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-08-21

Tracks: What Am I Gonna Do with You?; You're the First, The Last, My Everything; Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe; Honey Please, Can't Ya See; Love Serenade; Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up; I'm Gonna Love ...
Artists: Barry White

Digitally remastered by Thomas Ruff (Polygram Studios).

The original love man, Barry White straddled the line between early disco and lush, Philly International-style R&B in his mid-'70s prime....continue...

Nino de Angelo: Best of Nino de Angelo

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-08-21

Tracks: Jenseits von Eden; Wir Sind Giganten; Atemlos; Wann Bricht das Eis; Lass Mich Los; Unter Vier Augen; Wilden Jahre, Die; Ich Sterbe Nicht Noch Mal; Und ein Engel Fliegt in Die Nacht; Engel und Teufel ...
Artists: Nino de Angelo

Aswad: Cool Summer Reggae

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-08-14

Artists: Aswad

Magnum: The Very Best of Magnum

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-07-24

Artists: Magnum

Visage: Visage

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Visage; Blocks on Blocks; Dancer; Tar; Fade to Grey - (French); Malpaso Man; Mind of a Toy; Moon Over Moscow; Visa Age; Steps
Artists: Visage

Mid-price reissue of 1980 new wave classic. Ten tracks including the classic, 'Fade To Grey'....continue...
The 1980 new wave album from the dramatic English romantic movement includes "Blocks on Blocks" and "Steps."

With apologies to Spandau Ballet, Ultravox, and even Duran Duran, this is the music ...continue...

Joan Baez: Diamonds & Rust

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Diamonds & Rust; Fountain of Sorrow; Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer; Children and All That Jazz; Simple Twist of Fate; Blue Sky; Hello in There; Jesse; Winds of the Old Days; Dida; I Dream of Je...
Artists: Joan Baez

Ms. Baez's most successful album, artistically and commercially...and she recorded it on her own terms and direction. The material she chose to cover includes songs...continue...
Personnel: Joan Baez (vocals, acoustic guitar, Moog synthesizer, ARP synthesizer); Joni Mitchell (vocals); Larry Carlton (conductor, acoustic & electric guitars); Dean Parks (acoustic & electric guita...continue...

Joan Armatrading: Collection [Spectrum]

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Water With the Wine; Help Yourself; Someone Who Loves You; Like Fire; Tall in the Saddle; Friends; Is It Tomorrow Yet; Turn Out the Light; When You Kissed Me; All the Way From America; Show Some Emot...
Artists: Joan Armatrading

Various Artists: Party [Spectrum]

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-01-30

Tracks: I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown; Celebration - Kool & the Gang; Word Up - Cameo; Boom Shack-A-Lak - Apache Indian; Wipeout - The Beach Boys/Fat Boys & Beach Boys; Hustle, The - Van McCoy & the ...
Artists: Various Artists

Marianne Faithfull: The Best of Marianne Faithfull

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Come and Stay With Me; This Little Bird; Summer Nights; Yesterday; Is This What I Get For Lo; Away From My World; Four Strong Winds; That's Right Baby; Morning Sun; House of the Rising Sun V; Cockles...
Artists: Marianne Faithfull

Linton Kwesi Johnson: Reggae Greats

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-01-30

Artists: Linton Kwesi Johnson

Culled from Johnson's albums for Mango recorded between 1978-1984, this is a distillation of work by the dub poet and the man who has perhaps been England's greatest contributor to reggae. While the g...continue...

Toots & the Maytals: The Collection

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Rastaman; I Shall Sing; Everybody Needs Lovin; True Love Is Hard to Find; Famine; Inside Outside; Get up Stand Up; My Love So Strong; Chatty Chatty; Let's Get It Together; Journeyman; Careless Eithio...
Artists: Toots & the Maytals

Toots Hibbert represents a different side of reggae (a term he is actually credited with) from his labelmate Bob Marley. Where Marley was more like...continue...
THE COLLECTION is a well-chosen overview of Toots and the Maytals' tenure at Island Records, including the classics "Rastaman" and "Famine" as well as a cover of Bob Marley's "Get Up Stand Up."...continue...

Various Artists: Rock [Universal France]

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh; Since You Been Gone - Rainbow; Cats in the Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe; Midnight Rider - The Allman Brothers Band; Parisienne Walkways - Gary Moore; Sweet Home Alabama - Lyn...
Artists: Various Artists

Free: All Right Now [Karussell]

1 CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Hunter; Wild Indian Woman; Worry; Songs of Yesterday; Woman; Mouthful of Grass; All Right Now; Fire and Water; Oh I Wept; Highway Song; Stealer; Ride on a Pony; My Brother Jake; Get Where I Belong; M...
Artists: Free

Nana Mouskouri: The Collection [Spectrum]

CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Only Love; Oh Happy Day; Windmills of Your Mind, The; First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, The; From Both Sides Now; Love Changes Everything; I Have a Dream; Seasons in the Sun; As Time Goes by; Autumn L...
Artists: Nana Mouskouri