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Olivia Newton-John’s Greatest Hits

Olivia Newton-John’s Greatest Hits features her biggest international hits from her 1971 debut through her 1976 album Come On Over. It contains all of Olivia’s US Top 40 hits from that era including the #1 singles “I Honestly Love You” and “Have You Never Been Mellow”. The album was certified double platinum and has sold over 5 million copies.

(Primary Wave)

1CD# MOB903025

$16.99

Live in New York 1979 / Liza Minnelli [3 CDs]

Start spreading the news: Liza Minnelli’s long-lost live album recorded in the very heart of New York, New York is getting the deluxe treatment. Live in New York 1979: The Ultimate Edition is available on 3 CDs, all of which overflow with showbiz sizzle: one disc with the mastered version of the original vinyl release, and two discs with the neverbefore-released complete show.

(Real Gone)

3CD# MOB013792

$36.99

Triple Gold / Frank Sinatra [3 CDs]

A prime collection of Sinatra, at the peak of his powers, taking hold of songs and investing them with a weight of emotional and musical delivery. Tracks include “Come Fly With Me,” “All of Nothing At All,” “Love Me As I Am,” “Melancholy Mood,” “Night and Day,” “Let’s Get Away From it All,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” and more. 60 songs in all! (Start)

3CD# MOB033126 $12.99

Tribute to a Generation Salute to the Big Bands of the WWII Era

During World War II the big band music of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Glenn Miller and others was the soundtrack of life on the homefront. Playing original arrangements, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterwork Orchestra pays tribute to this musical inspiration in the World War II years. Extensive notes, 36 page booklet. (Smithsonian)

1CD# MOB081723 $14.99

Complete Greatest Hits / Gordon Lightfoot

The most comprehensive single CD collection by treasured troubadour Gordon Lightfoot. These 19651987 United Artists, Reprise and Warner tracks include his Top 10 hits “Sundown,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Carefree Highway,” and 14 more! (Warner)

1CD# MOB828721 $15.99

Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall

Enjoy Harry Belafonte, the King of Calypso, live in concert from the legendary Carnegie Hall! Includes remastered versions of “Darlin’ Cora,” “Sylvie,” “Cotton Fields,”

“John Henry,” “Day-O,” “Jamaica Farewell,” “Mama Look a Boo Boo,” “Come Back Liza,” “Man Smart (Woman Smarter),” “Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma,” and more. (Sony)

1CD# 88697691962 $6.99

Time Life’s Easy Listening Classics [10 CDs]

Limited 10 CD set! Easy listening music had a distinct sound. It had a home on radio... and it had a place in our hearts. This set features 152 beautiful, relaxing hit songs by dozens of artists such as Bobby Vinton, Carole King, John Denver, Mac Davis, The 5th Dimension, Barry Manilow, Paul Anka, Engelbert Humperdinck, Dionne Warwick, Glen Campbell, Anne Murray, Jim Croce, and dozens more. (TimeLife)

10CD# MOB524321 $149.99

Frankie Valli & Four Seasons: Early Years 1953–1962 [2 CDs]

The Four Seasons, featuring the remarkable and unmistakable voice of Frankie Valli, were one of the most popular and successful groups of the 1960s on both sides of the Atlantic. This 58-track 2-CD set features most of Frankie Valli’s early recordings, both solo and with various groups before they became The Four Seasons in 1960, and then presents their early successes under that name. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB341121 $16.99

The Pipes of the Mighty Wurlitzer / Tom Hazleton

In “Pipes of the Mighty Wurlitzer” Tom Hazleton clearly feels completely at home. This disc of mostly old favorites played on the San Sylmar Wurlitzer – an instrument with which he is quite familiar – seems precisely his métier. And the congruency between artist and material shows up in the splendid product. Fans of the theater organ and of old standards are almost certain to love this CD! (Klavier)

1CD# K77014 $16.99

If You Could Read My Mind DVD (Biography) / Gordon Lightfoot

The rich baritone delivering memorable melodies like “Sundown,” “Carefree Highway,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” and the title song made him a mainstay of the ‘60s–’70s singer-songwriter boom and a national treasure of his native Canada. This DVD documentary portrait captures Gordon Lightfoot at 80 and his reflections upon his life and six-decade career. (Greenwich)

1DVD# MOB248833 $17.99

The Herald Records Doowop Collection

1953–63 [3 CDs]

The Herald label was a creative hub for R&B recording and most particularly becoming renowned for its output of doowop recordings during the late ‘50s and into the 1960s. Tracks on this 89-song collection include “Paradise Hill” (The Embers), “Bells of Love” (Mint Julips), “Stay” (The Zodiacs), “Ship of Love,” (The Nutmegs), and more. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB913328 $19.99

White Silver Sands: The Singles & Albums 1959–62 / Bill Black’s Combo [2 CDs]

Bill Black was a Memphis-based bass player and entertainer who was one of the pioneers of rock and roll, performing with Elvis Presley’s early trio. This 2-CD compilation of his later 5-piece Combo includes tracks such as “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Just a Closer Walk With Thee,” “Blue Tango,” “Slippin’ and Slidin’,” “Tequila,” “Johnny B. Goode,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB347024 $16.99

Complete Releases 1958–62 / Frankie Ford

Frankie Ford was one of the artists often referred to as being typical of “swamp rock” – the style of R&B and rock ‘n’ roll that was associated with Louisiana and New Orleans during the late 1950s. Tracks include “Sea Cruise,” “Time After Time,” “Danny Boy,” “Cheatin’ Woman,” “Dog House,” “Seventeen,” “Last One to Cry,” and more. (Acrobat)

1CD# MOB440626 $16.99

All The Hits And More 1927–54 / Duke Ellington [4 CDs]

Duke Ellington was one of the most important and influential figures in the entire history of jazz, as pianist, bandleader, composer and innovator, his career spanning a half century. Tracks include “Creole Love Call,” “Mood Indigo,” “Prelude to a Kiss,” “Moon Glow,” “East St. Louis ToodleOo,” “Solitude,” “Merry Go Round,” and more. (Acrobat)

4CD# MOB717223 $24.99

Great Scott! Collected Recordings

1939–57 / Hazel Scott [3 CDs]

Hazel Scott was a jazz pianist and singer, about whom we hear very little these, but who was a stylish and respected performer, especially known for her jazz interpretations of classical pieces and styles. Tracks on this 3-CD compilation includes “Calling All Bars,” “Embraceable You,” “How High the Moon,” “Mary Lou,” “The Sunny Side of the Street,” and more. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB913021 $19.99

The Very Best Of Clyde McPhatter

1953–62 / Clyde McPhatter [2 CDs]

Clyde McPhatter was one of the most imitated vocalists to emerge onto the R&B scene during the 1950s, graduating from his background in gospel to become the featured lead singer of The Drifters before embarking on a solo career. Tracks include “Lucille,” “The Way I Feel,” “Money Honey,” “Warm Your Heart,” Treasure of Love,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB346126 $16.99

Singles, Album Tracks

And Live Recordings 1949–62 / Brother Joe May [4

CDs]

Brother Joe May was one of the most revered and respected of all the male gospel singers of the post-war era, acquiring the nickname of “The Thunderbolt Of The Middle West.” Tracks on this 4-CD set include “Search Me Lord,” “Amazing Grace,” “Walk With me, Lord,” “Old Time Religion,” “Old Ship of Zion,” “Do You Know Him?” and more. (Acrobat)

4CD# MOB717322 $24.99

Wheel Of Fortune: The Singles Collection

1952–61 / Sunny Gale [2 CDs]

Sunny Gale was one of the vivacious and talented girl singers to come to the fore on the US music scene during the early ‘50s. Tracks on this 2-CD collection include “Soldier Boy,” “My Last Affair,” “The Wheel of Fortune,” “Looking Glass,” “Devotion,” “A Lasting Thing,” “You Showed Me the Way,” “Devotion,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB346522 $16.99

Corn Bread: The Hal Singer Collection

1948–59 / Hal Singer [2 CDs]

Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Hal Singer was one of the jazz saxophonists of the 1940s who took advantage of the opportunity to make a commercial impact in the world of R&B. Tracks on this 2-CD set include “Lonesome & Blue,” “Blue Velvet,” “Easy Street,” “Rent Party,” “I Love the Way You Love Me,” the title track, and more! (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB346225 $16.99

Shangri-La: The Singles & Albums Collection 1954–62 / The Four Coins [2 CDs]

The Four Coins were one of the many vocal groups to emerge onto the pop scene in the wake of the classic early doowop groups like the Ink Spots and Mills Brothers. Tracks on this 2-CD collection include “Dream World,” “My First Love,” “I Love You Madly,” “Memories of You,” “All My Tomorrows,” “Manhattan Serenade,” “Pledging My Love,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB346324 $16.99

Lena Horne: Singles Collection 1941–1950 [2 CDs]

2CD# MOB344924

$16.99

Fred Astaire –Singles Collection 1923–1942 [3 CDs]

3CD# MOB912628

$19.99

Love Song in 32 Bars –The Johnny Bond Collection [2 CDs]

2CD# MOB345624

$16.99

Singles & Albums Collection 1958–1962 / The Impressions & Jerry Butler [2 CDs]

2CD# MOB345327 $16.99

The Cisco Houston Collection 1944–1961 [5 CDs]

5CD# MOB751821

$24.99

Larry Green & His Orchestra –Singles Collection 1946–1950 [2 CDs]

2CD# MOB345426

$16.99

Snooks Eaglin –The First Decade 1953–1962 [2 CDs]

2CD# MOB345228 $16.99

Astor Piazzola: Nuevo Tango –Classic Albums 1955–1959 [2 CDs]

2CD# MOB345020 $16.99

Orrin Tucker & His Orchestra –Golden Years 1938–1949 [2 CDs]

2CD# MOB345129 $16.99

Ray Bloch & His Orchestra –The Singles Collection 1945–1956 [2 CDs]

2CD# MOB344825

$16.99

Tex Beneke – Hey Ba-Ba-ReBop! Singles Collection [2 CDs]

2CD# MOB344320

$16.99

Charlie Spivak: Chart Decade 1941–1951 [3 CDs]

3CD# MOB912321 $19.99

Eileen Barton: The Singles Collection

1944–1962 [2 CDs]

2CD# MOB343620 $16.99

Complete Releases

1944–1948 / Jack Guthrie

1CD# MOB440329 $17.99

Freddie Slack: The Singles Collection 1940–1949 [2 CDs]

2CD# MOB343521

$16.99

Sandy Denny – 5 Classic Albums [5 CDs]

We file her under folk-rock, but Sandy was a soul-stirring songstress of the highest order no matter what she was singing. Together with her Fairport Convention LPs, these 1971–77 recordings built her legend. She haunts with “Blackwaterside,” “I Wish I Was a Fool for You,” “Gold Dust,” “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?,” “At the End of the Day,” “Full Moon” and more. (Spectrum UK)

5CD# MOB702499 $26.99

The Singles & Albums Collection 1951–60 / Tommy Collins [2 CDs]

Tommy Collins was a country singer, songwriter and guitarist who was instrumental in creating the Bakersfield sound during the 1950s and ‘60s. As an artist he had a string of hits during that era, as well as writing songs which were hits for other artists, notably “If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’”. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB346423 $16.99

Merle Travis: The Singles Collection 1946–1956 [3 CDs]

Merle Travis was a significant personality and influential country music stylist as a singer, songwriter, and notably as a guitarist, to the extent that he had an instrumental technique named after him, called “Travis picking”. This 3-CD set contains songs including “Cincinnati Lou,” “Nine Pound Hammer,” “Steel Guitar Rag,” “Divorce Me C.O.D.”, and more. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB909628 $19.99

Kerrville Folk Festival – Happy 50th

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kerrville Folk Festival, the granddaddy of American folk & singer/songwriter fests with this inspired collection of songs. Artists like Jimmy LaFave, Cheryl Wheeler, Eric Anderson and many more make this a celebration worth having! (Silverwolf)

1CD# MOB202025 $16.99

American Originals / Various Artists

American Originals is the latest release from the Cincinnati Pops conducted by John Morris Russell and features iconic American songs interpreted by a diverse array of acclaimed musical collaborators including Rosanne Cash, Dom Flemons, Over the Rhine, Joe Henry, Aoife O’Donovan and the Comet Bluegrass All-Stars. (CP)

1CD# FC-005 $16.99

American Epic [2 DVDs]

From executive producers T Bone Burnett, Robert Redford and Jack White, go inside one of the greatest-ever untold stories: how the ordinary people of America were given the opportunity to make records for the first time. This 2-DVD set contains four films: The Big Bang; Blood & Soil; Out of the Many, The One; The American Epic Sessions (PBS)

2DVD# MOB026086 $22.99 $16.99

The Singles Collection / Chet Atkins [2 CDs]

Chet Atkins was one of the most innovative and influential personalities in country music. This two-disc, 59-song collection focuses on his work as a recording artist over more than a decade. Tracks include “Wildwood Flower,” “Love Come Back to Me,” “Guitar Blues,” “Nashville Jump,” “Canned Heat,” “Spanish Fandango,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB325428 $16.99

Complete Singles / Hank Williams [4 CDs]

This 103-track, 4-CD set comprises the A and B sides of Hank Williams’ releases from his debut on the Sterling label in 1947, through his years with the MGM label. Songs include “Cold, Cold Heart,” “Hey Good Lookin,” “Honky Tonk Blues,” “Jambalaya,” “Lovesick Blues,” “I’m a Long Gone Daddy,” “Mind Your Own Business,” and more. (Acrobat)

4CD# MOB710422 $19.99

Best of Zydeco Instrumentals

The Zydeco All Stars present the Best of Zydeco Instrumentals filled with 14 infectious and upbeat songs, perfect for a Mardi Gras party! Tracks include “Don’t Mess With My TootToot,” “My Zydeco Shoes,” “Dance and Show Off,” “Buckaroo’s Blues,” “Alonzo’s Blues,” “Bayou Swing,” “Hot Steppin’ Zydeco,” and more! (Mardi Gras)

1CD# MOB103925 $12.99

Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing [4 CDs]

The Sacred Harp singing style is unique to America, treasured today both for its hauntingly attractive harmonies and its links to a seemingly lost rural past. The term ‘shape note’ comes from the book’s system of musical notation – symbols being used rather than the more familiar ‘staff’ method. Here, from its heartlands of Georgia and Alabama is a singular music for too long thrust to the sidelines. (JSP)

4CD# MOB717520 $29.99

Sing A Little Song Of Heartache: The Solo Singles 1953–62 / Rose Maddox [2 CDs]

Rose Maddox was a country singer, songwriter and fiddle player who formed a band with her brothers, who performed and recorded for a decade after WWII as the Maddox Brothers & Rose. In 1957, she started a solo career and enjoyed a string of chart entries over the next few years. Tracks on this collection include “Marry Me Again,” “Kiss Me Like Crazy,” “Tall Men,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB346720

$16.99

Bill Monroe – Father of Bluegrass Music [DVD]

No single figure in American music so dominated a genre as did Bill Monroe with bluegrass. Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music features video performances by Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys, Lester Flatt, Emmylou Harris, Paul McCartney, the Osborne Brothers, Dolly Parton, and more. This is the most intimate and detailed portrait of this unique musical innovator. (MVD Visual)

1DVD# MOB457794 $19.99

Patsy Cline: Complete Releases 1955–1962 [3 CDs]

This 75-track 3-CD set, comprises every record Patsy Cline released from 1955 until the end of 1962 a couple of months before her death. It includes the A and B sides of all her singles, plus the tracks from her three albums Patsy Cline, Showcase and Sentimentally Yours which were not otherwise released on singles. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB906429 $19.99

Oh Lordy Mama – The Buddy Moss Collection 1930–1941 [2 CDs]

Eugene “Buddy” Moss, one of 12 children of a family of sharecroppers, was a blues singer guitarist and harmonica player from Georgia, and was one of what became known as the Piedmont school of bluesmen alongside Blind Blake, Josh White, and Barbecue Bob. Songs on this collection include “Hard Time Blues,” “I’m On My Way Down,” “Bye Bye Mama,” “Red River Blues,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB345525

$16.99

Crescent City Bounce – New Orleans R&B 1950–1958

This unique compilation examines the recordings of three legendary New Orleans piano-players, Archibald, Salvador Doucette, and James Booker, each of whom had surprisingly short discographies. Both Archibald and Booker were hugely influential players, and the latter would go on to enjoy enormous commercial success in the 1970s.

(Jasmine)

1CD# MOB319422

RCA Country Legends / Sons of the Pioneers

America’s classic singing cowboys, The Sons of the Pioneers, have delighted generations with their beautiful harmonies and touching songs. Formed in 1933 by Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, and Leonard Slye (later know as Roy Rogers), they went on to record dozens of huge hits. This collection includes 16 of their best-known songs such as “Cool Water,” “Tumbling Tumbleweeds,” “Riders in the Sky,” and more. (Sony)

1CD# 88697502232 $6.99

Pioneering Women of Bluegrass

These 26 tracks from Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard have been remastered, resequenced, and newly annotated. Includes “Long Black Veil,” “The One I Love Is Gone,” and “I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling.” “Hazel and Alice blast out vintage bluegrass-country soundsongs with fierce, raucous energy.” – Time (Smithsonian)

1CD# MOB006528 $16.99

The Bob Wills Collection 1935–1950 [2 CDs]

Bob Wills pioneered the style of Western Swing music during the 1930s and ‘40s, combining the standard approach of hillbilly country with jazz, blues and pop styles. This 53-track 2-CD collection cherrypicks the highlights from the 300 or so recordings he made during the period, including “New San Antonio Rose”, “Smoke On The Water”, “Sugar Moon” and “New Spanish Two Step”. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB316327 $16.99

Kitty Wells: Complete Country Hits 1952–1962 [2 CDs]

Kitty Wells was the first female country artist to establish herself as a major hitmaker in the genre, and paved the way for the many female artists who made their names in the ‘60s and ‘70s. This 49-track 2-CD set comprises every record by Kitty during the decade following her debut hit, including “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels,” “Release Me,” “Hey Joe,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB312329 $16.99

Rhythm & Bayous – A Road Map DVD

Robert Mugge’s loving DVD survey of the diverse musical styles and genres of the State of Louisiana. Mugge compiles a singing dictionary of the state’s roots music styles and assorted hybrids, from the blues to ‘swamp pop’ to the fusion of Cajun, Creole and rock ‘n’ roll known as zydeco. (Mug Shot)

1DVD# MOB749295 $12.99

$17.99

Hollywood Blues Summit 1971 / Muddy Waters

Rock and roll hall of fame inductee Muddy Waters is one of the most important singer-songwriter/ guitarists of the post-modern blues era. This eight-song never before released set was recorded at the legendary Ash Grove club in Los Angeles over the Blue Summit weekend (with Freddie King and Lightnin’ Hopkins) over July 27–August 1, 1971. Tracks include “Honey Bee,” “Got My Mojo Working,” and more. (Liberation Hall)

1CD# MOB514327 $14.99

I’m Ready / Lucky Peterson

Guitarist Lucky Peterson is one of the most riveting performers of the modern blues era. A searing lead guitarist, powerful organist and firstrate vocalist, Lucky’s musicianship translates rock, gospel, and jazz into 21st century blues. Tracks include “It Ain’t Right,” “You Shook Me,” “Who’s Been Talkin,” “Tribute to the King,” “Precious Lord Take My Hand,” and more. (Polygram)

1CD# MOB751325 $19.99 $9.99

The West African Blues Project

In an intoxicating meeting of cultures, guitarist Ramon Goose and Senegalese singer-percussionist Modou Touré trace the ancestry of the blues – back before its birth to the dunes and deserts of western Africa. The West African Blues Project is a vibrant, exciting marriage of these two seemingly distinct but inescapably-linked musical traditions. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2873 $14.99

I Am the Blues / Willie Dixon [DVD]

This DVD demonstrates how Willie Dixon forever changed the style of the blues. He took big band music and Mississippi blues and melded them into something new, opening the door for Motown and beyond. Features eight super tracks, biography, image gallery and much more! (MVD Visual)

1CD# MOB134596 $14.99 $8.99

Blues Medicine / Little Freddie King

One Of The Last Bluesmen Of His Generation: The unstoppable Little Freddie King is a country-style blues musician, links to an era when live music poured from the back-of-town nightclubs that were ubiquitous throughout New Orleans’ African-American neighborhoods. Little Freddie King is an artist who is among the last of his kind.

(Madewright)

1CD# MOB181017 $15.99

Missisippi Son / Charlie Musselwhite

Mississippi Son is front porch country blues that is at turns raucous and languid, haunting and impossibly soulful. The track listing includes Musselwhite originals and songs by Charley Patton, Yank Rachell and Big Joe Williams. This warm, intimate recording is loaded with feeling and exhilarating, timeless music.

(Alligator)

1CD# MOB500926 $14.99

Blues in My Heart / Fiona Boyes

Guitarist and singer-songwriter Fiona Boyes is the only Australian ever recognized by The Blues Foundation in Memphis, earning 8 Blues Music Awards nominations. This is the remastered 20th anniversary edition of her debut solo album. She is truly “...one of the world’s best fingerpicking blues guitarists...” – The Guardian, Australia

(Reference)

1CD# FR-740 $16.99

Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton

Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton is the debut studio album by the English blues rock band John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. It pioneered a guitar-dominated blues-rock sound. Included in this newly remastered edition are two bonus tracks “Lonely Years,” and “Bernard Jenkins”.

(Polydor)

1CD# MOB296720 $16.99

The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan [2 CDs]

The only 2-CD career spanning compilation of the late, great, guitar slinger Stevie Ray Vaughan. This collection covers tracks from all of Vaughan’s studio and live albums. Digitally remastered for optimum sound quality and featured rare and previously unpublished photos. Songs include “Pride & Joy,” “Texas Flood,” “Couldn’t Stand the Weather,” “Little Wing,” and more. (Sony Legacy)

2CD# E2K86423 $16.99

Blues Bash / Duke Robillard

Duke Robillard has admitted that his concept for this album was to make a straight vintage style blues album: danceable rhythms, no hook-laden songs... basically a blues party album! As always, the music is impeccable, classy and powerful. Duke is in his element here, displaying his authority, versatility, passion and virtuosity. (Stony Plain)

1CD# MOB142328 $17.99