| Dion - Yo Frankie If ever there was a couplet to re-establish the early stance of Dion records, it can be found in ‘King Of The New York Streets’: “I didn’t need no bodyguard. I just ruled from my backyard”. This opening track on “Yo Frankie”, Dion’s 1989 album that has long been on Ace’s re-release wish list, sets the scene firmly amid the pavements and haunts of the Big Apple, recapturing in one song all the imagery and associations we have from the man’s classic 50s and early 60s hits. “Yo Frankie” came about after Clive Davis and Roy Lott, the president and vice-president of Arista Records, had watched Dion perform at Radio City in 1987 and immediately offered him the chance to cut an album for them. Dave Edmunds, whose work Dion admired, was chosen to produce the record. Edmunds enlisted key players – including bassist Phil Chen, drummer Terry Williams and keyboard player Chuck Leavell – to form a tight rocking unit to drive the album. Dion prepared a wonderful set of songs, many written with his good friend Bill Tuohy, with others by Diane Warren, Bryan Adams and Tom Waits. Alongside the quality of the material and Dion’s vocal performance, one of the most successful elements of the album is the cohesiveness of the production. Edmunds achieves a strong contemporary rock feel strongly rooted in his Rockpile work that effortlessly offers a bridge back to the feel of Dion’s earlier recordings. There are just enough echoes of the past to make everything seem familiar while still feeling fresh and new. Dion’s vocal inflections extract the maximum from the lyrical imagery, notably on the castanet-filled ‘Always In The Rain’, his favourite track on the album. The sessions for the album attracted many big names to the studio, including Bryan Adams, who wrote, produced and played on ‘Drive All Night’. Paul Simon takes the lead and layered harmonies on the affectionately inserted ‘Little Star’ section of ‘Written On The Subway Wall’. As Lou Reed, another guest background vocalist, said in Dion’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech (reproduced in full in the booklet), “Dion could do all the turns. He had the chops and practically invented the attitude. After all, who could be hipper than Dion.” The “Yo Frankie” album stands as one of the real high points in Dion’s canon. We at Ace are totally delighted to add it to our extensive catalogue of his work. By Kingsley Abbott (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2012 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Hurriganes - 10/80 vinyyli uusintapainos vanhasta ganes-klassikosta |
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Warner Music Finland 2011 | LP | 22.00 € |
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| Rockpile - Live At Montreux 1980 All tracks previously unreleased on CD. |
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Eagle Rock Entertainment 2011 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Shakin' Stevens - Country Blues |
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Sony Music 2011 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| VA: - Before The Fall - 24 Prelapsarian Cuts f evidence were needed that all music is connected, this collection could well be it. You might think Australian punk, proto-Krautrock and Sister Sledge could only co-exist on a compilation called “Now That’s What I Call Utterly Unrelated”, but actually, beyond “Before The Fall”’s basic conceit, a few fragile connections start to present themselves. Henry Cow acted as support on a Captain Beefheart tour. Beefheart’s style was significantly influenced by bluesmen such as Leadbelly. Leadbelly and Pete Seeger hung out in 40s New York. What else? ‘There’s A Ghost in My House’ and ‘Jungle Rock’ were both hits years after their original release. Fall fans wouldn’t automatically associate ‘The Mummy’ and ‘Transfusion’, yet listening to the originals reveals both as satire at the expense of the beatniks. ‘Transfusion’, like ‘Kimble’, owes much of its uniqueness to the innovative use of sound effects. ‘Kimble’ and ‘People Grudgeful’ are connected thanks to the fractious relationship between the artists concerned. ‘Grudgeful’ and ‘$ F--oldin’ Money $’ both play parts in stories of apparently unscrupulous label bosses. ‘$ F--oldin’ Money $’, ‘Rollin’ Danny’, ‘Transfusion’ and ‘Pinball Machine’ were all the work of artists who died before their time, some a little more before their time than others. It’s fun to spot these connections but, as a Fall fan, I wouldn’t pin too much significance on them. Mark E Smith covered Monks’ tracks without even knowing their titles. He’s covered others without, by his own admission, being able to track down the publishing rights, knowing all the lyrics, or in the case of ‘War’, even remembering the tune. So while in some cases these originals will seem very familiar to Fall fans – the relative commercial success of ‘There’s a Ghost In My House’ and ‘Victoria’ is probably attributable to the fact the Fall didn’t muck about with the originals too much, while Smith’s vocal on ‘Mr Pharmacist’ is remarkably similar to Jeff Nowlen’s original – others are interesting as starting points for very different Fall readings. These originals also demonstrate a lack of Smith snobbery towards music to which other contemporary bands would rapidly turn up their noses. Pop, blues, prog and daft novelties are all accorded the same respect, or lack of it. As a fan of 60s garage, the Monks, Other Half and Sonics cuts on this collection were very familiar to me, but the journey into other genres has been a bit of a revelation. The habit of lifting rocksteady/reggae melody lines for retooling on other tracks led to a diverting trip which started with ‘People Grudgeful’ and took in related tracks such as ‘Longshot’, ‘Jackpot’ and ‘People Funny Boy’. Comparing versions of ‘Bourgeois Blues’, dipping a toe into the ocean of trucking music – all of this I would never have found myself doing had it not been for the cross-genre nature of Mark E Smith’s eclectic tastes. By Dan Maier (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2011 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Rave-Ups - The Book Of Your Regrets / Chance American Beat imprint has been on a crusade to resurrect under-appreciated American roots-rock and power pop bands from out-of-print limbo, and this time we're bringing you both varieties rolled up into one band, The Rave-Ups! Led by frontman/lyricist Jimmer Podrasky, this Pittsburgh quartet fused the big ringing chords of power pop with the working-class concerns of roots-rock, and put enough classic rock references (Dylan, Hollies, Beatles, Turtles) into their songs to keep college radio record geeks happy. Despite periodic reunions, these 1988 and 1990 albums remain the last we've heard from the Rave-Ups; they ‘re some of the best recordings of their kind and era, timeless, classic rock ‘n' roll. |
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American Beat Records 2010 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Bo Diddley Is A Songwriter In his long and illustrious career, the late Ellas McDaniel portrayed his alter ego Bo Diddley as many things – a lover, a gunslinger, crazy, even a lumberjack would you believe (and as this is Bo we’re talking about, you would…) One thing that Bo seldom if ever proclaimed himself to be is ‘A Songwriter”. But over a period of 10 years, Bo crafted some of the most memorable songs of the rock ‘n’ roll and R & B era, including numerous Hall Of Fame perennials which many will be unaware are his songs. For instance, there can be few on this planet who’ve never heard at least one version of “Love Is Strange” – it was featured in ‘Dirty Dancing’, one of the most popular and biggest grossing films of all time, for goodness sake! How many of the thousands of young people who own that soundtrack album also know that the same man who wrote it also wrote “Mona” a 1990s UK chart topper for Craig McLachlan, and “No No No”, a Top 10 hit in 1993 for reggae artist Dawn Penn (both songs appear here, in other versions, under their real titles ‘I Need You Baby’ and ‘She’s Fine, She’s Mine’ respectively…). Not many, I’ll wager. Bo is so well known and loved as an R & B legend that his songwriting skills tend to get overlooked in comparison with his fabulous recordings. He may be seen by some as a left field entry in Ace’s ongoing ‘Songwriter Series’, but once the CD popped into the player, it won’t take but a few minutes (as his Chess colleague Chuck Berry once wrote) to realise that he’s here on merit, and not just because everyone at Ace loves Bo Diddley. Of course, anyone who lived through the R&B and British Beat boom will be familiar with any number of E. McDaniel copyrights – both those Bo wrote, and those that were written for him by others. And there’s considerably more variety to Bo’s songwriting than some might initially think. OK, so he did put together more numerous variations on the ‘shave-and-a-haircut, six-bits’ rhythm. But Bo’s catalogue of compositions also embraces doo-wop (‘I’m Sorry’), teen pop (‘Love Is Strange’, ‘Mama Can I Go Out’) proto-surf (‘Bo’s Bounce’), humour (‘Pills’) 12 bar blues (‘Before You Accuse Me’) straight ahead R&B (‘I Can Tell’, ‘Diddy Wah Diddy’) and so much more besides. As well as recording his songs, many of our stellar cast of artists were major league Bo fans and, indeed, most of those who are still around continue to be. The fact that the recordings on our CD span a period of 50 years gives a strong indication of the timelessness of his work as a writer – hardly surprising when his own early recordings still sound like they were recorded yesterday. If there’s still any shadow of doubt in your mind that Bo Diddley IS a songwriter, buy this CD immediately and let its contents rid you henceforth of such foolish supposition! By Tony Rounce (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Elvis Suomessa 2 Rock'n'rollin Kuninkaan Elvis Presleyn tuotantoa on levytetty Suomessa sekä englanniksi että suomeksi 1960-luvun alusta aina näihin päiviin. Elviksen monipuolinen tuotanto sekä eri tyylilajien suvereeni hallinta on osaltaan madaltanut rimaa monien suomalaisartistienkin kohdalla levyttää oma versio tietystä rock-, gospel- tai kantripalasta. Elvis Suomessa 2 -kokoelma sisältää luonnollisesti kaikkia näitä ja tarjoaa kuulijalle niin rajua rokkia kuin koskettavia balladitulkintoja. Levyn avaa itse oikeutetusti suurena Elvis-fanina tunnettu Rauli Somerjoki, jonka tuotannosta mukaan on valittu Elviksen ensimmäinen kaupallinen menestyssingle Kaikki hyvin mama, joka on "Baddingin" viimeisestä levytyssessiosta. Ehkä kaikkien tunnetuimmat Elvis-versioinnit, Timo Jämsenin Kohtalon tähti ja Eino Grönin Seinillä on korvat, ovat luonnollisesti mukana levyllä. Muita tunnettuja Elvis-tulkkeja levyllä ovat vanhemman rock-sukupolven edustajat Jussi Raittinen, Rock Jerry ja Pekka Loukiala omilla valikoiduilla esityksillään. Mutta kuka esimerkiksi tietää, että 70-luvulla suurta suosiota nauttineet Arto Sotavalta ja Salomon ovat hekin levyttäneet Elvistä? Tai että nuoren Pave Maijasen yksi ensimmäisiä soololevytyksiä on Elviksen Don't Be Cruel? Lähemmäksi tätä päivää tultaessa Elvis-biisien versiointi kenties harvenee, mutta laatuosumia löytyy silti; siitä levyllä todisteena mm. Elviksen viimeiseltä LP:ltä oleva Moody Blue Juhamatin hienona tulkintana, Veeti & The Velvet'sin loistokas a cappella King Creolesta ja Tapio Heinosen herkkä Kaunein aamuisin. |
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AXR Music 2010 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| VA: - More Miles Than Money 2CD More Miles Than Money: Journeys Through American Music is a book I researched and wrote between 2006-2008. In many ways I’d been waiting my entire life to write More Miles. Growing up in Mt Roskill – a working class suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, where there were no music venues, cinemas, pubs, nothing but churches and rugby fields – I took refuge in Mark Twain and Jack Kerouac’s adventures while AM radio (modelled on US radio) spun hits by Freddy Fender, the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Little Feat et al. I dreamed of escaping Auckland’s suburbs to ride Route 66 and Highway 61, ears and eyes open. Eventually I got to live my dream and More Miles is the story of those travels. I didn’t know it back then but Kiwi radio was often playing music akin to that which Charlie Gillett played on his Honky Tonk radio show in London. Discovering Charlie’s book The Sound Of The City sent me scouring through secondhand bookstores in search of old copies of Cream, Creem and Let It Rock, where the writings of Charlie and other likeminded journalists appeared. I’d go so far as to say that a feature Charlie wrote on the great New Orleans producer-arranger Harold Battiste (Cream #5, Sept 1971) was what initially inspired me to want to search out the largely unsung heroes of American music. At the same time as reading Charlie Gillett I was buying US imports on a variety of labels, with Arhoolie being my favourite. Mexican culture fascinated me, especially that which arose from the borderlands, the Tex-Mex/Tejano music. (Blame this on my dad taking me to see Sam Peckinpah’s westerns.) Discovering a bin full of Arhoolie Records in a downtown record shop introduced me to a treasure trove of magical Mexican American music and reading about Arhoolie founder Chris Strachwitz’s efforts to record the finest American vernacular music provided even more inspiration. Later on, Canyon Records would open my ears to how Native American culture celebrated its survival. Around the same time an uncle who loved jazz gave me Curtis Mayfield’s “Superfly” album – he found it too funky for his tastes. Talk about life-changing records: to this day Curtis remains my favourite US soul singer. I dedicated More Miles Than Money to Charlie, Chris and the indomitable spirit of Curtis Mayfield. Tragically, Charlie died earlier this year. He, like Curtis, lives on as an indomitable spirit and continues to inspire me. This compilation is, again, dedicated to Charlie, Chris and Curtis: the three Cs who helped me hear America. More Miles Than Money reflects on an America that made the mightiest music of the 20th Century. This compilation aims then to salute those who inspired me to ride US highways and document those I encountered as I wandered through honky-tonks, juke joints and barrios. Enjoy! By Garth Cartwright (Ace Records) |
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Ace Records 2010 | CD | 20.00 € |
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| VA: - Next Stop Is Vietnam - The War On Record 1961-2008 (13-CD set, LP-sized slipcase with 304page hardcover book. 334 tracks, playing time: more than 16h:49min). The most comprehensive anthology of music inspired by the Vietnam War ever released. Over 330 titles covering all facets of the war and its aftermath featuring The Doors, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Country Joe McDonald and dozens of other artists. Rarely heard documentary material including patriotic Public Service Announcements, field news reports and intercepted North Vietnamese radio transmissions of Jane Fonda and Hanoi Hannah. A heavily illustrated, full-colour 304-page book containing extensive artist/song notes, Vietnam War history and recollections by vets on their favourite songs. Two discs of music exclusively by Vietnam veterans. Never-before-released tracks recorded during the war by in-country soldiers. Mister, Where Is Vietnam ...NEXT STOP IS VIETNAM: The War On Record, 1961-2008 is a stunning, years-in-the-making anthology of the Vietnam War's musical legacy. Presented on 13 CDs with a 304-page book illustrated with numerous archival photographs, this collection examines the war in a powerful and unprecedented way. Over 330 music and spoken word tracks take the listener through a guided tour of this epochal period of modern history. From America's first, na‹ve impressions of a country called Vietnam through the spirited musical debate over the morality of the war to the healing meditations on the conflict's lengthy aftermath, this set captures it all and more. Bob Dylan, Joan Baez,Merle Haggard, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Ochs, Johnny Cash, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, The Doors, Country Joe McDonald and dozens of other artists including many Vietnam veterans are the tour guides through this enlightening and entertaining journey. - The full-color book that accompanies the music is packed with information on the songs and the artists who recorded them by music scholar Hugo A. Keesing; a history of the war by Vietnam historian Lois T. Vietri; and an oral history of the tunes that 'incountry' vets loved best by authors Doug Bradley and Craig Werner. The introduction to this remarkable tome is written by the legendary Country Joe McDonald. Strap in for a long and fascinating ride ...NEXT STOP IS VIETNAM. |
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Bear Family 2010 | CD-Box | 200.00 € |
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| Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas - Do You Want To Know A Secret ? The Emi Years 4CD The Emi Years 1963-1983. 4CD = 121 tracks |
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Emi Records 2009 | CD-Box | 33.00 € |
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| George Thorogood - 10 Great Songs |
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Emi Records 2009 | CD | 8.00 € |
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| Makin' Time - No Lumps Of Fat Or Gristle Guaranteed plus demos the rare second album with eight bonus tracks, from the coolest mod band of the 80s |
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Ace Records 2009 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Shakin' Stevens - The Epic Masters 10 CD Box 147 tracks. All digitally remastered from the original master recording 10 CD box set. Original albums & bonus tracks. 147 tracks - many on CD for the first time. All digitally remastered from the original master recording |
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Sony Music 2009 | CD-Box | 30.00 € |
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| Animals - Ark |
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Repertoire Records 2008 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| GOOFIN' RECORDSIN LAHJAKORTTI - HELPPO JA VAIVATON LAHJA ! lahjakortin saat haluamallesi summalle. minimi 10;- maksimi summaa ei ole. Lisätietoja ? Soita 09-7733113 tai meilaa info@goofinrecords.fi Lahjakortti on voimassa vuoden ostopäivästä eteenpäin. |
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lahjakortti 2008 | CD | 30.00 € |
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| Jason And The Scorchers - Emi Years 2CD 2CD = 31 tracks |
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Evangeline Records 2008 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Melrose - Another Piece Of Cake vanhan 1987 albumin uusintajulkaisu |
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Megamania 2008 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Melrose - Melrose bändin eka albumi vuodelta 1986 |
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Megamania 2008 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| Searchers - Love's Melodies |
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Wounded Bird 2008 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| VA: - Oldiebörse - Cover Und Original 30 biisiä - originaali ja cover versioita tunnetuista hiteistä. |
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Bear Family 2008 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Ben Vaughn Combo - Beautiful Thing uusintapainos digikansilla |
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Noble Rot 2007 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Hurriganes - Rock'n'Roll All Night Long 1973-1988 2DVD tv & live esiintymisiä Suomesta ja Ruotsista. Haastatteluja ym |
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Warner Music 2007 | DVD | 20.00 € |
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| Hurriganes - Scandia Years 1977-1984 2CD 2CD = 48 biisiä |
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Warner Music Finland 2007 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Link Wray - The Pathway Sessions 20 great Link Wray sides recorded at the Pathaway Studios in 1989. All tracks have been remixed for this CD. |
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Ace Records 2007 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Eddie Meduza - Eddie Meduza |
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Warner Music Sweden 2006 | CD | 12.00 € |
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| Roy Orbison - Live At Austin City Limits - August 5, 1982 72 min |
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Eagle Rock 2006 | DVD | 10.00 € |
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| Sir Douglas Quintet - Live From Austin Texas 17 tracks - recorded live 1981 |
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New West Records 2006 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Veltto Virtanen - Tahdon vanha LP vihdoin CD. Mukana 6 bonusbiisiä. |
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Zum Teufel 2006 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Willie And The Poor Boys - Poor Boy Boogie 2CD - the Anthology 2CD = 24 biisiä. puolet live materiaalia. Jimmy Page, Chris Rea, Charlie Watts, Paul Rodgers, Gary Brooker, Bill Wyman ja tusina muita kovia nimiä |
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Castle Music 2006 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Billy Swan - Greatest Hits |
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Collectors Choice Music 2005 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Bob Dylan - Best Of Bob Dylan 61 min |
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American Legends 2005 | DVD | 9.00 € |
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| Cliff Richard - Platinum Collection 3CD 3CD = 73 biisiä |
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Emi Records 2005 | CD-Box | 20.00 € |
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| Roky Erickson - Live ! Live at the Ritz 1987, Live In Dallas 1979 2CD 2CD = 22 tracks |
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Last Call Records 2005 | CD | 17.00 € |
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| Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone |
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Sony Epic 2005 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| VA: - Immediate Mod Box Set 3CD 3CDs = 50 tracks |
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Castle Music 2005 | CD-Box | 25.00 € |
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| Albert Järvinen - Braindamage - Or Still Alive |
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Warner Music Finland 2004 | CD | 7.00 € |
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| Albert Järvinen - Let It Roll - Rocks & Rarities 2CD 29 biisiä |
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Emi Music Finland 2004 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Roy Orbison - Authorized Bootleg Collection 4CD |
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Eagle Rock 2004 | CD-Box | 25.00 € |
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| The Boys - 40 vuotta - Suomi-Rockin Korkeakoulu 2CD - Opinnäytteitä 40 biisiä - Eero ja Jussi & The Boys - Eero & The Boys - Jussi & The Boys - Jussi & Boys & Friends - Carola - Jim Pembroke - Kuuva ja Raittinen - Topi Sorsakoski |
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Warner Music 2004 | 2-CD | 17.00 € |
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| VA: - Straight To Hell Returns: Original Soundtrack 28 biisiä - cult offbeat spagetti western leffan soundtrack vuodelta 1987 |
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Ace Records 2004 | CD | 18.00 € |
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| Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders - Birmingham Beat 14 biisiä vuosilta 1964-66 sekä 1983 |
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Acadia 2003 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| VA: - Kill Bill Vol. 1 Soundtrack Kill Bill ykkösen soundtrack |
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Maverick Recording Company 2003 | CD | 10.90 € |
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| Roy Orbison - The Love Album |
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Virgin Records 2002 | CD | 10.00 € |
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| Albert Järvinen - Patchy Moss - 30 Big Ones 2CD |
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Love Records 2000 | CD | 13.00 € |
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| Beach Boys - Keepin' The Summer Alive / The Beach Boys 2 LPs = 1 CD. 22 tracks |
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Emi Records 2000 | CD | 15.00 € |
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| Dave Edmunds - King Biscuit Live |
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King Biscuit Flower Hour Records 1999 | CD | 9.90 € |
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| Sleepy Sleepers - The Worst Of The Sleepy Sleepers - Pahimmat 15 biisiä |
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Emi 1998 | CD | 9.00 € |
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| Hurriganes - 10/80 Cisse, Remu & Albert. Albumi 1980 |
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Warner Music 1996 | CD | 9.00 € |
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| Hurriganes - Seven Days, Seven Nights Albumi vuodelta 1983 |
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Warner Music 1996 | CD | 13.00 € |
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