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The EMI Years - The Best Of Gerry & The Pacemakers (Album of the Day)
Fever (Deluxe Version) (Album of the Day)
1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything... (Album of the Day)
Pablo Honey [COLLECTOR'S EDITION] (Album of the Day)
Kick Out The Jams (Live) (Album of the Day)
Sugarhill Gang (Album of the Day)
Diary Of A Teenage Girl Soundtrack (Album of the Day)
Set in 1976 San Francisco, the new indie film DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL centers on 15-year-old Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley), an aspiring cartoonist just beginning to explore her sexuality – with her mother's boyfriend, among others. Poignant, funny and honest, this coming-of-age tale respects its audience's intelligence, and so does its music. Between a pair of new songs by Nate Heller - “Dreamsong,” featuring Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman, and “Run To The Mountain” - this soundtrack is packed with classics that transcend age and gender. From well-known hitmakers (Heart, T-Rex, Mott The Hoople) to artists farther off the beaten path (Dwight Twilley Band, Nico, The Stooges), the DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL SOUNDTRACK will appeal both to unusually astute teenagers and to adults who remember the thrill of discovering their favorite music.
Ray Charles (aka Hallelujah I Love Her So) (Album of the Day)
Love (w/Bonus Tracks) (Album of the Day)
Led by quixotic singer-songwriter Arthur Lee, Love was the first rock act signed to Elektra Records, and helped set the scene for the groovy Sunset Strip sounds of the mid-1960s. The quintet's eponymous debut offers a heady mix of garage and folk-rock; such fiery originals as “Can't Explain” and “My Flash On You” are perfectly balanced by moody ballads like “A Message To Pretty” and “Signed D.C.” The latter song can be heard in an alternate version, along with non-LP B-side “No. Fourteen,” on the bonus track version of this seminal set. It's more than just a perfect time capsule of its era – with its mind-expanding spirit, LOVE is what the world needs now.
Live On The Sunset Strip (Album of the Day)
With his finger on such hot-button issues as race, sex and religion, Richard Pryor was among the most controversial comedians of the 20th century – and one of the funniest. A string of hit albums, TV and movie appearances propelled him into the stratosphere, though in June, 1980, he nearly flamed out in a freebase cocaine binge. In typical fashion, Pryor mined the incident for comedy gold on LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP, along with personal (and sometimes profane) takes on such topics as “Women” “Prison” and “Africa,” as well as a visit from recurring character Mudbone. The collection and its companion film were drawn from comeback performances at the Hollywood Palladium and the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, California, and show Richard Pryor to be a stand-up without peer. The famed funnyman was born on this day in 1940, and we salute him with the Grammy-winning LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP.