BB King
Live At The Regal [ MCA / CD - released 25/May/1998 ] When he stepped onstage at the storied Regal Theatre on Chicago's Southside in November 1964, B.B. King had 30 R&B hits but had barely creased the pop charts. Recorded that night, King's first live album would become an entry point for many white... |
Ben E. King
Don't Play That Song [ Jasmine / CD - released 14/May/2021 ] Although BEN E. KING's name is synonymous with The Drifters, he only actually sang on a dozen tracks with them, most of which were recorded concurrent with the start of his own solo career. This compilation anthologises Ben's solo recordings... |
Ben E King
An Introduction to [ Atlantc Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2017 ] An introduction to Ben E. King. A 10-track compilation of Ben E. King. |
Carole King
Tapestry (25th Anniversary Edition) [ Epic Records / CD - released 19/Sep/1999 ] Originally released in 1971, this landmark album has now been digitally re-mastered with SBM (Super Bit Mapping). 'Tapestry' remains a landmark album that contributed as much to the era as Simon and Garfunkel's 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'. |
PARRY / LEY / HADLEY / WEELKES / BYRD / STANFORD etc
Evensong Live 2019: Anthems and Canticles Choir Of King's College [ King's College Cambridge / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] A glorious collection of choral music by British composers, recorded live during services of Choral Evensong in King's College Chapel. Popular anthems like Hubert Parry's I was glad and Patrick Hadley's My beloved spake are included alongside... |
HACOMPLAYNT / FAYREAX / TAVERNER / TYE / MORLEY / TALLIS
Early English Polyphony - from the Eton Choirbook to Thomas Tallis Choir of King's College Cambridge, David Willcocks & Philip Ledger [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2021 ] When King's College, Cambridge was founded by King Henry VI in 1441, careful provision was made for a choral foundation of sixteen men and sixteen choristers to sing daily services in the Chapel. English worshippers of the late fifteenth and early... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Dixit Dominus / Laudate Pueri Dominum / Organ Concerto Anne Mackay, Isobel Buchanan, William Kendall / The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 14/Nov/1995 ] Original recordings from 1985 & 1986 |
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Best Loved Hymns [ EMI Music / CD - released 8/Aug/2001 ] A collection of popular hymns in the Anglican tradition. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: The Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Deacon Tobias Sims / Peter Scorer / Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ EMI Music / Warner / CD - released 25/May/2004 ] "King's glorious return to the Russian Liturgy brings a foretaste of paradise" (Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2004) |
Freddy King / Albert King
Four Classic Albums: Four Classic Albums (Let's Hide Away And Dance Away With Freddy King / Freddy King Sings / Boy Girl Boy /The Big Blues) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2017 ] In 1949, aged just 15 a young Fred King made the move so many black families had made during the 1940's and left their home in Dallas Texas and moved to Chicago in search of a better life. King had been learning the guitar for some time but now he... |
JANET JENNINGS
Jennings: Voices Of Men James Harrison, James Ioelu, Will King, Katherine Austin, Richard Liu, Sarah Watkins, James Jin, Bill Stoneham [ Atoll / CD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Including 'Songs of War' and 'Songs of Exile', Voices of Men features leading male vocalists, accompanied by renowned musicians, singing the words of some of New Zealand's most well-known male poets. Brian Turner's words in 'Taking Off', reflect on... |
THE CELTIC VIOL
The Celtic Viol Vol 2 Jordi Savall (treble viols) / Andrew Lawrence King (Irish harp and psalterium) [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "I do hope that classical aficionados not normally interested in early or Irish music will acquire this, for it might be the beginning of a marvelous discovery." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
B.B. King
Live At San Quentin (180gm)(LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 1/Nov/2012 ] What else could brighten the day of a San Quentin inmate more than a visit of living legend B.B. King? Recorded in the same correctional facility that spawned Johnny Cash's Live At San Quentin, B.B. King's recording oozes the same kind of energy that... |
King Geedorah
Take Me To Your Leader + Anti-Matter (LP & 7" 20th Anniversary Reissue) [ Ninja Tune / 2 LP - released 30/Jun/2023 ] Stone cold classic from the one and only King Geedorah. Originally released in 2003, Take Me To Your Leader stands a crown jewel in the discography of the mighty MF DOOM, and this 20th Anniversary edition is packaged alongside with the original 7"... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Love From King's The King's Men [ King's College Cambridge / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] Beautiful new arrangements of romantic pop & jazz favourites from the Choral Scholars of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. |
THOMAS WEELKES / WILLIAM BYRD
Tom & Will - Weelkes & Byrd: 400 Years The King's Singers & Fretwork [ Signum / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] 400 years ago, in 1623, England lost two of its greatest composers: William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes. In a pro- gramme marking this double anniversary, The King's Singers and Fretwork turn their focus to the bold personalities of these two men, Will... |
LIVE AT THE BBC PROMS
The King's Singers Live at the BBC Proms The King's Singers [ Signum Vision DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] A live and televised recording from this year's BBC Proms performance on 5th August by the most famous a cappella group ever: the King's Singers. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The King's Singers - When You Wish Upon a Star: 100 Years of Disney Songs The King's Singers, with Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Pene Pati (tenor), Pene Pati (tenor), Edgar Moreau (cello), Lucienne Renaudin Vary (trumpet) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] Featuring songs from Disney's most iconic animated films from every decade, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in 1937 through the hits of 2020 |
Morgana King
Four Classic Albums (For You, For Me, For Evermore / Sings The Blues / The Greatest Songs Ever Swung / Let Me Love You) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] Morgana King's professional singing career began at age sixteen as Morgana King.[12] When she sang in a Greenwich Village nightclub in 1953, a record label executive took interest after being impressed with the unique phrasing and multi-octave range.... |