There have been a lot of Sun compilations over the years; this three-CD, 74-song compilation strikes the medium ground between abridged single-disc highlights and overkill ten-album box sets. What this means is that you get virtually all the key sides of this vastly influential blues, country, and rockabilly label, including the biggest Sun hits cut by Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich, and Roy Orbison. There's also a lot of the pioneering electric blues cut by label head Sam Phillips before he made rockabilly Sun's focus, including sides by Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Rufus Thomas, Junior Parker, and James Cotton. Then there are the interesting small hits and flops by minor rockabilly figures like Warren Smith, Billy Lee Riley, Malcolm Yelvington, Onie Wheeler, and Carl Mann…

Exclusive limited-edition reissue with paper-sleeve and SHM-CD – celebrating the 50th anniversary of this landmark release. This iconic rock collection is a must-have release by the ‘World’s greatest rock and roll band’. Originally released in 1972, this indispensable 25-track, collection features Not Fade Away, It’s All Over Now, The Last Time, Lady Jane, Dandelion, She’s a Rainbow, Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?, Out of Time, Tell Me, and We Love You. The rarities include their 1963 debut single Come On, early R&B covers of Fortune Teller and Bye Bye Johnnie, great slide guitar on Muddy Waters’ I Can’t Be Satisfied, (recorded at Chess Studios and in stereo here) and the soulful 1966 U.K. B-side Long Long While. Also included is the stereo version of the psychedelic non-LP B-side Child Of The Moon, previous to the 1972 release, which was only heard in mono.

Accidental Ornithology is a collection of fourteen improvisations from Sarah Belle Reid and Vinny Golia, each inspired by the unique calls and behaviors of imaginary birds—from the grumbling cry of the Autumn Bog Fowl to the chaotic flight patterns of the Red Crested Floo Bog. This electroacoustic album is a collection of bizarre and spontaneous conversations between quarter-tone contrabass flute, piccolo, clarinet, trumpet, quarter-tone flugelhorn, modular synthesizer, and interactive electronics in MaxMSP—an ever-changing sound world that is at once alarming, delicate, woozy, incessant, and playful.

Book of Rhapsodies Vol. II is the fourth album from the Ghost Train Orchestra. The album continues where the Book of Rhapsodies left off, with surreal new re-imaginings of early third stream music by composers from the late 1930s working with unusual instrumentation such as Alec Wilder, Reginald Foresythe, and Hal Herzon. The album was recorded in 2015 by Andy Taub at Brooklyn Recording Studios and mixed by Danny Blume and Brian Carpenter at Hidden Quarry Studios in Woodstock NY. Release date October 20 2017.

Book of Rhapsodies is the second album from the Ghost Train Orchestra. The album features Carpenter's surreal, modernistic arrangements for choir and orchestra of chamber jazz from the late 1930s. It was recorded by Andy Taub and Danny Blume in 2012 at Brooklyn Recording Studios in Brooklyn, NY and mixed by Danny Blume and Brian Carpenter at Hidden Quarry Studios in Woodstock NY. Release date October 8, 2013.

Afro-Cuban jazz is a vibrant fusion of jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms, originating in the 1940s in New York City. It combines the improvisational nature of jazz with the complex, clave-based rhythms of Cuban music, such as son, mambo, and rumba. This genre emerged from the collaborations of Cuban musicians like Mario Bauzá and Frank Grillo (Machito) with prominent jazz figures like Dizzy Gillespie.

"I Love How You Love Me" is a song written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber, first popularized by the Paris Sisters in 1961 as a hit produced by Phil Spector. The phrase "I love how you love me" is grammatically correct and expresses appreciation for the way someone shows affection. The song was later covered by Bobby Vinton in 1968, achieving Top Ten status. The "Wonderful Sounds Of The Girl Groups!" compilation album, as indicated by the title, likely features various girl groups performing songs from that era, including potential versions of "I Love How You Love Me" or other popular girl group hits. Some notable girl groups of the time include The Shirelles, who had a major hit with "Will You Love Me Tomorrow". That song was the first by a girl group to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart, according to Wikipedia.

Three works, one sound world: Bach’s Horns is a bold exploration of the festive, pastoral and ceremonial power of the horn in Bach’s music. In this imaginative album, the ensemble Solomon’s Knot juxtaposes the Mass in F major BWV 233 with the secular Hunt Cantata BWV 208—framed and interwoven with movements from the First Brandenburg ConcertoBWV 1046. A rich musical arc between sacred grandeur and mythological Arcadia—performed with vibrant energy and historical awareness.

Dinah Washington cut a lot of sides in two decades of recording. However, her straight jazz sessions were few and far between because of the mass popular and commercial appeal that she had as a pop singer. Still, the versatile Dinah thrived in just about any setting and the one provided here in 1955 by the gifted Chicago producer Bob Shad showcases her intimate side to perfection.
Since Dinah Washington just about invented gospel-based soulful singing, it's thrilling to hear her at the peak of her powers backed by a small group that includes trumpeter Clark Terry and pianist Wynton Kelly. The session is also graced by Quincy Jones' tidy arrangements…