ETTORE STRATTA: Themes (easy listening vinyl LP)

GRP Records (USA) ( November 01, 1994 ), Genre: Jazz Instrument

Music from the Galaxies by Ettore Stratta and The London Symphony Orchestra - these are full orchestral arrangements with the large symphony. 1. 4:29 Superman (Main Title Theme) 2. 5:14 Star Trek Suite 3. 5:27 Alien (Main Title) 4. 5:15 First Men in the Moon (Main Title & The Monster Caterpillar) 5. 4:52 The Black Hole (Overture) 6. 4:59 Meteor (Main Title) 7. 3:20 Battlestar Galactica (Main Title) 8. 4:26 The Day Time Ended (Main Title) 9. 5:17 Moonraker (Main Title) 10. 5:12 The Lost Galaxy 11. 3:58 Star Wars (Main Title)

Collectables Records

RCA Victor Records (USA)

In deciding where to start listening to Jimmy Reed, the man and his record label made it easy -- at the beginning. His debut LP release, I'm Jimmy Reed, was about as strong a first album as was heard in Chicago blues, but also no stronger (relatively speaking) than the first long-players issued of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and co. As was the case with most bluesmen of his generation, Reed's debut LP was really a collection of single sides than an actual album of new material (though some of it did hail from its year of release), consisting of tracks he'd recorded from June 1953 ("Roll & Rhumba") through March 1958 ("You Got Me Crying" etc.). So it's no surprise that it rivals The Best of Muddy Waters or any of the other 12" platters that were showing up from Reed's rivals at the end of the 1950s -- most of the blues labels put together their LPs the same way at first. But that also turns I'm Jimmy Reed into a treasure-trove of prime material from his repertory, including the songs on which he'd built his reputation over the previous five years, key among them "Honest I Do, " "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby, " "You Got Me Dizzy, " and "You Don't Have to Go, " plus their highly relevant B-sides, which help give this album more depth and breadth than a formal hits collection would have had. And in addition to Reed's singing and harp work, the album is also a superb showcase for guitarists Eddie Taylor and John Brim (the latter on the earliest material here), and drummer Earl Palmer. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Bluhammock Music

Ace Records (UK)

Vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition of this 1987 compilation from the legendary British quartet. The World Won't Listen was a collection of singles, B-sides, album tracks, and BBC sessions and was assembled for the UK market at the same time that the U.S. collection, Louder Than Bombs was compiled (which contains many of the tracks featured on World Won't Listen). Includes Smiths favorites such as 'Panic', 'Ask', 'Shoplifters Of The World Unite', 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side', 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out' and many more.

Vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition of this 1987 compilation from the legendary British quartet. The World Won't Listen was a collection of singles, B-sides, album tracks, and BBC sessions and was assembled for the UK market at the same time that the U.S. collection, Louder Than Bombs was compiled (which contains many of the tracks featured on World Won't Listen). Includes Smiths favorites such as 'Panic', 'Ask', 'Shoplifters Of The World Unite', 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side', 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out' and many more.

Muscletone Records