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A galaxy of innovators tells this History Of Jazz, from its earliest beginnings in a bygone century, through its many transitions, taking in Ragtime, Swing, BeBop, Hard Bop and Free…
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Inspired by the recent popularity of The Fisherman's Friends album which was a top ten album in the UK mainstream charts, Proper has compiled a twenty track treasury of thoughtfully…
2009 Two CD collection. Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli spread the sound of Gypsy Jazz around the world in the 1930s. Their best is presented here along with many lesser-known…
All of the vocalists on this compilation fall into the bracket of 'Blues Belters' with the music pumping behind them being known as 'Jump Blues'. Jump Blues, which started to…
The Mississippi Delta was home to key artists such as Robert Johnson, Son House, Muddy Waters and many more. These musicians inspired a whole generation of Rock bands, such as…
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Excellent 60 track budget collection of classic Christmas tunes, features artists include: Frank Sinatra, Spike Jones, Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Eddie Arnold, Brenda Lee, Bing Crosby…
An outstanding 3CD compilation featuring the best of the best in blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Sonny Bill Williamson, Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Tampa Red, Memphis Minnie, B.B. King…
Triple disc digi-pak full of doo wop classics from the likes of The Harptones, The Five Royales, The Cadillacs, The Clovers, The Imperials, The Cleftones, The Cardinals, The Crests…
This 3CD collection features 2 giants of the genre. Virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Spain - Andreas Segovia who is widely considered to be one of the best known and…
This 3CD set features the legends of the genre. 60 hits including : Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy / Howlin' Wolf - The Red Rooster / Sonny Boy Williamson II…
Over 60 songs make up this collection of music relating to the art of burlesque. From jive to jazz to classical a diverse array of acts are represented across this…
A 60 track monster including all of the greatest names from the Rock 'n' Roll era performing some of their best know songs along with some enticing obscurities to keep…
Boogie Woogie, that most enduring style of Jazz and Blues and the foundation of much of the Chicago Blues idiom, is celebrated over 60 tracks featuring all of the major…
A 60 track survey of the seedier side to music with the likes of Sinatra, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone and many others singing of the joys and the perils of…
A 60 tracker tracing the evolution of Texas Blues, from the rawest examples of Blind Lemon Jefferson and lesser known exponents from the 1920s, through to the 50s and 60s…
60 prime examples illustrating why New Orleans was the melting pot for music throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. This cosmopolitan city drew all its influences together and spawned a…
60 tracks featuring the all-time greats of this infectious and ever popular form of music, including Clifton Chenier, Nathan Abshire, The Hackberry Ramblers, Iry Le Jeune and a host of…
3 CDs packed with dance-floor killers that are guaranteed to keep the party going at full swing, largely uptempo but a few smoochers are tucked in for good measure. Many…
Throughout this 60 track, 3 CD set we showcase a lot of artists who went on to get worldwide fame with the likes of Elvis, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee and…
60 tracks to make sure the party goes with a swing, these tracks either relate to the summer or were hits within summer, all cast iron classics. CD 1: Cliff…
3 CDs packed with the very best examples of this easy, soft and intimate style of singing with all of its greatest exponents featured and packed full of Great American…
We present 3 examples each, of 15 of the most popular dances, those that appear on major TV programmes broadcast throughout the world. From traditional classic routines such as the…
60 tracks tracing the early history of this infectious music that influenced many generations to come. We feature early outings from Jimmy Cliff and Desmond Dekker along with many sides…
A celebration of all things US car related from the 40s through to the early 60s with well known classics by the likes of Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, The Beach…
All of the most famous Christmas Carols and related songs are included on this 3 CD, 60 track set. The greatest exponents of the genre are present and leading the…
Originating in the 1940s and having its roots in uptempo, rocking Jazz and Blues, this infectious music spawned Rock 'n' Roll, Doo-Wop and classic Soul musics. Here we have the…
Tuning into the BBC radio programme Children's Favourites in the late 50s and early 60s one would have heard Uncle Mac presenting and spinning the records heard throughout this 3…
Inspired by the recent book by Billy Bragg, Roots, Radicals And Rockers this 60 tracker traces this vitally influential form of music so popular in Britain in the 50s. It…
60 uptempo classics that we have culled from the Country Music archives, picking up on this vital music's offshoots in Western Swing and Hillbilly and moving forward to more its…
Scott Joplin became the best-known performer and composer of classic Ragtime at the turn of the 20th century. We celebrate the music of Joplin with all of his key compositions…
We present here the very finest examples of this ever popular genre that had its heyday in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with hit after hit from the likes…
60 tracks culled from the archive make up this wonderful celebration of the British Music Hall featuring all of the superstars of the genre, who perform comical, cautionary tales, and…