Jimmy Reed
The Best of [ CD - released 4/Apr/2013 ] |
Lou Reed
The Essential Lou Reed [ Sony / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] One of the most important figures to emerge from the New York art & music movement of the 1960s & 70s, Lou Reed has influenced generations of musicians. The principal songwriter and guitar player in experimental group The Velvet Underground, a band... |
Lou Reed
Perfect Day - The Best of Lou Reed [ Sony & BMG Music / 2 CD - released 23/Mar/2009 ] Packaged in a slimline jewel case, this specially priced 2CD set features 36 best known tracks from Lou Reed. |
Lou Reed
Transformer (Gold Series) [ Sony / CD - released 6/Jul/2018 ] |
VERNON DUKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ben Bagley's Vernon Duke Revisited - show tunes -- many of them never before recorded. Blossom Dearie, Gloria DeHaven, Tammy Grimes, Anthony Perkins, Rex Reed, etc [ Painted Smiles Records / CD - released 5/May/1992 ] Vladimir Dukelsky entered this world in 1903 and is certainly one of the most underrated composers in all of The Great American Songbook. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete Opera) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Jean Hindmarsh / John Reed / Donald Adams / New Symphony Orchestra / Isadore Godfrey [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] "The 1960 Godfrey set of this opera is very special indeed, and HMS Pinafore is in our view the finest of all the D'Oyly Carte analogue stereo recordings" Rosette - Penguin Stereo Guiide |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe (Complete Operetta recorded in 1972) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with John Reed, John Ayldon, Lyndsie Holland / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] "Judy Merri displays an admirably firm mezzo in the title role […] there is an extra spaciousness that enables orchestral detail to come through in all its brilliance […] D'Oyly Carte enthusiasts should be well satisfied with the new... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience (Complete opera with full dialogue) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with John Reed; Kenneth Sandford; Mary Sansom, Philip Potter / New Symphony Orchestra of London / Isidore Godfrey [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/1989 ] "Great diction. You get to hang onto every word....Donald Adams as Colonel Calverley is dynamic and John Reed excels as Reginald." Mel@marbecks |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Grand Duke (Complete) / Henry VIII-Incidental Music / Overture di Ballo D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with John Reed, Meston Reid, Kenneth Sandford / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/1993 ] "This represents, perhaps the ideal way to sample Sullivan's least known major score. The recorded performance has both polish and vigour. The recording is characteristically brilliant." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete Opera recorded in 1971) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, with John Reed, Pauline Wales, Thomas Lawlor, Christine Palmer, Ralph Mason / James Walker (cond) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2018 ] "There is a real sense of staging and movement which is all to the good. The dialogue is well handled and is very much a plus factor.' Fanfare, November/December 1983 |