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Lady Wray
Queen Alone [ Big Crown / CD - released 19/May/2017 ] Virginia-born singer/songwriter Nicole Wray has everything you'd want in a singer: an infectious Jackson-5-family-member flare, a range like Aretha's, and a church upbringing that's brought a pure, healing texture to her voice. But the struggle she's... |
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Laurel Halo
Dust [ Hyperdub CD / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] Michigan-born producer Laurel Halo started out with stargazing synthpop songs, before abstracting and then bleeding out her vocals altogether, culminating in a gloriously offbeat take on dub techno. She now brings voices back into the fold, including... |
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Lauryn Hill
MTV Unplugged 2.0 (2CD) [ Columbia Records CD / 2 CD - released 6/May/2002 ] Lauryn Hill's Unplugged 2.0 album was a body of work that arrived far ahead of its time. Sixteen years ago, fans expected the multi-hyphenate superstar to kick in the door with a dynamic follow up to The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill. The... |
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LCD Soundsystem
American Dream [ DFA / Sony Music CD / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "American Dream feels like Murphy's darkest record to date, and like previous LCD records, only gets better with repeat listens. In short, it's fucking glorious." - The Skinny "As gratifying familiar as much of American Dream will be to longtime... |
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Led Zeppelin
Houses Of The Holy (2 CD Deluxe Edition) [ Atlantic / 2 CD - released 31/Oct/2014 ] In 1968, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant formed Led Zeppelin, one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music, having sold more than 300 million albums worldwide. The band rose from the ashes of... |
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Lemonheads
It's A Shame About Ray (30th Anniversary Double CD) [ Fire Records LP / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Lemonheads' seminal album It's A Shame About Ray, lovingly reissued for it's 30th Anniversary. The long overdue reissue includes a slew of extra material, including an unreleased My Drug Buddy KCRW session track from 1992 featuring Juliana Hatfield,... |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / MOZART
Leon Fleisher Plays Beethoven & Brahms [5 CD set] Leon Fleisher (piano) / The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell [ Sony Classical Masters / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "Fleisher has the ability to take the slow movement slowly, and the molto adagio cadenza near its end is for once as slow as the composer could wish, and very impressive. The finale has plenty of fire" (Gramophone on the Brahms Concerto No 1) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Ode an die Freiheit / Ode to freedom - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (CD + DVD) Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD/DVD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Deutsche Grammophon has remastered its landmark recording of the festive concert conducted by Leonard Bernstein on Christmas Day, 1989, in Berlin's Emil Berliner Studios. This special... |
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BERNSTEIN / BRAHMS / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / SHOSTAKOVICH / MAHLER / etc
Leonard Bernstein: The pianist - concertos, solo works & songs [10 CD set] Leonard Bernstein (piano) with Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano) & others [ Sony Classical Masters / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2018 ] Sony Classical celebrates the 2018 centenary of Leonard Bernstein - one of the 20th century's most celebrated, multi-faceted and influential musicians - with a box set devoted to his complete RCA Victor and Columbia Masterworks recordings as pianist. |
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Leonard Cohen
Can't Forget - A Souvenir of the Grand Tour [ Sony Music CD / CD - released 15/May/2015 ] The ten songs on this hypnotic album are Cohen rarities recorded on his recent and much celebrated "Old Ideas World Tour". The songs have the immediacy, spontaneity, and thrilling intimacy of the best studio recordings made in the white heat of... |
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BEETHOVEN / BACH / BRAHMS / MAHLER / etc
Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection 1954-1975 [14 CD set] Leopold Stokowski conducting various orchestras [ Sony Classical Masters / 14 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "It is a vital, electrifying and colourful reading, sensuously beautiful as one would expect of Stokowski, helped by (a) refined recording." (Gramophone on Scheherazade) |
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Leprous
Aphelion (Gatefold Black Vinyl LP + CD) [ Insideoutmusic / 2 LP/CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Creative Norwegian Rock outfit LEPROUS announce the release of their new studio album "Aphelion". Following up on 2019's highly acclaimed "Pitfalls" album, LEPROUS recorded "Aphelion" throughout the last year at three different studios: Ghost Ward... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lesley Garrett Gift Collection 4 CD set special price: A night at the opera. A night at the operetta. A night at the musical. A night of classic songs Lesley Garrett (soprano) with various orchestras and conductors [ Silvascreen / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2005 ] The very best of Lesley Garrett recordings in one specially priced set |
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Lewis Capaldi
Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent Finale (2 CD) [ Universal Music / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] With what's been the most extraordinary year of his career, Lewis Capaldi has announced a special extended edition of his Number 1 charting, platinum certified & biggest selling UK debut album of the year, 'Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish... |
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The Liminanas
Malamore (LP + CD) [ Because / LP/CD - released 27/May/2016 ] On their new LP 'Malamore' they keep their lyrics mostly in English, yet their sly use of the French dialect is pure heaven to any fans of Serge Gainsbourg who also enjoy their side of Velvet Underground, and it's a deadly combo to the uninitiated,... |
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Lindsey Stirling
Brave Enough [ Universal Music CD / CD - released 26/Aug/2016 ] Lindsey Stirling remains fearless enough to always dream big. In four years since the release of her 2012 self-titled debut, the electronic music impresario, classically trained violinist, dancer, and artist quietly and humbly became one of the 21st... |
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Little Dragon
Season High (Gatefold LP & CD) [ Warner Music / LP/CD - released 14/Jul/2017 ] This is the first new music from the band since they released their 2014 album, 'Nabuma Rubberband.' Little Dragon had previously shared a song off the new album, titled "High," new song from the new record, "Sweet," a saccharine-induced dance... |
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Little Feat
Waiting For Columbus (Expanded 2 CD Edition) [ Rhino Records / 2 CD - released 2/Apr/2002 ] This special American imported double disc set is digitally re-mastered and has been expanded to include 10 bonus tracks! Feat fans new and old agree that 'Waiting For Columbus' is the best representation of the bands incredible live shows... |
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The Living End
Wunderbar (CD/DVD) [ BMG / CD/DVD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] Recorded over a six-week period in Berlin during an inspired recording session with producer Tobias Kuhn, Wunderbar is The Living End's eighth studio album. Wunderbar came together faster than any other The Living End album before and is one of... |
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London Grammar
Truth Is A Beautiful Thing [ Dew Process CD / CD - released 14/Jul/2017 ] BRIT Award-nominated trio London Grammar emerged in 2013 after having met at University. Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman and Dot Major bonded over a desire to make music, and now, as Dan puts it, "Fight tooth and nail over only one thing, which is how to do... |