24K Pure Gold - Various Artists

Advantages: it's music !
Disadvantages: hard to find

...this should be called: Female Of The Species - Various Female Artists. Way back in 98 when Phil Earle, head honcho of law and auder looked back at his catalog of releases he realised that none of them featured any women so he set off to put that right and hunted the rare and hard to find artists on this compilation. The result : a double cd of pure electronca made by women .encompassing an incredible scope of styles rarely found on a compilation like this. Released in 1999, this was a bit of a visionnary move by Phil Earle as since then, some of the artists featured here such as Bit Tonic, Kaffe Matthews, Laura B, and Apache 61 have stepped onto the world stage with their widly respected uncompromising and unique talent. Phil would say: remember where you heard them first !... Read review

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Advantages: The word Legends says it all
Disadvantages: None

...If any of you have read my previous opinions, you'll know that I'm 19 years old. So what the hell is a 19 year old doing writing about this type of music? I know, I know - I wasn't even born when the najority of it was released, but it was growing up listening to my mum's tastes in music that did it. She's the biggest Motown fan I know, and the rest of the music styles just followed naturally for me.... Anyway, enough rambling, onto the album itself. The album is produced by those lovely people at Capital Gold, which seems to be the only station I can find that only plays "old" music - anyone who knows of any more, please tell me! For those who are interested, Capital Gold broadcasts on the following frequencies: London: 1548AM Hampshire: 1557 and 1170AM East Sussex: 1323 and 945AM Birmingham: 1152AM Kent: 1242 and 603AM South Wales... Read review

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Advantages: Great tribute to a great composer.
Disadvantages: Not suitable to anyone who isn't familiar with Morricone's music.

...I think the title of this album should be considered a solid fact. We do all love Ennio Morricone! He's easily one of the best composers of recent times, and hundreds of films would be lost without his music. Despite not giving a full picture of Morricone's work, i think this is still a great tribute album. The fact that artists from Celine Dion, to Bruce Springsteen, to Metallica, ahve come forward to pay their tributes shows the extent to which Morricone has touched the world. I found out about this tribute from the Metallica website when they announced they'd recorded their own version of "Ecstasy Of Gold", and I immediately bought it. Ecstasy of Gold, and Bruce Springsteen's "Once Upon A Time In The West" are my favourite tracks on the album, but they all have their strengths. At that, I wouldn't say that any of the artists... Read review

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