Personnel: Lee Rocker (vocals, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, upright bass); Buzz Campbell (vocals, guitar); Brophy Dale (guitar, slide guitar); Jimmy Sage (drums). Recording information: Big Fish Studios, Encinitas, California; Signature Sound Studios, Palmer, Massachusetts (2006). This classy set of rockabilly features the ex-Stray Cats bassist, ably supported by a hard-rocking band that

Includes:: a couple of incendiary guitarists in Buzz Campbell & Brophy Dale, both heard to good effect

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Purportedly the definitive Lee " Scratch" Perry compilation, the three-CD set Arkology is loaded with good intentions & is carefully constructed, but with a back catalog like Perry's — where it's nearly impossible to find out what's what — definitive in this case is a dream. Still, the compilers have done a fine job of providing an overview of Perry's career that makes sense musically, historically, & culturally. ...

A compilation of super rarities from Lee " Scratch" Perry's Black Ark studio, Voodooism is mostly drawn from Jamaican pre-release 7" singles, the latest recorded in 1977, with the collection holding the distinction of being approved by Perry himself. James Booms kicks off the set with a cultural toast over a Super Ape session riddim, the sole DJ track on the set, & is twinned, as are most of the numbers here, with its dub version. " Better Future" was one of three numbers Errol " Bagga" Walker cu ...

Leftfield: Neil Barnes, Paul Daley. Additional personnel: Earl Sixteen, Papa Dee, Djum Djum, Toni Halliday, Danny Red, John Lydon, Lemn Sissay (vocals); Kevin Haynes (berimbau). Engineers: Joe Gibb, Adam Wren, Ollie J., Simon Duffy. Recorded at Rollover Studios, London, Engl&. With Leftism, Leftfield made the crossover of techno into the pop mainstream two years before the likes of the Chemical Brothers. Embarking on a series of high-profile collaborations, they introduced to the charts a musi ...

For the 2007 Broadway adaptation of the popular Hollywood comedy LEGALLY BLONDE, actress Laura Bell Bundy ably fills the pink high heels of screen star Reese Witherspoon as the pampered, yet assertive, Valley girl Elle Woods. Highlights of the cast recording include the energetic opener, Omigod You Guys & the lightly funky " Positive, songs that reinforces the production's fun-loving girl-power-lite theme. ...

Lemonheads: Evan Dando (vocals, guitar, piano); Nic Dalton (vocals, bass); David Ryan (drums). Additional personnel: Rick James, Juliana Hatfield, Belinda Carlisle (vocals); Sneaky Pete Kleinow (pedal steel guitar). The Lemonheads broke through with 1992's excellent IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY, when a rattling cover of " Mrs. Robinson, recorded for an anniversary reissue of THE GRADUATE, became a fluke hit single. This 1993 follow-up was overshadowed by reports of leader Evan Dando's drug problems, a ...