In uscita il 2 ottobre a 39.90€ - 3CD

DEEP DIVE INTO THE FM RADIO-FRIENDLY SOUND OF ALBUM ORIENTATED ROCK.
• FEATURING BOSTON, CHICAGO, FOREIGNER, RAINBOW, PAT BENATAR, JOURNEY, REO SPEEDWAGON, ASIA, KANSAS, FM, YES, LITTLE RIVER BAND, NIGHT RANGER and many more.
• MILLION-SELLERS, DEEP ALBUM CUTS, COLLECTABLE NUGGETS AND LONG-OVERLOOKED GEMS!
• COMPLETE WITH INSIGHTFUL SLEEVENOTES AND BAND-BY-BAND BIOGRAPHIES.
During the second half of the 1970s, before music streaming and playlists, there was the FM dial. Enabled by crystal-clear signals and an increasingly affluent audience, radio programmers created their own universe by digging deeper than three-minute singles. Overflowing with precise musicianship, carefully crafted, melody-infused songs of love and heartache and increasingly sophisticated, digitally-assisted recordings, an idea that came to be known as "Album Orientated Rock" began to emerge.
Not a scene or a movement, this was a mindset. A lifestyle choice, even. Soaring choruses, multilayered vocals, rich synthesiser pads, gated reverb and soaring guitar solos combined to produce the perfect soundtrack for the increasingly aspirational times as the decade of gritty heavy rock and smoky prog mutated into something shinier, more controlled and inescapably more commercially-minded. 'No Static At All' takes a deep dive into that world, as absorbed through car stereos and on polished chrome hi-fi systems by young and old alike.
Curated from a North American perspective, this is the sound of late nights, of freeways and arenas and of the change in economic outlook that characterised that place and time across the States and Western Europe. Many of these songs became big hits. Others were overlooked gems limited to collectors and late-night FM listeners. All of them endure today. From power ballads to the new hard pop-rock sound, 'No Static At All' is a must-hear for fans, collectors and anybody with a road trip into the sunset planned.
60 tracks. 10 years. One soundtrack.

5CD Box Set in uscita il 4 dicembre a 56.90€
5CD box set retrospective from singer/songwriter Iain Matthews, completing the series of releases covering his 1970s back catalogue. Featuring expanded 2026 versions of his two albums made for Elektra Records, 1973's 'Valley Hi' and 1974's 'Some Days You Eat The Bear...And Some Days The Bear Eats You' including rare and unreleased alternative versions, plus radio sessions and live recordings from the era. Still making albums and playing live to this day, Iain Matthews' career spans some 60 years and can rightly be described as legendary. An original member of the folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969, he left to form his own band Matthews Southern Comfort, topping the UK charts in 1970 with a cover of Joni Mitchell's 'Woodstock'. As well as recording solo albums for the Vertigo, Elektra, Columbia and Rockburgh labels in the 1970s, he was also a founder member of Plainsong* alongside guitarist and singer Andy Roberts. This early 70s focussed set includes previously unreleased alternate takes of 'Seven Bridges Road' and 'Old Man At The Mill', plus a rare 1974 concert appearance with his band Another Fine Mess during his US East Coast tour that summer, recorded at Ultrasonic Studios in New York and broadcast at the time by the Long Island FM radio station, WLIR. Also included are two newly-compiled albums of mostly unreleased live performances from Iain's archives: 'Elektra Years Live 1973-2023' and 'With A Little Help From My Friends', along with four songs that were never released on any of his studio albums: 'Streets Of Baltimore', 'Ann Eliza Jane', 'Feel A Whole Lot Better' and 'Train Leaves Here This Morning'. *Based around their 1972 debut album 'In Search Of Amelia Earhart', Plainsong's 6CD box set 'Following Amelia:The 1972 Recordings & More' can also be found on Lemon.

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