Marvin Gaye 把 1971 年专辑《What’s Going On》的标题曲拿给摩城音乐创始人 Berry Gordy 时，据传后者曾表示，那是他听过的最糟糕的东西。音乐太松散，歌词则太政治化。但就连 Elvis Presley 都唱起了抗议歌曲（1969 年的《In the Ghetto》），Marvin Gaye 为什么不可以？<br /><br />
这张专辑的奥妙就在于那份轻盈。歌曲自在呼吸，演绎自然松弛，甚至有些漫不经心，例如标题曲中负责演奏萨克斯的 Eli Fontaine 录音时甚至以为自己不过是在热身。Sly & The Family Stone 在苦涩的放克里倾泻怒火的同时（1971 年的《There’s a Riot Goin’ On》），Gaye 则用华丽的弦乐和拉丁鼓点表达着他的不满，柔和而且显得老练。哪怕是触及毒品（《Flyin’ High [In the Friendly Sky]》）和贫困问题（《Inner City Blues [Make Me Wanna Holler]》）等严肃主题时，他也轻盈得如同御风而行。这张专辑让我们明白，政治音乐不一定要剑拔弩张，也可以温暖怡人。

50 recordings from the singing members of the legendary Rat Pack, both singularly & collectively. Contains 23 solo cuts by Frank Sinatra, 13 by Dean Martin & 10 by Sammy Davis Jr. For the remainder, one features Dino & Sammy, one is Dino with Ol' Blue Eyes, and two have Dino & Frank with Judy Garland. Hits featured include 'Everybody Loves Somebody', 'Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me', 'Night And Day', 'You Do Something To Me' and 'On The Sunny Side Of The Street'. Double slimline jewel case. 1998 Intermusic S.A. release.

Bob Dyla的影响力主要体现在60年代，如果没有迪伦，无疑摇滚乐将走一段弯路，将不会有“披头士”（BGEATLES，THE）的《佩珀军士》（Sgt.Pepper），不会有“滚石”的《乞丐的宴会》（Beggar’s Banquet），也不会有“乐队”的《来自大平克的音乐》（Music form Big Pink），这就是他的影响程度。他对音乐的最主要的贡献，这点也影响了列农和麦卡特尼之后的很多歌手，那就是歌词的深刻寓意与音乐成为同等重要的一部分，从他一开始的抗议歌曲，就展示了他的歌词比他的音乐更浪漫、更激动人心。他对工业国家整个一代人的敏感性的形成起了很大的作用，他的音乐对理解和分析60年代是至关重要的。

Although it is often reported that Coltrane and Hartman had known each other since their days playing with Dizzy Gillespie's band in the late 1940s, the truth is that their time in the band never overlapped. Coltrane might have heard Hartman sing at a 1950 Apollo Theater performance at which they shared the stage.Hartman is the only vocalist with whom the saxophonist would record as a leader. Initially when producer Bob Thiele approached Hartman with Coltrane's request that the two record together Hartman was hesitant as he did not consider himself a jazz singer and did not think he and Coltrane would complement one another musically.However, Thiele encouraged Hartman to go see Coltrane perform at Birdland in New York to see if something could be worked out. Hartman did so, and after the club closed he, Coltrane and Coltrane's pianist, McCoy Tyner, went over some songs together. On March 7, 1963, Coltrane and Hartman had decided on 10 songs for the record album, but en route to the studio they heard Nat King Cole on the radio performing "Lush Life", and Hartman immediately decided that song had to be included in their album.
The compilation was made that same day at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Hartman once said that each song was done in only one take, except for "You Are Too Beautiful", which required two takes because Elvin Jones dropped one of his drumsticks during the first take.In 2005, the raw tapes were reviewed by jazz archivist Barry Kernfeld, who documented there were actually complete alternate takes for all six songs that he considered "absolutely riveting."Until clear ownership of these tapes is established between the Coltrane family and Universal Music, there are no plans for their release.
John Coltrane – tenor sax
Jimmy Garrison – double bass
Johnny Hartman - vocals
Elvin Jones – drums
McCoy Tyner – piano

摇滚乐真正的先行者Chuck Berry在1955－1965年间最脍炙人口的28首金曲的精选，他的歌曲带有明显的由乡村民谣向摇滚乐过渡的特征，曲风清新质朴，欢快洒脱，作为一个杰出的吉他手、创作人和歌手，Chuck Berry影响了后世无数的摇滚大师，有人说，如果没有Chuck Berry，Beatles和Bob Dylan等人的出现全都是不可想像的。
这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第21位。
This is the place to start listening to Chuck Berry. The Great Twenty-Eight was a two-LP, single CD compilation that emerged during the early '80s, amid a brief period in which the Chess catalog was in the hands of the Sugar Hill label, a disco-oriented outfit that later lost the catalog to MCA. It has proved to be one of the most enduring of all compilations of Berry's work. Up until the release of this disc, every attempt at a compilation had either been too sketchy (the 1964 Greatest Hits album on Chess) or too demanding for the casual listener (the three Golden Decade double-LP sets), and this was the first set to find a happy medium between convenience and thoroughness. Veteran listeners will love this CD even if they learn little from it, while neophytes will want to play it to death. All of the cuts come from Berry's first nine years in music, including all of the major singles as well as relatively minor hits such as "Come On" (which was more significant in the history of rock & roll in its cover version performed by the Rolling Stones as their debut release). The sound is decent throughout (surprisingly, except for "Come On," which has some considerable noise), although it is considerably outclassed by the most recent round of remasterings. In the decades since its release, there have been more comprehensive collections of Berry's work, but this is the best single disc, if one can overlook the relatively lo-fi digital sound.

几乎每首歌的风格都不一样是什么概念？？凭借这套双张专集，枪炮与玫瑰达到了乐队的颠峰时期。同时开始的与专集同名的世界巡回演出历时三年，也是当时一项记录。制作时间将近三年，锻造出乐队最具代表性的巅峰之作，1991 年的《Use Your Illusion I》和《Use Your Illusion II》让世界重新认识 Guns N' Roses。鼓手 Steven Adler 的离队与新鼓手 Matt Sorum、键盘手 Dizzy Reed 的加入，乐队成员之间音乐理念的剧烈冲突，主创 Axl Rose 和 Slash 起伏不定的精神状况，种种合力之下，仿佛形成一枚华丽的三棱镜，折射出光怪陆离的乐思。Guns N' Roses 在成员的灵感碰撞中开拓乐风疆域，在这张专辑里用多变的曲风告诉我们摇滚不仅仅是愤世嫉俗的呐喊，也有嘶哑的柔情与内心深处的悲伤：颇具悲壮美《November Rain》宛如一部气势磅礴的史诗，慢版抒情经典《Don’t Cry》则收起激愤，用如泣如诉的歌声唱出温柔深情。聆听专辑，感受枪炮与玫瑰交织在一起的铁血柔情。