2014 collection from the Grammy-nominated British singer/songwriter. Emerging at the height of the Punk/New Wave era, Jackson became a true musical chameleon as his talent and direction evolved over time. This collection spans his time with A&M Records, 1979-89, and includes the hits 'Steppin' Out', 'It's Different for Girls' and 'Is She Really Going Out with Him?' Includes 12 page booklet and extensive liner notes by respected music journalist Daryl Eastlea.
Import-only three CD anthology from the British singer/songwriter best known for his hits in the late '70s and well into the '80s. Features hits and album tracks from all stages of his career plus a handful of live recordings on Disc Three. Includes the hits 'Is She Really Going Out with Him?', 'Steppin' Out', 'Breaking US in Two', 'Nineteen Forever' and many more.
Fast Forward features four sets of four songs recorded in four different cities New York, New Orleans, Berlin and Amsterdam each with different supporting musicians, including Bill Frissell, Regina Carter, members of Galactic and Zuco103, and the 14-year old singer Mitchell Sink (from the Broadway musical "Matilda.") . In addition to 14 new Jackson songs, the album features two covers (Television s See No Evil & the classic German song Good Bye Jonny. )
Joe Jackson's reputation as a sort of post-punk crooner comes across in this 12-video collection from the decade of his heyday, 1979-1989. His first videos for the New Wave-ish tunes "I'm the Man" and "Different for Girls" are charming in their primitive, pre-MTV style, while "Steppin' Out"--Jackson's biggest success, with a keyboard-based hook to die for--is a prime example of an early '80s "concept video" without a real concept. Of the dozen videos on this collection, five of them are simply live performance clips (including those for his other two hits, "Is She Really Going Out with Him" an... [Read More]
The Duke finds the iconoclastic singer/composer/arranger/keyboardist and five-time Grammy nominee Joe Jackson interpreting a series of Ellington classics over the course of ten tracks, interspersing melodic and rhythmic elements of various compositions in a manner that's consistent with Ellington's own freewheeling approach. The resulting album is a seamless fusion of sounds and styles, whose abundant sense of playfulness is consistent with Ellington's boundary-breaking attitude.The Duke is a decidedly unconventional salute to Ellington, demonstrating the timeless brilliance of his classic com... [Read More]
There are very few documents on film that present rock artists at the zenith of their career and even fewer that cast a light on the beginning.For the album I'm The Man he posed as a black market peddler and kept singing tunes of anger and revenge, this time added by wonderful ballads like It's Different for Girls and Amateur Hour. This period shows the first Rockplast performance in March 1980. The show at Hamburg Markthalle in February 1983 presents the artist at the height of his possibilities: The Latin rhythms of Target, TV Age and Another World delighted spectators when nobody thought ab... [Read More]
Originally released in 1986, It contains all 15 tracks from the 60 minute release. A top 40 album in the U.S., it includes 'Right And Wrong', 'Wild West', 'Soul Kiss' and '(It's A) Big World'. Universal. 1989.
2014 SLA Baseball Caucus Readers' Choice Award winner from the Special Libraries Association The Deadball Era (1901-1920) is a baseball fan's dream. Hope and despair, innocence and cynicism, and levity and hostility blended then to
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