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The Big Bang
Long before Nirvana or Teenage Fanclub or even The Replacements hit the scene, there was Big Star. In the early-'70s, the group crafted a unique blend of radio rock and Brit pop, making them pioneers of the alternative rock genre. The band's albums #1 Record and Radio City were recently remastered and re-released, a blessing for music historians and fans of alt. rock.
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The Ballad Of El Goodo
Big Star, from #1 Record/Radio City
Organ Spectaculars
If anything defined the Telarc sound early on in the digital age, it was its engineers' mastery of full-range orchestral recording. A case in point is Jongen: Symphonie Concertante & Franck: Fantaisie In A & Pastorale, a disc of three organ works, featuring organist Michael Murray and the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Edo de Waart. Recorded in 1984 on the Ruffatti organ, which had recently been installed in Davies Symphony Hall, the recording became an instant classic.
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Jongen: Symphonie Concertante for Organ and ...
Edo de Waart, San Francisco Symphony, ...
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Saint-Saens: Maestoso from Symphony No. 3 in ...
Michael Murray, from An Organ Blaster: ...
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Scenes de Ballet: VII. Valse
Edo de Waart & Minnesota Orchestra, from G ...
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