The Holy Mountain [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Review by Mark Deming
While not as well-known as his iconic lysergic western El Topo, which became one of the major midnight movies of the '70s, The Holy Mountain is arguably the definitive work from Chilean/Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky, a visually dazzling and gloriously confounding story of the search for spiritual enlightenment. While it's all but impossible to describe what happens in The Holy Mountain, given its emphasis on surreal visuals over narrative, it's a cult film for the best reasons – love it or hate it, it's a remarkable and thoroughly individual accomplishment – and the soundtrack album, featuring Jodorowsky's original score, is an eclectic and interesting listen in its own right. The music sways from rock ("Psychedelic Weapons") to esoteric folk music ("Pissed and Passed Out") to subtle tone poems ("Violence of the Lambs") to grand-scale orchestral themes ("Christs 4 Sale"), with plenty of room for lyrical musical backdrops ("Communion"), a dash of vintage dance music ("A Walk in the Park"), and even some Tuvan throat singing ("Trance Mutation").

UK two CD collection from the British Indie band. Taking their name from a Thelonious Monk jazz album, they issued ten singles, five albums and various compilations between 1983 and 1993. Many of them made the Indie Chart, from early efforts with hints of Psychobilly and the Cramps to more melodic, C86-flavoured tracks (think the Smiths and the Housemartins) and later tracks with a hint of Shoegazer and Baggy about them. In Davey Woodward, the Brilliant Corners were fronted by a handsome, charismatic singer who was also a talented songwriter - and Davey's cooperated with this long-overdue anthology, helping with the track listing and supplying the entertaining sleeve-notes. This is the most authoritative Brilliant Corners collection to date, boasting all their singles on the SS20 and McQueen labels plus numerous tracks which have never before been on CD and a handful of previously unissued demos and live tracks. Cherry Red.

2011 compilation that features some of the funkiest covers from around the world and throughout time. The album includes a wide range of styles including Deep Funk, Latin Soul, hard Salsa, Soul, Afrobeat, and Cumbia. From the Ebony Rhythm Band's Deep Funk cover of 'Light My Fire' to the soulful version of 'Purple Haze' by Johnny Jones and the King Casuals, the unforgettable tracks keep on coming. There's also plenty of hard pounding Salsa with Ray Barretto's cover of 'Pastime Paradise,' Mongo Santamaria's cover of 'Cloud Nine' and Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra's cover of Spoon's 'I Turn My Camera On.' More recent artists include Mighty Mo and the Winchester 7 and Nostalgia 77 covering 'The Message' and 'Seven Nation Army', respectively. Each infectious song will leave listeners helplessly grooving to the beats, letting go on the dance floor and ultimately begging for more.

Dog & Butterfly is the fourth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on October 7, 1978 through Portrait Records. Heart rebounded from their legal dispute with Mushroom Records over the release of the platinum-selling Magazine in April 1978, as Dog & Butterfly was certified double platinum, spent 36 weeks on the charts, and peaked at No. 17 on the US Billboard 200. The album was the 'proper' successor to 1977's hit Little Queen in terms of musical development and direction, and contained two hit singles: "Straight On", and "Dog & Butterfly".

Lost in a Dream is the fourth studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in 1974. It peaked at number 98 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1975, It was the second album to feature Mike Murphy on vocals. The title track was written by Murphy and future bassist Bruce Hall, who would join the band in 1978. The title track was featured on the compilation A Decade of Rock and Roll: 1970-1980. The album was in print on CD format in 1992 for two months before being quickly deleted.

The concerto, with its soloist thrilling and moving an audience with the support of an orchestra, has been one of the most popular musical forms for over 300 years. Now imagine a concerto for two instruments: twice the virtuosity and twice the expression!

Presenting a herbal mixture of psychedelic remedies and freakbeat fantoms collected together for your listening pleasure. Ultimately rare and genuinely obscure sounds from around the world with a particular eye on the hidden rumblings of British psychedelia. Five discs spanning the psychedelic period with ultra-rare and previously un-compiled nuggets from Enough s Enough, Wheels Of Time, Virgin Sleep, Mandrake, Now, The Scene, Factory, The Difference, Autumn, Mooche, Blue Effect, No To Co and many others. A musical hocus pocus with 67 blasts of psychedelic artefacts and freakbeat enigmas. Rubble presents a deluxe five-disc box set comprising of all four original volumes of the highly revered Psychedelia series originally issued in limited quantities on Tiny Alice recs. Disc five is the missing volume originally intended as the last in the Psychedelia series. Comes with a full colour booklet, expanded liner notes and a plethora of rare and original photos and memorabilia not originally available in the vinyl series.

This 5 CD boxset presents the complete set of internationally acclaimed violinist Hilary Hahn’s recordings for Sony. Contained are recordings of much-loved works such as Bach’s Partitas for Solo Violin, and concerti by Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, and more – including the violin concerto written specially for Hahn by Edgar Meyer.

For all of his many attributes, one thing Frank Zappa most certainly was not is commercial. Presumably, the title of this collection is ironic. Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa is a compilation not of the composer's hits – he only broke the Top 40 on one occasion, with "Valley Girl" – but rather, a collection of his best-known material, from "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" to "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace." Zappa's albums often function as individual works, but this disc offers an intelligent selection of songs, serving as an introduction to the maverick musician.

16 Soft Rock Classics from The Stranglers, Gerry Rafferty, The Waterboys, Huey & The News Lewis & Others

Stand Up! It's not just an album title, it's an order, forcing anyone who hears Whitney Shay's brand of rocket-fueled R&B onto the dancefloor. A flame-haired stick of dynamite in a sparkling dress, this San Diego phenomenon has made a record for dancing, drinking and dreaming, with songs to soundtrack the peaks and punches of life. Stand Up! Is sure to mark the global explosion of a singer-songwriter who's long been threatening to go 'boom'. Coming up the old-fashioned way - with a thousand word-of-mouth shows blazing her reputation across the planet - Shay's first decade has seen four wins at the San Diego Music Awards, a nomination at last year's prestigious Blues Music Awards and the tag of "future blues icon" bestowed by Blues Matters! #magazine.

The Only Jazz Album You'll Ever Need is a various artists compilation album. Released in 2014. Dave Brubeck,
Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and many more!

British but based in New York, Spacehog's publicity material would have you believe the group resurrects the glam heyday of vintage Bowie and Mott the Hoople (even disingeniously referring to them as "the band who fell to earth"). It's all well and good to set your sights high, but the hype creates expectations that Resident Alien is incapable of delivering, despite the blatant Ziggy Stardust vocal inflections of "Starside" and "Zeroes." There's no doubt that this awkwardly-named combo attack their chosen retro-glam vocation with panache, flash, and good humor, but there's ultimately not a lot of substance behind the theatrical pose and fat Gibson runs.

In 1956, singer Sanford Clark, guitarist Al Casey and producer Lee Hazlewood laid out the all-time rockabilly classic The Fool and put Phoenix, Arizona, on the music world's radar. The Foolcame out on the tiny MCI imprint and, energized by the national hit, the label for the next five years turned out more Rock 'n' Roll gems by the likes of Al Casey, Dick Robinson and His Makebelievers, Jim Fleming and The Casuals, Bobby and The Demons, Frank Fafara and Denny Reed. This collection is the first-ever overview of this ground-breaking company, featuring Sanford Clark's never-before-heard pre-Fool recordings of Blue Suede Shoes and Heartbreak Hotel plus previously unreleased tracks by Lee Hazlewood, Spence Bare and the Newton Brothers featuring Wayne Newton, several vintage 1950s advertising jingles and two songs played on AMC's 'Mad Men.'

On Reflection: The Very Best of Elaine Paige is a compilation album by Elaine Paige, released in 1998. It is primarily a compilation of material from earlier recordings, including much of the same material as her earlier Encore album, but also includes the 1998 version of "Memory", taken from the video version of Cats released that year. "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" are live performances taken from the recording of a 1993 concert which was broadcast by the BBC. The album was released on the Telstar label and featured tracks recorded for Paige's WEA albums.