Wes Montgomery

 

Artist:  Wes Montgomery
Birth Name:  John Leslie Montgomery
Born:  March 6, 1923.  Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Died:  June 15, 1968 (Aged 45).  Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Soul Jazz, Crossover Jazz. Hard Bop, Jazz Pop, Contemporary Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Guitar, Bass

Wes Montgomery was an American Jazz Guitarist and considered as one of the major Jazz Guitarists same as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing to others, including George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Howe, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour, Larry Coryell and Emily Remler.

Title:  The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery (Limited Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Soul Jazz, Crossover Jazz. Hard Bop, Jazz Pop, Contemporary Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Modern Jazz

Label:  WaxTime

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Airegin (4:26)

 2.  D-Natural Blues (5:23)

 3.  Polka Dots And Moonbeams (4:44)

 4.  Four On Six (6:15)

 5.  While We're Young (2:16) *

Side B:

 1.  West Coast Blues (7:26)

 2.  In Your Own Sweet Way (4:53)

 3.  Mister Walker (4:33)

 4.  Gone With The Wind (6:24)

Personnel:

Wes Montgomery:  Guitar

Tommy Flanagan:  Piano

Percy Heath:  Bass

Albert "Tootie" Heath:  Drums

Bonus Track:  *

Wes Montgomery:  Unaccompanied Guitar

The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery is an album by Wes Montgomery, originally released on April 1960 by Riverside/OJC, remastered and reissued on May 22, 2026 by WaxTime, includes 1 Bonus Track.  Limited Edition 180 Gram Crystal Clear Virgin Vinyl.

The Byrds

 

Artist:  The Byrds
Origin:  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Folk Rock, Country Rock, Rock, Folk, Folk Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Contemporary Pop

Original line-up:

Roger McGuinn:  Lead Guitar, Banjo, Moog Synthesizer, Vocals
Gene Clark:  Tambourine, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
David Crosby:  Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Chris Hillman:  Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Michael Clarke:  Drums

The Byrds were an American Folk Rock and Country Rock Band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1964 by Roger McGuinn (Vocals, Guitar), Gene Clark (Vocals, Guitar), David Crosby (Vocals, Guitar), Chris Hillman (Bass, Vocals), and Michael Clarke (Drums).  The band attained the huge success of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys and their early days they were melding the influence of Bob Dylan and The Beatles with Contemporary and Traditional Folk Music.  They pioneered the musical Genre of Folk Rock, also Country Rock.  The band's signature blend of clear Harmony Singing and Roger McGuinn's Jangly Twelve-String Rickenbacker Guitar has continued to be influential on Popular Music upto the present day.  The band's classic hits:  "Mr. Tambourine Man" (cover version of Bob Dylan), and "Turn, Turn, Turn" (cover version of Pete Seeger), and "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better", "Eight Miles High", "So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star", "Ballad Of Easy Rider", "Chestnut Mare" and many more!.  In 1991, The Byrds were inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Title:  Younger Than Yesterday (Limited Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Folk Rock, Country Rock, Rock, Folk, Folk Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Contemporary Pop

Label:  Music Of Vinyl

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star (2:05)

 2.  Have You Seen Her Face (2:25)

 3.  C.T.A. -102 (2:28)

 4.  Renaissance Fair (1:51)

 5.  Time Between (1:53)

 6.  Everybody's Been Burned (3:05)

Side Two:

 1.  Thoughts And Words (2:56)

 2.  Mind Gardens (3:28)

 3.  My Back Pages (3:08)

 4.  The Girl With No Name (1:50)

 5.  Why (2:45)

Personnel:

Roger McGuinn:  Lead Guitar, Vocals
David Crosby:  Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Chris Hillman:  Bass, Vocals
Michael Clarke:  Drums

Additional Musicians:

Hugh Masekela:  Trumpet on Track 1/1

Cecil Barnard:  Piano on Track 1/2

Jay Migliori:  Saxophone on Track 1/4

Vern Gosdin:  Acoustic Guitar on Track 1/5

Clarence White:  Guitar on Tracks:  1/5, 2/4

Daniel Rey :  Percussion

Younger Than Yesterday is the fourth studio album by The Byrds, originally released on February 6, 1967 by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on June 19, 2026 by Music On Vinyl.  Limited Edition of 1500 Individual Numbered Copies on Turquoise Coloured Vinyl, 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs

 

Artist:  Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs

Origin:  Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre:   Rock, American Trad Rock, Contemporary Pop, Heartland Rock, Bar Band, Hard Rock

Original line-up:

Mike Campbell:  Guitar

Jason Sinay:  Vocals, Guitar

Lance Morrison:  Bass

Matt Laug:  Drums

Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs are an American Rock Band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2007 by Mike Campbell (Guitar Ex Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Jason Sinay (Vocals, Guitar), Lance Morrison (Bass), and Matt Laug (Drums).

Title:  Mission Of Mercy (2026)

Genre:   Rock, American Trad Rock, Contemporary Pop, Heartland Rock, Bar Band, Hard Rock

Label:  Soundly Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  No Regrets (3:58)

 2.  Let Me Back In My Dream (4:13)

 3.  My Mama Told Me (3:58)

 4.  I Remember (3:53)

 5.  More Than Gold (feat. Morgane Stapleton) (3:12)

 6.  Mission Of Mercy (3:56)

 7.  Bongo Mania (feat. Kate Pierson) (3:23)

 8.  Wrecking Ball (4:14)

 9.  Done To Me (3:06)

10. Armageddon (4:22)

11. Vicious Hangover (2:52)

12. vagrant (5:01)

Personnel:

Mike Campbell:  Lead Vocals, Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Steel Guitar

Chris Holt:  Guitars, Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Lance Morrison:  Bass, Backing Vocals

Steve Ferrone:  Drums, Percussion

Guest Musicians:

Kate Pierson:  Guest Vocals on Track 7

Morgane Stapleton:  Guest Vocals on Track 5

Mission Of Mercy is the fourth studio album by Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, released on June 12, 2026 by Soundly Music.  Excellent Album.

Miles Davis

 

Artist:  Miles Davis
Birth Name:  Miles Dewey Davis III
Born:  May 26, 1926.  Alton, Illinois, USA
Died:  September 28, 1991 (Aged 65).  Santa Monica, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer, Trumpeter
Instruments:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piano, Organ, Synthesizer

Miles Davis was an American Jazz Musician, Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer.  He was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century of several developments in Jazz Music, including Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, and Jazz Fusion.  In 2006, Miles Davis was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.  In 2008, his 1959 album Kind Of Blue received fourth Platinum Certification from RIAA for shipment of at least four million copies in USA.

Title:  Porgy And Bess (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  Number One Essentials

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  The Buzzard Song (4:07)

 2.  Bess, You Is My Woman Now (5:10)

 3.  Gone (3:37)

 4.  Gone, Gone, Gone (2:03) 

 5.  Summertime (3:17)

 6.  Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (4:18)

Side B:

 1.  Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (4:39)

 2.  Fisherman, Strawberry And Devil Crab (4:06)

 3.  My Man's Gone Now (6:14)

 4.  It Ain't Necessarily So (4:23)

 5.  Here Comes de Honey Man (1:18)

 6.  I Loves You, Porgy (3:39)

 7.  There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York (3:23)

Personnel:

Miles Davis:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Gil Evans:  Conductor

Johnny Goles:  Trumpet

Ernie Royal:  Trumpet

Bernie Glow:  Trumpet

Louis Mucci:  Trumpet

Joe Bennett:  Trombone

Dick Hixson:  Trombone

Frank Rehak:  Trombone

Jimmy Cleveland:  Trombone

Willie Ruff:  Flugelhorn

Julius Watkins:  Flugelhorn

Gunther Schuller:  Flugelhorn

Bill Barber:  Tuba

Jerome Richardson:  Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet

Phil Bodner:  Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet

Danny Bank:  Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Bass Clarinet

Cannonball Adderley:  Alto Saxophone

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Philly Joe Jones:  Drums 

Jimmy Cobb:  Drums

Porgy And Bess is an album by Miles Davis, originally released on March 9, 1959 by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on May 22, 2026 by Number One Essentials.  Pressed on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Miles Davis

 

Artist:  Miles Davis
Birth Name:  Miles Dewey Davis III
Born:  May 26, 1926.  Alton, Illinois, USA
Died:  September 28, 1991 (Aged 65).  Santa Monica, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader, Composer, Trumpeter
Instruments:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piano, Organ, Synthesizer

Miles Davis was an American Jazz Musician, Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer.  He was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century of several developments in Jazz Music, including Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, and Jazz Fusion.  In 2006, Miles Davis was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.  In 2008, his 1959 album Kind Of Blue received fourth Platinum Certification from RIAA for shipment of at least four million copies in USA.

Title:  The Musings Of Miles (2026) 

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  20th Century Masterworks

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1. Will You Still Be Mine? (5:23)

 2.  I See Your Face Before Me (4:46)

 3.  I Didn't (6:06)

 4.  How Deep Is The Ocean (4:39) *

Side B:

 1.  A Gal In Calico (5:18)

 2.  A Night In Tunisia (7:23)

 3.  Green Haze (5:50)

 4.  Yesterdays (3:48) *

Personnel:  

Miles Davis:  Trumpet

Red Garland::  Piano

Oscar Pettiford:  Bass

Philly Joe Jones:  Drums

Bonus Tracks:  *

Miles Davis:  Trumpet

Gil Coggins:  Piano

Oscar Pettiford:  Bass

Kenny Clarke:  Drums

The Musings Of Miles is an album by Miles Davis, originally released on September 1955 by Prestige Records, remastered and reissued on May 22, 2026 by 20th Century Masterworks, with 2 Bonus Tracks.  180 Gram Colored Purple Vinyl.

Donovan

 

Artist:  Donovan

Birth Name:  Donovan Phillips Leitch

Born:  May 10, 1946.  Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland

Genre:  Folk, Pop, Rock, Psychedelia, British Invasion, British Psychedelia, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Garage, British Folk

Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter, Record Producer

Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Donovan is a Scottish Musician, Songwriter and Record Producer from Maryhill, Glasgow.  He emerged from the British Folk Scene in early 1965 and became emblematic of the Flower Power Era with its blend of Folk, Pop, Psychedelica and Jazz Stylings.  He had three UK hit singles "Catch The Wind", "Colours" and "Universal Soldier".  In 1966, "Sunshine Superman" topped America's Billboard Hot 100 Chart for one week and went to No. 2 in Britain, followed by "Mellow Yellow" at US No. 2 in December 1966, then 1968's "Hurdy Gurdy Man".

Title:  Fairytale (Limited Edition) (2026) 

Genre:  Folk, Pop, Rock, Psychedelia, British Invasion, British Psychedelia, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Garage, British Folk

Label:  Music On Vinyl

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Colours (2:11)

 2.  I'll Try Fo The Sun (3:36)

 3.  Sunny Goodge Street (2:55)

 4.  Oh Deed I Do (2:00)

 5.  Circus Of Sour (1:50)

 6.  Summer Day Reflection Song (2:11)

Side 2:

 1.  Candy Man (3:25)

 2.  Jersey Thursday (2:19)

 3.  Belated Forgiveness Plea (2:54)

 4.  Ballad Of A Crystal Man (3:50)

 5.  The Little Tin Soldier (3:02)

 6.  Ballad Of Geraldine (4:38)

Personnel:

Donovan:  Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica

Shawn Phillips:  Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar

Brian Locking:  Bass

Skip Alan:  Drums

Harold MoNair:  Flute

Fairytale is the second album by Donovan, originally released on October 22, 1965 by Pye Records, remastered and reissued on June 5, 2026 by Music On Vinyl.  Limited Edition Of 750 Individual Numbered Copies on Crystal Clear Vinyl, 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Iron Maiden

 

Artist:  Iron Maiden 
Origin:  Leyton, London, England
Genre:  Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

Original line-up:  (1975)

Steve Harris, Bass, Backing Vocals
Paul Day:  Lead Vocals
Ron "Rebel" Matthews:  Drums
Terry Rance:  Guitar
Dave Sullivan:  Guitar

Classic line-up:  (1980)

Steve Harris:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Dave Murray:  Guitar
Paul Di'Anno:  Lead Vocals
Dennis Stratton:  Guitar, Backing Vocals
Clive Burr:  Drums

Iron Maiden an an English Heavy Metal Band from Leyton, formed in 1975 by Steve Harris (Bass) who is the leader of the band and songwriter.  Iron Maiden achieved success during in the early 1980s and one of the pioneers of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, with thirty-seven albums, fifteen studio albums, eleven live albums, four EPs and seven compilations.

Title:  Live After Death (2026)

Genre:  Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

Labe:l:  BMG

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side 1:

 1.  Intro:  Churchill's Speech (1:09)

 2.  Aces High (4:07)

 3.  2 Minutes To Midnight (5:52)

 4.  The Trooper (3:59)

 5.  Revelations (5:59)

 6.  Flight Of Icaru (3:21)

Side 2:

 1.  Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (13:03)

 2. Powrslave (7:06)

 3.  The Number Of The Beast (4:46)

LP 2:

Side 3:

 1.  Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:17)

 2. Iron Maiden (4:11)

 3.  Run To The Hills (3:52)

 4.  Running Free (8:16)

Side 4:

 1.  Wrathchild (2:54)

 2.  22 Acacia Avenue (6:04)

 3.  Children Of The Dammed (4:19)

 4.  i With your Boots On (4:51)

 5.  Phantom Of The Opera (7:01)

Personnel:

Bruce Dickinson:  Vocals, Guitar on Track 1/5

Dave Murray:  Guitars

Adrian Smith:  Guitars,Backing Vocals

Steve Harris:  Bass, Backing Vocals

Nicko McBrain:  Drums

Live After Death is a live album by Iron Maiden, originally released on October 14, 1985 by EMI, remastered and Reissued on June12, 2026 by BMG. For Fans of Iron Maiden.