A first audiophile-grade pressing CD by Grapevine UK concentrating on the vocal smoothness of Sinead Lohan, an Irish singer equivalent to Mary Black. She won a double platinum award for this very album after it sold more than 30,000 copies in Ireland alone. The CD was first released in 1996 and used extensively as a test disc by hifi vendors but not distributed in USA then. A reissued version in different cover is currently available for sale throughout the world. Tracklist: Bee In the Bottle; You’re in My Love; Sailing By; She’s Lazy; This Time, The Difference Is; Come Let Me Out; Send Me A River; Down On My Luck; If I Go; Clearly Undefined; Water To The Well; & Who Do You Think I Am. Condition: Mint, price of used CD: RM38.
A first pressing CD by Warner Bros, USA of a smaller scale live performance of Rod Stewart singing his largely hit songs in May 1993 and he was seated! The recording / mastering of the 70 minutes CD is superb. The album is currently being reissued in 2009 with 2 additional tracks (Gasoline Alley and Forever Young), bundled with a DVD and being labelled as "Collectors' Item". Tracklist: Hot Legs; Tonight's the Night; Handbags and Gladrags; Cut Across Shorty; Every Picture Tells a Story; Maggie May; Reason to Believe; People Get Ready; Have I Told You Lately; Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda); The First Cut is the Deepest; Mandolin Wind; Highgate Shuffle; Stay with Me; & Having a Party. Condition: Mint, price of used CD: RM35
A first pressing Unplugged EP of Mariah Carey performing live when she was a young and rising pop/soul vocal sensation in an intimate acoustic setting. Definitely the best of all Mariah Carey's albums in term of sonic quality, Mariah Carey is electric and charismatic within her vocal presence and succeeds in enlightening the already engaged audience from the get-go. The audience certainly feels the warmth and sincerity of Carey's lyrical messages of longing, loss, friendships, and love. Carey's supporting cast of gifted group musicians back her up with soulful melodiousness, spontaneity, and enriching percussion. Gradually, the power and esteem of these tales lift to new heights and remain at a peak with the breathtaking, moment-making performance of "I'll Be There," a charming song first cut by the Jackson 5. All and all, this is an inspiring event, though still simple enough for the listener to catch those musical places that need to be polished. "Can't Let Go," Carey's radio single for the album, makes it as the seventh and final track, though the cameras are shut off for the Unplugged episode. Certainly, this is a record of hope, virtue, and the possibilities of newfound love. Condition: mint, price of used CD: RM30
For those who watch the television series in Ally McBeal, the lawyers would usually adjourn to a lounge in the vicinity of their firm. The singer performing live rendering mostly oldies there is none other than Vonda Shepard, a relatively unknown singer propelled to stardom with her powerful voice after the TV series and has sold more than 12,000 copies of CDs todate. The tracklist: Read Your Mind; 100 Tears Away; Someday We'll Be Together To Sir, With Love (with Al Green); Sweet Inspiration; Crying; Vincent (Starry Starry Night); What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted; World Without Love; Confetti; Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow (with Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls); This Is Crazy Now; This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You); & I Know Him By Heart. The CD is an imported version of first pressing by Sony Music first released in 1999. Condition: mint, price of used CD: RM35
This album was first released in 1995 and a rare first pressing from GRP Records USA. Sonic quality is unrivalled that it exceeds the musical content and many find the album sounding rather different from Diana Krall’s other albums. A fantastic jazz CD for Diana Krall’s fans for it will surely grow on listeners after more spins. Tracklist: Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby; Only Trust Your Heart; I Love Being Here With You; Broadway; Folks Who Live On The Hill; I've Got The World On A String; Squeeze Me; All Night Long; & CRS Craft. Condition: mint, price of used CD: RM38
This is an imported version of the compilation album remastered into 24 bits' resolution and first released in 2006 by Premium Records. It is the best of several volumes and comes with tracklist of: Desperado – Emi Fujita; What a wonderful world – Eva Cassidy; What the world needs now is love – Stacey Kent; Perhaps love – Jheena Lodwick; Fly away – Corrinne May; You don’t bring me flowers – Salena Jones; Fields of gold – Eva Cassidy; Marisa – Dave’s True Story; Over the rainbow – Jane Monheit; Better be home soon – Andrea Zonn; If – Marianna Leporace; I left my heart in San Francisco – Jean Frye Sidwell; When I dream – Carol Kidd; When you say nothing at all – Alison Krauss & Union Station; & The look of love – Jeanette Lindstrom & Steve Dobrogosz. Condition: mint, price of this hardly played CD: RM38
An original and rare 1991 USA pressing by Columbia Music with excellent sonics to boot. Who exactly is Peabo Bryson? He duets with Celine Dion in the soundtrack of Beauty and the Beast. The track list: Lost in the Night; Can You Stop the Rain; Closer Than Close; Shower You With Love; I Can't Imagine; I Wish You Love; You Don't Have to Beg; I Wanna Be with You; I Just Had to Fall; Soul Provider; & If It's Really Love. Condition: mint, price of used CD: RM30
One of the first few XRCDs released to the market and the TBM album has truly excellent sonics. Tracklist: Start Dust, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto with the strings; My One And Only Love, Isao Suzuki Quartet; Tears In Heaven, Ayako Hosokawa; Misty, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio; I Can't Get Started, Isao Suzuki Quartet; If, Toshio Oida; And I Love You So, Yoshiko Goto; I'm A Fool To Want You, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio; Georgia On My Mind, Mari Nakamoto; Blue City, I Isao Suzuki Quartet; LA Fiesta, Toshiyuki Miyama & the new. Condition: Excellent with exception to bog slightly dog-eared, price of used CD: RM95
The XRCD version has 19 songs compared to 15 for normal CDs. This is a very new copy and a reissue by UMG. Tracklist: 漫步人生路; 何日君再来 ; 甜蜜蜜 ; 在水一方 ; 忘记他 ; 你可知道我爱谁 ; 小城故事 ; 我和你 ; 再见,我的爱人 ; 东山飘雨西山晴 ; 你怎麽说 ; 海韵 ; 原乡情浓 ; 水上人 ; 月亮代表我的心 ;extra songs in XRCD: 爱的你呀何处寻; 留不住你的心; 心裏喜欢就说爱; & 奈何. Condition: Excellent mint, price of very new XRCD: RM95
A compilation album 陈洁丽 - 好声音 made by Rain Forest Records China from Lily Chen’s 5 previous albums featured on its cover and were re-mastered with the latest A2HD2 mastering technique. Condition: mint, price of this hardly played CD: RM38
陈綺貞 - 华丽的冒险 - comes from the first batch Taiwan-pressed CD released in 2005 by Cheerego Music Label and comes with a specially printed notepad. The mastering was by Doug Sax of the now defunct Sheffield Lab USA and this album achieves total sales of more than 300,000 copies in Taiwan alone. Highly recommended by Leslie Loh in issue 1 of AV Xpress magazine, Malaysia. Tracklist: 旅行的意義; 腐朽; Sentimental Kills; 華麗的冒險; 太多; 花的姿態; self; 80%完美的日子; 表面的和平; 靜靜的生活; & 最初的起點. Condition: mint, price of this hardly played CD with original accompanying free gift: RM38
田震 - 天邊的虹 This album never made it to our shores and the very copy was picked up brand new in Taiwan. It centres on the song 顺其自然 and has 2 variants. A Taiwan first pressing album by What’s Music and released in 1997 after her successful first album entitled 野花. Tracklist: 顺其自然; 干杯,朋友; 天边的虹; 你的目光温暖了我; 最后的夜; 为你而歌; 梨花非梦; 心在一起; & 乐园 Condition: excellent, price of this used CD: RM30
A first pressing and imported compilation album released in 1995 Tracklist: 珍重; 美夢記心中; 海旁獨唱; 最愛是我家; 迷惑; 寒煙翠; 這份情; 秋去秋來; 焚心以火; 他; 衝動; 遺忘了; & 命運我操縱. Condition: Excellent but inserts aged, price of used CD: RM30
A first pressing and imported CD of 八两金 - 衣锦还乡 released in 1995.
A first pressing CD from A&M Records UK - album released in 1992. This is claimed to be the middle-of-road album from Joan Armatrading and quite a worthwhile purchase especially to those who are her fans. Some high points of this album are that “Wrapped Around Her” is infectious and “True Love” & “If Women Ruled The World” makes a quick return to Joan's earlier work. Track list: True Love; Crazy; Wrapped Around Her; Sometimes I Don't Wanna Go Home; Square the Circle; Weak Woman; Can I Get Next To You; Can't Get Over (How I Broke Your Heart); If Women Ruled The World; & Cradled In Your Love. Condition: Excellent as inserts are a bit yellow-ish due to age, price of used CD: RM30
An original first pressing CD by Capitol Records USA and released in 1995. This is Debbie Gibson’s second album and acclaimed to be simple, honest and down-to-earth without any hyped-up, synthetic or overproduced effort, an either you-love-it or you-hate-it type of album and consists mainly of sappy and cliche romance-ballads (love songs) - nothing less, nothing more but a true gem nonetheless! Tracklist: For Better Or Worse; Didn't Have The Heart; Will You Love Me Tomorrow; Dancin' In My Mind; Dontcha Want Me Now; Can't Do It Alone; Think With Your Heart; Too Fancy; You Don't Have To See; Two Young Kids; Tony's Rehearsal ((interlude)); & Let's Run Away. Condition: Excellent, price of used CD: RM30