ncludes the hit "I Want To Know What Love Is"

Agent Provocateur is the fifth studio album by American/British rock band Foreigner, originally released in December 1984. The album reached the No. 1 spot in the album charts in the United Kingdom, and it reached the Top 5 in the United States.

Agent Provocateur contains the band's biggest hit single, "I Want to Know What Love Is," which was a No. 1 single in the U.K. and the U.S., staying at the top spot for three and two weeks respectively. The follow-up single, "That Was Yesterday," also proved to be a sizeable hit. The album was certified platinum in the U.K. by the BPI, and triple platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA.

Side 1

1. A Love In Vain

2. Down On Love

3. Growing Up The Hard Way

4. I Want To Know What Love Is

5. Reaction To Action

Side 2

1. She's Too Tough

2. Stranger In My Own House

3. That Was Yesterday

4. Tooth And Nail

5. Two Different Worlds

Side A

Stardust – H. Carmichael

Cry Me A River – A. Hamilton

Side B

Willow Weep For Me – A. Ronell

Old Folks – Robinson, Hill

Side C

Going Home – Traditional arrangement N.J. Steen

Cottontail – D. Ellington, arrangement N.J. Steen

Come Sunday – D. Ellington, arrangement Ray Pitts

Side D

Our Blues – B. Schaerff, B. Webster

Sonday – J.Styne, B. Krueger

By the time Bob Marley died, he was one of the world's first global superstars, famous and lauded from Europe through Africa and the Americas. Some even saw him as not just a reggae singer but as a folk hero, a sort of freedom fighter, and to this day his enduring image feels greater than the music he made, writes Pitchfork.

In the 21st century, Bob Marley is a global cultural icon and the first Jamaican inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 1977's Exodus — recorded in London exile after a failed attempt on his life — turned out to be Marley's biggest-selling studio album. Time magazine named it the greatest LP of the 20th century.

Other Marley discs had bigger hits and still others had better album tracks, but the balance Marley strikes between politics, religion, and romance on Exodus — compare and contrast the urgent title track and the laid-back "Jamming" — shows a pop star at the peak of his powers.

Now, Analogue Productions presents perfection — Exodus in UHQR 45 RPM format on Clarity Vinyl. This Ultra High Quality Record release will be limited to 4,500 copies, with gold foil individually numbered jackets.

After the success of 1974's Natty Dread and 1976's Rastaman Vibration, Bob Marley was not only the most successful reggae musician in the world, he was one of the most powerful men in Jamaica. Powerful enough, in fact, that he was shot by gunmen who broke into his home in December 1976, days before he was to play a massive free concert intended to ease tensions days before a contentious election for Jamaican Prime Minister. In the wake of the assassination attempt, Marley and his band left Jamaica and settled in London for two years, where he recorded Exodus.

Exodus represented a subtle but significant shift for Marley; while he continued to speak out against political corruption and for freedom and equality for Third World people, his skill as a songwriter was as strong as ever, and Exodus boasted more than a few classics, "including the title song, 'Three Little Birds,' 'Waiting in Vain,' and 'Turn Your Lights Down Low,' tunes that defined Marley's gift for sounding laid-back and incisive at once," writes AllMusic.

This UHQR is remastered at 45 RPM by Sterling Sound's Ryan K. Smith from the original analog master tapes. Each UHQR will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Acoustic Sounds' industry-leading pressing plant Quality Record Pressings (QRP) using hand-selected Clarity Vinyl® with attention paid to every single detail. These records will feature the same flat profile that helped to make the original UHQR so desirable. From the lead-in groove to the run-out groove, there is no pitch to the profile, allowing the customer's stylus to play truly perpendicular to the grooves from edge to center. Clarity Vinyl allows for the purest possible pressing and the most visually stunning presentation. Every UHQR will be hand inspected upon pressing completion, and only the truly flawless will be allowed to go to market. Each UHQR will be packaged in a custom clamshell box and will include a booklet detailing the entire process of making a UHQR along with a hand-signed certificate of inspection. This will be a truly deluxe, collectible product.

Exodus — now a landmark production on 180-gram 45 RPM Analogue Productions UHQR Clarity Vinyl!

Side 1

1. Jamming

2. Waiting In Vain

Side 2

1. Turn Your Lights Down Low

2. Three Little Birds

3. *One Love / People Get Ready

Side 3

1. Natural Mystic

2. So Much Things To Say

3. Guiltiness

Side 4

1. The Heathen

Kaya, released in 1978, was the tenth studio album by the Jamaican band Bob Marley & The Wailers, comprising tracks recorded alongside those released on the Exodus album. On Kaya, the band continued what has become an unspoken tradition in the evolution of Bob Marley & The Wailers discography — blending western sounds and motifs with the icons and traditions from the very core of Jamaican society.

Released in 1978, Kaya wasn't necessarily made with American tastes in mind, but it was an album that presented a more accessible version of Bob Marley. Lyrically, the songs avoided the political commentary or Rastafarian philosophizing that was at the forefront of Natty Dread and Rastaman Vibration, and instead emphasized tunes about love and ganga, such as "Easy Skanking" and the title cut. And the palpable musical tension that simmered beneath the surface on the Wailers' earlier material gave way to a more laid-back riddim that was more comfortable but a bit less demanding. Kaya presented a gentler and friendlier version of Bob Marley & the Wailers, but it also documented Marley and his group at the peak of their abilities.

Likewise, Kaya could also be easily construed as an open love letter or musical paean to the lifestyle that Marley so eagerly embraced and promoted. Evidence that the spirituality that permeates the Wailers music is real and not lip service.

Now, Analogue Productions presents Kaya in sonic perfection — featured on 180-gram vinyl pressed at 45 RPM at Quality Record Pressings. Housed in a deluxe Old Style Tip-On Jacket from Stoughton Printing.

Side 1

1. Easy Skanking

2. Kaya

3. Is This Love

Side 2

1. Sun Is Shining

2. Satisfy My Soul

Side 3

1. She's Gone

2. Misty Morning

3. Crisis

Side 4

1. Running Away

2. Time Will Tell

"…the sound here? Demo disc quality IMO for timbral accuracy, sound staging, dynamics, you name it but especially for how the trumpets were recorded and how each horn players' distinct tonal and textural personality is so well captured." — Music = 9/11; Sound = 10/11 – Michael Fremer, TrackingAngle.com. Read the entire review here.

For The Alternate Blues, producer Norman Granz set aside his rule against issuing what are variously called in the recording business outtakes, breakdowns, or alternate takes.

The reason was that despite missed cues and procedural problems in the rhythm section, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, and Clark Terry played the blues at a level of passion and expressiveness the equal of the versions originally released on The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4. In addition, there are four standards not heard in the original album. With Joe Pass, Bobby Durham and Ray Brown.

Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab from the original analog master tape. Pressed at Quality Record Pressings for superior sound quality, and housed in a handsome Stoughton Printing tip-on jacket.

Side 1

1. Alternate One

2. Alternate Two

3. Alternate Three

Side B

1. Alternate Four

2. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

3. Ballad Medley

a. Here's That Rainy Day

b. Gypsy

c. If I Should Lose You

Ella Fitzgerald, often referred to as the "First Lady of Song," and Joe Pass, a legendary jazz guitarist, collaborated on four duet albums together. This album, their second, has endured as a classic in the jazz canon, remaining highly regarded by jazz enthusiasts and musicians alike. Fitzgerald's performance on this album, released in 1976, won her the 1977 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

Fitzgerald's celebrated musicianship remained exceptional after four decades in the limelight, and her ability to get inside the meaning of a lyric and convey it to an audience had been woefully underestimated. Pass, who gets to display the subtler aspects of his own virtuosity and his overlooked strengths as an accompanist, was the perfect partner for an effort where the relaxed "after hours" feeling intensified the level of communication. Duke Ellington's songbook is generously represented by four titles, "'Tis Autumn" and "Tennessee Waltz" are transformed, and there are spellbinding wordless performances of "Rain" and "One Note Samba."

Mastered by Stan Ricker from the original analog master tape, and pressed at Quality Record Pressings for optimal sound quality, this Analogue Productions 180-gram reissue is a must-have for jazz fans. Housed in a single pocket Stoughton Printing tip-on jacket.

Side 1

1. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues (4:04)

2. 'Tis Autumn (5:05)

3. My Old Flame (4:49)

4. That Old Feeling (2:45)

5. Rain (2:20)

6. I Didn't Know About You (4:41)

7. You Took Advantage Of Me (3:35)

Side B

1. I've Got The World On A String (4:05)

2. All Too Soon (4:24)

3. The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else) (4:04)

4. Solitude (3:41)

5. Nature boy (2:26)

6. Tennessee Waltz (3:35)

7. one Note Samba (5:00)

azz at the Pawnshop — Late Night Exclusive Edition

45 RPM Deluxe 200-gram 2LP set

Includes some outtakes never released on previous editions!

Sourced from first generation analog recordings without any digital corruption

AAA all-analog cut at Bernie Grundman Mastering, on tube cutting equipment

At the end of the evening, before packing their instruments to go home, jazz musicians often will play a set for themselves. These tapes hold the recording of such a moment, as the famous Jazz at the Pawnshop group play with longer solos, leaving themselves more liberty to spontaneously explore the many jazz possibilities of the songs, and having fun. These discovered recordings were mastered by 2xHD's René Laflamme and released under the appropriate title.

Anyone who owns the original Jazz at the Pawnshop, considered one of the most famous audiophile albums in music, will not be able to resist this companion album which captures the enduring spirit of the intimate Pawnshop jazz club in Stockholm. It's called Late Night because these songs were played during the last two sets late at night. The treasured 40-year-old tapes were discovered accidentally and found to be in excellent condition.

A week was spent editing and mastering them for this exclusive 2xHD Deluxe 45 RPM edition, which includes musical tags to indicate the end of a set and uses slow fade-ins and fade-outs to identify the breaks. You can hear the band members walk back on stage, pick up their instruments and get into the final sets on this electrifying recording that brings together musicianship and engineering in a magical symbiosis. The tape version of the album received Positive Feedback's 2023 Writer's Choice Award.

Side A

Frenesi – Alberto Dominguez

Side B Gubben Och Kallingen (Alternative Take) – Traditional

Side C

Jeep's Blues – D. Ellington, J. Hodges

Side D High Life – J.Du Prez, D. Wilkerson

Mood Indigo – D. Ellington