The Shaw Brothers: Chang ChehBy the early 1970s, Chang Cheh was already Shaw Brothers' most prolific and well known director with a plethora of box office hits (including the One Armed Swordsman franchise) to his name and renowned for discovering the hottest young talents to star in his films. Three of those stars David Chiang, Ti Lung and Alexander Fu Sheng all feature in Five Shaolin Masters and Shaolin Temple, two selections from his instant classic 'Shaolin Temple Cycle',

Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead

This 40-track 2-CD set focuses on the early years of his career

Ghoul School

The album sees the band exploring more into heavy metal

and to the admiration of the young Johann Sebastian Bach

Atomicat do not leave you blue and the album provides extra cheer from

between good and evil

romantic orchestra (expanded with electronic organ

the sonatas of the French composer Nicolas Bacri (*1961) from 2007-2011 correspond in their hyper-expressiveness almost perfectly with the works of Miaskowski

and frequently invited him up to visit the idyllic hamlet he now called home

" "Have It All

but unfortunately too late for the end-of-year issue