Collectors' Choice Music once again delves into digitally uncharted territory. This single-disc compilation is the first domestic North American release to gather a CD's worth of the Baja Marimba Band -- an instrumental collective comprised of some of the finest studio musicians that Los Angeles had to offer -- led by the multi-percussive Julius Wechter. However, in terms of record sales and chart hits, the Baja Marimbas often took a back seat to the plethora of like-sounding ensembles who shar...   [ read more ]

CD $18.03

After more than 30 years in the music biz, Chuck E. Weiss is still best known (a) as one of Tom Waits' best friends, and (b) for being the subject of Rickie Lee Jones' hit "Chuck E.'s in Love." The latter distinction hasn't done much for him lately, but he seems to be counting on the former to draw interest in his fourth album, 23rd & Stout. Most of 23rd & Stout sounds like some unreleased Tom Waits album that walks in a {#Twilight Zone} between the Beefheart-influenced throb of {^S...   [ read more ]

CD $15.18