Essential! Records (division of Castle Communications)

~ Label

Releases

Release	Artist	Format	Tracks	Country/Date	Catalog#	Barcode
The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	CD	14	GB1995	ESS CD 296, GAS 0000296 ESS	5017615829624
Green and Blues	Bernie Marsden	CD	15	GB1995	ESS CD 324, GAS 0000324 ESS	5017615832426
The Sessions	The Stranglers	CD	11	GB1995	ESSCD 283	5017615828320
Never Say Die!	Black Sabbath	CD	9	GB1996-01-29	ESM CD 329	5017615832921
Heaven and Hell	Black Sabbath	CD	8	GB1996-02-07	ESM CD 330	5017615833027
Paranoid	Black Sabbath	CD	8	GB1996-02-26	ESM CD 302, GAS 0000302ESM	5017615830224
Master of Reality	Black Sabbath	CD	8	GB1996-02-26	ESM CD 303	5017615830323
Black Sabbath (1996 remaster, Mayking)	Black Sabbath	CD	8	GB1996-02-28	ESM CD 301, GAS 0000301ESM	5017615830125
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath	Black Sabbath	CD	8	GB1996-02-28	ESM CD 305, GAS 0000305ESM	5017615830521
Sabotage	Black Sabbath	CD	8	GB1996-02-28	ESM CD 306	5017615830620
Zeit	Tangerine Dream	CD	4	GB1996-02	ESM CD 347	5017615834727
Overkill	Motörhead	CD	15	GB1996-03-10	ESM CD 310	5017615831023
Lights Out (UK 1996 remaster with bonus track)	UFO	CD	9	GB1996-03-10	ESM CD 386	5017615838626
Greatest Hits	Nazareth	CD	17	GB1996-03-10	ESMCD 369	5017615836929
This Is the Ian Campbell Folk Group / Across the Hills	The Ian Campbell Folk Group	CD	31	GB1996-03-10	ESMCD357	5017615835724
Born Again	Black Sabbath	CD	9	GB1996-04-22	ESM CD 334, GAS 0000334ESM	5017615833423
Seventh Star	Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi	CD	9	GB1996-04-22	ESM CD 335	5017615833522
The Eternal Idol	Black Sabbath	CD	9	GB1996-04-22	ESM CD 336, GAS 0000336ESM	5017615833621
A Time of Revelation: 25 Years On...	Uriah Heep	4×CD	13 + 16 + 16 + 18	GB1996-05	ESFCD298
Live at Last	Black Sabbath	CD	9	GB1996-08-01	ESM CD 331	5017615833126
New Electric Muse: The Story of Folk Into Rock	Various Artists	3×CD	23 + 21 + 19	GB1996-08-12	ESB CD 416
Bomber	Motörhead	CD	15	GB1996-08-12	ESM CD 311, GAS 0000311ESM	5017615831122
Razamanaz	Nazareth	CD	13	GB1996-09-01	ESMCD 370	5017615837025
Another Perfect Day	Motörhead	CD	13	GB1996-09-01	ESMCD 438	5017615843828
Keys to Ascension (made in U.K. by PDO)	Yes	2×CD	5 + 4	GB1996-10-22	EDF CD 417, GAS 0000417 EDF	5017615841725
Keys to Ascension	Yes	2×CD	5 + 4	GB1996-10-22	EDF CD 417	5017615841725
Under Wheels of Confusion: 1970–1987	Black Sabbath	4×CD	13 + 14 + 12 + 13	GB1996-11-06	ESF CD 419/1, ESF CD 419/2, ESF CD 419/3, ESF CD 419/4	5017615841923
The Dream Roots Collection (The Tangerine Dream™ pink – blue box set)	Tangerine Dream	5×CD	11 + 9 + 9 + 11 + 4	GB1996-11-06	ESFCD420	5017615842029
Basket of Light	Pentangle	CD	9	GB1996	CD 496 / GAS 0000406ESM ACO	5017615840629
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970	The Who	2×CD	12 + 18	GB1996	EDF CD 326	5017615832624
Keys to Ascension	Yes	2×CD	5 + 4	GB1996	EDF PR 417	[none]
30 Years A‐Greying	The Dubliners	2×CD	15 + 15	GB1996	ESD CD 423	5017615842326
Three Classic Albums	Motörhead	3×CD	15 + 15 + 15	US1996	ESM BX 304	5034408930428
Black Sabbath (1996 remaster, Disctronics)	Black Sabbath	CD	8	GB1996	ESM CD 301	5017615830125
Paranoid (silver sticker)	Black Sabbath	CD	8	GB1996	ESM CD 302, GAS 0000302ESM	5017615830224
Vol 4	Black Sabbath	CD	10	GB1996	ESM CD 304, GAS 0000304ESM	5017615830422
Ace of Spades	Motörhead	CD	15	GB1996	ESM CD 312	5017615831221
No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith	Motörhead	CD	14	GB1996	ESM CD 313, GAS 0000313ESM	5017615831320
Technical Ecstasy	Black Sabbath	CD	8	GB1996	ESM CD 328	5017615832822
Heaven and Hell	Black Sabbath	CD	8	AU1996	ESM CD 330	5017615833027
Mob Rules	Black Sabbath	CD	9	GB1996	ESM CD 332	5017615833225
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	CD	6	GB1996	ESM CD 340	5017615834024
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Mayking)	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	CD	6	GB1996	ESM CD 340, GAS 0000340ESM ACO	5017615834024
Tarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	CD	7	GB1996	ESM CD 341	5017615834123
Pictures at an Exhibition (slipcase)	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	CD	12	DE1996	ESM CD 342, GAS 0000342ESM ACO	5017615834222
Trilogy	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	CD	9	GB1996	ESM CD 343	5017615834321
Brain Salad Surgery	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	CD	5	GB1996	ESM CD 344	5017615834420
Electronic Meditation	Tangerine Dream	CD	5	GB1996	ESM CD 345	5017615834529
Atem	Tangerine Dream	CD	4	GB1996	ESM CD 348	5017615834826
Green Desert	Tangerine Dream	CD	4	GB1996	ESM CD 349	5017615834925
Sweet Child	The Pentangle	CD	22	GB1996	ESM CD 354, GAS 0000354ESM ACO	5017615835427
Gryphon / Midnight Mushrumps	Gryphon	CD	17	GB1996	ESM CD 356	5017615835625
Works, Volume 2	Emerson Lake & Palmer	CD	12	XE1996	ESM CD 361, GAS 0000361ESM ACO	5017615836127
Le Parc	Tangerine Dream	CD	9	GB1996	ESM CD 364	5017615836424
Poland: The Warsaw Concert	Tangerine Dream	CD	4	GB1996	ESM CD 365	5017615836523
Underwater Sunlight	Tangerine Dream	CD	6	GB1996	ESM CD 366, GAS 0000366ESM ACO	5017615836622
Tyger	Tangerine Dream	CD	6	GB1996	ESM CD 367	5017615836721
Livemiles	Tangerine Dream	CD	2	GB1996	ESM CD 368	5017615836820
Iron Fist	Motörhead	CD	17	GB1996	ESM CD 372, GAS 0000372ESM	5017615837223
The Young Tradition / So Cheerfully Round	The Young Tradition	CD	22	GB1996	ESM CD 409	5017615840926
Pergamon	Tangerine Dream	CD	2	GB1996	ESM CD 413	5017615841329
Mr. Fox / The Gipsy	Mr. Fox	CD	16	GB1996	ESM CD 433	5017615843323
The Lady and the Unicorn / The Hermit	John Renbourn	CD	16	GB1996	ESM CD 436	5017615843620
The Best Of The Transatlantic Years	Stefan Grossman	CD	23	GB1996	ESM CD 437	5017615843729
AWB	Average White Band	CD	10	GB1996	ESM CD 439, GAS 0000439ESM	5017615843927
Live in Berlin	Au Pairs	CD	11	GB1996	ESM CD 452	5017615845228
…Very ’eavy …Very ’umble (Remastered re-release)	Uriah Heep	CD	11	GB1996	ESMCD 316	5017615831627
Salisbury (Remastered re-release)	Uriah Heep	CD	8	GB1996	ESMCD 317	5017615831726
Look at Yourself (Remastered re-release)	Uriah Heep	CD	9	GB1996	ESMCD 318	5017615831825
Demons and Wizards (Remastered re-release)	Uriah Heep	CD	12	GB1996	ESMCD 319	5017615831924
Live January 1973	Uriah Heep	CD	13	GB1996	ESMCD 320	5017615832020
Sweet Freedom (Remastered re-release)	Uriah Heep	CD	11	GB1996	ESMCD 338	5017615833829
The Magician's Birthday (Remastered re-release)	Uriah Heep	CD	10	GB1996	ESMCD 339	5027615833927
Alpha Centauri	Tangerine Dream	CD	3	GB1996	ESMCD 346	5017615834628
Loud ’n’ Proud	Nazareth	CD	11	GB1996	ESMCD 379, GAS0000379ESM	5017615837926
Wonderworld (Remastered re-release)	Uriah Heep	CD	13	GB1996	ESMCD 380
Return to Fantasy (Remastered re-release)	Uriah Heep	CD	13	GB1996	ESMCD 381	5017615838121
The Best of… Part 1	Uriah Heep	CD	15	GB1996	ESMCD 418
Nasty	Cameo	CD	16	GB1996	ESMCD 445, GAS 0000445ESM	5017615844528
H	Bob James	CD	6	GB1996	ESMCD 447	5017615844726
Skunkworks	Bruce Dickinson	CD	13	GB1996	ESMCD 766	5017615876628
Live Evil	Black Sabbath	CD	14	GB1996	ESMCD333	5017615833324
Bert Jansch / It Don't Bother Me	Bert Jansch	CD	27	GB1996	ESMCD407	5017615840728
The Johnstons / The Barley Corn	The Johnstons	CD	25	GB1996	ESMCD410	5017615841022
Kiss My Soul	Roger Chapman	CD	12	GB1996	ESS CD 382	5017615838220
Three	Bob James	CD	5	GB1996	GAS 0000428 ESM	5017615842821
Orgasmatron	Motörhead	CD	12	GB1997-01-07	ESM CD 557	5017615855722
Pirates of Destiny	Sex Pistols	CD	22	GB1997-01	ESM CD 609	5017615860924
Damned but Not Forgotten	The Damned	CD	12	GB1997-02-24	ESM CD 472	5017615847222
Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake	Small Faces	CD	12	GB1997-04	ESMCD 477	5017615847727
The Best of… Part 2	Uriah Heep	CD	20	GB1997-04	ESMCD 594
’Snaz	Nazareth	CD	16	GB1997-05-01	ESMCD 531	5017615853124
New Electric Muse II: The Continuing Story of Folk Into Rock	Various Artists	3×CD	21 + 18 + 21	GB1997-07-28	ESB CD 517
Live at Shepperton ’74	Uriah Heep	CD	11	GB1997-08-01	ESMCD 590	5017615859027
Rock 'n' Roll	Motörhead	CD	12	GB1997-09-25	ESM CD 556	5017615855623
Red Hot	Mongo Santamaria	CD	6	GB1997-09-29	ESM CD 585, ESMCD 585	5017615858525
The Singles Collection / Waterloo Sunset	Kinks	2×CD	25 + 15	GB1997-09-29	ESS CD 592, GAS 0000592ESS	5017615859225
Keys to Ascension 2	Yes	2×CD	6 + 5	GB1997-11-04	EDF CD 457	5017615845723
Two	Bob James	CD	6	GB1997-12-01	ESMCD 427	5017615842722
The Best of… Parts 1 & 2	Uriah Heep	2×CD	15 + 20	AU1997	74321682362	0743216823628