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The Hollies – Albums Collection (1964-2018)

The Hollies - Albums Collection (1964-2018)

When the Hollies — one of the best and most commercially successful pop/rock acts of the British Invasion — began recording in 1963, they relied heavily upon the R&B/early rock & roll covers that provided the staple diet for countless British bands of the time. They quickly developed a more distinctive style featuring three-part harmonies (heavily influenced by the Everly Brothers), ringing guitars, and hook-happy material, penned by both outside writers (especially future 10cc member Graham Gouldman) and themselves, eventually composing most of their repertoire on their own. Continue reading “The Hollies – Albums Collection (1964-2018)”

Indochine – Le Birthday Album 1981-1996 (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Indochine - Le Birthday Album 1981-1996 (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Indochine – Le Birthday Album 1981-1996 (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
2x Disc / SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
2x Disc / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 7.70 GB (ISO) + 8.32 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG | EU | Cat#: 82876 612 802 | Genre: New Wave, Synth-pop

Indochine is a French pop rock and new wave band formed in Paris in 1981. They became very successful in the Francophonie, Europe and Latin America in the 1980s, with songs like “L’Aventurier” and “Canary Bay”. Following the release of several critically acclaimed, but commercially unsuccessful, albums in the 1990s, the group returned to stardom with the release of Paradize in 2002. The band has sold over 13 million albums and singles, making them the best selling French band. Continue reading “Indochine – Le Birthday Album 1981-1996 (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Helium Vola – Liod (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Helium Vola - Liod (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Helium Vola – Liod (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 4.13 GB (ISO) + 4.66 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Chrom Records | Germany | Cat#: CRO 6492-A | Genre: Modern Classical, Electronic

Liod is a studio album by the electronic band Helium Vola. It was released in 2004 through Chrom Records.
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Various Artists – Greatest Ever Jukebox Legends (2021) [4CD Set]

Various Artists - Greatest Ever Jukebox Legends (2021) [4CD Set]

Greatest Ever Jukebox Legends takes you back in time to the Fifties and Sixties! Stack up these four discs and let the 80 tracks transport you to a different time, via the sixties beat boom (represented here by Herman’s Hermits, The Searchers and The Hollies), Atlantic soul (Aretha Franklin, Sam & Dave and The Drifters) and the roots of rock’n’roll in the fifties (Joe Brown, Lonnie Donegan and Rickie Valance). Greatest Ever Jukebox Legends is a snapshot of a moment in musical history. Continue reading “Various Artists – Greatest Ever Jukebox Legends (2021) [4CD Set]”

Olivia Newton-John – Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 779 MB (Hi-Res) + 221 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-2133 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

The hit single “Have You Never Been Mellow” carried Olivia Newton-John right back to number one, six months after “I Honestly Love You” brought the singer to that coveted position for the first time. The title track is a masterpiece of songwriting by her producer, John Farrar, an exquisitely pleasant melody with a sunny and peaceful theme. Having covered John Denver’s “Take Me Home Country Roads” on the Let Me Be There album in 1973, Newton-John goes back to the Denver catalog twice on this project, including her beautiful rendition of one of his lesser-known gems, “Follow Me,” with Farrar’s lush country-pop instrumental backing. Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Olivia Newton-John – Clearly Love (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Clearly Love (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Clearly Love (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 659 MB (Hi-Res) + 190 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-2148 | Genre: Country, Adult Contemporary

Nine beautiful photos accompany the lyrics — Olivia with horses, Olivia in the hay, Olivia with a doggy; following up the phenomenal success of Have You Never Been Mellow was pretty elementary — Newton-John ruled the Top 40, adult contemporary, and country charts at this point in time. From the end of 1975 to early 1976, Clearly Love generated a Top 20 and two Top 30 hits: “Something Better to Do” and “Let It Shine” b/w “He Ain’t Heavy…He’s My Brother,” respectively. Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Clearly Love (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Bryan Adams – Pretty Woman – The Musical (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Bryan Adams - Pretty Woman - The Musical (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Bryan Adams – Pretty Woman – The Musical (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 0.99 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Badams Music Limited | Genre: Pop Rock
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Olivia Newton-John – Long Live Love (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Long Live Love (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 807 MB (Hi-Res) + 231 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Interfusion | Australia | Cat#: L 35230 | Genre: Country, Adult Contemporary

The title track was released in March 1974. Newton-John performed it at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest when she represented the UK. Along with the title track, five other tracks from the LP had been the six shortlisted songs for the UK selection for Eurovision, broadcast as A Song for Europe, 1974. The song that placed second, “Angel Eyes”, was also released as the B-side of the “Long Live Love” single. (The other four songs were “Someday”, “Loving You Ain’t Easy”, “Have Love, Will Travel”, and “Hands Across the Sea”.) Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Long Live Love (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Scorpions – Rock Believer (2022) [Deluxe Edition]

Scorpions - Rock Believer (2022) [Deluxe Edition]

Marillion – An Hour Before It’s Dark (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Marillion – An Hour Before It’s Dark (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 1.09 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: earMUSIC | Genre: Progressive Rock

Whether it’s the last hour you were allowed to play outside as a child before you had to go home, a reference to the fight against time in regard to the climate crisis or the last minutes of a person’s life – “An Hour Before It’s Dark” certainly doesn’t lack interpretations. Be it “Seasons End” on the 1989 album of the same name or the much discussed track “Gaza” on the 2012 album “Sounds That Can’t Be Made” – Marillion have never minced their words and don’t do so on this album either. Continue reading “Marillion – An Hour Before It’s Dark (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]”

Circus – Circus (1976) [2022, Japanese Remastered, SHM-CD]

Circus - Circus (1976) [2022, Japanese Remastered, SHM-CD]

Coming from the NW Switzerland on the language border between the Alemanics and the Romands, this unusual quartet of musicians has a strange line-up. Hauser is one of the better percussionists (still playing but in jazz bands nowadays), and bassist Cerletti (the only non-Alemanic in the band) is certainly excellent plays also acoustic guitar. The other two, Fri and Grieder, share the wind instruments with the vocals. That’s it! No KB and almost no el. guitars, at least on the first two albums. Continue reading “Circus – Circus (1976) [2022, Japanese Remastered, SHM-CD]”

Big Big Train – Welcome To The Planet (2022)

Big Big Train - Welcome To The Planet (2022)

Welcome To The Planet is the next studio album by Big Big Train and comes six months after the release of the band’s critically acclaimed top 40 album Common Ground. As With Common Ground, Welcome To The Planet sees Big Big Train retain their progressive roots but also take influence from all spheres of music. The album’s opener ‘Made From Sunshine’, co-written by guitarist Dave Foster and singer David Longdon, has guitar lines redolent of Johnny Marr and vocal harmonies reminiscent of the Finn Brothers/Crowded House, with violinist Clare Lindley sharing lead vocals with Longdon. Continue reading “Big Big Train – Welcome To The Planet (2022)”

Olivia Newton-John – If You Love, Me Let Me Know (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – If You Love, Me Let Me Know (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 666 MB (Hi-Res) + 187 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-411 | Genre: Country, Adult Contemporary

In May and August of 1974, Olivia Newton-John broke through in a big way with this album, the number five title track written by John Rostil, and the number one smash “I Love You, I Honestly Love You” by Jeff Barry and Peter Allen quickly established Olivia as a superstar to be reckoned with. The album is beautifully produced by John Farrar with his friend Bruce Welch of Marvin, Welch & Farrar fame helping out with the production on two of the tracks, Gerry Rafferty’s “Mary Skeffington” and Olivia Newton-John’s sole composition, the acoustic “Changes.” Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – If You Love, Me Let Me Know (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Olivia Newton-John – Let Me Be There (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Let Me Be There (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Let Me Be There (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 692 MB (Hi-Res) + 208 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-389 | Genre: Country, Adult Contemporary

The American publication of the album by MCA Records used the cover art from Olivia’s 1972 LP record Olivia, which was not released by MCA. Some of its songs were taken for the US publication, such as song titles from the British publications of the albums If Not for You and Olivia. Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Let Me Be There (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Pineapple Thief – Discography (1999-2021)

The Pineapple Thief - Discography (1999-2021)

British prog rock band the Pineapple Thief, led by founder and frontman Bruce Soord, have become one of the most restless rock outfits of the 21st century and, while spending years as a cult attraction, nonetheless possess a large following in Europe, Asia, and the United States. While the group’s music is often likened to Radiohead’s and Porcupine Tree’s, the generalization falls far short in describing a constantly evolving sound that deftly balances sophisticated indie pop, theatrical rock, 21st century prog, textured electro-acoustic ambiences, and neo-psychedelia. Continue reading “The Pineapple Thief – Discography (1999-2021)”