Billy Joel – Fantasies & Delusions (2001) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

March 21, 2019

Billy Joel - Fantasies & Delusions (2001) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Billy Joel – Fantasies & Delusions (2001) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.06 GB (ISO) + 1.11 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | USA | Cat#: CS 85397 | Genre: Classical

It was pretty clear that Billy Joel had run out of steam by 1993’s River of Dreams. He had shown signs of wearing on its predecessor, Storm Front, but his trademark melodic gift disappeared on River of Dreams and his words, even performances, were bone-tired — he even called the last song “The Last Song (No More Words).” So, it was no great surprise that he did not rush to record a follow-up, and when he started murmuring toward the end of the decade that perhaps he wasn’t interested in pop music anymore, nobody who paid attention could have been surprised.Read More

Classical

Billy Joel – An Innocent Man (1983) {1998, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

March 21, 2019

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983) {1998, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Billy Joel – An Innocent Man (1983) {1998, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.63 GB (ISO) + 778 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | USA | Cat#: CS 69389 | Genre: Pop Rock

An Innocent Man is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on August 8, 1983. The concept album is a tribute to the American popular music of Joel’s adolescent years with Joel paying homage to a number of different popular American musical styles from the late 1950s and early 1960s, most notably doo-wop and soul music. The album cover artwork was taken on the front steps of 142 Mercer Street, just north of the intersection of Mercer and Prince Street in the SoHo neighborhood in New York City.Read More

Pop Rock

Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair (1985) {2014, Japanese SHM-SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

March 21, 2019

Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985) {2014, Japanese SHM-SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair (1985) {2014, Japanese SHM-SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.69 GB (ISO) + 834 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9559 | Genre: New Wave, Synth-pop

If The Hurting was mental anguish, Songs from the Big Chair marks the progression towards emotional healing, a particularly bold sort of catharsis culled from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith’s shared attraction to primal scream therapy. The album also heralded a dramatic maturation in the band’s music, away from the synth-pop brand with which it was (unjustly) seared following the debut, and towards a complex, enveloping pop sophistication.Read More

New Wave / Synth-Pop

John Denver – John Denver (1979) {2017, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}

March 21, 2019

John Denver - John Denver (1979) {2017, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}

John Denver – John Denver (1979) {2017, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 781 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: RCA / Legacy | Genre: Country

With John Denver, Denver seemed to be making attempts to change his pastoral country boy image. The cover photo shows him in an intense, energy-charged performance shot, while the instrumentation is more lush and relies less on acoustic guitar than previous efforts. His own “Downhill Stuff,” and a cover of “Johnny B. Goode” are rock numbers, while Bryan Bowers’ “Berkeley Woman” is an uncharacteristically lustful song for Denver to record. Elsewhere, the haunting flute of Jim Horn on “Joseph and Joe,” and Herb Pedersen’s warm “Southwind” make the album a worthwhile buy.Read More

Country

John Denver – I Want To Live (1977) {2017, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}

March 21, 2019

John Denver – I Want To Live (1977) {2017, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 826 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: RCA / Legacy | Genre: Country

I Want to Live is the 12th studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver released by RCA Records in November, 1977. The title song was dedicated to the “Hunger Project”, which Denver was on the board of directors.Read More

Country

John Denver – Whose Garden Was This (1970) {2017, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}

March 20, 2019

John Denver - Whose Garden Was This (1970) {2017, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}

John Denver – Whose Garden Was This (1970) {2017, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 777 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: RCA / Legacy | Genre: Country

Perhaps John Denver’s worst-selling album, Whose Garden Was This, is largely a record of cover songs, starting with the Tom Paxton-penned environmentalist anthem that is the title track, and including Denver versions of such songs as the Band’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles,” The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby,” and “Golden Slumbers.” Denver’s own contributions included the awkward “I Wish I Could Have Been There (Woodstock).” Though Denver tried in a sleeve note to weave all this into a theme, something about “all the things that change as we grow older.” In fact, Whose Garden Was This was an expendable collection of second-rate Denver songs and first-rate songs done better by others. Not surprisingly, it missed the charts.Read More

Country

Paul McCartney & Wings – Red Rose Speedway (1973) {2018, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, 3CD + 2DVD + BD + Hi-Res}

March 19, 2019

Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway (1973) {2018, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, 3CD + 2DVD + BD + Hi-Res}

Paul McCartney & Wings – Red Rose Speedway (1973) {2018, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, 3CD + 2DVD + BD + Hi-Res}
EAC Rip | 3x CD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
2x DVD | NTSC 16:9 (720×480) VBR | LPCM (2.0) | AC-3 (5.1)
Blu-ray | MPEG-4 AVC Video | DTS-HD MA (5.1 / 24bit / 96kHz) | LPCM (2.0 / 24bit / 96kHz)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.10 GB (CD) + 9.69 GB (DVDs) + 16.8 GB (BD) + 3.94 GB (Hi-Res) + 4.03 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MPL Communications Inc. | USA | Cat#: B-0028225-00 | Genre: Classic Rock

Includes the newly remastered album and 35 bonus audio tracks. Reconstruction of the “double album”, singles, B-sides, alternate mixes and unreleased tracks. The Bruce McMouse Show -the never- before-seen film on DVD and Blu-ray. Plus DVD featuring the James Paul McCartney TV Special and previously unseen footage. Housed alongside 128-page book written by Amanda Petrusich, photo book and folio containing unseen memorabilia from the MPL archives.Read More

Classic Rock

Paul McCartney & Wings – Wild Life (1971) {2018, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, 3CD + DVD}

March 19, 2019

Paul McCartney & Wings - Wild Life (1971) {2018, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, 3CD + DVD}

Paul McCartney & Wings – Wild Life (1971) {2018, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, 3CD + DVD}
EAC Rip | 3x CDs | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
DVD | ISO | NTSC 16:9 (720×480) VBR | LPCM
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 645 MB (CDs) + 2.50 GB (DVD) + 2.72 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MPL Communications Inc. | USA | Cat#: B0028224-00 | Genre: Classic Rock

Includes the newly remastered album and 25 bonus audio tracks; original rough mixes of the album, single edits, B-sides, home recordings and unreleased tracks. DVD features previously unreleased archive footage, rehearsals and homes videos. Housed alongside 128-page book written by David Fricke and folio containing unseen memorabilia from the MPL archives.Read More

Classic Rock

Gentle Giant – Octopus (1972) {2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

March 16, 2019

Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972) {2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Gentle Giant – Octopus (1972) {2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.38 GB (ISO) + 638 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9057 | Genre: Progressive Rock

Returning to Gentle Giant’s fourth album after any kind of lengthy absence, it’s astonishing just how little Octopus has dated. Often written off at the time as a pale reflection of the truly gargantuan steps being taken by the likes of Jethro Tull and Barclay James Harvest, the band’s closest relatives in the tangled skein of period prog, Gentle Giant often seemed more notable for its album art than its music.Read More

Progressive Rock

Johannette Zomer, Fred Jacobs – Splendore di Roma (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

March 14, 2019

Johannette Zomer, Fred Jacobs - Splendore di Roma (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Johannette Zomer, Fred Jacobs – Splendore di Roma (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.12 GB (ISO) + 2.24 GB (FLAC Mch) + 992 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Channel Classics | Germany | Cat#: CCS SA 19903 | Genre: Classical

During the pontificate of Urban VIII (1623-1644), the arts in Rome enjoyed a period of unprecedented splendor. In the context of the Counterreformation, they were part of the propaganda arsenal of papal might. The architecture of Bernini and Borromini, as well as the musiche of Mazzocchi and Rossi, echoing in the private apartments of the cardinals and the accademie, where the elite of Rome congregated to enjoy music and poetry, bear witness to this trend.Read More

Classical

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The Killers – Hot Fuss (2004) {2016, Reissue, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

March 13, 2019

The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004) {2016, Reissue, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

The Killers – Hot Fuss (2004) {2016, Reissue, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Format / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.14 GB (Hi-Res) + 455 MB (CD-Format) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Island Records | EU | Cat#: 00602547859303 | Genre: Indie Rock

There are so many garage rock/dance-rock tunes perfectly stylized and glamorous for the pop kids in the city and in the suburbs of new-millennium America. What’s nice about these the bands producing these songs is how they strive so desperately to individualize themselves. On a commercial level, they do quite well in delivering catchy pop hooks. When it comes to having actual talent, a select few actually do possess attention-worthy integrity. But there are others who don’t, and they disappear from the American consciousness after a brief flirtation with success.Read More

Indie / Post-Punk

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – The Best Of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016 (2019)

March 13, 2019

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - The Best Of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016 (2019)

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – The Best Of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016 (2019)
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.08 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Geffen Records | EU | Cat#: 00602567934394 | Genre: Classic Rock

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Classic Rock