Author Archive: GoodFlower

The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed (1969) {2019, 50th Anniversary Edition, Remastered, 2x CD-Layer SACD}

GoodFlower December 7, 2019

The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969) {2019, 50th Anniversary Edition, Remastered, 2x CD-Layer SACD}

The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed (1969) {2019, 50th Anniversary Edition, Remastered, 2x CD-Layer SACD}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.26 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABKCO | US | Cat#: 018771857815 | Genre: Classic Rock Rock & Roll

Limited Edition Numbered Box Sets 2 180 gram LPs in Stereo and Mono with restored original album art 2 SACDs in Stereo and Mono housed in custom 12″ sleeve 7″ single of “Honky Tonk Women”/ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” in Mono with original picture sleeve 80 page hardcover book with essay by David Fricke and never before seen photos by Ethan Russell Three 12″x12″ hand-numbered, replica-signed lithographs printed on embossed archival paper, housed in foil-stamped envelopeRead More

Classic Rock, Rock & Roll

The Rolling Stones

Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars: Songs From The Film (2019)

GoodFlower December 2, 2019

Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars: Songs From The Film (2019)

Country Rock, Pop Rock

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars (2019)

GoodFlower December 2, 2019

Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars (2019)

Country Rock, Pop Rock

Bruce Springsteen

VA – I’m A Freak 2 Baby. A Further Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-73 (2019) {3CD-Set}

GoodFlower November 27, 2019

VA - I'm A Freak 2 Baby. A Further Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-73 (2019) {3CD-Set}

VA – I’m A Freak 2 Baby. A Further Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-73 (2019) {3CD-Set}
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.33 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Grapefruit Records | UK | Cat#: CRSEGBOX050 | Genre: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Released in 2016, I’m A Freak Baby – Grapefruit’s 3-CD overview of the UK’s late Sixties/early Seventies nascent hard rock/proto-metal scene – received rapturous acclaim from pundits and punters alike, with The Guardian’s “grim, grey and glorious” summary succinctly capturing the general response to the set. Three years later, the woodwork squeaks and out come the freaks again. And, like all good follow-ups, I’m A Freak 2 Baby expands upon the original while simultaneously tightening the stylistic mesh..In addition to further selections from some of the subterranean stars of the first volume (Iron Claw, the semi-housetrained Stack Waddy, the even more semi-housetrained Wicked Lady), we feature many of the genre’s pioneers, with key tracks from The Jeff Beck Group, Edgar Broughton Band, Atomic Rooster and High Tide.Read More

Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Various Artists

VA – I’m A Freak, Baby… A Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-72 (2016) {3CD-Set}

GoodFlower November 27, 2019

VA - I'm A Freak, Baby... A Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-72 (2016) {3CD-Set}

VA – I’m A Freak, Baby… A Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-72 (2016) {3CD-Set}
XLD Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.49 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Grapefruit Records | UK | Cat#: CRSEGBOX032 | Genre: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Three CD collection. Although vintage British psychedelia is viewed by many these days as an Alice In Wonderland-style enchanted garden full of beatific flower children innocently gathering flowers or chasing butterflies, there was always a more visceral element to the scene. Pointedly free of such fripperies as scarlet tunic-wearing gnomes, phenomenal cats and talismanic bicycles, the power trio format that was popularized by the likes of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience spawned a host of imitators. As the 60s drew to a close and pop evolved slowly but inexorably into rock, psychedelia gave way to a sound that was harder, leaner, heavier, louder.Read More

Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Various Artists

Jeff Lynne’s ELO – From Out Of Nowhere (2019)

GoodFlower November 25, 2019

Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out Of Nowhere (2019)

Unlike either its predecessor Alone in the Universe or 2001’s Zoom, From out of Nowhere didn’t appear after a prolonged period of silence from Jeff Lynne’s ELO. It arrived in November of 2019, nearly exactly four years after Alone in the Universe, a rapid turnaround that recalls Lynne’s work schedule as a bandleader and producer in the 1970s and ’80s. That’s not the only way From out of Nowhere conjures memories of the past.Read More

Progressive Rock

Jeff Lynne

The Doors – The Soft Parade (1969) {2019, Remastered, 50th Anniversary Edition, 3CD}

GoodFlower November 15, 2019

The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969) {2019, Remastered, 50th Anniversary Edition, 3CD}

The Doors – The Soft Parade (1969) {2019, Remastered, 50th Anniversary Edition, 3CD}
EAC Rip | 3x CD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.40 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Elektra | EU | Cat#: 603497851324 | Genre: Blues Rock, Classic Rock

The record was actually released 50 years ago yesterday and the new edition offers a newly remastered version of the album (by Bruce Botnick) on the first CD with a bonus track of the B-side ‘Who Scared You’.Read More

Blues Rock, Classic Rock

The Doors

Steve Miller Band – Welcome To The Vault (2019) {Box Set, 3CD + DVD}

GoodFlower November 14, 2019

Steve Miller Band - Welcome To The Vault (2019) {Box Set, 3CD + DVD}

Steve Miller Band – Welcome To The Vault (2019) {Box Set, 3CD + DVD}
EAC Rip | 3x CD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
DVD | NTSC 16:9 (720×480) VBR | LPCM (2.0)
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.33 GB (CDs) + 4.90 GB (DVD) + 1.92 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music | EU | Cat#: 00602567763413 | Genre: Blues Rock, Pop Rock

Steve Miller Opens His Massive Vault For The First Time To Share His Treasures Welcome to the Vault is a Career Spanning 3 CD + DVD Collection containing 52 audio tracks and 21 performances on DVD With 38 previously unreleased recordings, including 5 compositions that have never been heard before, and featuring alternate versions of classic songs, live performances and more, all housed in a 100 page hard bound book of Steve’s personal photos, with a 7,000 word essay by David Fricke.Read More

Blues Rock, Pop Rock

Steve Miller Band

The Kinks – Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire (1969) {2019, 50th Anniversary, Deluxe Box Set}

GoodFlower November 8, 2019

The Kinks - Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire (1969) {2019, 40th Anniversary, Deluxe Box Set}

The Kinks – Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire (1969) {2019, 50th Anniversary, Deluxe Box Set}
EAC Rip | 4xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.77 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG / ABKCO | EU | Cat#: BMGCAT407BOX | Genre: Classic Rock

This set is presented differently to The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society box set; Arthur is it is smaller, seven-inch square, three-inch deep package, which holds four CDs, four seven-inch singles, a book and some other ‘bits’.Read More

Classic Rock

The Kinks

Whitesnake – Slip Of The Tongue (1989) {2019, 30th Anniversary Edition, Remastered, 6CD + DVD}

GoodFlower November 1, 2019

Whitesnake - Slip Of The Tongue (1989) {2019, 30th Anniversary Edition, Remastered, 6CD + DVD}

Whitesnake – Slip Of The Tongue (1989) {2019, 30th Anniversary Edition, Remastered, 6CD + DVD}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
DVD | NTSC 4:3 (720×480) VBR | Dolby AC3 (5.1 & 2.0)
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.93 GB (CDs) + 7.05 GB (DVD) + 945 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino Entertainment | EU | Cat#: 0190295409814 | Genre: Hard Rock

6CD/DVD Collection Includes A Newly Remastered Version Of The Top 10 Album, Expanded With Unreleased Studio Recordings, The Band’s 1990 Headlining Set At Castle Donington, Music Videos And A New Interview With David CoverdaleRead More

Hard Rock

Whitesnake

Ringo Starr – What’s My Name (2019)

GoodFlower October 30, 2019

Ringo Starr - What's My Name (2019)

Depending on your count (namely, whether you choose to include 1999’s I Wanna Be Santa Claus or not), What’s My Name is the 20th album Ringo Starr has released as a solo artist, but the real telling part of that statistic is how eight of those records have been released in the 21st century. During the 2000s and 2010s, Ringo has been treating the recording studio like an extension of his All-Starr Band, inviting his celebrity friends in to have a laugh while playing a few tunes. Not much has changed with What’s My Name, at least on the surface.Read More

Pop Rock

Ringo Starr

Various Artists – Chicago Hit Factory: The Vee Jay Story 1953-1966 (2013) {10CDs, Box set}

GoodFlower October 24, 2019

Various Artists - Chicago Hit Factory: The Vee Jay Story 1953-1966 (2013) {10CDs, Box set}

Various Artists – Chicago Hit Factory: The Vee Jay Story 1953-1966 (2013) {10CDs, Box set}
EAC Rip | 10xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Scans Included
Total Size: 3.61 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Charly Records | Germany | Cat#: Charly 915 MB | Genre: Jazz, R&B

Motown is the black-owned Great Lakes R&B label synonymous with the ’60s but before their reign was Chicago’s Vee-Jay Records, ruling the charts for nearly a decade prior to the rise of the Detroit imprint. The tale of Vee-Jay has been told before in a variety of compilations, but Charly’s 2014 box set Chicago Hit Factory: The Vee-Jay Story 1953-1966 is easily the most comprehensive chronicle, lasting ten discs and encompassing all of the chapters in the label’s wild history.Read More

Jazz, R&B

Various Artists

Wilco – Ode to Joy (2019)

GoodFlower October 19, 2019

Wilco - Ode to Joy (2019)

Ode to Joy – the 11th studio album from the pioneering Chicago rock band Wilco – will be released Oct. 4 via dBpm Records. The album features 11 new songs written and produced by Jeff Tweedy and recorded by Wilco at the bands’ own Chicago studio dubbed The Loft.
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Alternative Rock

Wilco