GoodFlower, Author at Lossless Music Archives

Frijid Pink – Frijid Pink (1970) [1991 Reissue]

Frijid Pink - Frijid Pink (1970) [1991 Reissue]

Frijid Pink’s self-titled debut album is a slashing, seriously soulful example of late-’60s Detroit rock near its best. Although they never registered with critics or rock historians the way MC5 or the Stooges did, Frijid Pink had obviously learned something in the course of two years on the road, and with Mike Valvano producing, they were able to channel the excitement of their work onto the grooves of this album very neatly. Continue reading “Frijid Pink – Frijid Pink (1970) [1991 Reissue]”

Edgar Winter – Brother Johnny (2022)

Edgar Winter - Brother Johnny (2022)

Various Artists – Here Comes Summer: 60 Sunshine Holiday Greats (2021) [3CD-Set]

Various Artists - Here Comes Summer: 60 Sunshine Holiday Greats (2021) [3CD-Sets]

Various Artists – Greatest Ever Decade 90s (2021) [4CD-Set]

Various Artists - Greatest Ever Decade 90s (2021) [4CD-Set]

Can it really be over twenty years since the decade before the millennium: the 1990s GREATEST EVER DECADE 90s will scratch your nostalgic itch, harking back to a time where Deee-Lite, Kylie Minogue and Cher brought pop to the dancefloor, R&B ruled the radio with groups like En Vogue, Eternal and Jade, and big ballads by Seal Continue reading “Various Artists – Greatest Ever Decade 90s (2021) [4CD-Set]”

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Looking Glass: A Collection (1992)

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Looking Glass: A Collection (1992)

Gary Puckett & the Union Gap were originally an actual band, but by the time the musicians entered the recording studio with producer and songwriter Jerry Fuller, the focus fell on Puckett’s strong, smooth baritone voice, and the Union Gap part of the equation was buried under a MOR barrage of strings, horns, and choirs. The formula worked, however, and the group enjoyed five Top 40 hits between 1967 and 1969, including “Woman, Woman,” “Lady Willpower,” the dangerously pedophilic “Young Girl,” and the majestic, soaring “Over You,” all of which are featured in this collection. Continue reading “Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Looking Glass: A Collection (1992)”

Boney M. – Diamonds (2015) [40th Anniversary Edition, 2 Box Sets]

Boney M. - Diamonds (2015) [40th Anniversary Edition, 2 Box Sets]

Boney M. – Diamonds (2015) [40th Anniversary Edition, 2 Box Sets]
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
4x DVD | NTSC 4:3 (720×480) VBR / PAL 16:9 (720×576) VBR | LPCM / AC-3
Full Scans Included
1.54 GB (CDs) + 26.1 GB (DVDs) + 556 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery

Special two box sets including 3CDs, plus bonus documentary DVD and three-DVD sets. CDs one and two of the 3CD set feature all hit singles in chronological order including unreleased 7” single versions. The third CD features an exclusive 30 minute mega mix by the German DJ team Bodybangers and new mixes from Bassflow and Blank & Jones. Continue reading “Boney M. – Diamonds (2015) [40th Anniversary Edition, 2 Box Sets]”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River (1969) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold]

If anything, CCR’s third album Green River represents the full flower of their classic sound initially essayed on its predecessor, Bayou Country. One of the differences between the two albums is that Green River is tighter, with none of the five-minute-plus jams that filled out both their debut and Bayou Country, but the true key to its success is a peak in John Fogerty’s creativity. Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River (1969) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold]”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country (1968) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold CD]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1968) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold CD]

Opening slowly with the dark, swampy “Born on the Bayou,” Bayou Country reveals an assured Creedence Clearwater Revival, a band that has found its voice between their first and second album. It’s not just that “Born on the Bayou” announces that CCR has discovered its sound — it reveals the extent of John Fogerty’s myth-making. Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country (1968) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold CD]”

Falco – The Sound Of Musik: The Greatest Hits (2022)

Falco - The Sound Of Musik: The Greatest Hits (2022)

On the eve of what would have been his 65th birthday, Sony Austria are to issue a new Falco best of called The Sound of Musik. This presents the singles in chronological order from 1981’s Ganz Wien to 1998’s Out of the Dark. Continue reading “Falco – The Sound Of Musik: The Greatest Hits (2022)”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy And The Poor Boys (1969) [1994, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy And The Poor Boys (1969) [1994, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]

Make no mistake, Willy & the Poor Boys is a fun record, perhaps the breeziest album CCR ever made. Apart from the eerie minor-key closer “Effigy” (one of John Fogerty’s most haunting numbers), there is little of the doom that colored Green River. Fogerty’s rage remains, blazing to the forefront on “Fortunate Son,” a working-class protest song that cuts harder than any of the explicit Vietnam protest songs of the era, which is one of the reasons that it hasn’t aged where its peers have. Also, there’s that unbridled vocal from Fogerty and the ferocious playing on CCR, which both sound fresh as they did upon release. Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy And The Poor Boys (1969) [1994, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Pendulum (1970) [1996, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Pendulum (1970) [1996, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]

During 1969 and 1970, CCR was dismissed by hipsters as a bubblegum pop band and the sniping had grown intolerable, at least to John Fogerty, who designed Pendulum as a rebuke to critics. He spent time polishing the production, bringing in keyboards, horns, even a vocal choir. His songs became self-consciously serious and tighter, working with the aesthetic of the rock underground Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – Pendulum (1970) [1996, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]”

Blood, Sweat And Tears – The Complete Columbia Singles (2014) [2CD]

Blood, Sweat And Tears - The Complete Columbia Singles (2014) [2CD]

Blood, Sweat & Tears are no strangers to oldies radio but even so, they only have a handful singles in constant rotation: “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” “Spinning Wheel,” “And When I Die,” and maybe “Hi-De-Ho.” “You’re the One,” a Top 10 Adult Contemporary single from 1976, is rarely heard and that’s just one of many songs released on the A- and B-sides of singles released between 1968 and 1976, all of which are compiled on Real Gone’s 2014 double-disc set The Complete Columbia Singles. Continue reading “Blood, Sweat And Tears – The Complete Columbia Singles (2014) [2CD]”

Blood, Sweat & Tears – New Blood / No Sweat / More Than Ever (2012) [Remastered, 2CD]

Blood, Sweat & Tears - New Blood / No Sweat / More Than Ever (2012) [Remastered, 2CD]

From their beginnings as an attempt at bold jazz-rock fusion in 1967 through a run as a high-powered R&B/soul-rock singles act with singer David Clayton-Thomas two years later, Blood, Sweat & Tears were always a kind of fascinating experiment, and a commercially successful one at that. The first album from the Clayton-Thomas-fronted band appeared in 1969, spawned four high chart hits, won a Grammy as Album of the Year, and went on to sell some three million units. Continue reading “Blood, Sweat & Tears – New Blood / No Sweat / More Than Ever (2012) [Remastered, 2CD]”

Blood, Sweat & Tears – 3 & 4 (2004)

Blood, Sweat & Tears - 3 & 4 (2004)

From their beginnings as an attempt at bold jazz-rock fusion in 1967 through a run as a high-powered R&B/soul-rock singles act with singer David Clayton-Thomas two years later, Blood, Sweat & Tears were always a kind of fascinating experiment, and a commercially successful one at that. The first album from the Clayton-Thomas-fronted band appeared in 1969, spawned four high chart hits, won a Grammy as Album of the Year, and went on to sell some three million units. This set picks up the aftermath, combining the band’s next two albums, Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 and 4, in a single package. Continue reading “Blood, Sweat & Tears – 3 & 4 (2004)”

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Nuclear Blues (1980)

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Nuclear Blues (1980)

This 1980 edition of rock’s longest-running horn band is definitely not your father’s Blood, Sweat & Tears. Frontman David Clayton-Thomas is still on board, but everybody else is new. Continue reading “Blood, Sweat & Tears – Nuclear Blues (1980)”