GoodFlower, Author at Lossless Music Archives

Chris De Burgh – The Ultimate Collection (2000) [2009, Reissue, 2CD + DVD]

Chris De Burgh - The Ultimate Collection (2000) [2009, Reissue, 2CD + DVD]

The Ultimate Collection is a bountiful assortment of Chris de Burgh’s best material, up to and including songs from 2000’s Quiet Revolution album. The 38 tracks spotlight the best of de Burgh’s love songs, fairy tales, and quicker pieces, resulting in a delightful melange of this Argentinian-born’s music that spans nearly three decades. Continue reading “Chris De Burgh – The Ultimate Collection (2000) [2009, Reissue, 2CD + DVD]”

Tears For Fears – Gold (2006)

Tears For Fears - Gold (2006)

Hip-O’s excellent two-disc Tears for Fears Gold collection boasts 24 tracks from the veteran English duo. All of the obvious hits (“Shout,” “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” “Head Over Heels,” “Mad World,” and “Sowing the Seeds of Love”) are here, but it’s the inclusion of tracks from their woefully overlooked 2004 comeback album, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, that warrants a high rating. Continue reading “Tears For Fears – Gold (2006)”

Bad Company – Live At Red Rocks (2017) [CD + Blu-ray]

Bad Company - Live At Red Rocks (2017) [CD + Blu-ray]

Taped May 15, 2016 at Red Rocks Amphitheater In Colorado, The Legendary Classic Rock Band delivers it’s biggest hits.
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Madonna – Rebel Heart (2015) [Japan, Super Deluxe Edition]

Madonna - Rebel Heart (2015) [Japan, Super Deluxe Edition]

Rebel Heart is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Madonna. It was released on March 6, 2015 by Interscope Records. After a flurry of unexpected album content leaks, the singer put the album’s pre-order out of a sudden on iTunes on December 20, 2014, with six songs being available for download Continue reading “Madonna – Rebel Heart (2015) [Japan, Super Deluxe Edition]”

Harry Manfredini – Friday The 13th: Parts I-VI (2012) [6CDs Box Set, Limited Edition]

Harry Manfredini - Friday The 13th: Parts I-VI (2012) [6CDs Box Set, Limited Edition]

If you were to attend one of the many annual horror conventions held throughout the United States, you would run amok amongst the multituded of die-hard fans who have made FRIDAY THE 13th the acclaimed and cherished franchise it is today. No longer castigated as merely a luckless date on the Gregorian calendar, the folkloric significanse of the thirteenth day of the month falling on a Friday now conjures up an intense passion that is seldom achieved in American cinema. Continue reading “Harry Manfredini – Friday The 13th: Parts I-VI (2012) [6CDs Box Set, Limited Edition]”

Caravan – The World Is Yours: An Anthology 1968-1976 (2010) [4CDs Box Set]

Caravan - The World Is Yours: An Anthology 1968-1976 (2010) [4CDs Box Set]

The World Is Yours – The Anthology 1968-1976 is an exhaustive remastered four CD box set from Canterbury sound band Caravan. The set includes previously unreleased studio recordings, album tracks, rare single mixes, BBC recordings and out-takes,a s well as a lavish book featuring an essay and previously unseen photographs plus sleeve notes by Mark Powell. Continue reading “Caravan – The World Is Yours: An Anthology 1968-1976 (2010) [4CDs Box Set]”

Stan Getz – The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) [8CDs Box Set]

Stan Getz - The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) [8CDs Box Set]

With his beautiful, Lester Young-inspired tone, his grace with a melody, and his willingness to gently push boundaries, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz was known as “The Sound” for good reason. Coming to fame with the Woody Herman band in the ’40s, he held his own through both the swing and bebop eras, then found renewed commercial success in the early ’60s when a João Gilberto collaboration, “The Girl from Ipanema,” was a big hit and ushered in a bossa nova boom. Continue reading “Stan Getz – The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) [8CDs Box Set]”

The Drifters – Rockin’ & Driftin’ The Drifters Box (1996) [3CD-Set]

The Drifters - Rockin' & Driftin' The Drifters Box (1996) [3CD-Set]

Vocal groups and styles came and went from the 1950s through the 1980s, but somehow the Drifters evolved and persevered, spanning doo-wop and disco before being relegated exclusively to the oldies touring circuit. Rockin’ & Driftin’ collects highlights from the group’s embryonic Clyde McPhatter-led era (beginning with 1953’s “Money Honey”) into the mid-’70s, when the group still had some standing in the U.K. “On Broadway,” “There Goes My Baby,” “Up on the Roof,” “Under the Boardwalk”–they’re all included in this handsome, thoroughly annotated three-disc box set. Continue reading “The Drifters – Rockin’ & Driftin’ The Drifters Box (1996) [3CD-Set]”

Heart – The Box Set Series (2014) [4CDs Box Set]

Heart - The Box Set Series (2014) [4CDs Box Set]

2014 four CD release, an installment in the popular ‘The Box Set Series’, which come packed with original hit recordings by the biggest artists in music history. for the first time, the classic recordings of these household names are now packaged in box sets that virtually any household can afford. This set from the Classic Rock duo features 44 tracks including ‘Barracuda’, ‘Straight On’, ‘Even It Up’ and the previously unreleased ‘Stairway to Heaven’. Continue reading “Heart – The Box Set Series (2014) [4CDs Box Set]”

The Pretty Things – Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky: The Complete Pretty Things (2015) [13CDs + 2DVDs, Box Set]

The Pretty Things - Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky: The Complete Pretty Things (2015) [13CDs + 2DVDs, Box Set]

It is a hefty box in every sense: 13 CDs, supplemented with two DVDs, accompanied by a gorgeous hardcover book and a variety of tchotchkes, including a poster that traces the twisted family trees and time lines of the band and, just as helpfully, replicas of legal documents that explain why the group didn’t retain rights to its recordings for years. Continue reading “The Pretty Things – Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky: The Complete Pretty Things (2015) [13CDs + 2DVDs, Box Set]”

The Blues Band – The Blues Band Box (2005) [4CDs Box Set]

The Blues Band - The Blues Band Box (2005) [4CDs Box Set]

At last! A 4 CD box set which chronicles the band’s history and recording career from their first recordings up to the present day. Features a total of 78 tracks, including rare and unreleased items, and a lavishly produced booklet with in-depth notes by official Blues Band historian Roy Bainton, plus loads of memorabilia care of Tom McGuinness All tracks digitally remastered! Continue reading “The Blues Band – The Blues Band Box (2005) [4CDs Box Set]”

Various Artists – The Funk Box (2000) [4CDs Box Set]

Various Artists - The Funk Box (2000) [4CDs Box Set]

So ya got your doo-wop box, your soul box, your disco box but what about the most influential R&B style of the last 30 years? That’s right, brother, it’s funk-and here are 55 of the baddest grooves from the style’s 1970-1983 heyday, featuring all full-length versions from the best tape sources possible. Continue reading “Various Artists – The Funk Box (2000) [4CDs Box Set]”

The Shadows – Boxing The Shadows 1980-1990 (2017) [11CDs Box Set]

The Shadows - Boxing The Shadows 1980-1990 (2017) [11CDs Box Set]

The Shadows remain one of the most prolific bands of the last 60 years. They had 31 hit singles (plus 30 with Cliff Richard), which include 16 Top 10 hits (plus 25 more with Cliff), 5 No. 1 hits (plus 7 with Cliff). They’ve also spent 361 weeks on the albums chart (plus another 400+ with Cliff), selling tens of millions of records since 1958, and defining the sound that influenced many of the world’s greatest guitarists. The Shadows achieved a phenomenal run of hit albums throughout the 1960s/70s, with their last two reaching the No. 1 spot. In 1980 they moved to a new label, Polydor, where during a ten-year association they would produce an additional eleven albums. Continue reading “The Shadows – Boxing The Shadows 1980-1990 (2017) [11CDs Box Set]”

Bob Dylan & Joan Baez – Voices Of A Generation (2013)

Bob Dylan & Joan Baez - Voices Of A Generation (2013)

This compilation brings together the first albums of Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. Released in 1960 and 1962 respectively and titled by their respective names, they were the first recorded statements by a pair of artists who were spokespeople for the folk and protest movement that had grown up in the late Fifties and was aligning itself with the US Civil Rights Campaign. Continue reading “Bob Dylan & Joan Baez – Voices Of A Generation (2013)”

Various Artist – Connection 1963-1966 (1987)

Various Artist - Connection 1963-1966 (1987)