GoodFlower, Author at Lossless Music Archives

Wanda Jackson – Right Or Wrong (1992) [4CDs Box Set]

Wanda Jackson - Right Or Wrong (1992) [4CDs Box Set]

This four-CD set is like a photo album of Wanda Jackson growing up, from innocent adolescent to rockabilly star and the dominant female country singer of the early 1960s. Her complete recordings from the first Decca session in March 1954 until her Capitol session of November 2, 1962, constitute the part of her career that rock & roll and rockabilly fans most care about. Continue reading “Wanda Jackson – Right Or Wrong (1992) [4CDs Box Set]”

The Andrews Sisters – The Golden Age Of The Andrews Sisters (2002) [4CDs Box set]

The Andrews Sisters - The Golden Age Of The Andrews Sisters (2002) [4CDs Box set]

Since the 50-year limit on copyrights in Europe has led to a flurry of Andrews Sisters releases beginning in the early ’90s, it’s worth pointing out that the British Jasmine label is not just another fly-by-night outfit cobbling together a bunch of old 78s. The four-disc Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters, with a running time of more than four-and-three-quarters hours, contains more tracks — 101 — than any previously released Andrews Sisters compilation. Continue reading “The Andrews Sisters – The Golden Age Of The Andrews Sisters (2002) [4CDs Box set]”

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Damn the Torpedoes (1979) [1991, MFSL Remastered]

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (1979) [1991, MFSL Remastered]

Not long after You’re Gonna Get It, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ label, Shelter, was sold to MCA Records. Petty struggled to free himself from the major label, eventually sending himself into bankruptcy. Continue reading “Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Damn the Torpedoes (1979) [1991, MFSL Remastered]”

Buddy Holly – Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings And More (2009) [6CDs Box Set]

Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings And More (2009) [6CDs Box Set]

In 1979, The Complete Buddy Holly gathered up all known Buddy Holly recordings in a six-LP box set, setting the standard for archival rock & roll reissues in the pre-CD era. Perhaps if this box never existed, the wait for a CD incarnation of Holly’s complete recordings wouldn’t have seemed quite so long, but chances are it would: as the CD revolution waned in the early days of the new millennium, every one of his peers saw their work boxed up in complete sets, leaving Buddy to the bootleggers Continue reading “Buddy Holly – Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings And More (2009) [6CDs Box Set]”

Pat Travers – Retro Rocket (2015)

Pat Travers - Retro Rocket (2015)

Legendary guitar slinger Pat Travers blasts off with a brand new album featuring Travers trademark smoking hot licks, powerful vocal performances, and just plain kick ass, foot stomping rock & roll! Continue reading “Pat Travers – Retro Rocket (2015)”

Lita Ford – Kiss Me Deadly (1997)

Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly (1997)

Compilation featuring 17 of the hard rockin’former Runaway’s best, including the top 20 hit ‘Kiss MeDeadly’, a cover of Alice Cooper’s ‘Only Women Bleed’ andother tough gems from the ’80s like ‘Back To The Cave’,’Can’t Catch Me’ & ‘Hungry’. A Camden release. Continue reading “Lita Ford – Kiss Me Deadly (1997)”

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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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]”

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]”