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The Alan Parsons Project – The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project - The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project – The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983)
[CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 1.25 GB (Hi-Res) + 475 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Arista | US | Cat#: AL8-8193 | Genre: Progressive Rock

The 12 tracks that appear on The Best of the Alan Parsons Project include some of their greatest singles, like “I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You” from 1977’s I Robot and the inducing “Games People Play” off of The Turn of a Friendly Card. Even though these songs are splendid all by themselves, they seem to lose their conceptual weight when taken away from their original albums. Continue reading “The Alan Parsons Project – The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Bob Marley & The Wailers – The Complete Island Recordings (2015) [Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Complete Island Recordings (2015) [Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bob Marley & The Wailers – The Complete Island Recordings (2015)
[Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 9.72 GB (Hi-Res) + 2.81 GB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Tuff Gong | US & EU | Cat#: TFGG5360251.1 | Genre: Reggae

The Complete Island Recordings includes 11LPs packaged in a rigid card box with lift top lid, and wrapped in silver paper that simulates the brushed metal finish of a zippo lighter. The box includes all nine Bob Marley & The Wailers studio albums recorded for Island Records, featuring their most celebrated releases, including Catch A Fire, their 1973 label debut, and Rastaman Vibration, their 1976 breakthrough album in the United States, along with two live albums Live! and Babylon By Bus. Continue reading “Bob Marley & The Wailers – The Complete Island Recordings (2015) [Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (1976) [2019, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (1976) [2019, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (1976) [2019, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 1.33 GB (Hi-Res) + 409 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Fantasy | US | Cat#: CCR-2 | Genre: Rock & Roll, Classic Rock

Chronicle, Vol. 1 contains every one of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s original 19 hit singles — including “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Green River,” “Down on the Corner,” “Travelin’ Band,” “Up Around the Band,” and “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” — plus “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” which became a hit at the same time this double-record compilation was released. Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (1976) [2019, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Beth Hart – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2022) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Beth Hart - A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2022) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Beth Hart – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2022) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 1.31 GB (Hi-Res) + 434 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Provogue | EU | Cat#: PRD 7659 1 | Genre: Blues Rock

While recording her 2019 album War in My Mind with producer Rob Cavallo, Beth Hart sang a version of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” during a bit of downtime in the studio. Impressed, Cavallo suggested that Hart record an entire album of Zeppelin covers, but the singer demurred, saying she needed to be in a specific mindset to sing those songs: “you’ve got to be pissed off to hit that right.” Hart got pissed off during the COVID-19 pandemic, so she summoned Cavallo and made A Tribute to Led Zeppelin. Continue reading “Beth Hart – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2022) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Barry Manilow – Greatest Story (1979) [Japan, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Barry Manilow - Greatest Story (1979) [Japan, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Barry Manilow – Greatest Story (1979) [Japan, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 1.09 GB (Hi-Res) + 345 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd. | Japan | Cat#: 25RS-7 | Genre: Adult Contemporary
Pressed on JVC Super Vinyl
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Tears For Fears – The Tipping Point (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

Seventeen years is a long time between albums. It’s even longer when you consider the magnitude of how much life happens during that interval. Tears for Fears had experienced mega pop successes (and loads of industry pressure) with Songs from the Big Chair and The Seeds of Love. Curt Smith, sick of paying fame’s price, quit in 1991. Roland Orzabal carried on the name for two more lackluster albums. Continue reading “Tears For Fears – The Tipping Point (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]”

Olivia Newton-John – Physical (1981) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Physical (1981) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 843 MB (Hi-Res) + 251 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-5229 | Genre: Pop Rock, Adult Contemporary

“Physical” became such a monster hit — not just a hit, but a pop-culture phenomenon that was impossible to escape — that it became difficult to view its accompanying album as anything other than a conduit for the single. The thing was, Physical was a damn good record, in many ways one of Olivia Newton-John’s very best. Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Physical (1981) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Olivia Newton-John – Totally Hot (1978) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Totally Hot (1978) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Totally Hot (1978) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 837 MB (Hi-Res) + 245 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-3067 | Genre: Pop Rock, Adult Contemporary
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Olivia Newton-John – Making A Good Thing Better (1977) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Making A Good Thing Better (1977) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Making A Good Thing Better (1977) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 885 MB (Hi-Res) + 253 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-2280 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

Newton-John has actually made a good thing blander on her 1977 release, in which she milks her tender innocence and soft vocals until all that is left is a drought-driven yearning for substance. She would later learn the rules of rock on Grease and Physical, but here she makes you suffer through an array of drippy ballads and folk music. Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Making A Good Thing Better (1977) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Olivia Newton-John – Don’t Stop Believin’ (1976) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Don't Stop Believin' (1976) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Don’t Stop Believin’ (1976) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 751 MB (Hi-Res) + 224 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-2223 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

The 1976 edition of Olivia Newton-John continues the positive vibe that Have You Never Been Mellow initiated, and though the title track hit number one on the adult contemporary charts, it, surprisingly, failed to go higher than Top 30 pop. A shame because exactly five years later a different song with the exact same title and sentiment went Top Ten for Journey; the comparison is appropriate because Don’t Stop Believin’ is one of the slickest of Newton-John’s country pop releases. Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Don’t Stop Believin’ (1976) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Olivia Newton-John – Come On Over (1976) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Come On Over (1976) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Come On Over (1976) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 866 MB (Hi-Res) + 250 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-2186 | Genre: Adult Contemporary, Country
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Olivia Newton-John – Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 779 MB (Hi-Res) + 221 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-2133 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

The hit single “Have You Never Been Mellow” carried Olivia Newton-John right back to number one, six months after “I Honestly Love You” brought the singer to that coveted position for the first time. The title track is a masterpiece of songwriting by her producer, John Farrar, an exquisitely pleasant melody with a sunny and peaceful theme. Having covered John Denver’s “Take Me Home Country Roads” on the Let Me Be There album in 1973, Newton-John goes back to the Denver catalog twice on this project, including her beautiful rendition of one of his lesser-known gems, “Follow Me,” with Farrar’s lush country-pop instrumental backing. Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Olivia Newton-John – Clearly Love (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Clearly Love (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Clearly Love (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 659 MB (Hi-Res) + 190 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-2148 | Genre: Country, Adult Contemporary

Nine beautiful photos accompany the lyrics — Olivia with horses, Olivia in the hay, Olivia with a doggy; following up the phenomenal success of Have You Never Been Mellow was pretty elementary — Newton-John ruled the Top 40, adult contemporary, and country charts at this point in time. From the end of 1975 to early 1976, Clearly Love generated a Top 20 and two Top 30 hits: “Something Better to Do” and “Let It Shine” b/w “He Ain’t Heavy…He’s My Brother,” respectively. Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Clearly Love (1975) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Olivia Newton-John – Long Live Love (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – Long Live Love (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 807 MB (Hi-Res) + 231 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Interfusion | Australia | Cat#: L 35230 | Genre: Country, Adult Contemporary

The title track was released in March 1974. Newton-John performed it at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest when she represented the UK. Along with the title track, five other tracks from the LP had been the six shortlisted songs for the UK selection for Eurovision, broadcast as A Song for Europe, 1974. The song that placed second, “Angel Eyes”, was also released as the B-side of the “Long Live Love” single. (The other four songs were “Someday”, “Loving You Ain’t Easy”, “Have Love, Will Travel”, and “Hands Across the Sea”.) Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Long Live Love (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Olivia Newton-John – If You Love, Me Let Me Know (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Olivia Newton-John – If You Love, Me Let Me Know (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 666 MB (Hi-Res) + 187 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA-411 | Genre: Country, Adult Contemporary

In May and August of 1974, Olivia Newton-John broke through in a big way with this album, the number five title track written by John Rostil, and the number one smash “I Love You, I Honestly Love You” by Jeff Barry and Peter Allen quickly established Olivia as a superstar to be reckoned with. The album is beautifully produced by John Farrar with his friend Bruce Welch of Marvin, Welch & Farrar fame helping out with the production on two of the tracks, Gerry Rafferty’s “Mary Skeffington” and Olivia Newton-John’s sole composition, the acoustic “Changes.” Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – If You Love, Me Let Me Know (1974) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”