Author: Leon

Blondie – Parallel Lines (1978) {1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978) {1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Blondie – Parallel Lines (1978) {1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-050 | Genre: New Wave, Pop Rock
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Blondie turned to British pop producer Mike Chapman for their third album, on which they abandoned any pretensions to new wave legitimacy (just in time, given the decline of the new wave) and emerged as a pure pop band. But it wasn’t just Chapman that made Parallel Lines Blondie’s best album; it was the band’s own songwriting, including Deborah Harry, Chris Stein, and James Destri’s “Picture This,” and Harry and Stein’s “Heart of Glass,” and Harry and new bass player Nigel Harrison’s “One Way or Another,” plus two contributions from nonbandmember Jack Lee, “Will Anything Happen?” and “Hanging on the Telephone.” Continue reading “Blondie – Parallel Lines (1978) {1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-069 | Genre: Pop Rock
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Abandoned Luncheonette, Hall & Oates’ second album, was the first indication of the duo’s talent for sleek, soul-inflected pop/rock. It featured the single “She’s Gone,” which would become a big hit in 1975 when it was re-released following the success of “Sara Smile.” Continue reading “Daryl Hall & John Oates – Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) {1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

John Cougar Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) {1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) {1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-222 | Genre: Folk Rock, Southern Rock
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John Mellencamp’s fascination with the American heartland came into full flower on Scarecrow, but with its follow-up, The Lonesome Jubilee, he began exploring American folk musics, adding fiddle, accordions, and acoustic guitars to his band, which allowed him to explore folk and country. Continue reading “John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) {1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (1969) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (1969) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (1969) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Label: A&M Records | US | Cat#: SP-4182 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock

With a Little Help from My Friends is the debut album by singer Joe Cocker, released in May 1969. It was certified gold in the US and peaked at number 35 on the Billboard 200. In the UK, the album charted in May 1972 at number 29 when it was re-released as a double pack with Cocker’s second LP Joe Cocker!. Continue reading “Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (1969) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Jefferson Airplane – Crown Of Creation (1968) {1989, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (1968) {1989, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Jefferson Airplane – Crown Of Creation (1968) {1989, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-148 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock
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Crown of Creation appeared ten months after their last album, After Bathing at Baxter’s, and it doesn’t take the same kind of leap forward that Baxter’s did from Surrealistic Pillow. Indeed, in many ways, Crown of Creation is a more conservative album stylistically, opening with “Lather,” a Grace Slick original that was one of the group’s very last forays (and certainly their last prominent one) into a folk idiom. Much of what follows is a lot more based in electric rock, as well as steeped in elements of science fiction (specifically author John Wyndham’s book The Chrysalids) in several places, but Crown of Creation was still deliberately more accessible musically than its predecessor, even as the playing became more bold and daring within more traditional song structures. Continue reading “Jefferson Airplane – Crown Of Creation (1968) {1989, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Against The Wind (1980) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against The Wind (1980) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Against The Wind (1980)
[1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-127 | Genre: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock
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Though there are still some traces of the confessionals that underpinned Beautiful Loser through Stranger in Town, Against the Wind finds Bob Seger turning toward craft. Perhaps he had to, since Against the Wind arrived after three blockbuster albums and never-ending tours. Even so, this record winds up not feeling as immediate or soulful as its predecessors, especially since it begins with a tossed-off rocker called “The Horizontal Bop,” possibly his most careless tune since “Noah.” It’s fun, but once it’s done, the record really starts to kick into high gear with “You’ll Accomp’ny Me,” a ballad the equal of anything on its two predecessors. Continue reading “Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Against The Wind (1980) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory (1970) {1980, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (1970) {1980, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory (1970) {1980, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-037 | Genre: Classic Rock
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Throughout 1969 and into 1970, CCR toured incessantly and recorded nearly as much. Appropriately, Cosmo’s Factory’s first single was the working band’s anthem “Travelin’ Band,” a funny, piledriving rocker with a blaring horn section — the first indication their sonic palette was broadening. Two more singles appeared prior to the album’s release, backed by John Fogerty originals that rivaled the A-side or paled just slightly. Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory (1970) {1980, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

Bad Company – Desolation Angels (1979) {2020, 2019 40th Anniversary Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}

Bad Company - Desolation Angels (1979) {2020, 2019 40th Anniversary Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}

Bad Company – Desolation Angels (1979) {2020, 2019 40th Anniversary Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}
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Label: Rhino / Atlantic | Genre: Classic Rock, Blues Rock

Bad Company’s incredible commercial success continued in 1979 with the British supergroup’s fifth studio album, ‘Desolation Angels’. Bad Company will celebrate the album’s 40th anniversary with a newly expanded version that boasts nineteen unreleased songs taken from the album’s recording sessions. Desolation Angels was recently remastered from the original multi-track tapes for ‘The Swan Song Years 1974-1982’. The second disc that accompanies Desolation Angels: 40th Anniversary Edition presents unreleased versions of seven album tracks. Highlights include alternate takes for ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy’, ‘Early in the Morning’ and ‘She Brings Me Love’. Continue reading “Bad Company – Desolation Angels (1979) {2020, 2019 40th Anniversary Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}”

Neil Young – Old Ways (1985) {1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Neil Young - Old Ways (1985) {1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Neil Young – Old Ways (1985) {1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-252 | Genre: Country, Folk
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In 1984, Geffen Records sued Neil Young on the grounds that he had submitted uncharacteristic, uncommercial records to the label. By the time a settlement had been reached, Young had been on the road with a country band called the International Harvesters for over a year and recorded a revamped version of Old Ways, a 1982 recording originally rejected by Geffen that was cut in the style of Harvest and Comes a Time, but with a stronger country leaning. Continue reading “Neil Young – Old Ways (1985) {1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

The Doors – The Doors (1967) [1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Doors - The Doors (1967) [1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Doors – The Doors (1967) [1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-051 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock
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Alice Cooper – Welcome To My Nightmare (1975) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare (1975) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Alice Cooper – Welcome To My Nightmare (1975) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-063 | Genre: Glam Rock
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With the 1974 disintegration of the original Alice Cooper group, Alice was free to launch a solo career. He wisely decided to re-enlist the services of Bob Ezrin for his solo debut, Welcome to My Nightmare, which was a concept album tied into the story line of the highly theatrical concert tour he launched soon after the album’s release. Continue reading “Alice Cooper – Welcome To My Nightmare (1975) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

John Hiatt – Bring The Family (1987) [1994, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

John Hiatt - Bring The Family (1987) [1994, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

John Hiatt – Bring The Family (1987)
[1994, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-210 | Genre: Blues Rock, Country Rock
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In 1987, John Hiatt, clean and sober and looking for an American record deal, was asked by an A&R man at a British label to name his dream band. After a little thought, Hiatt replied that if he had his druthers, he’d cut a record with Ry Cooder on guitar, Nick Lowe on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums. Continue reading “John Hiatt – Bring The Family (1987) [1994, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Grateful Dead – From The Mars Hotel (1974) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Grateful Dead - From The Mars Hotel (1974) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Grateful Dead – From The Mars Hotel (1974) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-172 | Genre: Country Rock, Folk Rock
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The Grateful Dead made their reputation on the road with their live shows, and they always struggled to capture that magic in the studio. From the Mars Hotel, while not a classic, represents one of their better studio albums. Jerry Garcia sounds engaged throughout and takes the vocal reigns for most of the songs on the album — although he’s not the most gifted vocalist, he proves himself able and versatile. Continue reading “Grateful Dead – From The Mars Hotel (1974) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Various Artists – Cheskys Best Of The 2010s (2020) {WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res}

Various Artists - Cheskys Best Of The 2010s (2020) {WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res}

Various Artists – Cheskys Best Of The 2010s (2020) {WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res}
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Label: Chesky Records | Genre: Jazz

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Michael McDonald – If That’s What It Takes (1982) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Michael McDonald - If That's What It Takes (1982) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Michael McDonald – If That’s What It Takes (1982) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-149 | Genre: Pop, Soul
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As the lead singer of the Doobie Brothers from 1975-1980, Michael McDonald’s soulful voice and skilled writing gave the group classics like “Minute by Minute,” “Real Love,” and the perfect “What a Fool Believes.” After the group’s 1980 album One Step Closer displayed a tension that was almost audible, it was no surprise that a split was in the works. Continue reading “Michael McDonald – If That’s What It Takes (1982) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”