Author: Leon

Billie Holiday – Body And Soul (1957) [1995, MFSL Remastered CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Billie Holiday - Body And Soul (1957) [1995, MFSL Remastered CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Billie Holiday – Body And Soul (1957) [1995, MFSL Remastered CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-247 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
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This session comes from close to the end of the line (1959) in the erstwhile swinging company of Barney Kessel on guitar, Ben Webster on tenor, and naysayers will be quick to point out that Lady Day wasn’t in peak form here. But Billie Holiday with some of the platinum chipped off the pipes is still way better than a buncha finger-snappin’ wannabes anyday. Continue reading “Billie Holiday – Body And Soul (1957) [1995, MFSL Remastered CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Ry Cooder – Jazz (1978) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Ry Cooder - Jazz (1978) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Ry Cooder – Jazz (1978) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-085 | Genre: Jazz, Blues
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Beginning with his self-titled debut in 1970, Ry Cooder’s records seemed to be as much history lesson as they were entertainment. Not because Cooder was trying to club you over the head with this stuff; he simply gravitated to great songs, no matter what the era or genre. Released in 1978, Jazz seems to be his first conscious attempt at a concept album, in the historical sense. Here he pays homage to some of the early tunes and masters of jazz, ranging from the late 1800s through the “coon songs” of the early part of the next century, to the ragtime and “Spanish” music of Jelly Roll Morton, and the sophistication of cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. Continue reading “Ry Cooder – Jazz (1978) {1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

Poco – Legend (1978) [1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Poco - Legend (1978) [1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Poco – Legend (1978) [1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-020 | Genre: Country Rock
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Poco’s biggest-selling album of all time also presented the biggest personnel change at one time for the then-decade-old group, whose lineup had hardly been a model of stability up to that time. Co-founding drummer/singer George Grantham and longtime bassist/singer Timothy B. Schmit were both gone, the latter off to the Eagles. Listening to parts of this album, one gets the sense that, with the arrival of Charlie Harrison (bass, harmony vocals) and Steve Chapman (drums) in the group, Poco was deliberately adopting a change in sound similar to what the Eagles went through when Joe Walsh joined, into much harder rocking territory, at least part of the time. Continue reading “Poco – Legend (1978) [1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Queen – The Game (1980) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Queen - The Game (1980) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Queen – The Game (1980) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | USA | Cat#: MFSL 1-211 | Genre: Classic Rock
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Queen had long been one of the biggest bands in the world by 1980’s The Game, but this album was the first time they made a glossy, unabashed pop album, one that was designed to sound exactly like its time. They might be posed in leather jackets on the cover, but they hardly sound tough or menacing — they rarely rock, at least not in the gonzo fashion that’s long been their trademark. Continue reading “Queen – The Game (1980) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Spandau Ballet – True (1983) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Spandau Ballet - True (1983) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Spandau Ballet – True (1983) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-152 | Genre: New Wave, Pop
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By 1983, with the new romantic movement they’d sprung from a rapidly fading memory, the members of Spandau Ballet showed they had no intention of traveling the same path. Always ambitious, the British quintet really got down to business: Gone were the kilts, frilly shirts, and makeup — as well as the sometimes chilly electronics of their first two albums. Instead, after recording at Compass Point Studios in the sun-soaked Bahamas, the group turned up in smartly tailored suits, with a sleek and mainstream sound to match. Continue reading “Spandau Ballet – True (1983) [1984, 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}

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}”

Pink Floyd – The Later Years 1987-2019 (2019) [Limited Edition Box, Remixed & Restored Material, 5xCD + 6xBD + 5xDVD + Hi-Res]

Pink Floyd - The Later Years 1987-2019 (2019) [Limited Edition Box, Remixed & Restored Material, 5xCD + 6xBD + 5xDVD + Hi-Res]

Pink Floyd – The Later Years 1987-2019 (2019)
[Limited Edition Box, Remixed & Restored Material, 5xCD + 6xBD + 5xDVD + Hi-Res]
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Total Size: 2 GB (CDs) + 37.3 GB (DVDs) + 199 GB (BDs) + 38.2 GB (Hi-Res) + 5.45 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Pink Floyd Records | EU | Cat#: PFRLY01 | Genre: Progressive Rock

The Later Years 1987-2019, another massive music box set in the style of 2016’s Early Years package. This time around, as the title suggest, the set focuses on the later period when Roger Waters had quit and David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason were left to continue on their own to produce studio albums and undertake massive world tours. Continue reading “Pink Floyd – The Later Years 1987-2019 (2019) [Limited Edition Box, Remixed & Restored Material, 5xCD + 6xBD + 5xDVD + Hi-Res]”

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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Total Size: 811 MB (CD-Quality) + 2.58 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
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}”