Author: Leon

XTC – Apple Venus Volume One (1999) [2018, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

XTC - Apple Venus Volume One (1999) [2018, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

XTC – Apple Venus Volume One (1999) [2018, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 3.37 GB (Hi-Res) + 533 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Ape House | UK | Cat#: APELP118 | Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

Seven years is a long time between records, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Apple Venus is a significant step forward from Nonsuch, but the sparse strings and circular arrangements of “River of Orchids” nevertheless come as a shock, especially since its slow build-up feels as ominous and intellectual as 20th century classical music. Continue reading “XTC – Apple Venus Volume One (1999) [2018, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Queens Of The Stone Age – Queens Of The Stone Age (1998) [2011, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age (1998) [2011, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Queens Of The Stone Age – Queens Of The Stone Age (1998)
[2011, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 4.13 GB (Hi-Res) + 692 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rekords Rekords | EU | Cat#: REK001 | Genre: Alternative rock

Hearing Queens of the Stone Age’s long out of print debut many years after its initial 1998 release does pack the shock of revelation: Josh Homme’s tightly wound blueprint for QOTSA was in place from the very beginning. Where Homme’s previous outfit, Kyuss, were all about expansion, Queens of the Stone Age were about compression, Homme stripping stoner rock to its essence — riffs as heavy as granite, solos as spacy as the desert sky. Continue reading “Queens Of The Stone Age – Queens Of The Stone Age (1998) [2011, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Pink Floyd – A Nice Pair (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Pink Floyd - A Nice Pair (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Pink Floyd – A Nice Pair (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 5.48 GB (Hi-Res) + 846 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Harvest | US | Cat#: SABB-11257 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock

A Nice Pair is a compilation album by Pink Floyd, re-issuing their first two albums—The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets—in a new gatefold sleeve. The album was released in December 1973 by Harvest and Capitol in the United States and the following month in the United Kingdom by Harvest and EMI. It reached number 36 in the US Billboard album charts, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in March 1994. Continue reading “Pink Floyd – A Nice Pair (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Jethro Tull – 20 Years Of Jethro Tull: The Definitive Collection (1988) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Jethro Tull - 20 Years Of Jethro Tull: The Definitive Collection (1988) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Jethro Tull – 20 Years Of Jethro Tull: The Definitive Collection (1988) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
5x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 4.75 GB (Hi-Res) + 1.59 GB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Chrysalis Records | US | Cat#: V5X-41653 | Genre: Classic Rock, Progressive Rock

0 Years of Jethro Tull is a 1988 boxed set which spans the first twenty years of Jethro Tull. It was issued as five LPs: Radio Archives, Rare Tracks, Flawed Gems, Other Sides of Tull, and The Essential Tull. It was simultaneously released as both a 3CD and a 3-cassette set, titled 20 Years of Jethro Tull: The Definitive Collection. Continue reading “Jethro Tull – 20 Years Of Jethro Tull: The Definitive Collection (1988) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Beatles – Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Beatles – Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 3.35 GB (Hi-Res) + 641 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Apple Records | EU | Cat#: 7243 5 21481 1 0 | Genre: Soundtrack

Yellow Submarine Songtrack is a compilation/soundtrack album by the Beatles for the 1999 re-release of the 1968 film Yellow Submarine. The film was re-released on 13 September 1999 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. Continue reading “The Beatles – Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) [2021, Limited Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) [2021, Limited Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
[2021, Limited Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 2.64 GB (Hi-Res) + 485 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Friday Music | US | Cat#: FRM 97269 | Genre: Pop Rock
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Marillion – Fugazi (1984) [2021, Remixed, Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

Marillion - Fugazi (1984) [2021, Remixed, Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

Marillion – Fugazi (1984) [2021, Remixed, Blu-ray + Hi-Res]
Blu-ray | MPEG-4 AVC Video | DTS-HD Master Audio / LPCM Audio
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Total Size: 44.8 GB (BD) + 5.63 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Parlophone | EU | Cat#: 0190295016456 | Genre: Progressive Rock
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Sex Pistols – The Original Recordings (2022) [Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Sex Pistols - The Original Recordings (2022) [Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Sex Pistols – The Original Recordings (2022) [Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 4.38 GB (Hi-Res) + 632 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: UMC | EU | Cat#: 00602445595488 | Genre: Punk

The Sex Pistols: The Original Recordings covers a historic period when the band were rarely out of the news or the charts. The collection soundtracks the period and features key singles `Anarchy In The UK’, `God Save The Queen’, `Pretty Vacant’ and `Holidays In The Sun’, essential tracks from Never Mind The Bollocks, further originals and covers from The Great Rock & Roll Swindle soundtrack album and some essential B- sides. Continue reading “Sex Pistols – The Original Recordings (2022) [Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Marshall Tucker Band – Greatest Hits (2011) [2021, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Marshall Tucker Band - Greatest Hits (2011) [2021, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Marshall Tucker Band – Greatest Hits (2011) [2021, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 1.88 GB (Hi-Res) + 580 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MT Industries, Inc. | US | Cat#: RAMB 1801 | Genre: Country Rock

For those who purchased the original CD version of the Marshal Tucker Band’s Greatest Hits compilation — taken directly from the Capricorn LP version and distributed by K-Tel — be aware that this 21st century Shout Factory version is a very different, more authoritative, and satisfying document. This version of Greatest Hits contains 14 tracks compared to the original’s eight. Continue reading “The Marshall Tucker Band – Greatest Hits (2011) [2021, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Porcupine Tree – Closure/Continuation (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

Porcupine Tree – Closure/Continuation (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

Porcupine Tree – Closure/Continuation (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]
Blu-ray | MPEG-4 AVC Video | DTS-HD Master Audio / LPCM Audio / Dolby TrueHD/Atmos Audio
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Total Size: 27.2 GB (BD) + 4.5 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Music For Nations | Cat#: 19439956972 | Genre: Progressive Rock
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The Pineapple Thief – Give It Back (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

The Pineapple Thief - Give It Back (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

The Pineapple Thief – Give It Back (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]
Blu-ray | MPEG-4 AVC Video | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / Dolby TrueHD/Atmos Audio 7.1 / LPCM Audio 2.0
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz & 96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 10.1 GB (BD) + 4.68 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: KScope | Genre: Progressive Rock

By the time drummer Gavin Harrison formally joined the Pineapple Thief for 2016’s Your Wilderness, songwriter Bruce Soord and company had amassed an impressive discography. Harrison had to learn the shelf material while rehearsing for tours or in the moment on-stage; fortunately, playing with the unpredictable Robert Fripp in King Crimson had prepared him for these situations. Continue reading “The Pineapple Thief – Give It Back (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]”

Joe Walsh – The Confessor (1985) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Joe Walsh - The Confessor (1985) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Joe Walsh – The Confessor (1985) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 875 MB (Hi-Res) + 294 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Bros. | Japan Promo | Cat#: P-13118 | Genre: Blues Rock

The Confessor is the seventh studio album by the American hard rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. The album was released in mid 1985, on the labels Warner Bros. Records, and Full Moon Records. The album was produced by Grammy Award winning producer and sound engineer Keith Olsen as well as Walsh himself. Continue reading “Joe Walsh – The Confessor (1985) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Marillion – An Hour Before It’s Dark (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

Marillion – An Hour Before It’s Dark (2022) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]
Blu-ray | MPEG-4 AVC Video | DTS-HD Master Audio / LPCM Audio
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
No Scans
Total Size: 37.5 GB (BD) + 8.42 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Earmusic | EU | Cat#: 0217175EMU | Genre: Progressive Rock
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Rick Springfield – Working Class Dog (1981) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog (1981) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Rick Springfield – Working Class Dog (1981) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 858 MB (Hi-Res) + 308 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: RVC Corporation | Japan | Cat#: RPL-8083 | Genre: Pop Rock

orget that Rick Springfield was a soap star for a moment and listen to his music, because he made some of the finest guitar-driven mainstream pop/rock of the early ’80s. Working Class Dog is his finest moment, filled with expertly crafted pop songs, highlighted by the massive hit “Jessie’s Girl.” Continue reading “Rick Springfield – Working Class Dog (1981) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Glenn Frey – You Belong To The City (1985) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City (1985) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Glenn Frey – You Belong To The City (1985) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 195 MB (Hi-Res) + 65.4 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner-Pioneer | Japan | Cat#: P-2034 | Genre: Pop Rock, Synth-Pop

“You Belong to the City” is a song written by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin, and recorded by Frey during his solo career. It was written specifically for the television show Miami Vice in 1985. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, although it did reach the top of the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. Continue reading “Glenn Frey – You Belong To The City (1985) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”