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Todd Rundgren – At The BBC 1972-1982 (2014)

Todd Rundgren - At The BBC 1972-1982 (2014)

Traffic – Discography (1967 – 2005)

Traffic - Discography (1967 - 2005)

Though it ultimately must be considered an interim vehicle for singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist Steve Winwood, Traffic was a successful group that followed its own individual course through the rock music scene of the late ’60s and early ’70s. Beginning in the psychedelic year of 1967 and influenced by the Beatles, the band turned out eclectic pop singles in its native Great Britain, though by the end of its first year of existence it had developed a pop/rock hybrid tied to its unusual instrumentation: At a time when electric guitars ruled rock, Traffic emphasized Winwood’s organ and the reed instruments played by Chris Wood, especially flute. Continue reading “Traffic – Discography (1967 – 2005)”

The Kinks – 14 Hi-Res Albums (1964-1976) [WEB Hi-Res]

The Kinks - 14 Hi-Res Albums (1964-1976) [WEB Hi-Res]

The Kinks – 14 Hi-Res Albums (1964-1976) [WEB Hi-Res]
WEB Download | 14x Discs | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 11 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Various | Genre: Classic Rock
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The Kinks – Discography (1964 – 2013)

The Kinks - Discography (1964 - 2013)

Although they weren’t as boldly innovative as the Beatles or as popular as the Rolling Stones or the Who, the Kinks were one of the most influential bands of the British Invasion. Like most bands of their era, the Kinks began as an R&B/blues outfit. Within four years, the band had become the most staunchly English of all their contemporaries, drawing heavily from British music hall and traditional pop, as well as incorporating elements of country, folk, and blues. Continue reading “The Kinks – Discography (1964 – 2013)”

The Kinks – 15 SACD Albums (1971-1986) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Kinks - 15 SACD Albums (1971-1986) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Kinks – 15 SACD Albums (1971-1986) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
15x SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 33.5 GB (ISO) + 17.9 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Koch / Velvel | USA | Genre: Classic Rock
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The Kinks – Everybody’s In Show-Biz (1972) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Kinks - Everybody's In Show-Biz (1972) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Kinks – Everybody’s In Show-Biz (1972)
[2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 557 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.06 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.46 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2010 | Genre: Classic Rock

Everybody’s in Show-Biz is a double album with one record devoted to stories from the road and another devoted to songs from the road. It could be labeled “the drunkest album ever made,” without a trace of hyperbole, since this is a charmingly loose, rowdy, silly record. It comes through strongest on the live record, of course, as it’s filled with Ray Davies’ notoriously campy vaudevellian routine (dig the impromptu “Banana Boat Song” that leads into “Skin & Bone,” or the rollicking “Baby Face”). Continue reading “The Kinks – Everybody’s In Show-Biz (1972) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Kinks – Low Budget (1976) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Kinks - Low Budget (1976) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Low Budget doesn’t have a narrative like Preservation or Soap Opera, but Ray Davies cleverly designed the album as a sly satire of the recession and oil crisis that gripped America in the late ’70s — thereby satisfying his need to be a wry social commentator while giving American audiences a hook to identify with. It was a clever move that worked; not only did Low Budget become their highest-charting American album (not counting the 1966 Greatest Hits compilation), but it was also a fine set of arena rock, one of the better mainstream hard rock albums of its time. Continue reading “The Kinks – Low Budget (1976) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil Remix (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil Remix (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

As a means of promoting a DVD reissue of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1970 film Sympathy for the Devil (which depicts the 1968 recording session that produced the Rolling Stones’ song), ABCKO Records has released this seven-track CD single, running over 38 minutes, which contains remixes of “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Neptunes, Fatboy Slim, and Full Phatt (each presented in a “Radio Remix” and a “Full Length Remix”), plus the original Stones track. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil Remix (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Shocking Blue – Discography

Shocking Blue - Discography

Formed in 1967 by former Motions guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen, the Dutch quartet Shocking Blue originally had a lineup of VanLeeuwen on guitar, lead vocalist Fred DeWilde, bass player Klaasje Van der Wal, and drummer Cornelius Van der Beek, and the initial configuration of the band had a minor homeland hit with “Lucy Brown Is Back in Town” a year later in 1968. Things really got moving, though, when DeWilde was replaced by sultry singer Mariska Veres, whose sexy presence and solid singing brought the band a second Netherlands hit, “Send Me a Postcard,” and then a huge international smash with “Venus” Continue reading “Shocking Blue – Discography”

The Who – Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Who - Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Who’s Live at the Royal Albert Hall captures a charity concert for a cancer organization the reunited group performed in November of 2000. Given the band’s spotty track record in their farewell tours and reunions of the ’80s and ’90s, it’s easy for some longtime fans to be skeptical of the musical merits of the triple-disc hybrid SACD release of this concert, but this is an exceptional reunion concert, finding the band at their strongest since their early-’80s breakup. Continue reading “The Who – Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Concert (1980) [2009, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Concert (1980) [2009, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Concert is the second live album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records in October 1980. The album was recorded at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California on January 31, 1970. Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Concert (1980) [2009, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Discography (1964 – 2017)

The Rolling Stones - Discography (1964 - 2017)

By the time the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the late ’60s, they had already staked out an impressive claim on the title. As the self-consciously dangerous alternative to the bouncy Merseybeat of the Beatles in the British Invasion, the Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based rock & roll that came to define hard rock. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Discography (1964 – 2017)”

Paul McCartney – Discography (1970 – 2016)

Paul McCartney - Discography (1970 - 2016)

Out of all the former Beatles, Paul McCartney by far had the most successful solo career, maintaining a constant presence in the British and American charts during the ’70s and ’80s. In America alone, he had nine number one singles and seven number one albums during the first 12 years of his solo career, and in his native United Kingdom, his record was nearly as impressive. McCartney’s hot streak began in 1970, when he became the first Beatle to leave the group. Continue reading “Paul McCartney – Discography (1970 – 2016)”

The Yardbirds – Live At The BBC (2016)

The Yardbirds - Live At The BBC (2016)

Two CD set, a comprehensive collection of The Yardbirds’ BBC live recordings, assembled with the assistance of the BBC, with several tracks now all together the first time on this newly restored and remastered set. Many tracks have been expertly repaired from rare, hard-to-find and archive sources and now feature for the first time on these best available recordings. Continue reading “The Yardbirds – Live At The BBC (2016)”

The Doors ‎- Infinite (2013) [Box Set, 6×SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Doors ‎- Infinite (2013) [Box Set, 6×SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
6xSACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 17.9 GB (SACD ISO) + 11.7 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 4.22 GB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP DOORS SA | Genre: Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Infinite, a deluxe, limited-edition, audiophile boxed set from Analogue Productions, contains all six legendary albums by The Doors – the self-titled 1967 debut (one of rock’s most important), Strange Days, Waiting For The Sun, The Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel and the visceral L.A. Woman. Each album has been remastered in multichannel for hybrid SACD by Doug Sax and The Doors’ original engineer Bruce Botnick. The surround sound originates from 96K, 24-bit files that were mixed and mastered from the original one-inch, eight track, 15-ips analog master tapes by Bruce Botnick for Elektra’s 2006 DVD Audio release entitled Perception. Continue reading “The Doors ‎- Infinite (2013) [Box Set, 6×SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”