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Paul And Linda McCartney – Ram (1971) [2012, Remastered Mono Mix, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Paul And Linda McCartney - Ram (1971) [2012, Remastered Mono Mix, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Paul And Linda McCartney – Ram (1971) [2012, Remastered Mono Mix, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 529 MB (Hi-Res) + 224 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MPL / Hear Music | EU | Cat#: HRM-33452-01 | Genre: Classic Rock

Previously commercially unreleased monophonic mix of the album. Released in conjunction with the Ram Archive Collection edition. Comes in mock white label style with white inner sleeve and insert. The individual number can be found on the A-side label, the B-side label is plain white. Continue reading “Paul And Linda McCartney – Ram (1971) [2012, Remastered Mono Mix, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Steppenwolf – Albums Collection (1968-2018)

Steppenwolf - Albums Collection (1968-2018)

Steppenwolf were one of the pioneering bands of American hard rock, conjuring the roaring sound of a biker gang laying claim to the highway on hits like “Born to be Wild” and “Magic Carpet Ride.” Like most early hard rock acts, Steppenwolf’s approach was steeped in the blues, but with an added level of lyrical swagger and a full-bodied attack that added hints of acid rock. Continue reading “Steppenwolf – Albums Collection (1968-2018)”

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
Full Scans Included
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]”

Argent – Hold Your Head Up: The Best Of Argent (2022) [2CD]

Argent - Hold Your Head Up: The Best Of Argent (2022) [2CD]

Two CDs. 2022 collection from the classic rock band. Argent was formed in 1969 by Rod Argent and Chris White, who had been the keyboard player and the bassist, and principal songwriters, in ’60s hitmakers The Zombies. Chris White now assumed a writing and producing role, so Jim Rodford was recruited on bass. Continue reading “Argent – Hold Your Head Up: The Best Of Argent (2022) [2CD]”

Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Toast (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Toast (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Toast (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
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Total Size: 3.13 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Reprise | Genre: Classic Rock

Recorded in San Francisco around the turn of themillennium, Toast features Young’s legendary musicalcollaborators Crazy Horse at a ragged and thundering apex. The long anticipated 7-song album includes differentversions of 4 songs that were included on “Are YouPassionate” but the other 3 songs are previously unreleased (“Timberline”,“Gateway of Love” and “Standing In The Light Of Love”). This is one of thelegendary “lost” albums in Neil’s catalog. Continue reading “Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Toast (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]”

Steppenwolf – For Ladies Only (1971) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf - For Ladies Only (1971) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf – For Ladies Only (1971) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]
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Total Size: 2.83 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Geffen | Genre: Hard Rock, Classic Rock

The title track of For Ladies Only is a classic slice of Steppenwolf’s brand of hard rock: gritty chord guitar from Blues Image refugee Kent Henry (Steppenwolf went through as many or more guitarist changes as the Guess Who), elegant piano from Goldy McJohn, even jazz flavors on a nine-minute-plus track as blatantly sexist as the album gatefold. Continue reading “Steppenwolf – For Ladies Only (1971) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]”

Steppenwolf – At Your Birthday Party (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf - At Your Birthday Party (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf – At Your Birthday Party (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz
Total Size: 2.48 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Geffen| Genre: Hard Rock, Classic Rock

Rocking out a little more, Steppenwolf hit gold again with this release. The hit, “Rock Me” sat well alongside such other hits as “Jupiter Child” and “Don’t Cry.” Even so, it has a rather unsettling feel to it. It was almost as if all their success was beginning to turn sour. Okay, but a bit flawed. Continue reading “Steppenwolf – At Your Birthday Party (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]”

Steppenwolf – The Second (1968) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf - The Second (1968) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf – The Second (1968) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 2.50 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Geffen | Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock

The group’s second album was virtually a re-creation of its predecessor, only slightly more sophisticated in its range of songs and the manner of playing them, and the in-house writing had improved, though the latter also became highly derivative. Continue reading “Steppenwolf – The Second (1968) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]”

Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf 7 (1970) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf 7 (1970) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf 7 (1970) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]
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Total Size: 2.49 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Geffen | Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock

Steppenwolf only recorded seven discs for Dunhill Records in the short span between 1968 and 1971, six of them studio albums, and one allegedly “live” — though there was early Sparrow material recorded in May of 1967 not released by the label until 1972. Throw in a greatest-hits package along with Columbia’s reissue of yet more Sparrow recordings, and how they came up with Steppenwolf 7 for the title of this, their fifth studio recording for Dunhill, is a question for hardcore fans of the band to debate (don’t even bring the movie soundtracks into this equation). Continue reading “Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf 7 (1970) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]”

Steppenwolf – Monster (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf - Monster (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf – Monster (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz
Total Size: 2.10 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Geffen | Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock

The group’s most political album, tackling then-current issues such as the Vietnam War, draft resisters, and the decay of justice in America. These were (and are) important topics, but these lumbering hard rock tunes were not an effective means to address them, politically or musically. Continue reading “Steppenwolf – Monster (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res]”

Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf (1968) [Official Digital Release] [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) [Official Digital Release] [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res]

Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf (1968) [Official Digital Release] [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz
Total Size: 3.16 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Geffen | Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock

Steppenwolf entered the studio for their recording debut with a lot of confidence — based on a heavy rehearsal schedule before they ever got signed — and it shows on this album, a surprisingly strong debut album from a tight hard rock outfit who was obviously searching for a hook to hang their sound on. The playing is about as loud and powerful as anything being put out by a major record label in 1968, though John Kay’s songwriting needed some development before their in-house repertory would catch up with their sound and musicianship. Continue reading “Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf (1968) [Official Digital Release] [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res]”

Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf (1968) [2013, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) [2013, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf (1968) [2013, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.95 GB (ISO) + 1.91 GB (DSF) + 931 MB (FLAC) + 288 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 50029 SA | Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Steppenwolf is the first album by Canadian rock band Steppenwolf, released in January 1968 on ABC Dunhill Records.
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VA – Love, Poetry And Revolution (A Journey Through The British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes 1966-1972) [2013] [3CD-Set]

VA - Love, Poetry And Revolution (A Journey Through The British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes 1966-1972) [2013] [3CD-Set]

VA – Love, Poetry And Revolution (A Journey Through The British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes 1966-1972) [2013] [3CD-Set]
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.17 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Grapefruit Records | UK | Cat#: CRSEGBOX025 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock
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Dire Straits – Money For Nothing (1988) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing (1988) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Dire Straits – Money For Nothing (1988) [Official Digital Release]
[2022, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 4.55 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino / Warner | Genre: Classic Rock

Fully remastered by Bob Ludwig, and cut by Bernie Grundman, this vinyl reissue includes ‘Telegraph Road (Live Remix)’ which was previously only available on the original CD format, and a brand new mix of ‘Portobello Belle (Live)’. It is cut over four sides of vinyl for the first time. Continue reading “Dire Straits – Money For Nothing (1988) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

The Guess Who – The Best Of The Guess Who (1971) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Guess Who - The Best Of The Guess Who (1971) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Guess Who – The Best Of The Guess Who (1971)
[2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.05 GB (ISO) + 5.93 GB (DSF) + 2.33 GB (FLAC) + 394 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ5 199 | Genre: Classic Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The Guess Who always seemed a bit like the Canadian predecessor/counterpart to Grand Funk Railroad, but they typically fared far better with the critics because of the versatility that they possessed. That trait is very evident on this collection of hits and great songs. From the opening “These Eyes,” with its orchestral strings and Zombies-like baroque pop feel to the classic AOR crunge of “American Woman,” The Guess Who played a wide variety of music Continue reading “The Guess Who – The Best Of The Guess Who (1971) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”