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America – America (1971) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

America - America (1971) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

America – America (1971) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.88 GB (SACD ISO) + 895 MB (SACD FLAC) + 427 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 167 | Genre: Folk Rock

America’s debut album is a folk-pop classic, a stellar collection of memorable songs that would prove influential on such acts as the Eagles and Dan Fogelberg. Crosby, Stills & Nash are the group’s obvious stylistic touchstone here, especially in the vocal harmonies used (compare the thick chordal singing of “Sandman” and “Children” to CS&N’s “You Don’t Have to Cry” and “Guinevere”) and the prominent use of active strummed acoustic guitar arrangements Continue reading “America – America (1971) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Band – The Last Waltz (1978) [2016, 40th Anniversary Edition, 4CD + Blu-ray]

The Band - The Last Waltz (1978) [2016, 40th Anniversary Edition, 4CD + Blu-ray]

The Band – The Last Waltz (1978) [2016, 40th Anniversary Edition, 4CD + Blu-ray]
EAC Rip | 4xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Blu-ray | MPEG-2 Video / 17576 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 | Dolby Digital 2.0 & 5.1 / LPCM 5.1
Subtitle: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai
Total Size: 22.7 GB (BD) + 1.53 GB (CDs) + 1.10 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino / Warner | EU | Cat#: 081227943554 | Genre: Folk Rock, Country Rock

Available as a 4-CD/Blu-Ray set and — for the first time — the 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the original soundtrack has 54 tracks, including the entire concert, as well as rehearsals and outtakes. Among the rarities are performances not featured in the film, such as “Furry Sings The Blues” with Joni Mitchell and “All Our Past Times” with Eric Clapton, plus rehearsals for “Caravan” with Van Morrison, “Such A Night” with Dr. John, and “King Harvest (Has Surely Come)” a song that was not performed in concert. Continue reading “The Band – The Last Waltz (1978) [2016, 40th Anniversary Edition, 4CD + Blu-ray]”

Jim Croce – Words And Music (1999) {DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Jim Croce - Words And Music (1999) {DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Jim Croce – Words And Music (1999) {DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 291 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DCC Compact Classics | USA | Cat#: GZS-1134 | Genre: Folk Rock, Pop Rock

This latest compilation of Jim’s music is both interesting and valid in that it combines songs that appeared on his three hit albums with earlier compositions that were works in progress of a singer/songwriter finding his voice and an artist searching for directon. Continue reading “Jim Croce – Words And Music (1999) {DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}”

Simon & Garfunkel – Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits (1972) {1987, Japan, CBS/Sony}

Simon & Garfunkel - Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits (1972) {1987, Japan, CBS/Sony}

Simon & Garfunkel – Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits (1972) {1987, Japan, CBS/Sony}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 401 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: CBS/Sony | Japan | Cat#: 32DP 383 | Genre: Pop Rock, Folk Rock

Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits is the first compilation album from Simon & Garfunkel, released on June 14, 1972, two years after the duo had split. Continue reading “Simon & Garfunkel – Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits (1972) {1987, Japan, CBS/Sony}”

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand (2007)

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)

Raising Sand is a Grammy-award winning collaboration album by rock singer Robert Plant and bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss. It was released on October 23, 2007 by Rounder Records. Raising Sand won Album of the Year at the 2008 Americana Music Honors & Awards and at the 2009 Grammy Awards. Continue reading “Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand (2007)”

Rod Stewart – Discography (1969 – 2015)

Rod Stewart - Discography (1969 - 2015)

Over the course of his career, Rod Stewart has had it all. He’s been lauded as the finest singer of his generation, he’s written several songs that turned into modern standards, he sang with the Faces, who rivaled the Rolling Stones in their prime, he had massive commercial success. Stewart also saw his critical respect slip away during the ’80s, when he recorded lightweight pop and although he did record some terrible albums — and he would admit that freely — Stewart will always be remembered as one of rock & roll’s best interpretive singers Continue reading “Rod Stewart – Discography (1969 – 2015)”

Simon & Garfunkel – 2 Albums (1966) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Simon & Garfunkel - 2 Albums (1966) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Simon & Garfunkel – 2 Albums (1966) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 402 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Genre: Folk Rock

Sounds of Silence (1966) & Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966) Continue reading “Simon & Garfunkel – 2 Albums (1966) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”

Joni Mitchell – The Beginning Of Survival (2004) {Compilation}

Joni Mitchell – The Beginning Of Survival (2004) {Compilation}
EAC Rip | WavPack (.wv) Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 504 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Geffen | USA | Cat#: B0002836-02 | Genre: Folk, Folk Rock

The Beginning of Survival is a whopping 16-track collection from Joni Mitchell’s Geffen period, recorded between 1985-1998, and carefully chosen by the artist as “commentaries on the world in which we live.” One has to wonder about the title: if by saying this is “the beginning of survival,” Mitchell is referring to her own retirement strategy — she is no longer making new records. Continue reading “Joni Mitchell – The Beginning Of Survival (2004) {Compilation}”

America – The Definitive America (2001)

America - The Definitive America (2001)

The trio America (vocalists/guitarists Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley, and Dan Peek) approximated the 1970s California pop folk sound so well that when their first single “A Horse With No Name” appeared on the radio waves in the fall of 1972, many listeners assumed it was a song by Neil Young. Continue reading “America – The Definitive America (2001)”

Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina – Sittin’ In (1971) {1992, Sony MasterSound SBM, Remastered}

Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina - Sittin' In (1971) {1992, Sony MasterSound SBM, Remastered}

Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina – Sittin’ In (1971) {1992, Sony MasterSound SBM, Remastered}
EAC Rip | APE Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans @300 dpi, JPG, Included
Total Size: 270 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sony MasterSound SBM | USA | Cat#: CK 64414 | Genre: Folk Rock

This debut album was credited to Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina because the project had begun as a solo record by Loggins being produced by Messina. By the time it was finished, however, Messina had written or co-written six of the 11 songs, contributed “first guitar,” and shared lead vocals on many tracks. Continue reading “Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina – Sittin’ In (1971) {1992, Sony MasterSound SBM, Remastered}”

Crosby, Stills & Nash – 2 Albums (Audio Fidelity, 24-karat Gold Disc)

Crosby, Stills & Nash - 2 Albums (Audio Fidelity, 24-karat Gold Disc)

Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969) & CSN (1977), 24- karat Gold Limited, Numbered Edition Compact Disc, Mastered for these compact discs by Steve Hoffman Continue reading “Crosby, Stills & Nash – 2 Albums (Audio Fidelity, 24-karat Gold Disc)”

Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Greastest Hits (1967) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greastest Hits (1967) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Greastest Hits (1967) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, JPG, Included
Total Size: 398 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 140 | Genre: Folk Rock

Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on March 27, 1967 on Columbia Records, original catalogue number KCS 9463. It contains every Top 40 single Dylan enjoyed through 1967 Continue reading “Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Greastest Hits (1967) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”

America – History: America’s Greatest Hits (1975)

America - History: America's Greatest Hits (1975)

History: America’s Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American folk rock trio America, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1975. It was a success in the United States, reaching number 3 on the Billboard album chart and being certified multi-platinum by the RIAA. It has also been certified 6 times platinum by ARIA for shipments of 420,000 copies in Australia Continue reading “America – History: America’s Greatest Hits (1975)”

Traveling Wilburys – Vol.3 (1990)

Traveling Wilburys - Vol.3 (1990)

The Traveling Wilburys built upon George Harrison’s comeback with Cloud Nine and helped revitalize the other supergroup members’ careers, setting the stage for Bob Dylan’s 1989 comeback with Oh Mercy, Tom Petty’s first solo album, Full Moon Fever, produced by Jeff Lynne (sounding and feeling strikingly similar to this lark), and Roy Orbison’s Mystery Girl, which was released posthumously. Given the success Continue reading “Traveling Wilburys – Vol.3 (1990)”

Traveling Wilburys – Vol.1 (1988)

Traveling Wilburys - Vol.1 (1988)

There never was a supergroup more super than the Traveling Wilburys. They had Jeff Lynne, the leader of ELO; they had Roy Orbison, the best pop singer of the ’60s; they had Tom Petty, the best roots rocker this side of Bruce Springsteen; they had a Beatle and Bob Dylan, for crying out loud! It’s impossible to picture a supergroup with a stronger pedigree than that (all that’s missing is a Rolling Stone) Continue reading “Traveling Wilburys – Vol.1 (1988)”