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Cheap Trick – Discography (1977 – 2017)

Cheap Trick - Discography (1977 - 2017)

Combining a love for British guitar pop songcraft with crunching power chords and a flair for the absurd, Cheap Trick provided the necessary links between ’60s pop, heavy metal, and punk. Led by guitarist Rick Nielsen, the band’s early albums were filled with highly melodic, well-written songs that drew equally from the crafted pop of the Beatles, the sonic assault of the Who, and the tongue-in-cheek musical eclecticism and humor of the Move. Their sound provided a blueprint for both power pop and arena rock; it also had a surprisingly long-lived effect on both alternative and heavy metal bands of the ’80s and ’90s, who often relied on the same combination of loud riffs and catchy melodies. Continue reading “Cheap Trick – Discography (1977 – 2017)”

Journey – Escape (1981) {1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Journey - Escape (1981) {1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Journey – Escape (1981) {1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 855 MB (ISO) + 1.97 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | USA | Cat#: CS 67722 | Genre: Hard Rock

Escape was a groundbreaking album for San Francisco’s Journey, charting three singles inside Billboard’s Top Ten, with “Don’t Stop Believing” reaching number nine, “Who’s Crying Now” number four, and “Open Arms” peaking at number two and holding there for six weeks. Escape flung Journey steadfastly into the AOR arena, combining Neal Schon’s grand yet palatable guitar playing with Jonathan Cain’s blatant keyboards. Continue reading “Journey – Escape (1981) {1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Skid Row – 40 Seasons: The Best Of Skid Row (1998)

Skid Row - 40 Seasons: The Best Of Skid Row (1998)

This after-the-fact compilation from one of the last hard rock bands to make any sort of impression before the alt-rock revolution made most of it meaningless does its job, limited as it is, fairly well. All the hit singles that Sebastian Bach and company cranked out during their brief run of superstardom Continue reading “Skid Row – 40 Seasons: The Best Of Skid Row (1998)”

Cinderella – Gold (2006)

Cinderella - Gold (2006)

With only four full-length albums and a couple of live records to their name, it’s hard to view this 2006 two-disc Cinderella set as being essential, especially as the thorough Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits was released early the preceding year. Continue reading “Cinderella – Gold (2006)”

Foreigner – Discography (1977 – 2014)

Foreigner - Discography (1977 - 2014)

While quite a few arena rock acts of the ’70s found the transformation into the ’80s quite difficult, several acts continued to flourish and enjoyed some of their biggest commercial success: Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, and especially Foreigner. Foreigner’s leader from the beginning has been British guitarist Mick Jones, who first broke into the music biz as a “hired gun” of sorts, appearing on recordings by George Harrison and Peter Frampton, and as part of a later-day version of hard rockers Spooky Tooth. By the mid-’70s, Jones had relocated to New York City, where he was a brief member of the Leslie West Band and served as an A&R man for a record company. Continue reading “Foreigner – Discography (1977 – 2014)”

Cream – 4 Albums (1966-1969) [Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Cream - 4 Albums (1966-1969) [Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Cream – 4 Albums (1966-1969) [Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
4xSACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 12.1 GB (ISO) + 5.54 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music | Japan | Genre: Blues Rock, Hard Rock
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Uriah Heep – Look At Yourself (1971) [2011, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself (1971) [2011, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The third time proved to be the charm for Uriah Heep: on Look at Yourself, the group perfects its fusion of heavy metal power and prog rock majesty, and the result is one of the best albums in the Heep catalog. The gauntlet is thrown down on the title track, a powerful rocker that layers its relentless hard rock attack with ornate vocal harmonies and quicksilver organ runs before climaxing with a tribal-sounding drum jam. Continue reading “Uriah Heep – Look At Yourself (1971) [2011, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Deep Purple – Infinite Singles (2017)

Deep Purple - Infinite Singles (2017)

VA – Flower Power: The Music of the Love Generation (2007) [Box Set]

VA - Flower Power: The Music of the Love Generation (2007) [Box Set]

Time Life presents ‘Flower Power: Music Of The Love Generation.’ Our 10-CD, 175-track set is full of the artists and songs who defined the Baby Boomer generation – it’s a box full of memories that will bring listeners back in time to an unforgettable era Continue reading “VA – Flower Power: The Music of the Love Generation (2007) [Box Set]”

Humble Pie – Discography (1969 – 2017)

Humble Pie - Discography (1969 - 2017)

Humble Pie were an English rock band formed by Steve Marriott, in Essex during 1969. They are known as one of the late 1960s’ first supergroups and found success on both sides of the Atlantic with such songs as “Black Coffee”, “30 Days in the Hole”, “I Don’t Need No Doctor” and “Natural Born Bugie”. Continue reading “Humble Pie – Discography (1969 – 2017)”

Jimi Hendrix – Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/1969 (2016) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/1969 (2016) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Jimi Hendrix – Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/1969 (2016) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.85 GB (ISO) + 1.35 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions| USA | Cat#: CAPP 73962 SA | Genre: Hard Rock

Jimi Hendrix’s electrifying first Band of Gypsys performance! Mastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer Bernie Grundman Never-before-released material from the first New Year’s Eve set! Jimi Hendrix closed 1969 by disbanding the Jimi Hendrix Experience and assembling a new group, the short-lived Band of Gypsys. They debuted in four historic concerts at New York City’s Fillmore East — two sets on New Year’s Eve, and two more on New Year’s Day 1970. Continue reading “Jimi Hendrix – Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/1969 (2016) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Graham Bonnet – Anthology 1968-2017 (2017) [2CD+DVD]

Graham Bonnet - Anthology 1968-2017 (2017) [2CD+DVD]

The first all encompassing, career spanning retrospective from this highly respected singer and song writer, from his first hits of the late 1960s, right up to the Graham Bonnet Band in 2017. Few frontmen can claim to have had such a lengthy and far-reaching career, first finding fame as part of The Marbles duo, who enjoyed a hit with the Bee Gees’ ‘Only One Woman’ in 1968, followed by a solo career across the 1970s, again enjoying further success with the Bee Gees on the disco flavored ‘Warm Ride’. Continue reading “Graham Bonnet – Anthology 1968-2017 (2017) [2CD+DVD]”

Bon Jovi – Bounce (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bon Jovi - Bounce (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bon Jovi – Bounce (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.65 GB (ISO) + 2.79 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.03 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: The Island Def Jam Music Group | EU | Cat#: 063 391-2 | Genre: Hard Rock, Pop Rock
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The Rolling Stones – Rock And Roll Circus (1996) [2004, DVD]

The Rolling Stones - Rock And Roll Circus (1996) [2004, DVD]

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is a film released in 1996 of an 11 December 1968 event organized by the Rolling Stones. The event comprised two concerts on a circus stage and included such acts as the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and Jethro Tull. John Lennon and his fiancee Yoko Ono performed as part of a supergroup called the Dirty Mac Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Rock And Roll Circus (1996) [2004, DVD]”

Twisted Sister – Discography (1982 – 2016)

Twisted Sister - Discography (1982 - 2016)

A product of New York City’s early-’70s glam rock scene, Twisted Sister were eager students of the New York Dolls, with the theatrics of Kiss and the shock rock of Alice Cooper thrown in for good measure. While providing an excellent role model from an artistic standpoint, the Dolls’ disappointing record sales and subsequent implosion would make it difficult for such faithful disciples as Twisted Sister to land a record deal, and the band wound up struggling for nearly a decade before finally getting their big break in the early ’80s. Continue reading “Twisted Sister – Discography (1982 – 2016)”