Temple Of The Dog – Temple Of The Dog (1991) [2013, 24bit/96kHz + 16bit/44.1kHz, Vinyl Rip]

Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog (1991) [2013, 24bit/96kHz + 16bit/44.1kHz, Vinyl Rip]

Temple Of The Dog – Temple Of The Dog (1991) [2013, 24bit/96kHz + 16bit/44.1kHz, Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | 2xLP | FLAC Tracks -> 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44.1kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.14 GB + 359 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Music On Vinyl | EU | 180 gr. Limited Edition | Cat#: ‎MOVLP956 | Genre: Alternative Rock

Featuring members of Soundgarden and what would soon become Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog’s lone eponymous album might never have reached a wide audience if not for Pearl Jam’s breakout success a year later. In turn, by providing the first glimpse of Chris Cornell’s more straightforward, classic rock-influenced side, Temple of the Dog helped set the stage for Soundgarden’s mainstream breakthrough with Superunknown. Continue reading “Temple Of The Dog – Temple Of The Dog (1991) [2013, 24bit/96kHz + 16bit/44.1kHz, Vinyl Rip]”

Paul Weller – True Meanings (2018) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Paul Weller - True Meanings (2018) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Paul Weller – True Meanings (2018) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 326 MB (CD-Quality) + 597 MB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Parlophone UK | Genre: Pop Rock

Consider True Meanings Paul Weller’s comedown from a combustive, creative decade begun with 22 Dreams. That 2008 double album was co-produced with Simon Dine, who proved to be such a vital collaborator for Weller that the singer/songwriter found it difficult to shake off the producer’s influence after the two parted ways acrimoniously in 2012. Continue reading “Paul Weller – True Meanings (2018) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

The Doors – Waiting For The Sun (1968) {2018, 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}

The Doors - Waiting For The Sun (1968) {2018, 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}

The Doors – Waiting For The Sun (1968) {2018, 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 1.48 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino / Elektra | Genre: Classic Rock

Rhino will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the album this year with WAITING FOR THE SUN: 50th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION. This 2-Discs collection features a new version of the album’s original stereo mix on both CD and 180-gram vinyl LP, which has been newly remastered from the original master tapes by Bruce Botnick, the Doors’ longtime engineer/mixer. The set also includes a second disc of 14 completely unreleased tracks: nine recently discovered “rough mixes” from the album recording sessions and five live songs from a 1968 Copenhagen show. Continue reading “The Doors – Waiting For The Sun (1968) {2018, 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, Remastered, WEB Hi-Res}”

Bryan Ferry – Frantic (2002) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bryan Ferry - Frantic (2002) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bryan Ferry – Frantic (2002) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 382 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.09 GB (SACD ISO) + 3.36 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Virgin | EU | Cat#: 7243 8121382 7 | Genre: Pop Rock

Frantic manages to touch upon virtually every musical style of Bryan Ferry’s career. Ferry has proved to be as interested in covering other artists’ material as penning original songs, and he straddles a smart mix of originals and covers here. Two brilliant Bob Dylan songs appear among the opening tracks: “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue” sees a return to the eclectic, energetic experimentation of Ferry’s early albums with Roxy Music as a lush modern swirl of instruments mingles with the singer’s stylized vocals and throwback harmonica; “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” completes the Dylan pair, as Ferry intones with confidence and again takes up harmonica over Colin Good’s rolling piano. Continue reading “Bryan Ferry – Frantic (2002) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Alice In Chains – Greatest Hits (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alice In Chains - Greatest Hits (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alice In Chains – Greatest Hits (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.91 GB (ISO) + 2.47 GB (FLAC Mch) + 894 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | USA | Cat#: CS 85922 | Genre: Alternative Rock, Grunge

From 1999’s Music Bank box set and its one-CD compilation offshoot, Nothing Safe: The Best of the Box to a 1996 Unplugged CD, the Alice in Chains titles continue to arrive even while the band–and especially reclusive frontman Layne Staley–stagnates. The quartet’s heavy, dirgelike music is aging well, but the 10 songs that comprise Greatest Hits are the basic radio hits. Greatest Hits features no new music, no liner notes, no lyrics, no new photos, and no elaborate packaging. Still, for the rock fan Continue reading “Alice In Chains – Greatest Hits (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Meat Loaf – Couldn’t Have Said It Better (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Meat Loaf - Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Meat Loaf – Couldn’t Have Said It Better (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.97 GB (ISO) + 2.98 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.09 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Polydor | EU | Cat#: 076 104-2 | Genre: Hard Rock

Couldn’t Have Said It Better is a 2003 album by Meat Loaf. Only for the third time in his career, he released an album without any songs written by Jim Steinman (not counting the bonus tracks). Although Meat Loaf claimed that Couldn’t Have Said It Better was “the most perfect album [he] did since Bat Out of Hell”, it was not as successful. Continue reading “Meat Loaf – Couldn’t Have Said It Better (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Ryan Adams – Rock N Roll (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ryan Adams - Rock N Roll (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ryan Adams – Rock N Roll (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.28 GB (ISO) + 2.75 GB (FLAC Mch) + 0.99 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Lost Highway | USA | Cat#: B0001910-36 | Genre: Alternative Rock

Rock n Roll is the fourth studio album by Ryan Adams, released on November 4, 2003. The album features the hit single “So Alive”, and includes guest appearances by Adams’s then girlfriend, actress Parker Posey, former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bass player Melissa Auf der Maur, and Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. Adams describes the album as “the most rock thing I have ever done,” and notes that in spite of the album’s mixed reception, recording it was “fun as fuck.” Continue reading “Ryan Adams – Rock N Roll (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) [2017, Japanese Edition, 50th Anniversary, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) [2017, Japanese Edition, 50th Anniversary, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
[2017, Japanese Edition, 50th Anniversary, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

2x SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.66 GB (ISO) + 1.46 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9707/8 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock
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YES – Live At The Apollo (2018) [Official Digital Release]

YES - Live At The Apollo (2018) [Official Digital Release]

YES – Live At The Apollo (2018) [Official Digital Release]
FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 789 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment | Genre: Progressive Rock

In 2016, Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman brought together their incredible talents and long experience of working in Yes to take to the road for a series of concerts celebrating Yes’ musical legacy of the seventies, eighties and nineties. Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman toured first in North America and then brought their live show to the UK in early 2017, including this performance captured at the Manchester Apollo. Continue reading “YES – Live At The Apollo (2018) [Official Digital Release]”

Santana – The Best Of Santana (1998) {2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Santana - The Best Of Santana (1998) {2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Santana – The Best Of Santana (1998) {2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.11 GB (ISO) + 1.47 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia-Legacy | USA | Cat#: 88875182162 | Genre: Classic Rock

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Herman’s Hermits – Retrospective (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herman's Hermits - Retrospective (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herman’s Hermits – Retrospective (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.68 GB (ISO) + 793 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABKO | USA | Cat#: 92282 | Genre: Pop Rock

Herman’s Hermits are widely seen as a lightweight, novelty cousin to the Beatles, fronted by a lovably dorky moppet and musically negligible. Sure, they are lightweight at times, Peter Noone is a lovable moppet, and their popularity would never have been possible without the Beatles, but one listen to Retrospective proves that they were not lacking in the musical department. Setting aside “I’m Henry the VIII, I Am” (which proves everything the critics say about the band), the group, and producer Mickie Most, had a surefooted straight-ahead approach that let the songs’ hooks sink in deeply. Continue reading “Herman’s Hermits – Retrospective (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2010) [Japanese SHM-CD + DVD]

Bon Jovi - Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2010) [Japanese SHM-CD + DVD]

Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2010) [Japanese SHM-CD + DVD]
EAC Rip | 2xCD | APE Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
DVD-9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 4:3 (720×480) VBR | Dolby AC3, 2ch & 6ch
Total Size: 1.02 GB (CDs) + 139 MB (Scans) + 7.23 GB (DVD) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UICL-9095/6 | Genre: Pop Rock, Glam Rock

It’s been a long 16 years since Bon Jovi was last compiled, when Cross Road arrived for the holiday season of 1994, two years after Keep the Faith capped off a near-decade long run of dominance for the Jersey rockers. As it turned out, it was the first act of Bon Jovi’s career. Continue reading “Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2010) [Japanese SHM-CD + DVD]”

Mike + The Mechanics – Mike + The Mechanics (1985) [2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered]

Mike + The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics (1985) [2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered]

Mike + The Mechanics – Mike + The Mechanics (1985) [2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 351 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 111 | Genre: Pop Rock

With all of it’s members exercising their expertise, the debut album from Mike + the Mechanics posted two Top Ten singles in the span of three months. The songwriting comes out on top before anything else, with the somber stir of “Silent Running,” the album’s first release, peaking at number six Continue reading “Mike + The Mechanics – Mike + The Mechanics (1985) [2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered]”

Cheap Trick – Discography (1977 – 2017)

Cheap Trick - Discography (1977 - 2017)

Cheap Trick – Discography (1977 – 2017)
EAC Rip | 53xCD | FLAC/APE Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 21.2 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS
Label: Various | Genre: Pop Rock, Hard Rock

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)”

Bryan Ferry – Boys And Girls (1985) [2005, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bryan Ferry - Boys And Girls (1985) [2005, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bryan Ferry – Boys And Girls (1985) [2005, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.45 GB (ISO) + 2.16 GB (FLAC Multichannel) + 818 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Virgin / EMI | EU | Cat#: FERRYSACD6 / 7243 8 66883 2 3 | Genre: Pop Rock

Having at last laid Roxy to bed with its final, intoxicatingly elegant albums, Ferry continued its end-days spirit with his own return to solo work. Dedicated to Ferry’s father, Boys and Girls is deservedly most famous for its smash single “Slave to Love.” With a gentle samba-derived rhythm leading into the steadier rock pace of the song, it’s ’80s Ferry at his finest, easy listening without being hopelessly soporific. Continue reading “Bryan Ferry – Boys And Girls (1985) [2005, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”