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The Cars – Heartbeat City (1984) {2009, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

The Cars - Heartbeat City (1984) {2009, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

The Cars – Heartbeat City (1984) {2009, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 033 | Genre: Pop Rock, New Wave

MTV had become a major marketing tool by 1984, and the Cars were one of the first bands to use the new video medium to their advantage. The band’s fifth album, Heartbeat City (Elektra), spawned several imaginative and memorable videos, which translated into massive chart and commercial success, making it one of the biggest releases of the year. Continue reading “The Cars – Heartbeat City (1984) {2009, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”

Carly Simon – No Secrets (1972) {2011, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972) {2011, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Carly Simon – No Secrets (1972) {2011, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 114 | Genre: Pop Rock

Carly Simon’s best album, No Secrets was also her commercial breakthrough, topping the charts and going gold, along with its leadoff single, “You’re So Vain.” That song set the album’s saucy tone, with its air of sexually frank autobiography (“You had me several years ago/When I was still quite naïve”) and its reflections on the jet-set lifestyle. Continue reading “Carly Simon – No Secrets (1972) {2011, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”

David Bowie & Stevie Ray Vaughan – Space Oddity: F.M. Broadcast 1983 (2016)

David Bowie & Stevie Ray Vaughan - Space Oddity: F.M. Broadcast 1983 (2016)

From the rare Dallas Moonlight sessions, the legendary Stevie Ray Vaughan brings a new life to some classic Bowie songs. Recorded in 1983. Continue reading “David Bowie & Stevie Ray Vaughan – Space Oddity: F.M. Broadcast 1983 (2016)”

Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf (1968) {1997, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) {1997, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf (1968) {1997, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 714 | Genre: Hard Rock, Blues 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. Continue reading “Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf (1968) {1997, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}”

Thompson Twins – The Greatest Hits (2003)

Thompson Twins - The Greatest Hits (2003)

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Talking Heads – Sand In The Vaseline: Popular Favorites 1976-1992 (1992)

Talking Heads - Sand In The Vaseline: Popular Favorites 1976-1992 (1992)

Featuring material from every Talking Heads album except the live The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, Sand in the Vaseline is a terrific double-disc retrospective of the band’s long and varied career. Featuring all of their hit singles and trademark songs (“Psycho Killer,” “Take Me to the River,” “Burning Down the House,” “And She Was,” “Once in a Lifetime,” “Swamp,” “Memories Can’t Wait,” “Crosseyed and Painless,” “Road to Nowhere,” “(Nothing But) Flowers,” “Life During Wartime”), the set also includes five previously unreleased tracks. Continue reading “Talking Heads – Sand In The Vaseline: Popular Favorites 1976-1992 (1992)”

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 2 Albums (1971-1972) {MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Genre: Progressive Rock

Tarkus (1971) & Trilogy (1972) Continue reading “Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}”

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

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

R.E.M – 2 Albums (1983-1984) {MFSL, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}

R.E.M - 2 Albums (1983-1984) {MFSL, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}

R.E.M – 2 Albums (1983-1984) {MFSL, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Genre: Pop Rock

Murmur (1983) & Reckoning (1984)

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Ten Years After – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {Audio Fidelity, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Ten Years After - 2 Albums (1971-1972) {Audio Fidelity, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Ten Years After – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {Audio Fidelity, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Genre: Blues Rock, Hard Rock

A Space in Time (1971) & Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)

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King Crimson – Discography (1969 – 2016)

King Crimson - Discography (1969 - 2016)

If there is one group that embodies progressive rock, it is King Crimson. Led by guitar/Mellotron virtuoso Robert Fripp, during its first five years of existence the band stretched both the language and structure of rock into realms of jazz and classical music, all the while avoiding pop and psychedelic sensibilities. The absence of mainstream compromises and the lack of an overt sense of humor ultimately doomed the group to nothing more than a large cult following, but made their albums among the most enduring and respectable of the prog rock era. Continue reading “King Crimson – Discography (1969 – 2016)”

Grand Funk Railroad – We’re An American Band (1973) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (1973) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Grand Funk Railroad – We’re An American Band (1973) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 047 | Genre: Hard Rock

Having made several changes in their business and musical efforts in 1972, Grand Funk Railroad made even more extensive ones in 1973, beginning with their name, which was officially truncated to “Grand Funk.” And keyboardist Craig Frost, credited as a sideman on Phoenix, the previous album, was now a full-fledged bandmember, filling out the musical arrangements. Continue reading “Grand Funk Railroad – We’re An American Band (1973) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”

Lou Reed – Transformer (1972) {1982, Non-Remastered}

Lou Reed - Transformer (1972) {1982, Non-Remastered}

Lou Reed – Transformer (1972) {1982, Non-Remastered}
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Label: RCA | W.Germany | Cat#: ND 83806 | Genre: Glam Rock

David Bowie has never been shy about acknowledging his influences, and since the boho decadence and sexual ambiguity of the Velvet Underground’s music had a major impact on Bowie’s work, it was only fitting that as Ziggy Stardust mania was reaching its peak, Bowie would offer Lou Reed some much needed help with his career, which was stuck in neutral after his first solo album came and went. Musically, Reed’s work didn’t have too much in common with the sonic bombast of the glam scene Continue reading “Lou Reed – Transformer (1972) {1982, Non-Remastered}”

Rory Gallagher – Irish Tour ’74.. (1974) [2014, Remastered, 40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set 7CD+DVD]

Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74.. (1974) [2014, Remastered, 40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set 7CD+DVD]

The 40th anniversary expanded deluxe edition release of one of Rory Gallagher’s most celebrated recordings. The most expansive edition to date, of this landmark album. Featured for the first time on record, all three shows. Packaged in a special deluxe edition 8 CD 10” boxset and including previously unreleased tracks, remastered audio, photos, extensive liner notes, feature length documentary, memorabilia and more. Continue reading “Rory Gallagher – Irish Tour ’74.. (1974) [2014, Remastered, 40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set 7CD+DVD]”

Various Artists – Best Of The 90s (2016)

Various Artists - Best Of The 90s (2016)

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