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Various Artists – 12 Inch Dance: 80s Pop (2016) {WEB}
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Total Size: 1.39 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino | Genre: New Wave, Synth-Pop, Pop Rock
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Deep Purple – Long Beach 1976 (1995) {2016, Reissue}
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Total Size: 881 MB (CDs) + 58.9 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Edel | Germany | Cat#: 0210940EMU | Genre: Hard Rock
Live In Long Beach 1976”, is part of earMUSIC’s DEEP PURPLE / DPO reissue series that, over the last couple years, has seen the release of rare live material from the band, including Copenhagen 1972, Stockholm 1970, Paris 1975, Graz 1975 and Long Beach 1971. “Live In Long Beach 1976” features one of the very rare shows where the MK IV line up (Bolin – Coverdale – Hughes – Lord – Paice) performance was recorded live. Continue reading “Deep Purple – Long Beach 1976 (1995) {2016, Reissue}”
Gov’t Mule – Discography (1995 – 2015)
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Total Size: 45.7 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS
Label: Various | Genre: Blues Rock
The original leaders of Gov’t Mule, Warren Haynes and Allen Woody, were well known to Allman Brothers fans for their stint in Southern rock’s most famous native sons. In 1989, Haynes became the second replacement for Duane Allman, providing a good foil for Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts on guitar and vocals; Woody filled out the Allman sound on bass. Five years after their debut, the duo joined drummer Matt Abts in the side project Gov’t Mule, a band in which the Allman Brothers’ influence was apparent but complicated with the psychedelic, bluesy power trio feel of Cream. Continue reading “Gov’t Mule – Discography (1995 – 2015)”
Julian Lennon – The Secret Value Of Daydreaming (1986)
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Total Size: 251 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Atlantic | USA | Cat#: 7 81640-2 | Genre: Pop Rock
On The Secret Value of Daydreaming, the follow-up to his successful debut, Julian Lennon emphasizes his mainstream pop leanings by adding a tighter, more polished production which brings out the best in his songs. Continue reading “Julian Lennon – The Secret Value Of Daydreaming (1986)”
Warren Zevon – I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: An Anthology (1996)
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Total Size: 974 MB (CDs) + 40.1 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino | USA | Cat#: R2 73510 | Genre: Country Rock, Pop Rock
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (An Anthology) covers the bulk of Warren Zevon’s career, conveniently skipping over his long-forgotten first album and concentrating heavily on his Asylum records, as well as his albums for Virgin and Giant. Continue reading “Warren Zevon – I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: An Anthology (1996)”
Marianne Faithfull – Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology (1998)
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Total Size: 951 MB (CDs) + 41.2 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Island Records | UK | Cat#: 524 579-2 | Genre: Pop Rock
Because more than half of the 35 songs on this two-disc retrospective of Marianne Faithfull’s 1979-95 output come from her three great albums — Broken English, Dangerous Acquaintances, and Strange Weather — or are previously unreleased outtakes or B-sides from them, A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology makes a fine primer to Faithfull’s often challenging, always mesmerizing (or would that be always challenging, often mesmerizing?) music. “Ballad of the Soldier’s Wife,” her solid contribution to 1985’s Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill, is also included, giving Faithfull’s hauntingly tragic voice the resonance and attention it demands. Continue reading “Marianne Faithfull – Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology (1998)”
FM – Only The Strong: The Very Best 1984-1994 (1994)
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Total Size: 571 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Connoisseur Collection | UK | Cat#: VSOP CD 203 | Genre: Hard Rock
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Little River Band – Greatest Hits (2000)
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Total Size: 563 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Capitol | EU | Cat#: 7243 5 21911 2 3 | Genre: Pop Rock
With 11 hit songs breaking the Top 40, Australia’s Little River Band was one of the most successful groups to emerge from down under. With the perfect sound via Glenn Shorrock’s relaxed voice alongside the smooth flow of the guitar and keyboard work, LRB’s polished style was draped all over radio throughout the late ’70s and early ’80s. Continue reading “Little River Band – Greatest Hits (2000)”
Fleetwood Mac – Discography (1968 – 2011)
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Total Size: 39.4 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS
Label: Various | Genre: Blues Rock, Pop Rock
While most bands undergo a number of changes over the course of their careers, few groups experienced such radical stylistic changes as Fleetwood Mac. Initially conceived as a hard-edged British blues combo in the late ’60s, the band gradually evolved into a polished pop/rock act over the course of a decade. Continue reading “Fleetwood Mac – Discography (1968 – 2011) UPDATE”
The Kinks – Kinks (You Really Got Me) & Kinda Kinks (1964) {1996, MFSL, Remastered}
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Total Size: 384 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 679 | Genre: Classic Rock, Rock & Roll
Mobile Fidelity reissued the Kinks’ first two albums, You Really Got Me and Kinda Kinks, on one gold CD. Although they have their moments, these records are uneven, and most casual fans will prefer to hear the highlights on hits collections. Continue reading “The Kinks – Kinks (You Really Got Me) & Kinda Kinks (1964) {1996, MFSL, Remastered}”
Travis – Everything At Once (2016)
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Total Size: 487 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Red Telephone Box | EU | Cat#: PHONE014CD | Genre: Indie Rock
Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Getaway (2016) {WEB}
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Total Size: 341 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Bros. | Genre: Alternative Rock
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 11th studio album, 2016’s The Getaway, is a sophisticated work of dark-hued maturity that finds the long-running California outfit expanding their sound into nuanced, ’70s-style orchestral soul and funky psychedelia. Continue reading “Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Getaway (2016) {WEB}”
Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle (1976) {1993, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Total Size: 231 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DCC Compact Classics | Japan | Cat#: GZS-1033 | Genre: Blues Rock, Pop Rock
Steve Miller had started to essay his classic sound with The Joker, but 1976’s Fly Like an Eagle is where he took flight, creating his definitive slice of space blues. The key is focus, even on an album as stylishly, self-consciously trippy as this, since the focus brings about his strongest set of songs (both originals and covers), plus a detailed atmospheric production where everything fits. Continue reading “Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle (1976) {1993, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}”
Pat Benatar – In the Heat Of The Night (1979) {1994, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Total Size: 263 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DCC Compact Classics | USA | Cat#: GZS-1056 | Genre: Hard Rock, Pop Rock
With her debut recording In the Heat of the Night, Pat Benatar wasted no time starting out of the gate with the furious leadoff track “Heartbreaker,” which solidified her place in a class of women who were taking the rock world by storm in the late ’70s. Continue reading “Pat Benatar – In the Heat Of The Night (1979) {1994, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}”
The Band – The Band (1969) {2009, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Total Size: 275 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 032 | Genre: Southern Rock, Country Rock
The Band’s first album, Music from Big Pink, seemed to come out of nowhere, with its ramshackle musical blend and songs of rural tragedy. The Band, the group’s second album, was a more deliberate and even more accomplished effort, partially because the players had become a more cohesive unit, and partially because guitarist Robbie Robertson had taken over the songwriting, writing or co-writing all 12 songs. Continue reading “The Band – The Band (1969) {2009, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”