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The Tremeloes – Boxed (2000) {4CD, Box Set}
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Total Size: 1.78 GB (CDs) + 430 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Tremeloes | Holland | Cat#: BOX 1011-2 | Genre: Pop Rock
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John Denver – A Song’s Best Friend: The Very Best Of (2004)
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Total Size: 583 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG Music | EU | Cat#: 82876 60765 2 | Genre: Country, Pop Rock
Coinciding with the 35th anniversary of Denver’s first album release on RCA, this two-disc, 25-track overview of the country-pop singer’s storied career is the most concise and nuanced yet. Digitally remastered from the original master tapes, road-trip classics like “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” “Rocky Mountain High,” and “Back Home Again” Continue reading “John Denver – A Song’s Best Friend: The Very Best Of (2004)”
The Clash – Hits Back (2013)
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Label: Sony Music | EU | Cat#: 88725442362 | Genre: Punk
A tie-in to the exhaustive 2013 box set Sound System, the 2013 compilation The Clash Hits Back is a novel approach to a career retrospective: it mirrors the 24-song set list for the band’s July 19, 1982 concert at Brixton Fairdeal, then adds eight bonus hits at the end. The Clash Hits Back slightly tweaks the running order of the original set — “Bankrobber” arrived five songs into the concert but appears eighth here — but that doesn’t matter much, as this swap doesn’t alter the impact of the original set. Continue reading “The Clash – Hits Back (2013)”
Chicago – Chicago 17 (1984) {2011, MFSL Remastered}
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Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 789 | Genre: Pop Rock
Chicago 17 is the fourteenth studio album by American band Chicago, released on May 14, 1984. It was the group’s second release for Full Moon/Warner Bros. Records, their second album to be produced by David Foster and their last with founding bassist/vocalist Peter Cetera. Continue reading “Chicago – Chicago 17 (1984) {2011, MFSL Remastered}”
The Pretenders – Pretenders (1980) {2009, Audio Fidelity, Remastered}
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Total Size: 322 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 052 | Genre: Pop Rock, New Wave
Few rock & roll records rock as hard or with as much originality as the Pretenders’ eponymous debut album. A sleek, stylish fusion of Stonesy rock & roll, new wave pop, and pure punk aggression, Pretenders is teeming with sharp hooks and a viciously cool attitude. Continue reading “The Pretenders – Pretenders (1980) {2009, Audio Fidelity, Remastered}”
Rickie Lee Jones – Flying Cowboys (1989) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 064 | Genre: Pop Rock
Five years after the disappointing The Magazine, Rickie Lee Jones returned to form with Flying Cowboys, which shared much of the playful, childlike charm of her debut, Rickie Lee Jones, and some of the musically diffuse, lyrically ambitious form of its follow-up, Pirates. Continue reading “Rickie Lee Jones – Flying Cowboys (1989) {2010, 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}
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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)
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Label: Laser Media | Germany | Cat#: LM 700 | Genre: Glam Rock
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}
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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)
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Label: BMG | EU | Cat#: 82876 507262 | Genre: New Wave, Synth-Pop, Pop Rock
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Talking Heads – Sand In The Vaseline: Popular Favorites 1976-1992 (1992)
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Total Size: 902 MB (CDs) + 67 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI | UK | Cat#: 0777 7 80466 2 2 | Genre: Post Punk, New Wave
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}
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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}
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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}
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Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Genre: Pop Rock
Murmur (1983) & Reckoning (1984)
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