Gerry And The Pacemakers – You’ll Never Walk Alone (The EMI Years 1963-1966) (2008) [4CD-Set]

Gerry And The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone (The EMI Years 1963-1966) (2008) [4CD-Set]

Gerry And The Pacemakers – You’ll Never Walk Alone (The EMI Years 1963-1966) (2008) [4CD-Set]
EAC Rip | 4xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.54 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI | EU | Cat#: 519 2572 | Genre: Pop Rock

Gerry & the Pacemakers are fated to eternal comparisons to the Beatles, their onetime Merseybeat rivals who rapidly eclipsed the quartet in popularity and accomplishment, leaving them as something of a pop culture punchline. In the wake of the Beatles, it was hard to look back at Gerry Marsden and his irrepressibly cheerful music and think it was in the same league as the Fab Four, or any of the British Invasion groups that followed. Continue reading “Gerry And The Pacemakers – You’ll Never Walk Alone (The EMI Years 1963-1966) (2008) [4CD-Set]”

David Bowie – Toy (Toy:Box) (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

David Bowie - Toy (Toy:Box) (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

David Bowie – Toy (Toy:Box) (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 4.61 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Parlophone UK | Genre: Pop Rock

TOY was recorded following David’s triumphant Glastonbury 2000 performance. Bowie entered the studio with his band, Mark Plati, SterlingCampbell, Gail Ann Dorsey, Earl Slick, Mike Garson, Holly Palmer and EmmGryner, to record new interpretations of songs he’d first recorded from 1964-1971. David planned to record the album ‘old school’ with the band playing live, choose the best takes and then release it as soon as humanly possible in a remarkably prescient manner. Continue reading “David Bowie – Toy (Toy:Box) (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Big Star – #1 Record / Radio City (2004) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Big Star - #1 Record / Radio City (2004) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Big Star – #1 Record / Radio City (2004) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.49 GB (ISO) + 3.06 GB (DSF) + 1.57 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Stax | US | Cat#: SXSA 60025-6 | Genre: Power Pop

A two-fer combining Big Star’s first and second albums, #1 Record/Radio City remains a definitive document of early-’70s American power pop and a virtual blueprint for much of the finest alternative rock that came after it. The lone Big Star record to merit the full participation of founder Chris Bell, the brightly produced #1 Record splits the songwriting credits evenly between him and Alex Chilton (in the tradition of Lennon-McCartney). Continue reading “Big Star – #1 Record / Radio City (2004) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Smokie – Gold (2020) [3CD]

Smokie - Gold (2020) [3CD]

Smokie – Gold (2020) [3CD]
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.47 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Crimson | EU | Cat#: CRIMCD680 | Genre: Pop Rock

UK three CD set, the only Smokie compilation you’ll ever need. Formed in Bradford, Yorkshire, Smokie rose to fame in the 1970s and found chart success with their signature glam-pop sound. This career compilation includes all of the group’s biggest hits including ‘Living Next Door To Alice’, ‘It’s Your Life’, ‘ Oh Carol’, ‘Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone’ and ‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain’ Continue reading “Smokie – Gold (2020) [3CD]”

Cat Stevens – Izitso (1977) [1996, MFSL Remastred, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Cat Stevens - Izitso (1977) [1996, MFSL Remastred, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Cat Stevens – Izitso (1977) [1996, MFSL Remastred, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 778 MB (Hi-Res) + 229 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-254 | Genre: Pop Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

Cat Stevens bounced back from the lackluster Numbers with an album of pop/rock songs that brought his usual rhythmic folk-rock into contemporary style with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section, a snappy Dave Kershenbaum production, and lots of synthesizers. Continue reading “Cat Stevens – Izitso (1977) [1996, MFSL Remastred, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Todd Rundgren – Something / Anything? (1972) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Todd Rundgren - Something / Anything? (1972) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Todd Rundgren – Something / Anything? (1972) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
4x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.91 GB (Hi-Res) + 577 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 2-225 | Genre: Progressive Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

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U2 – The Unforgettable Fire (1984) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

U2 – The Unforgettable Fire (1984) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 903 MB (Hi-Res) + 266 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-207 | Genre: Pop Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

In many ways, U2 took their fondness for sonic bombast as far as it could go on War, so it isn’t a complete surprise that they chose to explore the intricacies of the Edge’s layered, effects-laden guitar on the follow-up, The Unforgettable Fire. Working with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, U2 created a dark, near-hallucinatory series of interlocking soundscapes that are occasionally punctuated by recognizable songs and melodies. Continue reading “U2 – The Unforgettable Fire (1984) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Barclay James Harvest – Time Honoured Ghosts (1975) [2021, Expanded & Remastered, DVD + Hi-Res]

Barclay James Harvest - Time Honoured Ghosts (1975) [2021, Expanded & Remastered, DVD + Hi-Res]

Barclay James Harvest – Time Honoured Ghosts (1975) [2021, Expanded & Remastered, DVD + Hi-Res]
DVD | NTSC 16:9 (720×480) VBR | DTS 96/24 / LPCM Audio / Dolby AC3
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
No Scans Included
Total Size: 3.80 GB (DVD) + 2.99 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Esoteric Recordings | EU | Cat#: ECLEC22778 | Genre: Proggressive Rock, Pop Rock

A new remastered and expanded two disc edition of ‘Time Honoured Ghosts’, the legendary album by Barclay James Harvest first released in October 1975 recorded in San Francisco between May and July of that year, the record saw the band work with American producer Elliot Mazer at his studio in California. Continue reading “Barclay James Harvest – Time Honoured Ghosts (1975) [2021, Expanded & Remastered, DVD + Hi-Res]”

Joe Jackson – Live 1980/86 (1988) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Joe Jackson - Live 1980/86 (1988) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Joe Jackson – Live 1980/86 (1988) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.43 GB (Hi-Res) + 717 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: A&M | Masterdisk Mastering | US | Cat#: SP 6706| Genre: New Wave, Pop Rock

A double-disc live collection, Live…1980-1986 manages to effectively trace the development of Joe Jackson’s diverse career. Drawing from four different periods in the songwriter’s career — with each period featuring a new backing band — Live captures Jackson with his original new wave trio, a 1983 quintet that was dominated by keyboards, a horn-driven group from 1984, and a 1986 quartet that specialized in straight-ahead rock & roll. The resulting album highlights his musical diversity, not his songwriting, which means the record is more intriguing as a historical document than as casual listening Continue reading “Joe Jackson – Live 1980/86 (1988) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

John Mayer – Sob Rock (2021) [Japanese, Blu-Spec CD2]

John Mayer - Sob Rock (2021) [Japanese, Blu-Spec CD2]

John Mayer – Sob Rock (2021) [Japanese, Blu-Spec CD2]
XLD Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 253 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sony Records Int’l | Japan Promo | Cat#: SICP 31454| Genre: Pop Rock

John Mayer evokes the hushed professionalism of ’80s adult-contemporary rock on his all-too-breezy eighth studio album, 2021’s Sob Rock. Mayer has always worn his influences on his sleeve, often bringing together the bluesy fret work of Eric Clapton with the yearning singer/songwriter sincerity of James Taylor. He’s also made no secret of how much the sound of mid- and late-’80s pop/rock has informed his own work, and albums like 2006’s Grammy-winning Continuum and 2012’s Born and Raised have found him drawing upon the work of icons like Sting, Peter Gabriel, and Neil Young. Continue reading “John Mayer – Sob Rock (2021) [Japanese, Blu-Spec CD2]”

Roxette – Joyride (1991) [2021, 30th Anniversary Edition, Remastered, 3CD]

Roxette - Joyride (1991) [2021, 30th Anniversary Edition, Remastered, 3CD]

Roxette – Joyride (1991) [2021, 30th Anniversary Edition, Remastered, 3CD]
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.44 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Parlophone | Germany | Cat#: 5054197107153 | Genre: Pop Rock

Limited three CD set containing original album plus bonus non-album tracks, demos, and more. This year marks 30 years since Roxette released her third album Joyride, which followed up the band’s record global breakthrough with the album Look Sharp! In 1989. Roxette had in record time turned into a global hit phenomenon thanks to the three US hits The Look, Listen To Your Heart, It Must Have Been Love and other big hits such as Dressed For Success and Dangerous. Continue reading “Roxette – Joyride (1991) [2021, 30th Anniversary Edition, Remastered, 3CD]”

Paul Weller – An Orchestrated Songbook With Jules Buckley & The BBC Symphony Orchestra (2021) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Paul Weller - An Orchestrated Songbook With Jules Buckley & The BBC Symphony Orchestra (2021) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Paul Weller – An Orchestrated Songbook With Jules Buckley & The BBC Symphony Orchestra (2021)
[Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.31 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Polydor | Genre: Pop Rock

For somebody with a restless creative spirit, Paul Weller has no quarrel with taking frequent strolls through his back pages. An Orchestrated Songbook finds the singer/songwriter plucking a number of softer tunes from throughout his career, then turning them over to Jules Buckley to arrange for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Weller held the concert on May 15, 2021, releasing it as An Orchestrated Songbook later in the year, and as something of a companion piece to Other Aspects: Live at Royal Festival Hall Continue reading “Paul Weller – An Orchestrated Songbook With Jules Buckley & The BBC Symphony Orchestra (2021) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

U2 – Achtung Baby (1991) [Official Digital Release] [2021, 30th Anniversary, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

U2 - Achtung Baby (1991) [Official Digital Release] [2021, 30th Anniversary, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

U2 – Achtung Baby (1991) [Official Digital Release] [2021, 30th Anniversary, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
4 x Discs | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 9.70 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: UMC | Genre: Pop Rock
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The Who – Face Dances (1981) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Who - Face Dances (1981) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Who – Face Dances (1981) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 844 MB (Hi-Res) + 249 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-115 | Genre: Pop Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

Without Keith Moon, the Who may have lacked the restless firepower that distinguished their earlier albums, but Face Dances had some of Pete Townshend’s best, most incisive compositions since Quadrophenia. “Don’t Let Go the Coat” was one of his better odes to Meher Baba, “You Better You Bet” was a driving rocker, as was the rueful “Cache Cache,” while “How Can You Do It Alone” was a solid ballad. While Townshend’s songs were graceful and introspective, Roger Daltrey delivered them without any subtlety, rendering their power impotent. Continue reading “The Who – Face Dances (1981) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Doobie Brothers – Takin’ It To The Streets (1976) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets (1976) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Doobie Brothers – Takin’ It To The Streets (1976) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 834 MB (Hi-Res) + 235 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-122 | Genre: Pop Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

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