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Robert Palmer – Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley (1974) [2021, Japanese Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered]

Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley (1974) [2021, Japanese Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered]

Before becoming a slick, sharp-dressed pop star in the 1980s, Robert Palmer was a soul singer deeply rooted in R&B and funk. Those influences are on full display on his debut album Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley. With a backing band including members of Little Feat and the Meters, the music has a laid-back groove whether Palmer’s covering New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint (the title track) or singing originals (“Hey Julia,” ” Get Outside”). Continue reading “Robert Palmer – Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley (1974) [2021, Japanese Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered]”

Toto – Toto IV (1982) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Toto - Toto IV (1982) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Toto – Toto IV (1982) [1996, 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: 946 MB (Hi-Res) + 293 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-250 | Genre: Pop Rock
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R.E.M. – Reckoning (1984) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

R.E.M. – Reckoning (1984) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 857 MB (Hi-Res) + 560 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-261 | Genre: Pop Rock
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R.E.M. abandoned the enigmatic post-punk experiments of Murmur for their second album, Reckoning, returning to their garage pop origins instead. Opening with the ringing “Harborcoat,” Reckoning runs through a set of ten jangle pop songs that are different not only in sound but in style from the debut. Where Murmur was enigmatic in its sound, Reckoning is clear, which doesn’t necessarily mean that the songs themselves are straightforward. Continue reading “R.E.M. – Reckoning (1984) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

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 & 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]”

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
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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]

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]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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]

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 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]
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1.44 GB | 3% RAR Recovery

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]
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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
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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]”