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Various Artists – Ultimate 90s (2015) {4CD-Set}
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Label: Sony Music | Germany | Cat#: 88875085592 | Genre: Pop, Pop Rock
72 classic hits and harder to find rarities from the 90s across 4 CDs, all housed in a fold out cardboard digi-pack sleeve. Continue reading “Various Artists – Ultimate 90s (2015) {4CD-Set}”
The Tremeloes – The Best Of The Tremeloes (1992)
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Label: Rhino | USA | Cat#: R2 70528 | Genre: Pop Rock
Back in the early ’90s, when this 20-song compilation came out, it was more music by the Tremeloes than had been seen in America in decades, and it was absolutely essential listening — the Tremeloes’ music is so upbeat and enjoyable, that they could significantly improve the collective frame of mind of our society if their work was better known. Continue reading “The Tremeloes – The Best Of The Tremeloes (1992)”
America – The Definitive America (2001)
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Label: Rhino / Warner | EU | Cat#: 812273552-2| Genre: Folk Rock, Pop Rock
The trio America (vocalists/guitarists Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley, and Dan Peek) approximated the 1970s California pop folk sound so well that when their first single “A Horse With No Name” appeared on the radio waves in the fall of 1972, many listeners assumed it was a song by Neil Young. Continue reading “America – The Definitive America (2001)”
Gerry Rafferty – City To City (1978) {1995, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}
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Label: DCC Compact Classics | USA | Cat#: GZS-1075 | Genre: Pop Rock
Gerry Rafferty is a huge talent, but a reluctant star. Management struggles and sundry other hindrances limited his output, but couldn’t avert the Scot from releasing two legendary singles — the Tarantino-ized “Stuck in the Middle With You” and the unforgettable “Baker Street,” the latter included on this record. Just a glimpse of John Patrick Byrne’s cool cover art lets the listener know City to City Continue reading “Gerry Rafferty – City To City (1978) {1995, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}”
The Doobie Brothers – Minute By Minute (1978) {2005, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 025 | Genre: Pop Rock
With Tom Johnston gone from the lineup because of health problems, this is where the “new” Doobie Brothers really make their debut, with a richly soulful sound throughout and emphasis on horns and Michael McDonald’s piano more than on Patrick Simmons’ or Jeff Baxter’s guitars. Not that they were absent entirely, or weren’t sometimes right up front in the mix, as the rocking, slashing “Don’t Stop to Watch the Wheels” and the bluegrass-influenced Continue reading “The Doobie Brothers – Minute By Minute (1978) {2005, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”
Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story (1971) {1990, MFSL, Remastered}
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Label: MFSL UltraDisc II, USA | Cat#: UDCD 532 | Genre: Pop Rock
Without greatly altering his approach, Rod Stewart perfected his blend of hard rock, folk, and blues on his masterpiece, Every Picture Tells a Story. Marginally a harder-rocking album than Gasoline Alley — the Faces blister on the Temptations cover “(I Know I’m) Losing You,” and the acoustic title track goes into hyper-drive with Mick Waller’s primitive drumming — the great triumph Continue reading “Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story (1971) {1990, MFSL, Remastered}”
Elton John – Rock of the Westies (1975) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 149 | Genre: Pop Rock
Less than four months after issuing the landmark and autobiographical Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975), Elton John re-emerged with a new band and a slightly modified sound. However, the departure of Dee Murray (bass) and Nigel Olsson (drums) would ultimately begin a deceleration in terms of John’s success, which rivalled only the Beatles’ and Elvis Presley’s in terms of global acclaim Continue reading “Elton John – Rock of the Westies (1975) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”
Billy Joel – 52nd Street (1978) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 095 | Genre: Pop Rock
Once The Stranger became a hit, Billy Joel quickly re-entered the studio with producer Phil Ramone to record the follow-up, 52nd Street. Instead of breaking from the sound of The Stranger, Joel chose to expand it, making it more sophisticated and somewhat jazzy. Often, his moves sounded as if they were responses to Steely Dan — indeed, his phrasing and melody for “Zanzibar” is a direct homage to Donald Fagen circa Continue reading “Billy Joel – 52nd Street (1978) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”
Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive! (1976) {1996, MFSL, Remastered}
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Label: MFSL (UltraDisc II) | Cat#: UDCD 2-678 | Genre: Pop Rock
Frampton Comes Alive! is a double live album by English rock musician Peter Frampton released in 1976, and one of the best-selling live albums in the United States. Following four solo albums with little commercial success, Frampton Comes Alive! was a breakthrough for the artist Continue reading “Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive! (1976) {1996, MFSL, Remastered}”
VA – Greatest Singer-Songwriter Classics (2015)
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Label: Sony Music Entertainment | Cat#: 88875071312 | Genre: Pop Rock
Featured by Billy Joel, JJ Cale, Carly Simon, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Carole King, Elton John, Van Morrison, Lou Reed, Paul Carrack, Norah Jones, Paul Weller, Leonard Cohen, Donovan, Nick Drake, Sarah McLachlan, Jeff Buckley, Kate Bush, Al Stewart, Dolly Parton and many more Continue reading “VA – Greatest Singer-Songwriter Classics (2015)”
John Lennon – Double Fantasy: Stripped Down (2010) {2014, Digital Download 24bit/96kHz}
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Label: Capitol Records | Genre: Pop Rock
Released on 2010 and now available in hi-res, this release of Double Fantasy contains the digitally remastered version of the 1980 Double Fantasy album plus a never before released ‘Stripped Down’ version produced by Yoko Ono and Jack Douglas. Includes ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’, ‘Woman’, ‘Watching The Wheels’, ‘Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)’ and more Continue reading “John Lennon – Double Fantasy: Stripped Down (2010) {2014, Digital Download 24bit/96kHz}”
Pat Benatar – The Very Best Album Ever (2002)
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Label: EMI | Cat#: 7243 5 39928 2 8 | Genre: Pop Rock
Pat Benatar’s polished mainstream pop/rock made her one of the more popular female vocalists of the early ’80s. Although she came on like an arena rocker with her power chords, tough sexuality, and powerful vocals, her music was straight pop/rock underneath all the bluster. Born Patricia Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the singer was raised in the nearby town of Lindenhurst on Long Island, NY. Benatar began singing regularly in the New York City area by the ’70s, where she was discovered at the Catch a Rising Star club and signed by Chrysalis Records. Backed by a stellar band led by guitarist Neil Geraldo Continue reading “Pat Benatar – The Very Best Album Ever (2002)”
Sheryl Crow – The Very Best Of Sheryl Crow (2003)
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Label: A&M Records | Cat#: B0010918-02 | Genre: Pop Rock
Sheryl Crow was one of the key artists of the ’90s, if the yardstick is capturing the sound and spirit of the time. A former backing vocalist for Michael Jackson — an association that led to dubious tabloid headlines romantically linking her with the singer long before she was a star in her own right — she rode the first great wave of Women in Rock hysteria of the alt-rock explosion to fame with her first album, Tuesday Night Music Club, in 1994, settling into the weary aftermath of the post-grunge years with her brilliant eponymous second album Continue reading “Sheryl Crow – The Very Best Of Sheryl Crow (2003)”
Patty Smyth – Greatest Hits – Featuring Scandal (1998)
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Label: Sony Music | Cat#: CK 65616 | Genre: Pop Rock
When Smyth had her first hit with the band Scandal in 1982 with the peppy kiss-off “Goodbye to You,” MTV was still in its infancy and Alanis Morissette was not long out of diapers. Not exactly the stereotypical groundbreaker, the New York-born Smyth nonetheless helped make the pre-Madonna ’80s safe for women in rock, paving the way for such hit makers as Morissette, Sheryl Crow, and the whole Lilith Fair flock. While this career-spanning retrospective is a Continue reading “Patty Smyth – Greatest Hits – Featuring Scandal (1998)”
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Billy Joel – An Innocent Man (1983) [2013, Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]
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Label: Columbia / Legacy | Lenght: 40:42 | Genre: Pop Rock
Recording The Nylon Curtain exhausted Billy Joel, and even though it had a pair of major hits, it didn’t rival its predecessors in terms of sales. Since he labored so hard at the record, he decided it was time for a break — it was time to record an album just for fun. And that’s how his homage to pre-Beatles pop, An Innocent Man, was conceived: it was Continue reading “Billy Joel – An Innocent Man (1983) [2013, Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]”