YES – 90125 (1983) {2009, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}

YES - 90125 (1983) {2009, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}

YES – 90125 (1983) {2009, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 377 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 063 | Genre: Progressive Rock

A stunning self-reinvention by a band that many had given up for dead, 90125 is the album that introduced a whole new generation of listeners to Yes. Begun as Cinema, a new band by Chris Squire and Alan White, the project grew to include the slick production of Trevor Horn, the new blood (and distinctly ’80s guitar sound) of Trevor Rabin, and eventually the trademark vocals of returning founder Jon Anderson. Continue reading “YES – 90125 (1983) {2009, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}”

Styx – The Mission (2017) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Styx - The Mission (2017) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Artist – Album (year) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 879 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alpha Dog 2T / UMe | Genre: Progressive Rock

Styx kept themselves busy in the 21st century, launching a tour like clockwork every year, but they abandoned recording new material after 2003’s Cyclorama. Arriving 14 years after that record, The Mission announces Styx’s return in a grand fashion. Although The Mission has its mind on the future — it’s designed as a concept album about a mission to Mars in the year 2033 — the sound is an unapologetic throwback to the band’s late-’70s prime. Continue reading “Styx – The Mission (2017) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]”

Jethro Tull – The String Quartets (2017)

Jethro Tull - The String Quartets (2017)

Jethro Tull – The String Quartets (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 260 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG | UK | Cat#: 538257472 | Genre: Progressive Rock

A new album by Ian Anderson and the Carducci Quartet featuring the Classic songs of Jethro Tull, arranged and orchestrated by John O’Hara. Ian plays flute on most of the tracks and even sings a few lines here and there to provide his trademark sounds in the context of Classical Music traditions. Living In The Past, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath and Bungle In The Jungle are among the album track listing but appear, along with their fellow musical travelers, under more cryptic titles to differentiate them from the original recordings and arrangements. Continue reading “Jethro Tull – The String Quartets (2017)”

Steve Hackett – The Night Siren (2017) [Special Edition, CD + Blu-ray]

Steve Hackett - The Night Siren (2017) [Special Edition, CD + Blu-ray]

Steve Hackett – The Night Siren (2017) [Special Edition, CD + Blu-ray]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Basic Scans Included
Blu-ray | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 14968 kbps / 1080p / 16:9 | DTS-HD MA 5.1 / LPCM 2.0 / LPCM 5.1 -> 24bit/48kHz
Total Size: 366 MB (CD) + 16.4 GB (BD) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: InsideOutMusic | Germany | Cat#: 88985410452 | Genre: Progressive Rock
 
Special Edition CD including Blu-ray with 5.1 surround & hi-res stereo mixes as well as behind-the-scenes documentary.
Continue reading “Steve Hackett – The Night Siren (2017) [Special Edition, CD + Blu-ray]”

Mike Oldfield – Return To Ommadawn (2017)

Mike Oldfield - Return To Ommadawn (2017)

Mike Oldfield – Return To Ommadawn (2017)
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Total Size: 305 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Virgin | EU | Cat#: CDVX 3166 | Genre: Progressive Rock

British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield offers up this warmly crafted sequel to his 1975 classic Ommadawn, marking a return to a more organic style of composing. After polling fans online about what type of approach they’d like to hear, Oldfield was overwhelmingly urged to revisit the acoustic style heard on his first three albums. Continue reading “Mike Oldfield – Return To Ommadawn (2017)”

The Alan Parsons Project – Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Edgar Allan Poe (1976) [2016, 40Th Anniversary Edition, 3CD + Blu-Ray Audio]

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Edgar Allan Poe (1976) [2016, 40Th Anniversary Edition, 3CD + Blu-Ray Audio]

The Alan Parsons Project – Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Edgar Allan Poe (1976)
[2016, 40Th Anniversary Edition, 3CD + Blu-Ray Audio]

EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Blu-ray Audio | DTS-HD MA (5.1 / 24bit / 96kHz) | LPCM DTS-HD MA (5.1 & 2.0 / 24bit / 96kHz)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 1.08 GB (CDs) + 15.1 GB (BD) 2.96 GB (HiRes) + 0.99 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mercury / Universal | Czech Republic | Cat#: 0600753726679 | Genre: Progressive Rock

3CDs and Blu-Ray set includes brand new 5.1 Surround mix produced and engineered by Alan Parsons, a CD of unreleased materual, includes 60 page book replica 1976 press kit, poster and sticker. Continue reading “The Alan Parsons Project – Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Edgar Allan Poe (1976) [2016, 40Th Anniversary Edition, 3CD + Blu-Ray Audio]”

Uriah Heep – Discography (1970 – 2015)

Uriah Heep - Discography (1970 - 2015)

Uriah Heep – Discography (1970 – 2015)
EAC Rip | 193xCD + DVD | FLAC/APE Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 84.9 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS | BOX SETS
Label: Various | Genre: Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal

Uriah Heep’s by-the-books progressive heavy metal made the British band one of the most popular hard rock groups of the early ’70s. Formed by vocalist David Byron and guitarist Mick Box in the late ’60s, the group went through an astonishing number of members over the next two decades — nearly 30 different musicians passed through the band over the years. Continue reading “Uriah Heep – Discography (1970 – 2015)”

The Moody Blues – On The Threshold Of A Dream (1969) {1994, MFSL, Remastered}

The Moody Blues - On The Threshold Of A Dream (1969) {1994, MFSL, Remastered}

The Moody Blues – On The Threshold Of A Dream (1969) {1994, MFSL, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 235 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL, UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 612 | Genre: Progressive rock

On the Threshold of a Dream was the first album that the Moody Blues had a chance to record and prepare in a situation of relative calm, without juggling tour schedules and stealing time in the studio between gigs — indeed, it was a product of what were almost ideal circumstances, though it might not have seemed that way to some observers. Continue reading “The Moody Blues – On The Threshold Of A Dream (1969) {1994, MFSL, Remastered}”

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 2 Albums (1971-1972) {MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 610 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
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}”

King Crimson – Discography (1969 – 2016)

King Crimson - Discography (1969 - 2016)

King Crimson – Discography (1969 – 2016)
EAC Rip | 301xCD + 11xDVD + 5xBlu-ray | FLAC Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 326 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | DGM LIVE | COMPILATIONS-BOX SETS | EPs | PROJEKCTS
KING CRIMSON COLLECTOR’S CLUB
Label: Various | Genre: Progressive Rock, Experimental Rock

If there is one group that embodies progressive rock, it is King Crimson. Led by guitar/Mellotron virtuoso Robert Fripp, during its first five years of existence the band stretched both the language and structure of rock into realms of jazz and classical music, all the while avoiding pop and psychedelic sensibilities. The absence of mainstream compromises and the lack of an overt sense of humor ultimately doomed the group to nothing more than a large cult following, but made their albums among the most enduring and respectable of the prog rock era. Continue reading “King Crimson – Discography (1969 – 2016)”

Styx – The Grand Illusion (1977) {2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}

Styx - The Grand Illusion (1977) {2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}

Styx – The Grand Illusion (1977) {2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 282 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 067 | Genre: Progressive Rock

Other than being their first platinum-selling album, The Grand Illusion led Styx steadfastly into the domain of AOR rock. Built on the strengths of “Come Sail Away”‘s ballad-to-rock metamorphosis, which gained them their second Top Ten hit, and on the high harmonies of newcomer Tommy Shaw throughout “Fooling Yourself,” The Grand Illusion introduced Styx to the gates of commercial stardom. Continue reading “Styx – The Grand Illusion (1977) {2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}”

Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery (1979) {1993, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) {1993, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}

Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery (1979) {1993, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, PNG
Total Size: 245 MB (CD) + 561 MB (Scans)| 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MasterSound, USA | Cat#: ZK 64646 | Genre: Progressive Rock

Electric Light Orchestra continued on their winning Top 40 ways with the release of Discovery. Now pared down to the basic four-piece unit, Jeff Lynne continued to dominate the band and they still got their hits (this time around it was the smash “Don’t Bring Me Down”). Elsewhere on the disc there was, of note, “Last Train to London” and “Confusion.” Though Discovery charted well, it was becoming obvious that ELO were starting to run themselves out of useful Beatles hooks Continue reading “Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery (1979) {1993, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}”

Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) {1993, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}

Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado (1974) {1993, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}

Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) {1993, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, PNG
Total Size: 240 MB (CD) + 392 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DCC Compact Classics, Japan | Cat#: GZS 1041 | Genre: Progressive Rock

This is the album where Jeff Lynne finally found the sound he’d wanted since co-founding Electric Light Orchestra three years earlier. Up to this point, most of the group’s music had been self-contained — Lynne, Richard Tandy, et al., providing whatever was needed, vocally or instrumentally, even if it meant overdubbing their work layer upon layer Continue reading “Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) {1993, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}”

YES – 2 Albums (MFSL Ultradisc II, Remastered)

YES - 2 Albums (MFSL Ultradisc II, Remastered)

YES – 2 Albums (MFSL Ultradisc II, Remastered)
EAC Rip | 2xCD | WavPack (.wv) & FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @300 dpi, JPG, Included
Total Size: 450 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL Ultradisc II | Cat#: UDCD 779 / UDCD 766 | Genre: Progressive Rock
 
The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1972) Continue reading “YES – 2 Albums (MFSL Ultradisc II, Remastered)”

Rush – Roll The Bones (1991) {2011, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}

Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) {2011, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}

Rush – Roll The Bones (1991) {2011, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 355 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 116 | Genre: Progressive Rock

From a lyrical perspective, 1991’s Roll the Bones is quite possibly Rush’s darkest album (most of the songs deal with death in no uncertain terms), but from a musical point of view, the record treads territory (highbrow melodic hard rock) similar to its recent predecessors, with only a few surprises thrown in for good measure. Continue reading “Rush – Roll The Bones (1991) {2011, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}”