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Gentle Giant – Three Piece Suite (The Steven Wilson Remixes) (2017) [CD + Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

Gentle Giant - Three Piece Suite (The Steven Wilson Remixes) (2017) [CD + Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

Blu-ray plus bonus CD. Following the highly successful releases of the Steven Wilson’s remixes of The Power And The Glory and Octopus, Steven has now remixed a specially curated selection of songs and compositions from the band’s first three albums (Giant, Acquiring the Taste, Three Friends) presented in both 5.1 surround sound and stereo. Only a few songs from each of the band’s first three albums are known to exist as multi-tracks, with the rest presumably lost, and it is these nine tracks – plus the previously unreleased pre-debut song ‘Freedom’s Child’ – that have been remixed by Steven Wilson for this very special release. Continue reading “Gentle Giant – Three Piece Suite (The Steven Wilson Remixes) (2017) [CD + Blu-ray + Hi-Res]”

Gentle Giant – Three Piece Suite (The Steven Wilson Remixes) (2017) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Gentle Giant - Three Piece Suite (The Steven Wilson Remixes) (2017) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Gentle Giant – Three Piece Suite (The Steven Wilson Remixes) (2017)
[Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 401 MB (16/44) + 1.27 GB (24/96) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alucard | Genre: Progressive Rock

Following the highly successful releases of the Steven Wilson’s remixes of The Power And The Glory and Octopus, Steven has now remixed a specially curated selection of songs and compositions from the band’s first three albums (Giant, Acquiring the Taste, Three Friends) presented in both 5.1 surround sound and stereo. Only a few songs from each of the band’s first three albums are known to exist as multi-tracks, with the rest presumably lost, and it is these nine tracks – plus the previously unreleased pre-debut song ‘Freedom’s Child’ – that have been remixed by Steven Wilson for this very special release. Continue reading “Gentle Giant – Three Piece Suite (The Steven Wilson Remixes) (2017) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

YES – Fragile (1971) [2011, Japan, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

YES - Fragile (1971) [2011, Japan, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Fragile is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Yes, released in November 1971 by Atlantic Records. After touring in support of their previous album, The Yes Album (1971), the band entered rehearsals in London in preparation for their next studio album. Early into the sessions, keyboardist Tony Kaye was fired over his lack of interest in learning more electronic keyboards. Continue reading “YES – Fragile (1971) [2011, Japan, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

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)

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]”

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’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)”

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 – 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}”

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}”

Pink Floyd – 4 Albums (MFSL, Remastered, 24-Karat Gold CD)

Pink Floyd – 4 Albums (MFSL, Remastered, 24-Karat Gold CD)
EAC Rip | 5xCD | FLAC Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @300 dpi, JPG, Included
Total Size: 1.23 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL (UltraDisc I & II) | Cat#: UDCD 517, 518, 595, 2-537 | Genre: Progressive Rock

Original Limited Edition 24-karat Gold Audiophile CD Continue reading “Pink Floyd – 4 Albums (MFSL, Remastered, 24-Karat Gold CD)”

Glass Hammer – The Breaking of the World (2015)

Glass Hammer - The Breaking of the World (2015)

Just when you thought the greatest and most venerable American prog band could get “none more prog,” along comes THE BREAKING OF THE WORLD, the best work of Glass Hammer’s career and, in some related fashion, their most progressive album thus far. This is not just album number fifteen in a list of fifteen sequential studio albums. Of course, there’s no such thing Continue reading “Glass Hammer – The Breaking of the World (2015)”