Mark Knopfler – Tracker (2015) {Deluxe Edition}

March 24, 2015

Mark Knopfler - Tracker (2015) {Deluxe Edition}

Mark Knopfler – Tracker (2015) {Deluxe Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 414 MB (CD) + 54.4 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Will D. Side Limited / Mercury | Cat#: 471 697-9 | Genre: Blues Rock

Scaled smaller than 2012’s double-album Privateering, Tracker also feels suitably subtle, easing its way into being instead of announcing itself with a thunder. Such understatement is typical of Mark Knopfler, particularly in the third act of his career. When he left Dire Straits behind, he also left behind any semblance of playing for the cheap seatsRead More

Blues Rock

The Beatles – The U.S. Albums (2014) {Remastered, Box Set}

March 23, 2015

The Beatles - The U.S. Albums (2014) {Remastered, Box Set}

The Beatles – The U.S. Albums (2014) {Remastered, Box Set}
EAC Rip | 13xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, JPG
FLAC: 4.08 GB | Full Scans (Covers & CD Labels): In same archive | Booklet & Box Covers: 195 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Capitol Records | Cat#: 602537614127 | Genre: Classic Rock

The U.S. Albums is a boxed set compilation comprising the remastered American albums released by the Beatles between 1964 and 1970. The boxed set was released on 21 January 2014 in the United States, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles’ first trip to the US and first American album from Capitol Records, Meet the Beatles!Read More

Classic Rock

Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) {2014, Deluxe Editio, CD + DVD-Audio}

March 23, 2015

Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) {2014, Deluxe Editio, CD + DVD-Audio}

Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) {2014, Deluxe Editio, CD + DVD-Audio}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, JPG
DVD-Audio | ISO | MLP @24bit/96kHz, 2ch & 4ch | LPCM @24bit/96kHz, 2ch
DTS @24bit/96kHz, 4ch | Dolby AC3, 4ch
FLAC: 280 MB | DVD: 7.23 GB | Scans: 184 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: A&M Records, UMG | Cat#: 5356238 | Genre: Progressive Rock

A deluxe version of one of the classic ‘concept’ Prog albums of all time and Rick Wakeman’s second. Re-mastered with bonus tracks and a Quad mix from the time. Long out of print, the A&M Rick Wakeman catalogue is highly sought after by fans, this is one of the first in a re-issue campaign to restore the Rick Wakeman catalogue back to its former glory. This release includes a 1-CD re-mastered at Abbey Road and a DVD featuring the album in Quad and stereoRead More

Progressive Rock

Rick Wakeman – The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1975) {2015, Deluxe Edition, CD + DVD-Audio}

March 23, 2015

Rick Wakeman - The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1975) {2015, Deluxe Edition, CD + DVD-Audio}

Rick Wakeman – The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1975) {2015, Deluxe Edition, CD + DVD-Audio}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, JPG
DVD-Audio | ISO | MLP @24bit/96kHz, 2ch & 4ch | LPCM @24bit/96kHz, 2ch
DTS @24bit/96kHz, 4ch | Dolby AC3, 4ch
FLAC: 301 MB | DVD: 7.80 GB | Scans: 98.1 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: A&M Records, UMG | Cat#: 5356260 | Genre: Progressive Rock

A deluxe version of one of the classic ‘concept’ Prog albums of all time and Rick Wakeman’s first. Re-mastered with bonus tracks and a Quad mix from the time. Long out of print, the A&M Rick Wakeman catalogue is highly sought after by fans, this is one of the first in a re-issue campaign to restore the Rick Wakeman catalogue back to its former glory.Read More

Progressive Rock

The Pretty Things – Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky: The Complete Pretty Things (2015) {13CDs + 2DVDs, Box Set}

March 22, 2015

The Pretty Things - Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky: The Complete Pretty Things (2015) {13CDs + 2DVDs, Box Set}

The Pretty Things – Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky: The Complete Pretty Things (2015) {13CDs + 2DVDs, Box Set}
EAC Rip | 13xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @300 dpi, PNG
2xDVD9 | ISO | Video: NTSC 4:3 (720×480) VBR | Audio: LPCM, 2 ch / Dolby AC3, 2ch / Dolby AC3, 6ch
FLAC: 4.27 GB | DVD: 15.1 GB | Scans: 2.70 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Snapper Music | Cat#: SMABX1029 | Genre: Pop Rock

Founded in London in 1963 by singer Phil May and an original Rolling Stone, guitarist Dick Taylor, the Pretty Things took their name from a 1955 Bo Diddley single and covered four of his tunes on their debut LP. The Pretties also supercharged Diddley’s iconic shuffle and tremolo strum into an avenging-R&B mayhem — caught right away on the 1964 45s “Rosalyn” and “Don’t Bring Me Down” — that was the delinquent model for garage rock, punk and glamRead More

Pop Rock

The Beatles – Meet The Beatles! Japan Box (2014)

March 20, 2015

The Beatles - Meet The Beatles! Japan Box (2014)

The Beatles – Meet The Beatles! Japan Box (2014)
EAC Rip | 5xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, JPG
FLAC: 930 MB | Scans: 71.2 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music Japan | Cat#: UICY-76429/33 | Genre: Classic Rock

Following the release of The U.S. Albums, The Japan Box commemorates the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles debut in Japan. Using the 2009 remasters, The Japan Box contains the first five original Japanese LP titles, reproduced as CD’sRead More

Classic Rock

The Beatles – The Beatles In Mono (2009) {Remastered, Box Set, Japanese Edition}

March 13, 2015

The Beatles - The Beatles In Mono (2009) {Remastered, Box Set, Japanese Edition}

The Beatles – The Beatles In Mono (2009) {Remastered, Box Set, Japanese Edition}
EAC Rip | 13xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | MP3 CBR @ 320 kbps | Full Scans + Booklet @600 dpi, JPG
FLAC: 2.81 GB | MP3: 1.82 GB | Full Scans (Covers & CD Labels): In same archive | Booklet & Box Covers: 223 MB
3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Japan / Apple| Cat#: TOCP-71041-53 | Lenght: 09:39:38 | Genre: Classic Rock

The Beatles always stood apart from their peers, a self-evident statement that sadly extended to the treatment of their catalog in the digital age. Where all their peers, from the Byrds to the Who, have had their catalogs remastered and reissued in deluxe editions, sometimes several times, the Beatles remained stuck in the early days of digital, their 14 albums plus Past Masters singles collection remaining untouched since 1987. Anniversaries came and went, but no remasters arrived until the release of the video game The Beatles Rockband pushed a long-overdue revamping of the band’s entire catalog into the stores on 9-9-09. This reissue campaign corrects almost all the problems of the original 1987 CDsRead More

Classic Rock

Europe – War of Kings (2015) {Deluxe Edition, WEB}

March 12, 2015

Europe - War of Kings (2015) {Deluxe Edition, WEB}

Europe – War of Kings (2015) {Deluxe Edition, WEB}
WEB Download | FLAC Tracks | Front Cover
Total Size: 360 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: UDR Music | Genre: Hard Rock

Swedish rock legends Europe will release their 10th album, War of Kings, in March 2015. Recorded at the brand new PanGaia Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, produced by Dave Cobb (Rival Sons) and engineered by John Netti, War of Kings sees the classic rocking quintet confidently creating 11 monsterously melodic, yet hard-hitting, classic rock’n’roll standouts for their fervent global audience.Read More

Hard Rock

VA – It Was 40 Years Ago Today: Tribute To The Beatles (2004)

March 11, 2015

VA - It Was 40 Years Ago Today: Tribute To The Beatles (2004)

VA – It Was 40 Years Ago Today: Tribute To The Beatles (2004)
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans @400 dpi, JPG
Total Size: 1.51 GB (CDs) + 54.3 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Bullseye Records | Cat#: BLR-CD-4060 | Lenght: 03:41:11 | Genre: Classic Rock

An impressive and delightfully exhausting 50 tracks capture the spirit of the Beatles’ music on this double-CD compilation that imitates The White Album in look, just as the immaculate Boston Does the Beatles double LP from 1988 did. There are so many highlights in the over 150 minutes of music (almost an hour more than the approximately 97-minute aforementioned Boston Does the Beatles) that it is hard to be fair to all involved by leaving out names, when so much of this is so very good. Jeremy Morris submits an authentic “It’s All Too Much,” while Al Kooper dramatically revises “Eleanor Rigby” to wonderful effectRead More

Classic Rock

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King Crimson – Live at The Orpheum (2015) {CD + DVD-Audio}

March 11, 2015

King Crimson - Live at The Orpheum (2015) [CD + DVD-Audio]

King Crimson – Live at The Orpheum (2015) {CD + DVD-Audio}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, JPG
DVD-A | ISO | MLP 2.0 @24bit/96kHz (AUDIO_TS) | LPCM 2.0 @24bit/96kHz (VIDEO_TS)
Total Size: 200 MB (CD) + 3.88 GB (DVD-A) + 25.4 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Panegyric, Discipline Global Mobile | Cat#: DGMSP2 | Lenght: 40:56 | Genre: Progressive Rock

By all accounts, the somewhat unexpected 2014 King Crimson tour was a resounding success and Live at the Orpheum is the first offering for those who were unable to attend. The band had been reinvented with a combination of new and returning players and the set list consisted largely of tunes that hadn’t been performed live since the ’70s, if at all. The main wild card was the three-drummer front line, which easily could have turned into a messRead More

Progressive Rock

The Beatles – Stereo Box Set (2009) {Remastered, USB Limited Edition}

March 9, 2015

The Beatles - Stereo Box Set (2009) [Remastered, USB Limited Edition]

The Beatles – Stereo Box Set (2009) {Remastered, USB Limited Edition}
Apple-shaped USB flash drive | FLAC Tracks @ 24bit/44.1 kHz | 14 Official Albums
FLAC: 7.61 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI / Apple | Lenght: 10:13:49 | Genre: Classic Rock

On 7 December 2009, The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) was also released as a limited edition of 30,000 apple-shaped USB flash drives. This event marks the first appearance for the Beatles catalogue in a high-resolution digital format being encoded in 44.1 kHz/24-bit “lossless” FLAC format. CD-standard is 44.1/16-bit. The 16 GB flash drive also includes 320 kbps MP3 copies of the albums, a specially designed Flash interface, and all the visual elements from the boxed set — the mini-documentary films, original UK album art, rare photos and expanded liner notes.Read More

Classic Rock

Gary Moore – Out In The Fields: The Very Best Of (1998) {Limited Edition}

March 9, 2015

Gary Moore - Out In The Fields - The Very Best Of (1998) [Limited Edition]

Gary Moore – Out In The Fields – The Very Best Of (1998) {Limited Edition}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 998 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Virgin Records | Cat#: CDVX2871 7243 8 46750 2 8 | Genre: Blues Rock

Irish guitarist Gary Moore has built an entire career on stubborn self-recycling. Just when listeners think they have him pegged within a particular musical style (heavy metal guitar slinger, soft-hearted acoustic player, jazz fusion experimentalist, electric blues purist), the enduring six-string legend throws a curve ball and changes artistic direction — seemingly just to spite his criticsRead More

Blues Rock

Cinderella – Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits (2005)

March 9, 2015

Cinderella - Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits (2005)

Cinderella – Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size; 577 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music / Mercury | Cat#: B0003579-02 | Genre: Hard Rock, Glam Metal

Cinderella’s Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits is intended to replace the 1997 compilation Once Upon A … as a full-length, single-disc retrospective on the group. Like Once Upon A …, it contains all eight of Cinderella’s Billboard Hot 100 hits and 11 of its 12 entries in Billboard’s Mainstream Rock radio chartRead More

Hard Rock