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Mark Knopfler – Tracker (2015) {Deluxe Edition}

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 seats Continue reading “Mark Knopfler – Tracker (2015) {Deluxe Edition}”

Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) {2014, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD + DVD + Hi-Res}

Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) {2014, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD + DVD + Hi-Res}

Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) {2014, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD + DVD + Hi-Res}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
DVD-Audio | MLP (2.0 & 4.0 / 24bit / 96kHz) | DTS-96/24 (4.0 / 24bit / 96kHz) | LPCM (2.0 / 24bit / 96kHz) | Dolby AC3 (4.0)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 280 MB (CD) + 7.23 GB (DVD) + 2.31 GB (Hi-Res) + 184 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: A&M Records / UMG | EU | 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 stereo. Continue reading “Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) {2014, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD + DVD + Hi-Res}”

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}

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

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

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

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 effect Continue reading “VA – It Was 40 Years Ago Today: Tribute To The Beatles (2004)”

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

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 mess Continue reading “King Crimson – Live at The Orpheum (2015) {CD + DVD-Audio}”

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]

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 critics Continue reading “Gary Moore – Out In The Fields: The Very Best Of (1998) {Limited Edition}”

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

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

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 chart Continue reading “Cinderella – Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits (2005)”

Billy Joel – An Innocent Man (1983) [2013, Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983) [2013, Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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]”

UFO – A Conspiracy of Stars (2015) {Limited Edition}

UFO - A Conspiracy of Stars (2015) [Limited Edition]

UFO – A Conspiracy of Stars (2015) {Limited Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, JPG
FLAC: 396 MB | Scans: 62.2 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Steamhammer Records | Cat#: SPV 267740 CD | Lenght: 50:38 | Genre: Hard Rock

Of course you don’t need to attach more importance to this piece of news than it necessarily has, but it certainly deserves to be mentioned: for the first time in more than 20 years, one of the most British rock bands in music history has recorded a studio album in their native country. Their latest offering is entitled A Conspiracy Of Stars, was cut by rock legend UFO and breathes that typically British easy-going confidence for which this band has been known for over 45 years. Continue reading “UFO – A Conspiracy of Stars (2015) {Limited Edition}”