Lossless Music Archives – Page 273 – I certainly was in the right!

Olivia Newton-John – Physical (1981) [2012, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981) [2012, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Physical is the ninth full-length studio album by the British-Australian-American singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 13 October 1981 by MCA Records. The album was produced and partly written by her long-time record producer John Farrar. Recorded and mixed at David J. Holman’s studio in Hollywood, California, Physical became one of Newton-John’s most controversial and sexual records, and her most successful studio album to date. Continue reading “Olivia Newton-John – Physical (1981) [2012, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Mötley Crüe – Red, White & Crüe (2005)

Mötley Crüe - Red, White & Crüe (2005)

Red, White & Crüe is an anthology album by the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on February 1, 2005 by Mötley Records and charted at number 6 on The Billboard 200. To coincide with the album’s release, the band reunited with drummer Tommy Lee, who left the band in 1999. Bassist Nikki Sixx commented on the band’s reunion, comparing it to “seeing Mike Tyson fight. Continue reading “Mötley Crüe – Red, White & Crüe (2005)”

Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2010) [Japanese SHM-CD + DVD]

Bon Jovi - Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2010) [Japanese SHM-CD + DVD]

It’s been a long 16 years since Bon Jovi was last compiled, when Cross Road arrived for the holiday season of 1994, two years after Keep the Faith capped off a near-decade long run of dominance for the Jersey rockers. As it turned out, it was the first act of Bon Jovi’s career. Continue reading “Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2010) [Japanese SHM-CD + DVD]”

Mike + The Mechanics – Mike + The Mechanics (1985) [2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered]

Mike + The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics (1985) [2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered]

With all of it’s members exercising their expertise, the debut album from Mike + the Mechanics posted two Top Ten singles in the span of three months. The songwriting comes out on top before anything else, with the somber stir of “Silent Running,” the album’s first release, peaking at number six Continue reading “Mike + The Mechanics – Mike + The Mechanics (1985) [2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered]”

Cheap Trick – Discography (1977 – 2017)

Cheap Trick - Discography (1977 - 2017)

Combining a love for British guitar pop songcraft with crunching power chords and a flair for the absurd, Cheap Trick provided the necessary links between ’60s pop, heavy metal, and punk. Led by guitarist Rick Nielsen, the band’s early albums were filled with highly melodic, well-written songs that drew equally from the crafted pop of the Beatles, the sonic assault of the Who, and the tongue-in-cheek musical eclecticism and humor of the Move. Their sound provided a blueprint for both power pop and arena rock; it also had a surprisingly long-lived effect on both alternative and heavy metal bands of the ’80s and ’90s, who often relied on the same combination of loud riffs and catchy melodies. Continue reading “Cheap Trick – Discography (1977 – 2017)”

Journey – Escape (1981) {1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Journey - Escape (1981) {1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Journey – Escape (1981) {1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 855 MB (ISO) + 1.97 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | USA | Cat#: CS 67722 | Genre: Hard Rock

Escape was a groundbreaking album for San Francisco’s Journey, charting three singles inside Billboard’s Top Ten, with “Don’t Stop Believing” reaching number nine, “Who’s Crying Now” number four, and “Open Arms” peaking at number two and holding there for six weeks. Escape flung Journey steadfastly into the AOR arena, combining Neal Schon’s grand yet palatable guitar playing with Jonathan Cain’s blatant keyboards. Continue reading “Journey – Escape (1981) {1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Perry Como – Juke Box Baby (2006)

Perry Como - Juke Box Baby (2006)

Perry Como rocks! He would have been aghast at the notion, but in the mid-to-late 1950s, he recorded a slew of singles that weren’t really rock ‘n’ roll, but definitely rocked. These records are now heralded as the era’s classics: Kewpie Doll, Round And Round, Ko Ko Mo, Tina Marie, Hot Diggity, Catch A Falling Star, Magic Moments, Juke Box Baby, Glendora, Dancin’, and Just Born To Be Your Baby. Those songs featured the era’s top songwriters like Burt Bacharach, Leiber & Stoller, and Luther Dixon. Continue reading “Perry Como – Juke Box Baby (2006)”

Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan – In Session (1999) [2009, Remastered, CD + DVD]

Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1999) [2009, Remastered, CD + DVD]

Recorded in December 1983, In Session captures an in-concert jam between Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, the latter of whom had become the hot blues guitarist of the year thanks to his debut Texas Flood, as well as his work on David Bowie’s hit Let’s Dance. Vaughan may have been the new news, but King was not suffering, either. He had a world-class supporting band and was playing as well as he ever had. Continue reading “Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan – In Session (1999) [2009, Remastered, CD + DVD]”

Bryan Ferry – Boys And Girls (1985) [2005, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bryan Ferry - Boys And Girls (1985) [2005, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Having at last laid Roxy to bed with its final, intoxicatingly elegant albums, Ferry continued its end-days spirit with his own return to solo work. Dedicated to Ferry’s father, Boys and Girls is deservedly most famous for its smash single “Slave to Love.” With a gentle samba-derived rhythm leading into the steadier rock pace of the song, it’s ’80s Ferry at his finest, easy listening without being hopelessly soporific. Continue reading “Bryan Ferry – Boys And Girls (1985) [2005, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again: Her Classic Performances (1997)

Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again: Her Classic Performances (1997)

The Beautiful voice of Vera Lynn and twenty songs cut at the begging of Worl War Two including the title track and such other nostalgic classics as ‘A nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square’ and ‘The White Cliffs Of Dover’. As a symbol of the spirit of Britain during our darkest hour, Vera is rightly held in enormous affection and steem, but these tracks also reveal her to be a superb singer and highly enjoyable entertainer. Continue reading “Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again: Her Classic Performances (1997)”

Gilbert O’Sullivan – Gilbert O’Sullivan (2018) {WEB, CD-Format + Hi-Res}

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Gilbert O'Sullivan (2018) {WEB, CD-Format + Hi-Res}

Gilbert O’Sullivan – Gilbert O’Sullivan (2018) {WEB, CD-Format + Hi-Res}
WEB Download | FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz / CD-Format | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz / Hi-Res
Total Size: 237 MB (CD-Format) + 807 MB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG Rights Management | Genre: Pop Rock

19th Studio album of Gilbert O’Sullivan

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus (1971) {1994, MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus (1971) {1994, MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus (1971) {1994, MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Format / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 840 MB (Hi-Res) + 247 MB (CD-Format) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | USA | Cat#: MFSL 1-203 | Genre: Progressive Rock
Half-speed Mastered

Tarkus is the second album by the English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in June 1971 on Island Records. Following their 1970 European tour, the group returned to Advision Studios in January 1971 to prepare material for a new album. The first side is the seven-part “Tarkus”, with a collection of shorter tracks on side two Continue reading “Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus (1971) {1994, MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

Dave Hagedorn – Solid Liquid (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Dave Hagedorn - Solid Liquid (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Dave Hagedorn – Solid Liquid (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Front & Back Covers Only
Total Size: 3.63 GB (ISO) + 2.58 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.07 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Artegra | USA | Cat#: ART 2006 | Genre: Jazz
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Skid Row – 40 Seasons: The Best Of Skid Row (1998)

Skid Row - 40 Seasons: The Best Of Skid Row (1998)

This after-the-fact compilation from one of the last hard rock bands to make any sort of impression before the alt-rock revolution made most of it meaningless does its job, limited as it is, fairly well. All the hit singles that Sebastian Bach and company cranked out during their brief run of superstardom Continue reading “Skid Row – 40 Seasons: The Best Of Skid Row (1998)”

George Benson – Breezin’ (1976) [1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

George Benson - Breezin' (1976) [1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

George Benson – Breezin’ (1976)
[1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 895 MB (Hi-Res) + 314 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan on JVC | Cat#: MFSL 1-011 | Genre: Jazz Funk
Half-speed Mastered

All of a sudden, George Benson became a pop superstar with this album, thanks to its least representative track. Most of Breezin’ is a softer-focused variation of Benson’s R&B/jazz-flavored CTI work, his guitar as assured and fluid as ever with Claus Ogerman providing the suave orchestral backdrops and his crack then-working band (including Ronnie Foster on keyboards and sparkplug Phil Upchurch on rhythm guitar) pumping up the funk element. Continue reading “George Benson – Breezin’ (1976) [1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”