The Who – Quadrophenia (1973) [2011, Japan, Director’s Cut Deluxe Edition , Remastered, 4CD + DVD + Hi-Res]

The Who - Quadrophenia (1973) [2011, Japan, Director's Cut Deluxe Edition , Remastered, 4CD + DVD + Hi-Res]

The Who – Quadrophenia (1973)
[2011, Japan, Director’s Cut Deluxe Edition , Remastered, 4CD + DVD + Hi-Res]
EAC Rip | 4xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
DVD-Audio | ISO | MLP (5.1 & 2.0 / 24bit / 96kHz) | DTS (5.1 / 24bit / 96kHz) | LPCM (2.0 / 24bit / 96kHz)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.15 GB (CDs) + 5.94 GB (DVD-A) + 3.12 GB (Hi-Res) + 4 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UICY-91798 | Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock

Digitally remastered and expanded Super Deluxe edition of this 1973 concept album by the British Rock icons contains four CDs, a DVD and a vinyl seven inch single. This box set gives a unique insight into the creation of this landmark album and features a remaster of the original double album, Pete Townshend’s previously unheard demos including songs that didn’t make it onto the original album, an exclusive eight track 5.1 sound DVD, a deluxe hard-back book, previously unseen personal notes, photographs, memorabilia and other exclusive material. Continue reading “The Who – Quadrophenia (1973) [2011, Japan, Director’s Cut Deluxe Edition , Remastered, 4CD + DVD + Hi-Res]”

Tony Bennett – The Classic Christmas Album (2011)

Tony Bennett - The Classic Christmas Album (2011)

Tony Bennett – The Classic Christmas Album (2011)
XLD Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans included
Total Size: 344 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: RPM Records | EU | Cat#: 88697980842 | Genre: Oldie, Pop, Xmas

This collection features a sampling of four Tony Bennett Christmas albums — Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album, Our Favorite Things, Christmas with Tony Bennett, and A Swingin’ Christmas — released between 1968 and 2008. Continue reading “Tony Bennett – The Classic Christmas Album (2011)”

The Glenn Miller Orchestra – In the Christmas Mood I & II (1991-1993)

The Glenn Miller Orchestra - In the Christmas Mood I & II (1991-1993)

The Glenn Miller Orchestra – In the Christmas Mood I & II (1991-1993)
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Scans, Included
Total Size: 518 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: LaserLight | USA | Cat#: 15 418 / 12 200 | Genre: Big Band, Swing, Xmas
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Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin – Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills (2018) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills (2018) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin – Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills (2018)
[CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz / 88.2kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 787 MB (CD-Quality) + 2.03 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia / Legacy | Genre: Blues Rock

Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills takes listeners into the sessions of Big Brother and The Holding Company’s landmark second album Cheap Thrills – the album that introduced the world to the raw power of vocalist Janis Joplin. This 2CD set features 30 alternate takes (25 of which are previously unreleased) of unforgettable songs from Cheap Thrills, including “Piece Of My Heart,” “Summertime,” “Ball and Chain” and “Catch Me Daddy.” Liner notes by Big Brother drummer Dave Getz and Jefferson Airplane vocalist Grace Slick set the scene as one of the decade’s most powerful rock and roll singers put forth a document that would inspire generations to come. Continue reading “Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin – Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills (2018) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

The Doors – Waiting For The Sun (1968) {2018, 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, Remastered, 2CD}

The Doors - Waiting For The Sun (1968) {2018, 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, Remastered, 2CD}

The Doors – Waiting For The Sun (1968) {2018, 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, Remastered, 2CD}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 929 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino / Elektra | EU | Cat#: 603497857067 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock

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Van Morrison – Discography (1967 – 2017)

Van Morrison - Discography (1967 - 2017)

Van Morrison – Discography (1967 – 2017)
EAC Rip | 62xCD | FLAC/APE Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 23.5 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS
Label: Various | Genre: Country Rock, R&B, Adult Contemporary

Equal parts blue-eyed soul shouter and wild-eyed poet-sorcerer, Van Morrison is among popular music’s true innovators, a restless seeker whose incantatory vocals and alchemical fusion of R&B, jazz, blues, and Celtic folk produced perhaps the most spiritually transcendent body of work in the rock & roll canon. Subject only to the whims of his own muse Continue reading “Van Morrison – Discography (1967 – 2017)”

Buddy Holly & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – True Love Ways (2018) {WEB, CD-Format + Hi-Res}

Buddy Holly & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - True Love Ways (2018) {WEB, CD-Format + Hi-Res}

Buddy Holly & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – True Love Ways (2018) {WEB, CD-Format + Hi-Res}
WEB Download | FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz / CD-Format | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz / Hi-Res
Total Size: 182 MB (CD-Format) + 616 MB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Decca (UMO) (Classics) | Genre: Rockabilly, Rock & Roll

Due for release on 16th November 2018, the newly recorded album – which features Buddy Holly’s utterly distinctive original vocals and guitar playing set to exquisite arrangements performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – is the poignant realisation of a dream Holly first explored just four months before his tragic death in a plane crash at the age of 22. In that last recording session, at the Decca Studios in New York, the star was joined by an 18 piece orchestra, fronted by Dick Jacobs, the man bringing strings to rock and roll. Continue reading “Buddy Holly & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – True Love Ways (2018) {WEB, CD-Format + Hi-Res}”

Paul McCartney & Wings – Red Rose Speedway (1973) {2018, Remastered, 2CD Edition}

Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway (1973) {2018, Remastered, 2CD Edition}

Paul McCartney & Wings – Red Rose Speedway (1973) {2018, Remastered, 2CD Edition}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 718 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MPL Communications Inc. | EU | Cat#: 00602567721161 | Genre: Classic Rock

Special 2CD Edition, includes the newly remastered album plus unreleased tracks, singles an B-sides.

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Paul McCartney & Wings – Wild Life (1971) {2018, Remastered, 2CD Edition}

Paul McCartney & Wings - Wild Life (1971) {2018, Remastered, 2CD Edition}

Paul McCartney & Wings – Wild Life (1971) {2018, Remastered, 2CD Edition}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 476 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MPL Communications Inc. | EU | Cat#: 00602567720898 | Genre: Classic Rock

Wild Life, the debut album from Wings was originally released December 1971 and is the eleventh release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, personally supervised by Paul McCartney. Written by Paul and Linda McCartney (with the exception of a cover of Mickey & Sylvia’s Love Is Strange ), Wild Life is beloved by fans for its raw and direct vibe – having been recorded in just over a week with the majority of tracks laid down in a single take. The 2CD digipack features the original album remastered at Abbey Road Studios on CD1 and bonus audio of singles B-sides, and previously unreleased tracks on CD2. Continue reading “Paul McCartney & Wings – Wild Life (1971) {2018, Remastered, 2CD Edition}”

The Cure – Mixed Up (1990) [2018, Deluxe Edition, WEB Hi-Res]

The Cure - Mixed Up (1990) [2018, Deluxe Edition, WEB Hi-Res]

The Cure – Mixed Up (1990) [2018, Deluxe Edition, WEB Hi-Res]
WEB Download | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 2.50 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino / Elektra | Genre: Alternative Rock

3 Disc set featuring: original 1990 compilation album & 11 rare mixes from 1982-1990 newly remastered in 2018 by Robert Smith, plus 16 brand new mixes by Robert Smith. Continue reading “The Cure – Mixed Up (1990) [2018, Deluxe Edition, WEB Hi-Res]”

Roy Orbison – Lonely And Blue (1961) [1995, MasterSound Remastered]

Roy Orbison - Lonely And Blue (1961) [1995, MasterSound Remastered]

Roy Orbison – Lonely And Blue (1961) [1995, MasterSound Remastered]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 207 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sony MasterSound | US | Cat#: JK 66219 | Genre: Pop Rock

Time and familiarity — through multiple reissues — may have muted the seeming significance of some of what’s here, but in 1960 Sings Lonely and Blue was not only a breakthrough for Roy Orbison as his debut LP, but also for rock & roll. Up to that point, apart from Elvis Presley — who was in a class by himself — few white rock & rollers had even tried to make as bold a use of the LP as what we hear on this record. Continue reading “Roy Orbison – Lonely And Blue (1961) [1995, MasterSound Remastered]”