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Harry Manfredini – Friday The 13th: Parts I-VI (2012) [6CDs Box Set, Limited Edition]

Harry Manfredini - Friday The 13th: Parts I-VI (2012) [6CDs Box Set, Limited Edition]

If you were to attend one of the many annual horror conventions held throughout the United States, you would run amok amongst the multituded of die-hard fans who have made FRIDAY THE 13th the acclaimed and cherished franchise it is today. No longer castigated as merely a luckless date on the Gregorian calendar, the folkloric significanse of the thirteenth day of the month falling on a Friday now conjures up an intense passion that is seldom achieved in American cinema. Continue reading “Harry Manfredini – Friday The 13th: Parts I-VI (2012) [6CDs Box Set, Limited 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]

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]”

Caravan – The World Is Yours: An Anthology 1968-1976 (2010) [4CDs Box Set]

Caravan - The World Is Yours: An Anthology 1968-1976 (2010) [4CDs Box Set]

The World Is Yours – The Anthology 1968-1976 is an exhaustive remastered four CD box set from Canterbury sound band Caravan. The set includes previously unreleased studio recordings, album tracks, rare single mixes, BBC recordings and out-takes,a s well as a lavish book featuring an essay and previously unseen photographs plus sleeve notes by Mark Powell. Continue reading “Caravan – The World Is Yours: An Anthology 1968-1976 (2010) [4CDs Box Set]”

Ten Years After – Discography (1967 – 2014)

Ten Years After - Discography (1967 - 2014)

Ten Years After was a British blues-rock quartet consisting of Alvin Lee (born December 19, 1944, died March 6, 2013), guitar and vocals; Chick Churchill (born January 2, 1949), keyboards; Leo Lyons (born November 30, 1944) bass; and Ric Lee (born October 20, 1945), drums. The group was formed in 1967 and signed to Decca in England. Their first album was not a success, but their second, the live Undead (1968) containing “I’m Going Home,” a six-minute blues workout by the fleet-fingered Alvin, hit the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Stonedhenge (1969) hit the U.K. Top Ten in early 1969. Ten Years After’s U.S. breakthrough came as a result of their appearance at Woodstock, at which they played a nine-minute version of “I’m Going Home.” Their next album, Ssssh, reached the U.S. Top 20, and Cricklewood Green, containing the hit single “Love Like a Man,” reached number four. Continue reading “Ten Years After – Discography (1967 – 2014)”

Stan Getz – The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) [8CDs Box Set]

Stan Getz - The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) [8CDs Box Set]

With his beautiful, Lester Young-inspired tone, his grace with a melody, and his willingness to gently push boundaries, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz was known as “The Sound” for good reason. Coming to fame with the Woody Herman band in the ’40s, he held his own through both the swing and bebop eras, then found renewed commercial success in the early ’60s when a João Gilberto collaboration, “The Girl from Ipanema,” was a big hit and ushered in a bossa nova boom. Continue reading “Stan Getz – The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) [8CDs Box Set]”

The Drifters – Rockin’ & Driftin’ The Drifters Box (1996) [3CD-Set]

The Drifters - Rockin' & Driftin' The Drifters Box (1996) [3CD-Set]

Vocal groups and styles came and went from the 1950s through the 1980s, but somehow the Drifters evolved and persevered, spanning doo-wop and disco before being relegated exclusively to the oldies touring circuit. Rockin’ & Driftin’ collects highlights from the group’s embryonic Clyde McPhatter-led era (beginning with 1953’s “Money Honey”) into the mid-’70s, when the group still had some standing in the U.K. “On Broadway,” “There Goes My Baby,” “Up on the Roof,” “Under the Boardwalk”–they’re all included in this handsome, thoroughly annotated three-disc box set. Continue reading “The Drifters – Rockin’ & Driftin’ The Drifters Box (1996) [3CD-Set]”

The Blues Band – The Blues Band Box (2005) [4CDs Box Set]

The Blues Band - The Blues Band Box (2005) [4CDs Box Set]

At last! A 4 CD box set which chronicles the band’s history and recording career from their first recordings up to the present day. Features a total of 78 tracks, including rare and unreleased items, and a lavishly produced booklet with in-depth notes by official Blues Band historian Roy Bainton, plus loads of memorabilia care of Tom McGuinness All tracks digitally remastered! Continue reading “The Blues Band – The Blues Band Box (2005) [4CDs Box Set]”

Various Artists – The Funk Box (2000) [4CDs Box Set]

Various Artists - The Funk Box (2000) [4CDs Box Set]

So ya got your doo-wop box, your soul box, your disco box but what about the most influential R&B style of the last 30 years? That’s right, brother, it’s funk-and here are 55 of the baddest grooves from the style’s 1970-1983 heyday, featuring all full-length versions from the best tape sources possible. Continue reading “Various Artists – The Funk Box (2000) [4CDs Box Set]”

Marillion – Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Marillion - Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Delivering a political album is always risky, with the possibility that it will get locked in its historical era usually a direct consequence. On their 18th album, prog rockers Marillion don’t seem to care, and they have nothing to lose and no one to account to but themselves. FEAR is an acronym for “Fuck Everybody and Run.” Two of its three lengthy, multi-part suites (“El Dorado” and “The New Kings”) are overtly political statements that look at England and the calamitous state of the world not only observationally but experientially. Continue reading “Marillion – Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Shadows – Boxing The Shadows 1980-1990 (2017) [11CDs Box Set]

The Shadows - Boxing The Shadows 1980-1990 (2017) [11CDs Box Set]

The Shadows remain one of the most prolific bands of the last 60 years. They had 31 hit singles (plus 30 with Cliff Richard), which include 16 Top 10 hits (plus 25 more with Cliff), 5 No. 1 hits (plus 7 with Cliff). They’ve also spent 361 weeks on the albums chart (plus another 400+ with Cliff), selling tens of millions of records since 1958, and defining the sound that influenced many of the world’s greatest guitarists. The Shadows achieved a phenomenal run of hit albums throughout the 1960s/70s, with their last two reaching the No. 1 spot. In 1980 they moved to a new label, Polydor, where during a ten-year association they would produce an additional eleven albums. Continue reading “The Shadows – Boxing The Shadows 1980-1990 (2017) [11CDs Box Set]”

Bob Dylan & Joan Baez – Voices Of A Generation (2013)

Bob Dylan & Joan Baez - Voices Of A Generation (2013)

This compilation brings together the first albums of Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. Released in 1960 and 1962 respectively and titled by their respective names, they were the first recorded statements by a pair of artists who were spokespeople for the folk and protest movement that had grown up in the late Fifties and was aligning itself with the US Civil Rights Campaign. Continue reading “Bob Dylan & Joan Baez – Voices Of A Generation (2013)”

Various Artist – Connection 1963-1966 (1987)

Various Artist - Connection 1963-1966 (1987)

Jerry Lee Lewis – Mercury Smashes… And Rockin’ Sessions (2000) [10CDs, Box Set]

Jerry Lee Lewis - Mercury Smashes… And Rockin' Sessions (2000) [10CDs, Box Set]

The third installment of Bear Family’s exhaustive reissue of Jerry Lee Lewis’ complete recordings, Mercury Smashes…and Rockin’ Sessions, covers the era that many listeners, even some fans, dismiss — his late-’60s and ’70s recordings for Mercury. Conventional wisdom claims that the Killer was pretty much spent as a creative force during this time, since he had already made his near-triumphant comeback as a hard country singer on Mercury in the mid-’60s, and that he coasted on formula, except for the concentrated burst of the Roots album. Continue reading “Jerry Lee Lewis – Mercury Smashes… And Rockin’ Sessions (2000) [10CDs, Box Set]”

James Taylor – 5 Albums (1970-1975) {Audio Fidelity, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

James Taylor - 5 Albums (1970-1975) {Audio Fidelity, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

James Taylor – 5 Albums (1970-1975) {Audio Fidelity, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
EAC Rip | 5xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.08 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Genre: Soft Rock, Folk Rock

Sweet Baby James (1970) / Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon (1971)
One Man Dog (1972) / Walking Man (1974) / Gorilla (1975) Continue reading “James Taylor – 5 Albums (1970-1975) {Audio Fidelity, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}”

The Kinks – Discography (1964 – 2013)

The Kinks - Discography (1964 - 2013)

Although they weren’t as boldly innovative as the Beatles or as popular as the Rolling Stones or the Who, the Kinks were one of the most influential bands of the British Invasion. Like most bands of their era, the Kinks began as an R&B/blues outfit. Within four years, the band had become the most staunchly English of all their contemporaries, drawing heavily from British music hall and traditional pop, as well as incorporating elements of country, folk, and blues. Continue reading “The Kinks – Discography (1964 – 2013)”