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Manowar – Discography (1982 – 2014)

Manowar - Discography (1982 - 2014)

One of the most internationally successful bands in all of heavy metaldom, Auburn, New York-born power metal outfit Manowar — Eric Adams (vocals), Karl Logan (guitars), Joey DeMaio (bass), and Donnie Hamzik (drums) — have sold over nine million records since their inception in 1980. Steeped in the pageantry of heavy metal, the group’s approach was designed to be the raw, primal, Viking antithesis of classic rock, and their music followed suit, based on raw, aggressive riffs, with lyrics that were mostly about fighting, violence, honor, and death. Continue reading “Manowar – Discography (1982 – 2014)”

Talking Heads – Sand In The Vaseline: Popular Favorites 1976-1992 (1992)

Talking Heads - Sand In The Vaseline: Popular Favorites 1976-1992 (1992)

Featuring material from every Talking Heads album except the live The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, Sand in the Vaseline is a terrific double-disc retrospective of the band’s long and varied career. Featuring all of their hit singles and trademark songs (“Psycho Killer,” “Take Me to the River,” “Burning Down the House,” “And She Was,” “Once in a Lifetime,” “Swamp,” “Memories Can’t Wait,” “Crosseyed and Painless,” “Road to Nowhere,” “(Nothing But) Flowers,” “Life During Wartime”), the set also includes five previously unreleased tracks. Continue reading “Talking Heads – Sand In The Vaseline: Popular Favorites 1976-1992 (1992)”

Billie Holiday – Body And Soul (1957) {1996, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Billie Holiday - Body And Soul (1957) {1996, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Billie Holiday – Body And Soul (1957) {1996, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 139 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 658 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

This session comes from close to the end of the line (1959) in the erstwhile swinging company of Barney Kessel on guitar, Ben Webster on tenor, and naysayers will be quick to point out that Lady Day wasn’t in peak form here. But Billie Holiday with some of the platinum chipped off the pipes is still way better than a buncha finger-snappin’ wannabes anyday. Continue reading “Billie Holiday – Body And Soul (1957) {1996, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}”

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 2 Albums (1971-1972) {MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 610 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Genre: Progressive Rock

Tarkus (1971) & Trilogy (1972) Continue reading “Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}”

Joni Mitchell – The Beginning Of Survival (2004) {Compilation}

Joni Mitchell – The Beginning Of Survival (2004) {Compilation}
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Total Size: 504 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Geffen | USA | Cat#: B0002836-02 | Genre: Folk, Folk Rock

The Beginning of Survival is a whopping 16-track collection from Joni Mitchell’s Geffen period, recorded between 1985-1998, and carefully chosen by the artist as “commentaries on the world in which we live.” One has to wonder about the title: if by saying this is “the beginning of survival,” Mitchell is referring to her own retirement strategy — she is no longer making new records. Continue reading “Joni Mitchell – The Beginning Of Survival (2004) {Compilation}”

Joan Baez – Diamonds & Rust (1975) {1995, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust (1975) {1995, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Joan Baez – Diamonds & Rust (1975) {1995, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Total Size: 270 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 646 | Genre: Folk

With the Vietnam War winding down, Joan Baez, who had devoted one side of her last album to her trip to Hanoi, delivered the kind of commercial album A&M Records must have wanted when it signed her three years earlier. But she did it on her own terms, putting together a session band of contemporary jazz veterans like Larry Carlton, Wilton Felder, and Joe Sample, and mixing a wise selection from the work of current singer-songwriters like Jackson Browne and John Prine with pop covers of Stevie Wonder and the Allman Brothers Band, and an unusually high complement of her own writing. Continue reading “Joan Baez – Diamonds & Rust (1975) {1995, MFSL, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}”

A-ha – Time And Again: The Ultimate a-ha (2016) {WEB}

A-ha - Time And Again: The Ultimate a-ha (2016) {WEB}

A-ha – Time And Again: The Ultimate a-ha (2016) {WEB}
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Total Size: 1.06 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino / Warner | Genre: Synth-Pop

Deluxe two CD edition. 2016 collection from Norwegian pop legends A-ha. Time & Again gathers their biggest hits from all 10 of their studio albums and pairs it with a bonus disc of rare and unreleased remixes. Continue reading “A-ha – Time And Again: The Ultimate a-ha (2016) {WEB}”

R.E.M – 2 Albums (1983-1984) {MFSL, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}

R.E.M - 2 Albums (1983-1984) {MFSL, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}

R.E.M – 2 Albums (1983-1984) {MFSL, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Total Size: 629 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Genre: Pop Rock

Murmur (1983) & Reckoning (1984)

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Ten Years After – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {Audio Fidelity, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Ten Years After - 2 Albums (1971-1972) {Audio Fidelity, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Ten Years After – 2 Albums (1971-1972) {Audio Fidelity, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Total Size: 588 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Genre: Blues Rock, Hard Rock

A Space in Time (1971) & Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)

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King Crimson – Discography (1969 – 2016)

King Crimson - Discography (1969 - 2016)

If there is one group that embodies progressive rock, it is King Crimson. Led by guitar/Mellotron virtuoso Robert Fripp, during its first five years of existence the band stretched both the language and structure of rock into realms of jazz and classical music, all the while avoiding pop and psychedelic sensibilities. The absence of mainstream compromises and the lack of an overt sense of humor ultimately doomed the group to nothing more than a large cult following, but made their albums among the most enduring and respectable of the prog rock era. Continue reading “King Crimson – Discography (1969 – 2016)”

Al Jarreau – The Very Best Of: An Excellent Adventure (2009)

Al Jarreau - The Very Best Of: An Excellent Adventure (2009)

Vocalist Al Jarreau is one of the most successful singers in history. He has scored hits on Billboard’s Jazz, R&B, Adult Contemporary, and Contemporary Jazz charts. He’s won multiple Grammys and sold millions of records. Rhino has assembled 15 tracks that represent his long career with Warner Brothers and even cross-licensed a couple from Universal’s GRP and Verve imprints. Continue reading “Al Jarreau – The Very Best Of: An Excellent Adventure (2009)”

Grand Funk Railroad – We’re An American Band (1973) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (1973) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Grand Funk Railroad – We’re An American Band (1973) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Total Size: 360 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 047 | Genre: Hard Rock

Having made several changes in their business and musical efforts in 1972, Grand Funk Railroad made even more extensive ones in 1973, beginning with their name, which was officially truncated to “Grand Funk.” And keyboardist Craig Frost, credited as a sideman on Phoenix, the previous album, was now a full-fledged bandmember, filling out the musical arrangements. Continue reading “Grand Funk Railroad – We’re An American Band (1973) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”

Lou Reed – Transformer (1972) {1982, Non-Remastered}

Lou Reed - Transformer (1972) {1982, Non-Remastered}

Lou Reed – Transformer (1972) {1982, Non-Remastered}
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Total Size: 209 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: RCA | W.Germany | Cat#: ND 83806 | Genre: Glam Rock

David Bowie has never been shy about acknowledging his influences, and since the boho decadence and sexual ambiguity of the Velvet Underground’s music had a major impact on Bowie’s work, it was only fitting that as Ziggy Stardust mania was reaching its peak, Bowie would offer Lou Reed some much needed help with his career, which was stuck in neutral after his first solo album came and went. Musically, Reed’s work didn’t have too much in common with the sonic bombast of the glam scene Continue reading “Lou Reed – Transformer (1972) {1982, Non-Remastered}”

Rory Gallagher – Irish Tour ’74.. (1974) [2014, Remastered, 40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set 7CD+DVD]

Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74.. (1974) [2014, Remastered, 40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set 7CD+DVD]

The 40th anniversary expanded deluxe edition release of one of Rory Gallagher’s most celebrated recordings. The most expansive edition to date, of this landmark album. Featured for the first time on record, all three shows. Packaged in a special deluxe edition 8 CD 10” boxset and including previously unreleased tracks, remastered audio, photos, extensive liner notes, feature length documentary, memorabilia and more. Continue reading “Rory Gallagher – Irish Tour ’74.. (1974) [2014, Remastered, 40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set 7CD+DVD]”

Various Artists – Best Of The 90s (2016)

Various Artists - Best Of The 90s (2016)

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