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The Three Degrees – The Best Of The Three Degrees (2000)

The Three Degrees - The Best Of The Three Degrees (2000)

During the long fickle history of popular music, female groups have come and gone in the pop charts. The Supremes, Martha And The Vandellas, The Ronettes, The Crystals and, more recently, Bananarama and The Spice Girls, are some of the names who have achieved world-wide recognition in their time. The Three Degrees are another female act who their own very considerable impression on the international pop charts. Continue reading “The Three Degrees – The Best Of The Three Degrees (2000)”

Little River Band – Greatest Hits (2000)

Little River Band - Greatest Hits (2000)

With 11 hit songs breaking the Top 40, Australia’s Little River Band was one of the most successful groups to emerge from down under. With the perfect sound via Glenn Shorrock’s relaxed voice alongside the smooth flow of the guitar and keyboard work, LRB’s polished style was draped all over radio throughout the late ’70s and early ’80s. Continue reading “Little River Band – Greatest Hits (2000)”

Fleetwood Mac – Discography (1968 – 2011) UPDATE

Fleetwood Mac - Discography (1968 - 2011)

While most bands undergo a number of changes over the course of their careers, few groups experienced such radical stylistic changes as Fleetwood Mac. Initially conceived as a hard-edged British blues combo in the late ’60s, the band gradually evolved into a polished pop/rock act over the course of a decade. Continue reading “Fleetwood Mac – Discography (1968 – 2011) UPDATE”

Depeche Mode – Discography (1981 – 2013)

Depeche Mode - Discography (1981 - 2013)

Originally a product of Britain’s new romantic movement, Depeche Mode went on to become the quintessential electropop band of the 1980s. One of the first acts to establish a musical identity based completely around the use of synthesizers, they began their existence as a bouncy dance-pop outfit but gradually developed a darker, more dramatic sound that ultimately positioned them as one of the most successful alternative bands of their era. Continue reading “Depeche Mode – Discography (1981 – 2013)”

John Coltrane – 4 Albums {DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

John Coltrane - 4 Albums {DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

John Coltrane – 4 Albums {DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Total Size: 887 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DCC Compact Classics / DCC Jazz | Genre: Avant-garde Jazz

Soultrane (1958) | Traneing In (1958) | Cattin’ with Coltrane and Quinichette (1959) | Lush Life (1961) Continue reading “John Coltrane – 4 Albums {DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}”

The Kinks – Kinks (You Really Got Me) & Kinda Kinks (1964) {1996, MFSL, Remastered}

The Kinks - Kinks (You Really Got Me) & Kinda Kinks (1964) {1996, MFSL, Remastered}

The Kinks – Kinks (You Really Got Me) & Kinda Kinks (1964) {1996, MFSL, Remastered}
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Total Size: 384 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 679 | Genre: Classic Rock, Rock & Roll

Mobile Fidelity reissued the Kinks’ first two albums, You Really Got Me and Kinda Kinks, on one gold CD. Although they have their moments, these records are uneven, and most casual fans will prefer to hear the highlights on hits collections. Continue reading “The Kinks – Kinks (You Really Got Me) & Kinda Kinks (1964) {1996, MFSL, Remastered}”

VA – Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture (1994)

VA - Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture (1994)

The soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino’s darkly funny crime classic Pulp Fiction manages to re-create the film’s wildly careening sense of style, violence, and humor by concentrating on the surf music that comprises the bulk of the movie’s incidental music and adding a few sexy oldies integral to the film’s story (“Let’s Stay Together,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” “You Never Can Tell”). Continue reading “VA – Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture (1994)”

The Beach Boys – Surfin’ U.S.A. / Surfer Girl (1963) {1989, MFSL, Remastered}

The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A. / Surfer Girl (1963) {1989, MFSL, Remastered}

The Beach Boys – Surfin’ U.S.A. / Surfer Girl (1963) {1989, MFSL, Remastered}
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Label: MFSL UltraDisc | Japan | Cat#: UDCD 521 | Genre: Rock & Roll, Surf Rock

The real breakthrough, as Brian Wilson asserts himself in the studio as both songwriter and arranger on a set of material that was much stronger than Surfin’ Safari. Besides the hit title track and its popular drag-racing flip side (“Shut Down”), this has a lovely, heartbreaking ballad (“Lonely Sea”) and a couple of strong Brian Wilson originals (“The Noble Surfer” and “Farmer’s Daughter”). Continue reading “The Beach Boys – Surfin’ U.S.A. / Surfer Girl (1963) {1989, MFSL, Remastered}”

Travis – Everything At Once (2016)

Travis - Everything At Once (2016)

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Nat King Cole – The Very Thought Of You (1958) {1997, DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Nat King Cole - The Very Thought Of You (1958) {1997, DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Nat King Cole – The Very Thought Of You (1958) {1997, DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Label: DCC Compact Classics | USA | Cat#: GZS-1119 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Nat King Cole possessed one of the most accessible and appealing voices of any singer in the 1950s. This ballad-oriented set puts the emphasis completely on his voice (there is no piano playing or any hint of his jazz-oriented past) and features Cole accompanied by Gordon Jenkins’ sweet arrangements for a string orchestra. Continue reading “Nat King Cole – The Very Thought Of You (1958) {1997, DCC, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered}”

Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Getaway (2016) {WEB}

Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway (2016) {WEB}

Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Getaway (2016) {WEB}
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Label: Warner Bros. | Genre: Alternative Rock

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 11th studio album, 2016’s The Getaway, is a sophisticated work of dark-hued maturity that finds the long-running California outfit expanding their sound into nuanced, ’70s-style orchestral soul and funky psychedelia. Continue reading “Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Getaway (2016) {WEB}”

Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle (1976) {1993, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976) {1993, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle (1976) {1993, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Label: DCC Compact Classics | Japan | Cat#: GZS-1033 | Genre: Blues Rock, Pop Rock

Steve Miller had started to essay his classic sound with The Joker, but 1976’s Fly Like an Eagle is where he took flight, creating his definitive slice of space blues. The key is focus, even on an album as stylishly, self-consciously trippy as this, since the focus brings about his strongest set of songs (both originals and covers), plus a detailed atmospheric production where everything fits. Continue reading “Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle (1976) {1993, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}”

Pat Benatar – In the Heat Of The Night (1979) {1994, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Pat Benatar - In the Heat Of The Night (1979) {1994, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}

Pat Benatar – In the Heat Of The Night (1979) {1994, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}
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Label: DCC Compact Classics | USA | Cat#: GZS-1056 | Genre: Hard Rock, Pop Rock

With her debut recording In the Heat of the Night, Pat Benatar wasted no time starting out of the gate with the furious leadoff track “Heartbreaker,” which solidified her place in a class of women who were taking the rock world by storm in the late ’70s. Continue reading “Pat Benatar – In the Heat Of The Night (1979) {1994, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered}”

The Band – The Band (1969) {2009, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

The Band - The Band (1969) {2009, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

The Band – The Band (1969) {2009, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Total Size: 275 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 032 | Genre: Southern Rock, Country Rock

The Band’s first album, Music from Big Pink, seemed to come out of nowhere, with its ramshackle musical blend and songs of rural tragedy. The Band, the group’s second album, was a more deliberate and even more accomplished effort, partially because the players had become a more cohesive unit, and partially because guitarist Robbie Robertson had taken over the songwriting, writing or co-writing all 12 songs. Continue reading “The Band – The Band (1969) {2009, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”

Cat Stevens – Gold (2005)

Cat Stevens - Gold (2005)

A&M’s 32-track retrospective of eccentric singer/songwriter Cat Stevens manages to cram into two discs what 2001’s On the Road to Find Out box set tried to accomplish over four. While not as informative or “rarities”-heavy, Gold tells the artist’s story with utter succinctness, from earnest, post-counterculture semi-hedonist to Islamic recluse. Continue reading “Cat Stevens – Gold (2005)”