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Cream – Fresh Cream & Wheels Of Fire (DCC Compact Classics, Remastered)
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Label: DCC Compact Classics, Japan | Cat#: GZS 1022 / GZS(2) 1020 | Genre: Classic Rock
Fresh Cream (1966) & Wheels Of Fire (1968), from the original master tapes, 24 karat Gold Disc Continue reading “Cream – Fresh Cream & Wheels Of Fire (DCC Compact Classics, Remastered)”
Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011) {Japanese Edition}
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Label: Universal Music, Japan | Cat#: UICI-1102 | Genre: R&B
The qualities of a vocal genius don’t always become clear when she’s singing classic material. Often as not, her abilities to both personalize and transcend a lifeless song with a stellar performance reveal the character behind the singer. Both Billie Holiday and Otis Redding excelled no matter what they were recording, whether it was a timeless standard or a studio throwaway. This collection of Amy Winehouse material, released to coincide with the first Christmas season after her death in July 2011 Continue reading “Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011) {Japanese Edition}”
Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery (1979) {1993, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}
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Total Size: 245 MB (CD) + 561 MB (Scans)| 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MasterSound, USA | Cat#: ZK 64646 | Genre: Progressive Rock
Electric Light Orchestra continued on their winning Top 40 ways with the release of Discovery. Now pared down to the basic four-piece unit, Jeff Lynne continued to dominate the band and they still got their hits (this time around it was the smash “Don’t Bring Me Down”). Elsewhere on the disc there was, of note, “Last Train to London” and “Confusion.” Though Discovery charted well, it was becoming obvious that ELO were starting to run themselves out of useful Beatles hooks Continue reading “Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery (1979) {1993, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}”
Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) {1993, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}
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Label: DCC Compact Classics, Japan | Cat#: GZS 1041 | Genre: Progressive Rock
This is the album where Jeff Lynne finally found the sound he’d wanted since co-founding Electric Light Orchestra three years earlier. Up to this point, most of the group’s music had been self-contained — Lynne, Richard Tandy, et al., providing whatever was needed, vocally or instrumentally, even if it meant overdubbing their work layer upon layer Continue reading “Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) {1993, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}”
Amy Winehouse – Black To Black (2006) {2007, Deluxe Edition}
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Total Size: 388 MB (CDs) + 669 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Island Records, EU | Cat#: 175 563 1 | Genre: R&B
A collection of B-sides to Amy Winehouse’s massive Back to Black album, this eight-track set features a range of material (nearly all consisting of covers) and functions at nearly the same high level as the A-sides and album tracks — no small feat. The first track is a slower version of the Zutons’ song “Valerie” that Winehouse had done earlier with Mark Ronson for Ronson’s Version album (and also featured in the film 27 Dresses). The second is Sam Cooke’s “Cupid,” done refreshingly simply, and bolstered most by Winehouse’s expressive voice. The third is Toots & the Maytals’ “Monkey Man,” and here too Winehouse Continue reading “Amy Winehouse – Black To Black (2006) {2007, Deluxe Edition}”
Bonnie Tyler – Greatest Hits (1989)
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Label: CBS Records, Austria | Cat#: 465375 2 | Genre: Pop, Adult Contemporary
Welsh rock & roll chanteuse Bonnie Tyler earned an international following for her rough, passionate vocal style, which showed the influence of such classic rock legends as Rod Stewart and Janis Joplin. Greatest Hits features 16 well-remembered songs from her first 12 years as a recording artist. Selections include “It’s a Heartache,” “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” “Holding Out for a Hero,” “Faster Than the Speed of Light,” “Straight from the Heart,” and many more Continue reading “Bonnie Tyler – Greatest Hits (1989)”
Big Brother & The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills (1968) {2012, Audio Fidelity, Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 150 | Genre: Blues Rock
Cheap Thrills, the major-label debut of Janis Joplin, was one of the most eagerly anticipated, and one of the most successful, albums of 1968. Joplin and her band Big Brother & the Holding Company had earned extensive press notice ever since they played the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967, but for a year after that their only recorded work was a poorly produced, self-titled album that they’d done early in their history for Mainstream Records Continue reading “Big Brother & The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills (1968) {2012, Audio Fidelity, Remastered}”
VA – Forrest Gump The Soundtrack (1994) {2001, Special Collector’s Edition Remastered}
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Label: Epic, USA | Cat#: E2K 85932 | Genre: Soundtrack
Forrest Gump is the soundtrack album based on the Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film, Forrest Gump, and contains music from many well-known artists. The score, composed by Alan Silvestri, was released separately (as Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score) on the same day. The album was reissued in 2001 with additional tracks. Continue reading “VA – Forrest Gump The Soundtrack (1994) {2001, Special Collector’s Edition Remastered}”
Elton John – Rock of the Westies (1975) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 149 | Genre: Pop Rock
Less than four months after issuing the landmark and autobiographical Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975), Elton John re-emerged with a new band and a slightly modified sound. However, the departure of Dee Murray (bass) and Nigel Olsson (drums) would ultimately begin a deceleration in terms of John’s success, which rivalled only the Beatles’ and Elvis Presley’s in terms of global acclaim Continue reading “Elton John – Rock of the Westies (1975) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”
YES – 2 Albums (MFSL Ultradisc II, Remastered)
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Label: MFSL Ultradisc II | Cat#: UDCD 779 / UDCD 766 | Genre: Progressive Rock
The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1972) Continue reading “YES – 2 Albums (MFSL Ultradisc II, Remastered)”
Joe Walsh – 2 Albums {Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}
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Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Genre: Hard Rock
The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get (1973) – But Seriously, Folks… (1978)
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Frank Sinatra – Sinatra ’57 In Concert (1999) {DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}
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Label: DCC Compact Classics, USA | Cat#: ARZ-101-2 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Sinatra ’57 in Concert is a 1999 live album by the American singer Frank Sinatra. It is a complete recording of a concert performed at the Seattle Civic Auditorium on June 9, 1957. It was digitally remastered and officially released from a recording made by Wally Heider and first released as a bootleg. Nelson Riddle, the arranger, conducted the orchestra at this concert. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – Sinatra ’57 In Concert (1999) {DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}”
Frank Sinatra – Duets II (1994) {DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}
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Label: DCC Compact Classics, USA | Cat#: GZS-1073 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Duets II is the 59th and last studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. It was released in 1994, and was the sequel to the previous year’s Duets Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – Duets II (1994) {DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}”
Rush – Roll The Bones (1991) {2011, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}
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Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 116 | Genre: Progressive Rock
From a lyrical perspective, 1991’s Roll the Bones is quite possibly Rush’s darkest album (most of the songs deal with death in no uncertain terms), but from a musical point of view, the record treads territory (highbrow melodic hard rock) similar to its recent predecessors, with only a few surprises thrown in for good measure. Continue reading “Rush – Roll The Bones (1991) {2011, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}”
Billy Joel – Glass Houses (1980) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 092 | Genre: Pop Rock
The back-to-back success of The Stranger and 52nd Street may have brought Billy Joel fame and fortune, even a certain amount of self-satisfaction, but it didn’t bring him critical respect, and it didn’t dull his anger. If anything, being classified as a mainstream rocker — a soft rocker — infuriated him, especially since a generation of punks and new wave kids were getting the praise that eluded him Continue reading “Billy Joel – Glass Houses (1980) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”