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Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steve Stills – Super Session (1968) {1995, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}

Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steve Stills - Super Session (1968) {1995, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}

Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steve Stills – Super Session (1968)
{1995, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}
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Label: MasterSound, USA | Cat#: CK 6461 1 | Genre: Blues Rock

Super Session is an album conceived by Al Kooper and featuring the work of guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills, released on Columbia Records in 1968, CS 9701. Bloomfield and Stills do not play together on the album, with tracks including Bloomfield on side one, and those including Stills on side two Continue reading “Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steve Stills – Super Session (1968) {1995, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}”

Janis Joplin – Discography (1967 – 2013)

Janis Joplin - Discography (1967 - 2013)

The greatest white female rock singer of the 1960s, Janis Joplin was also a great blues singer, making her material her own with her wailing, raspy, supercharged emotional delivery. First rising to stardom as the frontwoman for San Francisco psychedelic band Big Brother & the Holding Company, she left the group in the late ’60s for a brief and uneven (though commercially successful) career as a solo artist. Although she wasn’t always supplied with the best material or most sympathetic musicians Continue reading “Janis Joplin – Discography (1967 – 2013)”

Faces – Discography (1970-2015)

Faces - Discography (1970-2015)

When Steve Marriott left the Small Faces in 1969, the three remaining members brought in guitarist Ron Wood and lead singer Rod Stewart to complete the lineup and changed their name to the Faces, which was only appropriate since the group now only slightly resembled the mod-pop group of the past. Instead, the Faces were a rough, sloppy rock & roll band, able to pound out a rocker like “Had Me a Real Good Time,” a blues ballad like “Tell Everyone,” or a folk number like “Richmond” all in one album. Stewart, already becoming a star in his own right Continue reading “Faces – Discography (1970-2015)”

Crosby, Stills & Nash – 2 Albums (Audio Fidelity, 24-karat Gold Disc)

Crosby, Stills & Nash - 2 Albums (Audio Fidelity, 24-karat Gold Disc)

Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969) & CSN (1977), 24- karat Gold Limited, Numbered Edition Compact Disc, Mastered for these compact discs by Steve Hoffman Continue reading “Crosby, Stills & Nash – 2 Albums (Audio Fidelity, 24-karat Gold Disc)”

The Velvet Underground – 2 Albums (MFSL UltraDisc II, Remastered}

The Velvet Underground - 2 Albums (MFSL UltraDisc II, Remastered}

The Velvet Underground – 2 Albums (MFSL UltraDisc II, Remastered}
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Label: MFSL UltraDisc II, USA | Cat#: UDCD 695 / UDCD 724 | Genre: Avant-garde

The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967), White Light/White Heat (1968), The original limited edition 24-karat gold audiophile collector’s disc Continue reading “The Velvet Underground – 2 Albums (MFSL UltraDisc II, Remastered}”

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors (1977) {1994, Ultimate MasterDisc, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977) {1994, Ultimate MasterDisc, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors (1977) {1994, Ultimate MasterDisc, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}
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Label: Ultimate MasterDisc, USA | Cat#: MCAD-11171 | Genre: Blues Rock

Street Survivors appeared in stores just days before Lynyrd Skynyrd’s touring plane crashed, tragically killing many members of the band, including lead singer and songwriter Ronnie Van Zant. Consequently, it’s hard to see Street Survivors outside of the tragedy, especially since the best-known song here, “That Smell,” reeks of death and foreboding Continue reading “Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors (1977) {1994, Ultimate MasterDisc, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}”

Dio – Holy Diver & The Last In Line (2012, Audio Fidelity, Remastered)

Dio - Holy Diver & The Last In Line (2012, Audio Fidelity, Remastered)

Dio – Holy Diver & The Last In Line (2012, Audio Fidelity, Remastered)
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Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 136 / AFZ 146 | Genre: Heavy metal

Holy Diver (1983) & The Last In Line (1984), 24-Karat Gold Disc Continue reading “Dio – Holy Diver & The Last In Line (2012, Audio Fidelity, Remastered)”

Laura Nyro – Time And Love: The Essential Masters (2000) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Laura Nyro - Time And Love: The Essential Masters (2000) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Laura Nyro – Time And Love: The Essential Masters (2000) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 085 | Genre: Pop

As a 16-song, single-disc best-of, this does the job very nicely for those who want Nyro’s best and most famous songs in one place. Only nine tracks into the CD you’ve already heard “Sweet Blindness,” “Wedding Bell Blues,” “And When I Die,” “Blowin’ Away,” “Eli’s Comin’,” “Stoney End,” and “Stoned Soul Picnic,” which should be enough to convince anyone that Nyro was a major Continue reading “Laura Nyro – Time And Love: The Essential Masters (2000) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”

Cream – Fresh Cream & Wheels Of Fire (DCC Compact Classics, Remastered)

Cream - Fresh Cream & Wheels Of Fire (DCC Compact Classics, Remastered)

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}

Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011) {Japanese Edition}

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}

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) {1993, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}

Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery (1979) {1993, MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc, Remastered}
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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}

Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado (1974) {1993, DCC Compact Classics, 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}

Amy Winehouse - Black To Black (2006) {2007, Deluxe Edition}

Amy Winehouse – Black To Black (2006) {2007, Deluxe Edition}
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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)

Bonnie Tyler - Greatest Hits (1989)

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}

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills (1968) {2012, Audio Fidelity, Remastered}

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}”