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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]”

Elvis Costello – The Best Of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years (2007)

Elvis Costello - The Best Of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years (2007)

The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years is a compilation album by Elvis Costello released in 2007, consisting of songs taken from the early years of his discography, compiled by Costello himself. Continue reading “Elvis Costello – The Best Of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years (2007)”

VA – Milk Of The Tree: An Anthology Of Female Vocal Folk And Singer-Songwriters 1966-73 (2017) {3CD-Set}

VA - Milk Of The Tree: An Anthology Of Female Vocal Folk And Singer-Songwriters 1966-73 (2017) {3CD-Set}

VA – Milk Of The Tree: An Anthology Of Female Vocal Folk And Singer-Songwriters 1966-73 (2017) {3CD-Set}
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.30 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Grapefruit Records | UK | Cat#: CRSEGBOX039 | Genre: Folk, Country

Notwithstanding one or two isolated exceptions, it wasn’t until the mid-Sixties that independent female voices really began to be heard within the music industry. The feminist movement naturally coincided with the first signs of genuine musical emancipation. In North America, Joan Baez and Buffy Sainte-Marie emerged through the folk clubs, coffee-houses and college campuses to inspire a generation of wannabe female singers and musicians with their strong, independent mentality and social compassion, while the British scene’s combination of folk song revival and the Beatles-led pop explosion Continue reading “VA – Milk Of The Tree: An Anthology Of Female Vocal Folk And Singer-Songwriters 1966-73 (2017) {3CD-Set}”

Bad Company – Live 1977 & 1979 (2016)

Bad Company - Live 1977 & 1979 (2016)

Live in Concert 1977 & 1979 is a double live album by hard rock band Bad Company, released on CD and as an mp3 download in 2016. It is an archival album with recordings taken from two concerts from their tours in 1977 and 1979. Disc one contains material from a concert at The Summit in Houston, Texas on May 23, 1977. Disc 2 contains material from a concert at Wembley Stadium in London on March 9, 1979. Continue reading “Bad Company – Live 1977 & 1979 (2016)”

Various Artists – Rock Tributes (2006) [5CDs Box Set]

Various Artists - Rock Tributes (2006) [5CDs Box Set]

Various Artists – 100 Hits Classic 60s (2011) {5CDs Box Set}

Various Artists - 100 Hits Classic 60s (2011) {5CDs Box Set}

Various Artists – 100 Hits Classic 60s (2011) {5CDs Box Set}
EAC Rip | 5xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.40 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Demon Music Group Ltd. | UK | Cat#: DMG 100 084 | Genre: Pop Rock, Rock & Roll

2011 five CD set containing 100 of the greatest songs of the ’60s. Includes original recordings from the Beach Boys, Bobbie Gentry, Manfred Mann, the Animals, Herman’s Hermits, Adam Faith, Cilla Black and many others. Continue reading “Various Artists – 100 Hits Classic 60s (2011) {5CDs Box Set}”

Elvis Presley – The Complete Elvis Presley Masters (2010) [Box Set, 30CDs]

Elvis Presley - The Complete Elvis Presley Masters (2010) [Box Set, 30CDs]

Often it seems that every note Elvis Presley ever recorded has been repackaged and reissued in every conceivable combination, but there has never been a set comparable to 2010’s The Complete Elvis Presley Masters, a lavish limited 30-CD set that rounds up all 711 completed takes from Presley, including 100 relative rarities. Continue reading “Elvis Presley – The Complete Elvis Presley Masters (2010) [Box Set, 30CDs]”

Pat Travers and Carmine Appice – The Balls Album (2016)

Pat Travers and Carmine Appice - The Balls Album (2016)

Fats Domino – Out Of New Orleans (1993) [Box Set]

Fats Domino - Out Of New Orleans (1993) [Box Set]

An amazing piece of work — a massive eight-CD boxed set that contains every one of Fats Domino’s 1949-1962 Imperial waxings. That’s a tremendous load of one artist, but the legacy of Domino and his partner Dave Bartholomew is so consistently innovative and infectious that it never grows tiresome for a second. Continue reading “Fats Domino – Out Of New Orleans (1993) [Box Set]”

Toto – Toto IV (1982) [1994, Sony MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered]

Toto - Toto IV (1982) [1994, Sony MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered]

It was do or die for Toto on the group’s fourth album, and they rose to the challenge. Largely dispensing with the anonymous studio rock that had characterized their first three releases, the band worked harder on its melodies, made sure its simple lyrics treated romantic subjects, augmented Bobby Kimball’s vocals by having other group members sing, brought in ringers like Timothy B. Schmit, and slowed down the tempo to what came to be known as “power ballad” pace. Continue reading “Toto – Toto IV (1982) [1994, Sony MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered]”

Billy Fury – A Thousand Stars: The Best of Billy Fury (2014)

Billy Fury - A Thousand Stars: The Best of Billy Fury (2014)

Billy Fury was one of the most revered performers that the UK ever produced, with an electric ont-stage persona. His unmistakable strain of Rock ‘n’ Roll resulted in no less than 27 charting UK Singles, and this compilation includes all of them, including Top-3 smashes: Halfway To Paradise, Jealousy, Like I’ve Never Been Gone and When Will You Say I Love You. Continue reading “Billy Fury – A Thousand Stars: The Best of Billy Fury (2014)”

The Shadows ‎– The Early Years (Expanded Edition): Their Complete Studio Recordings 1959-1966 (1991) [2013, Reissue, Box Set]

To be fair, this six-CD set is really for completists only, since the price tag is likely to put off anyone else. But if you’ve been hooked on the beautiful guitar work of Hank Marvin and the surprisingly muscularity of the band, delving deeper is a very good idea. Not only do you get all the big hits — like “Apache,” “F.B.I.,” and “The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt” (or even the wonderfully named “I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Arthur”) — you get literally everything. Continue reading “The Shadows ‎– The Early Years (Expanded Edition): Their Complete Studio Recordings 1959-1966 (1991) [2013, Reissue, Box Set]”

VA – Dreamboats & Petticoats: The Diamond Edition (2017) [3CD-Set]

VA - Dreamboats & Petticoats: The Diamond Edition (2017) [3CD-Set]

Celebrating 60 years rock n roll and swing hits, Dreamboats and Petticoats: The Diamond Edition is the latest instalment in the massively successful series. Split over 4 CDS that features the likes of Paul Anka, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, The Shirelles, Roy Orbison and many more. Continue reading “VA – Dreamboats & Petticoats: The Diamond Edition (2017) [3CD-Set]”

Chic – Original Album Series (2011) {5CDs, Box Set}

Chic - Original Album Series (2011) {5CDs, Box Set}

Chic – Original Album Series (2011) {5CDs, Box Set}
EAC Rip | 5xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.11 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino Records | EU | Cat#: 8122797595 | Genre: Funk, Soul, Disco

UK five CD box containing a quintet of albums by the Funk/R&B band packaged in mini LP sleeves and all housed in a slipcase. This set includes the albums Chic (1977), C’est Chic (1978), Risque (1979), Real People (1980) and Take It Off (1981). Continue reading “Chic – Original Album Series (2011) {5CDs, Box Set}”

Gregg Allman – Southern Blood (2017)

Gregg Allman - Southern Blood (2017)

“My Only True Friend,” from Southern Blood, Gregg Allman’s final album, is a cipher, much like the man himself — private, reserved, and complex. Though twin, ringing, blues-drenched guitars introduce it, the song just as quickly morphs into a ballad: “You and I both know, this river will surely flow to an end/Keep me in your heart…I hope you’re haunted by the music of my soul…But you and I both know, the road is my only true friend….” The blues guitars cascade in again, adding resonance. This is the only track here that Allman co-wrote, but it’s fine enough to join the shortlist of his classics — “Midnight Rider,” “Melissa,” “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More,” etc. Continue reading “Gregg Allman – Southern Blood (2017)”