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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}”

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)”

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}”

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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Total Size: 379 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
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)”

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}”

Elton John – Rock of the Westies (1975) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Elton John - Rock of the Westies (1975) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD 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}”

Frank Sinatra – Sinatra ’57 In Concert (1999) {DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}

Frank Sinatra - Sinatra '57 In Concert (1999) {DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}

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}

Frank Sinatra - Duets II (1994) {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}

Rush - Roll The Bones (1991) {2011, Audio Fidelity Remastered, HDCD}

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 – 52nd Street (1978) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Billy Joel – 52nd Street (1978) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 095 | Genre: Pop Rock

Once The Stranger became a hit, Billy Joel quickly re-entered the studio with producer Phil Ramone to record the follow-up, 52nd Street. Instead of breaking from the sound of The Stranger, Joel chose to expand it, making it more sophisticated and somewhat jazzy. Often, his moves sounded as if they were responses to Steely Dan — indeed, his phrasing and melody for “Zanzibar” is a direct homage to Donald Fagen circa Continue reading “Billy Joel – 52nd Street (1978) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”

Rush – 4 Albums {MFSL UltraDisc II, Remastered}

Rush - 4 Albums {MFSL UltraDisc II, Remastered}

Rush – 4 Albums {MFSL UltraDisc II, Remastered}
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Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Genre: Progressive Rock

2112 (1976) – Permanent Waves (1980) – Moving Pictures (1981) – Signals (1982)

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Frank Sinatra – Duets (1993) {1994, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}

Frank Sinatra - Duets (1993) {1994, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}

Frank Sinatra – Duets (1993) {1994, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}
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Label: DCC Compact Classics, Japan | Cat#: GZS-1053 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Duets is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1993. Recorded near the end of Sinatra’s career, it consists of electronically assembled duets between Sinatra and younger singers from various genres. The album was a commercial success, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard albums chart, reaching No. 5 in the UK, and selling over 3 million copies in the US. It is the only Sinatra album to date to achieve triple platinum certification. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – Duets (1993) {1994, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered}”

Andrew Powell And The Philharmonia Orchestra ‎– Play The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983) {1985, MFSL Remastered}

Andrew Powell And The Philharmonia Orchestra ‎– Play The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983)
{1985, MFSL Remastered}
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Label: MFSL, Japan| Cat#: MFCD 806 | Genre: Classical

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Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Greastest Hits (1967) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greastest Hits (1967) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}

Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Greastest Hits (1967) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 140 | Genre: Folk Rock

Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on March 27, 1967 on Columbia Records, original catalogue number KCS 9463. It contains every Top 40 single Dylan enjoyed through 1967 Continue reading “Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Greastest Hits (1967) {2012, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”