The Beatles - Dr. Ebbetts Album Collection MFSL Japan (14 CD, 2008) [FLAC + 24/96]

The Beatles: The Collection was a vinyl boxed set of every Beatles album remastered at half speed from the original stereo master recordings, except for Magical Mystery Tour which was mastered from Capitol Records' submasters with the last three tracks in rechanneled stereo.

Released with much anticipation in early October 1982, The Collection was lauded by critics and Beatles fans worldwide for the superb sound, and sold-out completely within the first year. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) pressed a second run of the Beatles Boxed Set for a total production run of 25,000 over the next two years or until October 1985.

Each album was pressed on black vinyl by the Victor Company of Japan. The album covers were replaced with photographs of tape boxes and log sheet. The original album covers were included in a booklet which also featured a certificate of authenticity as this was a limited edition collection. Missing from this collection were all of the Beatles' singles, extended Play and a few miscellaneous tracks that did not appear on their original UK albums.

    Please Please Me – MFSL1-101

    With the Beatles – MFSL1-102

    A Hard Day's Night – MFSL1-103

    Beatles for Sale – MFSL1-104

    Help! – MFSL1-105

    Rubber Soul – MFSL1-106

    Revolver – MFSL1-107

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – MFSL1-100

    Magical Mystery Tour – MFSL1-047

    The Beatles – MFSL2-072 (2 LPs)

    Yellow Submarine – MFSL1-108

    Abbey Road – MFSL1-023

    Let It Be – MFSL1-109

 

Glenn Hughes - Official Bootleg Box Volume 3 1995-2010 [FLAC]

He has been quite rightly hailed as 'The Voice Of Rock', as this live set ably testifies. With vocals soaked in blues and soul, Glenn Hughes has fronted many legendary rock acts, including Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Hughes-Thrall, Trapeze and Black Country Communion. Whilst every effort has been made to produce the best possible audio, limitations in the material drawn from various, non-standard, and unofficial sources means that the quality may not be up to the standard usually expected. All tracks have been included for their historical importance, and to present an alternative anthology of Glenn Hughes live on stage from 1995-2010.

John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (The Ultimate Collection, 8 CD, 2021) [FLAC + 24/192]

 

“Plastic Ono Band,” released in December 1970, was John Lennon’s first solo album after the breakup of the Beatles earlier that year. It was a far cry from the tuneful reassurance of Paul McCartney’s one-man-studio-band album “McCartney” and the polished abundance of George Harrison’s triple album, “All Things Must Pass,” both of which were also released that year. In both music and lyrics, “Plastic Ono Band” was a stark statement of pain, separation, vulnerability and self-reclamation after the whirlwind that had been Lennon’s life as a Beatle. Half a century later, the album retains its power.

Now it has been remixed, massively expanded, anatomized and annotated as “Plastic Ono Band: The Ultimate Collection”. The compilation was produced by Yoko Ono, Lennon’s widow and a producer (with Lennon and Phil Spector) of the original album, and Simon Hilton; there are other configurations for less obsessive fans.

Neil Young - Decade (2 CD, 1977) [24-96]

Decade is a compilation album by Canadian–American musician Neil Young, originally released in 1977 as a triple album and later issued on two compact discs. It contains 35 of Young's songs recorded between 1966 and 1976, among them five tracks that had been unreleased up to that point. 

Johnny Winter - studio discography [FLAC]

1969. Johnny Winter - Second Winter 

1969. Johnny Winter - The Progressive Blues Experiment 

1970. Johnny Winter - And 

1974. Johnny Winter - Saint And Sinners, Johnny Dawson Winter III 

1977. Johnny Winter - Nothin' But The Blues 

1978. Johnny Winter - Nothin' But The Blues + White, Hot And Blue 

1980. Johnny Winter - Raisin' Cain 

1984. Johnny Winter - Guitar Slinger 

1985. Johnny Winter - Serious Business 

1986. Johnny Winter - Third Degree 

1988. Johnny Winter - The Winter of '88 

1991. Johnny Winter - Let Me In 

1992. Johnny Winter - Hey, Where's Your Brother 

1998. Johnny Winter - Live In NYC' 97 

2004. Johnny Winter - I'm a Bluesman 

2011. Johnny Winter - Roots 

2014. Johnny Winter - Step Back

 

Van Halen - The Collection II (2023 Remaster) [24-96]

Van Halen has released a new boxed set this fall spotlighting the iconic band’s second incarnation, with singer Sammy Hagar, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alex Van Halen, and bassist Michael Anthony. The upcoming set includes newly remastered versions of four multi-platinum studio albums, along with a selection of rarities recorded between 1989 and 2004.

All the music in the set was mastered directly from the original master tapes, a process overseen by the band’s longtime engineer, Donn Landee.

The new set is the long-awaited sequel to The Collection, a compilation released in 2015 that focused on the six studio albums recorded by the band’s original line-up, which featured singer David Lee Roth. THE COLLECTION II picks up where its predecessor left off and covers the four consecutive #1 albums released during the Hagar era: 5150 (1986), OU812 (1988), For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991), and Balance (1995).

Disc 1: 5150

Disc 2: OU812

Disc 3: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Disc 4: Balance

Disc 5: Studio Rarities 1989-2004

The Beatles - Limited Edition USB Stick (Containing All Audio and Visuals From the Remastered Beatles Stereo Box Set) [24-44 / DVD 5 / DVDRIP video]

Originally issued in December, 2009 as a limited edition of 30,000 units, the small metal Apple contains a USB drive with all 13 of the band’s studio albums, plus all the Past Masters songs. Also included are the 13 album mini-documentaries which came with the remastered CDs, and the complete digital booklet artwork. The USB has all songs in stereo in both FLAC format (24 bit 44.1 kbps) and MP3 (320 kbps).

1963 - Please Please Me

1963 - With The Beatles

1964 - A Hard Day's Night

1964 - Beatles For Sale

1965 - Help!

1965 - Rubber Soul

1966 - Revolver

1967 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1967 - Magical Mystery Tour

1968 - White Album

1969 - Abbey Road

1969 - Yellow Submarine

1970 - Let It Be

1988 - Past Masters

Mini Documentaries DVD 5

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                                                          Mini Documentaries .mp4 video

Johnny Winter - Original Album Classics (5 CD, 2010) [FLAC]

CD 1 - Johnny Winter - 1969, 34:15

CD 2 - Second Winter - 1969, 46:57

CD 3 - Johnny Winter And Live - 1971, 40:12

CD 4 - Still Alive And Well - 1973, 44:32

CD 5 - Saints And Sinners - 1974, 41:49

 

Rick Wakeman discography [1973-2020]

 

Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known for his solo albums, contributing to the BBC comedy series Grumpy Old Men and for Rick's Place, his former radio show on Planet Rock that aired until December 2010.

Wakeman was born in West London. He purchased his first electronic keyboard at 12 years of age. In 1968, he studied the piano, clarinet, orchestration and modern music at the Royal College of Music before leaving after a year in favour of session music work. He went on to feature on songs by artists including Ozzy Osbourne, David Bowie, T. Rex, Elton John and Cat Stevens. Wakeman joined the folk group Strawbs in 1969 and played on three of their albums. He first joined Yes in 1971 to replace Tony Kaye, and left the group in 1974 to work on his solo career. He returned in 1976 before leaving with lead vocalist Jon Anderson in 1980. Wakeman was part of the side project Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, a group of ex-Yes members formed in 1989, and the eight-member Yes line-up that followed until his third departure in 1992. He returned for two years in 1995 and once more in 2002, where he was part of the band's 35th anniversary tour until its end in 2004.

Wakeman began his solo career during his first run with Yes. His perhaps most known records being his first three, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973), Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974) and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1975). He has produced over 100 solo albums that have sold more than 50 million copies. In November 2010, Wakeman was awarded the Spirit of Prog award at the annual Marshall Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards.

The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion (3 CD Super Deluxe 2023) [24-96]

The Black Crowes’ 1992 album The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion has been remastered and expanded for CD and vinyl reissues. The reissue has been overseen by Chris and Rich Robinson and album producer George Drakoulias.

A 3CD super deluxe edition box set features 14 unreleased tracks including two studio recordings,a live February 1993 concert, and the never-before-heard live in-studio performances at the end of the Southern Harmony session – along with B-sides and the original album (which was remastered from the original 1/4″ production master tape).

VA - Perfect Guitar Collection : 25 Original Albums (25 CD, 2012) [FLAC]

  

CD01 - 1990 - Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins - Neck And Neck
CD02 - 1994 - Michael Bloomfield - Essential Blues 1964-1969
CD03 - 2002 - Jorma Kaukonen - Blue Country Heart
CD04 - 1997 - Leo Kottke - Standing In My Shoes
CD05 - 1669 - Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter (2004 Remaster)
CD06 - 1983 - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Texas Flood
CD07 - 1971 - Kenny Burrell - God Bless The Child (2001 Remaster)
CD08 - 1965 - Charlie Byrd - Brazilian Byrd (1994 Remaster)
CD09 - 1966 - George Benson - The George Benson Cookbook (2001 Remaster)
CD10 - 1984 - Charlie Christian - The Genius Of The Electric Guitar (1987 Remaster)
CD11 - 1983 - Al Di Meola - Scenario
CD12 - 1975 - Jim Hall - Concierto (1997 CD Released)
CD13 - 1978 - John McLaughlin - Electric Guitarist
CD14 - 2002 - Django Reinhardt And The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France - Djangology
CD15 - 1977 - Lee Ritenour - Captain Fingers
CD16 - 1999 - Martin Taylor - Kiss And Tell
CD17 - 1996 - Peter White - Caravan of Dreams
CD18 - 1973 - Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender
CD19 - 1997 - John Pizzarelli - Our Love Is Here To Stay
CD20 - 2005 - G3 - Joe Satriani, Steve Vai & John Petrucci - Live In Tokyo-1
CD21 - 2005 - G3 - Joe Satriani, Steve Vai & John Petrucci - Live In Tokyo-2
CD22 - 1976 - Chet Atkins & Les Paul - Chester & Lester (2007, Expanded Edition)
CD23 - 2000 - Andy Summers - Peggy's Blue Skylight
CD24 - 1995 - Vicente Amigo - Vivencias Imaginadas
CD25 - 1996 - Michael Hedges - Oracle

The Police - Every Move You Make- The Studio Recordings (6 CD, 2019) [24-96]

 

Over the course of just five albums released between 1978 and 1983, The Police synthesized pop, rock, New Wave, and world music sounds including, most notably, reggae into a style all their own. Incorporating influences of punk and jazz into the mix, their sound still reverberates today. Vocalist-bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland called it a day before 1986 was out, reuniting in 2007-2008 for a phenomenally successful tour before going their separate ways yet again. Their small but significant catalogue has been remastered a couple of times previously – once in 1995, and again in 2003.

Johnny Winter discography [1969-2018]

 

John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014), known as Johnny Winter, was an American blues guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and producer. Best known for his high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances in the late 1960s and 1970s, Winter also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. After his time with Waters, Winter recorded several Grammy-nominated blues albums. In 1988, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

Winter was professionally active until the time of his death near Zurich, Switzerland on July 16, 2014. He was found dead in his hotel room two days after his last performance, at the Cahors Blues Festival in France on July 14, at the age of 70. The cause of Winter's death is not clear. 

 

Humble Pie - Official Bootleg Box Set Vol 1 (3 CD, 2017/FLAC)

  

Humble Pie’s “Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 1” is a raw testament to what this band did best; playing bluesy, gutsy, soulful and often hard rock, live on stage to an adoring audience. Drawn from a variety of mainly audience recordings that have previously only been available as “under the counter” pirate releases, this is an honest, and often unforgiving, tribute to a classic and much missed 70s supergroup.

 

John Lennon ‎– The Househusband Years - The Complete Home Recordings 1975-1980 [12 CD, 2015]

 

This is a collection of John Lennon home recordings at the Dakota home in New York, Cannon Hill in Cold Spring Harbor (NY) and Villa Undercliff, Fairylands, Bermuda during the last six years of his life. All tracks have been remastered and speed corrected from the best available sources. Some are previously unbooted.

Led Zeppelin - For Badgeholders Only (LA Forum, 21st – 27th June 1977) [18 CD]

Empress Valley’s massive box set For Badge Holders Only caught collectors by surprise. Nowhere was it ever mentioned this was in production. This is an eighteen disc plus one DVD box set. It has two designs on the front cover and each is limited to only one hundred fifty copies. This is the third time a box set with Led Zeppelin’s eleventh tour Los Angeles shows has been released. The first was A Week For Badge Holders (Tarantura T19CD-BOX (T19CD-1~19)). At the time this was a startling achievement and is an extremely rare piece. However Tarantura used the first hour of the June 14th New York show for the June 22nd tape for some reason. After this Power & Glory (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin TDOLZ Vol. 50-55). This was a solid set but for the June 22nd show they edited in ”Ten Years Gone” from an alternate source for the June 21st show. Also they used some high generation tapes which is noticeable especially on the June 25th concert.

In the intervening decade since the release of the Diagrams set there have been a multitude of releases of the four Millard taped concerts. In the past two years both Wendy and Scorpio issued these shows and both released the Eddie show twice. This set finds partial redemption in issuing the first complete version of the June 22nd show on silver for the first time. Empress Valley are also trying hard to associate this with their excellent Deep Throat boxset, which covers the three Los Angeles shows from 1975 and now commands high prices. What follows are brief comments regarding each of the shows in this set.

 

 

Bob Dylan - Man On The Street, Vol. 2 (10 CD, 2019) [FLAC]

 

Second set of Dylan's performances : 1974-1994

Rod Stewart - The Studio Albums 1975-2001 (14 CD, 2013/FLAC)

 

Faust - Faust 1971-1974 (9 CD, 2021/FLAC)

Faust 1971-1974 is new box set, available on CD and vinyl, that collects the music of Faust, the band who are strongly associated with Krautrock movement in West German.

 The 8CD box set (also available as a 7LP vinyl collection) contains the four albums from the original early Seventies incarnation of the band. That is, Faust (1971), So Far (1972) , The Faust Tapes (1973) and Faust IV (1973). It also includes Punkt, a 1974 album that has never been released (recorded at Giorgio Moroder’s Musicland Studios) and unissued studio tracks collected on Momentaufnahme I and Momentaufnahme II. The final disc in the CD version contains material from two seven-inch singles which feature in the vinyl box set.

The first seven inch features ‘Lieber Herr Deutschland’, the demo recording the band sent to Polydor in 1971 (eventually issued as the B-side to their single ‘Baby’) while the second is ‘So Far’, the very first Faust single on Polydor (originally issued in 1972).

Faust 1971-1974 is very limited with just 2,000 copies available as the 7LP+2×7″ set and an even lower number (1,000) on CD. 

Warren Haynes - The Benefit Concert, Vol. 20 (3 CD, 2023) [FLAC]

Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam returned for it's 30th annual installment in December 2018. The charity event was held over two days at the U.S. Cellular Center in the guitarist's hometown of Asheville, North Carolina on December 7 and 8, 2018. Now, for the first time, it's being released on 4 different vinyl sets, 2CD+DVD and 3CD+2blu-ray. It features performances by Gov't Mule who presented a "Dark Side Of The Mule" tribute to Pink Floyd as well as Grace Potter, Jamey Johnson, Marco Benevento, and Mike Gordon. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl also headlined one night for a set billed as "Dave Grohl And Friends Play 'Play'" in reference to his 23-minute instrumental. Gov't Mule, Eric Church, Jim James, and Joe Bonamassa round out the lineup alongside many more special guests. 

Colosseum - The Reunion Concerts 1994 (2020/FLAC)

 

One of the most influential of the early British progressive rock bands, Colosseum fused an adventurous approach to rock with strong jazz and blues influences and classical keyboard accents; they earned a loyal and lasting following though they never scored a major breakthrough hit. On June 24th 1994, Colosseum played their first concert together for 23 years. 

Jon Hiseman said ‘Despite many requests from fans and promoters over the past couple of decades, I never seriously considered reforming the original Colosseum. But the release of all the albums on CD in the early ’90’s was extremely successful and generated a lot of new interest in the band. When Dave, Dick, Clem and Chris ganged up on me in 1993 it became clear there was no escape. A date was set and I found Mark in America and we all met up in my studio on June 17th 1994 and I gave the count in for ‘Those About to Die’. We played as if the band had never been apart’.

01. Those About to Die (Live At Zelt-Musik-Festival Freiburg)
02. Stormy Monday Blues (Live At Zelt-Musik-Festival Freiburg)
03. Those About to Die (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
04. Skellington (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
05. Elegy (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
06. Tanglewood ’63 (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
07. January’s Search (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
08. February’s Valentine (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
09. The Grass is Always Greener (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
10. Rope Ladder to the Moon (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
11. Theme for an Imaginary Western (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
12. The Machine Demands Another Sacrifice (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
13. Solo Colonia (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
14. Lost Angeles (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
15. Stormy Monday Blues (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany)
16. Walking in the Park (Live at the E-Werk, Cologne, Germany) 

Thin Lizzy - Live At The BBC [6 CD, 2011]

 

A massive seven-disc box set of the group’s rare performances, culled from the BBC recordings which still exist in the archives. The recordings chart the band’s progression from their early years, three piece version to the band’s high point, becoming known as one of the greatest live acts of all time. This is the first time these recordings have been collected together and offered in a complete set.

The set includes the last concert with bassist Phil Lynott, from the Reading festival in 1983, as well as a DVD of the band’s appearances on Top of the Pops and the Old Grey Whistle Test. Lynott passed away in 1986.

Blue Öyster Cult : The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (16 CD + DVD + DVDRIP, 2012/FLAC)

 

Originally formed in Long Island as Soft White Underbelly in 1967, Blue Oyster Cult combined adventurous lyrical themes with an aggressive instrumental sound. With passion and intelligence on display in equal measure, Blue Oyster Cult became the thinking fan's rock band and a sign of life in a sea of dull, anemic soft-pop. Anthems like "Godzilla," "Harvester of Eyes" and "Don't Fear the Reaper" stretched the boundaries of rock topics while lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser became a hero to legions of budding axe-wielders. The band's mystique extended to their album artwork, resulting in some of the most distinctive and iconic LP covers of the rock era. 

Eleven of the American rock band’s studio albums are included in The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (ending with 1988’s Imginos), alongside three live releases, a live DVD and two bonus CDs of rarities and live radio performances.

Many of the discs retain the bonus tracks from previous releases and the set also includes newly mastered versions of On Your Feet or on Your Knees, Fire of Unknown Origin, The Revölution by Night, Mirrors, Cultösaurus Erectus, Extraterrestrial Live, Club Ninja and Imaginos.

1. Blue Oyster Cult (1972 – studio – with 2001 CD bonus tracks)

2. Tyranny and Mutation (1973 – studio – with 2001 CD bonus tracks)

3. Secret Treaties (1974 – studio – with 2001 CD bonus tracks)

4. On Your Feet or on Your Knees (1975 – live) – 2012 Remaster

5. Agents of Fortune (1976 – studio – with 2001 CD bonus tracks)

6. Spectres (1977 – studio – with 2007 CD bonus tracks)

7. Some Enchanted Evening CD (1978 – live – with 2007 CD bonus tracks)

8. Some OTHER Enchanted Evening DVD (1978 – live)

9. Mirrors (1979 – studio) – 2012 Remaster

10. Cultosaurus Erectus (1980 – studio) – 2012 Remaster

11. Fire of Unknown Origin (1981 – studio) – 2012 Remaster

12. Extraterrestrial Live (1982 – live) – 2012 Remaster

13. The Revolution By Night (1983 – studio) – 2012 Remaster

14. Club Ninja (1985 – studio) – 2012 Remaster

15. Imaginos (1988 – studio) – 2012 Remaster

16. Rarities

17. Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts