Colin Blunstone - Collected (3 CD, 2014) [FLAC)

 

Colin Edward Michael Blunstone (born 24 June 1945) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Blunstone came to prominence in the mid 1960s as the lead singer of the English rock band the Zombies, which released four singles that entered the Top 75 charts in the United States during the 1960s, including "She's Not There", "Tell Her No", "She's Coming Home", and "Time of the Season". Blunstone began his solo career in 1969, releasing three singles under a pseudonym of Neil MacArthur. Since then, he has released ten studio albums and one live album under his real name. His solo hits include "She's Not There", "Say You Don't Mind", "I Don't Believe in Miracles", "How Could We Dare to Be Wrong", "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted", and "The Tracks of My Tears". In 2019, Blunstone was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of The Zombies.

He is also known for his participation on various albums with the Alan Parsons Project, as he sang their song "Old and Wise" which became famous with Blunstone's vocals. 

The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (1980) [Deluxe edition, 3 CD, 2023/FLAC]

The Turn of a Friendly Card is the fifth studio album by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1980 by Arista Records. The title piece, which appears on side 2 of the LP, is a 16-minute suite broken up into five tracks. The Turn of a Friendly Card spawned the hits "Games People Play" and "Time", the latter of which was Eric Woolfson's first lead vocal appearance.

This 3 CD Deluxe edition is emastered and remixed from the original master tapes by Alan Parsons. Featuring an additional 42 bonus tracks drawn from Eric Woolfson's songwriting diaries, studio session out-takes and a stunning new 5. 1 surround sound from the original multi-track master tapes by Alan Parsons 

Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982) [24-96]

Eye in the Sky is the sixth studio album by British rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released in May 1982 by Arista Records.

The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky [35th Anniversary Collector’s Edition, 3 CD, 2017/FLAC]

Eye in the Sky provided the Alan Parsons Project with their first Top Ten hit since 1977’s I Robot, and it’s hard not to feel that crossover success was one of the driving forces behind this album.

The Alan Parsons Project - Original Albums Classics (5 CD, 2010/FLAC)

 

CD1 - 1978 - Pyramid (2008 Remastered)

CD2 - 1980 - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (2008 Remastered)

CD3 - 1979 - Eve (2008 Remastered)

CD4 - 1986 - Stereotomy (2008 Remastered)

CD5 - 1987 - Gaudi (2008 Remastered)

Chris Rainbow- Anthology 1974-1981 [2 CD, 2001/FLAC]

Chris Rainbow (born Christopher James Harley; 18 November 1946 - 25 February 2015), also known as Christopher Rainbow, was a Scottish rock singer and musician who had two hit songs, "Give Me What I Cry For" and "Solid State Brain" in the 1970s.

Apart from his solo career, he made frequent vocal contributions to The Alan Parsons Project, starting on their 1979 Eve album through to their 1987 album Gaudi, and Eric Woolfson's Freudiana (1990) (an APP album in all but name).


Before he sang lead for the Alan Parsons Project, Chris Rainbow had embarked on a solo career in 1974. For six years, he recorded in the U.K. for EMI Records and Polydor Records, and he also acted as producer and wrote his own material. His first experience in a band occurred just two years before he went solo, in his hometown of Glasgow in a group known as Hope Street. He and his bandmates had been given a contract to record and publish with a London company; but in 1973, Polydor's Nicky Graham heard a demo of a trio of Rainbow's self-penned numbers and he secured his own four-year contract thanks to Norman Jones, a friend of the singer's who submitted the tape. In addition to his recording deal with Polydor, Rainbow signed a deal to publish with Warner Bros. U.K. Jones, who changed his name to Van Den Berg, took on the task of managing his friend's career, and Rainbow -- a pseudonym the artist adopted in 1974 -- went on to put out two albums with Polydor, Looking Over My Shoulder and Home of the Brave. Five singles followed: "Living in the World Today," "All Night," "Mr. Man," "Give Me What I Cry For," and "Solid State Brain." When Jones relocated to California in 1977, Rainbow hired David Knights, formerly of Procol Harum. Knights remained Rainbow's manager through 1986. During this time, Rainbow also wrote advertising jingles for BBC Radio One and Capitol Radio.