Mott the Hoople 1969-2007 [FLAC]

Mott the Hoople were an English rock band with strong R&B roots and dominant in the glam rock era of the early to mid 1970s. They are popularly known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.

• Ian Hunter – born Ian Hunter Patterson, 3 June 1939, Oswestry, Shropshire, England – vocals, guitar, piano (1969–1974)
• Mick Ralphs – born Michael Geoffrey Ralphs, 31 March 1944, Hereford, Herefordshire, England – guitar, vocals, keyboards (1969–1973)
• Verden Allen – born Terrence Verden Allen, 26 May 1944, Woodland Road, Crynant, Neath, Wales – organ, backing vocals (up to 1972)
• Pete Overend Watts – born Peter Watts, 13 May 1947, Yardley, Birmingham, England – bass guitar, backing vocals, guitar (1969–1980)
• Dale "Buffin" Griffin – born Terence Dale Griffin, 24 October 1948, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England – drums, backing vocals, percussion (1969–1980)

Later members

• Ariel Bender – born Luther James Grosvenor, 23 December 1946, Evesham, Worcestershire, England – guitar, backing vocals (1973–1974)
• Morgan Fisher – born Stephen Morgan Fisher, 1 January 1950, Middlesex Hospital, Fitzrovia, West End of London, England – keyboards, backing vocals (1973–1980)
• Mick Ronson - born Michael Ronson, 26 May 1946, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England – guitar, backing vocals (1974)
• Mick Bolton - born Michael Bolton, 20 December 1948, Wigan, Lancashire, England - Hammond Organ, Yamaha keyboard, backing vocals (1973)

1969 - Mott The Hoople

1970 - Mad Shadows

1971- Wildlife

1971- Brain Capers

1972 - All The Young Dudes

1973 - Mott

1974- The Hoople

1974- Live (30th Anniversary Edition)

1975 - Drive On

1976 - Greatest Hits

1980 - Two Miles From Heaven

1993 - The Ballad Of Mott (A Retrospective)

2007 - Fairfield Halls, Live 1970

Commander Cody discography [1971-2018]

 

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were equally adept at stripped-down basic rock & roll, R&B, and gritty country-rock. Commander Cody's country-rock rocked harder than the Eagles or Poco -- essentially, the group was a bar band. Much like English pub rock bands like Brinsley Schwarz and Ducks Deluxe, Commander Cody resisted the overblown and bombastic trends of early-'70s rock, preferring a basic no-frills approach. Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen never had the impact of the British pub rockers, yet their straightforward energy gave their records a distinguishing drive; they could play country, Western swing, rockabilly, and R&B, and it all sounded convincing.

Burton Cummings 1976-2008 [FLAC]

Burton Lorne Cummings OC OM (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician. He is best known for leading The Guess Who during that band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and for a lengthy solo career.

Cummings has been inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been cited as one of the most influential performers in Canadian rock music. He has also been named as an officer of the Order of Canada and Order of Manitoba. The Burton Cummings Theatre and Burton Cummings Community Centre in Winnipeg are named in his honour.

1976. Burton Cummings - Burton Cummings

1977. Burton Cummings - My Own Way To Rock

1978. Burton Cummings - Dream Of A Child

1980. Burton Cummings - The Best Of

1980. Burton Cummings - Woman Love

1990. Burton Cummings - Plus Signs

1994. Burton Cummings - The Burton Cummings Collection

1996. Burton Cummings - Up Close And Alone

2006. Bachman Cummings - Bachman Cummings Songbook

2007. Bachman Cummings - Jukebox

2008. Burton Cummings - Above The Ground

 

Crack the Sky discography 1975-2023

 

Crack the Sky is an American progressive rock band formed in Weirton, West Virginia in the early 1970s. In 1975, Rolling Stone Magazine declared their first album "debut album of the year", and in 1978, Rolling Stone Record Guide compared them to Steely Dan; their first three albums charted on the Billboard 200. The band has never achieved great success outside the Baltimore area; despite this, they continue to release albums and perform to a small but devoted fan base to this day.

Crack The Sky-(1975)- Crack The Sky (2002 Remastered)

Crack The Sky-(1976)- Animal Notes

Crack The Sky-(1978)- Live Sky

Crack The Sky-(1978)- Safety in Numbers

Crack The Sky-(1980)- White Music

Crack The Sky-(1981)- Photoflamingo

Crack The Sky-(1983)- World in Motion 1

Crack The Sky-(1987)- Raw

Crack The Sky-(1988)- Live on WBAB Plus Bonus Cuts from Live Sky

Crack The Sky-(1989)- Dog City

Crack The Sky-(1989)- From The Greenhouse

Crack The Sky-(1994)- Rare!

Crack The Sky-(1997)- Crack Attic (The Best Of Crack The Sky)

Crack The Sky-(1998)- Cut

Crack The Sky-(1999)- Live Recher Theatre 06.19.99

Crack The Sky-(2001)- Ghost

Crack The Sky-(2003)- Dogs From Japan

Crack The Sky-(2006)- Alive And Kickin' Ass

Crack The Sky-(2007)- Safety in Numbers- 21St Century Redux

Crack The Sky-(2007)- The Sale

Crack The Sky-(2010)- Machine

Crack The Sky-(2012)- Ostrich

Crack The Sky-(2018)- Living in Reverse

Crack The Sky-(2021)- Between the Cracks

Crack The Sky-(2021)- Tribes

Crack The Sky-(2023)- From The Wood

Genesis discography 1969-1997 [FLAC]

 

Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Phil Collins (lead vocals, piano and drums), Mike Rutherford (guitar and bass guitar), and Tony Banks (keyboards). Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett also played major roles in the band in its early years. 

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - The Classic Albums Collection [11 CD, 2011] [FLAC + 320]

 

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) were a British rock group from Birmingham, England, who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.

 

 

War / Eric Burdon and War 1970-2014 [FLAC + 320]

 

War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "Summer", "Why Can't We Be Friends?, "The Cisco Kid", and "The World Is a Ghetto". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was also subject to many line-up changes over the course of its formation, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up.

Although War's lyrics are often socio-political in nature, their music usually had a laid-back, California funk vibe. A particular feature of War's sound is the use of harmonica and saxophone playing melody lines in unison, sounding like a single instrument, for example in the melody of "Low Rider". The music has been sampled and recorded by many singers and groups, ranging from R&B/pop singers such as Janet Jackson to nu metal band Korn and hip hop groups like TLC.

1970 - Eric Burdon &  War - The Black Man's Burdon 2CD

1970 - Eric Burdon & War - Declares

1970 - War

1971 - All Day Music

1972 - The World is a Ghetto

1973 - Deliver The Word

1974 - War Live 2CD

1975 - Why Can't We Be Friends

1976 - Eric Burdon & War -  Love Is All Around

1976 - Platinum Jazz (Avenue 24 Karat Gold Collection)

1977 - Galaxy

1987 - The Best of War... and More

1995 - Eric Burdon & The War - The Best Of

1996 - Anthology 2CD

2003 - The Very Best Of War 2CD

Deep Purple 1968-2021 [FLAC]

With a body of work spanning nearly seven decades, England's Deep Purple are bona fide classic rock royalty. Along with Cream, Black Sabbath, and Led Zeppelin, they defined hard rock and early heavy metal. Though their lineup has constantly evolved, Deep Purple effectively made music a career for guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, bassist Roger Glover, vocalists Ian Gillan and David Coverdale, and organist/composer Jon Lord. Shortly before his death in 2012, Lord attributed Deep Purple's success in selling more than 100 million albums to "musical restlessness." 

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Collection 1970-1994 (15 Mini LP SHM-CD Japan 2010/FLAC)

 

Studio :

1970 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (00:58:57)

1971 - Tarkus (00:42:35)

1972 - Trilogy (00:59:21)

1973 - Brain Salad Surgery (01:00:10)

1977 - Works Volume 1 / 2CD (01:44:44)

1977 - Works Volume 2 (00:54:34)

1978 - Love Beach (00:57:45)

1992 - Black Moon (00:51:12)

1994 - In The Hot Seat (01:04:10)

Live :

1971 - Pictures At An Exhibition (00:53:00)

1974 - Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends ~ Ladies And Gentlemen / 2CD (01:55:56)

1993 - Works Live / 2CD (01:27:51)

Eric Steckel 2002-2020 [FLAC]

Eric Steckel (born 1990) is an American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. To date, Steckel has released 12 albums, and toured worldwide sharing the billing with Steve Vai, Gregg Allman, Johnny Winter, John Mayall, Ray Charles, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, and others. In 2021, Steckel was named one of "10 Future Blues Stars” by Guitar Player.

2002 - A Few Degrees Warmer

2004 - High Action

2006 - Live at Havana

2007 - Early Pickin'

2008 - Feels Like Home

2010 - Milestone

2012 - Dismantle the Sun

2015 - Eric Steckel - Black Gold

2018 - Polyphonic Prayer

2020 - Grandview Drive

Krokus 1977-2010 [FLAC]

Switzerland's most successful hard rock band, Krokus enjoyed international popularity in the 1980s and onward for their aggressive, straightforward variety of European metal. Hailing from the Swiss city of Solothurn, Krokus was formed in 1974 by guitarist Tommy Kiefer and percussionist Chris Von Rohr. Initially performing an eclectic and artful brand of prog rock, Krokus released their first album in 1976, with the founders joined by guitarist Hansi Droz and bassist Remo Spadino. Krokus' second album, To You All, found them pursuing a tougher hard rock sound with a revamped lineup: Von Rohr moved from drums to vocals, Fernando Von Arb came on board as second guitarist, and the band had a new rhythm section, bassist Jurg Naegeli and drummer Freddy Steady (the new members were all previously with the group Montezuma). As Krokus moved toward a harder and leaner sound influenced by AC/DC, they decided they wanted a stronger vocalist, and Von Rohr moved to bass while Marc Storace, a former member of Eazy Money, became their new lead singer, joining in time for the sessions for 1980's Metal Rendez-Vous.

1977 - To You All [2001]

1978 - Pay It In Metal [Painkiller]

1980 - Metal Rendez-vous

1981 - Hardware

1982 - One Vice at a Time

1983 - Headhunter

1984 - The Blitz

1986 - Alive and Screamin

1986 - Change Of Address [1995]

1987 - Stayed Awake All Night - The Best Of Krokus [1989]

1988 - Heart Attack

1990 - Stampede

1995 - To Rock Or Not To Be [2002]

1999 - Round 13

2000 - The Definitive Collection

2003 - Long Stick Goes Boom - The Anthology

2003 - Rock the Block

2004 - Fire & Gasoline Live

2006 - Hellraiser

2010 - Hoodoo

Focus- Hocus Pocus Box [13 CD, 2017] (FLAC + 320)

 

Innovative Dutch rock band Focus see their albums collected in a new and comprehensive 13CD box set called Hocus Pocus Box.

Aside from the very recent Focus 8.5 (issued on their own label in 2016) this new box set collects all ten studio albums from those purveyors of progressive rock/jazz/classical, starting with 1970’s Focus Plays Focus/In And Out Of Focus moving all the way through to 2012’s Focus X.

Cream discography [FLAC]

 

Cream were a 1960s British blues-rock band and supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer/vocalist Ginger Baker. Their sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues, hard rock and psychedelic rock, combining Eric Clapton's blues guitar playing with the voice and basslines of Jack Bruce and the jazz-influenced drumming of Baker.

1966 Fresh Cream

1967 Disraeli Gears

1968 Wheels Of Fire

1969 Goodbye

1970 Live Cream

1972 Live Cream Vol. 2

2003 BBC Sessions

2005 Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005

Renaissance 1969-1979 [FLAC]

 

The history of Renaissance is essentially the history of two separate groups, rather similar to the two phases of the Moody Blues or the Drifters. The original group was founded in 1969 by ex-Yardbirds members Keith Relf and Jim McCarty as a sort of progressive folk-rock band, who recorded two albums (of which only the first, self-titled LP came out in America, on Elektra Records) but never quite made it, despite some success on England's campus circuit.

The band went through several membership changes, with Relf and his sister Jane (who later fronted the very Renaissance-like Illusion) exiting and McCarty all but gone after 1971. The new lineup formed around the core of bassist Jon Camp, keyboard player John Tout, and Terry Sullivan on drums, with Annie Haslam, an aspiring singer with operatic training and a three-octave range. 

1969 - Renaissance

1971 - Illusion

1972 - Prologue

1973 - Ashes Are Burning

1974 - Turn Of A Cards

1975 - Scheherazade And Other Stories

1976 - Live At Carnegie Hall

1977 - Novella

1979 - Azure D'or

Ronnie Earl 1987-2022 [FLAC]

One of the finest blues guitarists to emerge from the 1980s, Ronnie Earl's emotionally rich, technically dazzling playing style crisscrosses the genre's history and often incorporates elements from jazz, soul, and rock. Solo and with longtime band the Broadcasters, he has released dozens of albums resulting in multiple "Guitar Player of the Year" prizes. Influenced by spiritual themes, Earl's instrumental acumen has fueled celebrated recordings including 1993's Still River and 1996's Language of the Soul. After 2000's The Colour of Love cracked the Top 200, he signed with Canada's powerhouse independent Stony Plain for 2004's I Feel Like Goin' On. 2009's Healing Time charted internationally, while 2016's Maxwell Street delivered a raucous tribute to Chicago blues. 2019's Beyond the Blue Door was a star-studded collection of blues, R&B, and rock covers. Earl followed it up with 2020's socially conscious Rise Up, and 2022's cover-heavy Mercy Me. 

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band discography [1967-2009]

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded as The Dirt Band. Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Jimmie Fadden. Multi-instrumentalist John McEuen was with the band from 1966 to 1986 and returned during 2001. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter joined the band in 1977. The band is often cited as instrumental to the progression of contemporary country and roots music.

1967  - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1967  - Ricochet

1968 - Rare Junk

1970 - Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy

1971 - All The Good Times

1972 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol.1

1974 - Stars & Stripes Forever

1975 - Symphonion Dream

1978 - The Dirt Band

1979 - An American Dream

1980 - Make A Little Magic

1981 - Jealousy

1983 - Let's Go

1984 - Plain Dirt Fashion

1985 - Partners,Brothers And Friends

1987 - Hold On

1988 - Workin' Band

1989 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol.2

1990 - The Rest Of The Dream

1992 - Not Fade Away

1994 - Acoustic

1997 - The Christmas Album

1999 - Bang Bang Bang

2002 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol.3 

2004 - Welcome To Woody Creek

2009 - Speed Of Life

 

Lightnin' Hopkins collection 1960-2002 [FLAC]

Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 — January 30, 1982) was a country blues guitarist, from Houston, Texas, United States.

Hopkins' style was born from spending many hours playing informally without a backing band. His distinctive fingerstyle playing often included playing, in effect, bass, rhythm, lead, percussion, and vocals, all at the same time. He played both "alternating" and "monotonic" bass styles incorporating imaginative, often chromatic turnarounds and single note lead lines. Tapping or slapping the body of his guitar added rhythmic accompaniment.

Ronnie Wood discography 1974-2021 [FLAC]

Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as an official member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers - discography 1984-2022 [24-96/192]

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1982, comprising vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante. Their music incorporates elements of alternative rock, funk, punk rock, hard rock, hip hop, and psychedelic rock. Their eclectic range has influenced genres such as funk metal, rap metal, rap rock, and nu metal. With over 120 million records sold worldwide, Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the best-selling bands of all time. They hold the records for most number-one singles (15), most cumulative weeks at number one (91) and most top-ten songs (28) on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. They have won six Grammy Awards, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, and in 2022 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 

Maria Muldaur discography 1968-2021 [FLAC]

Best known for her seductive '70s pop staple "Midnight at the Oasis," Maria Muldaur has since become an acclaimed interpreter of just about every stripe of American roots music: blues, early jazz, gospel, folk, country, R&B, and so on. While these influences were certainly present on her more pop-oriented '70s recordings (as befitting her Greenwich Village folkie past), Muldaur came into her own as a true roots music stylist during the '90s, when she developed a particular fascination with the myriad sounds of Louisiana. On the string of well-received albums that followed, Muldaur tied her eclecticism together with the romantic sensuality that had underpinned much of her best work ever since the beginning of her career.