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

 

AC/DC - The Complete Soundboard Collection With Bon Scott 1976-1979 [13 CD + DVD + DVDRIP, 2011/FLAC]

 

Bon Scott , the charismatic and now legendary front man for AC/DC who died on the eve of superstardom and who left a incredible musical legacy, the man who gave us such memorable quotes as “people ask me if i’m AC or DC, neither I’m the lightning in the middle” is the subject, or catalyst, for this exciting new release. Without alot of hoopla along comes this box set that presents all of the soundboard live recordings that feature Bon Scott on vocals. Since the band was in their formative years and were a touring band they used radio as a means to get their music out to people to be heard, the majority of this set is culled from these radio broadcasts. They are not only among the best in quality but also performance.

Since AC/DC themselves have released a lot from their vaults in terms of audio and video of the Bon Scott era these recordings are the missing pieces of the puzzle and for any collector must be considered essential documents, thankfully they can be heard the way the band intended, at high volumes. While all these recordings circulate in trading circles and many have been released on vinyl or CD bootlegs most are out of print and scarce so this is an excellent way to have them all one set. 

 

Soft Machine - Original Album Classics (5 CD, 2010/FLAC)

 

(1970) Third 

(1971) Fourth 

(1972) Fifth 

(1973) Six 

(1973) Seven 

Eloy discography [1971-2023] (FLAC)

 

Taking their name from the "Eloi", the futuristic race of people in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, ELOY was initially formed in 1969 in Germany. Inspired by THE SHADOWS and THE BEATLES, they became one of the major bands in the progressive rock scene highly influenced by the space rock of PINK FLOYD. They started off in Germany as a hard rock band with a political bent, but soon drifted into a spacier progressive rock sound. They have had a number of turnovers, with a major split in the 1980s that resulted in a move into more of a mainstream direction. Based mainly on founder Frank BORNEMANN's guitar solos, their music evolved to include more synthesizers and choirs.

1971 - Eloy

1971 - Eloy (1997 Second Battle 2 CD Edition)

1971 - Eloy (2008 Remastered with bonus tracks)

1973 - Inside

1973 - Inside (2000 Remaster)

1974 - Floating

1974 - Floating (2000 Remaster)

1975 - Power And The Passion

1975 - Power And The Passion (2000 Remaster)

1976 - Dawn

1976 - Dawn (2004 Remaster)

1977 - Ocean

1977 - Ocean (2004 Remaster)

1978 - Live (2004 Remaster)

1979 - Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes

1979 - Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes (2005 Remaster)

1980 - Colours

1980 - Colours (2005 Remaster)

1981 - Planets

1981 - Planets (2005 Remaster)

1982 - Time to Turn

1982 - Time To Turn (2005 Remaster)

1983 - Performance

1983 - Performance (2005 Remaster)

1984 - Metromania

1984 - Metromania - (2005 Remaster)

1988 - Ra

1991 - Rarities

1992 - Destination

1993 - Chronicles I

1994 - Chronicles II

1994 - The Tides Return Forever

1994 - The Tides Return Forever (2011 Remaster)

1998 - Ocean 2 - The Answer

2009 - Visionary

2014 - Reincarnation On Stage 2 CD

2017 - The Vision, The Sword & The Pyre. Part 1

2019 - The Vision, The Sword & The Pyre. Part II

2023 - Echoes from the past

The Rolling Stones - Unsurpassed Masters Vol. 1-7 (1963-79)

The Rolling Stones 

Unsurpassed Masters 

7 Volumes, 8 CD

Alt mixes, demos, BBC, backing tracks. Covers the period of 1963 through 1979, when the Stones were at their creative best. 

Widespread Panic - Porch Songs releases [ 2009-2017] (320)

 In December 2009, Widespread Panic began releasing 2-track soundboard recordings of various archived shows. Because soundboard recordings are less time-consuming than multi-tracks, this project, named Porch Songs, allows the band to deliver show recordings in a timely fashion while they continue to release 3–4 multi-track recordings a year.

Yes - Yes, Friends And Relatives Vol. 1 & 2 [1998,2000/FLAC]

 Yes, Friends And Relatives is a compilation album of solo material, released in 1998 by Yes. It was followed in 2000 by Yes, Friends And Relatives Vol. 2. 

Eric Clapton & Mark Knopfler - Live At Knebworth (1990) (TVRIP video)

 

The Knebworth Festival is a recurring open-air rock and pop concert held on the grounds of the Knebworth House in Knebworth, England. The festival first occurred in July 1974 when The Allman Brothers Band, The Doobie Brothers and other artists attracted 60,000 people. The last festival to date occurred in July 2014.

Since then the venue has hosted numerous outdoor concerts, featuring artists including The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, Deep Purple, Queen (their 1986 concert at the venue their last with Freddie Mercury), Status Quo, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Phil Collins, Robert Plant, Dire Straits, Mike Oldfield, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robbie Williams, and Oasis. 

 

Cat Stevens - Back to Earth (5 CD Super Deluxe 40th Anniversary Edition, 2020/FLAC)

 

In 1978, after having sold millions of records and become one of the biggest international artists of the 1970s, Cat Stevens decided to step out of the rock star spotlight and walk away. That year, he was to release his final album under that name.

While Stevens’ legions of fans were saddened by the news, along with the musicians who had played with him on record and stage, the singer himself was exhilarated by the prospect of moving on. “It was like going back to my original nature,” he reflected at the time. “Back to wide-eyed childhood again”. The appropriately-titled Back To Earth was his parting gift: an album that saw the London-born singer saying farewell to his fans, while obliquely explaining his decision to quit in songs such as ‘Last Love Song’ and ‘Just Another Night’.

“What’s going on behind the appearance of stardom or the stage itself can be a completely different world,” he says now, “and that’s what it was a lot of the time. I kept my sanity and I kept my eyes open.”In May 2019, Back To Earth is to be reissued in various formats on Cat-O-Log Records / BMG, including a 6 Disc, 2LP Deluxe Boxset featuring the original album (remastered at Abbey Road), along with demos, unreleased tracks, and material from UNICEF’s 1979 Year Of The Child concert, the singer’s last live performance as Cat Stevens. 

 

Chickenfoot - I+III+LV (Limited Edition Box Set) [3 CD, 2012/FLAC)

Chickenfoot is a hard rock supergroup formed in 2008. The group consists of vocalist Sammy Hagar (ex-Van Halen and Montrose), bassist Michael Anthony (also ex-Van Halen), guitarist Joe Satriani, and drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers). Due to Smith's consistent recording and touring commitments to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kenny Aronoff joined the group in 2011 as a touring replacement drummer. While the band has not formally announced a breakup, in June 2016 Smith said that he had doubts about its survival due to their busy schedules.

The group has released two studio albums, one live album, and one box set.

While the band's name and logo are a disparaging term for the peace symbol, the "footprint of the chicken", bassist Michael Anthony asserts that the name originated from initial jam sessions between Hagar, Smith, and himself: "there are three talons on a chicken's foot and there are three of us." Anthony later stated: "it was just supposed to be a bullshit name that we'd used for a while, and then the rumors spread about the band, everybody used that name so we thought, 'fuck it, let's call it Chickenfoot'—it all comes down to the music anyway." Chickenfoot's second studio album, Chickenfoot III, was released on September 27, 2011.

• Sammy Hagar — lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Joe Satriani — lead guitar, keyboards
• Michael Anthony — bass guitar, backing vocals
• Chad Smith — drums, percussion

The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society 1968 [5 CD, 2018/FLAC]

 

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is the sixth studio album by the English rock group the Kinks, released in November 1968. It was the last album by the original quartet (Ray Davies, Dave Davies, Pete Quaife, Mick Avory), as bassist Quaife left the group in early 1969. A collection of vignettes of English life, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society was assembled from songs written and recorded over the previous two years.

Although the record is widely considered one of the most influential and important works by the Kinks, it failed to chart upon release, selling about 100,000 copies. In 2003 the album was ranked number 255 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

 

The Beatles - Hours of Darkness (14 CD/FLAC)

 

14 cds containing the Get back sessions and other bonuses.

Disc 01 - The Best Part of Breakin' Up

Disc 02 - Music From Big Pink

Disc 03 - The Basement Tapes

Disc 04 - Loaded

Disc 05 - Bridge Over Troubled Water

Disc 06 - Kick Out the Jams

Disc 07 - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Disc 08 - Last Time Around

Disc 09 - A Collection of Beatle Oldies

Disc 10 - In Search of the Lost Chord

Disc 11 - An Ear To The Sounds Of Our History (Part One)

Disc 12 - An Ear To The Sounds Of Our History (Part Two)

Disc 13 - Silver Apples

Disc 14 - Aerial Ballet

Eric Clapton And Steve Winwood - Exotic Summer [European Tour 2010, 24 CD]

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood first connected in 1969 when they formed Blind Faith with Ginger Baker and Rick Grech. One of rock music's first "supergroups", the band was short-lived and released only one album. The eagerly anticipated 2010 European dates follow last summer’s U.S. Tour. Their three amazing nights at Madison Square Garden in February 2008 were captured on Live From Madison Square Garden. Released in May 2009, the DVD and CD sets highlight the duo’s shared history in Blind Faith, their abiding love of the blues, coupled with some signature solo songs and a few of their personal favorites.

Chris Stainton first joined Eric Clapton's band in 1979 and has been an integral part of EC's touring and recording bands for much of the last 30 years. Steve Gadd first joined Clapton’s band during the blues tour and remained with the band until 1996. He then rejoined Eric’s band from September 1998 through the 2004 World Tour and again from May 2009. Sharon White and Michelle John joined Eric Clapton’s band in 2004 while bass legend Willie Weeks signed on in 2006. 

• Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
• Steve Winwood – hammond organ, piano, guitar, vocals
• Chris Stainton – keyboards
• Willie Weeks –bass
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Michelle John – backing vocals
• Sharon White – backing vocals

 

Level 42 - The Complete Polydor Years: 1985-1989 (10 CD, 2021/FLAC)

 The Complete Polydor Years 1985-1989 contains the 1985 live album A Physical Presence and three studio albums: World Machine (1985), Running in the Family (1987) and Staring at the Sun (1988).

That’s five CDs to cover the albums. A further five discs brings together B-sides, 7″ remixes, 12-inch remixes and other rarities from this period. Like the first, very well received, box set this has been compiled in conjunction with Level 42 and band experts Paul Wallace, Paul Waller and Simon Carson.

 

 

Grateful Dead - Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 (4 CD, 2002) [FLAC]

 

Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 is a live box set from the Grateful Dead that collects performances from seven of their eight shows in England during their spring 1972 tour of Europe (their first tour of the UK and continental Europe)

The band visited England three times on the tour. They had booked four concerts in London (condensed to two) and one for Newcastle before touring mainland Europe. After the tour began, an opportunity came to return to England to play the stormy Bickershaw Festival, in between dates in Paris and Amsterdam. To make up for the poor sound and crowded shows at the last-minute replacement venue, the Empire Pool, they added more dates at the end of the tour, returning again to London for four performances at the acoustically favorable Lyceum Theatre in the West End. 

Grateful Dead

•     Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
•     Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals
•     Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - organ, harmonica, vocals
•     Phil Lesh - bass guitar, vocals
•     Bill Kreutzmann - drums
•     Keith Godchaux - piano
•     Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals

The Doors - The Doors: Box Set (4 CD, 1997) [FLAC]

 The Doors: Box Set is a box set compilation of recordings by American rock band the Doors, released on October 28, 1997. The four-disc set includes previously rare and unreleased studio, live and demo recordings, as well as a disc of the band's personal favorite tracks culled from their official discography. 

The Who - The First Singles Box (12 CDs, 2004/FLAC)

 The 1st Singles Box is a box set compilation of singles recorded by the Who throughout their history. The album was released exclusively in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2004. It was considered the counterpart to the other compilation album by the Who, entitled Then and Now. The album was set with twelve compact discs containing two songs each, a la the A-side and B-side of the original single. Each individual CD was encased by a paper sleeve representing the single's original artwork from a particular country.

 

 

Grateful Dead - Spring 1990 (The Other One) [23 CD, 2014] [24-192 + 320]

 Spring 1990 (The Other One) is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Packaged as a box set, it contains eight complete concerts on 23 CDs, recorded during the band's spring 1990 concert tour. It was produced as a limited edition of 9,000 numbered copies, and was released by Rhino Records on September 9, 2014. In addition to the music CDs, the box set includes a 144-page paperback book, three art prints, and replica tickets stubs and backstage passes from all eight shows.

Joan Baez - Rare, Live & Classic (3 CD, 1993/FLAC)

Rare, Live & Classic is a 1993 box set compilation by Joan Baez. Released on Vanguard, where Baez had recorded her most influential work during the first twelve years of her career, the set also included material from her subsequent record labels, A&M, Columbia and Gold Castle Records, as well as a number of previously unreleased studio and live recordings. Bob Dylan, Bob Gibson, Mimi Fariña, Judy Collins, Odetta and Kris Kristofferson are among those who make guest appearances on the various tracks; also included were two tracks from a never-released album recorded in 1981 with the Grateful Dead.  

 

Pink Floyd - Games For May 1967 [4 CD limited edition, 1999/FLAC]

1,000 sets made , this is a 4 CD set of previously unreleased studio sessions spanning Floyd's entire career up to Roger Waters leaving the band.

The Games for May concert, which took place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on May 12th 1967, was one of the first significant concert events held by Pink Floyd