Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus (Super Deluxe, 8 CD, 2022) [FLAC]

With their 1978 double concert album WAITING FOR COLUMBUS, Little Feat staked their claim as one of the premier live bands of the ‘70s. Recorded over a series of dates in London and Washington, D.C. over the summer of 1977, WAITING FOR COLUMBUS vividly captures the L.A. sextet at a crossroads between its swampy mid-'70s fusion of blues, country, jazz and New Orleans R&B. This special 8CD SUPER DELUXE EDITION comprises the original album remastered across CDs 1 and 2 with the remaining 6 discs comprising 3 previously unreleased in full live shows from the original run of live recordings that comprised the WAITING FOR COLUMBUS album. CDs 3 and 4 include a previously unreleased live show recorded at Manchester City Hall in Manchester, England on July 29, 1977. CDs 5 and 6 include a previously unreleased in full show recorded at The Rainbow in London, England on August 2, 1977. CDs 7 and 8 include a previously unreleased in full live show recorded at Lisner Auditorium in Washington D.C. on August 10, 1977. It’s a deep dive into truly one of the best live albums ever and is the definitive edition of a classic that truly will "boogie your speakers away.

 

Endless Boogie 2008-2019 Vol.01 [6CDs]

Endless Boogie is an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Brooklyn, New York. The current line-up of the band consists of Paul Major (vocals, guitar), Jesper Eklow (guitar), Marc Razo (bass) and Harry Druzd (drums). The band takes its name from John Lee Hooker's 1971 album of the same name.

The band was formed in 1997 by Matador Records employees and a professional record collector for jamming. Initially having no plans to record or to tour, the band played their first live show in 2001 as an opening act for Pavement's Stephen Malkmus. After releasing a pair of rare vinyl LPs from 2005, the band released the albums Focus Level in 2008 and Full House Head in 2010. Touring with bands such as Dungen and Circle, the band released their fourth album, Long Island in 2013

The band's style has been labeled as hard rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock and blues rock. The band's minimalist musical style also attributes krautrock influences, being described as "classic-rock-meets-krautrock" and " repetitive, one-chord riff-rock." The band described their musical style as "Kraut Southern rock."

The band's style also has been compared to those of ZZ Top, AC/DC, Teenage Head-era Flamin’ Groovies, Canned Heat, Amon Düül, Can, The Groundhogs, The Stooges and the Velvet Underground. Tom Hughes of The Guardian described Major's vocals as being "somewhere between a John Lee Hooker drawl and a Captain Beefheart honk

The band is known for "its minimalist jams both onstage and on record.

Two or three guitars, whatever amps you got, one wah pedal, one distortion box. The bass, the drums. Reluctant vocals, that’s all we need.

Present Band Members:

Paul "Top Dollar" Major – vocals, guitar

Jesper "The Governor" Eklow – guitar

Marc Razo – bass

Harry Druzd – drums

Former member - Chris Gray – drums

 

P/W - 33&third

 

 

Grateful Dead - View from the Vault [DVD 9, 2012]

View from the Vault, Volume One, sometimes known simply as View from the Vault, is the first release in a series of DVDs and companion soundtracks by the Grateful Dead known as "View from the Vault". The audio is taken from the soundboard and the video from the video screens at the concerts. The first volume was recorded and filmed at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on July 8, 1990 with bonus material recorded two days earlier at Cardinal Stadium, Louisville. 

Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals

Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals

Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals

Brent Mydland – Hammond organ, keyboards, vocals

Mickey Hart – drums, percussion

Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion

 

Phish - Live Bait series Vol.01-20 [FLAC]

 

Chicago - At Carnegie Hall, Vol I-IV (4 CD, 1971/FLAC)

 

After issuing three consecutive studio double LPs, Chicago topped themselves with this four-album live box set. As the title suggests, At Carnegie Hall, Vols. 1-4 (Chicago IV) (1971) finds the band at the venerable New York City venue during a five-night stand (April 5-April 10) in the spring of 1971. The septet — which includes the respective talents of Terry Kath (lead guitar/vocals), Robert Lamm (keyboards/vocals), Peter Cetera (bass/vocals), Danny Seraphine (drums), Lee Loughnane (trumpet/vocals), James Pankow, and Walter Parazaider (woodwinds/vocals) — were at their unquestionable peak of initial popularity.

 

 

Grateful Dead - Truckin' Up to Buffalo (DVD9, 2012)

 Truckin' Up to Buffalo is a double CD soundtrack to the DVD video of the same name by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park on July 4, 1989. There are no differences in the track listings of the CD and DVD versions. Two tracks had already been released: "All Along the Watchtower" was included in the compilation of Dylan songs, Postcards of the Hanging, and "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)" was released on Weir Here – The Best of Bob Weir. The album title is taken from a line in the band's song "Truckin'," though it was not included in the setlist that night. 

•    Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
•     Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
•     Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
•     Brent Mydland – keyboards, Hammond B3, vocals
•     Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
•     Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion

 

VA - Hall Of Fame (Rare And Unissued Gems From The FAME Vaults) Vol.1-3 [2012 - 2014]

Hall Of Fame, Vol. 01 Rare & Unissued Gems From The FAME Vaults [2012]

01 James Barnett You're So Fine 2:15
02 Jimmy Hughes I Worship The Ground You Walk On 2:28
03 June Conquest I Do 3:00
04 Richard Earl & The Corvettes Blind Can't See 2:33
05 Big Ben Atkins Tell It Like It Is 2:24
06 Jackie Almost Persuaded 2:48
07 Joe Simon When It Comes To Dancing 1:55
08 George Byrd & The Dominoes It Ain't No Harm 3:01
09 Prince Phillip Keep On Talking 3:04
10 Entertainers I Need Someone 2:45
11 Ben & Spence Hand Shakin' 2:57
12 James Gilreath Meet Me Tonight 2:45
13 Clarence Carter Tell Daddy 1:57
14 Ralph ''Soul'' Jackson You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy 2:18
15 Jimmy Hughes Steal Away '67 (Pt 1) 3:23
16 Otis Clay I'm Qualified 2:40
17 Marjorie Ingram In The Heat Of Love 2:26
18 Unknown Male Love Changes A Man 2:44
19 Clarence Carter Too Weak To Fight 2:08
20 Otis Clay Your Helping Hand 2:47
21 O.B. McClinton Two Big Legs And A Short Red Dress 2:41
22 Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces Baby Come Back 2:22
23 Travis Wammack Let's Do It Over 2:49
24 George Jackson For You 2:18

Hall Of Fame, Vol. 02 More Rare & Unissued Gems from the FAME Vaults [2013]

01 Unknown Female Another Good Woman Gone Bad 3:06
02 James Barnett It Tears Me Up 2:39
03 Ben & Spence Long Ago 2:57
04 June Conquest Don't Let It Be Said 2:42
05 George Jackson Take Me Back 2:05
06 Unknown Male Don't Count Me Out 2:53
07 Big Ben Atkins I Can't Stop (No No No) 2:21
08 Billy Young Have Pity On Me 2:30
09 George Jackson I Smell a Rat 2:37
10 Ralph ''Soul'' Jackson Don't Tear Yourself Down 2:26
11 Linda Carr Are You Teasing Me 2:45
12 Ben & Spence No One Left to Come Home To 2:56
13 Prince Phillip Fool for a Woman 2:42
14 Unknown Male Got to Get Over 2:34
15 Clarence Carter Take It All Off 2:04
16 Marjorie Ingram I'm Gonna Start Checking Up On My Man 2:45
17 Prince Phillip How Much More Can a Poor Man Stand 2:27
18 Unknown Female My Dreams Don't Ever Come True 2:33
19 George Soule Midnight Affair 3:22
20 Otis Clay That Kind of Lovin' 2:40
21 Clarence Carter They're Gonna Find Us (At the Dark End of the Street) 3:46
22 O.B. McClinton You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure 2:20
23 Joe Simon Get in a Hurry 2:21
24 Jackie Unfortunately 2:03

Hall Of Fame, Vol. 03 More Rare & Unissued Gems from the FAME Vaults [2014]

01 Billy & Clyde A World of My Own 2:55
02 Clarence Carter Hey Man 2:49
03 Dan Greer Don't Let a Good Thing Go to Waste 2:09
04 Ben & Spence L-O-V-E Love 2:43
05 Ralph Soul Jackson You Left the Water Running 2:43
06 Dan Brantley The Door to My Heart 2:33
07 Clarence Carter I Done Run Out 2:46
08 Billy Young You're Too Much 2:20
09 Roy Lee Johnson Ain't Nothin' Good About Bein' Lonely (Demo) 2:53
10 Big Ben Atkins Don't Raise Your Voice at Me 2:44
11 Unknown Male I'm in Love (That's All I Can Say) 3:15
12 Ben & Spence You're the One for Me 2:12
13 Billy Young Why Don't You Care 2:25
14 Roy Lee Johnson What Your Love's Gonna Turn Out to Be (Demo) 2:41
15 Herman Moore Come on Home 2:53
16 Otis Clay She's About a Mover 2:45
17 George Jackson I Don't Want to Know 3:22
18 Ben & Spence A Stone Loser 3:01
19 Clarence Carter I Feel a Burning 2:01
20 Herman Moore Love Light 2:47
21 Roy Lee Johnson Love is Calling on Me 2:53
22 Prince Phillip Hail! Hail! the Gang's All Here 2:31
23 Unknown Male Your Sister's Keeper 2:49
24 Otis Clay You Don't Miss Your Water 2:45

 

U2 - U22 (live 2 CD, 2012/FLAC)

 

'U22' is a limited edition, live 2-CD set documenting their U2360° Tour from 2009 to 2011. For subscribers only, this double-CD comes packaged in a U2.com LP-sized 24-page book and will not become commercially available.

On U2360° between 2009 and 2011, the band played 110 shows in 30 countries to 7 million people. There were at least 22 songs in the show every night, but over 26 months the set list was continually reinvented. By the last night more than fifty songs had featured, stretching from 2009's No Line On The Horizon all the way back to 1980's debut Boy. It was down to the subscribers of U2.com to decide on the 22 songs (via a vote) that appear on the 'U22'.

• Bono: Lead Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica
• The Edge: Guitars, Backing Vocals
• Adam Clayton: Bass Guitar
• Larry Mullen, Jr.: Drums, Percussion 

 

VA - African Guitar Box [5 LP, 2012]

 

5 LP box set of classic African guitar based music recorded between 1951 & 1970. Mostly solo performances with guitar & vocals. 

The first disc features classic acoustic guitar music from all over the African disporia, with an emphasis on Congolese & Kenyan artists. The second disc has all electric guitar performances with minimal accompaniment on percussion – nothing remotely funk based. The third disc features a mix of acoustic & electric performances. Disc four presents more challenging compositional music on acoustic guitar than found on the previous 3 discs – not easy listening by any means, but very rewarding. The final disc is the most sublime & peaceful acoustic guitar & vocal performances you could ever imagine!

The Allstars From Charlottesville VA. - Tip Your Waitress [1978]

 

In late December, 1972, Richard Green alit Amtrak’s Southern Crescent from NYC to Charlottesville, VA., bearing his life’s possessions—four records, a backpack and a Stratocaster—planning on a quick visit. Ten years later (neither he nor anyone else can remember exactly when), he decamped for Washington, DC, having increased his holdings to include a box of books, two boxes of records, a second guitar and a trash bag full of clothes.

In the intervening years, he formed, led and ultimately dissolved what arguably was the most influential central Virginia band of its period, the Charlottesville Allstars. The Allstars was the first local band to tour extensively, ultimately working 250 to 300 one-nighters per year. The band broke open major markets such as Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Atlanta for other local bands. Their sole album, “Tip Your Waitress,” was the only commercial LP released by any contemporary Charlottesville band. As many as 20 musicians passed through the Allstars lineup, including players who went on to notoriety in the Skip Castro Band and the Stoned Wheat Things.

Spurred by renewed interest in the 70s music scene inspired by the documentary film “Live . . . from the Hook,” the Allstars reunited in 2007 for a limited schedule of gigs. The current lineup represents the band’s definitive period, from 1976 to 1979. In addition to Green on guitar and vocals are virtuoso Doug Jay, harmonica and vocals; co-founder Steve Bliley, guitar; and the authoritative rhythm section of Paul Hammond, drums and vocals; and Steve Riggs, bass.

This re-release includes no less than 5 previously unreleased performances, all remastered for the digital domain.

• Lucille Schoettle: Vocals
• Dick Green: Vocals, Lead Guitar
• Doug Jay: Vocal Harmonica on "Mean Old Train"
• Steve Bliley: Rhythm Guitar
• Steve Riggs: Bass
• Steve Ramsay: Drums

Additional Musicians:

• Jimmy Thackery: Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Tom Principato: Guitar (Lead on cut 6)
• Sandy Gray: Guitar (cuts 17-20)
• Tony Pallagrosi: Trumpet (cut 20)
• Carlos Novi: Tenor Sax (cut 20)
• Dave Birkin: Tenor Sax
• Billy Clark: Alto Sax
• Paul Hammond: Drums, Vocals (cuts 17-20)

01. Bumble Bee (3:00)
02. Forty Days & Forty Nights (3:20)
03. The Fever (4:58)
04. Voodoo Woman (2:54)
05. My Love Will Never Die (5:05)
06. Wasn't That Good (2:59)
07. Ninety-Nine Pounds (3:52)
08. So Many Roads (So Many Trains) (4:03)
09. Hoodoo Blues (3:23)
10. Tell Mama (3:11)
11. Mean Old Train (3:06)
12. Tell Me All The Tings You Do (4:08)
13. I Pity The Fool (3:47)
14. I'm Tore Down (3:21)
15. Saturday Night Fish Fry (4:29)
16. Further (On) Up The Road (3:08)
17. 25 Miles (4:05)
18. You Don't Care (2:56)
19. Can't Hold Out (3:25)
20. Tell Mama (With Horns) (4:20)


Tracks 13-20 are bonus tracks.

VA- Day of the Dead [3 CD, 2016/320+FLAC]

 

Day of the Dead is the twenty-fifth compilation release benefiting the Red Hot Organization, an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS. Featuring fifty-nine exclusive recordings of covers of Grateful Dead songs by a number of independent artists as a tribute to the band and creation and curation by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National.

 

Janis Joplin & Big Brother & The Holding Company - Box Of Pearls: The Janis Joplin Collection (5 CD, 1999) [FLAC]

 

A limited-edition five-CD box set comprising both albums that Janis Joplin made with Big Brother & the Holding Company (Cheap Thrills and Big Brother & the Holding Company), both of her solo albums (I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! and Pearl), and a bonus EP with five previously unreleased recordings. Each of these four albums includes previously unreleased bonus tracks (including live material), and each is available separately with the same bonus cuts.

 

Bill Bruford - Making a Song and Dance: A Complete-Career Collection (6 CD, 2022/FLAC)

Over the past 50 years Bill Bruford has been one of the most original and innovative drummers across multiple genres. Making A Song and Dance: A Complete Career Collection is a 6CD Boxset that charts some of the many highlights of Bruford’s incredible career and is released on 29th April through BMG.

From early steps with progressive legends YES and a quarter of a century in King Crimson, to ground-breaking jazz fusion leading his own Bruford and Earthworks projects, Bill Bruford has always wanted to explore his chosen discipline to the full – and then push the boundaries further. This desire to challenge convention has created some breath-taking moments and made Bruford the drummer-of-choice for collaborations with leading musicians around the world.

For this anthology, Bruford has selected 70 tracks from across his whole career, comprising works from some 23 different artists and bands over a 40-year period. “I’ve deliberately avoided forcing them into industry categories such as ‘progressive rock’, ‘fusion’ or ‘jazz’,” Bruford adds, “on the grounds that most of the music I’ve been associated with fits very poorly into such straight-jackets. Round holes and square pegs come to mind.”

The 6CD boxset Making a Song and Dance includes tracks from YES, King Crimson, Bruford, Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, his work with iconic global guitarists Al Di Meola, Steve Howe and Kazumi Watanabe and collaborations with keyboardists Patrick Moraz and Michiel Borstlap and many others. The package also includes a detailed explanation in a 52-page hardback book, written by Bruford, featuring rare and unseen photos. The outer box artwork, gatefold CDs and booklet have been designed by Bruford’s long-time artist and graphic designer Dave McKean.

 

 

Grateful Dead - Ticket to New Year's (DVD 5, 1998/2012)

Ticket to New Year's is a concert video by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded at the Oakland Coliseum Arena in Oakland, California on December 31, 1987. It was released on VHS video tape and on Laserdisc in 1996, and on DVD in 1998.

The December 31, 1987 concert was broadcast on pay-per-view TV. The broadcast included several sketches that had been recorded in advance with members of the Grateful Dead. These are included in Ticket to New Year's, between the first and second sets.

 

 

 

VA - Next Stop Is Vietnam - The War On Record, 1961-2008 [13 CD, 2010]

 

...NEXT STOP IS VIETNAM: The War On Record, 1961 - 2008 is a stunning, years-in-the-making anthology of the Vietnam War's musical legacy. Presented on 13 CDs with a 304-page book illustrated with numerous archival photographs, this collection examines the war in a powerful and unprecedented way. Over 330 music and spoken word tracks take the listener through a guided tour of this epochal period of modern history. From America's first, naïve impressions of a country called Vietnam through the spirited musical debate over the morality of the war to the healing meditations on the conflict's lengthy aftermath, this set captures it all and more.

Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Merle Haggard, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Ochs, Johnny Cash, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, The Doors, Country Joe McDonald and dozens of other artists including many Vietnam veterans are the tour guides through this enlightening and entertaining journey. Rarely heard documentary material including patriotic Public Service Announcements, field news reports and intercepted North Vietnamese radio transmissions of Jane Fonda and Hanoi Hannah.

The heavily illustrated, full-color 304-page book that accompanies the music is packed with information on the songs and the artists who recorded them by music scholar Hugo A. Keesing; a history of the war by Vietnam historian Lois T. Vietri; and an oral history of the tunes that 'in country' vets loved best by authors Doug Bradley and Craig Werner. The introduction to this remarkable tome is written by the legendary Country Joe McDonald. Strap in for a long and fascinating ride

...NEXT STOP IS VIETNAM is the most comprehensive anthology of music inspired by the Vietnam War ever released.

                                                                  
 

Grateful Dead - Dead Ahead [DVD 9, 2012]

Dead Ahead is a concert video by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on October 30 and October 31, 1980, and released in 1981. An expanded version was released in 2005. In contrast to other Dead concert videos, Dead Ahead contains acoustic as well as electric song performances. 

In September and October 1980, the Grateful Dead did a concert tour of shows with three sets each, one acoustic set followed by two electric sets. The acoustic sets were the first the band had performed since the early '70s aside from a few rare one-off acoustic sets in special circumstances. The tour comprised 15 shows at The Warfield in San Francisco, 2 shows at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, and 8 shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

The following year, songs from the tour were released as two live albums, the all-acoustic Reckoning and the all-electric Dead Set.

Dead Ahead contains songs from the last two New York concerts, October 30 and October 31, 1980. Although the video was compiled from multiple performances, and is shorter than one of the three-set concerts, it follows the general format of one of the shows, starting with some acoustic material and proceeding to a longer section of amplified music, including a somewhat edited "Drums" and "Space".

The video also includes several sketches by the comedy team of Al Franken and Tom Davis. These are from the final night of the tour, October 31, which was hosted by Franken and Davis, and broadcast on radio and on closed circuit TV. 

 

 

Chicago - Chicago at Carnegie Hall 1971 Complete (16 CD, 2021/FLAC+@320)

 16-CD deluxe set of Chicago’s best-selling live album, featuring all eight shows from their historic 1971 Carnegie Hall concert series. 

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chicago became the first non-classical group to perform six nights in a row at Carnegie Hall 50 years ago. Between April 5 and 10, 1971, the band played eight shows at the celebrated venue (including two matinees) and recorded every one of them. In October of that year, performance highlights were featured on the band’s first-ever live album, Chicago at Carnegie Hall. That quadruple-LP reached #3 on the Billboard 200, was certified platinum, and is still the band’s best-selling live album.

To honor the 50th anniversary of Chicago’s historic concerts, the band will release all eight Carnegie Hall shows in their entirety for the first time in a new 16-CD deluxe boxed set.

 

Journey - Freedom (2022/FLAC)

Freedom is the fifteenth studio album by the American rock band Journey, released on July 8, 2022, through BMG Rights Management and Frontiers Records.

The album's 11-year gap from Eclipse (2011) marks the longest between two Journey albums to date. It is the only Journey album to feature drummer and producer Narada Michael Walden, as well as the first and only album to feature bassist Randy Jackson since Raised on Radio (1986), with both having departed from the group before its release. It is also the first album since Raised on Radio to not feature original bassist Ross Valory, who was terminated from the band in 2020.

The album's title of Freedom was the original title of Raised on Radio, but was changed by former member Steve Perry.

 

Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here (DVD 5, 1999/2012)

Downhill from Here is a concert performance video by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, near East Troy, Wisconsin, in July, 1989. Produced by Len Dell'Amico and Grateful Dead Productions. It was released by Monterey Home Video, on VHS in 1997 and on DVD in 1999, with a running time of 2 hours 30 minutes, and by Pioneer Entertainment, on LaserDisc in 1997.

Most of Downhill From Here was recorded on July 17, 1989. However, the last four songs of the first set – "Row Jimmy", "When I Paint My Masterpiece", "When Push Comes to Shove", and "The Music Never Stopped" – have been replaced with the last three songs of the first set from July 19 – "West L.A. Fadeaway", "Desolation Row", and "Deal".

"The Music Never Stopped" from July 17 is included in the albums Weir Here and Fallout from the Phil Zone. The latter also includes "Box of Rain" from July 19, and "Foolish Heart" from that date is a bonus track on Built to Last.

The title of the video is a play on words referring to the steep slope of Alpine Valley's general admission section, and perhaps also to the notion that 1989 through 1990 was the band's final peak period. 

•   Jerry Garcia – guitar
•   Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
•   Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion
•   Phil Lesh – bass
•   Brent Mydland – keyboards
•   Bob Weir – guitar

 

Sticks McGhee - Volume 1, 1947-1951 & Volume 2, 1951-1960 [1997/FLAC]

 

Granville Henry McGhee, also known as Stick (or Sticks) McGhee, (March 23, 1917 – August 15, 1961) was an African-American jump blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his blues song, "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee".