Jaco Pastorius - "Live in New York City" series [7 CD]

 Tragic genius who reinvented the electric bass guitar, playing complex, long lines and amazing solos at remarkable speeds.

Graham Bond - Live At BBC And Other Stories (1962-72) [4 CD, 2015/FLAC]

Assembled by the same successful team that worked on the critically acclaimed Wade in the Water box set. The ultimate Graham Bond collectors item,with all the unreleased BBC recordings,plus numerous bonus tracks that include ultra rare and private recordings made available for the first time ever, and a hard to find EP.

The set contains Graham Bond's entire BBC output - under his own name and featured with other acts.More of Graham's award-winning saxophone playing than previously available on any set in the market.Features an amazing 1962 hour-long jam session from Manchester's Club 43.

Compiled and produced by Pete Brown (Cream's lyricist and long-time Graham Bond associate and co-performer).Remastered by Pete Brown and Jon Astley (George Harrison, Led Zeppelin, The Who & many others).

 

 

Alice Cooper - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2015/ FLAC)

This triple disc set contains rare radio broadcasts of three complete live performances, from the mid-late '70s. The material was recorded at The Great Western Forum, in Inglewood, California (on 18th June, 1975), The Wendler Arena, Saginaw, Michigan (10th May, 1978), and The Sports Arena, San Diego, on 9th April 1979.

 

 

The J.B.'s - Funky Good Time: The Anthology (2 CD, 1995/FLAC)

The J.B.'s recorded under various billings in the early '70s, including the J.B.'s, Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s, Maceo & the Macks, the First Family, the Last Word, and others. This double CD gathers 30 of the prime tracks by all of the above configurations from the first half of the '70s, including all nine of their chart hits and quite a few rare singles and long versions. Often, James Brown himself chips in with incidental vocals (though this is mostly instrumental) and keyboards. The two-and-a-half-hour program can start to sound monotonous if taken all at once, but it's prime, often riveting funk, jammed with lockstep grooves that vary between basic R&B vamps and imaginative, almost jazzy improvisation.

James Brown (vocals, organ, synthesizer, drums); Lyn Collins, Vicki Anderson (vocals); Phelps "Catfish" Collins, Hearlon "Cheese" Martin, Jimmy Nolen (guitar); Jimmy Parker (alto saxophone); Maceo Parker (alto saxophone, flute); St. Clair Pinckney (tenor saxophone); Darryl "Hasaan" Jamison, Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford, Russell Crimes, Isaiah "Ike" Oakley (trumpet); Fred Wesley (trombone, vocals); Bobby Byrd (piano); Dave Matthews (electric piano, organ); William "Bootsy" Collins, Fred Thomas (bass); John "Jabo" Starks (drums); Johnny Griggs (congas).

 

 

Joni Mitchell - Archives, Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) [5 CD, 2021/FLAC]

The first volume of the Joni Mitchell Archives series shed significant light on the beginning of Mitchell’s musical journey, compiling a wealth of unreleased demos, radio broadcasts, and live tapes from the years just before she began making records. The extensive collection painted a detailed picture of Mitchell’s nascent years growing as a songwriter and performer in the independent folkie scene, and Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 2: The Reprise Years 1968-1971 does just as thorough and impressive a job of drawing back the curtain on the lively period surrounding her first four albums. 

The collection moves in chronological order, beginning with some rough home demos for songs from 1968 debut Song to a Seagull and its 1969 follow-up, Clouds. Hissy home recordings of tracks like Clouds’ “Roses Blue” offer interesting counterpoint to the more polished studio versions, and documentation of this phase also includes outtakes from the Song to a Seagull sessions.  

 

 

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (5 CD Deluxe, 2022/FLAC)

A sprawling new box set full of demos and alternate takes suggests a dazzling array of paths the Chicago group might have taken on their masterpiece.

Wilco's legendary 4th studio album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, was originally released on April 23, 2002. It delivered ten songs that have since become favorites among fans and critics alike. It scored a perfect 10 on Pitchfork, which hailed the album as "complex and dangerously catchy, lyrically sophisticated and provocative, noisy and somehow serene...simply a masterpiece." And as the New York Times put it, Jeff Tweedy's songs "unfold in richly enigmatic arrangements."

This 7LP/5 CD Deluxe Edition of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot features the original eleven songs remastered, plus an alternate version of the album (titled The Unified Theory Of Everything). Additionally, the songs performed on the September 18, 2001 WXRT radio appearance are included, as is the entire July 23, 2002 show from The Pageant in St. Louis, MO. The vinyl is mastered by Bob Ludwig and cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering on black vinyl. The package (designed by Lawrence Azerrad) includes a new essay by music journalist Bob Mehr featuring recent interviews with Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt and Glenn Kotche plus previously unseen live and studio photos.

 

 

KISS - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2015/FLAC)

This superb triple disc set illustrates perfectly what KISS do best - perform their incredible music in a live setting. Featuring radio broadcasts from their very earliest incarnation in 1974, and from the later period in the 1980s when they d taken off the make up, plus bonus interviews with the three most pivotal members - Simmons, Stanley & Frehley - recorded for radio during the group s golden age, this collection will remain a must-have item for the millions of fans still flying the flag still for this quite extraordinary and legendary collective.

3x CD Set FM Radio Broadcasts - Music & Interview.

 

Pink Floyd - Compilations & Live albums [FLAC]

Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate live shows. They became a leading band of the progressive rock genre, cited by some as the greatest progressive rock band of all time.

1971 Relics

1981 A Collection of Great Dance Songs

1983 Works

1988 Delicate Sound Of Thunder

1992 The Early Singles

1995 Pulse

2000 Is There Anybody Out There

2001 Echoes - The Best of Pink Floyd

2005 London 1966-1967

2011 Best Of - A Foot In The Door

2016 Cre-ation - The Early Years 1967-1972

2019 The Later Years 1987-2019

 

Joni Mitchell - The Reprise Albums (1968–1971) [4 CD, 2021/FLAC-HD]

 The Reprise Albums (1968–1971) is a four-disc box set by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, set to be released on June 25, 2021, by Rhino Records. The set is the sixth overall release and first box set of remastered albums from the Joni Mitchell Archives, a planned series of releases featuring remastered and unreleased material from the singer's archives. Formatted in chronological order, the first volume of the remaster series includes Mitchell's first four albums, all of which were released on Reprise Records: Song to a Seagull (1968), Clouds (1969), Ladies of the Canyon (1970), and Blue (1971).

Cheap Trick - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2016) [FLAC+320]

 

Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. As of 2010, the band currently consists of Robin Zander (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick Nielsen (lead guitar), and Tom Petersson (bass). Their biggest hits include "Surrender", "I Want You to Want Me", "Dream Police" and "The Flame".

This 3 CD collection brings together a trio of Cheap Trick live Radio Broadcasts, one each from the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s, and in doing so illustrates both the changing musical face of the band and their continuity of quality, talent and performance ability - nay, expertise - to provide a quite delightful live collection of the group from all stages of their lengthy career.

Fairport Convention - A Lasting Spirit 1967 - 1997 (3 CD, 2005/FLAC)

 This Fairport Convention triple-CD set represents a startlingly good idea that comes off well -- a compilation of live performances from across the group's history, intermingling class concert recordings from back as far as the late '60s with much more recent work from the Cropredy Festival. What one comes away appreciating anew is just how good a rock band Fairport has been for most of its history -- at their best, in fact, as represented here (including recent performances by Richard Thompson), they come off as at least as good a rock band as, say, Jethro Tull is a folk outfit, if not better. The sound is good, even on the older material (which goes back to Julie Dyble's tenure with the group), and the selection covers a huge range of repertory, some of which will surprise and delight casual fans who may not know all of the strings to this band's bow.

Fairport Convention: Richard Thompson (vocals, guitar); Sandy Denny, Judy Dyble (vocals); Ian Matthews, Simon Nicol (guitar); Ashley Hutchings (bass instrument); Martin Lamble (drums); Chris Leslie, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Gerry Conway, Jerry Donahue, Maartin Allcock, Norma Waterson, Ralph McTell, Ric Saunders, Gill Allcock, Martin Cathy, Cathy Le Surf, Vicki Clayton, Bruce Rowland.

 

The Rolling Stones – Atlantic City 1989 (3 CD, 1998/FLAC)

 

On Dec. 19, 1989, as part of their Steel Wheels Tour, The Rollings Stones broadcast a guest-filled concert at Convention Center in Atlantic City (now known as Boardwalk Hall) as a pay-per-view special. The guests were Eric Clapton, Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin of Guns N’ Roses, and legendary bluesman John Lee Hooker.

 

 

Grateful Dead - In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83 [17 CD, 2022 / FLAC + 320]

In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Packaged as a box set, it contains six complete concerts on 17 CDs. It was recorded at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1981, 1982, and 1983. It was released on September 23, 2022, in a limited edition of 12,500 numbered copies.

The March 9, 1981 concert included in In and Out of the Garden was also released on September 23, 2022 as a three-CD album called Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81.

The title of the box is taken from the opening verse of St. Stephen off their album Aoxomoxoa and performed during the 10/11/83 show. 

 Grateful Dead

    Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals

    Mickey Hart – drums

    Bill Kreutzmann – drums

    Phil Lesh – bass

    Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals

    Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

 

Joni Mitchell - The Asylum Albums (1972–1975) [4 CD, 2022/FLAC]

The Asylum Albums (1972–1975) is a four-disc box set by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on September 23, 2022, by Rhino Records. 

The set is the tenth overall release and second box set of remastered albums from the Joni Mitchell Archives, a planned series of releases featuring remastered and unreleased material from the singer's personal archives. Formatted in chronological order, the second volume of the remaster series includes Mitchell's first four albums released on Asylum Records: For the Roses (1972), Court and Spark (1974), Miles of Aisles (1974), and The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975).

 

 

Eric Clapton - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2018 /FLAC)

 Eric Clapton's musical output across a career spanning 55 years and counting, has been nothing short of extraordinary. But added to this, that the lion s share of his work has been of a quite staggering quality, with more than occasional brilliance displayed, has made Clapton one of a handful of musicians, composers and performers from the rock age who patently deserve their place at the top table of the industry.

This 3 X CD set celebrates and champions the contribution Eric has made to the pantheon of intelligent rock music as it contains three broadcast recordings of live shows from the 1960s, the 1970s and the 1990s. Kicking off with a superb concert the great man gave as part of Cream, the super-group which also of course featured the talents of Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, recorded at the LA Forum in October 1968. Next up on disc two is a unique gig Clapton gave at Dallas s Convention Center in Texas towards the end of 1976, hot on the heels of his No Reason To Cry album. Concluding the collection, disc 3 takes EC forward more than 20 years, to his astonishing show at the Edmonton Coliseum in Alberta, Canada in September of 1998.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here [Immersion Edition 2011] (2 CD + DVD / FLAC)

Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on 12 September 1975 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom and a day later by Columbia Records in the United States. Inspired by material the group composed while performing around Europe, Wish You Were Here was recorded during numerous recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Two of the album's four songs criticise the music business, another expresses alienation and the multi-part track "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a tribute to Syd Barrett. Barrett's mental breakdown had forced him to leave the group seven years earlier prior to the release of the group's second studio album A Saucerful of Secrets (on which he only appeared on three tracks). It was lead writer Roger Waters' idea to split "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" into two parts that would bookend the album around three new compositions and to introduce a concept linking them all. The band had used a linking concept for their previous album, The Dark Side of the Moon, to great success. As with The Dark Side of the Moon, the band used studio effects and synthesizers and brought in guest singers to supply vocals on some tracks of the album. These singers were Roy Harper, who provided the lead vocals on "Have a Cigar", and the Blackberries, who added backing vocals to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".

Wish You Were Here was an instant commercial success (despite the fact that Harvest Records' parent company EMI was unable to print enough copies of the album to satisfy commercial demand), and although it initially received mixed reviews, the album has since gone on to receive critical acclaim. It appears on Rolling Stone's lists of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and the "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time". Band members Richard Wright and David Gilmour have cited Wish You Were Here as their favourite Pink Floyd album.


 

Fleetwood Mac - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2018 / FLAC)

This spectacular 3 x CD set features some of the finest live shows ever performed by Fleetwood Mac! Formed in London in 1967, Fleetwood Mac have gone through as many personnel changes across the last 50 years as any band from that era still in existence. And although two members from the start still remain on board in the shape of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, and Christine Perfect (later McVie s wife, after which she adopted his name) joined in 69, the biggest change came when Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined Mac in 1975. This spectacular 3 x CD set features some of the finest live shows ever performed by Fleetwood Mac, kicking off with a performance the newly-augmented band gave in December 1977 in Tokyo, Japan, some 10 months after the release of their classic Rumours LP. Next up is a gig played at the Inglewood Forum in California in October 1982, hot on the heels of their Mirage album, released a little earlier that year. The set is concluded with a large scale show the band gave in Sydney, while on their 1990 Beyond The Mask tour. Featuring too a number of bonus cuts from some early television appearances, this delightful CD set will no doubt become a must-have item for fans of the band everywhere!

 

 

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Live at Woodstock (2019) [Hi-Res]

Riding the success of their #1 album, Blood, Sweat & Tears hit the road, thrilling audiences with their punchy live performances. In August 1969, the group triumphantly appeared at Woodstock, performing ten songs from their first two albums, all of which had received frequent airplay on FM radio.

•     David Clayton-Thomas: vocals, guitar
•     Steve Katz: guitar, harmonica, vocals
•     Dick Halligan: keyboards, trombone, flute
•     Jerry Hyman: trombone
•     Fred Lipsius: alto saxophone, piano
•     Lew Soloff: trumpet, flugelhorn
•     Chuck Winfield: trumpet, flugelhorn
•     Jim Fielder: bass
•     Bobby Colomby: drums

1.     More And More
2.     Just One Smile
3.     Something’s Coming On
4.     I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
5.     Spinning Wheel
6.     Sometimes In Winter
7.     Smiling Phases
8.     8. God Bless The Child
9.     And When I Die
10.     You’ve Made Me So Very Happy

 

Linda Ronstadt - Transmission Impossible [3 CD, 2015] (FLAC + 320)

 THREE CD SET FEATURING THE VERY BEST OF LINDA RONSTADT LIVE.

 Sadly, now retired following a diagnosis of Parkinson s disease, Linda Ronstadt lent her quite extraordinary voice to over 120 albums, and sold more than 100 million records, during her lengthy career, which spanned more than 45 years from the mid-1960s until 2011, when Linda was forced to quit. One of the world's best-selling artists of all time, Christopher Loudon, of Jazz Times (not a journal that readily commends pop and rock performers) wrote in 2004 that Linda Ronstadt is "blessed with arguably the most sterling set of pipes of her generation . 

This 3CD set celebrates Linda Ronstadt s musical achievements, by featuring herein broadcast recordings of some of the finest concerts the girl from Arizona ever performed. DISC ONE, includes Linda s superb performance at The Record Plant in Sausalito, CA, on 18th November 1973, while DISC TWO captures her show at The Universal Amphitheatre in LA on 3rd November 1976. Concluding this exceptional boxed set, DISC THREE features Linda Ronstadt with The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, performing together at The Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, on 9th March 1984. 

Pink Floyd - The Wall (Immersion + Experience Box Set) [3/6 CD + DVD 5, 2012] (FLAC + 320)

 

One of the most acclaimed concept albums of all time, The Wall from 1979 is renowned as Roger Waters’ Rock Opera dealing with abandonment and personal isolation. Adapted for cinema by Alan Parker featuring Bob Geldof in the lead role, and featuring the unique artwork of Gerald Scarfe the album also yielded the hit single Another Brick In The Wall Pt2. The Immersion version features the classic Studio album digitally remastered and presented as a limited edition high quality boxset featuring rare and unreleased audio and video material, plus a new 44 oversized perfect-bound booklet, a book of original photographs, exclusive merchandise and facsimile collectables.

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Disc 1&2 – CDs 1&2 -The Wall digitally remastered by James Guthrie, 2011

Discs 3 & 4 – Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-1981

Discs 5 & 6 – Unreleased Demos Discs 5 and 6 expands the on the contents of those included on Disc 3 of the Experience version, containing two discs worth of unreleased demos by both Waters and the band.

Disc 7 – DVD Various videos relating to The Wall (total: 72:00)