Led Zeppelin - An Introduction to Led Zeppelin [24/96]

10-track compilation "An Introduction to Led Zeppelin" that features a selection of essential songs from across the band’s catalog.

1.     Immigrant Song 02:26
2.     Rock And Roll (Sunset Sound Mix) 03:43
3.     Whole Lotta Love 05:34
4.     Black Dog 04:57
5.     Stairway To Heaven 08:03
6.     Good Times Bad Times 02:46
7.     Going To California 03:31
8.     Ramble On 04:23
9.     Kashmir 08:28
10.     Over The Hills And Far Away 04:49

The Guess Who - Original Album Classics (5 CD, 2016/FLAC)

CD1 Canned Wheat (1969) 

CD2 American Woman (1970) 

CD3 Share The Land (1970) 

CD4 So Long, Bannatyne (1971) 

CD5 Rockin' (1972)

Roberta Flack - 1969 - First Take (Deluxe Edition) (2020 Remaster) [24-48]

Roberta Flack enjoyed delayed gratification with her debut, First Take. The album came out in 1969, but it didn’t reach #1 on the pop and R&B charts until 1972, after a song from the record – “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – was featured in Clint Eastwood’s 1971 film, Play Misty for Me. The song would stay atop the singles chart for six weeks in 1972 before winning the Grammy® Award for Record of the Year in 1973.

The newly relaunched SoulMusic.com salutes this soulful classic with a limited edition 2CD/1LP set that features a remastered version of the original album on both vinyl and CD along with a disc of rare and unreleased recordings. Produced in a limited edition of 3,000 copies, the set will come packaged in a 12 x 12 hardcover book. 

Ryan Adams - Blood on the Tracks (2023/FLAC-HD)

Having already released four of his own works this year with Chris, Romeo & Juliet, FM, and Devolver and then covering Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska track for track, Ryan Adams added one more album to his discography with another track by track cover of Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan.

Released in January of 1975, Blood on the Tracks was Dylan’s 15th studio album and is considered one of his greatest albums.

1. Tangled Up In Blue 5:10
2. Simple Twist Of Fate 6:37
3. You're A Big Girl Now 8:19
4. Idiot Wind 8:46
5. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome 4:10
6. Meet Me In The Morning 5:21
7. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts 10:59
8. If You See Her, Say Hello 4:53
9. Shelter From The Storm 11:02
10. Buckets Of Rain 11:27

The Doors– Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2019) [FLAC + 320]

 

The classic radio broadcast live recordings of The Doors presented in this TRIPLE-CD set are both unique and controversial. Included are live versions of hits and fan faves as performed in Detroit and Seattle, in 1970. The third disc offers tracks that were recorded for television transmission between 1966 and 1968! Indeed, for the many fans, old and young, this is an essential collection!

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - Straight To You Live (2020) [FLAC-HD + DVD9]

25 years after their first studio release, the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band puts its own stamp on a year of unprecedented events by releasing their first-ever concert video Straight To You Live. Unable to complete a full tour in support of 2019’s chart-topping album The Traveler, Shepherd and company share an outstanding two-hour set from Leverkusen, Germany, reminding listeners that the crew remains one of the premier acts in blues rock.

 

01. Woman Like You (4:20)

02. Mr. Soul (3:55)

03. Long Time Running (4:06)

04. I Want You (7:42)

05. Diamonds & Gold (6:27)

06. Talk To Me Baby (5:37)

07. Heat Of The Sun (10:51)

08. Down For Love (4:29)

09. Shame, Shame, Shame (8:43)

10. Turn To Stone (6:16)

11. Blue On Black (5:00)

12. King Bee (4:25)

13. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (11:35)

DIO - Holy Diver (2022 Joe Barresi Remix) [24/96]

Holy Diver is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Dio, released in 1983. Vocalist Ronnie James Dio had just finished his first tenure in Black Sabbath, whose drummer, Vinny Appice, he took with him to put together his own band. The roster was completed by his former bandmate from Rainbow, Jimmy Bain, on bass and by the young guitarist Vivian Campbell, coming from the new wave of British heavy metal band Sweet Savage. The album was acclaimed by the music press and is the band's most successful effort. 

Ronnie James Dio - vocals, keyboards

Vivian Campbell - guitars

Jimmy Bain - bass

Vinnie Appice - drums

01. Stand Up and Shout (3:19)

02. Holy Diver (6:11)

03. Gypsy (3:53)

04. Caught in the Middle (4:51)

05. Don't Talk to Strangers (4:55)

06. Straight Through the Heart (4:47)

07. Invisible (6:15)

08. Rainbow in the Dark (4:32)

09. Shame on the Night (5:42)

Peter Gabriel discography [1977-2012] (FLAC)

 

Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, musician and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. More recently he has focused on producing and promoting world music and pioneering digital distribution methods for music. He has also been involved in various humanitarian efforts. In 2007 Gabriel was honoured as a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI London Awards for his “influence on generations of music makers.” Gabriel was also awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2009 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.

(1977) Peter Gabriel (36-147-2)

(1978) Peter Gabriel (19181-2)

(1980) Peter Gabriel (2035-2)

(1980) Peter Gabriel (XCDSCD 4019) - Ein Deutsches Album

(1982) Peter Gabriel (PGCD 4) [PolyGram]

(1982) Peter Gabriel (XPGCD 4) - Deutsches Album

(1982) Security (2011-2)

(1983) Plays Live (4012-2)

(1985) Birdy (CAS CD 1167) [Nimbus]

(1986) So (9 24088-2)

(1989) Passion (RWCD1)

(1990) Shaking the Tree - Sixteen Golden Greats (PGTVD 6)

(1992) Us (PGCD 7)

(1994) Secret World Live (PGCD 8)

(2000) OVO The Millennium Show (RWPG01-02)

(2002) Long Walk Home (PGCD 10)

(2002) Up (PGCD 11)

(2010) Scratch My Back (PGCD 12)

(2011) New Blood (PGCD 13)

(2012) Live Blood (EDGCD474)

Singles :

(1986) Sledgehammer (CDT 4)

(1987) Big Time (GAIL3 12)

(1987) Biko (CDPGS 612)

(1989) Solsbury Hill (CDF 33)

(1992) Digging in the Dirt (PGSD 7)

(1992) Steam (GEFDM 21820)

(1993) Blood of Eden (PGSDG 9)

(1993) Kiss That Frog (PGSDF 10)

(1994) Lovetown (660480 2)

(1994) SW Live EP (PGSDF 11)

(2002) More Than This (PGSCD 14)

(2002)The Barry Williams Show (PGSCD 13)

(2003) Burn You Up, Burn You Down (GABRIEL003)

(2003) Growing Up (PGSCD 15)

Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982/2019) [SACD FLAC-HD]

Love over Gold is the fourth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 24 September 1982 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.

Vocals, Guitar, Producer – Mark Knopfler

Bass – John Illsley

Drums – Pick Withers

Guitar – Hal Lindes

Keyboards – Alan Clark

01.Telegraph Road 14:33

02.Private Investigations 06:54

03.Industrial Disease 05:55

04.Love Over Gold 06:21

05.It Never Rains 08:09

John Lee Hooker - Blues Is The Healer [10 CD, 2009 / FLAC]

 

Blues Is the Healer is a ten-CD box set of 149 songs from the early years of blues legend John Lee Hooker's repertory, released in 2005 by the German label Membran. According to one reviewer, "the first 8 discs are early solo Hooker with the occasional backing guitar or piano. Disc 9 sounds like Veejay recordings and the 10th is a live concert".






 

 

Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson (1987) [24-192]

Robbie Robertson is the solo debut album by Canadian rock musician Robbie Robertson, released in 1987. Though Robertson has been a professional musician since the late 1950s, notably a founder of and primary songwriter for The Band, this was his first proper solo album. 

•     Robbie Robertson – vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
•     Bill Dillon – guitars on tracks 1, 2, and 5–9; backing vocal on track 2
•     Tony Levin – Chapman Stick on tracks 5 & 7; bass on tracks 6 & 8
•     Manu Katché – drums on tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8; percussion on tracks 1, 7, and 8
•     Daniel Lanois – percussion on tracks 2, 3, 4, and 8; backing vocal on tracks 2, 3, and 4; Omnichord on track 5; guitar on tracks 5 and 8

Additional personnel

•     Eluriel "Tinker" Barfield – bass on tracks 1 and 5
•     Garth Hudson – keyboards on tracks 1 and 5
•     Peter Gabriel – keyboards on tracks 1 and 3; vocals on track 1; drum program on track 3; vocal cameo on track 9
•     Martin Page – drum programming on track 1
•     Larry Klein – bass on track 2
•     Abraham Laboriel – bass on track 3
•     Terry Bozzio – drums on tracks 3 and 5
•     Bono – vocals, bass on track 4; backing vocal and guitar on track 9
•     The Edge – guitar on tracks 4 and 9
•     Adam Clayton – bass on tracks 4 and 9
•     Larry Mullen, Jr. – drums on tracks 4 and 9
•     Hans Christian – bass guitar on track 5
•     BoDeans (Sam Llanas, Kurt Neumann) – backing vocals on tracks 2 and 5
•     Maria McKee – backing vocal on track 5
•     Sammy BoDean (Sam Llanas) – backing vocal on track 6
•     Cary Butler – backing vocal on track 8
•     Rick Danko – backing vocal on track 8
•     Ivan Neville – backing vocal on track 9
•     Gil Evans Horn Section – horns on track 9

Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Memoriam (3 CD live 1983-1984 / FLAC)

Unofficial live recordings

Disc 1: Recorded live at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA./USA, October 20, 1983.
Discs 2 & 3: Recorded live in Montreal, Canada, August 17, 1984.

Complete King Biscuit Flower Hour material, superb sound.

Peter Gabriel - Hit (2 CD, 2003 UK edition) [FLAC-HD]

Hit, also known as Peter Gabriel: The Definitive Two CD Collection, is a 2003 compilation album of songs by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. Disc one is labelled Hit and disc two Miss, reflecting the first disc which comprises Gabriel's best known chart singles and the second featuring his more obscure material.

The two-disc set is different in the UK and US because of the second disc. The second disc in the US spans fourteen songs by Gabriel, whilst the UK second disc features fifteen songs. Only some of these appeared on the US version. The UK version collects at least one track from every studio album by Gabriel, including soundtracks, except for Birdy, which is the only album not represented by a track. 

- Peter Gabriel / vocals, flute, recorder, Bosendorfer piano, keyboards
- Kate Bush & Sinead O'Connor / vocals
- Richard Evans / acoustic guitar
- Robert Fripp /electric & classical guitar, banjo
- David Rhodes / guitar, 12-string guitar
- Peter Green / electric guitar
- Steve Hunter / pedal steel guitar
- Daniel Lanois / guitar
- Tim Green / tenor saxophone
- Dick Morrisey / saxophone
- Wayne Jackson / trumpet
- Jozef Chirowski & Brian Eno / keyboards
- Larry Fast / synthesizer, programming
- Tony Levin / bass
- Dominic Greesmith & Jerry Marotta / drums
- Ged Lynch, Will White, Stephen Hague & Phil Collins / percussion
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan / background vocals

  

Bill Withers - The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums (9 CD, 2012/FLAC)

 

Bill Withers: The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums celebrates the timeless artistry of an American master. The set includes the nine albums that Bill released between 1971 through 1985. The albums have been reproduced in their original jackets and have been newly mastered from the original analog tapes by Grammy Award-winning engineer Mark Wilder. Bill Withers is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the recipient of ASCAP's 2006 Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award. His warm, rich and truthful voice speaks to real people, and real life, and he will tell you that it's more important to be real than to be rich.

He was 30 years old when he came out of the U.S. Navy in 1971. He made a living installing toilets in commercial jetliners, and then he decided to give music a try. His first two albums Just as I Am and Still Bill - featured "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Lean on Me." The two singles sold more than a million copies each, and by the time he played Carnegie Hall in 1973, Bill Withers was acknowledged as a great American troubadour. Four decades later, his music still resonates with originality and universality.

1971 - Just As I Am (00:35:37)

1972 - Still Bill (00:36:15)

1973 - Live At Carnegie Hall (01:17:09)

1974 - +'Justments (00:37:57)

1975 - Making Music (00:43:51)

1976 - Naked & Warm (00:41:03)

1977 - Menagerie (00:38:27)

1978 - 'Bout Love (00:39:03)

1985 - Watching You Watching Me (00:45:12)

 

 

Bon Jovi– Transmission Impossible [3 CD, 2015]

 More than 30 years into a quite staggering music career, Bon Jovi remain one of the most popular, successful and downright entertaining rock groups in history. And with an army of fans who would all but die for their heroes, this extraordinary act don t look to be cashing-in anytime soon. 

This superb set captures Jovi in concert and in interview and features across its 3 discs, one CD featuring a full live FM Broadcast from 1984, one CD featuring a mixed bag of live TV appearances from across the group s career, and one CD featuring broadcast interviews with Jon and the lads again recorded at different junctures during their long and ongoing time in the business. 

The Cars - Heartbeat City (1984 Expanded 2018) [24-192]

This 2018 release features the Cars's original album – remastered in 2016 – expanded with rare and unreleased bonus tracks. Illustrated booklets accompany the music and contain liner notes written by renowned rock journalist David Fricke, who details the history of each album with new interviews by band members Ric Ocasek. The album, which peaked at #3 on the charts, went on to sell four million copies, making it the band’s fifth consecutive platinum album. An amazing success, the album launched five tracks that reached the Top 40, including the Top Ten hits “Drive” and “You Might Think.” Videos for the songs received heavy airplay on MTV, including “Hello Again,” which was directed by Andy Warhol, and “You Might Think,” which won the inaugural MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year in 1984. Among the seven bonus tracks included on HEARTBEAT CITY: EXPANDED EDITION are unreleased versions of “Why Can’t I Have You” and “I Refuse,” as well as the demo for “Drive.” 

 

Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1983/ Hi-Res FLAC)

 In Session is a blues album by Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded live for television on December 6, 1983, at CHCH-TV studios in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, when Vaughan was 29 and King was 60. It was released as an album on August 17, 1999 and re-released with a supplemental video recording on DVD on September 28, 2010. It has also been released on CD and SACD.

It was the first of two collaborations captured for television, the second being as invited guests on a show led by B.B. King in 1987. It was recorded for one of a series of live television sessions recording the performances of various artists. The show was called In Session. The album includes a few short segments of the banter by King and Vaughan between songs.

Initially, King was not going to do the show as he did not know who Vaughan was. He did not realize that Vaughan was actually 'little Stevie', the 'skinny kid' that he let sit in when King played in Texas. King talks about this on one of the conversation tracks. When he realized who Vaughan was, he agreed to play.

Pink Floyd – The Darker Side Of Rising Sun – Japan 1972 (12 CD / FLAC)

One of the really great releases from Godfather and a must have Pink Floyd box with  fantastic recordings. 

CD1 & CD2: Taiikukan, Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 1972

CD3 & CD4: Taiikukan, Tokyo, Japan, March 7, 1972

CD5 & CD6: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, March 8, 1972

CD7 & CD8: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, March 9, 1972

CD9 & CD10: Furitsu Taiikukan Hall, Kyoto, Japan, March 10, 1972

CD11 & CD12: Nakanoshima Sports Center, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, March 13, 1972

 

John Lennon - The John Lennon Signature Box (11 CD, 2015) [24-96 + 320]

 

The John Lennon Signature Box is an 11-disc boxed set of remastered John Lennon albums and new collections, released on CD and digital format, as part of the "Gimme Some Truth" collection. The albums released in the boxed set are digital remasters of the original recordings and mixes, done by John's widow Yoko Ono and the same team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios who worked on the 2009 remasters by The Beatles, in London and Avatar Studios, New York. The set also includes home demos and non-album singles.

Rolling Stones - GRRR Live! (2 CD, 2023/FLAC-HD)

The Rolling Stones celebrated their golden anniversary in 2012 & 2013 by embarking on the 50 & Counting Tour, a 30-show itinerary for North America and Europe. On December 15, 2012, the band took the stage at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center for the final of 4 shows in the New York area. Featuring guest spots from The Black Keys, Gary Clark Jr, Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Bruce Springsteen, and Mick Taylor, the concert proved to be one of the most memorable shows in the band’s history.