Def Leppard - Slang (Deluxe Edition, 2 CD/2014) [FLAC]


Slang
was first released in May 1996 and is considered the band’s most underrated album. At the time of its release, the music industry was at the height of the 90s grunge scene and Def Leppard with bands like Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam were dominating the airwaves.  As a testament to their music transcending through time, Slang was recognized for its musical departure from the band’s signature sound. The collection incorporated new sonic elements that gave the album a slightly darker introspective mood than their previous releases. As Phil Collen stated in an interview with Metal Hammer UK, “We've all got personal things that have happened during the recording of Slang, and we've just ploughed on and some of it has come out on the record.” 

The Slang reissue containing the original 11 album tracks re-mastered and original rare bonus tracks made up of demos, alternate versions and mixes with a series of new songs recorded during the time the band was creating Slang. Most of these additional bonus tracks have never been released.



 

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman - Jerry Garcia / David Grisman [24-96]


Jerry Garcia / David Grisman is an album of folk music by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. It was the second album released under Grisman's record label Acoustic Disc (after Dawg '90).

Jerry Garcia / David Grisman was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.


    Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
    David Grisman – mandolin
    Jim Kerwin – bass
    Joe Craven – percussion, fiddle



  1.     "The Thrill is Gone" (Hawkins, Rick Darnell)
  2.     "Grateful Dawg" (Garcia, Grisman)
  3.     "Two Soldiers" (traditional)
  4.     "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Hunter, Dawson)
  5.     "Russian Lullaby" (Berlin)
  6.     "Dawg's Waltz" (Grisman)
  7.     "Walkin' Boss" (traditional)
  8.     "Rockin' Chair" (Carmichael)
  9.     "Arabia" (Grisman; middle part based on the Cuban folk theme "Hasta Siempre")



Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Crazy Times (2022) [24-96]


Never one for subtlety, Sammy Hagar calls his grappling with the pandemic album Crazy Times -- a title that speaks equally to the personal and the world at large. Hagar does spend some time contemplating "Childhood's End" and "Father Time," but make no mistake, he's still a guy who will jam out to "Funky Feng Shui" and turn Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up" into an anthem for drinking beer. Instead of canceling each other, the party tunes play off the reflective numbers, creating something that hints at emotional depth. Make no mistake, the Circle -- the band featuring Sammy's old Van Halen running partner Michael Anthony and drummer Jason Bonham, along with guitarist Vic Johnson -- still favor good times over glum, yet this set of old pros enjoy flexing their muscles on a variety of different moods, making Crazy Times an unusually effective Hagar record. 

Vic Johnson – guitar, backing vocals
Michael Anthony – bass, backing vocals
Jason Bonham – drums


01. Intro: The Beginning Of The End (1:50)
02. Slow Drain (4:55)
03. Feed Your Head (3:19)
04. Pump It Up (3:02)
05. Be Still (4:01)
06. You Get What You Pay For (3:57)
07. Crazy Times (4:27)
08. Funky Feng Shui (2:18)
09. Father Time (4:05)
10. Childhood's End (5:36)
11. 2120 (4:27)
12. Father Time (Acoustic) (3:45)




Sting - 1987 - ...Nothing Like The Sun (24-192)


...Nothing Like the Sun
is the second solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Sting. The album was originally released on 5 October 1987 on A&M (worldwide). The album explores the genres of pop rock, soft rock, jazz, reggae, world, acoustic rock, dance-rock, and funk rock. The songs were recorded during March–August in 1987 in sessions that took place at Air Studios, in Montserrat, assisted by record producers Hugh Padgham, Bryan Loren, and Neil Dorfsman. It features a number of high-profile guest guitarists, including former Police member Andy Summers, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, and Hiram Bullock, and is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of Sting's early work. 



David Bowie - Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) [12 CD, 2016] (FLAC + 320)


 

A sequel to the 2015 box Five Years 1969-1973, 2016's Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) covers just three years but this stretch in the mid-'70s happens to be the peak of David Bowie's superstardom. That much can be gleaned from the number of albums within the set: three studio albums -- Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, each released in a subsequent year -- along with the double live album David Live from 1974. Four albums in three years is plenty but to that core canon Who Can I Be Now? adds five additional alternate albums, each with varying degrees of rarities. 





Rush - Sector Three (5 CD, 2013/FLAC) [FLAC-HD + FLAC]


Limited six disc (five CDs + DVD) box set from the Canadian Rock trio. Contains the albums Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire and Show Of Hands.









Status Quo - Quo’ing In — The Best of the Noughties (2 CD, 2022) [FLAC-HD]


Status Quo
are delighted to announce the release of Quo’ing In — The Best Of The Noughties, an era-spanning compilation taking in their greatest hits from the band’s output thus far in the new millennium, which includes 5 Top Ten studio albums, and many fan favorites. Along with this news comes the release of the first single “Caroline,” one of the band’s biggest hits, in a brand-new studio version recorded in 2022. 

As well as all of the key tracks from this important era of the band’s career, the collection includes brand new and never before available 2022 studio versions of the classics “Rockin’ All Over The World,” “Paper Plane,” and the aforementioned “Caroline,”” plus brand new 2022 studio “Out Out Quoin’ Remixes” of live favorites “Backbone” and “Cut Me Some Slack.”





Joni Mitchell- Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2015) [FLAC + 320]

 

This three CD boxed set features a number of live recordings of Joni Mitchell from concerts and sessions recorded for FM Broadcast in the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s.





Bread - The Studio Album Collection (1969-1977/2015) [24-192]

Bread was one of the most popular pop groups of the early 1970s, earning a string of well-crafted, melodic soft rock singles, all of which were written by keyboardist/vocalist David Gates. A session musician and producer, Gates met in 1968 guitarist/vocalist James Griffin, who had already released a solo album called Summer Holiday. Griffin hired Gates to produce a new album, and the pair soon became a group, adding guitarist/vocalist Robb Royer from the band Pleasure Fair, whom Gates had produced early in their career. The trio soon signed with Elektra Records, becoming one of the label's first pop bands.




Grand Funk - We're an American Band (1973) [24-192]


We're an American Band
is the seventh studio album by American hard rock band Grand Funk Railroad, credited as Grand Funk. The album was released by Capitol Records on July 15, 1973. Upon the album's release, We're an American Band became the band's best received album by critics, so far.

    Mark Farner – vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, conga; electric piano on "Creepin'"
    Craig Frost – organ, clavinet, electric piano, Moog
    Mel Schacher – bass
    Don Brewer – vocals, drums, percussion


01. We're An American Band (3:29)
02. Stop Lookin' Back (4:55)
03. Creepin' (7:06)
04. Black Licorice (4:46)
05. The Railroad (6:15)
06. Ain't Got Nobody (4:29)
07. Walk Like A Man (4:09)
08. Loneliest Rider (5:21)




Mark Knopfler - Gravy Train: The B-Sides 1996-2007 (2021) [24-192]


Originally released as Disc 6 of The Studio Albums 1996-2007 box set but issued separately.
A1 Small Potatoes [Why Aye Man B-Side]
A2 What Have I Got To Do [Cannibals B-Side]
A3 Gravy Train [Darling Pretty B-Side]
A4 My Claim To Fame [Darling Pretty B-Side]
B1 Summer Of Love [Boom, Like That B-Side]
B2 Camerado [What It Is B-Side]
B3 Tall Order Baby [Cannibals B-Side]
B4 Let’s See You [What It Is B-Side]
B5 The Long Highway [What It Is B-Side]





David Bowie - Five Years 1969-1973 [12 CD, 2015] (FLAC + 320)



 Five Years (1969–1973) is a box set by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in September 2015. The period of Bowie's career from 1969 to 1973 is summarised over twelve discs and thirteen LPs. Exclusive to the box sets is Re:Call 1, a new compilation of non-album singles, single versions and B-sides.


It includes the albums David Bowie (more commonly known as Space Oddity), The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Aladdin Sane and the last Spiders album with Bowie Pin Ups. The albums cover the 5 years of Bowie's rise to stardom, with the box set also including Live Santa Monica '72, the soundtrack album of the last Ziggy Stardust show at the Hammersmith Odeon, and a 2003 Ken Scott stereo remix of Ziggy Stardust (previously available on the 2003 SACD edition and 2012 vinyl-and-DVD-Audio edition of the album). 





Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982) [24-96]

Eye in the Sky is the sixth studio album by British rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released in May 1982 by Arista Records.



Oscar Benton Blues Band - Bensonhurst Blues : The Best of Oscar Benton Blues Band (2 CD, 2008/FLAC)


Oscar Benton (born Ferdinand van Eis; 3 February 1949 – 8 November 2020) was a Dutch vocalist. He was also the founder of the Oscar Benton Blues Band in 1967. The band rose to fame in 1968 by being a runner up in the Jazz Festival, Loosdrecht, the Netherlands. 

 

 

Nirvana - Transmission Impossible, (3 CD, 2015)


 Legendary Radio Broadcasts From The 1980s-1990s
Broadcasts from 7 different performances




Rush - Sector Two (2 CD, 2013) [FLAC-HD + FLAC]


 Limited six disc (five CDs + DVD) box set from the Canadian Rock trio. Contains the albums A Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Exit...Stage 







Humble Pie - The A&M Box Set 1970-1975 (8 CD, 2022/FLAC]


This 8CD box set is a large format package and features remastered versions of Humble Pie (1970), Rock On (1971), Performance Rockin’ The Fillmore (1971), Smokin’ (1972), Eat It (1973), Thunderbox (1974) and Street Rats (1975). A bonus CD features B-sides and Rarities, including five previously unreleased tracks.

Disc One: 1970 - Humble Pie (00:42:40)
Disc Two: 1971 - Rock On (00:38:49)
Disc Three: 1971 - Performance: Rockin' The Fillmore (01:12:38)
Disc Four: 1972 - Smokin' (00:43:55)
Disc Five: 1973 - Eat It (01:05:28)
Disc Six: 1974 - Thunderbox (00:43:57)
Disc Seven: 1975 - Street Rats (00:37:23)
Disc Eight: 2022 - Bonus Tracks (00:49:00)



 

James Taylor - In The Pocket (1976) [24-192]


In The Pocket is one of James Taylor’s most acclaimed recordings. His final release for Warner Bros. Records features appearances by Art Garfunkel, Carly Simon,  Stevie Wonder, David Crosby, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Leland Sklar, Graham Nash, Milt Holland, David Grisman, among others. Reaching the Billboard Top Twenty, the album includes the chart-topping hit, “Shower The People”. This Gold-certified masterpiece is essential for any music lover’s library.



Rush - Sector One (5 CD, 2013) [FLAC-HD + FLAC]


Limited six disc (five CDs + DVD) box set from the Canadian Rock trio. Contains the albums Rush, Fly By Night, Caress Of Steel, 2112 and All The World's A Stage plus the DVD-Audio mix of Fly By Night.








The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - In My Own Dream (1968/2015) [24-192]


The Butterfield Blues Band has been critically acclaimed as one the greatest electric blues bands ever! Lead by singer & harmonica player Paul Butterfield, their albums have stood the test of time as classics of the 60's & early 70's. 
In My Own Dream, was their fourth album, originally released in 1968 on Elektra Records. It features guitar legend Elvin Bishop (singing on 'Drunk Again'), and saxophonist David Sanborn. This album rose to number 79 on the Billboard charts.