Taj Mahal- The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (15 CD, 2013)

 With a foundation in American blues, multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal built his music from many genres,constructing a sound that is uniquely his own. He is equal parts historian and innovator, keeping musical traditions alive by giving them a fresh voice and context. This musicality is celebrated on Taj Mahal: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection - an awe-inspiring anthology, that will be a cornerstone in your blues roots world music library. Set contains thirteen albums, including what many consider Mahal's finest work, chronicling his recording career from its inception to worldwide acclaim. Includes Rising Sons, his groundbreaking band collaboration with Ry Cooder. Though their mid-'60s recordings went unreleased at the time, their music was hugely influential on their peers, including the Rolling Stones, with whom both Mahal and Cooder soon collaborated. Sounder soundtrack marks the beginning of Mahal's parallel occupation as a sought-after film score composer. Two-disc set The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal 1969 1973 includes a full disc of previously unreleased studio material and a second disc which premiers a live concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London on April 18, 1970.

• 1992 - Rising Sons featuring Taj Mahal And Ry Cooder (Recorded 1965/66) 01:02:30
• 1968 - Taj Mahal 00:33:00
• 1968 - The Natch'l Blues 00:49:04
• 1969 - Giant Step / De Ole Folks At Home (2CD Set) 01:10:42
• 1971 - The Real Thing 01:06:54
• 1971 - Happy Just To Be Like I Am 00:42:18
• 1972 - "Sounder" Soundtrack 00:35:14
• 1972 - Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff 00:41:31
• 1973 - Oooh So Good 'N Blues 00:33:47
• 1974 - Mo' Roots 00:33:48
• 1975 - Music Keeps Me Together 00:45:39
• 1976 - Satisfied 'N Tickled Too 00:39:14
• 2012 - The Hidden Treasures Of Taj Mahal 1969-1973 (2CD Set) 02:11:15

Ozzy Osborne- Prince of Darkness (4 CD, 2005/FLAC)

 

Prince of Darkness is a box set of four CDs by Ozzy Osbourne released in 2005. The first two CDs are Osbourne's solo work containing various studio recordings, live tracks, b-sides, demos and outtakes, and the last two CDs are collaborations on disc three and cover songs on disc four. The cover versions were recorded for this box set compilation, but were released on a stand-alone album entitled Under Cover later in the year.

Chris Rainbow- Anthology 1974-1981 [2 CD, 2001/FLAC]

Chris Rainbow (born Christopher James Harley; 18 November 1946 - 25 February 2015), also known as Christopher Rainbow, was a Scottish rock singer and musician who had two hit songs, "Give Me What I Cry For" and "Solid State Brain" in the 1970s.

Apart from his solo career, he made frequent vocal contributions to The Alan Parsons Project, starting on their 1979 Eve album through to their 1987 album Gaudi, and Eric Woolfson's Freudiana (1990) (an APP album in all but name).


Before he sang lead for the Alan Parsons Project, Chris Rainbow had embarked on a solo career in 1974. For six years, he recorded in the U.K. for EMI Records and Polydor Records, and he also acted as producer and wrote his own material. His first experience in a band occurred just two years before he went solo, in his hometown of Glasgow in a group known as Hope Street. He and his bandmates had been given a contract to record and publish with a London company; but in 1973, Polydor's Nicky Graham heard a demo of a trio of Rainbow's self-penned numbers and he secured his own four-year contract thanks to Norman Jones, a friend of the singer's who submitted the tape. In addition to his recording deal with Polydor, Rainbow signed a deal to publish with Warner Bros. U.K. Jones, who changed his name to Van Den Berg, took on the task of managing his friend's career, and Rainbow -- a pseudonym the artist adopted in 1974 -- went on to put out two albums with Polydor, Looking Over My Shoulder and Home of the Brave. Five singles followed: "Living in the World Today," "All Night," "Mr. Man," "Give Me What I Cry For," and "Solid State Brain." When Jones relocated to California in 1977, Rainbow hired David Knights, formerly of Procol Harum. Knights remained Rainbow's manager through 1986. During this time, Rainbow also wrote advertising jingles for BBC Radio One and Capitol Radio.

Steppenwolf Featuring John Kay - Born To Be Wild / A Retrospective [2 CD, 1991/FLAC]

 Born to Be Wild – A Retrospective is a 1991 greatest hits album by Steppenwolf. It was the first attempt at a serious historical overview of the band and its founder/leader's career.

David Grisman- Quintet 80 (Deluxe Edition, 2013) [FLAC]

 In early 1980 David Grisman recorded the first of four studio albums for Warner Brothers Records. Quintet ‘80 introduced a newly formed quintet featuring multi-instrumentalists Mike Marshall and Mark O’Connor, bassist Rob Wasserman and founding member Darol Anger on violin and cello. The original LP has been out of print for nearly three decades and this Deluxe Edition presents all of the original master takes plus five previously unissued alternate takes, all newly transferred to the highest quality sound format available.