Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (Deluxe , 3 CD, 2014/FLAC]

 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records, it was produced by Owen Morris and the group's guitarist and main songwriter Noel Gallagher. The structure and arrangement style of the album were a significant departure from the group's previous album Definitely Maybe (1994). Gallagher's compositions were more focused in balladry and placed more emphasis on "huge" choruses, with the string arrangements and more varied instrumentation contrasting with the rawness of the group's debut album. Morning Glory was the group's first album with drummer Alan White, who replaced Tony McCarroll (though McCarroll still appeared on the album, drumming on the track "Some Might Say"). 

As part of a promotional campaign entitled Chasing the Sun, the album was re-released on 29 September 2014. The 3-disc deluxe edition includes remastered versions of the album and its associated b-sides from the four UK singles. Bonus content includes 5 demo tracks, and live choices taken from the band's iconic gigs at Earls Court, Knebworth Park and Maine Road.

Eric Clapton- Slowhand [35th Anniversary Super Deluxe, 3 CD, 2012/FLAC]

 

Eric Clapton‘s 1977 album Slowhand is being released as a super deluxe edition box set  to celebrate its 35th anniversary.

The album includes of two of Clapton’s best known songs Wonderful Tonight, and the cover of J.J. Cale’s Cocaine.

The Super Deluxe box set includes three previously unreleased session outtakes (four in total) and two CDs are devoted to presenting the complete 14-track performance of the Hammersmith Odeon concert on 27 April 1977.

The record has been remastered from the original Olympic Studios 1/4″ flat analog master tapes and the session tracks and live performances are newly mixed from the original two-inch analogue tapes. This all sounds very promising from a sound perspective.

Disc 1 – Slowhand Remastered and Expanded

1. Cocaine
2. Wonderful Tonight
3. Lay Down Sally
4. Next Time You See Her
5. We’re All the Way
6. The Core
7. May You Never
8. Mean Old Frisco
9. Peaches and Diesel
10. Looking at the Rain (Bonus track)
11. Alberta (Bonus track)
12. Greyhound Bus (Bonus track)
13. Stars, Strays and Ashtrays (Bonus track)

Disc 2 – Slowhand Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound Audio DVD [not included]

1. Cocaine
2. Wonderful Tonight
3. Lay Down Sally
4. Next Time You See Her
5. We’re All the Way
6. The Core
7. May You Never
8. Mean Old Frisco
9. Peaches and Diesel

Disc 3 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 1)

1. Hello Old Friend
2. Sign Language
3. Alberta
4. Tell the Truth
5. Knockin’ on Heavens Door
6. Steady Rolling Man
7. Can’t Find My Way Home
8. Further On Up the Road
9. Stormy Monday

Disc 4 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 2)

1. Badge
2. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
3. I Shot the Sheriff
4. Layla
5. Key to the Highway

Pat Travers - Rock Solid - The Essential Collection (2 CD, 2004/FLAC)

 

While most bluesy hard rock acts of the '70s and '80s hailed from the United States, there were several exceptions to the rule. Canadian singer/guitarist/keyboardist Pat Travers with his hard, edgy tone, rough and rowdy vocals, and barroom boogie aesthetic is a stellar example. Arriving during the reign of hard blues-rock guitar slingers such as Johnny Winter, George Thorogood, and Robin Trower, his eight-album run for Polydor from the self-titled 1976 debut through 1984's Hot Shot, netted seven Top 200 chart placements (all but one in the upper half) and two Top 40 singles, including the party anthem classic "Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)." Subsequently, he placed four singles in the Hot 100, and two more -- including 1981's "New Age Music" and 1984's "Killer" in the upper rungs of the Mainstream Rock Songs charts. As evidenced by his catalog, Travers is equally adept at playing funk and prog. One of rock & roll's bona fide road dogs, he has toured over 150 dates a year for more than 40 years. In the 21st century, Travers has continued to record for a variety of labels in North America and Europe. Better known dates include 2003's P.T. Power Trio, 2005's Bazooka with drummer Carmen Appice, and 2015's Retro Rocket. 

VA - Good Morning Vietnam [3 CD, 2005]

This 3CD release with original artists and recordings is one of the Disky label's best-selling box sets.

VA - The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7 (1967) [5 CD, 2007/FLAC]

 Motown had an extraordinary house band (known as the Funk Brothers) made up of some of the best nightclub and bar musicians in Black Detroit, including Earl Van Dyke on keyboards, Benny Benjamin and Uriel Jones on drums, and James Jamerson on bass. They played a huge role in the development of the Motown sound, a branch of soul music that featured more sophisticated arrangements and orchestration than the grittier Southern soul that contemporaneously flourished at as the Memphis Sound.