Old And In The Way - Old And In The Way [1975/FLAC]

 

Old and in the Way is the self-titled first album by the bluegrass band Old and in the Way. It was recorded 8 October 1973 at the Boarding House in San Francisco by Owsley Stanley and Vickie Babcock utilizing eight microphones (four per channel) mixed live onto a stereo Nagra tape recorder. The caricature album cover was illustrated by Greg Irons. For many years it was the top selling bluegrass album of all time, until that title was taken by the soundtrack album for O Brother, Where Art Thou.

• Vassar Clements – fiddle
• Jerry Garcia – banjo, vocals
• David Grisman – mandolin, vocals
• John Kahn – acoustic bass
• Peter Rowan – guitar, vocals

Robin Trower - Farther On Up the Road: The Chrysalis Years (1977-1983) [3 CD, 2012/FLAC]

 

Following hot on the heels of last year’s A Tale Untold: The Chrysalis Years 1973-1976 (Robin Trower’s first anthology of the albums produced for Chrysalis Records), comes the companion collection, Farther On Up The Road: The Chrysalis Years 1977-1983.

Featuring a further six whole albums, this second volume collects together the remaining releases Robin recorded for the label, including two LP made with Cream’s legendary bassist and vocalist, Jack Bruce. This 3CD set kicks off with 1977’s In City Dreams, which now features the 7” single edit of Bluebird, available on CD for the first time, followed by Caravan to Midnight from 1978. Next up is 1979’s Victims of the Fury, which now includes the rare b-side ‘One In A Million’. B.L.T., the first of two albums to feature Jack Bruce, was released in 1981, which was swiftly followed the following year by the album Truce.

The set is completed by Back It Up, the sixth album on this release (as well as his eleventh and last LP for Chrysalis) was originally released in 1983, and sees the return of Robin’s long term collaborator Jimmy Dewar, on bass and vocals.

VA - Krautrock: Music For Your Brain Vol. 3 [6 CD, 2008]

 

6 CD-Set, the third volume of outstanding Krautrock that will surely do your head in... again! Krautrock was (and still is) a musical phenomenon that sprouted in Germany in the late '60s and early '70s. Combining elements of Psychedelia, Prog Rock, Art Rock and Avante Garde, Krautrock became a movement unto itself. This 64 track anthology features cuts from Nektar, Franz K., Guru Guru, Eloy, Pell Mell, and many others.

The Everly Brothers - Original Album Series (5 CD, 2010/FLAC)

 

CD1 It's Everly Time 1960 

CD2 A Date With The Everly Brothers 1960 

CD3 Rock 'N Soul 1965 

CD4 Two Yanks In England 1966 

CD5 Roots 1968 

VA - The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 11b (1971) [5 CD, 2009/FLAC]