Roy Orbison - The Legendary Roy Orbison (4 CD, 1990/FLAC)

 Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter and musician known for his powerful voice, wide vocal range, impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark emotional ballads. The combination led many critics to describe his music as operatic, nicknaming him "the Caruso of Rock" and "the Big O". While most male rock-and-roll performers in the 1950s and 1960s projected a defiant masculinity, many of Orbison's songs instead conveyed vulnerability. His voice ranged from baritone to tenor, and music scholars have suggested that he had a three- or four-octave range. During performances, he was known for standing still and solitary, and for wearing black clothes, to match his dyed jet-black hair and dark sunglasses, which lent an air of mystery to his persona.

 

 

Percy Mayfield - Hit the Road Again (1982) / Live (1979 - 1983) (2 CD/FLAC)

 

A masterful songwriter whose touching blues ballad "Please Send Me Someone to Love," a multi-layered universal lament, was a number one R&B hit in 1950, Percy Mayfield had the world by the tail until a horrific 1952 auto wreck left him facially disfigured. That didn't stop the poet laureate of the blues from writing in a prolific fashion, though. As Ray Charles' favorite scribe during the '60s, he handed the Genius such gems as "Hit the Road Jack" and "At the Club." 

 

 

The James Gang discography [1969-2001]

 

The James Gang was a rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1967. Though the band was not a huge commercial success, except in the Northeast Ohio area, the fame garnered by guitarist Joe Walsh has since made the group more notable.

 

 

Marillion - Fugazi (3 CD Deluxe , 2021/FLAC)

 Marillion‘s second album, 1984’s Fugazi, will be issued as a multi-disc deluxe edition, across two formats, in September.

The album reached number five in the UK albums charts and spawned the singles Assassing and Punch & Judy, both of which were top 30 singles. Fugazi was also the first Marillion album to feature Ian Mosley on drums and percussion, replacing Mick Pointer – the other band members were Fish, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas and Mark Kelly.

The 2021 deluxe reissue is available as a 3CD+blu-ray deluxe set or a 4LP vinyl box. Both feature a new stereo remix by Andy Bradfield and Avril Mackintosh, who also remixed the deluxe editions of Script For A Jester’s Tear and Clutching At Straws.

The CD and vinyl deluxe sets also both include a live show from The Spectrum, Montreal, Canada recorded in 1984. This spans two CDs or three vinyl records.

Fuguzai deluxe edition will be released on 10 September 2021. 

 

 

VA - Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970 (3 CD, 2007/FLAC)

 Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970 is the fourth Nuggets box set released by Rhino Records. It was released in 2007 and packaged as an 8 1/2 x 11" 120 page hardcover book, the first 73 pages of which were made up mostly of vintage photographs. The compilation focuses on San Francisco Sound bands. Its title is derived from the first line of "Get Together," two versions of which open (Dino Valenti) and close (The Youngbloods) the four-disc set.