Pink Floyd – The Final Cut : High Resolution Remasters (4 CD, 2018/FLAC)

 

The Final Cut is the 12th studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 March 1983 in the United Kingdom and on 2 April in the United States through Harvest and Columbia Records. It comprises unused material from the previous Pink Floyd album, The Wall (1979), alongside new material recorded throughout 1982.

The Final Cut was the last Pink Floyd album to feature founding member Roger Waters, who departed from the band in 1985. It is also the only Pink Floyd album not to feature founding member and keyboardist Richard Wright, who left the band after the Wall sessions. The recording was plagued by conflict; guitarist David Gilmour felt many of the tracks were not worthy of inclusion, but Waters accused him of failing to contribute material himself. Drummer Nick Mason's contributions were mostly limited to sound effects.

Waters planned the album as a soundtrack for the 1982 film adaptation of The Wall. With the onset of the Falklands War, he rewrote it as a concept album exploring what he considered the betrayal of his father, who died serving in the Second World War. Waters provided lead vocals for all but one track, and he is credited for all songwriting. The album was accompanied by a short film released in the same year.

The Final Cut received mixed reviews, though retrospective reception has been more favourable. Though it reached number one in the UK and number six in the US, it was the lowest-selling Pink Floyd studio album worldwide since Meddle (1971). 

Boston + ex-members discography [1976-2021] (FLAC)

 

Boston is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, that achieved their most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Tom Scholz, the band is a staple of classic rock radio playlists. Boston's best-known works include the songs "More Than a Feeling", "Peace of Mind", "Foreplay/Long Time", "Rock and Roll Band", "Smokin'", "Don't Look Back", and "Amanda". They have sold more than 75 million records worldwide, including 31 million albums in the United States, of which 17 million were from their self-titled debut album and seven million were for their second album, Don't Look Back. Altogether, the band has released six studio albums.

• Tom Scholz – lead and rhythm guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals (1976–present)
• Gary Pihl – rhythm and lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1985–present)
• Curly Smith – drums, percussion, harmonica, backing vocals (1994–1997, 2012–present)
• Jeff Neal – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2002–present)
• Tommy DeCarlo – lead vocals, keyboards, percussion (2008–present)
• Tracy Ferrie – bass guitar, backing vocals (2012–present)
• Beth Cohen – keyboards, vocals, rhythm guitar (2002, 2012, 2015–present)

Former members

• Brad Delp – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion (1976–1989, 1994–2007;his death)
• Jim Masdea – drums, percussion, keyboards (1976, 1983–1988)
• Fran Sheehan – bass (1976–1983)
• Sib Hashian – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1976–1983)
• Barry Goudreau – guitars, backing vocals (1976–1981)
• Chris Rivas - drums (1985)
• David Sikes – vocals, bass, keyboards (1987–1997)
• Doug Huffman – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals (1987–1994)
• Fran Cosmo – lead vocals, guitar (1992–2009)
• Anthony Cosmo (also known as Anton Cosmo) – guitar, backing vocals, songwriter (1997–2006)
• Anthony Citrinite – drums (2001–2002)
• Tom Hambridge – drums (2002)
• Michael Sweet – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2008–2011)
• David Victor – guitar, vocals (2012–2014)
• Kimberley Dahme – bass, guitar, vocals (2001–2014)

Boston

Boston.1976- Boston

Boston.1977- We Found It In The Trashcan, Honest !

Boston.1978- Don't Look Back

Boston.1986- Third Stage

Boston.1994- Walk On

Boston.1997- Greatest Hits

Boston.1998- Rock and Roll Band

Boston.2002- Corporate America

ex-members

Barry Goudreau's Engine Room.2017- Full Steam Ahead

Barry Goudreau's Engine Room.2021- The Road

Barry Goudreau.1980- Barry Goudreau

Cosmo.2006- Alien

Delp and Goudreau.2004- Delp and Goudreau

Orion the Hunter.1984- Orion the Hunter

RTZ.1991- Return to Zero

RTZ.2004- Lost and Found

America – Classic Album Collection: The Capitol Years (6 CD, 2019/FLAC)

 

America is a British-American rock band formed in London in 1970 by Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley. The trio met as sons of US Air Force personnel stationed in London, where they began performing live. Achieving significant popularity in the 1970s, the trio was famous for their close vocal harmonies and light acoustic folk rock sound. This 6-CD box set features the bands entire Capitol output together for the first time.

 

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and Friends - 70th Birthday Concert (DVDRIP, 2003)

 

70th Birthday Concert is a live electric blues video recording of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers to celebrate Mayall's 70th Birthday. Recorded in Liverpool, England on July 19 2003, the concert was notable as it featured Eric Clapton as a guest, so marked the first time he and Mayall had performed together in almost 40 years. The set also features Mick Taylor and Chris Barber.

• John Mayall, 
• Eric Clapton,
• Chris Barber, 
• Mick Taylor,
• Buddy Whittington, 
• Joe Yuele,
• Tom Canning, 
• Hank Van Sickle

 

The Tremeloes - Suddenly You Love Me - the Complete 1968 Sessions (2 CD, 2000/FLAC)

 It's easy to dismiss the Tremeloes as just another British covers band from the 1960s who rode the coattails of the Beatles into a recording contract, scored a few hits, most of them covers, and then faded away. But that would be a mistake. The Tremeloes are the best "undiscovered" band from that fabled era, versatile beyond belief, capable of stomping through American soul covers with verve and grit, then turning sweet and pretty, and with wonderful harmonies, give the Four Seasons and the Beach Boys a run for their money, then flip back to being a British pop band with Beatlesque originals, then veer off into blues, bluegrass and psychedelia without blinking an eye, and with Rick West, they even had a guy on electric guitar who could hold his own with any of the guitar heroes of the day. These guys seriously deserve a deeper look. The first disc of this two-disc set is drawn from the sessions for the group's second post-Brian Poole LP and it's pretty revelatory, full of Caribbean rhythms, washes of fuzzed-out guitar, odd stylistic detours, and some detailed singing and harmonies. The second disc captures a well-recorded live show, and the whole package reveals an energetic, varied, and resilient band that should have a much bigger audience and fan club than it currently has.