Crosby, Stills & Nash - CSN [4 CD, 1991, FLAC]

CSN is the eleventh album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, issued on Atlantic Records in 1991, not to be confused with the album of the same name released in 1977. A box set on four compact discs, it features material spanning 1968 through 1990 from their catalogue of recordings as a group in addition to selections from Crosby & Nash, Manassas, and their individual solo albums. It peaked at No. 109 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The set is "dedicated to the loving memory of Cass Elliot, without whom most of this music may not have been made." A two-disc distillation of the box was released for other markets later in the year. 

 

 

Sandy Denny - Live At The BBC (1971) [3 CD FLAC + DVD 5]

Live at the BBC is a 4 disc CD collection of Sandy Denny's BBC sessions from 1966 to 1973 and contains almost all her solo work for the BBC. Disc 4 is a DVD of Denny performing three songs on the music show "One in ten" in 1971, the only surviving solo footage of her.

The box set contains early solo sessions during her time with Alex Campbell and Johnny Silvo, as well as her solo sessions post Fairport Convention and post Fotheringay comprising performances for Bob Harris, John Peel, Sounds on Sunday and The Old Grey Whistle Test promoting her solo albums The North Star Grassman and the Ravens, Sandy and Like an Old Fashioned Waltz. A 7 song concert, broadcast from the Paris Theatre in London is included. The collection includes an interview with Sandy Denny for the BBC's World Service programme Tomorrow's People with Clive Jordan. 

 

 

Robert Plant - Nine Lives [9 CD + DVD, 2006] (@320 + FLAC + DVD 9)

Nine Lives is a box set of Robert Plant's solo work. It includes remastered and expanded editions of nine albums with unreleased tracks and b-sides and a DVD.

Allman Brothers Band - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2018/FLAC + 320)

This 3  CD boxed set celebrates the extraordinary career of The Allman Brothers, and features live broadcast recordings from each era of the band s history.

 On Disc One, from the group s first wave when brother Duane was still on board, comes the very rare Warehouse broadcast, recorded in New Orleans in September 1971. Next up is the classic broadcast from the Cow Palace in San Francisco on New Year s Eve 1973, by which time, tragically, both Duane Allman and bass player Berry Oakley had been killed in separate motorcycle accidents. The set is concluded with an extraordinary late period show recorded at the Woodstock Festival in 1994 (on the 25th Anniversary of the original 1969 event) when the band performed a dynamic set in front of some 500,000 attendees

 

Go Ride The Music & West Pole (1969) [2x DVD5]

This 2-DVD package comes straight from the estate of Rolling Stone co-founder Ralph J. Gleason (1917-1975)and features the heart and soul of the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene. The films contain fantastic archival footage of bands such as Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The Grateful Dead. Although much of the footage was aged, each segment was pieced together well and much of the original sound and color were preserved on the original film. This DVD set is definitely a must have for any Jefferson Airplane fan, as much of the first disc "Go Ride The Music" focuses on performances from Jefferson Airplane, with some laid-back Quicksilver Messenger Service thrown in for good measure.

"Go Ride The Music" and "West Pole" were initially aired on television as documentary specials, so each song is interspersed with commentary from host Ralph Gleason, where he interviews young people of the times outside many of the famous San Francisco hot spots for live music.

Both discs originally aired as one-hour television shows and were produced and hosted by Gleason in an effort to show that something was really happening here and most viewers didn’t know exactly what it was. “Go Ride The Music” features Jefferson Airplane performing at an intimate indoor venue and Quicksilver Messenger Service performing live in concert in the open air. There are also cameo appearances from David Crosby and Jerry Garcia. The second disc, “West Pole”, features a diverse range of acts including Grateful Dead, Steve Miller Band and others, including Ace of Cups, the first all-female electric rock band, in various settings, and takes a more analytical look of the music and the times.

Go Ride The Music:

Jefferson Airplane– We Can Be Together

Jefferson Airplane– Volunteers

Jefferson Airplane– Mexico

Jefferson Airplane– Plastic Fantastic Lover

Jefferson Airplane– Somebody To Love

Jefferson Airplane– Emergency

Jefferson Airplane– Wooden Ships

Quicksilver Messenger Service– Warm Red Wine

Quicksilver Messenger Service– Baby Baby

Quicksilver Messenger Service– Subway

Quicksilver Messenger Service– Mona

West Pole:

Ace of Cups– Music

Ace of Cups– Simplicity

Ace of Cups– Gospel Song

The Grateful Dead– New Potato Caboose

Jefferson Airplane– Greasy Heart

Sons Of Champlin*– Freedom

Steve Miller Band– Roll With It

Steve Miller Band– Sittin' In Circles

Quicksilver Messenger Service– Dino's Song