Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (5 CD Deluxe, 2022/FLAC)

A sprawling new box set full of demos and alternate takes suggests a dazzling array of paths the Chicago group might have taken on their masterpiece.

Wilco's legendary 4th studio album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, was originally released on April 23, 2002. It delivered ten songs that have since become favorites among fans and critics alike. It scored a perfect 10 on Pitchfork, which hailed the album as "complex and dangerously catchy, lyrically sophisticated and provocative, noisy and somehow serene...simply a masterpiece." And as the New York Times put it, Jeff Tweedy's songs "unfold in richly enigmatic arrangements."

This 7LP/5 CD Deluxe Edition of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot features the original eleven songs remastered, plus an alternate version of the album (titled The Unified Theory Of Everything). Additionally, the songs performed on the September 18, 2001 WXRT radio appearance are included, as is the entire July 23, 2002 show from The Pageant in St. Louis, MO. The vinyl is mastered by Bob Ludwig and cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering on black vinyl. The package (designed by Lawrence Azerrad) includes a new essay by music journalist Bob Mehr featuring recent interviews with Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt and Glenn Kotche plus previously unseen live and studio photos.

 

 

KISS - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2015/FLAC)

This superb triple disc set illustrates perfectly what KISS do best - perform their incredible music in a live setting. Featuring radio broadcasts from their very earliest incarnation in 1974, and from the later period in the 1980s when they d taken off the make up, plus bonus interviews with the three most pivotal members - Simmons, Stanley & Frehley - recorded for radio during the group s golden age, this collection will remain a must-have item for the millions of fans still flying the flag still for this quite extraordinary and legendary collective.

3x CD Set FM Radio Broadcasts - Music & Interview.

 

Pink Floyd - Compilations & Live albums [FLAC]

Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate live shows. They became a leading band of the progressive rock genre, cited by some as the greatest progressive rock band of all time.

1971 Relics

1981 A Collection of Great Dance Songs

1983 Works

1988 Delicate Sound Of Thunder

1992 The Early Singles

1995 Pulse

2000 Is There Anybody Out There

2001 Echoes - The Best of Pink Floyd

2005 London 1966-1967

2011 Best Of - A Foot In The Door

2016 Cre-ation - The Early Years 1967-1972

2019 The Later Years 1987-2019

 

Joni Mitchell - The Reprise Albums (1968–1971) [4 CD, 2021/FLAC-HD]

 The Reprise Albums (1968–1971) is a four-disc box set by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, set to be released on June 25, 2021, by Rhino Records. The set is the sixth overall release and first box set of remastered albums from the Joni Mitchell Archives, a planned series of releases featuring remastered and unreleased material from the singer's archives. Formatted in chronological order, the first volume of the remaster series includes Mitchell's first four albums, all of which were released on Reprise Records: Song to a Seagull (1968), Clouds (1969), Ladies of the Canyon (1970), and Blue (1971).

Cheap Trick - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2016) [FLAC+320]

 

Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. As of 2010, the band currently consists of Robin Zander (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick Nielsen (lead guitar), and Tom Petersson (bass). Their biggest hits include "Surrender", "I Want You to Want Me", "Dream Police" and "The Flame".

This 3 CD collection brings together a trio of Cheap Trick live Radio Broadcasts, one each from the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s, and in doing so illustrates both the changing musical face of the band and their continuity of quality, talent and performance ability - nay, expertise - to provide a quite delightful live collection of the group from all stages of their lengthy career.