Red Hot Chili Peppers - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2016/FLAC)

The most formidable of contemporary rock groups, the Red Hot Chili Peppers don t just defy categorisation, they appear to invent their own with every new release - and often do likewise within the confines of a live performance. Indeed, the group s startling eclecticism is only surpassed by their lofty talents and astonishing musical catalogue.

 This 3 x CD set features a selection of rare FM radio broadcasts recorded between the end of the 1980s and the middle of the 1990s, when for many the band were at their absolute pinnacle of achievement. Kicking off with a show recorded at the famous Ahoy venue in Rotterdam in 1995, the collection continues in reverse order with a recording from the equally familiar Pat O Brien Pavilion in Del Mar, California in 91. Last up comes a terrific performance from the Chilis given in Kawasaki, Japan in 1990, which concludes an extraordinary selection of live performances that provide evidence if such were ever required of the Red Hot Chili Peppers peerless position as the finest live musical act working today.

 

 

The Doors - L.A. Woman: The Workshop Sessions [2012/FLAC]

 

L.A. Woman: The Workshop Sessions is a double LP featuring all of the previously unreleased material found on the CD collection on three sides of vinyl, with the fourth side featuring a laser etching of the original "Electric Woman" art originally included with the L.A. Woman album. It also includes the previously unreleased song "She Smells So Nice."

1. The Changeling (Alternate Version)
2. Love Her Madly (Alternate Version)
3. Cars Hiss By My Window (Alternate Version)
4. L.A. Woman (Alternate Version)
5. The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) (Alternate Version)
6. Been Down So Long (Alternate Version)
7. Riders On The Storm (Alternate Version)
8. She Smells So Nice / Rock Me 

REO Speedwagon - The Early Years 1971-1977 (8 CD, 2018/FLAC)

When “Keep on Loving You” reached the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980, some listeners could be forgiven for thinking that REO Speedwagon came out of nowhere. Prior to that seminal power ballad, the Illinois-formed band had never attained a chart position higher than No. 56 (“Time for Me to Fly,” 1978). When the success of “Take It on the Run” (No. 5) quickly followed, it was clear that REO Speedwagon was here to stay. But their success was hard-earned, and their catalogue already quite deep by the dawn of the new decade. The original group formed in 1967; after conquering the local and regional scenes, the band signed with Epic Records in 1971. Now, the first part of their Epic journey has been chronicled on a comprehensive new box set. The Early Years 1971-1977, available now from Cherry Red’s Hear No Evil imprint, has REO’s first six studio albums and first live album remastered and expanded on 8 CDs.

Led Zeppelin - 180g Deluxe Edition Box Set's 1968 - 1982 [Hi-Res FLAC + 320]

 

During 2014-2015 all the Led Zeppelin albums were issued as a separate super deluxe edition box sets which contain ALL the content on CD and vinyl; a high-definition download card with ALL content in 96kHz/24 bit (live tracks are 48/24); a 70+ page photo book and a high quality print of original album artwork. The first 30,000 copies were numbered. 

All the audio on these sets has been remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page. 

 

Keef Hartley Band - Sinnin’ For You (The Albums 1969-1973) (7 CD, 2022)

Limited seven CD set. Features 67 tracks including the albums Halfbreed, The Battle Of North West Six, The Time Is Near, Overdog, Little Big Band, Seventy Second Brave and Lancashire Hustler plus 15 bonus tracks drawn from rare live recordings and singles. Includes an illustrated book with essay. Keef Hartley first came to prominence as a member of the British R&B group The Artwoods before joining John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in 1967 before leaving to form the first line-up of his own band.