Yes - Songs From Tsongas - 35th Anniversary Concert [ LP + 2 DVD + 2 x DVDRIP] (2004)

 

Songs From Tsongas is the video release of a concert by the progressive rock group Yes recorded live at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts, on May 15, 2004. The video features the entire concert performed that night, which was part of the US leg of the band's 35th anniversary tour.

The setlist features songs from all eras of the band's career, including a large number of progressive rock classics from their 1970s heyday, as well as a rare performance from the band's 1969 debut album, two tracks from the band's 1980s pop rock era, and the first performance of the 1996 epic "Mind Drive" from the overlooked Keys to Ascension albums (the band had never performed material from these recordings).

• Jon Anderson: vocals, guitar, percussion, keyboards
• Steve Howe: guitar, vocals, mandolin
• Rick Wakeman: keyboards, synths
• Chris Squire: bass, harmonica
• Alan White: drums

 

David Gilmour - Live in Gdańsk (2008, 5 LP + 2 CD) [FLAC-HD]

Live in Gdańsk is a live album by David Gilmour. It is a part of his On an Island project which includes an album, tour, DVD, and live album.

It is a recording of the final show of his On an Island Tour in 2006, where he played to an audience of 50,000 at the Gdańsk Shipyard to celebrate the founding of the Solidarity trade union. The show featured the song "A Great Day for Freedom", from the Pink Floyd album The Division Bell (1994) and was the only show of the tour to feature it. It was last performed by Gilmour during his semi-acoustic shows in 2002.

 

Pink Floyd - A Trip to the Moon The Early 1972 Concerts (11 CD, 2019)

 

11 CD Boxset of Pink Floyd rare audience recordings from their legendary early 1972 UK gigs 

 

Poco - Crazy Eyes [1973/FLAC]

 Poco is a Southern California country rock band originally formed by Richie Furay, Jim Messina and Rusty Young. Formed following the demise of Buffalo Springfield in 1968, Poco was part of the first wave of the West Coast country rock genre. The title of their first album, Pickin' Up the Pieces, is a reference to the break-up of Buffalo Springfield.

The third biggest-selling album in the group's history, Crazy Eyes is also the group's liveliest and most bracing work and contains some of their most soulful music. In short, it's the fruition of everything they'd been working toward for four years. Curiously, it's also one of a handful of examples of their use of outside help, including Chris Hillman on mandolin. The resulting sound is richer than anything found on any other Poco album, and the only tragedy is that the band reportedly cut enough tracks for two whole albums -- one longs to hear the material that remained in the can. As it is, there's not a weak song, or even a wasted note anywhere on this album, and most bands would kill for a closing track as perfect as "Let's Dance Tonight."      

Frank Zappa - The Hot Rats Sessions (6 CD, 2019/FLAC)

 

Frank Zappa‘s second album Hot Rats was reissued for its 50th anniversary and include a 6CD box set full of previously unreleased sessions.

The mostly-instrumental LP came on the heels of the breakup of the original Mothers of Invention, making it clear that Zappa was a force with which to be reckoned as a composer. Described by the artist as “a movie for your ears,” Hot Rats was a fusion of jazz and rock as only Zappa could create. Recorded on 16 tracks (a first for a Zappa album), it featured the producer/arranger/guitar virtuoso (who also played bass and percussion) joined by The Mothers’ Ian Underwood as well as Max Bennett, Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis, John Guerin, Paul Humphrey, Ron Selico, Don “Sugarcane” Harris, and Jean-Luc Ponty. Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart, provided the vocals on the lone non-instrumental, “Willie the Pimp.”