Bon Jovi– Transmission Impossible [3 CD, 2015]

 More than 30 years into a quite staggering music career, Bon Jovi remain one of the most popular, successful and downright entertaining rock groups in history. And with an army of fans who would all but die for their heroes, this extraordinary act don t look to be cashing-in anytime soon. 

This superb set captures Jovi in concert and in interview and features across its 3 discs, one CD featuring a full live FM Broadcast from 1984, one CD featuring a mixed bag of live TV appearances from across the group s career, and one CD featuring broadcast interviews with Jon and the lads again recorded at different junctures during their long and ongoing time in the business. 

The Cars - Heartbeat City (1984 Expanded 2018) [24-192]

This 2018 release features the Cars's original album – remastered in 2016 – expanded with rare and unreleased bonus tracks. Illustrated booklets accompany the music and contain liner notes written by renowned rock journalist David Fricke, who details the history of each album with new interviews by band members Ric Ocasek. The album, which peaked at #3 on the charts, went on to sell four million copies, making it the band’s fifth consecutive platinum album. An amazing success, the album launched five tracks that reached the Top 40, including the Top Ten hits “Drive” and “You Might Think.” Videos for the songs received heavy airplay on MTV, including “Hello Again,” which was directed by Andy Warhol, and “You Might Think,” which won the inaugural MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year in 1984. Among the seven bonus tracks included on HEARTBEAT CITY: EXPANDED EDITION are unreleased versions of “Why Can’t I Have You” and “I Refuse,” as well as the demo for “Drive.” 

 

Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session (1983/ Hi-Res FLAC)

 In Session is a blues album by Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded live for television on December 6, 1983, at CHCH-TV studios in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, when Vaughan was 29 and King was 60. It was released as an album on August 17, 1999 and re-released with a supplemental video recording on DVD on September 28, 2010. It has also been released on CD and SACD.

It was the first of two collaborations captured for television, the second being as invited guests on a show led by B.B. King in 1987. It was recorded for one of a series of live television sessions recording the performances of various artists. The show was called In Session. The album includes a few short segments of the banter by King and Vaughan between songs.

Initially, King was not going to do the show as he did not know who Vaughan was. He did not realize that Vaughan was actually 'little Stevie', the 'skinny kid' that he let sit in when King played in Texas. King talks about this on one of the conversation tracks. When he realized who Vaughan was, he agreed to play.

Pink Floyd – The Darker Side Of Rising Sun – Japan 1972 (12 CD / FLAC)

One of the really great releases from Godfather and a must have Pink Floyd box with  fantastic recordings. 

CD1 & CD2: Taiikukan, Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 1972

CD3 & CD4: Taiikukan, Tokyo, Japan, March 7, 1972

CD5 & CD6: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, March 8, 1972

CD7 & CD8: Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, March 9, 1972

CD9 & CD10: Furitsu Taiikukan Hall, Kyoto, Japan, March 10, 1972

CD11 & CD12: Nakanoshima Sports Center, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, March 13, 1972

 

John Lennon - The John Lennon Signature Box (11 CD, 2015) [24-96 + 320]

 

The John Lennon Signature Box is an 11-disc boxed set of remastered John Lennon albums and new collections, released on CD and digital format, as part of the "Gimme Some Truth" collection. The albums released in the boxed set are digital remasters of the original recordings and mixes, done by John's widow Yoko Ono and the same team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios who worked on the 2009 remasters by The Beatles, in London and Avatar Studios, New York. The set also includes home demos and non-album singles.