Grateful Dead - May 1977 (14 CD, 2013) [FLAC]

 

May 1977 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains five complete concerts, on 14 CDs. It was recorded at five consecutive shows, from May 11–17, 1977. Packaged as a box set, it includes a booklet with a historical essay and photos from the concerts, along with individual liner notes for each show. Produced as a limited edition of 15,000 numbered copies, it was released on June 11, 2013.

The concerts included in May 1977 are:

•     May 11, 1977 – St. Paul Civic Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
•     May 12, 1977 – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
•     May 13, 1977 – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
•     May 15, 1977 – St. Louis Arena, St. Louis
•     May 17, 1977 – University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

 

•     Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
•     Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
•     Keith Godchaux – keyboards
•     Mickey Hart – drums
•     Bill Kreutzmann – drums
•     Phil Lesh – bass guitar
•     Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals

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Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards (Deluxe Edition)(2017 Remastered) [24-96-44]

Demons and Wizards is the fourth studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep, released 19 May 1972 by Bronze Records in the UK and Mercury Records in the US. 

This is the album that solidified Uriah Heep's reputation as a master of gothic-inflected heavy metal. From short, sharp rock songs to lengthy, musically dense epics, Demons and Wizards finds Uriah Heep covering all the bases with style and power.

Demons and Wizards was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1996 with three bonus tracks, and again in 2003 in an expanded deluxe edition. In 2017, Sanctuary Records released a two-disc deluxe edition.

Bob Dylan - The Rundown Rehearsal Tapes (4 CD, 2002) [FLAC]

During the winter months of 1978, Bob Dylan conducted rehearsals for his upcoming 115-date world tour in downtown Santa Monica's aptly named Rundown Studios. Captured for posterity by engineers Arthur Rosato and Joel Bernstein, the Rundown tapes represent a remarkably panoramic window into Dylan's creative process as he reinvents his classic songs via improvised lyrics and arrangements that gradually transform the raw, fiery melodies into larger-than-life pop fantasias seemingly earmarked for the casino ballrooms of Las Vegas.

 The four-CD bootleg box set The Rundown Rehearsal Tapes is an embarrassment of riches for the serious Dylan enthusiast, encompassing virtually every landmark in his storied songbook as well as some new compositions and a handful of traditional blues standards that never made it past the rehearsal stage. Even then-recent songs like "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" and "If You See Her, Say Hello" are completely reinvented into forms barely recognizable from their familiar studio LP renditions. Perhaps most noteworthy is the fourth disc, recorded in April as an audition for bassist Jerry Scheff. Both "We'd Better Talk This Over" and "Coming from the Heart" make their debut, and while the former later resurfaced on Street Legal, the latter soon disappeared forever. Sound quality is somewhat erratic, but the sheer volume and consistency of the material makes it mandatory listening regardless of its flaws.

 

The Beatles - Japanese Bootlegs pt. 2 : The Beatles Story (1962 - 1967) (3 CD/FLAC)

Disc 1 - Super Hits 

Disc 2 - Rock`N Rolls 

Disc 3 - Love Ballades

Willie Dixon - The Chess Box [2 CD, 1988] [24-48]

Willie Dixon was a great bassist and songwriter but only an average singer. Fortunately, Chess has chosen to represent Dixon's career through others' classic recordings of his songs. With recordings by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, and others, the Willie Dixon CHESS BOX is not only a great tribute to Dixon but also a great overview of Chicago blues history.

DISC 1:

1. My Babe - (with Little Walter)
2. Violent Love - (previously unreleased, with The Big Three)
3. Third Degree - (with Eddie Boyd)
4. Seventh Son - (with Willie Mabon)
5. Crazy For My Baby - (previously unreleased)
6. Pain In My Heart - (previously unreleased)
7. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - (with Muddy Waters)
8. Evil - (with Howlin' Wolf)
9. Mellow Down Easy - (with Little Walter)
10. When The Lights Go Out - (with Jimmy Weatherspoon)
11. Young Fashioned Ways - (previously unreleased, with Muddy Waters)
12. Pretty Thing - (with Bo Diddley)
13. I'm Ready - (with Muddy Waters)
14. Do Me Right - (with Lowell Fulson)
15. I Just Want To Make Love To You - (with Muddy Waters)
16. Tollin' Bells - (with Lowell Fulson)
17. 29 Ways - (previously unreleased)
18. Walkin' The Blues

DISC 2:

1. Spoonful - (with Howlin' Wolf)
2. You Know My Love - (with Otis Rush)
3. You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover - (with Bo Diddley)
4. I Ain't Superstitious - (with Howlin' Wolf)
5. You Need Love - (previously unreleased, with Muddy Waters)
6. Little Red Rooster - (with Howlin' Wolf)
7. Back Door Man - (with Howlin' Wolf)
8. Dead Presidents - (previously unreleased, with Little Walter)
9. Hidden Charms - (with Howlin' Wolf)
10. You Shook Me - (with Muddy Waters)
11. Bring It On Home - (with Sonny Boy Williamson)
12. 300 Pounds Of Joy - (with Howlin' Wolf)
13. Weak Brain, Narrow Mind - (previously unreleased)
14. Wang Dang Doodle - (with Koko Taylor)
15. Same Thing, The - (with Muddy Waters)
16. Built For Comfort - (with Howlin' Wolf)
17. I Can't Quit You Baby - (with Little Milton)
18. Insane Asylum - (with Koko Taylor)