Group 1850 - Purple Sky: The Complete Works and More (8 CD, 2019) [FLAC]

Groep 1850 (also known as Group 1850) was a Dutch psychedelic rock band that was founded in 1964 in The Hague. The band, despite never achieving success outside the Netherlands, are now considered one of the most innovative acid rock bands from the era.

CD1  Agemo’s Trip To Mother Earth | 1969

CD2  Paradise Now | 1969

CD3  Polyandri | 1975

CD4  Live | 1975

CD5  Live On Tour | 1976

CD6  Group 1850's Peter Sjardin - Changes

CD7  More Purple Sky 1

CD8  More Purple Sky 2

Josh White - Backwater Blues (2020) [24-48]

Josh White had a long and varied career, beginning as a session guitarist in the 1920s, then had his own run of stellar blues 78s for Paramount and Columbia in the 1930s, becoming a cabaret bluesman in New York in the 1940s, only to be blacklisted as the McCarthy era dawned, which led to his association with Jac Holzman’s fledgling Elektra label in 1955. White recorded seven well-conceived LPs for Holzman between 1955 and 1962, and they restarted his career once again. The Elektra Years collects some of the highlights of that run in a two-disc set, including “You Don’t Know My Mind” (a remake of a Virginia Liston 78 from 1923), “Silicosis Blues” (which White first recorded back in 1936), “Jim Crow Train,” “Jelly Jelly” (complete with the sound of White gargling vodka at the onset), the jailhouse gospel of “Trouble,” and “Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin’ Bed,” which White first tracked in 1934 and was more or less his signature song. The collection ends with a striking 1933 version of “Lay Some Flowers On My Grave,” which White recorded in 1933 for ARC Records when he was only 19 years old. Many hardcore Delta blues aficionados found White’s version of the blues to be a little too refined to be authentic, and these days he is seldom placed in the company of his rediscovered contemporaries like Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Bukka White, or Skip James, which is a shame. It’s true that White had much more of a political and cultural agenda than any of those players, and if he pandered at times to stereotypical notions, it was always in the interest of educating his audiences. In addition, White was an astounding acoustic guitarist, and his laser-guided guitar runs were always tonally perfect. As a guitarist alone, he is due for a reassessment, and these Elektra recordings from Rhino Handmade are the perfect place to start, since he was never recorded in a more favorable sonic setting.

Bob Dylan studio discography 1962-2020 [FLAC]

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest. A number of his early songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. Leaving his initial base in the culture of folk music behind, Dylan proceeded to revolutionize perceptions of the limits of popular music in 1965 with the six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone". Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his songwriting.

Grateful Dead - Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead (all 5 shows , 12 CD) [FLAC + 320]

 

Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead was a series of concerts which were performed by most of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. The performances took place at Santa Clara's Levi Stadium on June 27 and 28, 2015 and Chicago's Soldier Field on July 3, 4 and 5, 2015. These performances marked the first time Weir, Lesh, Kreutzmann and Hart had performed together since the Dead's 2009 tour and was publicized as the final time the musicians would all perform together.

The three shows in Chicago were initially announced on January 16, 2015 as the only three Fare Thee Well performances. Due to the high demand for the Chicago concerts, concert promoter Peter Shapiro announced two more concerts in Santa Clara, California on June 27 and 28, 2015. 

•     Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
•     Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion
•     Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals
•     Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

with

•     Trey Anastasio – guitar, vocals
•     Jeff Chimenti – keyboards, vocals
•     Bruce Hornsby – piano, vocals

 

The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds Story : 1963-66 (4 CD, 2007) [FLAC]

 

This four-CD box set features highlights from the early and middle periods of the Yardbirds' career, during which they were produced and managed by the legendary U.K. impresario Giorgio Gomelsky. As well as cuts from the band's phenomenally successful FIVE LIVE YARDBIRDS album, the set also includes live recordings made with the U.S. blues artist Sonny Boy Williamson, pop hits such as "For Your Love," "Shapes of Things," and "Heart Full of Soul," and a remake of "Train Kept a Rollin'" called "Stroll On," done for the Antonioni movie BLOW UP.

Various studio outtakes and alternate takes are also featured.



The Yardbirds

• Eric Clapton (guitar)
• Jeff Beck (guitar)
• Jimmy Page (guitar)
• Top Topham (guitar)
• Keith Relf (harp)
• Paul Samwell Smith (bass)
• Jim McCarty (drums)