T Rex - 1968 - Prophets, Seers & Sages (2 CD Deluxe Edition 2015) [FLAC]

Deluxe two CD edition contains the mono 2014 remaster of the original album plus a host of bonus material including one non-album single, alternate takes, eight songs recorded for John Peel's 'Top Gear' program, and two songs recorded for the BBC's 'Voice of Pop' program. Disc Two contains 30 alternate takes of the album's songs including 23 previously unreleased. Also comes with a booklet featuring a new essay by respected Guardian critic Mark Paytress. Digitally remastered edition of this album from Marc Bolan's early version of T. Rex. Originally released in 1968 and produced by Tony Visconti, the second Tyrannosaurus Rex album PROPHETS, SEERS & SAGES: ANGELS OF THE AGES firmly cemented Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrin Took as darlings of the London hippie/underground subculture and contained early Bolan classics such as 'Debora robed', 'Salamanda Palaganda' and 'Consuela'.

Jethro Tull - Stand Up (Steven Wilson 2016 Remix) [24-96]

The group's second album, with Ian Anderson (vocals, flute, acoustic guitars, keyboards, balalaika), Martin Barre (electric guitar, flute), Clive Bunker (drums), and Glen Cornick (bass), solidified the group's sound. There is still an element of blues, but except for "A New Day Yesterday," it is far more muted than on their first album, as Mick Abrahams' blues stylings are largely absent from Martin Barre's playing. The influence of folk music also began to manifest itself ("Look Into the Sun"). The instrumental "Bouree," which could've been an early Blood, Sweat & Tears track, became a favorite concert number, although at this point Anderson's flute playing on-stage needed a lot of work; by his own admission, he just wasn't that good. Bassist Cornick would last through only one more album, but he gets his best moments here, on "Bouree."

Sam Cooke - 8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles (4 CD, 2013/FLAC)

 Collecting the albums the soul singer made as he transitioned from gospel to the world of secular music, Eight Classic Albums gathers up a massive collection of both albums and singles of the great Sam Cooke. 

Featuring his work between 1957 and 1960, this four-disc set contains 

• Sam Cooke, 
• Encore, 
• Tribute to the Lady, 
• Hit Kit, 
• I Thank God, 
• Cooke's Tour, 
• Hits of the Fifties, 
• Swing Low.  

 

Emmylou Harris - Original Album Series (1975-1979) (5 CD, 2010/FLAC)

 

Pieces Of The Sky (1975)

Elite Hotel (1975)

Luxury Liner (1977)

Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town (1978)

Blue Kentucky Girl (1979)

Gov't Mule - Live... With A Little Help From Our Friends [Collector's Edition , 4 CD 1999] [FLAC]

This show was recorded on New Year's Eve, 1998, at the Roxy in Atlanta, GA, and documents the band in peak form, from the power charged vocals and lead guitar of Warren Haynes, to Abts' freight train drumming and Woody's thunder driven bass. On any given night, Gov't Mule alone can rock your socks off, but on this magical evening, the band was joined by some real brothers of the road -- the Allman Brothers, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton's sideman Chuck Leavell was there, along with Parliament's Bernie Worrell, former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford, Aquarium Rescue Unit's Jimmy Herring, Randall Bramblett, Allman Brothers' bandmember, Derek Trucks and Yonrico Scott, the drummer from the Derek Trucks Band.