Focus- Hocus Pocus Box [13 CD, 2017] (FLAC + 320)

 

Innovative Dutch rock band Focus see their albums collected in a new and comprehensive 13CD box set called Hocus Pocus Box.

Aside from the very recent Focus 8.5 (issued on their own label in 2016) this new box set collects all ten studio albums from those purveyors of progressive rock/jazz/classical, starting with 1970’s Focus Plays Focus/In And Out Of Focus moving all the way through to 2012’s Focus X.

Nektar - Live Anthology 1974-1976 (5 CD, 2019) [FLAC]

  

A spectacular box set of vintage unreleased live recordings capturing one of the best live prog rock bands EVER, Nektar, in their prime and at the height of their powers!3 incredible concerts spread across 5 CDs, this box set not only features the band’s best loved songs from “Remember The Future” to “King Of Twilight” but it also features songs that never appeared on any studio album including “The Devil’s Door” and “Look Just Once More” plus extended improvised jams, early versions and more!

Grateful Dead - May 1977: Get Shown the Light [11 CD, 2017] [24-192 + @320]

 

May 1977: Get Shown the Light is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains four consecutive complete concerts, recorded on May 5, 7, 8, and 9, 1977, on eleven CDs. It was released on May 5, 2017.

Cream discography [FLAC]

 

Cream were a 1960s British blues-rock band and supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer/vocalist Ginger Baker. Their sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues, hard rock and psychedelic rock, combining Eric Clapton's blues guitar playing with the voice and basslines of Jack Bruce and the jazz-influenced drumming of Baker.

1966 Fresh Cream

1967 Disraeli Gears

1968 Wheels Of Fire

1969 Goodbye

1970 Live Cream

1972 Live Cream Vol. 2

2003 BBC Sessions

2005 Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005

Dave McMurray - Grateful Deadication 2 (2023) [24-96]

Saxophonist Dave McMurray returns with Grateful Deadication 2, the follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 tribute album which once again finds the saxophonist reimagining the songs of the Grateful Dead with his gritty and soulful Detroit sound which draws upon jazz, pop, rock, soul, reggae, R&B, gospel, and more.

The album features McMurray’s Detroit band plus special guests Jamey Johnson, Oteil Burbridge, Bob James, and Don Was on a collection of Dead favorites including “Truckin’,” “Scarlet Begonias,” and “China Cat Sunflower.”

1. Playing In The Band

2. China Cat Sunflower

3. Bird Song

4. To Lay Me Down (feat. Jamey Johnson)

5. Truckin’

6. The Other One (feat. Bob James)

7. If I Had The World To Give (feat. Bob James)

8. Scarlet Begonias (feat. Oteil Burbridge)

9. Crazy Fingers