Crack the Sky discography 1975-2023

 

Crack the Sky is an American progressive rock band formed in Weirton, West Virginia in the early 1970s. In 1975, Rolling Stone Magazine declared their first album "debut album of the year", and in 1978, Rolling Stone Record Guide compared them to Steely Dan; their first three albums charted on the Billboard 200. The band has never achieved great success outside the Baltimore area; despite this, they continue to release albums and perform to a small but devoted fan base to this day.

Crack The Sky-(1975)- Crack The Sky (2002 Remastered)

Crack The Sky-(1976)- Animal Notes

Crack The Sky-(1978)- Live Sky

Crack The Sky-(1978)- Safety in Numbers

Crack The Sky-(1980)- White Music

Crack The Sky-(1981)- Photoflamingo

Crack The Sky-(1983)- World in Motion 1

Crack The Sky-(1987)- Raw

Crack The Sky-(1988)- Live on WBAB Plus Bonus Cuts from Live Sky

Crack The Sky-(1989)- Dog City

Crack The Sky-(1989)- From The Greenhouse

Crack The Sky-(1994)- Rare!

Crack The Sky-(1997)- Crack Attic (The Best Of Crack The Sky)

Crack The Sky-(1998)- Cut

Crack The Sky-(1999)- Live Recher Theatre 06.19.99

Crack The Sky-(2001)- Ghost

Crack The Sky-(2003)- Dogs From Japan

Crack The Sky-(2006)- Alive And Kickin' Ass

Crack The Sky-(2007)- Safety in Numbers- 21St Century Redux

Crack The Sky-(2007)- The Sale

Crack The Sky-(2010)- Machine

Crack The Sky-(2012)- Ostrich

Crack The Sky-(2018)- Living in Reverse

Crack The Sky-(2021)- Between the Cracks

Crack The Sky-(2021)- Tribes

Crack The Sky-(2023)- From The Wood

Fleetwood Mac - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967-1969 (6 CD, 1999) [FLAC]

  

A six-CD set of everything Fleetwood Mac recorded for the British Blue Horizon label. Wait, you're saying, didn't they only do two albums for Blue Horizon before leaving the company in early 1969? True, but there were also the non-LP singles that comprised the bulk of the U.K. compilation The Pious Bird of Good Omen, the two albums of blues jams in Chicago that came out later in 1969, and the 1971 LP The Original Fleetwood Mac, comprised of early outtakes. Make each of those half-dozen LPs a CD, add some outtakes and alternate takes to each, and you've got a pretty full box. Unintentionally, this box makes the Mac a candidate for Most Erratic Major Rock Group of the Late 1960s, ranging from the sheer brilliance of Peter Green's songs to rote blues covers that are downright mundane, particularly some of the Jeremy Spencer showcases and Chicago blues jams. If you're a committed enough fan to consider buying this box, you already know that; you're probably more concerned with whether the previously unreleased material merits the cost. Those extras are marginal, to be honest, comprised largely of false starts, incidental studio chatter, and alternate versions that are pretty close to the official takes. Certainly the highlight of those newly unearthed tracks is the 37 minutes of alternate takes of "Need Your Love So Bad." It's also nice that the Danny Kirwan tracks that appeared only on the U.S. album English Rose are here as well. Unfortunately, this is not a complete retrospective of the Peter Green era, whose best material was recorded for Reprise; there's also a lot of noteworthy live stuff that appeared on different labels.

The Action - Shadows And Reflections: The Complete Recordings 1964-1968 (4 CD, 2018) [FLAC]

The Action were an English band of the 1960s, formed as the Boys in August 1963, in Kentish Town, North West London. They were part of the mod subculture, and played soul music-influenced pop music. 

The band (originally known as ‘The Boys’) were signed by George Martin after he left EMI in the mid-sixties and the ‘fifth Beatle’ produced the five singles issued on Parlophone between 1965-1967 as well as tracks for a never-released album.

Shadows and Reflections (issued by Cherry Red imprint Grapefruit) is said to be “the most comprehensive tribute” to The Action thus far, with many of the original single mixes getting their debut on CD as part of this set and newly found multi-tracks and rehearsal tapes allowing for a whole disc’s worth of previously unheard mixes and performances.

This deluxe set comes as a bookset and includes a 16,000 words of notes by David Wells in a 36-page booklet.

Disc One - Essential Action: The Parlophone Masters (01:03:35)

Disc Two - The Action At Abbey Road: Stereo Mixes And Outtakers (01:13:48)

Disc Three - Rolled Gold Plus: The Lost 1967-1968 Recordings (01:10:50)

Disc Four - Extra Action (00:55:44)

The Byrds - The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (13 CD, 2011/FLAC)

 

The Byrds were one of the most progressive and exciting band in '60s rock, with no peers outside the Stones-Beatles-Beach Boys triumvirate. This box set, which collects their original Columbia albums, represents over 90-percent of their career, basically everything they released, all 12 albums (aside from their 1973 reunion album recorded for Asylum). This material was frequently astonishing at the time, and still is, ranging from their debut single "Mr. Tambourine Man" through the bracing folk-rock of their first two LPs, growing psychedelia and experimentation during 1966 and 1967, then a sudden detour into country-rock and mellow pop for the rest of the '60s. Whether early linchpins Gene Clark and David Crosby were a part of the lineup or not, the Byrds with Roger McGuinn at the helm always featured tuneful songwriting and accomplished musicianship, qualities which shine through brightly on this collection. Each album comes in a replica LP sleeve, and the package includes all the bonus tracks (plus the liner notes from Johnny Rogan) that were originally included with the mid-'90s expanded reissues; also included is the two-disc Sweetheart of the Rodeo expanded edition, with rehearsals and alternate takes. 

1965 - Mr. Tambourine Man (45:41)

1965 - Turn! Turn! Turn! (49:12)

1966 - Fifth Dimension (62:22)

1967 - Younger Than Yesterday (47:35)

1968 - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (58:27)

1968 - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (55:05 + 61:20)

1969 - Dr. Byrds And Mr. Hyde (52:07)

1969 - Ballad Of Easy Rider (56:50)

1970 - (Untitled) / (Unissued) (71:25 + 49:25)

1971 - Byrdmaniax (46:51)

1971 - Farther Along (46:03)

 

 

Phil Lynott's Grand Slam – Slam Anthems (6 CD, 2023) [FLAC]

When Phil Lynott died in 1986, he was a mere 36 years of age. Lynott founded and fronted one of the most underrated rock bands of the ‘70s, Thin Lizzy, and was the most popular rock singer to emerge from Dublin (prior to the Bono era). When the band broke up in the early ’80s amid struggles with substance abuse, Lynott started working with Magnum keyboardist Mark Stanway as part of Lynott’s live solo band in 1983. By 1984 he would eventually solidify a line-up that included guitarist Laurence Archer, rhythm guitarist Doish Nagle, and drummer Robbie Brennan and change their name to Grand Slam. Although the group never issued an official studio album, they played numerous shows around Europe and cut a series of demos that proved Lynott still had incredible songs in him and a brilliant career ahead.

Now those songs and live performances have been remastered and packaged in a deluxe 6-CD box set, released on June 9, 2023. Slam Anthems, via Cleopatra Records, is a treasure trove of new mixes of Grand Slam songs as well as concert recordings that feature songs from throughout Lynott’s stellar career, including many Thin Lizzy favorites.